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  hms galatea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
One HMS Galatea was a sail-powered wooden frigate which was part of the Royal Navy during the American Revolution and the Napoleonic wars.
The next HMS Galatea was an Orlando Class first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on March 10, 1887 and sold for scrapping on April 5, 1905.
Galatea was part of the screen around the Battle Cruiser Force under Admiral Beatty which was on a sweep across the North Sea on May 31, 1916.
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 HMS Galatea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy.
The fifth Galatea was an Orlando-class first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on March 10, 1887 and sold for scrapping on April 5, 1905.
The seventh Galatea was a light cruiser of (another) Arethusa class, launched on August 9, 1934 at Scotts shipyard in Greenock, Scotland.
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 HMS Galatea (F18) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Galatea (F18) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy.
In 1976, Galatea truly got involved in the 'war', when she was rammed by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur, a gunboat that became notorious for such actions during the Cod Wars.
Galatea was positioned in between her sister-ship HMS Phoebe and the cruiser HMS Blake.
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 Learn more about Galatea in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Galatea was also the name of the maiden who was originally a statue carved by Pygmalion, created in the image of, and brought to life by Aphrodite.
The HMS Galatea was a British cruiser that participated in the Battle of Jutland of World War I.
Mount Galatea (3185 meters) is a peak in the Kananaskis region of the Canadian Rockies.
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 Encyclopedia: German battleship Bismarck
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.
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 hms glasgow
The sixth HMS Glasgow was launched on the Clyde at Govan in 1909 and was a Bristol-class light cruiser of 4800 tons, capable of around 26 knots.
HMS Glasgow was then employed as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea and she took part in the Fleet Air Arm raid that crippled the Italian Fleet at Taranto.
The eighth and present HMS Glasgow, a Type 42 destroyer, was commissioned in 1979 and was the first warship to enter the South Atlantic Exclusion Zone during the Falklands War in May 1982.
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 Galatea - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Galatea is a novel by British author Philip Pullman, his second published work of fiction.
Galatea is an interactive fiction work by Emily Short, somewhat based around the Pygmalion legend.
Galatea galante is the heroine of a book by Alfred Bester, based on the Pygmalion myth.
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 HMS Galatea -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
HMS Galatea, after the ((Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers) Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy.
The third Galatea was a 36-gun (Click link for more info and facts about fifth-rate) fifth-rate launched in 1810, a coal hulk after 1836, and broken up 1849.
The eighth (Click link for more info and facts about Galatea (F18)) Galatea (F18) was a (Click link for more info and facts about Leander-class) Leander-class (A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser) frigate built in 1963 and expended as a target in 1988.
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 HMS Galatea (F18)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1976, Galatea truly got involved in the 'war', when she was rammed by the Icelandic gunboat Baldur,a gunboat that became notorious for such actions during the Cod Wars.
In 1977, Galatea underwent a refit, and later that year as part of the 1st Frigate Squadron,Galatea was leader of the squadron during the last ever, so far, Fleet Review of the Royal Navy, in celebration of Her Majesty the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
In 1978, Galatea was stationed once again inthe Mediterranean where she took part in a number of patrols, as well as exercises.
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 HMS Furious (47) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Furious (47)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
HMS Furious (47) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Furious (47).
HMS Furious was a modified Courageous class "large light cruiser" (an extreme form of battlecruiser) converted into an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy.
She was designed as one of Jackie Fisher's "large light cruisers" to undertake an amphibious landing on the Baltic coast of Germany during the First World War.
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 HMS Galatea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On the 26th March 1976 HMS Galatea was rammed by the Icelandic Gunboat "Baldur".
HMS Galatea was Captain of the 1st Frigate Squadron during the 1977 Silver Jubilee Review.
HMS Galatea remained at Portsmouth until the middle of 1988 when she was towed away by RMAS Rollicker for use as a target, being sunk eight days later in Exercise JMC882 in the North Sea.
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 HMS Galatea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
One HMS Galatea was a sail-powered wooden frigate whichwas part of the Royal Navy during the American Revolution andthe Napoleonic wars.
The next HMS Galatea was an Orlando Class first-classcruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on March 10, 1887 and sold for scrapping on April 5, 1905.
The next HMS Galatea was a light cruiser of (another)Arethusa Class, launched on August 9, 1934 at Scotts shipyard in Greenock, Scotland.
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 Galatea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
For Galatea the nymph in Greek mythology, see Galatea (mythology)\n#Galatea was also the name of the maiden who was originally a statue carved by Pygmalion, created in the image of, and brought to life by Aphrodite.
\nThe HMS Galatea was a British cruiser that participated in the Battle of Jutland of World War I.
\nMount Galatea (3185 meters) is a peak in the Kananaskis region of the Canadian Rockies.
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 Galatea . Canadian Rockies . Mount Galatea . Richard Powers . Metropolis . United Kingdom . My Fair Lady . Galatea ...
Galatea is a moon of Neptune planet Neptune.
# Mount Galatea 3185 meters is a peak in the Kananaskis, Alberta region of the Canadian Rockies.
Galatea is a piece of art work by Emily Short rendered in the form of interactive fiction, and written in Inform.
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 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Galatea of the Arethusa class
HMS Galatea (Capt. E.W.B. Sim, R.N.) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-557 off Alexandria, Egypt in position 31.17N, 29.13E.
