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	HMS Dorsetshire (40) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Dorsetshire (pennant number 40) was a heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English county (now called Dorset).
		Dorsetshire was able to recover only 115 of Bismarck's crew from the sea, before being forced to evade a suspected U-boat.
		Of Dorsetshire's crew, 234 men were killed in the attack; more than 500 survived in the water or on rafts to be picked up by the cruiser Enterprise and the destroyers Paladin and Panther the next day.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Dorsetshire_%2840%29 (358 words)

	Station Information - HMS Dorsetshire
		HMS Dorsetshire was a heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy in World War II.
		Dorsetshire was one of the ships which engaged the fleeing German battleship Bismarck in late May 1941 in the North Atlantic.
		Dorsetshire and another cruiser, HMS Cornwall, were sunk by Japanese dive bombers in the in the Indian Ocean (west of Ceylon) on April 5, 1942.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_dorsetshire.html (181 words)

	HMS Dorsetshire (40) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On 27 May Dorsetshire was ordered to (Armament consisting of a long cylindrical self-propelled underwater projectile that detonates on contact with a target) torpedo Bismarck, which had by that point been crippled by repeated aircraft and naval attacks.
		Dorsetshire was able to recover only 115 of Bismarcks crew from the sea, before being forced to evade a suspected (A submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes) U-boat.
		Of Dorsetshire's crew, 234 men were killed in the attack; more than 500 survived in the water or on rafts to be picked up by the cruiser (Click link for more info and facts about Enterprise) Enterprise and the destroyers Paladin and Panther the next day.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Dorsetshire_(40)2.htm (491 words)

	Encyclopedia: German battleship Bismarck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Suffolk was a cruiser of the British Navy which took part in the action which led to the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941.
		HMS Cossack (L-03/F-03/G-03) was a Tribal-class destroyer which became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee.
		HMS Prince Of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/German-battleship-Bismarck (5331 words)

	HMS Dorsetshire: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first Dorsetshire was an 80-gun third-rate launched in 1694, rebuilt in 1712, and sold 1749.
		The second Dorsetshire was a 70-gun third-rate in service from 1757 to 1775.
		The third Dorsetshire was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1929 and sunk 1942.
	wikipedia.openfun.org /HMS_Dorsetshire (114 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire of the Dorsetshire class
		Right after commissioning in 1930 HMS Dorsetshire was the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron Atlantic Home Fleet, serving along her sister ship HMS Norfolk, and the slightly smaller heavy cruisers HMS York and HMS Exeter.
		From 1933 until 1936 HMS Dorsetshire served on the Africa Station, and her first recorded docking in the Selborne dry dock Simonstown, South Africa was on 5 January 1934.
		Dorsetshire was responsible for rescuing the survivors after expending 254 shells and 3 torpedoes of which 2 hit finally sinking the battleship.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/1185.html (865 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Cruisers honoured 60 years after sinkings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall were in the Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka, when they were attacked by carrier-based Japanese aircraft on Easter Day, April 5, 1942.
		HMS Cornwall Association chairman John Fuller recalls being at action stations in the aft magazine when the first air strike hit the ship: "There was a loud bang, and I thought we had just opened fire, but I was wrong.
		A sizeable number of the men in the wartime HMS Cornwall when she sank were South Africans, and the Rev Petzer has been instrumental in commemorations for the ship in South Africa.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2002/0204/0002041701.asp (708 words)

	HMS Dorsetshire - TheBestLinks.com - Cruiser, Royal Navy, 1942, 1929, ...
		HMS Dorsetshire - TheBestLinks.com - Cruiser, Royal Navy, 1942, 1929,...
		HMS Dorsetshire, Cruiser, Royal Navy, 1942, 1929, 1757, 1775, 1749, 1712, 1694...
		The third Dorsetshire was a cruiser launched in 1929 and sunk 1942.
	www.thebestlinks.com /HMS_Dorsetshire.html (172 words)

	Bismarck
		HMS Prince of Wales får inn en treffer på Bismarck i denne kampen, men kort tid etter eksploderer HMS Hood i en gigantisk eksplosjon, og like etter blir også Prince of Wales truffet fire ganger av salver fra Bismarck.
		Etter denne voldsomme kampen trekker HMS Prince of Wales seg fra stedet sterkt skadet, og Bismarck setter kursen sørover for å komme til St. Nazaire i Frankrike og reparere skadenet.
		HMS Prince of Wales manage to score a hit on Bismarck in this battle, but soon after HMS Hood explodes in a gigantic explosion, and soon after also Prince of Wales is hit four times by salvoes from Bismarck.
	www.skovheim.org /worldwide/southeurope/bismarck/bismarck.htm (1714 words)

