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		The Balikpapan class LCH (Landing Craft, Heavy) were originally a class of eight vessels built for the Australian Army but were subsequently transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in the early 1970's.
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	Black Swan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Black Swan (Cygnus atratus) is an Australian waterbird and the official state bird of Western Australia.
		Black swans are found in all states of Australia.
		Black Swan was adopted as the name for a class of sloops built by the United Kingdom during World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Swan (278 words)

	Black Swan class sloop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Black Swan class and Modified Black Swan class were two classes of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy.
		Eight Black Swans were launched between 1939 and 1943; twenty-nine modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945.
		Like corvettes, sloops were specialized convoy-defence vessels, with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Swan_class_sloop (979 words)

	A Limey In Bermuda: Listen without prejudice
		Blacks often say that whites need to acknowledge the ills of the past if there is ever to be racial reconciliation.
		Black liberation meant freedom from being enslaved by others, the sheer problem is that our government often uses the issue of racism to enslave fls not physically, but intellectually to their own desires.
		He was targeted by the fls for being closest to white while also being segregated in situations from whites for having "a lick of the tar brush" as he calls it.
	www.limeyinbermuda.com /latest_news/2006/02/listen_without_.html (9222 words)

	Fictionwise eBooks: Grey Wolf, Grey Sea by E. B. Gasaway
		Black Swan swept on in wide zig-zags ahead of the convoy, as the twenty-odd merchantmen behind her struggled to keep station in the dark.
		HMS Black Swan was the first of the "Black Swan" class of anti-submarine sloops, a tough and fast 2,000-tonner, designed specifically for ocean escort duty.
		Black Swan's place was now back in her position at the head of the convoy.
	www.fictionwise.com /ebooks/eBook2295.htm (1599 words)

	Black Swan class sloops (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Kite (U87) was a Black Swan class sloop sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy, once commanded by the famous U-boat hunter Captain Frederick John Walker.
		She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous six in one trip in 1943 (in which six U-boats were sunk in one patrol).
		She was built at Cammell Laird shipyard, Birkenhead, on the banks of the river Mersey (she was to later to be based across the river in Gladstone Dock, Bootle).
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Black-Swan-class-sloops (430 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855, by E. Keble Chatterton
		Instructions were duly issued to captains of sloops, and a scheme drafted for surrounding the whole of the coast with sloops, the crews consisting of master, mate, and mariners.
		There was a small sloop, for instance, belonging to Bridlington, which was accustomed to sail across the North Sea to one of the ports in Zealand, where [Pg 36]a cargo was taken aboard consisting of the usual dutiable articles such as tea, tobacco, and gin.
		As to the first class, the practice of these cutters and smacks was to put to sea from whatever port to which they belonged—London, Dover, Rye, Folkestone, or wherever it might be—having on board a small number of hands, their professed object being to fish.
	www.gutenberg.org /files/17563/17563-h/17563-h.htm (15623 words)

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		One of the causes which led to this improvement in the class of seamen was the disgraceful behaviour of the crew of the _Wager_, a ship of Anson's squadron, when she was lost off the Horn in 1740.
		With the fls the governor soon made friends, and such moments as Phillip allowed himself for leisure from the care of his own people he chiefly devoted in an endeavour to improve the state of the native race.
		He was wounded by the spear of a fl, thrown at him in a misunderstanding, as he himself declared, and he would not allow the native on that account to be punished.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/2/9/9/12992/12992.txt (14671 words)

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		The cost for one liner was equivalent to a British Grimsby-class sloop and approximately half the cost of one of the new J to L classes of fleet destroyers.
		Sloops were deleted from the 1939 Fleet Expansion Plan on the grounds of cost and complexity but auxiliary merchant cruisers and destroyers were retained.
		U-124 is attacked by sloop HMS Black Swan & corvette HMS Stonecrop of the 37th EG & sunk in turn 1943 - At 0823, the unescorted Melbourne Star was torpedoed by U-129 about 500 miles ESE of Bermuda and blew up 90 seconds after being torpedoed.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/april/02Apr.txt (2095 words)

	Fact sheet about teh Escort Sloop and its role in the Battle of the Atlantic.
		The BRIDGWATER class first introduced in 1929 was the origin of the true escort vessel, with a decent turn of speed (16/17 knots), anti-surface and anti-aircraft guns, although early versions retained minesweeping gear and were fitted to receive mining rails and depth charge throwers in times of war.
		Many of the earlier classes of sloop which had been stationed overseas in September 1939 were recalled to UK to escort Atlantic convoys.
		A total of twenty-seven improved BLACK SWAN sloops were completed for the Royal Navy between 1942 and 1946 and two of the same design for India.
	www.hmswhimbrel.org /factSheet2.php (601 words)

