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	Admiral Graf Spee - Operational History
		The New Zealand vessel, HMNZS Achilles, was the flagship of Rear-Admiral Harwood.
		Achilles was hit near the bridge, the splinters killing four men in the gunnery control centre.
		Achilles had approached within 11,5 nautical miles and was straddled by the second of two salvos from the German main turret forward, which forced Harwood to fall back behind a curtain of smoke.
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	HMNZS Achilles
		HMNZS Achilles was a Leander class cruiser (7200 tons) (from 1936, Improved Leander class), built in Birkenhead, England and launched (as HMS Achilles) on 1 September 1932.
		She was transferred to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy on 31 March 1936 and recommissioned as HMNZS Achilles, with a crew approximately 60% from New Zealand and 40% Imperial.
		Achilles took some damage, her captain, W.E. Parry RN being injured, but fortunately only four crew members were killed in the battle, compared to 36 of Graf Spee's crew killed.
	www.fastload.org /hm/HMNZS_Achilles.html (455 words)

	HMNZS Achilles
		HMNZS Achilles was a Leander class cruiser (7200 tons) (from 1936, Improved Leander class), built in Birkenhead, England and launched (as HMS Achilles) on 1 September 1932.
		She was transferred to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy on 31 March 1936 and recommissioned as HMNZS Achilles, with a crew approximately 60% from New Zealand and 40% Imperial.
		In the early morning of 13th December a force of Achilles, HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter detected smoke on the horizon, which was confirmed to be a pocket battleship, thought to be the Admiral Scheer[?], at 0616.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMNZS_Achilles.html (416 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HMNZS Achilles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Achilles (from 1941 HMNZS Achilles) was a Leander class cruiser of 7,200 tons built in Birkenhead, England and launched on 1 September 1932.
		Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Phthia (southeast Thessaly), and the sea nymph Thetis.
		Achilles' armor was the object of a feud between Odysseus and Telamonian Ajax (Achilles' older cousin).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMNZS-Achilles (684 words)

	Achilles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Achilles' name can be analyzed as a combination of Polytonicá¼ÏÎ¿Ï (''akhos'') "grief" and PolytonicÎ»Î±ÏÏ (''laos'') "a people, tribe, nation, etc." In other words, Achilles is an embodiment of the grief of the people, grief being a theme raised numerous times in the ''Iliad'' (frequently by Achilles).
		Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Phthia (southeast Thessaly), and the sea nymph Thetis.
		Achilles' armor was the object of a feud between Odysseus and Telamonian Ajax (Achilles' older cousin).
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Achilles (2762 words)

	Finance Choices - Personal Finance Wiki
		The Wrath of Achilles, by François-Léon Benouville (1821–1859) (Musée Fabre)
		Peleus entrusted Achilles to Chiron the Centaur, on Mt. Pelion, to be raised.
		Achilles was worshipped as a sea-god in many of the Greek colonies on the Black Sea, the location of the mythical "White Island" which he was said to inhabit after his death, together with many other heroes.
	www.financechoices.co.uk /personal-finance-wiki.php?title=Achilles (3951 words)

	1946 TO 1947
		HMNZS "Bellona," commanded by Captain M. Laing, C.B.E RN., commissioned in the United Kingdom on 1st October, 1946, and sailed for New Zealand on the 14th October via Panama Canal, San Diego, Pearl Harbour, and Suva, arriving at Auckland on the 15th December, 1946.
		HMNZS "Hautapu" was re-commissioned at Auckland on 30th April 1946, and sailed on 17th May for Timaru, from where she worked under the direction of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on radar research experiments.
		HMNZS "Tasman."-HMNZS "Tasman," commissioned in January 1944, functioned as a training establishment until the cessation of hostilities, when it was reduced to a demobilization centre for South Island personnel.
	www.rnzncomms.net.nz /navy/documents/reports/nznb1946.html (2655 words)

	Achilles at AllExperts
		The Wrath of Achilles, by FranÃ§ois-LÃ©on Benouville (1821-1859) (MusÃ©e Fabre)
		Achilles even got in a fight with the river god Scamander who became angry that Achilles was choking his waters with all the men he killed.
		Achilles, after his temporary truce with Priam, fought and killed the Amazonian warrior Penthesilea; a tradition that he raped the dead body is recorded in pseudo-Apollodorus, the epitome of Bibliotheke.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/ac/achilles.htm (3551 words)

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		Achilles was the son of the mortal Peleus, king of the Myrmidons in Phthia (southeast Thessaly), and the sea nymph Thetis.
		Achilles' armor was the object of a feud between Odysseus and Telamonian Ajax (Achilles' older cousin).
		Achilles was worshipped as a sea-god in many of the Greek colonies on the Black Sea, the location of the mythical "White Island" which he was said to inhabit after his death, together with many other heroes.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Achilles (3690 words)

