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	WRECKS \|
		From 8-14 February 1940 Cornwall was docked in the Selborne dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa.
		In May she was in the Indian Ocean while on patrol the German commerce raider Pinguin was sighted near the Seychelles and was engaged.
		Cornwall was sunk in position 01Âº54'N, 77Âº45'E in 12 minutes by nine 250 to 550 pound bombs, and six near misses.
	www.wrecksite.eu /details.aspx?14312 (629 words)

	HMS Cornwall (56) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Cornwall (56) was a Kent class cruiser for the Royal Navy.
		From 8 February to 14 February 1940 Cornwall was docked in the Selborne dry dock at Simonstown, South Africa.
		In early April, Cornwall and her sister ship HMS Dorsetshire were detached from the fleet to escort the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes to Trincomalee on Ceylon for repairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Cornwall_(56) (761 words)

	HMS Cornwall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fourth Cornwall, launched in 1902, was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser.
		The fifth Cornwall (56), launched in 1926, was a County-class heavy cruiser.
		She served in World War II and was sunk by Japanese air attack during the Indian Ocean raid in 1942.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Cornwall (271 words)

	VIC 56 and other craft - Detail
		The early use of VIC 56 is unclear; she was given a loadline certificate by Lloyds (not necessary for naval vessels), allowing her to trade around the British Isles, except for the west coast of Ireland.
		VIC 56 was frequently used to store minesweepers at Port Edgar and on one occasion to act as a minelayer for exercise purposes.
		The most celebrated task allotted to VIC 56 was a voyage in April 1961 to the island of South Rona with construction materials to establish a base to monitor exercises.
	www.vic56.co.uk /detail.htm (1627 words)

	JOSEPH TREWAVAS VC
		The ceremony was organised by Donald Kidd of the Mousehole Branch of the Royal British Legion and was attended by numerous local dignitaries, including Lady Mary Holborow, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, who laid a floral tribute on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
		The memorial was unveiled by Vice-Admiral Sir James Jungius KBE, Vice Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and President, Cornwall Royal British Legion, and Mr.
		Joseph Trewavas was born on 14th December 1835 in Mousehole, Cornwall and at the age of 18 joined the Royal Navy at Devonport, being posted to HMS Agamemnon on the 15th October 1853.
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /bbtrewav.htm (894 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Where are you now - C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		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.
		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 Centaur: Trying to locate any members who served in HMS Centaur and were in the messdeck under the flight deck, during her first two years of commission.
	www.navynews.co.uk /wayn/cosc.asp (4079 words)

	Peaks of the Canadian Rockies
		HMS Cornwall was a cruiser engaged in the Battle of the Falkland Islands during WW I. Official name.
		Mount Cornwall, together with Mount Glasgow, Outlaw Peak, and Banded Peak, forms a small range which lies between the Little Elbow River to the north and the Elbow River to the south.
		The Cornwall and Glasgow, together with HMS Kent, were pursuing three German warships that were trying to escape the main battle and seek refuge in Tierra del Fuego.
	www.peakfinder.com /peakfinder.ASP?PeakName=mount+cornwall (605 words)

	The Battle of Havana; 1 October, 1748
		When the captain of HMS Strafford, which was second in the British line, detirmined that Tilbury was not going to follow Knowles' instruction he set a direct course Reggio's line.
		Due to the slowness of Warwick's progress Knowles ordered Canterbury to pass her at 3:00 It was not until 4:00 that the Knowles' flagship HMS Cornwall, and HMS Lenox entered the engagement.
		At 4:30 the Spanish "navio" Conquistador struck to HMS Strafford.
	www.europa.com /~bessel/Naval/Havana.html (2034 words)

	Untitled Document
		Served at the siege and fall of Sebastopol, and the bombardment and capture of Kinburn.
		HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay 3rd November 1864.
		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)

	HMS Ganges Association March 2006 Noticeboard Royal Navy
		This painting by Tony Standish, "HMS Ganges at Mylor" measuring 66cm x 92cm, will be sold at the Plymouth Auction Rooms on the evening of Wednesday 22nd March.
		I have a few pictures of him in his uniform and he has HMS GANGES on his cap, so just wondered if anyone knew him or remembers him, name being James William Crunkhurn, or Bill as he was fondly known.
		The anniversary celebrations on 1st July next, are being jointly hosted by Mylor Yacht Harbour Ltd and Mylor Yacht Club, of which I am a Committee Member as well as co-ordinating the arrangements for the celebration.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /mar06.html (797 words)

	Roll of Honour - Cornwall - Landrake
		Note: HMS Amphion, British, Active class Scout Cruiser - Sunk by mine from the German auxiliary mine-layer König Luise in the English Channel.
		Note: HMS Europa was built by Thompson, Clydebank, laid down January 1896, completed November 1899 as a Diadem Class First Class Protected Cruiser.
		Completed in August 1916, she joined the Grand Fleet following post-trials modifications and operated in the North Sea for the remainder of World War I. In 1933-36, Repulse was modernised, emerging with improved deck armour, a hangar and catapult for aircraft, and a greatly increased anti-aircraft gun battery.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Cornwall/Landrake.html (1302 words)

