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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Mediterranean Fleet (United Kingdom)
Of the three original Invincible class battlecruisers which entered service in the first half of 1908, two (HMS Inflexible and HMS Indomitable) joined the Mediterranean Fleet in 1914.
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.
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  HMS Alamein (D17) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Alamein (D17) was a Battle-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy.
She was named in honour of the Battle of El Alamein, which took place in 1942 during the Second World War, between Commonwealth forces and the German Afrika Korps.
In 1948, Alamein, along with her sister-ship Barrosa, escorted the carrier Vengeance for exercises in Northern and Home waters, though she did not join the two on their subsequent visit to Northern Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Alamein   (271 words)

  
 HMS Alamein (D17)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
HMS Alamein (D17) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN).
She was launched on the 12th May 1945 and commissioned on the 20th March 1947.
In 1948, Alamein, along with her sister-ship Barrosa, escorted the carrier HMS Vengeance for exercises in Northern and Home waters, though she did not join the two on their subsequent visit to Northern Ireland.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_alamein__d17_   (315 words)

  
 Alamein   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Alamein railway line, Melbourne Proposed closure/extension Although moves were made to close the line in the 1980s, the...
Alamein railway station, Melbourne Alamein railway station (station code: ALM) is the terminus of the suburban Metcard t...
Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Viscount Montgomery of Alamein is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
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 British Mediterranean Fleet biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 1893, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon drowned as 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 German ships Goeben and Breslau.
A recently-modernised HMS Warspite became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet in 1926.
british-mediterranean-fleet.biography.ms   (211 words)

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