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	HMS DUNCAN - Find Friends from HMS DUNCAN at Forces Reunited
		Thomas Hodgetts was at HMS Duncan between 1959 and 1971.
		Roger Oakford was at HMS Duncan between 1962 and 1971.
		John Rouse was at HMS Duncan between 1955 and 1966.
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Duncan.html (463 words)

	Famous Scots - Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Camperdown (1731-1804)
		Duncan hastened to sea with 16 ships of the line and went over to the Texel to get in the line of the Dutchmen's possible retreat.
		Duncan himself passed through the line, firing both broadsides, in the thick of the battle and fighting against odds.
		The Venerable, Duncan's flagship, was hulled by 45 shot between wind and water, and became almost unmanageable.
	www.rampantscotland.com /famous/blfamduncan2.htm (549 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Isis of the I class
		The battleships HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN with Admiral Forbes aboard) HMS Rodney (Capt. F.H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, RN) and the heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire (Capt. J.M. Mansfield, DSC, RN) escorted by the destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. C.S. Daniel, RN), HMS Fame (Cdr.
		The light cruisers HMS Southampton (Capt. F.W.H. Jeans, CVO, RN), HMS Edinburgh (Capt. F.C. Bradley, RN) and HMS Aurora (Capt. G.B. Middleton, RN) escorted by the destroyers HMS Afridi (Capt. G.H. Creswell, DSC, RN), HMS Gurkha (Cdr.
		The battlecruiser HMS Renown (Capt R.R. McGrigor, RN), battleship HMS Malaya (Capt. A.F.E. Palliser, DSC, RN), aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (Capt. C.S. Holland, RN), light cruiser HMS Sheffield (Capt. C.A.A. Larcom, RN) and the destroyers HMS Fearless (Cdr.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4418.html (968 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - HMS Warrior - A538030
		HMS Warrior was a compromise, with her centre of gravity in the middle, and consequently, problems were inevitable.
		HMS Warrior also had a figurehead on the end of her bow, and along with her sister ship, HMS Black Prince and the HMS Rodney of 1888, was one of the last of the British front-rank ships to carry a figurehead.
		HMS Warrior is now the only surviving iron warship in the world, and is on display in Portsmouth.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A538030 (3670 words)

	HMS Exmouth
		HMS Exmouth became flagship of the Channel Fleet in 1906 before being recommissioned as flagship in the Atlantic Fleet.
		As with HMS Duncan she became a gunnery tender at Devonport in July 1913 before joining the 6th Battle Squadron in the Home Fleet on the outbreak of world war one.
		HMS Exmouth then went to Portland in November 1914 to reform the Channel Fleet along with the Lord Nelson Class and Formidable Class ships.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_exmouth.htm (541 words)

	Duncan Class Battleship - HMS Duncan, Albemarle, Cornwallis, Exmouth, Russell, Montagu
		Duncan Class Battleship - HMS Duncan, Albemarle, Cornwallis, Exmouth, Russell, Montagu
		Distinguishable from the generally similar predecessors by the equally sized funnels, lower freeboard and lack of prominent ventilation cowls.
		This was shown to be a weakness in the design as it made the ships prone to rapid development of a list when they had suffered underwater damage with both Cornwallis and Russell being sunk by underwater damage.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /pre-dreadnought/hms-duncan.html (538 words)

	Duikplaatsen Malta
		HMS Russell liep op een mijn op 27 april 1916, terwijl ze al zigzaggend wachtte op toegang tot de haven..
		HMS Southwold, een WO II “Hunt Class II destroyer” zonk op 24 maart 1942 als gevolg van een drijvende mijn ten Oosten van Grand Harbour, Valletta.
		Bovendien zullen we na de HMS Stubborn submarine geen andere duiken meer maken deze dag!
	www.dmdiving.nl /Nederlands/duikstekken_malta.htm (4780 words)

