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	Torpedo Gunboats
		Torpedo Gunboats from the first, HMS Rattlesnake, and the classes, Grasshopper, Sharpshooter, Alarm and Halcyon Class Torpedo Gunboats built between 1886 and 1894..
		The fourth “Avon” was a 4-gun twin-screw gunboat, launched at Portsmouth in 1867.
		the “Algerine” was one of a fleet of 8 ships and several torpedo boats of various nationalities, which took part in the attack on the Taku forts under Captain Dobrolovski in the Russian gunboat “Bobr.” The Chinese having received their ultimatum, opened fire soon after midnight, the ships replying with vigour.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /r_n_gunboats.htm (3515 words)

	The History of the Russian Navy. Latter Half of the 19th Century.
		Makarov consequently took two large torpedo boats and raided Sulin in late May. This time the operation was a success; Lieutenants Vladimir Rozhdestvensky and Leonid Pushchin severely damaged the armored Idzhalaie with their mines.
		Torpedo volleys launched from the Konstantin, as well as from the Chesma and Sinop, commanded by Lieutenants Izmail Zatsarenny and Otton Shcheshinsky, hit and sank the Turkish steamer Intibakh.
		During the campaign of 1897 the Black Sea Fleet consisted of six battleships (squadron ironclads), a cruiser, six sea-going gunboats, three torpedo gunboats and 22 torpedo boats.
	www.navy.ru /history/hrn9-e.htm (3329 words)

	William Sampson
		He conducted numerous tests of submarine mines and cubical torpedoes, and presented the results to the Navy in a detailed report illustrated with photographs.
		Further, under his watch, the Torpedo Station buildings received electric lights, and the study of electricity was brought into the institution’s laboratories.
		As Robley Evans later recalled, “The idea of deliberately placing a battle ship within a mile or two of the fastest torpedo boats in the world, and then turning on a search light to mark her position, was novel in the least.
	www.spanamwar.com /sampson.htm (12358 words)

	uboat.net - Articles
		She was to return on the 9th of January 1915 and this was a reason for celebrations as she sank the British battleship Formidable on the 1st off Portland Bill.
		On the 24th March the UB 29 torpedoed the packet-boat Sussex, but the ship didn't sink very fast and was able to reach a safe harbour.
		Fact was that the torpedo boats of the Flandern Flottille spent already most of their time in clearing and destroying minefields, laid by the British.
	www.uboat.net /articles/index.html?article=48 (4133 words)

	MEMORIALS
		HMS Goliath, a Canopus class battleship and part of the Chatham Division, was sunk on 13th May 1915 by Turkish torpedeo boat Muavenet off Morto Bay, Cape Helles, Gallipoli.
		At 1.15 in the early morning she was struck by three torpedos fired by the Turkish torpedo boat Muavanet which, in dense fog, had eluded the patrol destroyers and entered the bay.
		HMS Curlew, a light cruiser of the Ceres class, was launched in July 1917 and commissioned at the end of that year.
	www.paulchurch.co.uk /memorials.htm (10389 words)

	Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Cunningham
		Classes graduated early due to World War I. According to the United States Academy Annual Register for the graduating class of June 6, 1919, Winfield was ranked 184 in order of general merit out of a class of 467 members.
		When someone shouted in alarm it was too late; we were riding the swift current down upon the ram of the battleship H.M.S. Royal Sovereign.
		He also commanded the gunboat U.S.S. WAKE that was in Shanghai harbor waiting for demolition if the Japanese attacked.
	www.chuckhawks.com /admiral_cunningham.htm (19564 words)

	Developing Mesothelioma after working at Brooklyn Navy Shipyard - ELSS
		From 1933 to 1936 construction started on two destroyers, two Coast Guard cutters, the gunboat Erie, and three light cruisers, including the USS Brooklyn.
		The ship was more than 728 feet long and had a maximum speed of 27 knots.
		It was the first of the modern class of American battleships built just before World War II, where high speed was combined with powerful armament.
	www.mesothelioma.com /jobsites_ny_brooklyn.htm (929 words)

	Howeth: Appendix A Timeline (1963)
		The U.S. Naval Observatory, the Washington Fire Alarm Telegraphic Office, and the Washington Western Union office were connected by telegraph lines for the purpose of providing a nationwide exact time service from the Observatory.
		Congress appropriated funds for the erection of high-powered naval radio stations in the Canal Zone, on the west coast, in the Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and the Phillippines.
		All battleships, flagships of cruiser and gunboat divisions, and destroyer flotilla leaders were directed to appoint radio officers.
	www.earlyradiohistory.us /1963hwa.htm (17602 words)

	Ships of the Halifax Explosion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Damaged, 3 killed 50 injuries, crew assists with rescue
		Returning from basin convoy liason, at Pier 9 to raise alarm
		Severe damage, blown out of water onto Pier 9.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mma/AtoZ/expships.html (417 words)

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