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  Battle of Jutland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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 Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (B-Bd)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HMS Barfleur was a British Battle Class destroyer of 2315 tons displacement designed for operation in the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War and launched in 1943.
HMS Barfleur 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 Barrosa 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.
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 Royal Navy
The new HMS Gleaner was a 360ton, 130hp paddle steamer with a length of 120ft and abeam of 22ft 3ins, armned with 3 guns.
HMS Gleaner re-commissioned for service on 1 January 1856 and spent a few weeks in the Baltic before returning to Portsmouth where she was paid off and put in reserve.
HMS Gleaner did not re-commission until 8 November 1898 when she was employed in the training of Officers and Men of the Royal Naval Reserve and was based in Gravesend.
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 Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After commanding in another small frigate, Collingwood was promoted to 64 gun ship of the line HMS Sampson, and in 1783 he was appointed to HMS Mediator and posted to the West Indies, where he remained until the end of 1786, again, together with Nelson, preventing American ships from trading with the West Indies.
In that year, he was appointed captain of HMS Prince, the flagship of Rear Admiral George Bowyer in the Channel Fleet.
As captain of the HMS Barfleur, Collingwood was present at the Glorious First of June.
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 Annual Model Competition Entries
Model is of HMS Indefatigable as reconstructed as a 38 gun frigate in 1794.
HMS Indefatigable was sister to HMS Agamemnon and launched as a 64 gun in 1781, she went straight into storage and was later reconstructed as a heavy frigate in 1794, the model was built to original NMM plans at a scale of 1/72 giving a rigged length of 46'' without the flying jib boom.
Badger was built in 1/60 scale by the plank on bulkhead method, with cherry outer planking and box elder decking.
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 Harpoon HQ - Harpoon Classic, Harpoon II, Harpoon 3, Harpoon 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HMS Eagle suffered 1 AS-1 missile hit during the engagement resulting in damage to the forward end of the flightdeck wreaking the catapults and destroying numerous aircraft in the fire that followed, she is limping back to Perth for repairs.
At present HMS Belfast and her group are on transit with HMS Bulwark to re enforce Singapores defense's, HMS Bulwark has embarked 45 cdo Royal Marines and support helicopters,this group presents the Indonesian forces a major target as these troops will be used for the assault on Jakarta at a future date.
HMS Eagle after quick repairs in Perth is onroute to the area with only one catapult operational and limited airgroup due to an AS-1 Kennel missile hit which "removed" 80ft of the flightdeck and destroyed weapon mounts, sensors wreaking aviation facilities in the process...there were 250 crew killed or missing in this attack.
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 1870
HMS Basilisk, paddlewheel sloop, Capt John Moresby, RN, rescued eight survivors of the brig Maria from Bramble Reef, Qld.
HMS Renard, schooner, was commissioned in Sydney for flbirding patrols in the Pacific.
Lt Connor, RN, HM schooner Pearl, arrived at Endeavour River, Qld, to supervise the establish-ment of Cooktown as the port of the Palmer River goldfields.
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 DANFS Online: Volume 1B, Part 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Badger is a burrowing mammal with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet.
The first Badger, an auxiliary cruiser, was built in 1889 by John Roach and Sons, Chester, Pa., as Yumuri; purchased 19 April 1898, converted to an auxiliary cruiser at New York Navy Yard, commissioned 25 April 1898, Commander A. Snow in command; and joined the North Patrol Squadron.
Badger remained on the east coast until 26 December 1898 when she sailed to the Pacific, arriving at San Francisc o 15 April 1899.
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 Battle of Jutland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HMS Superb (Flagship of Rear Admiral A.L. Duff; Capt. E.
HMS Benbow (Flagship of Vice Admiral Sir Doveton Sturdee; Capt. H.W. Parker)
HMS Minotaur (Flagship of Rear Admiral H.L. Heath; Capt. A.C.S.H. D'Aeth)
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 Torpedo Gunboats   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
From 1861 to 1865 the “Griffon” was engaged in the suppression of west African slavery, and assisted in capturing eight slavers.
HMS Cuckoo, October 1955, shown near the end of her long service in various roles (as YC37 - Cable Lighter?).
HMS Cuckoo became a tender to HMS Vivid (gunnery school) along with HMS Snap and HMS Badger in 1907.
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Destroyer HMS Grenade whilst alongside the east mole at Dunkirk is damaged and disabled by aircraft attacks.
HMS Hereward is hit and left behind to go down off the eastern tip of Crete.
