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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (B-Bd) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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.
		HMS Battleaxe is powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines and four diesel generators providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4500 miles at 18 knots.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R2.HTM (2673 words)

	The Damaged Guns.
		Presumably the gun was offloaded in Sydney as it was eventually transported to Melbourne on the SS Dingadee.
		The new gun which was mounted on HMS (sic) Cerberus on Wednesday, the 30th ult is a 10-inch muzzle-loading gun, weighing 18 tons.
		Ballarat Shire Council asked to have the gun for a monument, and there it stayed until the city returned it to the HMAS Cerberus last week.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~cerberus/damagedguns.html (3697 words)

	ss BALLARAT built by Caird & Company Greenock
		The troopship Ballarat, taken over from the P. company, was approaching the entrance to the Channel on April 25th, 1917, when she was torpedoed by a German submarine.
		The Ballarat at once began to settle in the water but admirable discipline was maintained and the men, who had been exercised at boat drill repeatedly by the colonel of the Victorian Scottish who was in command of the draft, went to their places in splendid order.
		There was no loss of life, all the troops and crew being taken off by their own boats or by escorting destroyers.
	www.clydesite.co.uk /clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=15348 (327 words)

	Defending Victoria -- oddities, mysteries and accidents
		Ballarat 74 rank and file, one Captain, six sergeants and two drummers.
		Consecutively, he served on HM Ships Stromboli, Geyser and Fury, being wounded during the seige of Sebastopol and was evacuated to South Malta Hospital.
		While the band of HMVS Cerberus entertained a crowd at Queenscliff on the afternoon of 5 March, a selection of tunes from `HMS Pinafore' was interrupted by a loud explosion from the Bay.
	users.netconnect.com.au /~ianmac/odd.html (1535 words)

	Article index
		HMS Abdiel Scratchbuilt in 1/192 - Steve Sobieralski
		HMS Invincible 1982 Scratchbuild in 1/700 - Lindsay Charman
		HMS Onslow and HMS Pakenham in 1/700 - Keith Butterley
	smmlonline.com /articles/articles.html (401 words)

	More Archives
		PHYTOLOGIA; or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening with the theory of draining Morasses and with an improved construction of the drill plough.
		At the end of the debate Andrew Anderson proposes that a Mechanics Institute be opened in Ballarat for the purpose of firstly having classes in English, Arithmetic, Music and Drawing and secondly to arrange a series of lectures by prominent men.
		Ballarat should be proud of its Mechanics Institute.
	www.library.org.au /more.htm (1123 words)

	Virtual Sailor - Virtual Sailing Simulator
		HMAS BALLARAT I was launched in December 1940 as one of 60 Australian Minesweepers commonly known as Corvettes.
		The keel of BALLARAT was laid on 4 August 2000.
		HMS FITTLETON was accepted into the Royal Navy on the River Itchen, on 28 January 1955, and sailed from Hythe, the same day.
	www.hangsim.com /vs/boats.php?dzone=nav (1971 words)

	Eureka Stockade December 3rd 1854December 3rd 2004 150 years
		Archer was the only Ballarat veteran of the 12th to be killed in the Maori Wars.Soon after the occupation of No. 1 Redoubt, a great stir was observed for two days in and about the Te Arei position, and it was reported that large Maori reinforcements had arrived from Waikato.
		John Eagan was the first military casualty at the Eureka gold fields Ballarat where he was shot in the leg by a miner as a detachment of the 1st Battalion entered the gold fields on the evening of the 28th November 1854 after an exhausting forced march of two days from Melbourne.
		After Ballarat, Private Wagstaff was posted to Fremantle Western Australia, where he stayed until returning with the detachment to Sydney in 1863.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~garter1/eureka.htm (5541 words)

