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	HMS ASHANTI - Find Friends from HMS ASHANTI at Forces Reunited
		Adrian Drake was at HMS Ashanti between 1975 and 1980.
		Lewis Stannard was at HMS Ashanti between 1960 and 1969.
		Lloyd Stokes was at HMS Ashanti between 1974 and 1981.
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Ashanti.html (1191 words)

	HMS Somali
		When HMS Somali was completed, she spent most of January 1939 around Portland England carrying out torpedo and harbour exercises in severe weather.
		Around Christmas 1941, HMS Somali, HMS Ashanti, HMS Bedouin and HMS Eskimo took part in another raid on the Lofoten Islands but their assault was curtailed by the presence of the German air force.
		HMS Ashanti then took her crippled sister ship in tow, cruising at a slow 7 knots.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /G33 (1110 words)

	Go2War2.nl - Tribal klasse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Het schip was dusdanig beschadigd dat het in Groot-Brittannië moest worden gerepareerd.
		HMS Hursley nam het zinkende schip op sleeptouw, maar kon niet voorkomen dat het schip, in het zicht van de thuishaven Alexandrie, uiteindelijk zonk.
		Tijdens deze actie werd HMS Punjabi beschadigd aan haar roer.
	www.go2war2.nl /artikel/722 (4442 words)

	HMS Ashanti (F117) Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HMS Ashanti (F117) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy.
		Ashanti was also used to trial the Westland Wasp, which would, upon the helicopter start its active service with the RN, have quite a short career, mostly being retired by the 1970s, though some would return to service in response to the Falklands War.
		In 1988, Ashanti came to an explosive end, when she was sunk as a target by HM submarines Sceptre and Spartan.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Ashanti_%28F117%29 (505 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Ashanti of the Tribal class
		Luckily, HMS Ashanti was the only Tribal to make a special journey to her namesakes, the country of Ghana in Africa and specifically an area known as the Gold Coast.
		As part of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla (D.F.), Ashanti was ordered to the Irish Sea on 1st June when it was reported that the submarine HMS Thetis had failed to surface during her sea trials.
		By March, Ashanti, was pronounced unfit for operations and was sent to Malta to have the defects rectified.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4230.html (1706 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Eskimo of the Tribal class
		Soon she was back at Scapa Flow and while in company with HMS Ashanti, the German air force attacked for the first time on 17th October.
		In January 1943, HMS Eskimo was laying alongside HMS Nelson preparing for sea when a fire broke out in one of Eskimo's boiler rooms.
		She shared the Hurd Deep patrol with HMS Ashanti and the rest of her assignments were with the 10th D.F. from June 1944 onwards.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4430.html (1333 words)

	HMS Ashanti (F117) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HMS Ashanti (F117) was a (Click link for more info and facts about Tribal-class) Tribal-class frigate of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy.
		In 1974, while deployed to the Caribbean, Ashanti was struck by tragedy, when she was hit by a large wave, with Ashanti sadly losing two crewmembers.
		In 1988, Ashanti came to an explosive end, when she was sunk as a target by HM submarines (Click link for more info and facts about Sceptre) Sceptre and (Click link for more info and facts about Spartan) Spartan.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_ashanti_(f117)3.htm (288 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - HMS Somali (G 33) (Destroyer)
		On 29/30 October, she claimed a U-boat together with HMS Tartar (F 43) and HMS Ashanti (F 51) while escorting a Norwegian convoy, but no U-boat was lost on that day.
		HMS Ashanti (G 51) had unsuccessfully hunted a U-boat about 20 miles behind the convoy and rejoined at full speed, but was then low on fuel oil.
		HMS Ashanti (G 51) then took her crippled sister ship in tow, cruising at a slow 7 knots in a flat and calm sea, that was ideal for towing and for revealing periscope wakes.
	www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/ship.html?shipID=2189 (1333 words)

	HMS Ashanti - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ashanti after the Ashanti people.
		Ashanti (F51), launched 1937, was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in World War II.
		Ashanti (F117), launched 1959, was a Tribal-class frigate.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Ashanti (98 words)

	Ships of The Royal Navy WW2
		HMS Cossack, the most famous of the British Tribals, had an embarrassing debut at Portsmouth England on 12th June 1938, when she dented her brand new bow coming alongside the jetty.
		HMS Victorious left the Clyde with the Operation "Pedestal" convoy on 3 August 1942; she left the "Pedestal" convoy on the 10th of August and took part in the North African landings in November 1942.
		HMS Victorious was refitted at Norfolk Navy Yard USA, during the winter of 1942-43, after which she was loaned to the US Pacific Fleet until being replaced by the new USS Essex.
	www.imaginationscyprus.com /wip/SOTRN_ww2.htm (3237 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Ashanti of the Tribal class
		If this suggestion was carried out, it would have been a very lengthy voyage for HMS Maori, an impossible task for HMS Gurkha and diplomatically impossible for HMS Cossack and HMS Tartar.
		Ashanti, doing six knots and slightly behind her, struck Fame a glancing blow.
		This time Ashanti was passed over and went into reserve at Rosyth, Scotland and was later laid up at Harwich.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4230.html (1706 words)