	HMNZS Achilles (70)
		HMS Achilles (from 1941 HMNZS Achilles) was a Leander class cruiser of 7,200 tons built in Birkenhead, England and launched on 1 September 1932.
		On the outbreak of the Second World War, Achilles started patrolling the west coast of South America looking for German merchant ships, but by 22nd October 1939 she had arrived at the Falkland Islands, where she was assigned to the South American Division under Commodore Harwood and allocated to Force G (Exeter and HMS Cumberland).
		In the early morning of 13th December a force consisting of Achilles, Ajax and Exeter detected smoke on the horizon, which was confirmed to be a pocket battleship, thought to be Admiral Scheer, at 06:16.
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		Achilles sacrificing to Zeus, from the Ambrosian Iliad, a 5th century illuminated manuscript.
		Achilles as guardian of the palace in the gardens of the Achilleion in Corfu.
		Achilles is portrayed as a former hero, who has become lazy and devoted to the love of Patroclus, in William Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Achilles (3945 words)

	"Harker, Jack S."; HMNZS ACHILLES.
		FINE The New Zealand light cruiser ACHILLES was launched on the Mersey in 1932 and four years later the Admiralty handed her over to the New Zealand Navy.
		ACHILLES went on to play a distinguished role at Guadalcanal in 1943, but an internal explosion while refitting at Portsmouth prevented her from taking part in D-Day a year later.
		In 1945 ACHILLES was back in the Pacific during the final stages of the war against Japan.
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		HMNZS Achilles was a Leander class cruiser">Leander class cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy in World War II.
		On the outbreak of the Second World War, Achilles started patrolling the west coast of South America looking for German merchant ships, but by 22 October 1939 she had arrived at the Falkland Islands, where she was assigned to the South American Division under Commodore Harwood and allocated to Force G (Exeter">HMS Exeter and Cumberland">Cumberland).
		In the early morning of 1939-12-13 a force consisting of Achilles, Ajax">HMS Ajax and Exeter detected smoke on the horizon, which was confirmed at 06:16 to be a pocket battleship, thought to be Admiral Scheer">Admiral Scheer but which turned out to be the Admiral Graf Spee">Admiral Graf Spee.
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	Battle of River Plate
		The commander of the Ajax saw what was happening and using his superior speed closed in again on the Graf Spree and started a fire on her, in the process she too was hit and had two turrets put out of action.
		The pursuit continued until the Ajax reported that she was low on ammunition so Harwood ordered both of the smaller cruisers to resume the role of shadowing the Graf Spree at a distance of about 15 miles away.
		The Achilles continued to pursue the Graf Spree and would sometimes close in on the battleship provoking a number of salvoes, non of which hit, the Ajax meanwhile was heading toward the south, just in case the Graf Spree doubled back.
	members.tripod.com /~colemangr/River_Plate.htm (756 words)

	HMNZS Achilles (70) Information
		HMNZS Achilles was a New Zealand cruiser, famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, alongside HMS Ajax and HMS Exeter.
		She served with the Royal Navy's New Zealand Division from March 31, 1937 through the creation of the Royal New Zealand Navy, to which she was transferred in September 1941, renamed the HMNZS Achilles.
		In the early morning of 13 December a force consisting of Achilles, Ajax and Exeter detected smoke on the horizon, which was confirmed at 06:16 to be a pocket battleship, thought to be Admiral Scheer but which turned out to be the Admiral Graf Spee.
	www.bookrags.com /HMNZS_Achilles_%2870%29 (616 words)

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		Sean had the HMNZS Achilles and her 6-inch guns, while I commanded the British squadron from Achilles' sister, the HMS Ajax.
		Miraculously, Achilles' engine room remained intact, and sorting ourselves into line formation with her in the lead (accomplished though my use of simple declarative sentences and good old fashioned Anglo-Saxon adjectives over the TBS), the British rapidly closed on the Spee.
		Achilles barely got her fires under control (coming within one hull box of sinking).
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	Achilles information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Greek mythology, Achilles, also Akhilleus or Achilleus (Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.
		Achilles' name can be analyzed as a combination of ἄχος (akhos) "grief" and λαός (laos) "a people, tribe, nation, etc." In other words, Achilles is an embodiment of the grief of the people, grief being a theme raised numerous times in the Iliad (frequently by Achilles).
		The play, Achilles, was part of a trilogy about the Trojan War.
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		(See Achilles' heel, Achilles' tendon.) It is not clear if this version of events was known earlier.
		Triumphant Achilles dragging Hector's lifeless body in front of the Gates of Troy.
		Achilles' relationship with Patroclus is a key aspect of his myth.
	www.skeletalmuscles.net /muscles.php?title=Achilles (3945 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - My Grandfather served on the Achilles
		Here is the original text by Jack Harker of his book HMNZS Achilles, he was a telegraphist.
		The report of Achilles in action in the Solomons when her Marines were killed.
		But even while the flagship was still speaking, Achilles' alarm rattlers sent men racing for their guns as the planes peeled off to come hurtling down at Honolulu and Achilles.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /Letters/SergeantRichardColemanwas.html (1330 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMNZS Achilles of the Leander class
		Served with the Home Fleet as HMS Achilles from commissioning on 10 October 1933 until she was transferred to the New Zealand division on 24 March 1936.
		Consisting of the light cruisers HMS Ajax (flagship of Commodore Sir Henry Harwood, RN, Capt. C.H.L. Woodhouse, RN in command), HMNZS Achilles (Capt. W.E. Parry, RN) and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter (Capt. F.S. Bell, RN).
		HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles were both damaged and suffered casualties, HMS Ajax 7 dead and wounded and HMS Achilles 4 dead.
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	The Battle of the River Plate (movie)
		The Battle of the River Plate (US title:Pursuit of the Graf Spee) is a 1956 British movie written, produced, and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
		It portrays the eponymous naval battle of 1939, between a Commonwealth force of three cruisers (HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles) and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.
		Unlike most British war movies of the time, The Battle of the River Plate is notable in treating the German sailors as honourable opponents rather than as cardboard cut-out "Huns".
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/pu/Pursuit_of_the_Graf_Spee.html (107 words)