	HMAS Shropshire - Stan Nicholls
		Ballarat the first Australian ship to secure to the Japanese mainland sent a message to Shropshire which read: 'if we knew you were coming we would have baked a cake'.
		No one on the bridge at the time seemed particularly amused at this attempt to be funny except the sailors as we awaited comments from the senior officers, but instead the result was a few unintelligible words and raised eyebrows.
		When the Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet signalled to all ships to 'splice the main brace', we in the RAN ships, were issued one bottle of beer per man because of the short supply.
	www.hmasshropshire.com /chapter8p2.htm (6081 words)

	Up Periscope home of the Submarines Association Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Reuben Joseph Edwin MITCHELL was born in Ballarat, Victoria on 28 July 1894.
		It was while at Portsmouth that he volunteered for submarines and on completion of his training at HMS DOLPHIN based on Fort Blockhouse and at HMS VERNON, which included training in HM Submarines A6, A13 and E4 he joined HMAS AE2 to return to Australia as an able seaman.
		"HM Submarine E14 Lieut-Commander WHITE RN left a naval base on the evening of 27 January with an escort as far as the entrance of the Dardanelles.
	www.submarinesaustralia.com /bios/bio_mitchell.html (2014 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood- History: The Cruise of the Special Service Squadron- Hood and the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Launched in August 1918, HMS Hood was 860 feet (260m) long and weighed 46700 tons fully loaded.
		Today, HMS Hood is remembered only by naval historians and a dwindling number of the elderly.
		Sailors from the seven ships were invited to visit Geelong, Ballarat, Belgrave, Warburton and Healesville, and every opportunity was taken to foster goodwill.
	www.hmshood.com /ship/history/empirecruise/cricket.html (2355 words)

	The Cerberus Guns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The damaged gun was sent to Ballarat to be repaired.
		When repairs were not possible the damaged gun was mounted on the foreshore of Lake Wendouree and eventually sent to HMAS Cerberus naval base at Flinders in 1987.
		Unlike her sister ship, Magdala, near sister ship Abyssinia and the larger versions HMS Devastation, HMS Thunderer and the fifth HMS Dreadnought, Cerberus never had her guns upgraded.
	www.cerberus.com.au /guns.html (1013 words)

	Sea Power Centre - Australia
		She sailed from Singapore at midnight on the night of 6/7 February 1942, the last Australian warship to leave before the city’s surrender to Japanese forces on 15 February.
		One of the vessels, the minesweeper HMS GEMAS, turned back to Tanjong Priok and had to be sunk on 2 March by BALLARAT to prevent her capture.
		YARRA and her three remaining charges, the depot ship HMS ANKING, the tanker HMS FRANCOL and the minesweeper MMS 51 were sunk south of Java on 4 March a strong Japanese force.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/wollongong1.html (1006 words)

	February Log (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Unlike the Castle Class ships, which have to return to the UK every three years for major repairs, the new OPV's greater reliability and more modern design means she will be able to remain in the South Atlantic until 2012 and will save the taxpayer £2 million in support costs over a seven year period.
		HMAS Ballarat, Australia's newest Anzac-class frigate, with a crew of 164, commissioned in June 2004, has two engines that run on a series of "modes".
		In 2001, another British nuclear submarine, HMS Tireless docked in the Gibraltar base with a faulty reactor, eventually spending almost a year in the British colony and causing considerable indignation in Spain owing to fears that local waters may have been contaminated by radioactivity.
	www.submarinesaustralia.com /log_archives/log_02_05.htm (10204 words)

	Museum Victoria [Coins and Medals] 1865-1879. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This commemorative medal was produced in Melbourne by Thomas Stokes for sale around Australia to mark the Royal Visit of the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867– 8.
		It features HMS Galatea, a ship driven by both steam and sail.
		During his visit to Sydney there was an attempted assassination of the Duke, who received a bullet wound to the back.
	www.museum.vic.gov.au /coins/1865/duke_of_edinburgh_medal.html (94 words)

	Megalodon Training ~ Company Info
		HMS Hampshire 1995, 1996 and 1997 open circuit.
		HMS Pheasant 82m, 1996, 1997 and 2004 open circuit and 2004 closed circuit.
		HMS Affray 1998 open circuit, 1st sport dive of wreck.
	www.megalodontraining.com /company_info.htm (369 words)

