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  HMS Gibraltar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
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 Fenix captured in 1780, used as a powder hulk in 1813 and broken up in 1836.
The sixth Gibraltar was a 1st class cruiser launched in 1892, made into a depot ship in 1912, and sold 1923.
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 H Dockyard 2
HMS Wizard of 1830 was lost on the Seal Bank off Berehaven in February 1859, the Skylark of 1826 was wrecked on the Isle of Wight in April 1845 and the Spey of 1827 was lost on Racoon Key in the Bahamas in November 1840.
HMS Thais of 1829 was lost on passage from Falmouth to Halifax in December 1833 and the Camilla of 1847 in September 1860 off Japan.
The composite gunvessel HMS Gnat, christened by Miss Mirehouse of Angle in the dark on 26 November 1867, was wrecked within a year when she ran aground on Balabac Island in the China Seas on 15 November 1868.
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 HMS Gibraltar. Who is HMS Gibraltar? What is HMS Gibraltar? Where is HMS Gibraltar? Definition of HMS Gibraltar. ...
The first Gibraltar was a 20-gun 6th rate built in 1711, rebuilt 1727, and sold 1748.
The second Gibraltar was a 20-gun 6th rate in service from 1754 to 1773.
The fifth Gibraltar was a 101-gun screw 1st rate launched in 1860, on loan as a training ship in 1872, renamed Grampian in 1889, and sold 1899.
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 HMS Gibraltar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was the first command of John Byng, who was afterwards to be court-martialled and executed in the opening stages of the Seven Years' War.
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 sixth Gibraltar was an Edgar-class cruiser launched in 1892, made into a depot ship in 1912, and sold 1923.
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 HMS Antelope
Another HMS Antelope, 14, was purchased in 1783, and in 1785 was under the command of Captain S.J. Gambier.
She was part of the Mediterranean fleet, recommissioned at Malta on February 25, 1880, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Walter Haylton Joliffe, with a crew of about 80 including a corporal and seven privates of Marines.
Another HMS Antelope, an Alarm-class torpedo gunboat, was launched in 1892 or 1893.
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 1892
1892 in science The year 1892 CE in technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
HMS Gibraltar (1892) HMS Gibraltar, was an Edgar Class Royal Navy.
HMS Theseus (1892) This HMS Theseus was part of a nine ship class of protected cruisers known as the Edgar-class and wer...
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 Parson's Lodge
Parson's Lodge is a mini Gibraltar - a narrow limestone dorsal, running North-South, laced with a labyrinth of underground tunnels and surmounted by a seemingly impregnable battery, which has witnessed the development of coast artillery over the last three centuries.
It was into this bay that HMS Victory was towed, with Lord Nelson's body on board, after the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
The Moors, who occupied Gibraltar for 727 years and the Spaniards, who stayed for 266 years, were aware of the strategic importance of Parson's Lodge.
www.gibraltar.gov.gi /tourism/parsons_lodge.htm   (1087 words)

  
 HMS Apollo Aeolus Andromache Brilliant Indefatigable Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad Pique Rainbow Retribution ...
Ten for the class were copper and wood sheathed for foreign service at the cost of an extra 200 tons and a slight speed reduction and added £10,000 to the cost.
HMS Naiad after conversion to a minelayer complete with mine rails visible in the stern.
The class were in the process of being scrapped when the war started but seven of the class were converted to minelayers and carried up to 150 mines at the cost of having their gun armament reduced.
www.worldwar1.co.uk /light-cruiser/hms-apollo.html   (527 words)

  
 HMS Antelope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
She was part ofthe Mediterranean fleet, recommissioned at Malta on February 25, 1880, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Walter Haylton Joliffe, with a crew of about 80including a corporal and seven privates of Marines.
On June 13, 1940, Antelope collidedwith HMS Electra off Trondheim, Norway, and had to return to the Tyne for repair.She then returned to her base at Harwich.
In August 1940, Antelope sailed in convoy to take part in Operation Menace, the raid on Dakar, but after HMS Fiji was torpedoed on September1, she escorted her back to the Clyde, Scotland.
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 HMS Gibraltar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The second Gibraltar was a 20-gun sixth-rate inservice from 1754 to 1773.
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.
The sixth Gibraltar was a 1st class cruiser launched in 1892,made into a depot ship in 1912, and sold 1923.
therfcc.org /hms-gibraltar-327031.html   (181 words)

  
 HMS Antelope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Another HMS Antelope was an iron paddle-wheel vessel of 1020 tons and 650 horsepower.
Another HMS Antelope (F170) was an Amazon-class Type 21 frigate of the Royal Navy, which participated in the Falklands War.
TV and stills pictures of HMS Antelope's demise became one of the defining images of the Falklands War and appear repeatedly in histories of the event.
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 Thomas Philip Holloway Stentiford*
HMS Cambridge was a floating school composed of out-of-date vessels.
HMS Bulwark was the flagship of the Mediterranean.
HMS Impregnable was a shore-based training establishment based at Devonport.
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 HMS Discovery - Crew of - by Lafayette
The ship, HMS Boadicea, was the flagship of the Cape Squadron, and in her he served as midshipman for two years.
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".
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.
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 HMS Gibraltar (1892) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Gibraltar, was an Edgar class cruiser launched in 1892 for service in the Royal Navy.
See HMS Gibraltar for other ships of this name.
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 Royal Navy
In fact, an additional battle honour (Sudan — 1884) was awarded to HMS Ranger from this campaign, but this was deleted in 1954, coincidentally the year in which she (the largest HMS Ranger to date) was finally broken up.
The current HMS Ranger was built at Shoreham by Watercraft Ltd in 1987 and was originally allocated to the Forth Division of the RNR for Junior Officer training.
In 1991 she went to Gibraltar with HMS Trumpeter to form the Gibraltar Squadron, and returned to the UK to become Sussex URNU’s allocated P2000 in early 2004.
www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=5643   (388 words)

