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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Ar-Az) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		HMS Ardent had a top speed of 35 knots, was crewed by a complement of 138 and armed with four 4.7 inch guns and two torpedo tubes.
		HMS Armada was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 250 in peace time and 337 during the Second World War.
		HMS Aurora was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by John Brown and launched in 1962.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R1C.HTM (4061 words)

	The Royal Navy in Operation Allied Force
		HMS Bulldog, a coastal survey vessel, HMS Atherstone and HMS Sandown all helped to detect and dispose of ordnance in Operation 'Allied Harvest' surveying all declared jettison areas.
		The Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset, and subsequently HMS Grafton who relieved her on 26th April, both served as part of the French aircraft carrier Task Group in the Adriatic.
		HMS Iron Duke and HMS Norfolk, also both Type 23 frigates, were deployed to the region as part of NATO Standing Naval Forces patrolling the area and keeping the Yugoslav Navy under constant surveillance.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Kosovo/Navy.html (211 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Atherstone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		HMS Atherstone was the first of her class to have a chamber of this type fitted.
		Atherstone finally returned to her home port of Faslane on November 29, having spent seven months of the year away from home.
		Once repaired, Atherstone returned to the fray once more, sinking two German coasters off the island of Alderney, escorting the damaged Warspite, and rescuing the 63 survivors after the HMS Aldenham had been fatally damaged by a mine in the Adriatic.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/atherstone.asp (634 words)

	Royal Navy: HMS Atherstone in 2005
		Faslane based minehunter HMS Atherstone has had a busy year in 2005.
		Atherstone sailed from Portsmouth to conduct initial trials on the new system, firstly in shallow water near Weymouth followed by deep-water trials south of Falmouth.
		HMS Atherstone is due to return to sea in November 2005.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/9584.html (362 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Atherstone returns from the Gulf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		MINESWEEPER HMS Atherstone returned to Portsmouth on June 7 after a five-month deployment to the Gulf.
		Atherstone formed part of the ten-strong task group which left Portsmouth in January, led by the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious.
		The Commanding Officer of HMS Atherstone, Lt Cdr Mark Durkin, said: "We have completed a busy and successful deployment to the Gulf and accomplished all of the objectives which we set out to achieve.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2000/0006/0000060602.asp (196 words)

	Drug Was Found On City-link Navy Ship - UK420
		HMS Gloucester is one of 14 surface ships to yield positive drug tests.
		Cocaine was discovered on four occasions on HMS Cardiff, while cannabis, Ecstasy and cocaine were all found on a single occasion on HMS Exeter.
		As well as HMS Gloucester, Cardiff and Exeter, illegal drugs were found on HMS Argyle, HMS Atherstone, HMS Brecon, HMS Enterprise, HMS Glasgow, HMS Invincible, HMS Marlborough, HMS Richmond, HMS Southampton, HMS Westminster and HMS York.
	www.uk420.com /boards/index.php?showtopic=22572 (434 words)

	Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
		The twelfth, HMS Shoreham M112, was formally accepted into service in November 2001 and commissioned in summer 2002.
		The only one of her type built, HMS Bristol was commissioned in 1973 and withdrawn from service in 1991.
		HMS Invincible was 'mothballed' in 2005, pending the construction of two new carriers for the Navy.
	www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk /paxman/paxmanRN.htm (1649 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Hunt (Type I) class Escort destroyers
		Due to a substantial error in the design it is reported that HMS Atherstone \'lent against the dock\' when fitting her \"X\" twin 4 inch mount.
		This gun was removed and several changes made, All the first group had 50 tons of steel ingots in their bottom to correct their stability problem.
		HMS Tynedale (L 96) (lost 12 Dec, 1943)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=22&navy=HMS (283 words)

	Sea Rescue page. Aircraft information Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Bulldog, the destroyer which in 1941 salvaged a German Enigma machine from a stranded German U-boat U-110.
		Crew of walrus L2299, 700 sqdn 11.1.1941, HMS Gloucester, walrus, returned ship to find it under attack by Ju87, ordered to ditch alongside HMS Diamiond and after the crew were rescued it sank the aircraft by gunfire.
		Quigg, JA Lt 813 wildcat sqdn from HMS Campania.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/AirSeaRescue/FAASeaRescue.html (5925 words)

