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	HMS Gibraltar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third Gibraltar was an American 14-gun brig captured in 1779, then in turn captured by the Spanish in 1781 and renamed Salvador, then recaptured by HMS Anson in 1800.
		The fourth Gibraltar was the 80-gun Spanish Fénix captured at the battle of Cape St. Vincent in 1780, used as a powder hulk in 1813 and broken up in 1836.
		The fifth Gibraltar was a 101-gun screw first-rate launched in 1860, on loan as a training ship in 1872, renamed Grampian in 1889, and sold 1899.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Gibraltar (281 words)

	HMS Splendid (S106) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Splendid was launched at Barrow on October 5, 1979, by Lady Ann Eberle, wife of Admiral Sir James Eberle, then Commander-in-Chief Fleet.
		Unlike HMS Conqueror, Splendid did not fire in anger, she did however provide valuable reconnaissance to the British Task Force on Argentine aircraft movements.
		Her action in the Iraq War was the subject of a BBC documentary, entitled HMS Splendid, which followed the personal stories of Commander Paul Burke and his crew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Splendid_(S106) (357 words)

	HMS Gibraltar (1892) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Gibraltar, was an Edgar class cruiser launched in 1892 for service in the Royal Navy.
		Gibraltar was armoured with steel, 3" to 5" on her decks, 6" on her casemates, 3" on her 9.2" gun shields, 2" to 7" on her ammunition hoists and 12" on her conning tower.
		Despite her obsolescence she service in World War One, first with the 10th Cruiser Squadron on Northern Patrol and from 1915 as a depot ship for this group, based in the Shetland Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Gibraltar_(1892) (257 words)

	HMS Firedrake Page 3
		Armando Acanfora) east of Gibraltar in position 35° 57’ N 004° 00’ W. The submarine surfaced and was abandoned at 19.50hr sinking soon afterwards.
		On the 25th November 1940 Force H left Gibraltar to participate in operation ‘Collar’ - the passage of a convoy to Malta, and further naval reinforcements for the Eastern Mediterranean.
		The corvette HMS Sunflower came to the rescue but because of the extremely bad weather they couldn’t get close enough to take the surviving men off what was left of the Firedrake, their skipper decided to circle the Firedrake hoping the weather would become better by daylight.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake3.htm (1361 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/classic/A538030 (3681 words)

	Ships
		The Gibraltar was a 6th rate of 20 guns built at Portsmouth in 1757.
		HMS Shrewsbury was a 3rd rate of 1,594 tons, carrying 74 guns.
		HMS Syren (Siren) was a 6th rate of 500 tons and 24 guns.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/ships (1678 words)

	Chapter-15 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Arrival to Gibraltar of HMS Repulse with HM Carriers Furious and Formidable and AA cruisers Hermione and Euralyus with a four destroyer screen to participate to "Retribution".
		HMS Repulse with MN Dunkerque and Strasbourg, escorted by Colbert, Dupleix, La Galissonnière and a screen made of Vauquelin, Cassard, Kersaint, Tartu, Brestois, Bordelais, Forbin and Fougueux arrive at proximity of Genoa by 2h00 the 11th.
		HMS Repulse, Formidable, Charibdys and DDs Icarus, Onslow, Partridge, Somali, Westcott, Wishart, Wrestler and Zulu, with the French squadron composed of cruisers Colbert, Dupleix, La Galissonnière, large DDs Vauquelin, Cassard, Kersaint and Tartu, and DDs Brestois, Bordelais, Forbin and Fougueux arrive at 10h00 am at Oran.
	users.domaindlx.com /fantasque/original/Chapter-15.htm (7609 words)

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		HMS Sovereign, Faslane, withdrawn from service on 8 Sep 2000, because of a reactor defect found on HMS Sceptre at Rosyth in 1998.
		HMS Splendid, left Faslane for sea on 16 October, probably off the West coast of Scotland and recalled to Faslane on 21 October.
		HMS Trafalgar, Devonport, due to go to sea for trials, probably related to conversion to cruise, but kept in port on 21 October.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/pipexdsl/d/adhb32/news/001023a.html (616 words)

