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  HMS Black Prince - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Black Prince was a 10-gun vessel purchased by the Royalists in March of 1650, and burnt by Parliamentarians on 4 November of the same year.
The fourth Black Prince, launched in 1904, was a Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser sunk with all hands during the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
The fifth Black Prince (81), launched in 1942, was a Dido-class (Bellona subclass) cruiser that saw extensive action in World War II, following which she was transferred to the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1946.
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 HMS Enterprise
The first HMS Enterprise (1705)[?], 24, a sixth-rate, was known as l'Entreprise before her capture from the French by HMS Triton in May 1705.
The third HMS Enterprize (1743)[?], 8, was a barca longa[?] captured from Spain in 1743 in the Mediterranean and rated as a sloop by the Royal Navy.
In 1803, another Enterprize-class frigate, HMS Resource[?] (built at Rotherhithe in 1778) was renamed Enterprize, and joined her sister ship at the Tower as another receiving ship to accommodate men taken up by another press at the end of the Peace of Amiens and the outbreak of the Napoleonic War[?].
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMS_Enterprize.html   (2350 words)

  
 HMS Black Prince (81) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Black Prince was a Bellona-class cruiser of the Royal Navy.
Black Prince was named after Prince Edward (1330-1376), the eldest son of King Edward III.
On 8 September 1944 Black Prince arrived at Alexandria, Egypt, where she was ordered sweep the area around Scarpanto and the Gulf of Salonica.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Black_Prince_(81)   (612 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Euryalus of the Dido class
During August, HMS Euryalus, HMS Dido and HMS Sirius with four destroyers, shelled the bridge in the Gulf of Eufemia Calibria, in support of the 8th Army under Lt-General Clarke in the Bay of Solerno, in overall command of the operation was Admiral Cunningham (R.N.) in Malta.
Euryalus, and the cruisers HMS Swiftsure, HMCS Uganda, HMNZS Gambia, HMS Black Prince and seven destroyers shelled the islands and airfields.
In august 1952 HMS Euryalus was decommissioned, and later during the year she was recommissioned and again rejoined the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.
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 BBC - h2g2 - HMS Warrior - A538030
HMS Warrior was a compromise, with her centre of gravity in the middle, and consequently, problems were inevitable.
HMS Warrior also had a figurehead on the end of her bow, and along with her sister ship, HMS Black Prince and the HMS Rodney of 1888, was one of the last of the British front-rank ships to carry a figurehead.
HMS Warrior is now the only surviving iron warship in the world, and is on display in Portsmouth.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A538030   (3681 words)

  
 H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: H.M.S. Hood Rolls of Honour- Biography of Hood Crewman Biography of Petty ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Arthur was on HMS Renown during the 1927 Royal Visit of HRH the Duke and Duchess of York to Australia and New Zealand.
H.M.S. Hood was launched by Lady Hood, the widow of Vice Admiral Hood, on 22nd August 1918 at Clydebank.
On 30th May 1941 she received the letter shown below from the Commodore of HM Dockyard Portsmouth with the news that she was already expecting.
www.hmshood.com /crew/memorial/s/StevenAbio.html   (1365 words)

  
 HMS Warrior - Warrior in Battle
The British fleet of Warrior, Black Prince, Defence and Resistance mounted 116 guns, 80 of which were behind armour.
Warrior and Black Prince's superor speed was countered by the slower Defence and Resistance.
With the outbreak of hostilities in the American Civil War the situation became serious enough for Warrior or Black Prince to be stationed to the North America Squadron.
www.hmswarrior.org /warbatc.html   (327 words)

  
 HMS Warrior
HM STEAM FRIGATE WARRIOR could thus outsail and outfight every Line-of-Battle Ship in existence at that time and this fact was recognised by the Admiralty Board who subsequently afforded her 3rd Rate Line-of-Battle Ship status on the basis of her 705 ship's company.
She was saved by HMS WARSPITE, whose steering was jammed, steaming between her and the enemy and engaging the Battle Cruisers - two of which were subsequently destroyed or seriously damaged.
HMS WARRIOR was taken in tow by the ENGADINE, a Seaplane Tender, at about 1900 but by 0500 next morning with her quarterdeck awash the WARRIOR was abandoned and then scuttled 160 miles east of Aberdeen.
www.northwood.mod.uk /nwood/history/warrior/warrior.htm   (1524 words)

  
 The Black Prince - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edward, the Black Prince, an English royal in the Middle Ages
The Black Prince (novel), a novel by Iris Murdoch
Black Prince (street racing), a french street racing legend
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Prince   (100 words)

  
 Black Prince
H.M.S. Black Prince's secondary armament was designed for multi-purpose use in both defence and attack, along with the specific capability against air attack.H.M.S. Black Prince, was also fitted with the most advanced operational and control systems available at the time, including the latest design in air and surface radar technology.
H.M.S. Black Prince arrived in Malta 4th August 1944 for briefing in forthcoming operations, H.M.S. Black Prince was attached to Allied Task Force for the Invasion of Southern France.
H.M.S. Black Prince's final operation for the BPF, covered a 9 week period over Christmas in 1945 in the port of Shanghai, protecting the interest of British and Allied personnel who had been caught up in the war between Communist and Nationalist China.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /black_prince.htm   (1755 words)

