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	Antarctic Explorers: Robert F. Scott
		At the end of 1886 he joined HMS ROVER and was rated by her captain as an "intelligent and capable young officer of temperate habits".
		After nine months on the HMS ROVER, Scott went on to spend the winter of 1887-8 at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich and in March 1888 he was awarded first-class certificates in pilotage, torpedoes and gunnery, coming in with the highest marks in his class in his year of seamanship.
		HMS MINERVA towed her from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, HMS VINDICTIVE took her on to Aden and from there HMS FOX towed her to an area 120 miles off the east coast of Socotra where she was left on her own for the final leg.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000089.htm (13787 words)

	HMS AMPHION - Find Friends from HMS AMPHION at Forces Reunited
		Leslie Curd was at HMS Amphion between 1957 and 1969.
		Alexander Gilchrist was at HMS Amphion between 1959 and 1966.
		Peter griffin was at HMS Amphion between 1956 and 1966.
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Amphion.html (201 words)

	HMS Amphion - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The fifth Amphion, launched in 1911, was an Active-class scout cruiser, the first Royal Navy ship to be sunk in World War I [1] (http://www.gwpda.org/naval/flccaslt.htm).
		The sixth Amphion, launched in 1934, was a Leander-class light cruiser transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and renamed Perth.
		The seventh Amphion, launched in 1944, was the name ship of her class of submarines.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Amphion (190 words)

	Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Amphion
		The Amphion steam frigate, 38 guns, Captain Williams, was taken in the east dock to-day to be examined before procccing to sea.
		The Amphion frigate, of 38 guns, was ordered to be built on the 16th of May, 1828, and to be named the Ambuscade, but from some well grounded objections to that name it was altered to Amphion, by Admiralty order of the 31st March, 1831.
		The diameter of the screw-propellor of the Amphion is 14 feet.
	www.pdavis.nl /ShowShip.php?id=68 (1852 words)

	HMS Amphion
		Amphion, launched 1911, was a scout cruiser, first sunk in WWI [1]
		Amphion, launched 1934, was a Leander-class light cruiser transferred to the Royal Australian Navy and renamed Perth.
		Amphion, launched 1944, was the name ship of her class of submarines.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_amphion.html (98 words)

	HMS Astute
		Two submarines of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Astute for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.
		HMS Astute (P447) was an Amphion-class (also known as the "A" class) submarine launched during World War II but never seeing action against an enemy.
		HMS Astute (S119) was under constuction in February 2003.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMS_Astute.html (65 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Amphion
		Amphion married Niobe, and killed himself after the loss of his wife and children at the hands of Apollo and Artemis.
		Amphion, son of Iasus and Persephone (a mortal woman, not the wife of Hades).
		This Amphion is an obscure character, said to be a king of the Minyans of Orchomenus), in Boeotia.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Amphion (302 words)

	HMS Astute (S119)
		HMS Astute (S119) was the second submarine of the Royal Navy to be named for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment.
		The first was HMS Astute (P447), an Amphion class submarine launched during World War II.
		In July 2002, the British Minister of Defence[?] announced that she was 12-18 months behind schedule and would not be delivered before late 2006.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMS_Astute_(S119).html (101 words)

	Mid
		Thomas Anthoine, 23, was born in St Brelade and served as one of the 117 ABs on board HMS Leviathan.
		He had transferred from the fifth rate frigate HMS Amphion and after the Battle he was transferred into the third rate HMS Illustrious.
		In 1774 after transferring to the HMS Asia, 64, operating in the American colonies he was made acting lieutenant of HMS Kingfisher, 16.
	www.jerseyheritagetrust.org /whats/trafstories.html (2446 words)

	Amphion: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		Edwin Morris, Amphion, A Farewell, Balin and Balan.
		Amphion, the imaginary Greek sculptor to whom...of a mortal, will turn him to stone; Amphion plans to hold a model in an ideal pose...a youth of perfect proportions, whom Amphion lures back to his studio and there transfixes...
		Amphion, to whom Du Bartas is compared, was...wife, upon whom her sons took revenge.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/amphion.jsp?l=A&p=4 (1306 words)

	The National Archives \| Trafalgar Ancestors \| Details
		Comments: HMS Captain was at the Battle of St Vincent on 11 June 1797.
		Comments: HMS Vanguard was at the Battle of the Nile on 1 August 1798.
		Comments: HMS Elephant was at the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /trafalgarancestors/details_print.asp?id=17849 (150 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (G-O)
		Like HMS Courageous, HMS Glorious was completed in 1917 as a fast cruiser for use in the Great War in the Baltic, but by the 1920s with Britain wanting to increase her aircraft carrier strength she was converted to an aircraft carrier, as was HMS Courageous.
		HMS Wasp was a British steam gunboat, which was lost in September 1887 while on a passage from Singapore to Hong-Kong.
		She was sunk by HMS Amphion near the mouth of the Thames on August the 5th 1914.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F4.HTM (15666 words)

	Perth 1 History
		AMPHION departed Simonstown early in October 1938 and arrived at Spithead on 14 December, proceeding to Portsmouth the following day to pay off for a refit.
		The refit at Portsmouth Dockyard involved, among other modifications, the addition of a 'heavy' catapult to accommodate a Seagull V amphibion and the installation of modern twin 4 inch anti-aircraft mountings in place of the original old 4 inch guns.
		Following agreement between the British and Australian Governments for the purchase of AMPHION for the RAN, it was decided to transfer the ship in 1939.
	www.hmasperth.asn.au /Perth_1.html (2025 words)