	Naval Actions and losses
		USS Mayo was mined and Torpedo planes sunk J class destroyer HMS Janus.
		Black Swan class sloop HMS Woodpecker torpedoed and foundered.
		Hunt class destroyer HMS Quorn sunk by a torpedo warhead.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW244Res.html (1997 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Modified Black Swan class Sloops
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		The Modified Black Swan class sloop HMS Kite.
		4 sloops of the Modified Black Swan class lost.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=324 (144 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Black Swan class Sloops
		This grouping includes all sloops capable of outrunning surfaced type VII and IX U-boats.
		Although production was limited by competing priorities for available turbine machinery, this design was favored by experienced anti-submarine officers.
		The large number of U-boat kills credited to this class reflect the leadership of F J \"Johnny\" Walker who commanded the 36th Escort Group from Stork and later the 2nd Escort Group from Starling.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=2 (139 words)

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		Oddly enough, the lighter Black Swan’s had a much heavier gun armament of six (3x2) 4-inch DP guns compared to three (3x1) 3-inch guns for four of the USN classes and two (2x1) 5-inch/38 for two of the USN DE classes.
		The two twin 4-inch mountings forward on the RN sloops were of such weight that the sloops tended to bury their nose in green water in rough weather.
		Black Swan was taking it green over the bow, water would leak into the crew’s mess as well.
	www.steelnavy.com /WEM350Starling.htm (4675 words)

	boats.com - News: Scuttlebutt Europe: September 16
		Despite the rewards of the intense challenge racing lasers, I chose to leave the class some years ago and now choose to race yachts of various types and disciplines, and wouldn't consider returning unless propulsion rules were tightened and rigidly enforced.
		This solid sloop, 8 metres long was built in 1947 to serve as a teaching boat for young Swedish Naval Officers and was designed to resist difficult sailings on the North Seas.
		Swan 68/018 "Basic Logic" is a Sparkling example of the popular SWAN 68 model designed by German Frers.
	www.boats.com /content/default_detail.jsp?contentid=15880 (2681 words)

	washingtonpost.com: After Bout With Gulf Stream, Air Mail Languishes in the 'Hole'
		They and 39-foot Air Mail, a sturdy, 20-year-old racing sloop, are part of a 36-boat expeditionary force dispatched from the Chesapeake Bay on June 11, bound for Bermuda, 750 miles away.
		It was darkest night, with a slim crescent of moon not set to rise till almost dawn, and almost impossible to detect where fl sky ended and fl sea began.
		The U.S. Naval Academy won in classes 1 and 2 with the entries Patriot and Swift; class 3 was won by Mental Floss of Alexandria, and class 4 by Sanderling, a CandC 35 skippered by Jerry Ormsby of Annapolis.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A54605-2004Jun19?language=printer (1093 words)

	Tag » Sloop
		SLOOP is software for the simulation of the operation of offshore oil and gas fields.
		A ship sloop was generally the equivalent of a corvette (the French term for the...
		In modern usage, the sloop is practically synonymous with the cutter.
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	sloop - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Sloop, sloop (de) : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
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	Fact sheet about the Modified Black Swan Class sloop and its role in the Battle of the Atlantic.
		A class of sloop of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy.
		Twenty-nine modified Black Swans were launched between 1942 and 1945 including HMS WHIMBREL and HMS STARLING.
		Sloops were specialized convoy-defence vessels, with anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capability.
	www.hmswhimbrel.org /factSheet1.php (226 words)

	Ship “Index”
		The "River Class" was an attempt to build a simpler and cheaper ship with all the capabilities of the "Black Swan's" albeit around 8 to 10 knots slower.
		This class was developed to have the same capabilities as the pre WW11 "Black Swan" class.
		This class of ship was the result of the "Panicked Realisation" by both the Admiralty and Government that, once again, they had allowed the situation to arise whereby we had insufficient resources to "Escort" convoys and to defend them against the expected threat from U-boats in the coming War.
	www.navyphotos.co.uk /index19.htm (734 words)

	HMS Whimbrel
		An appeal is therefore made for any firsthand (or secondhand) knowledge of the Black Swan Class from former crew members, shipyard or dockyard workers, designers, historians or other experts who might be able to fill in the gaps.
		I believe she is the last surviving member of a very exclusive club, the Black Swan Sloops of Captain Walker's Support Group.
		The return to and preservation in the UK of the Black Swan class sloop, HMS Whimbrel, is intended to provide the focal point of a national memorial based in the City of Liverpool, Royal Navy headquarters of the Atlantic battles, thereby rectifying this omission.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/whimbrel.html (3218 words)