  
 British Navy Ships--HMS Black Prince (1862-1923)
HMS Black Prince, a 9250-ton ironclad frigate, was the sister ship of the Royal Navy's first seagoing ironclad, HMS Warrior.
Black Prince was again refitted in 1874-75 and rejoined the Channel Fleet for a tour as flagship of that force's second-in-command.
In reserve from 1878, and reclassified as an armored cruiser during much of that period, she was reactivated periodically to take part in annual fleet exercises.
www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-b/bk-prnc3.htm   (461 words)

  
 The UK 1861 Census - Census CDs
As an alien prince he was initially unpopular, but in time the English came to admire him for his irreproachable character, his devotion to the queen and their children, and his deep concern with public affairs.
The government thought that HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince, the first ironclad battleships built for the Royal Navy, were too expensive, and the navy was ordered to construct four smaller iron warships.
They are smaller than HMS Warrior, do not have her speed or carry her superior firepower, and are not very sea-worthy.
www.uk1861census.com /news.htm   (842 words)

  
 Crew of HMS Prince of Wales
Esmond Knight was present during the Battle of the Denmark Strait, the action in which HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood fought against the German battleship Bismarck and the cruiser Prinz Eugen.
HMS Hood was sunk with the loss of 1415 of her crew, leaving 3 survivors.
He was watched over by his friend, Lieutenant Commander George Ferguson who was later killed when HMS Prince of Wales was sunk in December 1941.
www.forcez-survivors.org.uk /biographies/princecrew/knight.html   (1103 words)

  
 HMS BLACK PRINCE (1861)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
HMS Black Prince, launched in 1861, was the third ship of that name to serve with the British Royal Navy.
For a brief period the two ships were the most powerful battleships in the world, being vitually impregnable to the naval guns of the time.
Rapid advances in naval technology left Black Prince and her sister obsolete within a short time, however, and she spent more time in reserve and training roles than in first-line service.
www.yotor.org /wiki/en/hm/HMS%20Black%20Prince%20%281861%29.htm   (301 words)

  
 HMS Black Prince lost at Jutland
HMS Black Prince was built at the Thames Iron Works Blackwall, and laid down on the 3rd June 1903, launched 8th November 1904 and completed 17th March 1906.
William Goddard was on HMS Black Prince when it went down on the 31st May 1916 at the Battle of Jutland.
Frank was a Boy Telegraphist on HMS Black Prince when it was sunk at the Battle of Jutland 31st May 1916, he was seventeen years of age and died during the battle.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_black_prince1.htm   (651 words)

  
 Navy News - Jack to Jack - Reunions - May 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
HMS Impregnable: The True and Original HMS Impregnable will be holding their annual reunion from May 12 to 14 - so keep your eyes open for more details of this fantastic association that gets better each year.
HMS Warrior R31 (1946-1958): will be holding their 2006 reunion at the County Hotel on the weekend of 12th - 15th May. Our association is open to all ex Warriors of the time and should contact John Carr for further details
HMS Fleetwood Association: are holding their 6th annual reunion at the Royal Sailors Home Club Portsmouth from May 14 to 17.
www.navynews.co.uk /reunions/reunion_0605.asp   (905 words)

  
 Boy Seaman Training Establishments
HMS Caledonia (ex-HMS Impregnable, a one-time 98-gun second rate) opened in Scotland in the Firth of Forth at Queensferry in 1896 while the ironclad HMS Black Prince was established at Queenstown (Cobh) in the same year.
In 1906, HMS Ganges was moved ashore near Shotley on the Suffolk coast.
The original vessel was replaced by HMS Winchester in 1861 and, proving too small, this hulk was in turn replaced in 1876 by the old first rate HMS Nile.
www.gwpda.org /naval/rnboyest.htm   (1171 words)

  
 JOSEPH DEARDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
HMS Defence was a heavily armed battle cruiser that spent the early part of the war in the eastern Mediterranean.
On 31 May 1916, in what would become known as the Battle of Jutland, Admiral Arbuthnot took Defence and her sister ships, HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince, to attack the light cruiser Wiesbaden which was dead in the water between the British and German fleets, off Denmark.
The squadron came under very concentrated fire and Defence was sunk at 6.15 in the evening with the loss of all 900 crew.
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 HMS Black Prince 1861
HMS Black Prince was built on the Clyde and at the time she was the largest ship built there.
In 1878 the “Black Prince” commanded by Captain His Royal Highness the duke of Edinburgh, K.G. was one of a squadron of seven ships which occupied the island if Cyprus under Vice-Admiral Lord John Hay, with his flag in “Minotaur.” In 1900 this vessel proceeded to Queenstown and became the training ship for Irish boys.
HMS Black Prince dressed and with her yards manned, 1862.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_black_prince.htm   (700 words)

