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  HMS Aisne (D22) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Aisne (D22) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy.
She was named after one of the Battles of the Aisne, though she may indeed have been named in honour of all three battles that took place there.
Aisne was positioned in the middle of her sister-ships Corunna and Barrosa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Aisne_(D22)   (330 words)

  
 Mediterranean Fleet (Royal Navy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1893, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon drowned as his flagship, HMS Victoria, sank within fifteen minutes of a collision with HMS Camperdown.
They and HMS Indefatigable formed the nucleus of the fleet at the start of World War I when British forces pursued the German ships Goeben and Breslau.
A recently-modernised HMS Warspite became the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet in 1926.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Mediterranean_Fleet   (468 words)

  
 7 June 1940
HMS Ark Royal and HMS Glorious are still located at sea WNW of Narvik, the former providing air cover for the Allied evacuation of Norway and the later preparing to embark the surviving aircraft of 263 Squadron, RAF (Gladiator) and 71 Squadron, FAA (Walrus).
At 0200, HMS Ark Royal in position 70.14 N, 16.14 W, she dispatched an A.D.A. patrol (one 810 Squadron Swordfish) as well as a fighter patrol to Risoy (two 800 Squadron Skuas led by Lt. K.
At 1430, HMS Glorious dispatched 4 Swordfish to Bardufoss to lead the RAF planes back when the effort was made.
homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1940/06/07.htm   (1113 words)

  
 HMS AISNE
HMS Aisne was originally built as a battle Class Destroyer by Vickers Armstrong 12th May 1945.
HMS Gabbard on her speed trials 8th January 1947.
Denis Sherringham's first ship in 1948 was HMS Aisne, in his book, "Swing the Lamp, Jack Dusty, So I Joined the Navy" he devotes 3 chapters to Aisne.
www.rjerrard.co.uk /royalnavy/aisne/aisne.htm   (1030 words)

  
 HMS Gambia Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
H.M.S. Euryalaus, after an exciting battle and thus two Devonport ships were able to inform the Home Port that a "proper job" had been done.
H.M.S. Barrosa coming alongside for a RAS.  Her sister ship H.M.S. Broadsword(?) was as I recall a short distance away on the Port Side,
HMS Agincourt (Captain D), HMS Aisne, HMS Barossa, HMS Corunna, HMS Jutland, HMS Dunkirk, HMS Alamein, HMS Matapan.
www.hmsgambia.com /gambia1.html   (1115 words)

  
 THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE - HMS Brighton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
My name is Michael Coomer, I served on HMS BRIGHTON from 1961 to 1963 and I still have the tankard given to each member of the crew, I had a ships crest which is now in the British Legion at Tidworth and has been there since 1964.
I have very fond memories of my service on HMS BRIGHTON and at 16 1/2 years old i joined her in Clydebank when she was commisioned new in 1961.
4.5 Turret, HMS BRIGHTON at Gilbralter in 1977.
www.findonvillage.com /0794_hms_brighton.htm   (2883 words)

  
 British & Commonwealth units serving in Borneo, Brunei and supporting operations 1962 - 1966
HMS Aisne Aisne, a Battle class destroyer was employed on counter insurgency ops in the Mallaca Straits Sept 64-Dec 64 and again July 65-Dec 65.
Recommissioned in Singapore approx 1966 and crewed from HMS Lincoln, the crew was all volunteer of 17 rating, a lieutenant as CO and a midshipman.
HMS Camberford HMS Camberford was commisioned in 1965 around june 1965 with a volunteer crew from HMS Barossa alongside the Ickford Greatford and Tilford for duties in the Singapore Straits.
www.britains-smallwars.com /Borneo/units.html   (8504 words)

  
 HMS AISNE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Haisell, Geoff served in HMS AISNE between 1954 and 1956
Dawes, Roger served in HMS AISNE between 1965 and 1966
Stephenson, Kenneth served in HMS AISNE between 1966 and 1968
www.comradesandcolleagues.com /ROYAL_NAVY/HMS_AISNE.asp   (317 words)

  
 HMS AISNE - Find Friends from HMS AISNE at Forces Reunited
Anthony Barnard was at HMS Aisne between 1951 and 1963
Donald Lewis was at HMS Aisne between 1948 and 1956
William Smith was at HMS Aisne between 1944 and 1956
www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Aisne.html   (453 words)

  
 Group Two
Destroyer website dedicated to the history of HMS Agincourt, HMS Aisne, HMS Alamein, HMS Corunna, HMS Dunkirk, HMS Malplaquet (Jutland) and HMS Matapan from their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of Battle Class destroyers.
HMS Aisne at the breakers, Inverkeithing, July 1970.
I served on HMS Aisne from 12 January 1963 until 24th August 1965.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /group_two.htm   (1454 words)