	Camp Darley, west of Melbourne, VIC, during WW2
		Bob Morris told me that the house at 6 Standfield St, Bacchus Marsh, (previously owned by the Wakefield family) was once the nurses quarters at the camp.
		The remainder of Task Force 6814 were billeted around Melbourne and in Ballarat and Bendigo and other small communities.
		HMS Leander and HMS Westralia took the 182nd Infantry Regiment for landings and beach-head assaults on many Islands.
	home.st.net.au /~dunn/ozatwar/campdarley.htm (931 words)

	MUP - Miegunyah Foundation Series
		William Bligh's first expedition, aboard HMS Bounty, to obtain Tahitian breadfruit for the plantation workers of the West Indies ended in a celebrated mutiny.
		The third and last of the great British voyages of hydrographic survey was undertaken by John Lort Stokes in HMS Beagle from 1837 to 1843.
		It encompasses relations between and among individuals and clan groups, land tenure, kinship, the subsistence economy, trade, ceremony, councils, fighting and warfare, rites of passage from conception to death, myths, and beliefs and practices concerning healing and the supernatural.
	www.mup.unimelb.edu.au /miegunyah1.html (1124 words)

	Eureka Stockade, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
		The Ballarat Reform League gave some semblance of organisation to these strands of indignation about gold licensing fees, a desire for political reform, and the general disorder at Ballarat.
		A gravestone to drummer boy John Eagan of the 12th Regiment in Ballarat's old cemetery has been shown to be a mistaken gesture well after the event.
		Exterior of Ballarat's new Eureka Centre, and (inset) the entrance foyer.
	users.netconnect.com.au /~ianmac/eureka.html (978 words)

	The War Years
		As the senior ship of the minesweeping group, MILDURA led the sweep along the sea lane approach to Hong Kong.
		The MILDURA was the first allied warship to re-enter the harbour, ahead of the British battleship HMS ANSON, the
		Allan Waugh, signalman, reading the signals from the Japanese found this was the scariest moment of his life.
	www.hmasmildura.freeservers.com /war_years.htm (1951 words)

	Mekong Mart. 10 Day Tour from Melbourne to Sydney, Australia, including Canberra
		From Melbourne drive along the Great Ocean Road (info.) to observe the raw power of the ocean at work (PHOTO) and enjoy some of the most spectacular coastal views in Australia.
		Drive to Ballarat, an old gold mining town and scene of the Eureka Stockade, a rebellion by miners last century.
		On January 18th the HMS Supply entered Botany Bay.
	www.mekongmart.com /ToursAustralia/T3AUMS10.htm (2622 words)

	hmas ballarat (ffh 155) - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		hmas ballarat (ffh 155) - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		second HMAS ''Ballarat (155) is an Anzac'' class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems Propriety Limited at Williamstown in Victoria on 4 August 2000, launched on 25 May 2002 and commissioned on 26 June 2004.
		HMAS Ballarat ran aground off Christmas Island near Flying Fish Cove on 22 January 2005 causing damage to the rudder and propellors on sand and coral.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/hmas-ballarat-(ffh-155) (90 words)

	British and Australian Warship Losses in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942
		After some repairs are made the Exeter leaves Soerabaya with the destroyers HMS Encounter and USS Pope.
		Sunk while trying to escape to Colombo by naval gunfire from IJN heavy cruisers Haguro, Nachi, Ashigara and Myoko, accompanied by the destroyers Akebono, Inazuma, Kawakaze and Yamakaze.
		Other vessels sunk during this engagement included the base and accommodation ship HMS Anking and RFA oiler HMS Francol.
	www.geocities.com /dutcheastindies/british_losses.html (566 words)

