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	HMS Ganges Association September 2006 Noticeboard Royal Navy
		HMS Ganges Association September 2006 Noticeboard Royal Navy
		Old Ships/Comments:- HMS Indefatigable, then to Med in HMS Cleopatra transferred to HMS Dieppe, then back home to HMS Vernon (U.C.training) then to HMS Dolphin.
		He had served aboard the destroyer HMS Wrangler, the aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance before he saw active service during the Korean war aboard the cruiser HMS Ceylon, his last commission being the destroyer HMS Scorpion.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /sep06.html (641 words)

	The Sunday Times Plus Section
		HMS Ceylon had the distinction of being the first of the Uganda class of cruiser, a modification of the Fiji class.
		Ceylon nearly saw action for the first time on the return journey when Japanese planes carrying torpedoes tried to attack the fleet, but they were all shot down short of their target by carrier-based fighters.
		Ceylon was present at the inauguration of the Maldive Islands as a Republic in January 1953, and a year later she escorted the S. Gothic, which carried Queen Ellzabeth II, from the Cocos Islands to Hobart, Australia.
	lakdiva.org /coins/media/st_1998.04.19_somerville.html (2480 words)

	history
		CEYLON carried out various war patrols, until the Japanese surrender, CEYLON then proceeding to Singapore for the formal surrender of the Japanese in South East Asia to Lord Louis Mountbatten on the 12th September, 1945.
		CEYLON was in reserve at Portsmouth until 1950, when she was brought forward to relieve BIRMINGHAM in the East Indies Fleet.
		CEYLON recommissioned at Singapore for further service in the East Indies Fleet, and on January 1st, 1953 she was present at the inauguration of the Maldive Islands Republic.
	www.spectrumgraphics.co.uk /ceylon/history.htm (0 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Euryalus of the Dido class
		In January 1943, during the night of 22-23rd Force K, consisting of HMS Euryalus, HMS Cleopatra and four destroyers, shelled the withdrawal routes of the German-Italian panzer forces near Zuara Libya, Tripoli was evacuated by the rearguards on the 23rd.
		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.
		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.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4011.html (0 words)

	HMS Kenya
		HMS Kenya was involved in the Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
		HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.
		HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_kenya.htm (0 words)

	Chapter 28: HMAS SYDNEY
		After spending five months on the British Aircraft Carrier HMS Glory he was in the crew that commissioned HMAS Sydney in which he served for six and a half years including her two deployments off Korea in 1951-1952 and 1953-1954.
		HMS Unicorn, wearing the flag of Rear Admiral Scott Moncrieff, DSO., arrived at Kure on 28 September, and HMS Alert, with the C-in-C Far East Station, Vice Admiral, the Honourable Sir Guy Russell, KCB, CBE, DSO, was also in Kure for two days.
		HMS Constance, one of the destroyers we had been operating with, was hit while bombarding shore installations on 16 December.
	www.kmike.com /oz/kr/chapter28.htm (0 words)

	HMS Ceylon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She was requisitioned by the Admiralty and renamed HMS CEYLON, seeing service in the Mediterranean and the Dardanelles from June 1915 to May 1916.
		On 1 June Ceylon relieved the cruiser PHOEBE patrolling with a number of Indian sloops between the Mergui Achipelago and Port Blair in the Andaman Sea to prevent the evacuation of Japanese troops and supplies.
		She was to be part of a cruiser squadron consisting of Jamaica, Newfoundland, Ceylon and Orion, escorting the Carrier Force Bulwark, Albion, Theseus and Ocean carrying troops taking part in Operation Musketeer Revise, the response of Britain and France to the nationalisation of the Suez canal by Egypt.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /ceylon.htm (0 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 (1686 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Ask Jack - C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Cricket: Launched in 1916 spending most of her active service on the Far East Station, before sailing to Port Said in 1941 where she was sold.
		HMS Crane Association are seeking a photograph of the 'Honours Board', which was made in Hong Kong in 1954.
		HMS Chieftain: If anyone knows the whereabouts of the ships bell of HMS Chieftain could they contact Pete Marley, his wife, Wendy was christened on Chieftain and her name was engraved on the bell.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ask_jack/otyc.asp (0 words)