	Panorama, Gibraltar's Online Daily, Gibraltar news
		Gibraltar’s exclusion from the EU Borders Agency at the Spanish Government’s insistence is serious enough in itself, since the territory of Gibraltar will not form part of EU territory for the purposes of the Agency, whilst those of the United Kingdom and Spain will do so, says the Gibraltar Labour Party.
		Gibraltar is in the EU as a separate European territory for whose external relations a member state is responsible.
		Gibraltar is to be excluded from the new European agency for frontiers control, it was confirmed in Brussels yesterday.
	www.panorama.gi /archive/040920/updates.htm (8536 words)

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		HMS EAGLE having suffered damage to her aviation fuel system due to repeated near misses by bombs, was unable to participate with HMS ILLUSTRIOUS in the attack on Taranto on the 11th November.
		HMS EAGLE took part in four further aircraft ferrying convoys to Malta during June and July when she transported a total of 114 Spitfires.
		On return to Gibraltar, the surviving aircraft of 824 Squadron were transferred to 813 Squadron and the Squadron disbanded, personnel returning to the U.K. On the 1st October 1942, the Squadron reformed with six Fairey Swordfish and commenced work-up.
	freespace.virgin.net /fleetairarm.archive/history.htm (2157 words)

	RO-7 Ark Royal
		HMS Ark Royal is larger than her 2 sisters, Invincible and Illustrious, at 210 metres (683 feet) long.
		HMS Ark Royal is planned to remain in active service until 2015 when the next generation of aircraft carriers will enter service.
		During the exercise HMS Ark Royal embarked Rear Admiral Burnell-Nugent and the Maritime Battle Staff and took the major role leading the maritime component of the Opposing Forces who were attacking NATO.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/ro-7.htm (1351 words)

	HMS Firedrake Page 17
		On the way back to Gibraltar, the rest of force H came by after delivering their convoy to Malta, as the ships raced by all the ships crews cheered the Firedrake.
		He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant in 1926 and Lieutenant in 1928, he served in the destroyer HMS Wryneck and the Battleship HMS Ramillies in the Mediterranean before specializing in anti-submarine duties in 1931.
		Then in April 1943, he took command of HMS Varbel the shore establishment for the experimental midget submarines and was involved in ‘Operation Source’ the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz in Norwegian waters on the 22nd September 1943, for this he received the CBE.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake17.htm (2012 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		Hoisting his flag on HMS Ramillies, Byng was surprised to find that nine of his thirteen ships were desperately short of men but the Admiralty refused to allow him to enlist men from the other ships in the harbour.
		After a voyage marred by north-westerly gales in the Channel, Byng reached Gibraltar on 2 May. He was informed that the French army had already landed in Minorca and were laying siege to St. Philip's Fort, the last position held by the British garrison under General Blakeney.
		Byng was moved from confinement on HMS Antelope to HMS Royal Anne in Portsmouth Harbour and then on to the Royal Hospital at Greenwich.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_john_byng.htm (1718 words)

	HMS Resolution, Naval Art Print
		HMS Resolution, a revenge-class battleship is shown superbly in this new naval limited edition art print by renowned naval artist Ivan Berryman.
		Launched in January 1915, the Revenge-class battleship HMS Resolution was to enjoy a 33 year career during which she served in the Atlantic, home and Eastern Fleets as well as serving repeated spells in the Mediterranean, being both bombed and torpedoed along the way.
		She is depicted off Gibraltar with HMS Wolverine, the destroyer perhaps best remembered for destroying the U-47 which sunk Resolution's sister ship Royal Oak in Scapa Flow.
	www.military-art.com /dhm1087.htm (685 words)