	Norfolk & Pitcairn Island links - Ballarat Genealogical Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		You may also want to look at: The Saga of HMS Bounty and Pitcairn Island to get a feel for the history of the island.
		In the year 1787, Lieutenant William Bligh, a young British Naval Officer having most recently served as sailing master to Captain James Cook on his voyages to the South Pacific, was commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks and the British Admiralty, to undertake a voyage in a small ship, HMS Bounty.
		The goal of the voyage was to obtain a large number of breadfruit plantings to be taken to the Caribbean where they would be transplanted to provide food for the slaves in those colonies.
	www.ballaratgenealogy.org.au /norfolk_island.htm (339 words)

	Eureka Flag - Australia
		This flag was first used by gold miners at a town meeting held in November 1854 and subsequently flown as they came to fight for justice in the rebellion of the Eureka Stockade at Ballarat in Victoria, Australia.
		A government force consisting of detachments of British Regiments, the 12th and 40th, plus mounted and foot police of the Victoria Police, attacked an entrenchment of aggrieved gold miners at Ballarat at daybreak on 3rd December 1854.
		To complicate matters, a further force of 800 troops, including a Naval Brigade from HMS Fantome and HMS Electra, with howitzers and shrapnel ammunition, was on its way from Melbourne.
	www.johnston-independent.com /eureka_flag.htm (952 words)

	Army - The Soldiers' Newspaper
		1854 — Ballarat under martial law after battle of Eureka Stockade.
		1941 — Japanese sink battleships HMS Repulse and Prince of Wales.
		1939 — HMNZS Achilles with hms Ajax and Exeter intercept German pocket battleship Admiral Graf von Spee.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/armynews/special_elements/on_this_day/december.htm (338 words)

	SMML Update Page
		HMS Onslow and HMS Pakenham in 1/700 by Keith Butterley
		Added 2 more parts to PicPost (more imagery of the 1/72 HMS Hood, and new pics of the 1/350 Fletcher), and a revised version of the WWI ship PDF file.
		Trafalgar class sub and a 12' HMS Hood added to Pic Post, which is now in 2 parts.
	smmlonline.com /update.html (2498 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Iron Duke - flagship of Admiral John Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland
		HMS Tututankhamen - (intended for submarine P.311, but the boat was lost beforename formally assigned)
		HMS Zubian - Ship builtfrom salvaged sections of HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu
	immune-system-help.com /hms/loch/list_of_royal_navy_ship_names.html (207 words)

	PSM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		"On China Station" — FRAM DD at Hong Kong - diorama by Ray Bean, HMS KITTIWAKE Pt II (continuation and revision of an article in PSM #18 — with revised plans drawings and photos) by John Lambert, Building Tamiya’s 1/350 FLETCHER - Pt.
		HMS KITTIWAKE history with plans drawn by John Lambert, Twenty-Seven Charlie - USS ORISKANY (building the 1/700 Jim Shirley kit and history of differences within the modernized post-war ESSEX class carriers) by Ray Bean, Trunk Steamers and Turret Ships (early British tramp
		White Ensign's HMS Cossack, 1/2400 Scale shipmodels, Fletcher Class Funnel Markings by Alan Raven, Development of Naval Camouflage 1914-45, Pt.3 by Alan Raven, USS Intrepid Phot Feature, Carier Decks in 1/700
	www.steelnavy.com /psm.htm (708 words)

	Annual Report Summary
		The Feasibility study commenced in April 2003, and is anticipated to be completed by October 2003.
		Malcolm Matthews (Finance Officer) was honoured as an employee of the City of Ballarat with over 30 years of service.
		The opening of the University of Ballarat Arts Academy Campus was held in Alfred Deakin Place on 11 October 2002.
	www.hermaj.com /about/annual_report2003.html (1715 words)

	HMS Nottingham Update
		The troubled british destroyer HMS Nottingham is set to leave Newcastle soon.
		Shielded amidst tight security, HMS Nottingham awaits her next move.
		A rear view of HMS Nottingham, showing her helicopter platform.
	www.abc.net.au /newcastle/stories/s680555.htm (105 words)

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