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	HMS Comet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fourth Comet was a 10-gun brig-sloop in India in 1758.
		The eleventh Comet was the Thunderer (1831) renamed in 1869.
		The fourteenth Comet was a destroyer launched in 1910 and sunk by an Austrian submarine in 1918.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Comet (340 words)

	C Class Destroyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Cavalier is the last example of the classic British wartime destroyer and is now preserved as a memorial to all who lost their lives in destroyers throughout World War Two.
		HMS Cavalier was built by Samuel White at Cowes on the Isle of Wight and served the early part of her career in the bitter cold of the Arctic protecting the vital convoys to and from Russia.
		HMS Cavalier is the last of the British Wartime destroyers and is a fitting tribute to those men who gave their lives to protect their country.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /c_class.htm (1826 words)

	Comet (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Comet the Reindeer, one of Santa Claus's reindeer.
		Comet, a fictional model of broomstick in the Harry Potter series.
		Comet (comics)- Supergirl's pet horse in Pre-Crisis, and her angelic cenatur ally in Post-Crisis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Comet_(disambiguation) (358 words)

	Pitcairn Islands Study Center
		HMS BRITON British warship of 44 guns and with a complement of 300 officers and men, commanded by Captain Sir Thomas Staines.
		The Briton and her consort HMS Tagus were on a mission to track down the U.S. Frigate Essex, under Commander David Porter, which had been attacking British shipping in the Pacific, when they sighted Pitcairn Island in the early morning of September 17, 1814.
		The Comet escorted the transport barque Lucy Ann which moved the population of Pitcairn to Tahiti in 1831.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/pitcairn/encyclopedia.shtml (2108 words)

	Focus \| June 11, 1999
		In this test tube experiment, the comets move out of, or into, the visual field as millions of actin proteins get assembled in a series of biochemical reactions.
		Rong Li, HMS assistant professor of cell biology, and her colleagues report in the April 26 Current Biology a similar link in live yeast cells.
		Comet tails of actin appeared behind the vesicles, telling the researchers that some component of the membrane started the process.
	focus.hms.harvard.edu /1999/June11_1999/cell.html (2098 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - MS Trawlers
		HMS Alcmaria (FY 1525) (To the Royal Norwegian Navy in October 1940.
		HMS Loch Eribol (FY 704) (lost 12 Oct, 1945)
		HMS Lucienne Jeanne (FY 1769) (lost 24 Oct, 1941)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=341 (491 words)

	Fascin-mediated propulsion of Listeria monocytogenes independent of frequent nucleation by the Arp2/3 complex -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Red actin marks the portion of the comet tail assembled during the elongation phase in the presence of the indicated bundling protein and CA.
		the assembly of a comet tail as opposed to a symmetric cloud.
		cortex is opposing the stiffness of the comet tail.
	www.jcb.org /cgi/content/full/165/2/233 (6119 words)

	HMS Eagle, HMS Audacious
		The Eagle class fleet carrier HMS Eagle (ex HMS Audacious) launched in 1946 and scrapped in 1978 and the earlier HMS Eagle, launched in 1918 and sunk in 1942.
		HMS Eagle steams past the commando carrier HMS Albion during the withdrawal from Aden in November 1967.
		The carriers HMS Eagle and HMS Albion are pictured together during the withdrawal from Aden in 1967.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_eagle.htm (2432 words)

	HMS COMET - Find Friends from HMS COMET at Forces Reunited (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		William Johnston was at HMS Comet between 1949 and 1958
		Grahame Lewis was at HMS Comet between 1945 and 1958
		Ivan Richards was at HMS Comet between 0 and 1943
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk.cob-web.org:8888 /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Comet.html (241 words)

	Sunshine on Comets: Part I :: Astrobiology Magazine ::
		Summary (Oct 03, 2005): Jessica Sunshine is the Deep Impact mission scientist responsible for the onboard infrared spectrometer.
		In the first half of this two-part interview, she discusses what the comet's nucleus looked like before and after impact, and explains why it's so difficult to piece together the spectroscopic data.
		When the comet hit the spacecraft, the resulting explosion sent out a huge cloud of dust and gas.
	www.astrobio.net /news/article1731.htm (1462 words)

	Frequently Asked Questions of the Sailing Navy Gallery at the Royal Naval Museum
		HMS Penelope was the first conversion of sailing warship to steam, started in 1842 and completed conversion in June 1843.
		HMS Amphion was the first steam frigate, launched 14 January 1846 and HMS Agamemnon was the first full-scale steam designed battleship, launched 22 May 1852.
		The origins of the naval hand salute is unclear but it is thought to have originated from the days when an inferior always uncovered their head to a superior.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /visit_see_sailfaq.htm (1380 words)

