USS Winston Churchill!!!!

[Aktungbby]

^ close enough! HMS Marlborough (after Churchill's ancestor-the Duke) which had assisted USS Cole during the Aden crises, had a US NAVY officer permanently assigned to her crew. HMS Marlborough has been sold to Chile as Almirante Condell. HMS Marlborough

[Oberon]

Umm...



We had a whole class of submarines named after him, one of whom remains the only nuclear submarine to sink an enemy warship.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Umm...

We had a whole class of submarines named after him, one of whom remains the only nuclear submarine to sink an enemy warship.

Rgr that Jamie and I'd wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone, not only does it cover the sinking of the Belgrano but also a top secret mission (at the time) Operation Barmaid deep inside Russian territorial waters in which she is tasked with obtaining a towed array from a surface vessel.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...on-Russia.html

Secrets Of The Conquerer by Stuart Prebble:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secrets-Conq...+the+conqueror

Out of interest....Conqueror was commanded by Chris Wreford-Brown at the time but not my friend who goes by the same name on this forum