	The Jewel of the Jungle - Costa Rica - Caribbean Paradise Vacation
		During that class, Duncan, Porras, and their students visited the Kéköldi Indigenous Reserve on October 22, 1999, where they encountered a jaw-dropper of a raptor migration, unquestionably of hemispheric significance.
		Duncan spoke with Bildstein, who found a slot for Porras in Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s Spring 2000 class of international interns.
		While at HMS, Porras met HMS Education Specialist Jennifer McNicoll, herself a former intern, and invited her to lead the field crew for the hawkwatch he envisioned.
	www.lajoyaretreat.com /bird.html (1637 words)

	Hospital Ship Britannic:Aftermath
		The wounded survivors were first moved on the sick bay of the flagship of the British Adriatic Squadron, the HMS Duncan, and then sent to the Russian Hospital at Pireaus.
		The crew members and the RAMC orderlies were moved on various British and French ships of the Allied Fleet, while the nurses and the medical officers were ferried to the port of Pireaus where it was arranged to be accomodated in two seperate hotels at Phaleron (the Aktaion and the Phalere).
		of Wednesday 22nd November 1916, the ensign of the HMS Duncan was lowered to half mast as the bodies of the three men who had lost their lives during the sinking of the Britannic were taken ashore in order to be buried.
	www.hospitalshipbritannic.com /aftermath.htm (1178 words)

	The launch of HMS Duncan at the Thames Ironworks. - - Port Cities
		Description: With a displacement of 13,745 tons, 'Duncan' was a first-class battleship and the sister ship to HMS 'Cornwallis', also launched at Thames Ironworks.
		'Duncan' ran aground on Lundy while with the Channel Fleet in 1906, shortly afterwards in February 1907 she was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet and then in November 1908 she transferred again to the Mediterranean Fleet, becoming the flagship for the rear-admiral in August 1912.
		HMS 'Duncan' then joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the 1st Fleet in home waters.
	www.portcities.org.uk /london/server/show/conMediaFile.338/The-launch-of-HMS-Duncan-at-the-Thames-Ironworks.html (162 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		Duncan was appointed to HMS Blenheim and attached to Lord Howe’s fleet in the Mediterranean, where they were involved in the relief of Gibraltar and an encounter with a combined allied fleet off Cape Spartel.
		When the fleets engaged, Duncan did not wait for his squadron to form a line of battle, disregarding the Fighting Instructions laid down by the Admiralty, and the battle was won when nine Dutch sailing ships and two of their frigates were captured.
		Duncan had been a man of great personal courage and humanity; he had dealt mercifully with those of his crew who had mutinied since he had great sympathy with the conditions in their life.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_adam_duncan.htm (1359 words)

	Jason Stevenson
		Duncan, who weighed 300 pounds and was plagued by constant poor health, gained notoriety in the UK during the 1930s and 40’s for her séances.
		Helen Duncan was not arrested in the aftermath of the Barham incident, and she continued to organize séances throughout the country.
		Although Duncan died almost fifty years ago in 1956, the story of her trial and imprisonment continues to inspire her admirers on both sides of the Atlantic to win her a post-humus pardon.
	www.webatomics.com /jason/barhamconspiracy.html (2160 words)

	VICTOR ZAMMIT -- The Book - 11. Helen Duncan
		Helen Duncan was arrested in January 1944, charged initially with vagrancy and later with a trumped up charge of fraudulent mediumship and sentenced to nine months in jail.
		She stated that she had been enquiring for 25 years as a skeptic but it was only when she met Helen Duncan that she was able to actually meet her loved ones including her mother who had passed on (Cassirer 1996: 68).
		Duncan had seen her close up at a range of 18 inches and they had talked of domestic matters including a proposed emigration to Canada that they had previously kept secret.
	www.victorzammit.com /book/chapter11.html (1814 words)

	Gallery Page 6
		Duncan tells me his is ordinarily not a boat builder, but is interested in flying R/C airplanes.
		When Duncan heard of this, he prevailed upon the powers that be to let him save and restore her.
		Duncan sends in this photos of his model taken off Whitehaven in Cumbria (Irish Sea) in 2003 during visit of USS Leytee Gulf to the Maritime Festival.
	wmunderway.8m.com /gallery6/gallery6.htm (310 words)

