💭Did you know ...the Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval clash of World War II, and it ended without a clear battlefield winner? On December 13, 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee faced three Allied cruisers off South America, HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, and HMNZS Achilles. Though outgunned, the Allied force damaged Graf Spee’s fuel system badly enough to decide her fate. Trapped by diplomacy and British deception in Montevideo, the German captain chose to scuttle hi

The still-missing captain of the ill-fated cargo ship that capsized off Scarborough (Panatag) Shoal instructed survivors to jump ship before it sank, an act the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) called “heroism.” This account of Captain Elimar Jucal’s instructions was relayed by the 15 survivors of the sunken M/V Devon Bay, who were brought to Manila by the BRP Teresa Magbanua, which arrived at port early Monday, January 26. Read more: https://www.inquirer.net/465907/missing-captain-hailed-as-hero-in

The Sinking of HMS Antelope (F170) 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Antelope took part in the Falklands War, arriving in the area of operations on 21 May 1982. Two days later, while on air defence duty at the entrance to San Carlos Water, protecting the beachhead established two days before, she came under attack by four Argentine A-4B Skyhawks of Grupo 5. | The British Falkland Islands & British Military

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