	HMS Hood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Hood, the ‘Mighty Hood’ as she was popularly known in the Royal Navy, was the largest warship in the world when she was commissioned in 1920 and became a symbol of British Naval strength in the inter-war years.
		Of HMS Hood herself, all that remained on the surface was a morass of floating debris and an oil slick 4" deep.
		HMS Hood contained 380 telephones at the time of her loss and had 3,874 electric light fittings.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/hood.html (0 words)

	HMS Dorsetshire oil painting
		The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941.
		she was part of the class which included HMS Norfolk, (two other ships were planned but were cancelled in 1930, they were to be HMS Northumberland and HMS Surrey) She carried a seaplane in1 931 and had a catapult added in 1932.
		In1942 HMS Dorsetshire went to t he eastern Fleet and was bombed by Japanese aircraft of West of Ceylon and sank, 5th April 1942.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_dorsetshire.htm (756 words)

	Brian Wood Australian naval artist
		Including The Bismarck, HMS hood, HMS Prince of Wales, and HMS ark Royal.
		HMS Ark Royal is shown in hot pursuit of the Bismarck.
		HMS Prince of Wales is shown firing on the Bismarck and in the background a huge fl cloud is all that is left of HMS Hood.
	www.militaryartcompany.com /brian_wood.htm (994 words)

	HMS CHICHESTER 1st Commission
		Also see the page on HMS Leopard 1st Commission, we were with her on the South Atlantic Station
		During the passage they were joined by HMAS Melbourne (originally intended as the light fleet carrier HMS Majestic, but never completed as such), and the cruisers HMNZS Royalist and HMS Ceylon.
		At sea meet with HM Submarine Andrew (Sub used to film "On the Beach" (photograph) One of her crew needed our Doctor - we carried one.
	www.rjerrard.co.uk /royalnavy/chicrn/chicrn.htm (764 words)

	Ceylon
		The next day we were lined up before the Commanding Officer and given a bit of light hearted dressing down with the hope that we would all soon be returning to the UK.
		On leaving the station I was sent to join the crew of HMS Colossus a fleet carrier in Colombo harbour.
		We sailed to Trincomalee one of the worlds great natural harbours and we anchored well out from the shore.
	www.pcimprovements.co.uk /batley-lad/html/ceylon.htm (411 words)

	102 (Ceylon) Squadron - Pocklington Town Council
		On the same day 102 (Ceylon) squadron moved into Pocklington where they were to stay until September 1945.
		It is estimated 150 members of the 405 RCAF were killed in action whilst stationed at RAF Pocklington.
		Surviving members of the 102 (Ceylon) Squadron hold annual re-unions at Pocklington where they are fondly remembered.
	www.pocklington.gov.uk /102-(ceylon)-squadron.htm (232 words)

	Time Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Yarmouth boat crew was the first General Service ship to wear berets
		Avon mouth docks, Bristol (Summer) (John Bryant) I left the duck for release in Jan 72.
		May 21st Alongside HMS Ardent to transfer survivors after attack.
	www.hms-yarmouth.com /timeline.htm (1107 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Over To You - A to C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Beagle: Would like to communicate with any veterans of the destroyer escort HMS Beagle, who were aboard the night it drove off two German E-boat attacks on an LST convoy and rescued several hundred Americans from the water after two LSTs were struck by torpedoes on Day 2, D-Day, 1944.
		HMS Concord: In September 1953 in the Pearl River Estuary, HMML(HDML) 1323 was attacked by a communist Chinese Gun Boat killing 6 and wounding 5 of the crew.
		HMS Boadicea: Walter Swan Aplin is being researched by his neice and she would like information from anyone who knew him or indeed the ship in which he served.
	www.navynews.co.uk /oty/otyatoc.asp (0 words)