	HMS "Dorsetshire" Operational History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dorsetshire served in the Atlantic and Home Fleets between 1930 and 1933, before a period on the Africa Station from 1933 to 1935.
		War with Japan brought her back to the Indian Ocean, and in March 1942 she was undergoing refit at Colombo, this being halted on the approach of a Japanese carrier force at the end of the month.
		Dorsetshire sailed with Cornwall to join the Eastern Fleet off the Maidives, but on 5 April 1942 she was sunk south-east of the islands by Japanese carrier-borne aircraft, together with her consort.
	www.warship.get.net.pl /WBrytania/Cruisers/CA_1930_Norfolk_class/_Dorsetshire_history.html (401 words)

	HMS Kenya
		HMS Kenya was involved in the Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
		HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_kenya.htm (915 words)

	Norfolk Class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Norfolk also took part in the action against the Scharnhorst, she was hit by two, 11-inch shells, one of which went through the X ring bulkhead and went overboard without exploding.
		My dad served on HMS Revenge 1940 to 1941 and was aboard (and survived) HMS Dorsetshire when she went down in the Indian Ocean on April 5th 1942.
		HMS Norfolk and HMS Belfast of Force I are shown engaging the Scharnhorst which has already been hit and disabled by both HMS Duke of York and the cruiser HMS Jamaica.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /norfolk_class.htm (1431 words)

	Postlethwaite - Bismarck Into Battle
		After the Bismarck was sunk, he was rescued from the water by HMS Dorsetshire.
		Was wounded during the sinking of the Bismarck and was rescued from the water by HMS Dorsetshire.
		Was rescued after the sinking by HMS Dorsetshire and went on to write the book 'Schlachtschiff Bismarck'.
	www.aviatorart.com /postlethwaite/p-bis.html (336 words)

	HMS Kent
		HMS Kent, armoured cruiser of the Monmouth Class, launched 6th March 1901 and served in the China Station 1906 -1913.
		At the outbreak of World War One she was sent to the Falklands and took part in the Battle of the Falklands, 8th December 1914, sinking the German light cruiser, Nurnberg.
		HMS Kent returned in May 1915 and was sent to Vladivostok in January 1919 to support American and Japanese operations against the Bolshevik Red Army.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_kent.htm (576 words)

	174 Memorandum from the Naval Secretary to the Minister of Defence \| NZETC
		HMS Hermes small aircraft carrier, sunk by the Japanese in the Indian Ocean, 1942.
		HMS Dorsetshire, 8-inch cruiser, 9975 tons; administered the coup de grâce to the disabled Bismarck, 27 May 1941; sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Indian Ocean, 1942.
		HMS Hood, battle-cruiser, eight 15-inch guns, 41,000 tons; sunk on 24 May 1941, with three survivors, in the action which led ultimately to the destruction of the Bismarck.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2-1Doc-c8-74.html (323 words)

	HMS Kent (68) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Kent, was a (Click link for more info and facts about County-class) County-class (Click link for more info and facts about heavy cruiser) heavy cruiser of the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy.
		She was laid down at (Click link for more info and facts about Chatham Dockyard) Chatham Dockyard on 15 November 1924, launched 16 March 1926.
		Finally, in January 1948 she was sold and moved to (Click link for more info and facts about Troon) Troon for breaking up.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Kent_(68)2.htm (356 words)

	HMS Dorsetshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		[[Image Link]] HMS Dorsetshire was a heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy in World War II.
		On November 21, 1941, Dorsetshire was involved in sinking "Raider C", the German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis, which had preyed on Allied shipping.
		She also chanced upon the German supply ship Python on December 1, 1941, whilst she was refueling U-boats in the South Atlantic.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_dorsetshire (261 words)

	HMS Achilles battle of river plate
		HMS Achilles The Leander Class Cruiser HMS Achilles is shown in a new limited edition art prints by Ivan Berryman, showing the action of the battle of The River Plate against the German Pocket battleship Graf Spee.
		Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939.
		HMS Achilles engaging the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_achilles.htm (915 words)

	HMS Dorsetshire oil painting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the outbreak of world war two, HMS Dorsetshire served in the east Indies in 1939, then to the South Atlantic in 1940 - 1941.
		In1942 HMS Dorsetshire went tot he eastern Fleet and was bombed by Japanese aircraft of West of Ceylon and sank, 5th April 1942.
		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.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_dorsetshire.htm (950 words)

	Cruisers and Destroyers
		HMS Dido (Light Cruiser) was launched on 18th July 1939, she took part in the evacuation of troops and defense of Crete, where she was damaged on B gun, killing 46 men.
		HMS Ajax was built as a light cruiser at Barrow and launched in 1935.
		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.military-art.com /cruisers_and_destroyers.htm (1383 words)

	World War II
		By now Tovey had detached HMS Victorious ahead with an escort of four cruisers of 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the hope that a strike by her aircraft would slow Bismarck down sufficiently to enable him to catch up with her the next morning.
		Unfortunately the signal, transmitted by light, detaching HMS Sheffield had not been repeated to HMS Ark Royal, so she was unaware that the cruiser was shadowing Bismarck.
		HMS Norfolk opened fire four minutes later, and continued firing and flank marking for the battleships.
	www.graham.day.dsl.pipex.com /ww2026.htm (1273 words)