	HMS Eagle
		HMS Eagle with two Westland Wyverns during the Suez Crisis.
		On the 23rd August 1955, HMS eagles, air group flew a total of 201 sorties which still remains today as a RN record.
		Aircraft from HMS Eagle covered an area of 350 milers and had helped to identify 770 ships including 116 tankers in the area.
	www.military-art.com /dhm717.htm (1161 words)

	HMS Hurworth associated with Hurworth -on-Tees village, Hurworth Grange and All Saints Church
		HMS HURWORTH is a purpose built mine countermeasures vessel capable of both mine hunting (searching ahead of the ship for mines using sonar) and mine sweeping (cutting or detonating mines by trailing a sweep behind the ship).
		HMS HURWORTH’s principal purpose is minewarfare but of late, she has been tasked with fishery protection duties around the south-east and south-west coastlines of Great Britain.
		I have been onboard HMS HURWORTH for the previous six months completing Specialist Fleet Training and in a month’s time, I will begin my specialist professional course at HMS DRYAD in Portsmouth where what I have learnt at sea will be put to the test on a ship’s bridge simulator.
	www.hurworth.org.uk /hms_hurworth.htm (818 words)

	Empty File
		HMS Bounty under Captain William Bligh arrives in Tahiti to collect breadfruit trees for trans-plantation to the West Indies where it is hoped they will provide a cheap source of food for slaves.
		HMS Bounty returns to Tahiti where the mutineers quarrel amongst themselves over whether to remain or seek safer refuge from British justice.
		HMS Duff under Captain James Wilson arrives in Tahiti carrying the first representatives of the London Missionary Society.
	nisdv.bravehost.com /je_accuse.html (5694 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The History of the Royal Navy - Part 3 (1815 - 1914)
		HMS Monarch showed how this was possible, but a lack of careful weighting led to the more ambitious Captain capsizing in the Bay of Biscay, killing most of the crew.
		With the alliance of France and Russia and the rise of a German nation at the end of the 19th Century, the Navy was continually pressed to become strong enough to defend an isolated Britain.
		Isle Of Wight Shipwrecks: 'HMS Gladiator', and the Submarine 'A1'
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A12645849 (2904 words)

	On this day in British Military History - Infantrymen's Military Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The troops were supported by a naval flotilla of river gunboats and steamers, including HMS Comet, commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Cookson.
		HMS Ajax, which had served with distinction the previous year at the River Plate against the German "pocket battleship" Graf Spee, encountered three Italian destroyers in a night action in the Mediterranean.
		She sank Airone and Ariel, and badly damaged Artigliere, which was finished off by HMS York on 12 October.
	www.goinfantry.com /forum/showthread.php?t=52 (5166 words)

	HMS Daring - first commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		HMS Daring was the sixth ship to bear this name.
		From the carrier HMS VICTORIOUS, the later Rear-Admiral, was the only man in his flight to get a successful hit on the Nazi flagship, which was later finished off by the British Home Fleet.
		He then switched ships to join Portsmouth’s legendary carrier ARK ROYAL, receiving a mention in dispatches for launching a dinghy to save shipmates and returning to the stricken ship twice to rescue comrades when she was sunk in November 1941.
	www.axfordsabode.org.uk /dar1com.htm (1147 words)

	HMS Cossack, RN Destroyer
		HMS Cossack in naval art prints by Ivan Berryman depicting HMS Cossack at Grand Harbour Malta.
		HMS Cossack on convoy duty by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Cossack, one of the fast Tribal class destroyers will always be remembered for the daring rescue of 300 prisoners of war from the German Altmark in Norwegian waters.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_cossack.htm (684 words)

	Actin-dependent Propulsion of Endosomes and Lysosomes by Recruitment of N-WASP -- Taunton et al. 148 (3): 519 -- The ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Comet tail formation in vivo induced by fertilization and PMA treatment.
		plasma membranes are partly responsible for the actin comet
		the actin comet tail and the vesicle membrane are mediated by
	www.jcb.org /cgi/content/full/148/3/519 (6771 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - RFA Diligence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		While there she provided repair and towage to HMS Southampton after collision damage, and in 1991 Diligence was again in the Gulf during the war, where helped to repair American ships damaged by mines.
		A brigantine, originally HMS Intelligence, was renamed as the first Diligence in 1692 and sold in 1708.
		As a fireship she became HMS Comet in 1779, and was sold in the following year.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/diligence.asp (720 words)

