Author Archives: Mal Wright

Colour Schemes of WW1 Warships

20 February 2008 – 0:04

The following article is still copyright by Mal. Wright and is reproduced here with his permission. It provides a summary of the colour schemes applied to the warships of various nations.
Colour Schemes of WW1 Warships
By Mal.Wright. © Revised 2003.
British
At the commencement of WW1 the British were using a grey officially termed “Battleship Grey”. This was [...]

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HG 76 -The First Victorious Convoy - December 1941

28 January 2008 – 23:23

This is a real battle report of a World War II convoy. The copyright for this article remains with Mal. Wright
The battle for Convoy HG76((1)) from Gibraltar to the UK in the middle of December 1941 was overshadowed by momentous events taking place in the Pacific and Asia. But in the fighting during this passage, [...]

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