	ScenariosPage
		Hunting Force G was composed of the light cruisers HMS Ajax, HMNZS Achilles and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, while the forces fourth ship, the heavy cruiser HMS Cumberland, was undergoing a self-refit was in the Falkland Islands.
		Achilles was not carrying her single Vickers Supermarine Walrus.
		HMNZS Achilles (Leander class) under Captain Edward Perry.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /simon.dunsterville/dgBattleOfTheRiverPlatePage.htm (791 words)

	::The Graf Spee in Montevideo::
		With only HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles in the immediate vicinity, such a move would pose a serious threat to them.
		One of Langsdorff’s first acts in Montevideo was to release the crews of the merchant ships he had sunk during her most recent voyage.
		Hence there was only Ajax, Achilles and Cumberland between the Graf Spee and the Atlantic, and Harwood was understandably wary after the damage done to the Exeter.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /graf_spee_in_montevideo.htm (1116 words)

	Leander class cruiser (1931) at AllExperts
		At the Battle of Kolombagara, Leander was heavily damaged by a Long Lance torpedo, causing many casualties, and sending the ship to repairs for two years.
		The Achilles was the second vessel loaned to New Zealand, commissioned as HMNZS Achilles in September 1941.
		Achilles was sold to India in 1948, being renamed Delhi.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/le/leander_class_cruiser_(1931).htm (682 words)

	HMNZS Leander — R Class Skiff - light weight, high performance, development dinghy sailing (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She was also fitted for the Walrus amphibian carried amidships on a platform behind the stack.
		HMNZS Leander carries the first unit of the New Zealand Army to be sent overseas.
		HMNZS Achilles Sailors and HMNZS Leander Sailors take a break in Fiji when seven weeks of mail arrives for both ships via an exchange with the USS San Francisco.
	www.rclass.org /leander/history/hmnzsleander (576 words)

	nsw Vindicatrix, NSW/ACT vindicatrix, Australia vindicatrix, nsw vindi, nsw vindi boys, - 13/11/06 SEA STORIES
		It sank nine vessels in the Atlantic Ocean before being damaged in December 1939 during a running fight with the British heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and the light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles that became know as the battle of the River Plate, one of the war's first naval clashes between major fleet units.
		During the battle the Exeter at 10,400 tons and 8 inch guns the Graf Spee’s biggest threat was severely damaged and had to make the Falklands to effect emergency repairs.
		The cruisers Ajax and Achilles supported later by the HMS Cumberland patrolled outside the port.
	www.vindicatrix-originalnswact.org /pages/sea-stories-from-ww2.php (0 words)

	NZDF Medals - News -Medallic grievances addressed
		HMNZS Royalist involvement in the Suez Conflict 1956
		Two New Zealand cruisers, GAMBIA and ACHILLES serviced in Japanese waters following the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945 but before the March 1946 deployment of New Zealand's contribution to the occupation force – J Force and RNZAF 14 Squadron.
		Personnel who served aboard GAMBIA and ACHILLES will now be offered the NZ Service Medal.
	medals.nzdf.mil.nz /news/articles/1999-2003/20010611.html (1063 words)

	Battle of the River Plate
		From 13th December, 1939, the flotilla of British warships - HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMNZS Achilles - commanded by Commodore Henry H. Harwood, harried the Graf Spee.
		The German battleship outgunned the Allied crew with her six 11-inch guns and eight 5.9inch guns, the British cruisers Achilles, Ajax and Exeter had only six 8-inch (Exeter) and sixteen 6-inch (Achilles and Ajax) guns between them.
		The Ajax and Achilles fought on trying to get close enough to give their lightweight guns the chance to damage the battleship, but the Graf Spee was causing damage with her 11-inch guns.
	www.far-eastern-heroes.org.uk /alf_king/html/battle_of_the_river_plate.htm (695 words)

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		Subject - HMNZS Achilles X Turret - 1945 Configuration There has been considerable discussion about the configuration of the Achilles after the X turret was removed.
		I have nothing to add to this but I do have information on the configuration of the X turret after the Achilles was removed.
		It was blown to pieces in the Solomons by a 500 lb bomb on Jan 5 1943.
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