	Rohna sinks; 1000 soldiers perish. German aerial torpedoes and glide bombs pierce well defended naval convoys.
		HMS Atherstone's report notes that the SS Clan Campbell also stayed behind to pick up survivors, and that the Rohna burned so furiously that Atherstone laid a smoke screen in case follow up bombers came to finish them off.
		The U.S. minesweeper Pioneer and HMS Atherstone were the heroes in this disaster at sea.
		One report stated that Atherstone dodged five of the glider bombs during the early part of the attack and observed enemy torpedo planes attempting to mop up at the close of the Luftwaffe phase of the event.
	www.daileyint.com /seawar/seawar11.htm (7040 words)

	icCoventry - Youngsters float ideas for ship-shape contest
		The crew of HMS Atherstone were made freemen of the borough in 1996 and will be exercising their Freedom Rights by marching through the streets of Atherstone on September 29.
		Prizes include a year's free swimming sessions or lessons at Atherstone Leisure Complex along with other goodies donated by the captain and crew of the ship.
		HMS Atherstone is a Hunt class minesweeper, and one of the largest warships ever to be constructed from glass reinforced plastic.
	iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0125nwarksnews/tm_objectid=16125924&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=youngsters-float-ideas-for-ship-shape-contest-name_page.html (370 words)

	Hunt Class MCMVs
		Their design owed much to H.M.S Wilton, the worlds first 'plastic' warship as they were built of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) giving them the advantage of having a reduced magnetic signature whilst being strong enough to withstand shock from explosions.
		Atherstone, Hurworth, Ledbury, Cattistock and Dulverton sailed with US Battleships Missouri and Wisconsin and LPH Tripoli as mine countermeasure escorts and soon after the cease-fire Cattistock was the first RN ship to enter Kuwait, sweeping the way for U.S Command Ship LaSalle.
		Together with the HMS Atherstone and the survey ship Bulldog, Sandown participated in a NATO-led operation to clear helped to clear the waters of bombs jettisoned during the Kosovo campaign.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/hunt.htm (1463 words)

	Courier News Story
		Mr Devlin’s ship, the HMS Atherstone, was following the HMS Aldenham across the Northern Adriatic Sea back to dock after a day of bombardment when the ship exploded into a cloud of smoke.
		Mr Devlin recalled, “Most of the men on the HMS Aldenham were below deck when the ship hit the mine—meaning that almost all of the crew were killed.
		“How my ship the HMS Atherstone didn’t hit a mine I’ll never know because a month later an aerial photograph of the area showed that there were 40 mines in that part of the sea.
	www.thecourier.co.uk /output/2004/09/21/newsstory6354237t0.asp (445 words)

	icCoventry - Sailors given a warm welcome
		Hundreds of people lined the streets in the north Warwickshire town yesterday as men and women from HMS Atherstone marched past, led by the Royal Marines Band Devonport.
		Watching the march were three generations of one Atherstone family - Carol Wykes, aged 47, her granddaughter Holly Grantham, aged two, and Carol's mother, Margaret Wykes, aged 69.
		Lt Cdr Richard Pethybridge, commanding officer of HMS Atherstone said: "We are very proud of our association with the North Warwickshire and our namesake town and have always maintained a very close liaison."
	iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0125nwarksnews/tm_objectid=16194657&method=full&siteid=50003&headline=sailors-given-a-warm-welcome-name_page.html (294 words)

	Sweeping up stray bombs - BBC News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The minsweeper HMS Atherstone is part of a force tasked to find and destroy them.
		After an explosive charge is laid, the Atherstone retreats to a safe distance.
		On board the Atherstone, the Captain, Lt Cmdr Mark Durkin, is confident of success in this endeavour, strangely named Operation Allied Harvest.
	nucnews.net /2000/du/99du/990730bb.htm (574 words)

	Hunt Class Destoryer
		My brother Ellis was Yeoman of Signals on HMS Tynedale when she was attacked and sunk by U593.
		My late husband served in HMS Pytchley, I think he told me that James Mason, the film star, was serving too, at one time.
		My uncle served on HMS Quorn and was lost presumed missing on 4th August 1944.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hunt_class.htm (1406 words)

	Royal Navy: HMS Atherstone
		Welcome to the website of HMS Atherstone - THE CRAZY A. She was built by Vosper Thorneycroft and commissioned on the 17th January 1987
		The Hunt class are not only the largest warships ever to be constructed from glass reinforced plastic but are also the most expensive ships in the fleet per square metre.
		Hunt class mine sweepers give the Royal Navy a dual capability in the one boat, which makes us virtually unique throughout the world.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/1620.html (118 words)

	Surface Forces RE:Will France overtake Britain as the 2nd best navy?? StrategyPage.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In an assault landing operation, the first wave of troops are landed on the beach by landing craft from the LPDs - HMS Albion and/or Bulwark and by a "vertical assault" on vital points somewhat inland by helicopters from the LPH (e.g.
		HMS Ocean), to establish a beachhead and landing zone.
		One Harrier recovered on the HMS Hermes in a horizontal visibility of fifty meters!
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/8-4143.asp (4059 words)

	hon-11a
		The missile penetrates seven decks and explodes underneath the ship which is put out of action.
		Davis (DE-136) and the USS Herbert C. Jones (DE-137), are assigned along with the HMS Colombo.
		HMS Coventry,HMS Catterick, HMS Atherstone, HMS Cleveland, HMS Slazak (All British warships); the SS Banfora, and SS Clan Campbell (British transport ships); and the USS Frederick C. Davis and USS Herbert C. Jones (US destroyer escorts) come under attack.
	www.sid-hill.com /honors/hon-11a.htm (614 words)

