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	Edward Codrington - Definition, explanation
		Sir Edward Codrington (1770-1851) was a British admiral and hero of the Battle of Trafalgar.
		In December 1826 Codrington was appointed once again to the Mediterranean command, and sailed on the 1 February 1827.
		Codrington had heard on the 22nd of June of his own supersession, but, as his successor had not arrived, he carried out the arrangement made on the 25th of July, and his presence at Alexandria led to the treaty of the 6th of August 1828, by which the evacuation of the Morea was settled.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/e/ed/edward_codrington.php (823 words)

	Edward Codrington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Edward Codrington (April 27, 1770-April 28, 1851) was a British admiral, hero of the Battle of Trafalgar and the Battle of Navarino.
		In December 1826 Codrington was appointed once again to the Mediterranean command, and sailed on the 1 February 1827.
		Codrington had heard on the 22nd of June of his own supersession, but, as his successor had not arrived, he carried out the arrangement made on the 25th of July, and his presence at Alexandria led to the treaty of the 6th of August 1828, by which the evacuation of the Morea was settled.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edward_Codrington (800 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Chu-Cok) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		HMS Churchill is a British Churchill Class fleet submarine of 4800 tons displacement dived launched in 1968.
		HMS Cleopatra was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by the HM Dockyard and launched in 1964.
		HMS Codrington was a British A class destroyer of 1540 tons built by Swan Hunter and launched in 1929.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R3AC.HTM (1199 words)

	Edward Codrington -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The youngest of three brothers, Codrington was educated by an (The brother of your father or mother; the husband of your aunt) uncle named Mr Bethell.
		He served in the (additional info and facts about American Colonies) American Colonies, in the (The largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia) Mediterranean and at home, until he was promoted to (A commissioned military officer) lieutenant on the May 28 of the same year.
		Sir William John Codrington (1804-1884) was a commander in the (A war in Crimea between Russia and a group of nations including England and France and Turkey and Sardinia; 1853-1856) Crimean War.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ed/edward_codrington.htm (862 words)

	HMS Codrington One Of The Ships At The Battle of Dunkirk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		At the commencement of World War II, Codrington was Flotilla leader of the 19th Destroyer Flotilla at Dover, her duties being to keep the English Channel free of mines and submarines, and to escort troops and stores to France for the British Expeditionary Force.
		In all Codrington made eight trips to Dunkirk, between 28 May and 4 of June, four of which were to lift the troops off the beaches.
		During this period Codrington was attacked by aircraft and shelled from the shore, but was not hit.
	www.doverpages.co.uk /albums/dunkirk/pages/codrington_jpg.htm (259 words)

	HMS. Falcon - HMS Falcon related shots
		HMS Falcon is seen at left with HMS Mantis behind.
		After reviewing the Falcon photographs submitted to the site, it is clear that the HMS Falcon serving in China deviated from the typical Falcon ship crest and created a unique crest for their ship which is entirely consistent with the discovered plaque.
		The image seen center is from a photograph taken aboard HMS Falcon on the Yangtze and appears to show a gunstop (not necessarily obvious, the cat is sitting on a gun and the crest is the outer gunstop).
	www.hmsfalcon.com /falc/falc.htm (1031 words)

	Army and Navy Chaplains 1800 to
		Served as Chaplain to HMS Encounter 1907 to 1910, HMS Jupiter 1910 and 1911, HMS Prince George 1911 and 1912, HMS Zealandia 1912, HMS Prince of Wales 1912 and 1913.
		On HMS Pembroke 1900, HMS Prince George 1900 - 1901, HMS Implacable 1901 to 1904, HMS Boscawen III 1904 and 1905, R.M.Dept Walmer 1905 to 1907, HMS Prince of Wales 1907 to 1910, HMS Jupiter 1910 and 1911.
		HM Dockyard and Hospital Hong Kong 1911 to 1914, HMS Indus 1914.
	website.lineone.net /~teresasliema/anchaplains.htm (5545 words)

	A Class Destroyers
		HMS Achates was built at Clydebank and launched 4th October 1929, she was sunk by the German Heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in the Barents sea 31st December 1942
		HMS Codrington was built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend, and launched 7th August 1929, she was bombed and sunk in Dover Harbour 27th July 1940.
		HMS Achantes, H.12 Built at Clydebank and launched 4th October 1929, sunk on the 17th December 1942 while engaging Admiral Hipper in the Barents Sea.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /a_class.htm (1436 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1940
		HMS Ivanhoe struck a mine and sank in the mouth of the River Texel.
		Destroyer HMS Javelin of the 5th destroyer flotilla torpedoed by German destroyers Richard Beitzen, Lody and Galster in the Channel.
		Destroyer HMS Hyperion struck a mine and was torpedoed by the destroyer HMS Janus.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW240.html (1763 words)