	Go2War2.nl - printversie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Hierna was de HMS Cossack betrokken bij de jacht op de Bismarck, operaties rond Groot-Brittannië en bescherming van de aanvoerroutes naar Groot-Brittannië.
		HMS Maori vertrok gelijk naar de Middellandse Zee.
		Augustus 1940 was de HMS Tartar weer present om te opereren in de Western Approaches en vervolgens als escorte van HMS Illustrious, naar de Middellandse Zee.
	www.go2war2.nl /nld_print.asp?artikelid=714 (4479 words)

	HMS Sikh
		HMS Sikh started her naval life with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla (1st D. Her builders trials commenced in August 1938 and after being fitted with a gyro-compass and other equipment at Chatham, England she was completed on 2 November 1938 even though she had been commissioned a month earlier.
		HMS Sikh, HMS Gurkha, HMS Afridi and HMS Mohawk were patrolling in the Red Sea when war broke out.
		It was then decided that HMS Sikh and HMS Maori should return to Malta, to join HMS Zulu and form the 22nd D.F. This would act as a strike force against Axis supply convoys between Italy and North Africa.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /G82 (1135 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003g Surface vessels (Post 1945) > Frigates (Steam powered) > British ...
		HMS Ashanti (F117) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy.
		In 1988, Ashanti came to an explosive end, when she was sunk as a target by HM submarines Sceptre and Spartan.
		HMS Eskimo (F119) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy, built by J.S. Whites Shipbuilders of Cowes.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/photolibrary/index.php?cat=873 (2213 words)

	HMS Firedrake Page 25
		Second row: Two new photos of the Firedrake sometime after January 1942 in her new livery after the repairs had been carried out in America, the first one is of her entering the Clyde and the next one shows her in the Atlantic.
		HMS Fame was one of Firedrake’s sisters, one of the 8th destroyer flotilla, she was at the sinking of U39 and at the second battle of Narvik.
		Ashanti was right astern, going full speed astern and hard a port.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake25.htm (1053 words)

	HMS ASHANTI
		Luckily, ASHANTI was the only Tribal to make a special journey to her namesakes, the country of Ghana in Africa and specifically an area known as the Gold Coast.
		By 16th October, the new British battleship HMS King George V was nearing completion at the Vickers-Armstrong yard on the Tyne river.
		This time ASHANTI was passed over and went into reserve at Rosyth, England and was later laid up at Harwich.
	hmcshaida.ca /ashanti.html (1641 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - TWO SISTERS
		They were sister ships; were, because the Somali was escorting with Ashanti, a convoy from Archangel Russia to the U.K. For seventy two hours, Ashanti and the ships company did their utmost to save their wounded sister.
		In the early hours of the morning we had changed positions with Somali and were about 120 feet ahead of her when she was hit in the engine room and boiler room by two torpedoes from a U-Boat.
		Ashanti immediately swept around and dropped several patterns of depth charges as a mine sweeper went alongside Somali and took off about 100 merchant seamen survivors, 140 Officers and ratings, leaving about 80 other officers and ratings still on board.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/stories/41/a4006441.shtml (1175 words)

	The George Cross at Sea, 1939-45
		H.M.S. Mohawk had been attacked by an enemy aircraft and had suffered a large number of casualties.
		1940, when H.M.S. Saltash was passing from one dock basin to another, a wire was run out from the starboard bow to the weather corner of the gate so as to hold the bow up to the wind.
		During heavy air attacks on Valetta, Lieutenant Copperwheat was sent in charge of a party of men from H.M.S. Penelope to scuttle a Merchantman, laden with ammunition, which was burning in the harbour.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2MedalsBr-GC.htm (4301 words)

	Ships Nostalgia - Hms Ashanti
		ASHANTI was sunk as a target in 1988.Some of her contemporaries were sold to Indonesia.
		While an Apprentice with G and J Weir of Cathcart I worked on Ashanti during her fitting out up until she was ready for sea trials.
		I wrote in an earlier posting of a fire that took place in the boiler room of Tribal Class frigate HMS ASHANTI in the Bristol Channel in 1977 resulting in the death of 3 crewmembers.
	www.shipsnostalgia.com /printthread.php?t=548 (658 words)

	Type 82 General Purpose Destroyer
		His early experience was gained as a Midshipman and Sub Lieutenant in the Destroyers HMS Agincourt and HMS Carysfort which took him to the Mediterranean, the Far East and the South Pacific.
		In 1980 he was appointed in command of the general purpose frigate HMS Avenger as Captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron of 'Type 21s'.
		HMS Avenger herself conducted several bombardments of the Argentine positions, landed special operations forces and survived a combined Super Etendard/Exocet and Skyhawk bomber attack of which she was the focus.
	www.hmsbristol.plus.com /cos.htm (966 words)