	HMS Warwick
		Eleven crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Warwick (Lt. Cdr.
		Just before 0200 hours on 19 August 1940 the British merchant ship Ampleforth (4576 BRT), a straggler from convoy OA-199, was torpedoed and sunk by U-101 west of the Hebrides in position 56.10N, 10.40W.
		The master and 28 crew members were picked up by the British destroyer HMS Warwick (Lt. Cdr.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /D25 (145 words)

	Cornwall County Council - 27 November 2002
		Copies of the draft were available at the meeting and the public were asked to submit their views on the document by the end of the consultation period which was 20 December 2002.
		Mr Miller added that the Structure Plan was a fifteen year plan for homes, jobs and the environment in Cornwall and would provide a framework for Cornwall's detailed local plans for waste, minerals, transport and the six District Council areas.
		The major comments made during consultation would be considered in public by an independent panel during the summer of 2003 at the Examination in Public.
	www.cornwall.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=6745 (1946 words)

	The New Trafalgar Dispatch1 July - 11 September 2005 : HMS Pickle Trafalgar Events Bicentenary Celebrations Festival ...
		The Dispatch was entrusted to the care of Lieutenant Lapenotiere, commanding HM schooner Pickle.
		His orders were to deliver the Dispatch to William Marsden, Secretary of the Navy, at Admiralty House in London, as soon as he was able.
		After a reception at the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, a naval officer will leave by a specially built post-chaise for Truro on the first stage of the journey to the Admiralty in London.
	www.seabritain2005.com /server.php?show=ConWebDoc.56 (688 words)

	Maritime Disasters of WWII 1939, 1940, 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At that moment she was on a secret mission, transporting King Håkon of Norway, the Crown Pince, 56 staff members and Government officials and the national gold reserves, from Tromsó to the safety of the British Isles, there to spend the next five years in exile.
		The 11,636 ton Dutch passenger liner was taken over for service as a troop transport and while engaged in the evacuation of British and New Zealand troops from Crete, she was attacked for the second time by German aircraft of Luftwaffe JG-77 and sank with the loss of 193 men.
		Severely damaged by salvos from the battleships HMS King George V, HMS Rodney, and by torpedoes from the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire, she was finally scuttled by her crew.
	members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/maritime-1.html (7551 words)

	2 April 1942 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The USN’s Task Force Thirty Nine (TF 39) comprised of the battleship USS Washington (BB 56), the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), heavy cruisers USS Tuscaloosa (CA-45) and Wichita and eight destroyers, arrives at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
		Two heavy cruisers are detached, (1) HMS Dorsetshire is sent to Colombo, Ceylon, to resume an interrupted refit and (2) HMS Cornwall is sent to escort convoy SU-4 bound for Aden.
		The aircraft carrier HMS Hermes with Australian destroyer HMAS Vampire is detached to return to Trincomalee, Ceylon.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1942/04/02.htm (857 words)

	Guestbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		I understand he was a Stoker, sadly he passed away at the age of 59 on 13th September 2006 at Pembury Nr Royal Tunbridge Wells, he had been fighting of the Big C (brain tumor) for the last 4yrs.
		Who remembers the Undaunted Tug of War Team and the coach trip too Priddy in Cornwall where we were thrashed by 8 farmers wives and a chicken plucker.
		I am building a model of HMS Undaunted to show her with the flight deck when also she still had the aft gun mount.
	www.hms-undaunted.co.uk /guestbook/comment.php?gb_id=170 (1093 words)

	Cornwall County Council - 12 February 2006 Minutes
		MINUTES of a Meeting of the Cornwall County Council held at County Hall, Truro on 12 February 2006 commencing at 10.30 a.m.
		Mrs Ansari referred to the fact that, as Members would be aware, HMS Cornwall was officially affiliated with the County of Cornwall.
		On Friday 27 January, when the ship had been in Falmouth for its rededication after a lengthy refit, the Captain had taken the opportunity to pay his official calls to each of the Civic leaders and thus reaffirm the special link between the County and the ship.
	www.cornwall.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=29212 (3401 words)

	HMS Ganges Association Noticeboard January 2006
		HMS PLYMOUTH was taken to Birkenhead to be the catalyst in a run down dock area.
		After 6th February HMS PLYMOUTH will doubtless be offered to the city where she enjoyed 88,000 paying visitors when on display there in the 12 months - 1988/9 - before heading to a far inferior berth out of a tourist area.
		Hi, my name is John Good, the son of Arthur Good (born 1925 in Withernsea, Yorkshire.) serving at HMS Ganges approximately, I'm guessing between 1943-1946, nickname Curly.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /jan06.html (1625 words)