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	HMS MAORI HISTORY - New European Regiment Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		On 30th November, Maori and HMS Inglefield were on one of these patrols when they were ordered to help the submarine HMS Triad which was in difficulty off the coast of Norway.
		HMS Maori, HMS Tartar and HMS Mashona were sent to the Faeroe Islands on 20 June 1940 in order to requisition the ships.
		HMS Afridi's acceptance trials took place on 29th April 1938 in a rising gale but all went well and she was accepted.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/showthread.php?t=4293&page=1 (9122 words)

	HMS MAORI HISTORY - New European Regiment Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		She joined HMS Cossack's division in January 1939 and was the last Tribal to go to war in the Mediterranean.
		On 12th February 1942 at 0200hours, while anchored at Malta, HMS Maori was attacked from the air and a bomb found its way into her engine and gear room.
		Luckily, HMS Ashanti was the only Tribal to make a special journey to her namesakes, the country of Ghana in Africa and specifically an area known as the Gold Coast.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/showthread.php?t=4293&page=1 (9122 words)

	John Franklin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Following this he went on an expedition to explore the coast of Australia on the HMS Investigator with his uncle, Captain Matthew Flinders.
		Following that expedition, he returned to the Napoleonic Wars, serving aboard HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
		The disappearance of Franklin's expedition set off a frenzy of activity in the Arctic; several search parties were organised at Lady Franklin's urging and expense, and others went there simply because the search for Franklin had captured the popular imagination.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Franklin (1176 words)

	British 4.7"/43 (12 cm) QF Mark VII and 4.7"/40 (12 cm) QF Marks VIII and X
		Performance was said to similar to that of the 4.7"/40 (12 cm) QF Mark VIII.
		It had been planned to fit the "A" class Flotilla Leader HMS Codrington with these guns, but this was cancelled and she commissioned with an outfit of 4.7"/45 (12.7 cm) Mark IX guns.
		Only one of these guns was ever built and it was used for a few years on the submarine HMS Perseus in a 50 degree CPXV mounting.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNBR_47-40_mk8.htm (708 words)

	Fatbomb/Fatbomb.Cgi/Plymouth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		HMS Courageous Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Courageous or Courageux (the French spelling).
		The first HMS Bellerophon was a 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1786 on the River Medway near Chatham.
		HMS Norfolk (1757) The second Norfolk was a slightly larger 74-gun third-rate, displacing 1556 tons.
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		HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay 3rd November 1864.
		Night of 15th February he was involved in a fight with Robert Dewhurst (sailor from HMS Britannia).
		He was a Lieutenant (HMS Active) at the destruction of a Turkish squadron in the Dardanelles in 1807; served on HMS Spartan, in boat actions in the Adriatic, and at the reduction of Zante and neighbouring islands.
	www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist2.htm (3965 words)

	Naval Battles
		Even though Admiral Codrington was given wide powers of discretion in "policing" the treaty, England expressed regret over the incident, while the French fleet mopped up any remaining opposition in the Peloponessos, paving the way for Greek independence.
		In March of 1941, Admiral Cunningham in HMS Warspite was attempting to draw the Italian battleship Vittorio Veneto, flagship of the Italian fleet, into battle between the NW coast of Crete and Cape Matapan.
		The Italian cruiser Pola was crippled by torpedoes from aircraft flying off HMS Formidable, and after Pola's crew were removed by the destroyer HMS Jervis, the Jervis sank Pola with her torpedoes.
	www.searoom.com /veleda/logsec01/battles.htm (786 words)

	Admiral Codrington - ultimatepubguide.com
		Edward Codrington was the captain of HMS Orion at the Battle of Trafalgar, one of England's finest hours and a pivotal event in European history.
		Fair enough, a name like the Admiral Codrington invokes images of an old fashioned English boozer, which is clearly something the owners of this pub want to get away from.
		If it weren’t for naval heroes, such as Codrington, we’d all be eating garlic, onions and paella instead of Roast Beef and Yorkshire pudding.
	ultimatepubguide.com /pubs/info.phtml?pub_id=288 (650 words)

	Correspondence of Henry Morton Stanley — Metafro Infosys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		Letter from HMS to Colonel Anderson, "a trunk was taken to your room which should have been put in the cab", asking him to look "now and then" at the two receipts he sent him, Paris, 23-10-1868
		Letter [incomplete] from HMS to [?], Enclosed invitation of the President of the Cortes and the Commission of Interior Government to attend the promulgation of the new Constitution of Spain, Madrid, [06-06-1869] [put in a sheet with comment]
		Letter [typewritten draft, pencil corrections] from HMS to Alex F. Shepherd, mentioning his having found Livingstone, confirming allegations by Captain Fraser against John Kirk, "a jealous and vindictive enemy to Livingstone", "Homeward Bound Between Seychelles and Aden.
	www.metafro.be /stanley/correspondence?g=g11&p=p67 (503 words)