	This is Lancashire \| CommuniGate \| Fred Kenrick's Story. R.N. HMS Ceylon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All this haste was so we could catch HMS Ceylon in Hong Kong, before returning her to Korean waters.
		The ship was the aircraft carrier HMS Unicorn but she could only take us as far as Japan where we joined the headquarters ship HMS Ladybird in Sasebo harbour, tied to the jetty permanently.
		This was on the aircraft carrier HMS Vengeance.
	www.communigate.co.uk /lancs/cumbriabkva/page23.phtml (1309 words)

	HMS Kenya
		On the 13th July, Kenya, a Fiji class light cruiser, was brought forward for a major refit that would enable her to relieve HMS London on the Far East Station.
		Captain T. Podger RN, was appointed in command for next commission, on 20th May, and Kenya flew the flag of Rear Admiral Scott-Moncrieff, and covered HMS Ceylon, which had landed a raiding party on the west coast of Korea behind enemy lines.
		HMS Kenya did have one casualty who was killed at the Chosin, Petty Officer Tate.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /korea/Tom/Kenya.html (0 words)

	World War II Plus 55 - April 5 through April 11, 1942
		April 5th, 1942...In Ceylon, HMS Warspite is "adopted" by the London Stock Exchange, which presents her with a plaque and other gifts for the crew.
		HMS King George V joins USS Washington at Scapa Flow, and two of the Allies' most powerful dreadnoughts are in the same place at the same time.
		HMS Duke of York and USS Washington, joined by USS Wasp and two American cruisers, put to sea from Scapa Flow for anti-aircraft drill and familiarization with the Royal Navy's flag signal books and policies.
	www.usswashington.com /dl05ap42.htm (0 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Category
		HMS Relentless (Chapter 1): The End of the Japanese War, 1945
		HMS King George V and HMS Rajah in Colombo Harbour
		HMS Rajah was a Ruler class escort carrier built in the USA at Seattle-Tacoma as USS Mclure AVG 45 - ACV 45...
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/categories/c54629 (0 words)

	Wikinfo \| Ted Briggs
		Albert Edward Pryke Briggs, MBE, (born 1 March 1923), is a British seaman and the last survivor of the tragic destruction of the battlecruiser HMS Hood during combat against the German battlecruiser Bismarck.
		After loss of Hood he was assigned to HMS Mercury and also paricipated in teh inquiry into the loss of Hood.
		In 1975 Briggs joined the HMS Hood Association as one of its youngest members and was elected as its first President.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.phtml?title=Ted_Briggs (0 words)

	Untitled Document
		Serving on HMS Britannia when it was torpedoed by a German submarine on 9th November 1918.
		HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay, 3rd November 1864.
		Action May 1812 (HMS Northumberland) drove on shore and destroyed, near the entrance of Lorient, two French frigates (Arienne and Andromaque), and the brig Mamelouck.
	www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist.htm (0 words)

	Maritime History Of India - An Overview
		Nevertheless, many Indian ships were inducted into the Royal Navy, such as HMS Hindostan in 1795, the frigate Cornwallis in 1800, HMS Camel in 181 and HMS Ceylon in 1808.
		HMS Asia carried the flag of Admiral Codrington at the battle of Navarino in 1827 the last major sea battle to be fought entirely under sail.
		Numerous other ships were also constructed, the most famous being HMS Trincomalee, which was launched on 19 Oct 1817, carrying 86 guns and displacing 1065 tons.
	indiannavy.nic.in /maritime_history.htm (0 words)

	British Navy Ships--HMS Renown (1916-1948)
		HMS Renown, lead ship of a class of two 26,500-ton battlecruisers, was built at Glasgow, Scotland.
		Operating from Ceylon in 1944-45, she helped contain the Japanese in the East Indies.
		HMS Renown had brief post-war service in British waters and was sold for scrapping in March 1948.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-r/renown.htm (0 words)