  
 anchaplains
Served in HMS Montagu 1903 and 1904, HMS Royal Sovereign 1904 and 1905, HMS New Zealand 1905 to 1907, HMS Egmont for Bighi Naval Hospital 1907 to 1910.
On HMS Pembroke 1900, HMS Prince George 1900 - 1901, HMS Implacable 1901 to 1904, HMS Boscawen III 1904 and 1905, R.M.Dept Walmer 1905 to 1907, HMS Prince of Wales 1907 to 1910, HMS Jupiter 1910 and 1911.
HM Dockyard and Hospital Hong Kong 1911 to 1914, HMS Indus 1914.
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 Untitled Document
HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay 3rd November 1864.
Night of 15th February he was involved in a fight with Robert Dewhurst (sailor from HMS Britannia).
He was a Lieutenant (HMS Active) at the destruction of a Turkish squadron in the Dardanelles in 1807; served on HMS Spartan, in boat actions in the Adriatic, and at the reduction of Zante and neighbouring islands.
www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist2.htm   (3965 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   (938 words)

  
 Max Wolf [Definition]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
It was discovered by Max Wolf on September 25, 1892 in Heidelberg....
It was discovered by Max Wolf on October 17, 1892 in Heidelberg....
It was discovered by Max Wolf on December 16, 1892 in Heidelberg....
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 HMS Garland - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Garland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
HMS Garland - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Garland.
Here you will find more informations about HMS Garland.
The name dates back to 1242, being the oldest confirmed ship name in the Royal Navy.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Garland.html   (133 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
'''HMS ''Gibraltar''''', was an Edgar class cruiser ''Edgar'' class cruiser launched in 1892 for service in the Royal Navy.
See HMS Gibraltar HMS ''Gibraltar'' for other ships of this name.
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article HMS Gibraltar (1892).
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 Gallery Battleships
HMS Prince of Wales 1941, Tamiya 1:350 Scale - When someone with the last name of Beatty and with the initial D in his name builds one of His Majesty's Ships, it is best to notice.
HMS Agincourt - This time "The Gin Palace" is the subject of the work of Jim Baumann with his build of the 1:700 scale British battleship by Classic Warships.
HMS Dreadnought, 1907 - This 1:350 scale model from Steel Navy / Rhino Models was built by Jim Baumann and won the gold at the 2000 UK IPMS Nationals.
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 Encyclopedia: HMS Gibraltar (1892)
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 Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945  -  M
HMS President (for study of foreign languages; for 4 months' study in Italy)
HMS Indomitable and Barham; Bombardment of Dardanelles Forts, 1914 ; Dogger Bank, 1915; Jutland, 1916
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 Colonial Wargames - Victorian Artillery Data - Later Breech Loading Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Used aboard HMS Formidable, HMS Irresistible, HMS Implacable, HMS Bulwark, HMS London, HMS Venerable, HMS Queen, HMS Prince of Wales, HMS Albemarle, HMS Cornwallis, HMS Duncan, HMS Exmouth, HMS Montagu, and HMS Russell.
Used aboard HMS Thunderer, HMS Devastation, HMS Barfleur, and HMS Centurion, and as the secondary armament of HMS Sans Pareil.
Used aboard HMS Thunderer and as the secondary armament of HMS Victoria.
www.colonialwargames.org.uk /Miscellany/Weapons/Artillery/LBL.htm   (859 words)

  
 magoo.com: McGough Seamen—Ellis Island by Hugh McGough
He died at the age of 18 on September 19, 1941, while serving aboard the H.M.S. President III and is buried at the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
HMS Splendid was scuttled by her crew on April 21, 1943 in order to prevent her capture by the enemy after a depth charge attack.
In 1942 he was appointed to command HM Submarine Splendid undertaking many highly successful active war patrols.
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 Legion of Frontiersmen (NZ Command)
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.
But Kathleen had her moments too, as she wrote Con in November 1908, telling him she was as "desperately, deeply, violently and wholly in love" as he was and was missing him terribly.
They sailed in HMS SAXON on July 16, 1910, and were seen off by Wilhelm Filchner and Ernest Shackleton.
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 Frank Harry ALLEN
1892; copper sheathed, 7,700 tons, 360' x 60' x 25'.
HMS TEMERAIRE 9th May 1876 Renamed INDUS II in 1904,
HMS VALIANT 1915 Queen Elizabeth Class super dreadnought.
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 HMS Crescent
HMS Crescent, Royal Navy Cruiser of the Edgar Class.
Other cruisers in the class HMS Edgar, HMS Endymion, HMS Gibraltar, HMS Grafton, HMS Hawke, HMS Royal Arthur, HMS St George and HMS Theseus.
HMS Crescent launched 30th March 1892 and served in the Cape and West African Station, returning in 1907.
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