by Andy South | Apr 26, 2025 | History Article
During my years at school, (sadly now too many years ago to be comforting), Idiscovered the fascination of a naval world before the onset of submersibles and airmachines complicated it. Those brief months of 1914, when the war at sea had a setof rules the ‘gentleman’...
by Andy South | Aug 6, 2022 | History Article
By 1919 the Great War had dragged on for five long blood-soaked years. Even with the USA havingjoined the Allies in 1917, victory had been elusive for any of the combatants. For the two years that hadfollowed that declaration, a flood of war materials had poured from...
by Andy South | Mar 3, 2021 | History Article
On the first day of November 1914, the Royal Navy was to suffer its firstdefeat in over a century, denting both its pride and the hard fought for,Nelsonic image. But thirty-Seven days later, retribution in the form ofseven Royal Navy cruisers was to be delivered in an...
by Andy South | Sep 13, 2020 | History Article
‘WHAT-IF?’ The winter of 1918/19 was finally loosening its grip on the cold waters of the North Sea, and then after a long season, the dawn of a new spring was finally in the offering to the war weary continent. It would be the fifth year of The Great War, (the...
by Andy South | Aug 7, 2020 | History Article
Foreword – Andy South has revised his book on the Tegetthoff class dreadnought. He was kind enough to share some information about the Tegetthoff class, giving you a small taste of what’s in store. Enjoy his examination of one of the First World...
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