	On HMS Hannibal
		HMS Hannibal sailed from Portsmouth, 21/5/1859, and arrived at the base for the Mediterranean fleet, Valetta, Malta, on the 11th May.
		He sent officers into the town to arrange a meeting on HMS Hannibal between Garibaldi and the Bourbon generals, with the result that an armistice was declared on 30th May, and further bombardment ceased.
		HMS Hannibal stayed in the Bay of Naples until the 1st March 1861, when the mission came to an end after nine months.
	www.barnarch.u-net.com /emd8.htm (1882 words)

	HMS AMPHION (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS AMPHION was the last of three Modified Leander Class cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1930's and later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy.
		During her stay on the Africa Station, AMPHION was mainly involved in "Showing the flag" cruises.
		In the latter part of 1936 she did a cruise of the West coast as far north as Freetown and Bathurst.
	www.spruso.com /1amphion.htm (400 words)

	US Bazaar.com : Encyclopedia Pages : Robert Falcon Scott
		Scott was born at "Outlands", Stoke Damerel, near Devonport in England, to John Edward Scott, a brewer and magistrate, and Hannah, née Cuming.
		Scott rose to become an engineering lieutenant in 1891 on HMS Amphion, specialising in torpedoes.
		He became a First Lieutenant in 1892 aboard the HMS Majestic, at the time the flagship of the Channel fleet.
	encyclopedia.us-bazaar.com /?title=Robert_Falcon_Scott (4848 words)

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		At 1438 the same day, U-155 had unsuccessfully attacked the Rozewie with 20 rounds from the deck gun, but was forced to break off the attack when the ship returned fire with her armament of one 152-mm gun and three machine guns.
		Although CDR Stubbs received a DSO for his part in the action, his decision to ram was based on the erroneous notion that is was better to destroy a U-boat than to ensure the safe arrival of the convoy.
		HMS Tartar, HMS Ashanti, HMCS Haida and HMCS Iroquois maneuvered to a favorable position and attacked, sinking six of the seven ships, including the escort.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/06Aug.txt (1590 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot World War 2 Crusiers
		HMS Apollo and HMS Amphion were later to be commissioned into the RAN as HMAS Hobart and HMAS Perth.
		So HMS Shropshire was to become HMAS Shropshire and she too served with distinction in the remaining Pacific campaign.
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	www.gunplot.net /shipgallery/ww2cruisers/ww2cruisers2.html (1003 words)

	The Wartime Memories Project - The Great War - HMS Amphion
		HMS Amphion was the fifth Royal Navy ship to bare the name.
		3.30pm - at 9am on August 5th, HMS Amphion with the 3rd flotilla proceeded to carry out a certain pre-arranged plan of search and about an hour later a trawler informed them that she had seen a suspicious ship 'throwing things overboard' in an indicated position.
		Debris falling from a great height struck the rescue boats, destroyers and one of the Amphion's shells burst on the deck of one of the latter killing two of the men and a German prisoner rescured from the cruiser.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /greatwar/ships/hmsamphion.html (514 words)

	HMS AMPHION
		HMS AMPHION was the last of three Modified Leander Class cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1930's and later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy.
		During her stay on the Africa Station, AMPHION was mainly involved in "Showing the flag" cruises.
		AMPHION continued her cruises up the West Coast in July and August.
	www.perthone.com /1amphion.htm (400 words)

	Cruising Association Book Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Amphion; by Michael Feather; Feather Press, 1998; 80pp; £6.00; CA 15259
		Commanded by a Nelson protege, whose spendthrift, clergyman father squandered his prize money, he led a squadron to victory in the last "line of battle" action before Jutland.
		This officer had an affair with a colonel’s wife before taking passage home on Amphion but behaved gallantly towards a French lady prisoner, married into the aristocracy, became a baronet and captain of the Royal Yacht.
	www.cruising.org.uk /reviews/r7feather.htm (148 words)

	Okręty podwodne: HMS "Aeneas" - brytyjski okręt podwodny (typ 'A')
		Okręty podwodne: HMS "Aeneas" - brytyjski okręt podwodny (typ 'A')
		Brytyjski okręt podwodny HMS AENEAS miał wyrzutnie rakiet plot.
		Brytyjskie okręty podwodne typu 'A' (drugiego), zwanego też Acheron lub Amphion, w Facta Nautica:
	facta-nautica.graptolite.net /Aeneas.html (174 words)

	Okręty podwodne atomowe i konwencjonalne - Katalog Facta Nautica
		typu 'B' - HMS B5, typ 'B', Wielka Brytania
		- USS E1, SS-24, USA, amerykański typ 'E' - HMS E5, Wielka Brytania, brytyjski typ 'E' - HMS EXCALIBUR, eksperymentalny
		- HMS G4, Wielka Brytania, typ 'G' - USS GAR (SS 206), typ 'T' (Tambor), USA
	www.marynistyka.net (482 words)

	Active Class Cruiser - HMS Active, Amphion, Fearless
		Active Class Cruiser - HMS Active, Amphion, Fearless
		Generally similar follow on to the Blonde class scouts.
		Fearless later became leader of a squadron of the notoriously accident prone K class steam submarines, accidentally ramming and sinking K 17 in January 1918.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /light-cruiser/hms-Active.html (219 words)

	HMS Amphion - Definition, explanation
		The fifth Amphion, launched in 1911, was an Active-class scout cruiser, the first Royal Navy ship to be sunk in World War I [1].
		Ship history from 1936 as HMS Amphion, to her sinking in Sunda Strait in 1942...
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	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/h/hm/hms_amphion.php (271 words)

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