	Encyclopedia: HMS Eskimo (F75)
		HMS Eskimo (L-75/F-75/G-75) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 August 1936, launched on 3 September 1937 and commissioned on 30 December 1938.
		HMS Eskimo was reduced to an accommodation and headquarters ship for minesweepers, wreck-disposal vessels, and salvage craft clearing the Thames and Medway estuaries in 1946, used as a target ship in the Gareloch, sold for scrap on 27 June 1949 and broken up at Troon.
		See HMS Eskimo for other ships of this name.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Eskimo-%28F75%29 (150 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Where are you now - A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HMS Antrim: Stephen Hughes served in the Royal Navy onboard HMS Antrim during the Falklands Conflict, and was wondering if where he could obtain a calendar of events of the ship during the conflict.
		HMS Ashanti: Were you on HMS Ashanti (117), 1969 - 1972 if so please contact Brian Hoyle with a view to holding a reunion.
		HMS Ashanti (F117): Brian Hoyle is looking for anyone who served on her between 1969/1972 or any one who was on her, with a view to having a reunion, Contact Brian Hoyle
	www.navynews.co.uk /wayn/cosa.asp (3396 words)

	HMS Volunteer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HMS Volunteer was a V Class Destroyer, built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton.
		The H.M.S. Volunteer was rammed by the H.M.S. Newark off the coast of Ireland on or about the 17/18 of April 1941.
		HMS Volunteer was part of the escort of a troop convoy on its way to the Middle East in March 1942.
	www.warlinks.com /pages/volunteer.html (1204 words)

	Convoy HN 1 - warsailors.com
		HMS Edinburgh (made contact just after the convoy had moved off on Nov. 7, and again at 10:15 on Nov. 8 - parted company at 18:00 on Nov. 8, when HMS Ashanti rejoined.
		HMS Tartar - detached at 16:00 on Nov. 9 to escort Vina, as mentioned.
		HMS Zulu and HMS Maori were met at 09:30 on Nov. 9, in 59 02N 01 50W, and escorted Hardingham and Hetton westward through Fair Island channel.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/hn1.html (423 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Calling Old Shipmates - A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HMS Collingwood/Andromeda: Alan Jennings is eager to locate Bob Whitlam with whom he always had contact with, but his letters/cards/'phone calls etc. abruptly ceased a few years ago and he would like to find him again or what has happened to him - plus other old shipmates that he served with during his 23 years.
		HMS Acacia, T02: Stoker, R Maddison is seeking shipmates of the 15th Minesweeping Group, RNPS at Portsmouth 1942/3.
		HMS Ark Royal 1963/67: Brian Mitchell is seeking those who were with him during the 5th commission.
	www.navynews.co.uk /cos/cosa.asp (1674 words)

	HMS SOMALI
		Around Christmas 1941, SOMALI, HMS ASHANTI, HMS BEDOUIN and HMS ESKIMO took part in another raid on the Lofoten Islands but their assault was curtailed by the presence of the German air force.
		Two merchantmen were sunk, and a short time later, HMS ASHANTI sighted U-70 running on the surface.
		ASHANTI hunted for U-70 unsuccessfully, then took her crippled sister ship in tow, cruising at a slow 7 knots.
	hmcshaida.ca /somali.html (1068 words)

	The Wartime Memories Project - HMS Nigeria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		I was on HMS Nigeria (a colony cruiser), and before getting under weigh we had a good idea of the general area in which the Weather Ship would be found but, immediately before the incident, it is most likely we simply 'came across' her.
		I was on deck as HMS Nigeria sailed into proximity to a large iceberg when I first saw an orange glow in the 'iceberg', followed by splashes of water in the sea near the stern of Nigeria.
		My grandfather was killed on the HMS NIGERIA when she was hit by a torpedo during operation Pedastal, they were on the coast of Malta.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /ships/nigeria.html (5299 words)

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		Between 29th January and 1st February 1874, three battles were fought at Bormassie (29th), Amoaful (31st) and Becquah (1st) in which one seaman from Active was killed and two of her officers along with seven of her petty officers and seamen were wounded.
		On 14th January 1878, 196 officers, seamen and marines from HMS Active were landed at East London, in the Cape Colony, to join the forces fighting in the 9th Kaffir War.
		During this period, the men of HMS Active were part of the garrison of Eshowe.
	members.lycos.co.uk /bluejackets/active2.htm (1014 words)

	HMS MAORI HISTORY - New European Regiment Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She joined HMS Cossack's division in January 1939 and was the last Tribal to go to war in the Mediterranean.
		HMS Maori, HMS Tartar and HMS Mashona were sent to the Faeroe Islands on 20 June 1940 in order to requisition the ships.
		HMS Afridi's acceptance trials took place on 29th April 1938 in a rising gale but all went well and she was accepted.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/showthread.php?t=4293&page=1 (9122 words)

	Encyclopedia: HMS Zulu (F18)
		The second HMS Zulu of the Royal Navy was a Tribal-class destroyer.
		Her keel was laid down on August 10, 1936.
		See HMS Zulu for other ships of this name.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Zulu-%28F18%29 (133 words)

	HMS Artful (S121) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Artful (S121)
		HMS Artful (S121) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Artful (S121).
		HMS Artful (S121) is a proposed Astute-class nuclear attack submarines of the Royal Navy.
		She has been ordered from BAE Systems and is expected to enter service in 2012.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Artful-S121.html (131 words)

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