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		It was a three-generational race for the PYC Gaynors, with Hewitt's 13-year-old son, also Hewitt, among the crew on his grandfather's boat Emily.
		Santa, participating on a three-boat team from Black Rock Yacht Club, said he didn't know until several hours after the race finished that Galadriel had won her class.
		The other Black Rock boats were Moondance, a Swan 44 owned by Cliff Crowley of Fairfield, which placed eighth in Galadriel's division; and Mandalay, an Express 37 owned by BRYC commodore Ralph Sheppard of Bridgeport, which took a fifth.
	www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=15179708&BRD=1653&PAG=461&dept_id=12721&rfi=6 (645 words)

	Day One at GSF- A Record 34 Races for 8 Classes
		Winds were light but reasonably steady for the day, with 6 — 8 knots out of the north in the early morning building to 10- 12 from the east and then dropping again to 6 - 8 for the late afternoon.
		Naming boats is almost always a very personal decision for owners; this year several of the boats entered in the GSF heritage regatta reflect the trauma that the islanders endured in September with Hurricane Ivan.
		Old favorites such as Classic, Black Magic and Talaban are back but Canoe entry with the name of Ivan Roof Off brought smiles to many in the crowd and Sloop B entry, Count Your Blessings, had special meaning to most.
	www.caribbeanracing.com /artman/publish/article_590.shtml (756 words)

	Historic Vessels Reserve List
		This class was arguably the most successful and popular frigates ever to serve in the Royal Navy.
		Built by Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend on Tyne, England, UK She was the longest serving Type 42 Destroyer in the Royal Navy.
		Star of the BBC TV programme "Shipmates" and in 2007 she was awarded the Firmin Sword of Peace (formerly known as the Wilkinson Sword of Peace), the highest military award for peace work, for her efforts in rebuilding life after the devestation of the 2004 Asian Tsunami.
	www.transportbritain.co.uk /reservelist.html (1813 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com - The Battle of the Atlantic
		The 20 Type I "Hunt" class destroyers, of which much had been hoped, started to be commissioned from early 1941, but they showed themselves quite unsuitable for ocean escort work, and mainly operated in home waters.
		They proved to be almost useless in winter weather conditions because of uncontrollable rolling and poor manoueverabilty, whilst their top speed of about 15 knots was too slow to catch a surfaced U-boat.
		In 1943 new escort types, the 1350 ton modified "Black Swan" escort sloops and the 1370 ton "River" class frigates, both with top speeds of 20 knots, began to come into service.
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /wwii/atlantic/convoy.aspx (2695 words)

	Albion College/Io Triumphe Class Notes
		We were gratified to have won the honor of being the class with the largest percentage of participation in annual giving for 1995-96.
		Our class was honored with a plaque recognizing that we had contributed the largest sum monetarily to the College during the past year.
		She is a member of the governing council of the American Hospital Association and serves as vice president and director of Black Psychiatrists of America.
	www.albion.edu /alumni/io/admin_alum/Winter97.asp (11800 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-The Battle For Convoy ONS 5. 26th.April - 6th. May 1943- (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The River Class Frigates were very good anti-submarine vessels, of 1370 tons, and a reasonable speed of 20 knots gave them every chance of dealing with any threat posed by the opposing German boats.
		The Black Swan Class Sloops of similar size and speed were also most useful ships in this fight to the death.
		This class of WW2 ships started to come down the slipways in 1939, designed as Minesweepers, and for anti-submarine work in the English Channel and North Sea, their immediate relative was a commercial whaler Southern Pride.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/TheBattleForConvoyONS5.26.html (9184 words)

	Simon and the Amethyst
		Capable of 19 knots, the Black Swan sloops had a speed advantage when needed, but also better anti-aircraft defence, and a greater long-range endurance than the corvettes, making them ideal for the Atlantic convoys, even though they had originally been intended for the Mediterranean and South Pacific theatres.
		Flying three Union Jacks and seven White Ensigns, and with fl smoke belching from her funnel, when she too became the target of the Communists she replied without hesitation, quickly knocking out three of the enemy guns.
		It was only towards the end of the month that he took some of the officers into his confidence, as well as Vice-Admiral Madden by way of a cleverly-worded radio message ostensibly referring to a typhoon expected to pass close by.
	www.cwgcuser.org.uk /personal/moggies/simon/simon.htm (4616 words)

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