Claude Choules - Wikipedia
网页Claude Choules was an English-born naval veteran who served in both world wars and died in 2011 at age 110. He was the last surviving witness to the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow and the oldest British-born man until 2010.
HMAS Choules - Royal Australian Navy
网页Commissioned in December 2011, HMAS Choules is an amphibious Bay Class Landing Ship Dock (LSD) ship based on the Royal Schelde Enforcer design. It is a 16,000 tonne ship capable of carrying over 300 troops, 23 Abrams tanks, 150 light trucks, 2 landing craft, and is also capable of operating Navy helicopters including the MH-60R Seahawk and the ...
C. S. Choules, Veteran of World War I, Dies at 110 - The New York Times
网页2011年5月5日 · SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died on Thursday in a nursing home in Western Australia. He was 110. His death was confirmed by his...
Last Known World War I Combat Veteran Dies - NPR
网页2011年5月5日 · Claude Choules was 14 years old when he enlisted in Britain's Royal Navy. He died Thursday at the age of 110. Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died at a nursing home in...
HMAS Choules - Wikipedia
网页HMAS Choules (L100) is a Bay-class landing ship that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 2006 to 2011, before being purchased by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The vessel was built as RFA Largs Bay by Swan Hunter in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear. She was named after Largs Bay in Ayrshire, Scotland, and entered service in November 2006.
New Details Emerge on Australia’s Future Joint Support Ship
网页2022年5月13日 · The Royal Australian Navy plans to replace HMAS Choules with two new multipurpose auxiliary vessels under project SEA2200. Learn about the contenders, designs and challenges of this program from Naval News.
HMAS Choules | The Sea Power Centre - Royal Australian Navy
网页2002年1月28日 · HMAS Choules is a highly operational 16,000 tonne ship, 176 metres long, 24 metres wide, and capable of carrying over 300 troops, 23 Abrams tanks, 150 light trucks, LCVP, Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM8) and is also capable of operating Navy helicopters including the MH-60R Seahawk and the Australian Army’s S-70A Black Hawk.
Last World War I Combat Veteran Dies - HISTORY
网页2011年5月5日 · Claude Choules, who lied about his age to join the Royal Navy at 14, was the last living veteran of World War I when he died in 2011. He witnessed the surrender of the German fleet in 1918 and...
The Last of the Last: The Final Survivor of the First World War
网页In 2009, aged 108, Claude Choules became the last man alive on active service before the 1918 Armistice and the last who served in both world wars. Told of this unsought accolade, he remarked: "Everything comes to those who wait and wait."
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Claude Choules, last combat veteran of World War I, dies at 110
网页2011年5月5日 · Claude Choules, the only remaining male veteran of World War I and one of the last people to have served in both world wars, died May 5 at a nursing home near Perth in western Australia. He was...