	HMS Amethyst
		HMS Amethyst and her ship's company had done it before but most would say that each patrol was different.
		May 1952 when we rejoined HMS Amethyst in Sasebo, Japan, our (SCP) time was spent aboard HMS Comus (D20) on both the East and West coasts of Korea.
		Up/down the east/west Korean coasts aboard HMS Crane and Mounts Bay, interspersed with periods aboard HMS Ladybird.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /D-Baker/Amethyst3.htm (0 words)

	stlawrence
		McSweeney was brought to Malta on HMS Childers in February for his Court Martial on the 25th and 27th February 1837, on board HMS Revenge, which was moored in Grand Harbour.
		The Court heard how McSweeney joined HMS Rodney when she was first commissioned in 1835, and that he was quartered at the after main deck Quarter, under the charge of Lieutenant Payne.
		HMS Rodney was being refitted in Port Mahon, Minorca, when ordered to proceed to Malta for the express purpose of McSweeney’s execution.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/stlawrence.htm (0 words)

	HMS CEYLON - Find Friends from HMS CEYLON at Forces Reunited
		Bernard Austin was at HMS Ceylon between 1952 and 1967
		William Austin was at HMS Ceylon between 1952 and 1967
		Cecil Francis was at HMS Ceylon between 1939 and 1945
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/MarinesNames/HMS-Ceylon.html (0 words)

	Korean War Naval Chronology, January-April 1952
		HMS Ceylon (CL) and HMS Cockade (DD) covered landing of friendly guerrillas on Mudo-ri Island occupied without opposition, friendly forces using boats of LST 5l6 and 692.
		HMS Cossack (DD) supported a guerrilla landing in which the island of Onchon-do was retaken by friendly forces.
		HMS Morecambe Bay (PF) in Songjin area came under heavy and accurate fire from enemy shore batteries and was straddled many times.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/korea/chron52a.htm (0 words)

	GKT Gazette - January 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John joined the navy in December 1944, and in November 1947 to October 1948 was dental officer aboard HMS London during her cruises from Hong Kong to Saigon, Singapore, Borneo, and Manila, and then to China and Japan, just prior to the Yangtse incident of the following year.
		In 1956-57 he was dental officer on HMS Ceylon during her involvement in the Suez crisis, the independence celebrations in Ghana, and the handing over of the Simonstown Base in South Africa.
		During his time in the navy he was commended in the reports of his commanding officers for his high professional competence, his administrative skills, his prowess on the hockey field, squash court and golf course, and his excellent social skills.
	www.gktgazette.com /2002/jan/obits.asp (0 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Fiji class Light cruisers
		HMS Ceylon, HMS Newfoundland and HMS/HMCS Uganda were completed with only three 6\" gun turrets.
		HMS Gambia (48) (To the Royal New Zealand Navy as HMNZS Gambia)
		HMS Uganda (66) (To the Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS Uganda)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=73&navy=HMS (0 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Six survivors were rescued by HMS Derbyshire and landed at Gourock 1941 - At 0246, the Sitoebondo, dispersed from Convoy OS-1, was hit by a torpedo from U-371 after they had witnessed the sinking of Shahristan about one hour earlier by the same U-boat.
		The attack gave the Finnish Government the official reason for the severing of the diplomatic ties, and the fact was made public on 1 Aug 1941 - Submarine HMS Cachalot mistakes an Italian torpedo boat for a tanker in poor visibility.
		The 28 survivors, including the U-boat captain, were picked by the gunboat USS Saucy (ex HMS Arabis) 1943 - U-604 attacked by a Liberator aircraft (VB-129) on 30 July and both the IWO and the Boatswain were killed in action.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/july/30Jul.txt (0 words)

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