	War memories set in stone - This Is Hampshire archive
		Mr Southwell, of Hawkley Green, Weston, will have the names of HMS Atherstone as well as HMS Kashmir on the garden's centrepiece path.
		He said HMS Atherstone was a lucky ship because it survived a bomb and that his duties on the Kashmir included manning the twin guns.
		One overriding memory Mr Southwell has is of rushing to man the guns in the rain with barely any clothing on when the alarms went off and then being given a jacket by a friend.
	archive.thisishampshire.net /2001/07/09/73526.html (432 words)

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		All 45 crewmen on the sub are lost 1940 - Royal Navy forms the "Malaya Force" to shadow 17 German merchant ships trapped in Netherlands East Indies ports 1941 - At 2326, Chama, a straggler from Convoy OG-56, was torpedoed & sunk by U-97 WSW of Fastnet.
		The master, 54 crewmembers & four gunners were lost 1941 - U-551 sunk in the North Atlantic SE of Iceland, in position 62.37N, 16.47W, by depth charges from trawler HMS Visenda.
		The U-boat attacked the tanker after abandoning an attack on a steam merchant and had missed with first torpedo fired one minute earlier.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/march/23Mar.txt (964 words)

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		Bremen (51000 tons) was intercepted by submarine HMS Salmon but the submarine observed the then current rules of engagement and surfaced to order Bremen to heave-to.
		At least one man, the Chief Engineer, is known to have died during his time as a POW of the Japanese.
		Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga 1993 - Meeting on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of sinking of destroyer HMS Tynedale by U-593 in Hexham, England.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/december/12Dec.txt (503 words)

	Evening Telegraph: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Royal Navy veteran Charles Devlin (78) made the trip to Croatia with his wife Evelyn and two seamen with whom he served 60 years ago, and came face to face with the former enemy in the area he once served.
		The party paid their respects to the 135 men who lost their lives when HMS Aldenham hit an enemy mine.
		Mr Devlin was aboard HMS Atherstone, following HMS Aldenham across the North Adriatic sea back to dock after a day of bombardment, when the ship exploded into a cloud of smoke on December 14, 1944.
	www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk /output/2004/10/13/story6426872t0.shtm (295 words)

	Hunt Class Minesweepers
		Photos and details of the Hunt class minesweepers launched 1978 - 1988, including HMS Brecon, HMS Ledbury, HMS Cattistock, HMS Cottesmore, HMS Brocklesby, HMS Middleton, HMS Dulverton, HMS Bicester, HMS Chiddingfold, HMS Atherstone, HMS Hurworth, HMS Berkeley and HMS Quorn.
		HMS Hurworth in the Garloch, Scotland, 18th June 2004.
		Thought to be HMS Hurworth leaving the Gareloch, Scotland, 21st June 2004.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hunt_class_minesweepers.htm (643 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Coventry/Warwickshire \| Ships crew to march through town
		Royal Navy staff are exercising their freedom rights by marching through a Warwickshire town centre.
		The march is to mark the 60th anniversary of Victory in Europe and Japan and the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
		HMS Atherstone is a mine hunter and is currently based in Scotland.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/1.0/-/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/4291768.stm (107 words)

	Current Royal Navy ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope, Gateshead
		HMS Archer (P264) and HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope, Gateshead
		HMS Victory (a museum ship still in commission as the flagship of the Second Sea Lord)
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/C/Current-Royal-Navy-ships.htm (137 words)

	Royal Navy Analysis - Defence Talk - Defence Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ingram [holding answer 7 July 2005]: The process of designating ships to receive the reduced level of support referred to by the National Audit Office enables the Royal Navy to maintain its ability to mount a medium scale operation at short notice and maximise its ability to undertake priority peacetime tasks.
		HMS Grafton(Training-Summer leave-in September will be undergoing a period of planned maintenance before sailing once again in support of trainee navigating officers.)
		Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean: HMS York (double assigned as JRRF unit)
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=2203&goto=nextnewest (2581 words)

	New Medway SP Co - General Steam Navigation - Paddlesteamer Postcards
		was built as the Ascot Class paddle minesweeper HMS Atherstone, by the Ailsa Shipbuilding Co, in 1916.
		After the war, she was bought by the New Medway SP Co and rebuilt as the passenger steamer Queen of Kent.
		After the war, she was bought by the New Medway SP Co and rebuilt as the passenger steamer Queen of Thanet.
	www.simplonpc.co.uk /GSN-NewMedway.html (208 words)

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