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	HMS Fox -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The fourth Fox was a 6-gun (A sailing vessel with a single mast set about one third of the boat's length aft of the bow) sloop launched in 1699 and wrecked later that year.
		The seventh Fox was a 24-gun (Click link for more info and facts about 6th rate) 6th rate launched in 1746 and foundered in a (A severe tropical cyclone usually with heavy rains and winds moving a 73-136 knots (12 on the Beaufort scale)) hurricane 1751.
		The eighth Fox was an 8-gun (A sailing vessel with two masts; the mizzen is forward of the rudderpost) ketch launched at Bombay Dockyard in 1766, and still in the records in 1772.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/H/HM/HMS_Fox2.htm (564 words)

	SMS Konigsberg
		Meanwhile HMS Pegasus put in to Zanzibar to overhaul her boilers, news of which was relayed to Königsberg.
		HMS Fox was sent to Mombasa to acquire a Ford car radiator to replace the damaged one from the Curtiss.
		HMS Severn, above, and Mersey were laid down as river monitors for Brazil but purchased by Britain when Brazil was unable to afford them and war broke out.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /konigsbe.html (1609 words)

	Online edition of Daily News - Sports
		The 12th Fox Hill Super Cross 2004 the number ONE motor sporting event in Sri Lanka organised by the Sri Lanka Military Academy in association with Sri Lanka Association Racing Drivers and Riders will be held at Fox Hill Super Cross track, Diyatalawa on 16 and 17 April 2004.
		Fox Hill is within the precincts of the Army cantonment at Diyatalawa and has a history of more than one hundred years.
		The hill was named after HMS Fox, the ship that brought Boer War prisoners to Ceylon in 1913, for confinement in Diyatalawa.
	www.dailynews.lk /2004/02/14/spo08.html (315 words)

	Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - A short history
		HMS Colossus, Portsmouth's first steel ship, was launched in 1882.
		HMS Dreadnought built in record time was the first major warship with steam turbines.
		However, because of defence cuts, the frigate HMS Andromeda, launched in 1967, was the last of the 286 Portsmouth-built ships.
	www.flagship.org.uk /short_history.htm (615 words)

	Astraea Class Cruisers
		HMS Astraea, HMS Bonaventure, HMS Cambrian, HMS Charybdis, HMS Flora, HMS Forte, HMS Fox and HMS Hermione.
		HMS Bonaventure was built at Devonport Dockyard and launched 2nd December 1892 and completed 5th July 1894 served in the Pacific Squadron, returning in May 1906 to Devonport to be paid off.
		HMS Astrea was built at Devonport Dockyard and launched 17th March 1893 and completed 5th November Served in the China Station in 1906 and went to Colombo in September 1908 and 1901.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /astraea_class.htm (1192 words)

	Tom Fox, Associate Dean for Graduate Education
		Fox is also the vice chair and director of graduate studies in the Division of Medical Sciences, the umbrella organization for the four Ph.D. programs at the Medical School and a department in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University.
		Fox is especially interested in the balance between the needs and ambitions of graduate students and the needs of society for a sufficient pool of talented scientists skilled in research who can make future contributions to biomedical research, education, and policy in this increasingly technical world.
		Prior to his current administrative duties, he conducted research in biochemical genetics and developmental neurobiology, focusing on the control of cell division, the presence and role of androgen receptors in the brain, abnormalities in mammalian sexual development, and the mechanisms of sex steroid action in sexual differentiation of brain and behavior.
	www.hms.harvard.edu /office/fox_index.html (371 words)

	Ships Nostalgia - Flying Fox
		Dave.......if you check out the website for HMS FLYING FOX (put in a search on google or msn and look in history section) there is a photo on there of HMS FLYING FOX that the Royal Naval Reserve used until 1972 which say's she was an ex sweeper.
		I belive that the boat in your photo was connected to HMS FLYING FOX in that she was possibly used as the headquaters for the reserve (before they went shoreside) and the sweeper was used for sea going training.
		HMS PRESIDENT is moored on the Thames Embankment in London, the one preserved at Chatham that I believe your refering too is HMS GANNET.
	www.shipsnostalgia.com /printthread.php?t=739 (518 words)

	From Dictionary of American Fighting Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The two frigates captured three prizes including the 28-gun frigate HMS Fox (7 June).
		Boston, Hancock, and Fox were engaged (7-8 July) by HMS Flora, Rainbow, and Victor.
		Her consorts were taken by the British squadron.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/frigates/boston2.htm (175 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - Hancock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		On June 21, the two ships took on HMS Fox (28), which struck after losing her mainmast.
		Fox was retaken by Flora and Hancock by Rainbow; Boston escaped.
		Taken into the Royal Navy as HMS Iris, the Massachusetts-built ship was well admired by her captors who described her as "the finest and fastest frigate in the world." Four years later she captured the American Trumbull (24) before being captured by the French at the Battle of the Virginia Capes, on September 11, 1781.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_042500_hancock.htm (274 words)