  
 Art prints o fthe Battle of Jutland
HMS Agincourt is shown alongside HMS Erin with ships of the 1st Battle squadron of the Grand Fleet, on the eve of the Battle of Jutland.
HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland by Ivan Berryman.
HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland.
www.first-world-war.com /jutland.htm   (2323 words)

  
 The Forgotten Boys of the Aisne Battlefields
Much further south are the battlefields of the Aisne and the Marne, larger in extent, partly to do with the fact that the clash of continental armies had greater space in which to manoeuvre.
The Aisne passage is one of the main gateways to Paris from the East.
The Aisne River had been breached by the Germans in this attack on 27th May 1918, and along the line of advance other memorials and cemeteries, both British, French and German are testimony to this fact.
www.fairmile.fsbusiness.co.uk /aisne.htm   (1563 words)

  
 HMS Gabbard (D47) - Indopedia, the Indological knowledgebase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
HMS Gabbard (D47) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN).
She was named in honour of the Batte of Gabbard, which occurred in 1653, and which resulted in an English victory over the Dutch Fleet.
In 1971, Badr was heavily damaged by Indian warships during the Indo-Pakistan War.
www.indopedia.org /Badr.html   (377 words)

  
 Tanknet > Last "seawolf" Class Ssn Commissioned
HMS Indomitable assisted HMS Lion after the battle of Dogger Bank in 1915.
HMS Inflexible took part in the Dardanelles operations in 1915 but was mined and badly damaged needing 3 months of repairs.
All three ships were present at the Battle of Jutland, HMS Invincible blew up and sank after a hit from Lutzow with the loss of 1,026 crew.
www.tank-net.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t8462.html   (4348 words)

  
 3rdCB: HMS Solebay
The main armament was to be fitted in enclosed mountings, despite objections from some quarters that the aperture required for the barrels to have an 80o elevation would expose the mechanism to water damage in heavy seas, and that enclosing the mounting would make the guns crew blind.
During this commission H.M.S. HOGUE, in the same Squadron, was struck by INS MYSORE during night exercises.
She was also selected as senior escort to the Royal Yacht for H.M. The Queen’s state visit to Italy, which included a visit to Venice (the first of two made by SOLEBAY) culminating in a spectacular fire-work display.
www.3rdcb.org.uk /rn/hms_solebay.php   (2465 words)

  
 Harpoon HQ - Harpoon Classic, Harpoon II, Harpoon 3, Harpoon 4
Daylight saw the scene switch to the HMS Eagle carrier battle group when several waves of Indonesian Russian built TU-16 Badger heavy bombers were shot down attempting to launch missiles at the Royal Navy force.
During the day’s action the destroyer HMS Aisne was sunk by Badger launched missiles with heavy loss of life.
Ironically her sister ship HMS Barrosa was lost performing the same duty east of Singapore less then a week earlier.
www.harpoonhq.com /harpoon3/colonialwars/AAR/EMPIRE.htm   (587 words)

  
 British Mediterranean Fleet info here at en.89of100e.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Sunday Battleship Blogging: HMS Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth served as the flagship of the Atlantic Fleet until 1924, and as flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet for several years after that.
They und HMS Indefatigable formed the nucleus of the fleet at the of World War I when British duresss pursued the German ships Goeben und Breslau.
A recently-modernised HMS Warspite became the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief und Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet in 1926.
en.89of100e.info /British_Mediterranean_Fleet   (618 words)

  
 Battle class
An experimental mounting was fitted to HMS SAVAGE, a Troubridge class destroyer, in 1942.
This trial mounting proved satisfactory but suffered some defects one of which (oil leakage through the decks) was never really solved and continued to plague at least one Battle right up until she finally paid off in 1962.
The longest serving Battle in the Royal Navy was, however, HMS MATAPAN.
www.tosd.demon.co.uk /class.htm   (1282 words)

  
 Pen and Sword Books
HMS Vernon features in the book since on the eve of the First World War it was one of the first establishments developing and testing naval weapons, and the mining school was formed there
HMS Comet was finally refitted as a minelayer as late as 1953 and we learn (page 203) that HMS Contest carried out some of the last destroyer minelaying between 1958 - 59 in the Mediterranean.
In 1793 Captain Purvis had his own command, HMS Princess Royal; also in the fleet at the time was the Agamemnon, 64 commanded by one of the youngest captains in the fleet, the 35-year-old Horatio Nelson who, having had the right influence, had made Post-Captain at the unusually early age of 21.
www.rjerrard.co.uk /royalnavy/pen/pen.html   (9114 words)