Destroyer HMS Hereward is hit in an air attack 5 miles south of Crete at 35 20N 26 20E It is decided to leave her on her own rather than delay the rest of the force, and Hereward is last seen heading slowly towards Crete shrouded in smoke.
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 Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
It was during this period that Nelson was promoted Commander of the brig HMS Badger, thus at the age of twenty, he became a Post-Captain, with an immediate opportunity to distinguish himself on active service.
On 11th June 1779 he was appointed Captain of HMS Hitchingbroke, and was sent to Nicaragua as the senior officer in command of a joint expedition to attack the Spanish fort at San Juan, as Spain had joined the French in support of the American colonists.
On 16th May 1803 Nelson was appointed to the command of the Mediterranean Fleet, with HMS Victory as his flagship.
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 Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
In March 1772, Collingwood was appointed to HMS Lennox under Captain Roddam and then in 1774, he sailed with HMS Preston under Vice-Admiral Graves to serve in North America.
Collingwood returned to HMS Barfleur to take part in a blockade of Brest, where he remained until the Treaty of Amiens was completed in February 1802.
When he saw HMS Victory setting her studding sails, Collingwood did the same and took the Royal Sovereign in advance to break through the enemy's line.
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 The ACG/SZO Discussion Forums - New Scen for Colonial Wars DB "Broadsides"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
HMS Eagle dispite her defenses was hit by single AS-1 missile and the resulting damage and fires destroyed her catapults and numerous aircraft in the hanger and flightdeck, at present ship is limping back to Perth for repairs.
HMS Victorious still remains trapped in drydock, but with continuing repairs to the drydock gates she should be floated out by the end of the week.
At present HMS Bulwark and her cover group comprising of the WW2 Cruiser HMS Belfast have sailed from Aden and have now entered the Andaman sea on route to Singapore.
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 Warilda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
She was commissioned on 6th October 1915 as hospital ship HMS Lanfranc and was capable of carrying 403 wounded from the battlefields of Northern France back to England.
On the 17th April 1917 at 19:30 hrs while bound for Southampton she was torpedoed by the German Submarine UB-40 (also responsible for the sinking of the Salsette and the Tycho), some 4 miles northeast of Le Havre.
Some 570 survivors were picked up by the destroyers HMS Badger and HMS Jackal aided by HMS P 47 and the French patrol boat Roitelet, and taken to Portsmouth.
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The HMS Ajax was a Leander class 6'' gun cruiser launched March 1, 1934.
HMS Ark Royal was one of the most famous British ships of WWII.
HMS Belfast was one of the most active ships in the Royal Navy during WWII.
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Fearing that she might be about to attempt an Atlantic raid, six Bomber Command Stirlings braved the German defenses in an unsuccessful evening attack; one failed to return 1941 - One destroyer, HMS Fearless, in the convoy of Operation Substance, from Gibraltar to Malta, is sunk.
As nothing could be done to save her, the crew was taken off and she was scuttled by HMS Forester, south of Sardinia at 37 40N 08 20E.
HMS Newfoundland was hit in the stern and lost her rudder, but managed to reach Malta, steering only by propellers.
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 GOseacoast - Your Clickable Guide to Seacoast New Hampshire and South Coast Maine.
This small granite marker and granite plaque was palced on Badger's Island (formerly Rising Castle Island) inthe early 20th century.
The Ranger also captured HMS Drake, a startling deed against the largest Navy in the world.
The monument, ironically, was moved from Badger's Island and is now located in John Paul Jones Park, a small island of green in Kittery.
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 Research guide N1: Horatio Nelson: NMM PORT
Subsequently rejoins his uncle on HMS Triumph on guard duty on the Thames.
Serving as first lieutenant on Sir Peter Parker's flagship in the West Indies when promoted Commander to sloop HMS Badger (passed command of this ship and the Hinchinbroke to Cuthbert Collingwood).
HMS Victory - Nelson's flagship at the battle of Trafalgar is the oldest commissioned Royal Navy warship.
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 B1
Son of George William Badger and Alice Badger of Graisley.
Badger James Private 31270 2nd Bn East Lancashire Regiment Son of Harry Badger, of 74 Granville Street, Vicarage Road, Wolverhampton.
Busby Charles Ordinary Seaman C/SSX 30870 HMS Keith Royal Navy Son of Charles Henry and Martha Busby of Wolverhampton.
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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.
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 THE CHURCHILL SOCIETY - Reminiscences.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
By that time I was serving in the WRNS at Harwich (HMS Badger) and on the evening of 24th May I was at a dance with two friends (also Wrens).