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		A very great friend of all of us and the HMS Dorsetshire Association has crossed the bar and will be buried at King's Lyne on the 17th October.
		He caught the mumps and was transferred to a hospital ship called the Vasna and missed being with HMS Dorsetshire off the coast of Ceylon.
		But HMS Dorsetshire featured more prominantly and I know he was very proud to serve on her.
	www.dorsetshire.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /zisp/guestbook_show (2535 words)

	New launch for Dorset ship bed - This Is Dorset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The original HMS Dorsetshire was built in the 17th century, and the most recent ship of that name used her last torpedoes to sink the crippled German destroyer the Bismarck in May 1941.
		HMS Dorsetshire sank with the loss of more than 200 men after being bombed by Japanese aircraft while trying to defend British naval bases in the waters off Ceylon on April 5, 1942.
		But 500 men survived, and there is still an HMS Dorsetshire survivors' association today, which will be holding a reunion on the 60th anniversary of the bombing in Plymouth next year.
	archive.thisisdorset.net /2001/11/26/94075.html (597 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - HMS Dorsetshire Research - U235893
		I am conducting research on HMS Dorsetshire on behalf of my 80 year old mother who lost her brother, William Warren Herridge, Ordinary Telegraphist, with the sinking of the HMS Dorsetshire on April 5, 1942.
		Over the years I have heard fragments of the story of the Dorsetshire and her sinking but with the advent of the internet, I have been able to develop more detail including pictures, all of which I have shared with my mother.
		I am hoping to locate survivors from the Dorsetshire who may remember my Uncle Warren, so that I could possibly put them in touch with my mother via email or gather their personal accounts to be included with all materials gathered in this research.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/U235893 (382 words)

	HMS - references in online news media (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Nottingham's commanding officers were court martialled last year for negligence after the bottom of the ship was ripped out in the collision.
		The HMS Surprise, captained by the beloved Jack Aubrey (Crowe), is on a mission to intercept a faster, larger French vessel which stands poised to round Cape...
		HMS Norfolk, the county's adopted warship, heads to the Gulf today as part of a major operation to deter oil smuggling from Iraq.
	www.linkmorgue.org /DRUGS/nov03-nov04/HMS.html (12788 words)

	British Navy
		Honours were also awarded to HM aircraft carrying ships: Ark Royal, Dorsetshire, Edinburgh, Galatea, Hood, Kenya, King George V, Neptune, Norfolk, Prince of Wales, Renown, Repulse, Rodney, Sheffield, Suffolk, and Victorious.
		The Fleet Air Arm was crucial to the pursuit of the Bismarck, by crippling the great ship on 26 May, 1941 which led to her final sinking on 27 May 1941 by the HMS King George V, HMS Rodney and HMS Dorsetshire.
		HMS Victorious flight deck 24 May 1941, with Swordfish of 825 squadron and Fulmar of 800Z Flt ranged on deck prior to the first strike against the Bismarck
	uk.msnusers.com /BritishNavy/yourwebpage9.msnw (363 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Hermes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Laid down at the beginning of 1918 and not completed until 1924, HMS Hermes was the first ship designed from the outset as an aircraft carrier and not converted from another design either on the ways or after launching.
		Named for the messenger of the gods of Greek mythology, HMS Hermes was stationed in the Far East for virtually her whole career, except for two refits in 1927 and 1933-34.
		Two days later, she was at sea when dive-bombers from Akagi Hiryu Shokaku, and Zuikaku found her off Batticaloa; she was sunk in 7°50N, 81°49E with the loss of 307, the survivors being rescued by the hospital ship Vita.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_044500_hmshermes.htm (279 words)

	Electronic Monday Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Former Royal Marine Geoff Kitchen, whose ship the HMS Dorsetshire was sunk off Ceylon in 1942, visited Cape Town on a scheme sponsored by the National Lottery in the United Kingdom to give veterans the chance to return to the places they served in during WW2.
		The HMS Dorsetshire was sunk by the Japanese in an air attack on Easter Sunday, 1942.
		Also among the visitors to the UCT campus were Ken Crosskey, whose deceased father Cecil Crosskey was among the survivors of the HMS Dorsetshire, and George Donaldson, the partner of another survivor, Percy Thompson.
	www.uct.ac.za /news/emp/index.php?id=2095 (474 words)

	The Nitpickers Site: Movie Nitpick - Sink the Bismarck! - 1960 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Details: At the end when the HMS Dorsetshire is ordered to fire its torpedoes at the Bismark to finish her off, the movie shows 6 torpedoes being fired at the Bismark.
		Hms Dorsetshire had 2 torpedo trays of 4 tubes each; one tray on each side of the ship.
		The nitpick here is that the movie shows 6 torpedoes being fired at the same time when the HMS Dorsetshire could only fire 4 in the limited time it had.
	www.nitpickers.com /movies/nitpicks/69000/68698.shtml (172 words)

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