	HMS FOX - The Mighty Basil Brush - NewsFlash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I joined FOX when she was building in Lowestoft, as the Petty Officer Writer and Captain's Secretary.
		On completion of filming the model of Basil was presented to the ship, and was kept in a glass case in the main passageway outside the sick-bay.
		HMS FOX was sold a few years ago and is, I believe, now a private yacht.
	www.flicks.com /~martin/basil_brush/navy.txt (214 words)

	William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork
		His next appointment was as first officer of the cruiser HMS Astraea which was transferred first to the Mediterranean and the to the China station.
		Chafing as an attache while the war waged, he finally was released to the command of an old and slow second class cruiser in the Red Sea, HMS Fox.
		Boyle was a participant in the conference held aboard HMS Dufferin that set the time of the start of the Arab Revolt.He led the bombardment of Turkish held port of Jiddah in June, 1916, which, after a failed Arab attack, was continued for six days, leading to its surrender.
	en.mcfly.org /William_Boyle%2C_12th_Earl_of_Cork (902 words)

	Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n2a5 - Royal Naval Shore Establishments - Royal Naval Reserve Units
		H.M.S. Function: H.M.S. Raleigh is the new entry training establishment for all junior ratings entering the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve.
		H.M.S. Bristol is a retired 7,000 ton destroyer, berthed alongside at H.M.S. Excellent, She is used for Harbour Training of RN, RNR and other R.N. related organisations.
		H.M.S. Function: HMS Collingwood is the Royal Navy’s School of Communications and Weapon Engineering and is one of the largest training establishments in Europe.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /navy/listings/l0009.html (665 words)

	Royal Navy
		HMS Flying Fox, Bristol’s Naval Reserve Unit based in Winterstoke Road, Bedminster has become affiliated to the Royal Navy’s latest warship, HMS Severn.
		HMS Severn is the second of three ‘River’ class patrol vessels that will be used by the RN to ensure Britain’s fishing waters are protected, and will be based in Portsmouth.
		Although HMS Flying Fox has close links with the fleet and regularly sends people to sea in a variety of warships all over the world, the Unit has had no formal affiliation with a front-line Navy warship.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=5837 (403 words)

	HMS Astraea, Bonaventure, Cambrian, Charybdis, Flora, Forte, Fox, Hermione (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Astraea, Bonaventure, Cambrian, Charybdis, Flora, Forte, Fox, Hermione
		HMS Fox, one of two of the class to still be active as cruisers by the end of World War 1, the rest having been reduced to auxiliary use.
		Fox was involved in the blockade of SMS Königsberg and on Christmas day 1914 sent the German cruiser the message "Kony, we wish you the best of good cheer, but blame you for stopping our Xmas beer." - clearly the crew contained many talented poets.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /light-cruiser/hms-Astraea.html (274 words)

	Home Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The HMS Brinmaric was a wooden-hulled motor yacht that was converted to a minesweeper and used in the English Channel during World War II.
		Originally owned by Fox's Confectioners, she was requisitioned for war service on the 7th of November 1939.
		What is known is that she was returned to Fox's after the war, in 1946, and it was taken to Norway by Mr.
	www.the-spa.com /keith.williams/index.htm (297 words)

	RNCA - CYS George W Smith DSM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Repulse, battleship of the "Royal Sovereign" class, (completed 1984, 14,100 tons, 4-13.5in and 10-6in guns, broken up 1911).
		HMS Hawke, large cruiser of the "Edgar" class, (completed 1893, 7,350 tons, 2-9.2in and 10-6in guns, torpedoed and sunk in North Sea by German U.9, Oct 1914).
		Nov 1922-Oct 1925 - HMS Curlew, light cruiser of the "Ceres" class and close sister to "Cassandra" (launched 1917, 4,190 tons, 5-6in guns, sunk by German air attack, Norway in May 1940).
	www.rnca.info /people/rnca2e.htm (1533 words)

	HMS Fox - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		HMS Fox - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This ship was attached to the Red Sea squadron during World War One and saw active service bombarding Turkish held ports and intercepting enemy shipping.
		This page was last modified 11:13, 14 May 2005.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Fox (401 words)

	HMS Royal Oak -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Seven (or eleven, depending on how one counts) vessels of the British (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Oak.
		The first Royal Oak was a 76-gun (Click link for more info and facts about second-rate) second-rate launched in 1664 and burnt by the Dutch in 1667 in the (Click link for more info and facts about Raid on the Medway) Raid on the Medway.
		She fought at the (An indecisive naval battle in World War I (1916); fought between the British and German fleets off the northwestern coast of Denmark) Battle of Jutland.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_royal_oak2.htm (289 words)

	Antarctic Explorers: Robert F. Scott
		At the end of 1886 he joined HMS ROVER and was rated by her captain as an "intelligent and capable young officer of temperate habits".
		After nine months on the HMS ROVER, Scott went on to spend the winter of 1887-8 at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich and in March 1888 he was awarded first-class certificates in pilotage, torpedoes and gunnery, coming in with the highest marks in his class in his year of seamanship.
		HMS MINERVA towed her from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, HMS VINDICTIVE took her on to Aden and from there HMS FOX towed her to an area 120 miles off the east coast of Socotra where she was left on her own for the final leg.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000089.htm (13787 words)