  
 World War One Battles
The First Battle of the Aisne was a follow-up offensive by the Allied forces against the right wing of the German First and Second armies (under von Kluck and von Bulow) in retreat after September 1914's First Battle of the Marne.
Unknown to Spee however, a British squadron, including two fast, modern battle cruisers, HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible, were at that same time coaling at Port Stanley, sent by First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher to avenge the British defeat at Coronel.
These were the armoured cruisers HMS Carnarvon, HMS Cornwall and HMS Kent; two light cruisers, HMS Bristol and HMS Glasgow; and an old battleship, HMS Canopus, presently grounded at Port Stanley and used as a form of make-shift fortress.
webpages.charter.net /wisconsinlegion-7thdistrict/WW1_Battles1.htm   (15644 words)

  
 Naval Art Prints
The last seaplane carrier built for the Admiralty, HMS Pegasus was launched in 1917 and benefited from all the lessons learned from her predecessors, possessing a flying-off platform forward, served by twin derricks, and a hangar and cranes aft, capable of carrying up to nine aircraft.
HMS Glorious and HMS Repulse fire opening salvos against the German cruiser Pillau at the Heligoland Bight 17th November 1917.
HMS Barham with HMS Eagle in Valetta Harbour in Malta during the 1930s by Ivan Berryman.
www.first-world-war.com /ww1_naval_art.htm   (4269 words)

  
 Aisne - The Forgotten Boys of the Aisne Battlefields
Aisne is a département in the northern part of France named after the Aisne River.
Aisne (an) A river of northern France rising in the Argonne Forest and flowing about 266 km (165 mi) northwest and west to the Oise River.
HMS Aisne was originally built as a battle Class Destroyer by Vickers Armstrong 12th May 1945 Any Photos of Aisne or any Battle Class Destroyer welcome.
allindexes.com /alid/aisne.htm   (431 words)

  
 Looking for HMS Daedalus veterans
Joined at HMS Raleigh in May 89 and served at HMS Daedalus (Artificer training), HMS Birmingham for WIGS 90 and at RNAS Portland 702 Squadron.
He served on HMS Cambrian (63-64), at Daedalus (64-66), HMS St Angelo (68-68), on HMS Hermes at HMS Cochrane and on HMS Dido (to 1973).
HMS Fisgard Jan 1976, HMS Daedalus Jan 1977, HMS Seahawk Jan 1978, 706 RNAS, NASU Culdrose, Instrument Workshops Culdrose, 824 RNAS, 826 RNAS, 810 RNAS.
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Daedalus/whom.htm   (1611 words)

  
 HMS Ganges Royal Navy Association - Notice Board/February 2003
We as members of the association must also remember that we are freemen of Ipswich.
As HMS Ganges ratings have been given the freedom of the town.
I have a number of cap tallies all at least thirty years old - several older:- Aisne, Alert, Ausonia, Barcarole, Birmingham, Cochrane, Collingwood, Condor, Decoy, Dolphin, Excellent, Exmouth, Falmouth, Forth, Gabbard, Gambia, Gurkha, Jamaica, Loch Lomond., Mercury, Miner III, Obdurate, Ocean, Pembroke, Salisbury, Triumph, HMS, HM Minesweepers, Commander-in-Chief.
www.hmsgangesassoc.org /feb03.html   (438 words)

  
 Stockham
Between that time and his death, he served in the Toulon sector, in the Aisne operation, and at Belleau Wood.
John Stockham was First Lieutenant in HMS Thunderer at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
In the absence of her captain, he assumed command of the ship during the battle and was subsequently promoted to captain for his actions.
www.history.navy.mil /danfs/s18/stockham.htm   (1883 words)

  
 Royal Navy/Notice Board/November 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
There is a note attached in his handwriting that says "HMS Tamar stationed in Hong Kong" and then the date "1905." I know she was a royal troop transport that visited Hong Kong in 1897 and that the Tamar gave its name to the British base established there.
Until today I had no idea there was a HMS Royal Oak Association and as there are only 30 survivors they all must be pretty advanced in age, I suspect they may not have a website.
I have a lovely photograph of HMS Diadem on which my father served in the war.I would be happy to try and scan it for you but I have to say that I am a computer novice!
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Rob_Jerrard/Nov99.htm   (494 words)

  
 fourth destroyer association-history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Way back in 1997 Les Welch (who had served in HMS Barrosa as a Leading Tel.
At the end of April 2002 the Association membership was approximately 250 and we are still surfing the net for potential members.
HMS Corunna became part of my life - it still is. It's part of my home with all the photographs and memorabilia of her that adorn the place, so forming a Fourth Destroyer Squadron Association was a pleasure for me"
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /4thdesassociation/history.htm   (350 words)

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