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	Glasgow
		Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal The Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal is a Paisley and Johnstone.
		Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University in a Scotland.
		Glasgow Patter Glasgow patter is an urban Scots dialect.
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	HMS Glasgow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fourth Glasgow was a 50 gun 4th rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1829.
		The seventh, Glasgow, launched in 1937, was a cruiser of another Town class.
		The eighth and present Glasgow (D88) is a Type 42 destroyer destroyer, and was commissioned in 1979.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Glasgow (287 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Glasgow of the Southampton class
		In March Glasgow accompanied by the old cruiser HMS Caledon and two auxiliary cruisers, two destroyers and two anti submarine trawlers of the Indian navy, escorted two troop transport vessels containing two Indian Battalions and one Somali commando detachment, who were landed both sides of Berber Somaliland.
		On June 6th 1944 Glasgow was involved in operation \"Neptune” the amphibious phase of operation \"Overlord\", she made up the Gunfire Bombardment Support Force C for \"Omaha” Rear Admiral Bryant, in company with the United States battleships USS Texas and USS Arkansas, the French cruisers Montcalm, Georges Leygues, nine U.S. destroyers and three Hunt-class destroyers.
		HMS Glasgow had left Colombo for patrol on 6 December 1941, she retuned to Colombo on the 25th.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/1229.html (1143 words)

	Encyclopedia: German battleship Bismarck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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 Jupiter (F85) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 28 September 1937, launched on 27 October 1938 and commissioned on 25 June 1939.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/German-battleship-Bismarck (5376 words)

	D-88 Glasgow
		The latest HMS Glasgow was launched on 14th April 1976 at Swan Hunter Shipbuilders at Wallsend and commissioned in October 1979 to become the 6th and last Batch 1 Type 42 Destroyer in the Fleet.
		The sixth HMS Glasgow was launched on the Clyde at Govan in 1909 and was a 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 famous Fleet Air Arm raid that crippled the Italian Fleet at Taranto.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/d-88.htm (1032 words)

	HMS Glasgow (1937) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The seventh HMS Glasgow was built on the Clyde, and was a Southampton-class cruiser, a sub-class of the Town-class, commissioned in September 1937.
		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.
		After the end of the war, she took on Flagship duties of Commander in Chief Fleet East Indies; in 1948 the Flagship of the American and West Indies Station and in 1951 she became the Flagship of the Commander in Chief Mediterranean, Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_glasgow__1937_ (363 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Glasgow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		AS Type 42 destroyer HMS Glasgow set off for the South Atlantic in early November, this ship was returning to the scene of one of her earliest adventures in her long Naval career.
		HMS Glasgow is now returning to the Falklands as part of her deployment on Atlantic Patrol Task (South), which will also see her visiting West Africa and South America in the course of her duties.
		The second Glasgow was also a sixth rate, launched in Hull in 1745 but for some reason her care was neglected and she was laid up in need of extensive repairs in 1752 and sold for scrap in 1756.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/glasgow.asp (782 words)

	Harry Charles Miles
		HMS Orion was badly damaged while evacuating troops from Crete.
		HMS Impregnable was a Boys' training ship stuck in the middle of Pompey (Portsmouth) harbour; hard knocks were learned.
		HMS Victory was the Royal Naval Barracks and was/is used for transit purposes and the mustering of ships' companies when being drawn together prior to commissioning.
	home.comcast.net /~derek2000/tree/gp/hm1900.htm (1648 words)

	HMS Liverpool - The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns
		The bows and roof of 'A' turret were blown off and she was taken in tow, stern first by HMS Orion.
		Along with this convoy was the covering force of the battleship HMS Malaya, the aircraft-carriers HMS Argus and HMS Eagle, three cruisers and eight destroyers.
		Nevertheless the Polish destroyer Kujawiak hit a mine and was sunk and two other destroyers HMS Badsworth and HMS Matchless and the supply ship Orari were damaged by mines, the latter at the very entrance to Grand Harbour.
	home.swipnet.se /ew-11578/hms_liverpool.htm (776 words)

	Encyclopedia: HMS Glasgow (1937) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The seventh HMS Glasgow (21)was built on the Clyde, and was a Southampton-class cruiser, a sub-class of the Town-class, commissioned in September 1937.
		In World War II, in the Spring of 1940 she transferred King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav of Norway and Norwegian gold reserves when they escaped from the German occupation of their country.
		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.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Glasgow-(1937) (364 words)

	HMS Glasgow (1937) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The seventh HMS Glasgow was built on the Clyde, and was a Southampton-class cruiser, asub-class of the Town-class, commissioned inSeptember 1937.
		HMS Glasgow was then employed as a convoy escort in the Mediterranean Sea and shetook part in the Fleet Air Arm raid that crippled the Italian Fleet at Taranto.
		After the end of the war, she took on Flagship duties of Commander in Chief Fleet East Indies; in 1948 the Flagship of the American and West Indies Station and in 1951 she becamethe Flagship of the Commander in Chief Mediterranean, Admiral the Earl Mountbatten of Burma.
	therfcc.org /hms-glasgow-1937--319358.html (308 words)

