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	HMS Bermuda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Bermuda was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1805 and wrecked 1808.
		The fifth Bermuda was a schooner purchased 1819 and foundered 1821.
		The seventh Bermuda was a Floating Dock, towed to the Bermuda Dockyard in 1869 by HMS Warrior, Black Prince and Terrible.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Bermuda (198 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Bermuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bermuda (adjective Bermudian) is an internally self-governing island Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom, situated in the Atlantic Ocean.
		Bermuda was discovered by the early 1500s, probably in 1503, although the evidence for the exact year, and the identity of the discoverer, is sketchy.
		Bermuda is one of the three vertices bordering the Bermuda Triangle, an allegedly paranormal region of the Atlantic Ocean.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Bermuda (1777 words)

	Ask Us A Question (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bermuda (fully, The Bermuda Islands, alias The Somers Isles) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the North Atlantic Ocean, situated around 640 miles (975 km) off the coast of the United States.
		Bermuda was a point where Confederate States blockade runners could touch before heading to the South, and a small museum in Hamilton preserves the office of the CSA agent who coordinated their activites.
		Bermuda is located in the North Atlantic Ocean roughly 580 nautical miles (1074 kilometers) east-southeast of Cape Hatteras on the Outer Banks of North Carolina and roughly 590 nautical miles (1093 kilometers) southeast of Martha's Vineyard.
	www.avoo.com /wiki/Bermuda (2634 words)

	Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMD Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War.
		Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609.
		The primary limitation of Bermuda as a Dockyard was the porousness of its limestone sandstone, which prevented construction of a proper drydock.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Naval_Dockyard,_Bermuda (1805 words)

	HMS Bermuda - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bermuda, island group, self-governing dependency of the United Kingdom, in the North Atlantic Ocean, east of South Carolina.
		It is the chief port, on Hamilton Harbour at the...
		Bermuda Triangle, region of the western Atlantic Ocean that has become associated in the popular imagination with mysterious maritime disasters....
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=HMS+Bermuda (102 words)

	HMS Bermuda 1959-60
		'BERMUDA', in Light Airs, bade farewell to Gibraltar and by 1000 on Thursday the 7th of April 1960 was losing sight of The Rock as she headed for the UK.
		HM Yacht 'BRITANNIA' with HRH The Duke of Edinburgh aboard for Cowes Week, was given a 21 gun salute as the ships headed down to The Needles Channel.
		Joined by HM Nigerian Ship NIGERIA they sailed on Tuesday afternoon for exercises and passage to Victoria in the Cameroons arriving on Friday the 7th of October where the ships company had the honour of having the Premier and Cabinet officers on board.
	www.zyworld.com /HMSECHO/HMSBermuda2.htm (3374 words)

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		HMS York was one of two York class heavy cruisers built in the late 1920's.
		The early years of HMS York were spent on the America and West Indies Station as Flagship to the 8th Cruiser Squadron but she was recalled to Europe in 1935/1936 as a result of the Abyssinian Crisis.
		She returned to the America and West Indies station in 1936 and carried out four cruises from her home base in Bermuda prior to the outbreak of war in 1939.
	www.geocities.com /hmsyork (391 words)

	HMCS Athabaskan
		HMS Landguard and HMS Bideford were the first of the Allied and R.N. ships to be attacked and damaged by them.
		Also the covering cruiser HMS Bermuda was relieved by the Canadian destroyer HMCS Athabaskan and the British destroyer HMS Grenville.
		HMCS Athabaskan was heavily damaged and HMS Egret was sunk with the loss of 194 of her crew.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /G07 (350 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Corvette HMCS Snowberry of the Flower class
		Dallison), consiting of the sloops HMS Landguard, HMS Bideford, HMS Hastings and the frigates HMS Exe, HMS Moyola and HMS Waveney were deployed on a u-boat hunt off Cape Ortegal.
		Tweed), consiting of the British frigates HMS Nene, HMS Tweed and the Canadian corvettes HMCS Calgary, HMCS Edmundston and HMCS Snowberry were deployed to relieve the 40th Escort Group.
		Brewer) consisting of the sloops HMS Pelican, HMS Egret and the frigates HMS Jed, HMS Rother, HMS Spey and HMS Evenlode.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/855.html (390 words)

	British Army in Bermuda from 1776 to 1977
		Colonel Arnold devised the early massive building and engineering program for HM Dockyard, that led to Bermuda being referred to later as the "Gibraltar of the West." His accomplishments, skills and obvious leadership qualities in Bermuda were such that he was marked for prompt promotion and increased military responsibilities.
		The Regiment was in Bermuda in battalion strength from 1868 to 1870.
		It was in Bermuda until at least 1864 because the 39th Regimental Band gave a concert in January of that year for amateur dramatics night of children of garrison officers.
	bermuda-online.org /britarmy.htm (5482 words)

	HMS Bermuda - 1942 -1944
		It is now on proud public display in the HMS Malabar Room (a tribute to over 200 years of the RN at Bermuda) inside the restored Commissioner’s House (formerly HMS Malabar).
		H.M.S. BERMUDA was now ready for her Ship's Company to turn her into a fighting unit and to sever the umbilical cord with the Clydebank yard.
		BERMUDA was able to briefly get alongside at Algiers and land the large packing cases we had carried from Greenock.
	www.zyworld.com /HMSECHO/Drews/Drew.htm (6370 words)