	HMS Brilliant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		HMS Brilliant was the third of the new Type 22 frigates ordered by the Royal Navy and was built by Messrs Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd at Scotstoun Glasgow.
		At eight o'clock in the morning of the 13th, the ten battering ships of the enemy lying at the head of the bay, under the command of Admiral Moreno, began to get under sail in order to come against the garrison; everything was in readiness for their reception.
		He announced the construction of a new HMS BRILLIANT with the words " We are building her for you" The Borough resolved to renew it's affiliation and this was approved by the Commander in Chief Naval Home Command in January 1980.
	www.hmsbrilliant.com /hmsb.cgi?page=ship (3266 words)

	HMS Firedrake
		The Italian submarine Durbo was sunk east of Gibraltar by the British destroyers
		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.
		and HMS Jupiter left Gibraltar and steamed to the east to conduct a anti-submarine sweep.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /H79 (280 words)

	People
		Richard Brathwaite was in command of HMS Gibraltar in 1766.
		Brathwaite was also in command of HMS Shannon (1761-1763), HMS Gibraltar (1766-1767 in Newfoundland waters) and HMS Liverpool (1767-1768, again in Newfoundland waters).In 1790, Brathwaite became a rear admiral of the white and rose eventually to become admiral of the white in 1801.
		In 1762, Charles Douglas was in charge of HMS Syren in the approaches to the Gulf of St. Lawrence when he was alerted to the French attack on St. John's, the capital of Newfoundland.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/people (4058 words)

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		The Gibraltar Government has said that it is not opposed to the repair of HMS Tireless in a statement issued on 14 Sep. Meanwhile there has been substantial opposition to the proposal in Andalusia.
		In assessing whether the carrying out of repairs to HMS Tireless posed risk to the public or the environment, the Government brief to the panel of experts invited them to compare such risks to those which Gibraltar has habitually accepted during all historical nuclear vessel visits to Gibraltar for recreational or operational purposes.
		The Gibraltar Government is strenuously opposed to the establishment of Gibraltar as a nuclear vessel repair facility.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/d/adhb32/news/000915a.html (1456 words)

	HMS Foresight
		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.
		During the night Force H reversed course and passed Gibraltar on a westerly course back into the Mediterranean.
		The heavily damaged British light cruiser HMS Edinburgh was scuttled by one torpedo from
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /H68 (280 words)

	Convoy HGF 18- warsailors.com
		Escorts were HMS Vortigern, Gossamer, Folkestone and sub.
		This was in turn reported to HMS Gossamer which was the escort closest to the Commodore's ship.
		Local Escort, HMS Versatile was sighted at 15:15 in 48 20N 09 54W; air escort left 5 minutes later.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/hg18f.html (1711 words)

	HMS Gibraltar
		HMS Gibraltar, first-class cruiser of the Edgar Class.
		In 1896 the “Gibraltar,” commanded by Captain Harry Hughes Hallet, was one of a squadron of six ships which was specially commissioned in consequence of a congratulatory telegram from the German Emperor to President Paul Kruger on the occasion of the Repulse of Dr. Jameson’s Raid.
		The Gibraltar, like her seven sisters, carried two of these powerful pieces on the upper deck fore and aft, mounted singly behind thick steel shields, both gun and shield being constructed to revolve on a turntable, and being capable of training to bear on either broadside, and ahead or astern, as may be.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_gibraltar.htm (883 words)

	HMS Victory Model Ship — Premier Ship Models
		In 1782, HMS Victory was Lord Howe’s flagship in the relief of Gibraltar.
		In 1800, it was decided to rebuild HMS Victory, and on May 16, 1803, she became the flagship of Lord Nelson’s Mediterranean Fleet.
		Towed to Gibraltar by HMS Neptune, HMS Victory sailed for England on December 22, from where Nelson’s body was carried to St Paul’s Cathedral for a state funeral.
	www.premiershipmodels.com /index.php/fuseaction/shop.product/categoryid/1/productid/129 (698 words)

