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	HMAS BENDIGO (I) - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		BENDIGO departed Sydney on 4 July 1941 and began her active war career in the Darwin area where she remained for a period of two months.
		BENDIGO anchored in Batavia Roads at 1245 on 14 February 1942 and remained awaiting instructions until 18 February when she moved to the Outer Roads to give anti-submarine protection to incoming ships.
		BENDIGO remained at Merak as part of the Sunda Patrol until the night of 27/28 February, when Sunda Strait was abandoned.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/bendigo1.html (1462 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Minesweeper HMAS Bendigo of the Bathurst class
		HMAS Bendigo was commissioned at Sydney on 10 May 1941 under the command of Lieutenant Commander James A.R. Patrick, RANR(S).
		HMAS Bendigo remained at Merak as part of the Sunda Patrol until the night of 27-28 February, when Sunda Strait was abandoned.
		HMAS Bendigo was sold as a sea-going vessel on 5 May 1947 to Ta Hing Co (Hong Kong) and was renamed Cheung Hing.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3690.html (1393 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Duke of Edinburgh in command of HMS Galatea, visits Australia for the first Royal Tour, ...
		He progressed through the ranks, and in 1866 was given command of the frigate HMS Galatea, to depart on a world tour in January of 1867.
		He was to visit Australia, to be the first member of the Royal family to arrive in, and tour the colony.
		HMS Galatea left for home in April of 1868 via New Zealand, the first time Royalty had visited that country, to arrive at Spithead on the 26th.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/DukeofEdinburghincommando.html (1633 words)

	British 8"/50 (20.3 cm) Mark VIII
		After the initial trials, in an effort to improve the operation of these mountings, the training and elevation rates were reduced prior to commissioning and reduced still further during the 1930s.
		On 26 July 1929, HMS Devonshire suffered a catastrophic breech failure with her first salvo during a practice firing.
		One shell and a number of cordite bags were ignited, blowing off the roof of "X" turret and killing one officer and seventeen crewmen.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNBR_8-50_mk8.htm (1006 words)

	BMPT Forum: Gas Turbine Propulsion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		HMS Grey Goose was converted to gas turbine propulsion by Vospers.
		My Uncle served on HMS Grey Goose in WW2 when it was commanded by Sir Peter Scott.
		Could the HMS Grey Goose you mention still serving as a house boat in Kent be the same wartime boat that was converted after the war OR was it a new boat built by Vospers in the early 1950's ?
	www.bmpt.org.uk /forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=37&get=last (350 words)

	John Lambert Plans , Warship Drawings, Equipment, Fittings & Boats
		HMS LARNE is drawn at 1/8" per ft. Another multi-sheet subject commenced but incomplete.
		One of 20 units ordered in April 1940, she was modified with an extended forecastle whilst building, but retained the original lines.
		She was to be built as a wire minesweeper, but as the steam minesweeping winch was not completed she went to sea with only the winch bed fitted.
	www.lambert-plans.com /encom/ships_comp.htm (5134 words)

	The Fall of Singapore
		The diaries were independently written by two crew members of the mine sweeper HMAS Bendigo, they regularly, without passion, wrote in their diaries, events as they happened,.
		The Victor Neville Bruce diary was transcript by Lou LeBoydre, author of the LeBoydre Family History, with permission and on behalf of Robert [Bob] Bruce, son of Victor Neville Bruce.
		However the Bendigo does not rate another mention, therefore these personal diary notes and the book HMAS Bendigo are of historical significance.
	www.forcez-survivors.org.uk /fallofsingapore.html (5210 words)

	HMAS WOLLONGONG (I) - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		With the Allied situation rapidly deteriorating as the enemy advance continued, WOLLONGONG sailed from Tanjong Priok, Batavia, at about midnight on the night of 27/28 February 1942 as rear escort of a convoy of six ships, the main escorts of which were the sloops HMAS YARRA and HMIS JUMNA.
		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 (1018 words)

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		The torpedo blew off Cairo's stern and the destroyer HMS Pathfinder sank her the next day.
		However, his mark on history is a significant one and could have been much greater had been Ohio sunk, as her cargo of fuel was vital to the continued defense of Malta.
		Nigeria, after repairs in Charleston SC, went on to serve with the British Pacific Fleet and survived the war1942 - Destroyer HMS Foresight is attacked by Ju.87 and Ju.88 bombers and Italian S.79 torpedo bombers during Operation Pedestal.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/12Aug.txt (1376 words)

	0079d
		She received direct hits, amongst others on the Wardroom and the Petty Officer Mess, fires raged out of control, and she had to be abandoned.
		R.E. Leading Seaman, died 10th January 1941, on board the destroyer HMS Gallant, which was escorting a Convoy, when it struck a mine that shattered the ship’s bows.
		During the afternoon of the 15th the Convoy was attacked by German dive-bombers, and no less than twelve aircraft targeted HMS Airedale, and left it a smouldering wreck.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/0079d.htm (3637 words)

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		The U-boat waited submerged during the daytime, returned to the abandoned ship in the evening and sank her at 2114 hours by a coup de grâce.
		The wreck in position 52°26´09N/02°05´02E was later dispersed 1940 - Minesweeper HMAS Lismore laid down 1940 - Destroyer HMS Chiddingfold laid down 1941 - Vice Admiral John H Newton, Jr, Commander, Cruisers, Scouting Force, Pacific Fleet, takes a cruiser division and destroyer squadron from Hawaii to Australia and New Zealand and return.
		One of only two refit jobs available from the Ministry of Defense this year, the contract will help safeguard the remaining 1,400 jobs at the Fife yard.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/march/01Mar.txt (1341 words)

	John Lambert Plans , Warship Drawings, Equipment, Fittings & Boats
		Each drawing has a scale bar drawn in imperial feet and inches.
		Fully detailed internal and external profile and plan views, with sections.
		Sheet E gives hull plating, construction and full detail of the 16-ft motor boat.
	www.lambert-plans.com /encom/ships_sloops_frigates.htm (508 words)

	Gun Model: BR 4in 40cal QF Mark XIX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		HMS HMCS Hever Castle - Copper Cliff
		HMS HMCS Sandgate Castle - St Thomas
		HMS Algerine B Gun 1 X BR 4in 40cal QF Mark XIX CP Mk XXIII Single
	navalhistory.flixco.info /H/119171/8330/a0.htm (215 words)

	Hordern House
		[and] The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur...
		BRENCHLEY, Julius L Jottings during the Cruise of HMS Curaçoa.
		GRAHAM, Maria, compiler Voyage of HMS Blonde to the Sandwich Islands...
	www.polybiblio.com /hordern (8327 words)

	VICTORIA - SHIPWRECKS
		On 5 November 1847, a report reached Melbourne that the dead bodies of a white woman and child had been found at Jemmey’s Point on the Gippsland Lakes; this was the last heard of the supposed white woman of Gippsland.
		Bateson adds that this Britomart has often been confused with the brig HMS Britomart.
		In 1803 when HMS Calcutta was on survey duties, a large boat was found between port Phillip and Westernport, suggesting it may have been the Eliza.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /vic-wrecks.html (17106 words)

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