	HMS Bermuda
		Commissioned into war on the 21st of August 1942 she was the last of the eight 'Fiji' class cruisers built and one of six that survived the war.
		Her main armaments were made up of four turrets of triple 6"(152mm) guns with four turrets of twin 4"(102mm) guns on the after funnel deck and a further fourteen 40/20mm guns.
		BERMUDA commissioned - with a much reduced ships company of just 611 - on the 24th of October 1957 for a 'Home/Mediterranean/Home' commission and off we went south and into the demands of shakedown and snagging before heading - after a short respite in Portsmouth - to Portland to work-up.
	www.burrill12.freeserve.co.uk /HMSBermuda.htm (3421 words)

	HMS Bermuda - 1950/51
		BERMUDA was soon clear and heading East through the Mediterranean passing the destroyer CHEQUERS in the dark at 2110.
		BERMUDA left harbour as the wind freshened on Tuesday afternoon and by midnight was punching into one of the infamous southerly gales as she headed south and west around the Cape on her way back to Simonstown.
		At 2000 on Friday the 14th the anchor was weighed once more as BERMUDA set off to continue zig-zagging her way south-east with more general drills and then into three watches again for DC, Bombardment, emergency steering and general messing drills.
	www.burrill12.freeserve.co.uk /HMSBermuda5.htm (5228 words)

	Fiji Class
		HMS Fiji, HMS Kenya, HMS Mauritius, HMS Nigeria, HMS Trinidad, HMS Ceylon, HMS Gambia, HMS Jamaica, HMS Uganda, HMS Bermuda, HMS New Foundland including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for the Fiji Class cruisers.
		HMS Fiji was built at Clydebank by John brown ship builders and laid down on the 30th march 1938, launched 31st May 1939 and completed 17th may 1940.
		HMS Kenya was involved in the Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /fiji_class.htm (1432 words)

	Roll of Honour - Ships - HMS Bermuda
		H.M.S. Bermuda was built at Clydebank by John Brown Ship Builders, laid down on the 30th November 1939 and launched 11th September 1941 and completed on the 21st august 1942.
		HMS Bermuda joined the Home Fleet once completed and stayed there until 1945 when she went to the Pacific.
		She continued in service well after the war and was finally scrapped at Briton ferry in August 1965.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Ships/HMSBermuda.html (111 words)

	HMS FIFE, and 5 years in the Royal Navy
		HMS Fife was one of several "County Class" destroyers.
		During one "Navy days" weekend HMS Fife went out to sea, from Portsmouth with families on board.
		The Victory has been beautifully restored over the years, and is well worth a visit on board if you are in the Portsmouth area, as is the "Mary Rose" and HMS Warrior.
	www.angelfire.com /nb/hmsfife/fife.htm (387 words)

	HMS FIFE, and 5 years in the Royal Navy
		I tried putting HMS Fife in to some of the search engines, but they came up a blank, so this is my effort to remedy that.
		We were amongst the last to join at HMS Ganges (a shore base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich).
		My first ship was HMS Kent (another County class destroyer), I have fewer photos from HMS Kent, but given a bit more time I will put some of those on this site.After I left the Kent I had a while up in Scotland, before going on to join the Fife.
	www.angelfire.com /nb/hmsfife/now.htm (298 words)

	Bermuda's distinguished visitors over the years
		Bermuda also owed her a great debt because more than anyone else she put Bermuda on the map of tourism with her fame and stature.
		In 1924, 1925 and 1926, Lady Ramsay, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, resided in Bermuda, at Soncy in Pembroke Parish.
		Bermuda had been selected six months earlier - in June - as the ideal place for such a summit conference, primarily because it was a British colony close to American soil.
	www.bermuda-online.org /specialvisitors.htm (9224 words)

	ships
		As mate on HMS Leopard c 1806, Capt Basil Hall was placed in charge of an American vessel which he took to Bermuda.
		She left Bermuda Wednesday 3 August 1814 with Rear Admiral Malcolm and 30 or 40 sail of transport, on board troops recently arrived from Southern France, to rendezvous in Chesapeak Bay with the "Tonnant" and the "Surprise".
		On 1 August 1814, the HMS "Tonnant" with Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane K.B. and the frigate "Surprise" with Sir Thomas Cochrane, sailed from Bermuda, destined for Chesapeak Bay.
	www.rootsweb.com /~bmuwgw/ships4.html (5367 words)

	Navy News - Letters to the Editor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Four ex-ship’s crew from HMS Barle and one from HMS Bermuda recently went to Taiwan for the 60th Anniversary of the evacuation of the POWs from Formosa.
		HMS Bermuda was a Fiji class cruiser of 10,450 tons displacement and completed in 1942.
		She was armed with 12 x 6 inch guns, 8 x 4 inch AA guns, smaller calibre guns, 6 x torpedo tubes and 2 aircraft.
	www.navynews.co.uk /letters/2005/0511/051123_02.asp (247 words)