	Chapter-4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		JANUARY 30th: As Malta is hit by a major high-level bomber raid (90 Italo-German bombers and 80 escort fighters) HMS Illustrious is attacked East of Malta by 25+ Xth Fliegerkorps Stukas.
		HMS Ark-Royal transfers 48 Hurricanes to Algiers, and they are quickly collected by RAF pilots and transferred to Malta.
		HMS Eagle joins Bearn with 20 Fulmar-I to form the "Force de Raid" under French command.
	users.domaindlx.com /fantasque/original/Chapter-4.htm (3679 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		The vessel is a Type 22 frigate with the pennant number F85 and was built on the Clyde by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd and was commissioned in her base port of Devonport in June 1989.
		Although based in the South West of the UK, she is affiliated to the County of Cumbria, once known as Cumberland and was awarded the freedom of the County in 1998.
		HMS Cumberland, nicknamed the Mighty Sausage, is making a routine stop in Gibraltar after a 6 month deployment to the Indian Ocean and the Arabian Gulf.
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=4413 (1224 words)

	CDNN :: HMS Sussex - Waiting on Sunken Treasure Worth Billions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		GIBRALTAR (22 May 2005) -- The British warship HMS Sussex, lost in a storm off Gibraltar in 1694 with billions of dollars worth of gold bullion and 500 seamen, will have to stay lost a little longer.
		With a formal agreement from Great Britain in hand and the approval of the project by the Spanish government, the only remaining obstacles to the Sussex project appeared to be technical ones.
		Andalusian authorities contend that it's possible a British flagship sailing through the straits of Gibraltar on its way to France in 1694 just might have had something that belonged to Spain on board.
	www.cdnn.info /news/industry/i050522.html (1015 words)

	Content Creation: News
		HMS Turbulent is the sister ship of both HMS Tireless which underwent repairs in Gibraltar, and HMS Torbay which has been involved in a controversy only this weke in Portsmouth.
		HMS Turbulent is presently still in Gibraltar, some of the crew members presently staying at the Caleta Hotel.
		The submarine's visit coinciding with the arrival of two air force passenger jets to Gibraltar, raising questions over whether the visit is classes as a routine visit or a maintenance/inspection visit due to the concerns over the Torbay.
	www.iberianews.com /cgi-bin/news.cgi?rm=display&articleID=1065742267 (240 words)

	Gibraltar Silver Coin Gibraltar HMS Ark Royal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Now you can bring back those times with this commemorative 1-crown,.925 silver proof, legal tender coin issued in 1993 by Gibraltar as a salute to HMS Ark Royal warship and the intrepid sailors who manned it.
		HMS Ark Royal was instrumental in protecting the Straits of Gibraltar and the strategic Mediterranean Sea during the war.
		This coin will prove to be an enduring heirloom, sure to evoke memories from those who lived through World War II and a source of inspiration to those who did not.
	www.unicover.com /EA8RDPJF.HTM (300 words)

	British Navy Ships--HMS Renown (1916-1948) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		HMS Renown, lead ship of a class of two 26,500-ton battlecruisers, was built at Glasgow, Scotland.
		She covered minelaying operations along the Norwegian coast in early April 1940 and, on the 9th of that month, engaged the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, damaging the latter.
		HMS Renown had brief post-war service in British waters and was sold for scrapping in March 1948.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-r/renown.htm (548 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Two Navy ships bound for Lebanon
		HMS Illustrious is currently in Gibraltar and HMS Bulwark is close to Barcelona in Spain.
		Mr Wood said HMS Bulwark had a contingent of 500 marines, which could be used to make beaches safe in the event of any evacuation.
		HMS Illustrious has helicopters and fighter bombers on board, which again could be used to aid any evacuation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/5184018.stm (723 words)

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