Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Mary of Teck, a dowager queen of the United Kingdom, died on 24 March 1953. A state funeral was held on 31 March 1953 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle following a lying in state at Westminster Hall. Her death occurred two months short of her 86th birthday and ten weeks before the coronation of her granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II.
HMS Queen Mary was the last battlecruiser built by the Royal Navy before the First World War. The sole member of her class , Queen Mary shared many features with the Lion -class battlecruisers, including her eight 13.5-inch (343 mm) guns.
Death and funeral of Queen Mary may refer to: Death and funeral of Mary I of England (1516–1558), queen of England and Ireland from 1553 to 1558; Funeral of Mary, Queen of Scots (1542–1587), queen of Scotland from 1542 to 1567, queen consort of France from 1559 to 1560; Death and funeral of Mary of Teck (1867–1953), queen consort of the ...
RAdm Hugh Evan-Thomas The Queen-Elzaabeth-class battleship Barham, Rear Admiral Evan-Thomas's flagship, at Scapa Flow in 1917. The 5th Battle Squadron was a special unit of fast Queen Elizabeth-class battleships, intended to act as the vanguard of the main battle line. At the Battle of Jutland, it operated with the Battlecruiser Fleet, and was ...
The List of ships sunk at the Battle of Jutland is a list of ships which were lost during the Battle of Jutland. This battle was fought between the British Royal Navy's Grand Fleet and the Imperial German Navy's High Seas Fleet on 31 May and 1 June 1916, during the First World War. The list is in chronological order of the time of sinking.
To celebrate his recent ascension to the Danish throne, King Frederik, 55, and his wife, Queen Mary, 51, were joined by their four children at Aarhus Cathedral for a special church service.
A diving expedition during the summer of 2003 provided corroboration of this practice. It examined the wrecks of Invincible, Queen Mary, Defence, and Lützow to investigate the cause of the British ships' tendency to suffer from internal explosions. From this evidence, a major part of the blame may be laid on lax handling of the cordite ...
Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 1867 – 24 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Emperor George V.