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		All hands lost 1942 - Destroyer HMS Blean commissioned 1942 - Escort carriers USS Croatan & Prince William launched 1943 - The 40th Escort Group, consisting of sloops HMS Landguard, Bideford, Hastings and frigates HMS Exe, Moyola & Waveney were deployed on a U-boat hunt off Cape Ortegal.
		HMS Landguard & Bideford were the first of the Allied and RN ships to be attacked and damaged by them.
		On the 27th the Canadian 5th Support group was relieved by the 1st Support group consisting of the sloops HMS Pelican, and the frigates HMS Jed, Rother, Spey & Evenlode.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/23Aug.txt (1817 words)

	Old Bermuda - New Works by Christopher M. Grimes.
		HMS Pickle at The Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October, 1805 (20" x 30")
		HMS Pickle was reputedly built in Bermuda of cedar, originally called the "Sting" and was sold to the Admiralty around 1800.
		Bermuda Railway at Franks Bay (16x24) and others.
	www.oldbermuda.com /available.html (175 words)

	Bermuda encyclopedia : Cultural Information , Maps, Bermuda politics and officials, Bermudan History. Travel to Bermuda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Bermuda encyclopedia : Cultural Information, Maps, Bermuda politics and officials, Bermudan History.
		Many dances were influenced by the local Native American tribes or by those of the African slaves.
		Bermuda • British Antarctic Territory • British Indian Ocean Territory • British Virgin Islands • Cayman Islands • Falkland Islands • Gibraltar • Montserrat • Pitcairn Islands • Saint Helena (Ascension, Tristan da Cunha) • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands • Turks and Caicos Islands
	www.bermudaiworld.com /wiki-Bermuda (2560 words)

	Grandad HMS Bermuda 1941 et seq
		Not sure if anyone can help but my Grandads name is Edward Columbine and at 18 years old he served on the HMS Bermuda in 1941.
		He also sent letters to the HMS Columbine, as his namesake.
		Does anyone know where there still might be survivors or where to find pictures etc. Hes just turned 80 moved house and lost a lot of his old momentos in the process.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /lost_trails/posts/947.html (81 words)

	MAHS - MAHS Projects
		With the Bermuda Maritime Museum, MAHS surveyed a wreck believed to be a slaver.
		With the Bermuda Maritime Museum and E.C.U., MAHS surveyed a French frigate, lost in 1838.
		With the Bermuda Maritime Museum and Brown University, MAHS mapped and recorded the remains of the floating drydock Bermuda.
	www.mahsnet.org /projects.php (724 words)

	History of Nova Scotia, Index of Dates, 1813.
		June 6th: "Arrived [at Halifax] HMS Shannon Capt Broke with the US Frigate Chesapeake Capt Lawrence her prize." (John Liddell.) Though in my larger history I shall give details, here is a short contemporary synopsis, John Liddell: "On the 1st Int.
		Meanwhile, in Europe: During forty days in May and June, the British troops drove the French armies over the Pyrenees and out of Spain; Napoleon's back was broken by the military and diplomatic actions of Wellington and Castlereagh.
		October 2nd: "Sailed HMS Success, Joy, [32 Guns, though apparently she was en flute], Nemesis [28 guns] with the 2nd Batt.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/Dates/1813.htm (1599 words)

	HMS BERMUDA
		HMS Bermuda part of the Fiji Class Cruisers of the Royal navy.
		HMS Bermuda joined the Home Fleet once completed and stayed there until 2945 when she went to the Pacific.
		Fiji Class cruiser, HMS Bermuda Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Bermuda This website is not part of any governmental body or official websites of HMS Bermuda
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_bermuda.htm (556 words)

	HMS BERMUDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Seville, William served in HMS BERMUDA between 1945 and 1946
		Carson, Ken served in HMS BERMUDA between 1950 and 1953
		McNeil, Barry served in HMS BERMUDA between 1959 and 1961
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /ROYAL_NAVY/HMS_BERMUDA.asp (190 words)

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		These men: Ken Connolly, Peter Longhurst, Stan Morriss, and Sam Pearsall of the HMS Barle, and Denys Carden of the HMS Bermuda, were only 18 and 19 years old at the time, but they still remembered the emotions of those days.
		During the week that they spent in Taiwan they visited the sites of some of the POW camps and were hosted by the ROC Navy for a tour of their last US World War II destroyer the ShengYang – DDG923.
		From Great Britain were the HMS Argonaut, HMS Barle, HMS Belfast, HMS Bermuda, HMS Colossus, HMS Helford, HMS Tumult, HMS Tuscan, HMS Tyrian and the Tanker San Amado.
	www.powtaiwan.org /fallwinter2005/page_6.htm (783 words)

	HMS Dunkirk Association \| Home
		Take time to browse the site and if you were a serving member of ships company or know someone who was, please get in touch.
		HMS Dunkirk in company with HMS Trafalger and HMS Jutland
		There is dispute over the ships pictured here, especially the Cruiser.
	www.hmsdunkirkassociation.org (250 words)

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