	HMS Hermione
		HMS Hermione, launched at Devonport dockyard n 1893, saw service as a naval airship depot ship and saw service during World War I. HMS Hermione was an eight gun twin-screw cruiser launched at Devonport in 1893.
		In 1896 the Hermione commanded by Captain Charles R Arbuthnot, was one of a squadron of six ships which was specially commissioned in reply to a congratulatory telegram from the German Emperor President Paul Kruger on the repulse of Dr Jameson's raid.
		HMS Hermione was a steel, copper-sheathed second-class cruiser of the Naval Defence Act Programme and was launched in 1893.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_hermione.htm (824 words)

	Dogs Hms Bulldog Years Of Service, The Coastal Survey Vessel HMS Bulldog Returned To Devonport For The Last Time, ...
		HMS Bulldog, the oldest Plymouth based ship, sailed in January for her last deployment to the Gulf and the United Arab Emirates.
		HMS Bulldog was responsible for the capture of U-110, her Sub Lt the British destroyers HMS Bulldog and HMS Broadway and the British corvette HMS Aubretia.
		HMS Bulldog Ends Final Deployment (6th July 2001) HMS Bulldog Ends Final Deployment After 33 years of service, the coastal survey vessel HMS Bulldog returned to Devonport for the last time today, flying her decommissioning.
	dogs.ciide.com /dogsTO2110.html (772 words)

	Travels with the Tall Ship Rose
		Thousands of people from all over the world experienced adventure at sea aboard the Rose as she ranged from her homeport in New England as far north as Labrador and as far south as Grenada, into the Great Lakes as far west as Duluth and east to the Atlantic coast of Europe.
		In 2003 the ship appeared as the HMS Surprise in the 20th Century fox film Master and Commander: Far Side of the World starring Russell Crowe and directed by Peter Weir.
		Now renamed Surprise in honor of her role in the film, the ship is open to the public daily as a dockside attraction at the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
	www.tallshiprose.org (284 words)

	Bristol URNU History
		The first Officer-in-Charge was Lt Cdr J H Dinnin, previous RN Staff Officer at HMS Flying Fox, the RNR Sea Training Centre in Bristol.
		During the early years the Unit's established strength was 30 Midshipmen, this being increased to its present level of 51 Midshipmen in the early 1990s.
		In January 2003 HMS Dasher was reassigned to the RN's newly formed Cyprus Squadron and Bristol URNU was once again without a training ship.
	www.bris.ac.uk /Groups/BristolURNU/history.html (194 words)

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		Post Captain HMS Dryad (36) drowned 1795 179 FORSTER William Ensign 68th Regt Foot To be 1st Lt 23rd Regt Foot 318 FORTESCUE Lieutenant RN of HMS Barham (frigate) 299 FOSS T. Hosp Asst.
		Lieut HMS Swift - killed 1804 180 LEARY Patrick Troop Serj.major 14th Drag.To be Adjutant (Cornet) 318 LESLIE Matthew Colonel (died 3/10/1778) of Bengal Detachment in 1774 169 LILLYMAN Major Passenger in "Grenville" 1768 150-152 LINDESAY Patrick Lieut Col. Commanded Dorset Regt -12/8/1824 111, LINDESEY P. Col. 39th Regt.
		To be Cornet 4th Light Dragoons 317 SCOTT J.Woodward Lieut HMS Princess Augusta Killed1803 180 SCOTT John Ensign in Bengal Brother of Col Scott 149 SCOTT Richard Lieut.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/Indexes/RN-1827.txt (2135 words)

	HMS Fox
		On a hill above Diyatalawa in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) is the outline of a running fox; underneath is '1913 HMS Fox', all done in whitewashed stones.
		This was reputedly done by crew members who had mutinied, though I have been unable to find any historical reference to this incident.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMS_Fox.html (70 words)

	FOX HILL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A batch of these prisoners is believed, was brought in the ship "HMS FOX" On one such occasion, when the HMS FOX had docked in Ceylon the Captain and the crew having come to Diyatalawa in 1913 had struck up the idea of having their ships insignia displayed on a hillock in Diyatalawa.
		The Captain and the crew of HMS FOX having gone up the hillock, had been able to get the Boers to assist them to place white stones to depict a FOX and below it the name of the ship HMS FOX followed by the year 1913.
		This gave rise to the particular hill being called the Fox Hill and to this day this hillock is called the Fox Hill.
	www.mysrilanka.com /kaputa/auto/foxhill.htm (186 words)

	unpublished document 220 - Captain Robert Cottier of HMS Frigate Fox captures French Frigates,c.1783 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		ROBERT COTTIER OF H.M.S. Very little is known about Captain Robert Cottier excepting that he was one of the Cottiers of Narradale in Kirk Christ Lezayre, and went to sea at an early age, and was, related to the Skillicorns and Caleys of that parish.
		In 1777 he was second mate on H.M.S. frigate Lowestoft, at the same time that Lord Nelson was third lieutenant.
		In February, 1782, Cottier was appointed to the command of H.M.S. frigate Fox.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/jmmuseum/d220.htm (383 words)

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