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		West of Trondheim she is torpedoed and damaged by submarine HMS Clyde.
		Both ships are out of action until the end of the year 1940 - Henry Stimson becomes Secretary for War and Frank Knox becomes Secretary of the Navy in a US cabinet shuffle.
		Reconnaissance reported the convoy put into Palermo 1943 - Kiska is bombed by six USN PV-1 Venturas based on Adak Island 1943 - Minesweepers HMS Jasper & Pique launched 1943 - U-388 sunk in the North Atlantic SE of Cape Farewell, Greenland, in position 57.36N, 31.20W, by depth charges from a USN VP 84 Catalina.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/june/20Jun.txt (1018 words)

	eBay UK Shop - Naval Covers: All Covers, Current Recent Navy, Marriotts - Past WW2 WW1
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		HMS CHATHAM Naval Cover - 200TH ANN OF TRAFALGAR CADIZ
		HMS GLASGOW Naval Cover - BATTLE OF BAY OF BISCAY 1943
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	wimain
		HMS Liverpool, Gen Alois Elias, Nebe Hueber Himmler and Mueller, Soviet battleship Marat, Gruman Martlet in RAF colours in the Western Desert.
		Pictures/illustrations HMS Barham Lieut Commander J F van Dulm captain of a Dtuch submarine of Queen Wilhelmina's navy, Commander H F Bone DSO DSC on the coning tower of the Tigris, HMS Thanet.
		Pictures/illustrations HMS Li Wo, S W Sharp, POW's at Kloein Bartelsee, P H martin, HMS Bickerton, Major L L Bearman, J Bentham, S Bell, Capt A Patterson DSO and G Smith of the Royal Daffodil, Roll of Honour:.
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	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Sea Lion vs. Overlord
		Beyond this were various portions of the Home Fleet that could respond in anything between a few and 24 hours.
		For example, the HMS Codrington was able to raise steam and then sail from Scapa Flow to Dover in 23 hours (530 miles) on 10 May.
		The British would have between 7 and 10 days (remember, the Germans estimated crossing would take 24 to 96 hours depending on what port the vessels were leaving from) to shoot up the invasion fleet prior to the first wave coming completely ashore.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4560&whichpage=4 (1672 words)

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		The master and 47 crewmembers were picked up by HMS Winchelsea and landed at Liverpool.
		The master, 22 crewmembers and four gunners from the Erato were picked up by corvette HMS Begonia and landed at Gibraltar.
		V-1 was not in her assigned area and she was diving when the aircraft came in sight instead of staying on the surface and firing recognition signals as instructed.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/july/27Jul.txt (920 words)

	0079r
		J.M. AB, 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.
		Telegraphist, 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.
		A.R. Coder, 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.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/0079r.htm (3806 words)

	TooWrite.com. True stories from real people (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		In those days Britain was a major sea power with 10 or 12 capital ships in the Mediterranean, as well as three aircraft carriers, several heavy and light cruisers and four flotillas of destroyers led by HMS Galatea under Rear Admiral Cunningham.
		In the summer of 1936 we were in Malta when the news broke that Spain's festering internal troubles had developed into civil war between the Government or Republican Party and Franco's Nationalists.
		I joined HMS Codrington then preparing for the war that didn't happen, but in the summer of 1939 I was transferred to HMS Bramble, the leader of the First Mine-sweeping Flotilla.
	www.toowrite.com /toowrite_story.asp?sid=2806 (1135 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Codrington of the A class
		uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Codrington of the A class
		HMS Codrington (Capt. George Frederick Stevens-Guille, OBE, DSO, RN) was sunk at Dover by German aircraft on 27 July 1940.
		Sunk in secret losses due to marine hazards and during air-raids on harbours.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4339.html (134 words)

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		St Nazaire, Dieppe, Raid, Cockleshell, Heroes, Bordeaux, Shark, Salmon, Thames, Imogen, Brazen, Wren, Codrington, Dover, Swordfish, Glasgow, HMS
		awarded to three members of the Royal Navy taking part - Cdr Robert Ryder RN, Commanding Officer, Naval Forces sailing with his staff on board "MGB-314", Lt-Cdr Stephen Beattie RN, Commanding Officer, HMS Campbeltown, and posthumously to Able Seaman William Savage, gunner on "MGB-314" for gallantry under heavy fire.
		Royal Navy - Adm Sir Henry Moore was appointed C-in-C, Home Fleet in succession to Adm Fraser who was to command the British Pacific Fleet.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsWFront1939-2.htm (5121 words)

	HMS Speedy
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		of the sinking of the schooner H.M.S. Speedy with historic events throughout the summer.
		Nature Centre and Lighthouse Interpretive Centre open daily 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
	www.friendsofpresquile.on.ca /speedy/events.html (603 words)

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