In the interval we were having drinks in the bar with a group of Wrens and sailors when the door burst open and a sailor came in - his face was the colour of paper and he seemed unable to speak.
She was sunk in the North Atlantic on the morning of 27th May 1941 by gunfire from HM Battleships Rodney and King George V and torpedoes from HMS Dorsetshire (cruiser).
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 R.N.X.S Parkeston Quay
HMS Badger was commissioned on 13th September 1939 and was the headquarters of the Flag Officer In Charge, Harwich, originally Rear Admiral Harris and later Rear Admiral Goolden.
HMS Badger was 'paid off' on 21st October 1946 although the underground 'ops' room remained in Naval hands.
The RNXS was formed in 1964 (See this web site) and the bunker was refurbished and re-opened as the emergency port control for Parkeston, Harwich, Felixstowe, Ipswich Docks and the River Orwell.
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 "Arrowsmith" List of Pendant Numbers - part 3
H 00 [HMS Acheron Di/cl, B:TH, L:27/06/11, (H00:06/12/14), see-(H02:01/01/18)]
H 15 [HMS Badger Di/cl, B:HL, L:11/07/11, (H15:06/12/14), see-(H52:01/09/15)]
H 28 [HMS Defender Di/cl L:30/08/11, (H28:06/12/14), see-(H29:01/01/18)]
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 Horatio Nelson - the unconventional hero : Features, Nelson Battle of Trafalgar 200 Bicentenary Celebration Festival ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
A short spell in Suckling's ship, the 64-gun HMS Raisonable, in the Thames estuary was followed first by a voyage to the West Indies in the merchantman Mary Ann and then by another spell in the Thames, when the boy was sent out constantly in small boats.
After only a year in the frigate HMS Lowestoffe on the West Indies station, her captain, William Locker, gave him command of a small schooner that acted as the frigate's tender.
After less than a year he was promoted to commander and was given his first independent command, the brig HMS Badger, and six months later, in June 1779, he received the key promotion to post captain when he was still just three months short of his twenty-first birthday.
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 WMTA AUGUST 2000 NEWSLETTER   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In June and July, she performed with Boston Academy of Mu sic (BAM) in HMS Pinafore in a historic outdoor performance at the USS Constitution ("Old ironsides") in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston.
Those teachers who did send students to Badger Keyboard know that included in their packet of results was a survey concerning the Badger event.
A letter will be going out soon to all the judges who participated in Badger Keyboard 2000 asking them if they would be willing to attend an informational training session to improve their understanding of the Badger event and what is expected of them.
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 Beachcombers, Traders & Castaways in Micronesia
Thomas Badger was a trader who was living on Mokil in 1862, at the visit of the "Globe." In January 1869 Badger and his wife were moved from Pohnpei to Pingelap, where he was stationed as a trader for Ben Pease.
Richard Mills was at Kosrae in 1874 at the arrival of the HMS "Rosario".
He was said to have served as a sailor at HMS "Seringapatam".
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 Battleships carried state   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The fleet came home in 1909 to learn that the British had built a much improved battleship -- HMS Dreadnought.
Ralph A. Bard, undersecretary of the Navy, was kind enough to "extol the virtues of the Badger State, its shipbuilding industry, its fishing and hunting resources and its many tourist attractions," Zeitlin wrote.
The Wisconsin made it to the Pacific theater for the last months of World War II, engaging its huge guns often to shell Japanese targets.
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 Tin Can Sailors Destroyer Web Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Transferred to England on 10/08/40 as HMS BELMONT (H-46).
Transferred to England on 09/09/40 as HMS CLARE (I-14).
Transferred to England on 09/09/40 as HMS CHURCHILL (I-45).
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 The National Archives | National Register of Archives | Browse the combined corporate and business indexes
HMS Diana Training Ship for Destitute and Homeless Boys, Newcastle upon Tyne (1)
HMS Exmouth, poor law industrial school ship, Gray's (1)
HMS Indefatigable and National Sea Training School for Boys (1)
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 The 2ND Jacobite Rebellion
Charles continued to believe that he could reclaim the kingdom and recalled that early in 1744 a small number of Scottish Highland clan chieftains had sent a message that they would rise if he arrived with as few as 3,000 French troops.
Living at French expense, he continued to badger ministers for commitment to another invasion, to their increasing irritation.
In secrecy he also developed a plan with a consortium of Nantes privateers, funded by exiled Scots bankers and pawning of his mother's jewellery.
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