  
 Bermuda's Royal Navy base at Ireland Island began in 1815
HMS Pickle was the fastest and one of the hardiest ships in the Royal Navy.
In 1808, three years after she achieved her claim to fame at the Battle of Trafalgar, the Bermuda-built cedar schooner HMS Pickle struck a shoal when entering the Spanish port of Cadiz and was lost.
Most were still wearing chains of bondage as convicts when Bermuda's fls were freed from all vestiges of slavery in the 1840s.
www.bermuda-online.org /rnd.htm   (4256 words)

  
 FOCUS - April 6, 2001
David Hodgson of the University of Toronto, together with Charles Fuchs, HMS assistant professor of medicine at the Dana– Farber Cancer Institute, and John Ayanian, HMS associate professor of health care policy and of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, have documented this imbalance in the April 4 Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Black patients are just about half as likely to undergo a major therapeutic procedure and twice as likely to die of colorectal cancer as are white patients.
Elizabeth Karlson, HMS assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and her colleagues looked for evidence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)—an early sign of multiple myeloma—in 288 women with cosmetic breast implants and 288 without the implants.
focus.hms.harvard.edu /2001/Apr6_2001/research_briefs.html   (1262 words)

  
 Hms Black Prince Foresight Around Hms Black Prince We Obtained It Complete   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Chester is known for it's "fl and white" architecture, and...
She and her sistership, the HMS Black Prince, commonly lay anchored at Spithead, their fl hulls in marked contrast to the old checkered sides of the now obsolete ships-of-the-line which shared...
HMS Black Prince The Black Prince was a Duke of Edinburgh class Armored Cruiser which was built at Thames Iron Works.
blackprince.finoprince.com /hmsblackprince   (906 words)

  
 HMS Discovery and the 1875 Arctic Expedition
The story of the 1875 Nares Expedition starts in 1873 when plans were first made to follow in the footsteps of William Baffin, the American explorer Charles Hall and the whalers who were beginning to sail into northernmost waters.
Charles Francis Hall spent five years in the Arctic living with the Eskimos and learning their way of life before setting sail in 1871 in Polaris, a converted tug, steaming through the waterways from Smith Sound to the Arctic Sea, extending the known coastline of Ellesmere Island.
The line of exploration to be undertaken by you to the westward, UP Lady Franklin Sound, is to determine the continuity of Grant Land, which I wish to be considered of the first importance, as well as deciding whether Lady Franklin Sound is a bay, fjord or channel.
www.cavillconnections.co.uk /discovery.htm   (1706 words)

  
 English History, the Black Prince
The name of Black Prince was only recorded in Britain during the the 16th century.
In 1355 The Black Prince led a campaign in Aquitaine and during the battle of Poitiers defeated and captured the French King.
and Edward the Black prince became the ruler of the English principality of Aquitaine.
www.medieval-art.com /black_prince.htm   (685 words)

  
 Lieutenant William Prince   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
William Prince was the brother of Cpl. James Prince, who was killed at the Battle of Jutland on board HMS Black Prince, and whose name also appears on the Northallerton Memorial.
Their father was Captain William Prince of the 4th Yorkshire Regiment and their home was on South Parade, Northallerton, having moved there from L'Espec Street.
Prince was my Officer and I his Sergeant in the Platoon, he was a grand big-hearted lad I always called him son, he did not mind for his Father put me through my first drills 20 years ago.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /scmetcalfe/pages/princew.htm   (504 words)

  
 Edward The Black Prince
Of these the most renowned was Crécy, for it was there that the Black Prince won his spurs and decorated his house with the crest of the fallen King of Bohemia - the triple feather of the Prince of Wales.
The Black Prince on the right was fiercely assailed by the flower of French chivalry aided by many Germans.
It pitted the French Army, then considered the best in Europe, and their miscellaneous allies against the English under King Edward III and the 'Black Prince', who as yet had no great military reputation; this was the battle where he 'won his spurs'.
www.war-art.com /the_black_prince.htm   (1624 words)

  
 ReadyAyeReady.com - The Canadian Navy
and Athabaskan sailed with the British Tribal HMS Ashanti and the cruiser HMS Black Prince.
The Black Prince opened up with star shell and her second salvo revealed three Elbings racing for home.
The Haida’s radar showed the three blips had decreased to two and, at the same time, the Black Prince had a torpedo pass down her port side, apparently from the Elbing that had split from the formation.
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 HMS Focus Oct 17 1997
One of her goals as master is to extend this self-evaluative approach to other areas of the HMS curriculum, both academic and clinical.
This award is not restricted to HMS alumni and does not require overseas travel.
From the first day of their Living with Life-Threatening Illness class, HMS students are face to face with the realities of palliative care.
focus.hms.harvard.edu /1997/Oct31_1997/complete.html   (6272 words)

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