Word: matapan
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...husband. And the details of the wedding cake were all set. It would be only a four-layer austerity affair, with a few decorative accents (Elizabeth's and Philip's crests, small reproductions of Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral; little tableaux; a battle scene at Cape Matapan, some musical emblems, Cupid holding the bride's and groom's initials, the crest of the Royal Navy, the badges of the ATS and the Girl Guides, a representation of H.M.S. Valiant, the badges of Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, India and Pakistan...
...Dartmouth Naval College Philip won the King's Dirk as the best cadet of his term. Then came war, sea duty on H.M.S. Ramillies and a commission as lieutenant aboard the Valiant. He was mentioned in dispatches for good work at the battle of Matapan (240 miles from his birthplace...
Cameras for Guns. The Warspite had fought the Italians at Matapan; she had put a broadside into the Italia (then the Littorio) at Taranto. She had been bombed off Crete. Of late she had seen nothing of the Italian Navy. Now, as the Italians approached, the Warspite's crew manned the guns. But they were not in combat dress. Many of them aimed cameras...
...Matapan (March 28, 1941), a night action south of Greece, was Cunningham's greatest pitched battle with the Italians-because he was able to ambush them and force a fight. Just before the action he flashed to his ships: "We are going to have some fun." They did. They sank three cruisers and two destroyers...
...Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, hero of Cape Matapan—a baronet...