	Convoy ON 8 (U.K.-Norway 1940) - warsailors.com
		HMS Duncan was set to collect stragglers of the convoy, rejoining with the last straggler at 24:00.
		, and that Duncan was in tow of Impulsive.
		HMS Icarus joined the escort early on Jan. 18(?), and at daylight the convoy was formed on a broad front.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/on8norw.html (437 words)

	Helen Duncan, imprisoned because she wasn’t a Fraud \| The Gates of Horn (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She was unjustly accused of a crime in 1944 and imprisoned without the ability to defend herself by a blatantly kangaroo court in England, land of free speech and liberty, rather like the propaganda reputation of the USA.
		Helen Duncan was famous throughout the Spiritualist Church in Britain as a manifesting medium.
		This means that not only could she communicate with the spirits of the dead, as many in that Church do, but she caused a facsimile of the communicating spirit’s earthly body to appear and talk with the attendees at her séances.
	gatesofhorn.com /blog/helen_duncan_imprisoned_because_she_wasn_t_a_fraud (2019 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - The Battle For Convoy ONS 5. 26th.April - 6th. May 1943 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Duncan was renowned for the amount of oil she gobbled up, and Gretton on the 24th.
		Off Duncan charged again at her best speed until 0019 (1.19 AM) at a range of only 1,100 yards, the U-Boat dived, Duncan reduced speed to allow the ASDIC to be used efficiently.
		Duncan passed over the wake, and contact was regained astern, but lost at 800 yards, just as the Hedge Hog weapon was about to be fired.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/TheBattleForConvoyONS5.26.html (9175 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Isis of the I class
		HMS Isis was being repaired / refitted at Singapore when the war in the Far East broke out.
		The battlecruiser HMS Renown (Capt R.R. McGrigor, RN), battleship HMS Malaya (Capt. A.F.E. Palliser, DSC, RN), aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal (Capt. C.S. Holland, RN), light cruiser HMS Sheffield (Capt. C.A.A. Larcom, RN) and the destroyers HMS Fearless (Cdr.
		In the meantime 4 destroyers HMS Duncan (Capt. A.D.B. James, RN), HMS Isis (Cdr.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4418.html (454 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Ask Jack - D (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Dainty/HMS Penelope: Mary Hurst would be very pleased to hear from anyone who might have photographs of HMS Dainty ('D' class destroyer) as she was during the years from 1938, when involved in the Sino Japanese War, up until the time she was sunk in February 1941.
		HMS Dauntless: Does anyone have a spare copy (willing to pay) or know where a copy of a book about HMS Dauntless, the one where the Wrens did their basic training can be obtained.
		HMS Drake: Seeking information on the history of the British battlecruiser HMS Drake which was commissioned in 1902 and sank in 1917 after being torpedoed by the German Submarine U79.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ask_jack/aj_d.asp (1238 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Vidette of the Admiralty V & W class
		P.W. Gretton, OBE, DSO, DSC, RN) and HMS Vidette (Lt.Cdr.
		P.W. Gretton, OBE, DSO, DSC, RN) and the British corvette HMS Sunflower (Lt.Cdr.
		The German submarine U-413 was sunk in the English Channel south of Brighton, in position 50º21'N, 00º01'W, by depth charges from the British escort destroyer HMS Wensleydale and the British destroyers HMS Forester and HMS Vidette.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4263.html (298 words)

	HMS Duncan
		HMS Duncan was the name ship of the Duncan class of pre-dreadnought battleships.
		In October 1916 she was part of the fleet that seized the Greek fleet, landing troops on Lipso Island.
		On 1 December (with HMS Exmouth) she landed marines in Athens in a short-lived direct intervention.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/weapons_HMS_Duncan.html (225 words)

	Naval Technology - Type 45 Daring Class - Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer
		Construction of the second, HMS Dauntless (D33), was begun in August 2004 and it was launched on 23rd January 2007.
		The third, HMS Diamond (D34), was begun in February 2005 and is to launch in November 2007.
		The The Sampson radar completed installation on the HMS Daring foremast in April 2007 in preparation for PAAMS integration later in 2007.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/horizon (1507 words)