	HMS Conway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Laid down in Woolwich on the River Thames, London as a Java Class fourth rate 60 gun frigate 16 42 pound guns, 8 carronades and 36 24 pound guns.
		The second HMS Conway, originally HMS Winchester became HMS Nile and was towed from the Mersey to Devonport by the paddle frigate Valorious.
		On her return the Admiralty renamed her HMS Mount Edgcumbe.
	www.hmsconway.org /history_second.html (653 words)

	Training Ships
		The Cornwall was involved in a great scandal in 1903 when seven boys contracted typhoid.
		In 1889, the Cumberland was destroyed by a fire and was replaced by the Empress, a wooden battleship originally known as HMS Revenge.
		In addition to cutters and yawls and a hospital ship, the 45-acre shore establishment included a church, gymnasium, swimming baths, etc. The training given was primarily for sea-service, and 90 percent of the boys gained the higher ratings in the Royal Navy.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~peter/workhouse/trainingships/trainingships.shtml (6575 words)

	r4
		Ronald L., Coder, P/JX293849, HMS St.Angelo, aged 41 years, the son of Cyril and Margaret Riches, and husband of Elsa Ernestine Riches, of Wimbledon, Surrey.
		Charles Robert ROSOMAN, Lieutenant, HMS Triumph, aged 22 years, the son of Eileen Mary and Robert Reynolds Rosoman, and husband of Pauline Mary Rosoman, of Eastbourne, Sussex.
		Alfred John RYDER, Stoker 2nd Class, D/KX138776, HMS Rodney, aged 25 years, the son of Roger and Sarah Ryder, and husband of Louisa Ryder, of Dingle, Liverpool.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/r4.htm (1162 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| Rosyth secures Navy refit deal
		They argued that although Rosyth had secured a major role in a significant aircraft carrier contract with BAe Systems, the work was not due to start until 2007.
		The report claimed that Rosyth was at a significant disadvantage because the MoD paid for storage, gas, electricity, sewerage, water and repairs, thus providing an effective subsidy not enjoyed by Rosyth, which has to meet these costs itself.
		HMS Edinburgh is the largest of the Royal Navy's 12 Type 42 Destroyers and was launched in 1983 while HMS Walney is a Sandown class minesweeper which has been in service since 1992.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/uk_news/scotland/3907947.stm (648 words)

	Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - M
		* For valour in command of HM Submarine Torbay in a daring and successful raid on shipping in a defended enemy harbour, planned with full knowledge of the great hazards to be expected during seventeen hours in waters closely patrolled by the enemy.
		On arriving in the harbour he had to charge his batteries lying on the surface in full moonlight, under the guns of the enemy.
		When he fired his torpedoes he was heavily counter-attacked and had to withdraw through a long channel with anti-submarine craft all round and continuous air patrols overhead.
	www.unithistories.com /officers/RN_officersM2.html (1090 words)

	::::::::::HMS Eagle:::::::::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Joined HMS Eagle as an O/tel from HMS Mercury,in 1950-´52(1st Commission)as a National serviceman.Played for ship´s football team whilst in Scotland(Ship´s trials).Now living in Spain,and playing golf not football,would like to hear from anyone who remembers me...or was on board at that time,and bored with the Ailsa Craig.
		I would be interested to know if there are any more HMS St George boys who may remember me or my Father,Unfortunately my Dear Lady is disabled so I am not able to attend the reunions but have very fond memories of the Eagle and the comms Staff.
		Albert Adey was secound class stoker on board the HMS Eagle when she got torpeado'd.He was a surviver.Lived to have seven boys.Six of them live in California.
	www.eaglecommunicator.com /guest9-04.php (16601 words)

	Mike Tonge
		[56] Residence at time of Marriage on 28 May 1990 was given as: 29 Portland Court, Stoke, Plymouth, Devon.
		Born on 6 Jun 1991 in Freedom Fields Maternity Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.
		Born on 6 Apr 2002 in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon.
	www.burningbush.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /footprints/details/mike_t.html (325 words)

	YouTube - Commodore of HMS Cornwell
		HMS Cornwall could not come to there aid due to the fact that her draught was too large for the depth of water at the merchant vessel.
		If HMS Cornwall had been able to approach then the Iranians for sure would not have even came close.
		You, Commodore of HMS Cornwell sent our soldiers on a normal routine boarder patrol supported by a helicopter inside the Iraqi territorial water that you were supposed to protect and two enemies' boats crossed the boarder and capture the personnel under your command?
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=ql-QvSK_tUw (522 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall of the Kent class
		uboat.net - Allied Warships - Heavy cruiser HMS Cornwall of the Kent class
		HMS Cornwall (Capt. P.C.W. Manwaring, RN) intercept the Vichy-French merchant Surcouf (1129 GRT) of the east coast of Somalia in position 07º17'N, 52º06'E and brought her to Aden.
		Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/1184.html (684 words)

	0079p
		A.J. 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.
		F.W. Leading Stoker, 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.
		J.A., 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.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/0079p.htm (5069 words)

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