	Pen and Sword Books
		HMS Vernon features in the book since on the eve of the First World War it was one of the first establishments developing and testing naval weapons, and the mining school was formed there
		HMS Comet was finally refitted as a minelayer as late as 1953 and we learn (page 203) that HMS Contest carried out some of the last destroyer minelaying between 1958 - 59 in the Mediterranean.
		In 1793 Captain Purvis had his own command, HMS Princess Royal; also in the fleet at the time was the Agamemnon, 64 commanded by one of the youngest captains in the fleet, the 35-year-old Horatio Nelson who, having had the right influence, had made Post-Captain at the unusually early age of 21.
	www.rjerrard.co.uk /royalnavy/pen/pen.html (9114 words)

	p4
		Ernest Peter PICKERILL, OS, P/JX648182, HMS St.Angelo, aged 20 years, the son of Thomas Edward and Eleanor Florence Amelia Pickerill, of Islington, London.
		Patrick Anthony PRITCHARD, the son of Chief Petty Officer Pritchard, HMS Striker.
		William Walter PULLEN, Sapper, Deal/18(S), R.M.Div Eng, R.N. Div., HMS Somali, aged 24 years, the son of Frederick Henry and Margaret Sarah Pullen, Avoca, 2 The Rise, Palmer’s Green, London.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/p4.htm (1110 words)

	C
		HMS Bittern (UK 1918/in service 1897) (sunk in WWI)
		HMS Falcon (UK 1918/in service 1899) (sunk in WWI)
		HMS Fawn (UK 1918/in service (sunk in WWI, rammed a U-boat)
	hometown.aol.com /destroyersaz/pageC.html (144 words)

	Site Objectives
		I aim to explore and display information of Eric's service history, both in the Royal Navy and HM Coastguards.
		HMS Pembroke HMS Daring HMS Comet...to mention a few.
		There will also be a list of Bed and Breakfast facilities used during the visits with true and honest ratings of the facilities and prices paid.
	www.hansonclan.co.uk /objectives.htm (165 words)

	Broadsword Association - Weapon (Battleaxe) Class
		HMS Crossbow entering Grand Harbour 1962/63 (courtesy Malcolm Perkins)
		With BATTLEAXE as leader they were the Navy's only fast A/S escorts until the advent of the Type 15/16 destroyer conversions in 1951.
		The squadron of identical ships was first disrupted in 1953 when BROADSWORD went into reserve (replaced by COMET).
	www.hmsbroadsword.co.uk /broadsword/weapon_class.htm (256 words)

	H
		HMS Comet (UK 1918/in service 1910) (sunk in WWI)
		HMS Goldfinch (UK 1915/in service 1910) (sunk in WWI)
		HMS Staunch (UK 1917/in service 1910) (sunk in WWI)
	hometown.aol.com /destroyersaz/pageH.html (123 words)

	asteroid, NEO, meteor, astronomy, FAIR, comet
		Non-profit fund raising for astronomers hunting asteroids, meteorites, comets, and NEOs, (near earth objects).
		However, this analogy does seem to strike a chord when I've tried to describe why FAIR is necessary.
		Imagine for a minute that we are crewmembers on the flagship HMS Earth sailing along minding our own business when out of the blue a large cannonball, in this case the 2002 NT7 NEO streaked across our bows.
	www.fair-society.org /frontispace/fairwarning.htm (328 words)

	U-Boat Operations
		Heinrich Zimmermann hit four ships on this patrol and all of them were in convoy: One was from convoy HX-174, one was from convoy ON-63 and two were from convoy SC-67.
		On 5th Feb 1942 he sank the British 925 ton HMS Arbutus, sailing with convoy ON-63.
		West of Madeira (Portugal) U-136 was located by the sloop HMS Pelican, the frigate HMS Spey and the French destroyer Leopard.
	www.ubootwaffe.net /ops/boat.cgi?boat=136 (433 words)

	Jean-Francois Arcand's Blog
		The first things to decide when writing a Comet enabled web app is the component that will get polled.
		Before I forgot, one interesting feature I've recently added (was requested on first blog on Grizzly's Comet) is the ability to update a single CometHandler (or a single polled request).
		I'm not expecting a huge difference between the two, and I really think secure Comet requests can probably be used in a lot of case, if not all.
	weblogs.java.net /blog/jfarcand (2549 words)

	Story - R-Adm Piers Bio
		On June 24th after the controversial sinking of FRASER by HMS CALCUTTA, she sliced FRASER in two, RESTIGOUCHE was left behind to do rescue work and sink what was left of FRASER.
		Completed in 1932 as HMS COMET, she was purchased at the same time as OTTAWA and commissioned as RESTIGOUCHE in Chatham England the same day.
		Not a tribal despite her name, she was laid down as HMS VALENTINE but commissioned on February 17, 1944 at Glasgow as HMCS ALGONQUIN.
	www.jproc.ca /r17/piers_bio.html (3399 words)

	Day 37: HMS Vomit Comet » TravelBlog Archive » Living the Dream
		We boarded the “Spirit of 1770″ - or as we call it, the HMS Vomit Comet - out to Lady Musgrave Island (really a coral cay).
		that picture is great; the one of you guys in the heart of the vomit comet ride.
		I recall playing Where in the World is Carmen San Diego and wanting to join Interpol one day… but guns and fear of death will probably keep me away.
	blogs.bootsnall.com /km/?p=31 (1112 words)

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