	Battleship - HMS Duncan
		HMS Duncan ran aground on Lundy while with the Channel Fleet in 1906, shortly afterwards in February 1907 she was transferred to the Atlantic Fleet and then in November 1908 she transferred again to the Mediterranean Fleet, becoming the flagship for the Rear-Admiral in August 1912.
		HMS Duncan then joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the 1st Fleet in home waters.
		She became a gunnery tender at Portsmouth in May 1913 before serving with the 6th Battle Squadron of the 2nd Fleet on the outbreak of WWI.
	www.stevengraphs.com /bathmsdun.html (151 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 (4900 words)

	The Wartime Memories Project - HMS Encounter
		HMS Encounter was a class E Destroyer, her pennant was H10.
		The battlecruiser HMS Renown, battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, light cruiser HMS Sheffield and the destroyers HMS Fearless, HMS Foxhound, HMS Foresight, HMS Fury, HMS Encounter and HMS Jersey left Gibraltar to the west with convoy HG-53.
		The destroyer HMS Encounter rescued 113 from the stricken vessel with one survivor later dying on board.
	www.wartimememories.co.uk /ships/encounter.html (970 words)

	HMS Foresight
		The battle-cruiser HMS Renown, battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, light cruiser HMS Sheffield and the destroyers HMS Fearless, HMS Foxhound,
		In the meantime 4 destroyers HMS Duncan, HMS Isis, HMS Firedrake and HMS Jupiter left Gibraltar and steamed to the east to conduct a anti-submarine sweep.
		The heavily damaged British light cruiser HMS Edinburgh was scuttled by one torpedo from
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /H68 (280 words)

	Royal Navy Rugby Union
		Rugby enthusiasts at HMS Raleigh have taken the opportunity to attend a coaching course delivered by tutors from the Rugby Football Union (RFU) to help develop the sport within the Royal Navy.
		He is looking to become involved in coaching the establishment’s team and was joined on the course by his 16-year-old son Elliott, who is currently studying for a national diploma in fitness and performance at Truro College.
		Also recognised as the Newcomer of the Season was Lieutenant Commander Duncan McClement, Commander Stewart Kilby, who won his Navy Colours when he officiated in the Army versus RAF Senior Match and Warrant Officer Rich Wheelan for promotion to Level 5.
	www.navyrugbyunion.co.uk (1703 words)

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		To achieve that one knot of extra speed, the Duncans not only had to be a 1,000-tons lighter, they also had to have engines of 20% greater power.
		She received an extended refit from February to July 1915 and was in reserve status during this period.
		On July 19, 1915 Duncan was assigned to the 9
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigDuncan.htm (5149 words)

	helen's publications
		HMS 007: M.S. Waldron, Steven Stapleton, Sigtryggur Berg
		John Duncan / Vainio / Vaisainen 9 Suggestions CD $16.00
		John Duncan and CM von Hausswolff Our Telluric...
	www.helenscarsdale.com /publications.htm (393 words)

	Royal and Merchant Navy Days: Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
		These were the days of National Service for all males in Britain and joining a particular reserve was the only way to guarantee being called up into the service of your choice.
		He left to do more time in the Navy, joining HMS “Duncan” a Type 14 anti-submarine Frigate in January 1968 as a watch officer and later Communications Officer.
		He left the ship at the end of April to prepare for the Golden Globe Race.
	www.robinknox-johnston.co.uk /da/20105 (597 words)

	August 1937 Shanghai
		British destroyers met the EMPRESS OF ASIA at this position and transported the Royal Ulster Rifles up-river to Shanghai.
		Three British destroyers, HMS DUNCAN, HMS DUCHESS, and HMS DELIGHT brought some 1300 evacuees, mostly women and children who were British nationals, including 15 Canadians, from Shanghai to the ship, which sailed for Hong Kong on August 18
		One of the individuals evacuated from Shanghai was Margart H. Brown, a Canadian missionary who wrote a letter to the Vancouver newspaper, The Daily Province from the EMPRESS OF ASIA describing her situation.
	www.empressofasia.com /shanghai.htm (1071 words)

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