The minelayers were from the 20th Destroyer Flotilla and consisted of the destroyers HMS Express, HMS Esk, HMS Icarus, HMS Intrepid and HMS Ivanhoe.
The minelayers were escorted by members of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla consisted of the destroyers HMS Kelvin, HMS Jupiter and HMS Vortigern.
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 New European Regiment Forum - HMS PENELOPE HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar sank while HMS Aurora was badly and HMS Penelope was lightly damaged.
HMS Aurora was patched up at Malta before returning home for repairs at Liverpool from April to June 1942.
HMS Penelope was repaired at Malta but was bombed on 26 March 1942 while still under repair.
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 Galatea Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Galatea Cactus is also an one act play by Eryn Dearden.
Galatea is an evil clone of the cartoon version of Supergirl, based on Power Girl.
Galatea is a common name for plants of the genus Dieffenbachia.
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 HMS Galatea - Loss in WW2
Had only been on Galatea for a couple of months having transferred from HMS Kandahar which was sunk by a mine a few days after HMS Galatea.
He has sent copies of photographs of Galatea in the ports of Alexandria, Haifa, Limassol and Silema Creek in Malta and several others of the members of the ship's company; these can be found in the Gallery.
Pauline is also interested to hear from people whose family or friends served on HMS Galatea or indeed from anyone with wartime information relating to the West Bromwich area during WW2.
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 Galatea - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Galatea Cactus is also the name of a one act play by Eryn Dearden
Mount Galatea (3185 meters) is a peak in the Kananaskis, Alberta region of the Canadian Rockies.
Galathea is a widespread genus of squat lobsters.
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 HMS Galatea
HMS Galatea, Orlando class cruiser of the Royal Navy.
HMS Galatea was completed for sea in 1889 and was commanded in 1896 by Captain Basil G Cochrane.
HMS Galatea, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Galatea.
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 HMS Leander   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In December 1975 HMS Leander and HMS Galatea undertook a Cod War Fishery Protection Patrol and on the 6th January she collided with the Icelandic Gunboat "Thor".
In 1982 HMS Leander and her sistership HMS Euryalus were diverted from the NATO Exercise "Northern Wedding" to go to the aid of the Fish Factory Ship "Ave Maria".
On the 1st September 1986 HMS Leander and her sistership HMS Galatea paid off into the Portsmouth Standby Squadron, where they were at 30 days notice.
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 HMS Vortigern
HMS Vortigern was escorting coastal convoy FS-749 at the time of her loss.
Aireal reconnaissance detected a German force and the ships of the 20th and 5th DF were ordered to intercept, believing wrongly that the German ships were part of an invasion force.
HMS Express struck a mine and was badly damaged, HMS Esk went to her assistance and hit mine and sank immediately, HMS Ivanhoe also went to her assistance and hit a mine and was badly damaged, so much so she she had to be sunk by HMS Kelvin.
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HMS Keith a destroyer of the Beagle class, 1,400 standard displacement, was built and engined by Vickers Armstrong Ltd. She was laid down on 1st October 1929, launched 10th July 1930 and accepted for service on 20th March 1931.
On 10th May the German attack on the Netherlands was launched and at dusk on that day, she arrived, the HMS Boreas, destroyer, and the cruisers HMS Arethusa and HMS Galatea, off Ijmuiden to escort two merchant ships carrying bullion to safety in England.
HMS Keith returned to the task of evacuating the British and Allied troops from the continent.
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 Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
He was afterwards appointed to HMS St George and stationed in the West Indies, during which time he was appointed Acting Commander of the brig HMS Pultusk.
Early in 1811, he was again seeing active naval service with an appointment to the frigate HMS Thames, stationed off the west coast of Italy and Naples on blockading duty; during this period, the ship captured upwards of eighty gunboats and coastal vessels, and reduced the island of Ponza.
Between 1830 and 1832, HMS Galatea was stationed at various times in the West Indies and Portugal.
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 Go2War2.nl - HMS Arethusa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
De HMS Arethusa was betrokken bij de campagnes in Noorwegen in april 1940.
Vanaf 28 juni 1940 was de HMS Arethusa weer terug in de Middellandse Zee, als onderdeel van het nieuwe Force H te Gibraltar.
Vanaf januari 1945 was de HMS Arethusa weer in de Middellandse Zee, wederom bij het 15e Kruiser Eskader.
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 HMS Galatea (1934) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Galatea (1934)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
HMS Galatea (1934) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Galatea (1934).
The seventh HMS Galatea of the Royal Navy was an Arethusa-class light cruiser, launched on August 9, 1934 at Scotts shipyard in Greenock, Scotland.
The orginal HMS Galatea (1934) article can be editet
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 HMS Galatea: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about HMS Galatea
HMS Galatea: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about HMS Galatea
Armament: two 22 ton 9.2 inch guns, ten 6 inch guns, six 6 pounder guns, ten 3-pounder quick-firing guns, six 18 inch torpedo tubes (one bow, one stern, four beam).
The most recent HMS Galatea (F18) was a Leander class[?] anti-submarine frigate built by Swan Hunter[?] shipyards, launched May 23, 1963 and commisioned on April 25, 1964.
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 The Ultimate HMS Galatea (1797) - American History Information Guide and Reference
HMS Galatea, 32 was a fifth-rate sailing frigate of the British Royal Navy.
Galatea was built by Parsons at Bursledon, and launched 17 May 1797.
See HMS Galatea for other Navy ships of this name.
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