	Norwegian Victims of Atlantis - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
		She was intercepted by minelayer HMS Adventure on Apr. 10-1943, and was scuttled to avoid capture, 43 18N 14 26W.
		She was intercepted between Greenland and Iceland by the cruiser HMS Glasgow (Capt. K.
		Every effort was made by the ship's company in HMS Glasgow to rescue the Regensburg's personnel, but, owing to the effects of icy water and heavy weather, only six out of a large complement survived.
	www.warsailors.com /raidervictims/atlantis2.html (3159 words)

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		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.
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		H.M.S. “Norfolk,” a sister ship of the “Dorsetshire,” was launched by the builders, Fairfield, on December 12th 1928, these two ships constituting the last group of the 10,000 ton “County” class cruisers, which are illustrated here.
		The “Berwick” group carry 3,400 tons of oil fuel, giving them a radius of 2,300 miles at full speed, or over 10,000 miles at an economical speed (not exceeding 14 knots); and the other groups, with slightly less oil fuel, are believed to have virtually the same range.
		H.M.S. “Dido,” the sixth warship to bear the name in the British Navy, is one of a new type of ten small cruisers of 5,450 tons which carry 5.25-inch guns in five twin turrets, with the forward three stepped to allow for wide arcs on uninterrupted fire.
	www.merchantnavyofficers.com /royalnavy3.html (2138 words)

	Bob Hipwell 1
		Later that year he was posted to the recently commissioned HMS Glasgow and applied to become a photographer.
		Perhaps HMS Alert, known as the Admiral's yacht, or the USS Helena, Orleck or Oakland on exercise with HMS London.
		Every April, when the surviving members from HMS London's two years in the Far East get together, Bob's photographs are to the fore, reviving memories from those days of long ago.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /micheal.overton/Bob%20Hipwell%201.htm (745 words)

	Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND (J.94774 J.J. WATTS P.O H.M.S. GLASGOW) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Sheffield and six destroyers of the Tribal-class, they landed the advance parties for the attack on Harstad.
		HMS Glasgow had left Colombo for patrol on 6 December 1941, she returned to Colombo on the 25th.
		Glasgow was with the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Home Fleet at the outbreak of war, and served on the Northern Patrol, followed by the Norwegian campaign in April 1940.
	homepages.ihug.co.nz /~phil/memorials/Waikumete/PJ94774.htm (1809 words)

	HMS Imogen - InformationBlast
		HMS Imogen (D-44) was an I class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 18 January 1936, launched on 30 October 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937.
		Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer HMS Ilex, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the destroyer HMS Inglefield and the submarine HMS Narwhal on 25 February 1940.
		HMS Imogen collided with the cruiser HMS Glasgow and sank off Pentland Firth on 16 July 1940.
	www.informationblast.com /HMS_Imogen.html (115 words)

	Summaries of FAA obituaries. Part of the FAA Archive 1939-1945 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		With 1834 squadron, HMS Victorious took part in strikes on oil refineries in Sumatra in January 1945, then involved in operations against Japanese airfields in the Sakishima Gunto off Okinawa in April and May, and in the final operations with the US 3rd Fleet against mainland Japan in July and August, 1945.
		From 1941 to 1943 Coleridge was on the instructing staff at Osprey and at HMS Nimrod, the anti-submarine school at Campbelltown, Argyll.
		In 1937 he went to Britain to qualify as an observer, and joined 825 naval air squadron, HMS Glorious 1938, in September 1939, he joined 821 squadron on HMS Ark Royal and took part in the Norwegian Campaign in 1940.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /RollofHonour/Obituaries/Summary_Obituaries.htm (10671 words)

	RN Submarines
		She was escorted by a Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet, the RN shore base at Prestwick Airport, and a mixed surface flotilla, including Defence Police and Royal Marines.
		HM submarine H.28 enters Scapa Flow anchorage, passing the forlorn Battle Cruiser SMS Derfflinger and a group of sunken destroyers H.28 was one of the H class submarines.
		In February 1943 Ian McIntosh was appointed to command HM Submarine Sceptre operating in Norwegian waters and in the Bay of Biscay.
	www.naval-art.com /royal_naval_submarines.htm (2283 words)

	HMS Thetis born and died on the River Mersey 1/6/39 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Thetis born and died on the River Mersey 1/6/39
		HMS Hurricane, an H class destroyer, torpedoed by a U-boat north-east of Azores.
		Between 1937 and 1944 he was a draughtsman in the Royal Navy Torpedo Factory in Greenock and probably worked on torpedoes and ancillary equipment used in submarines.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/britsubthetis.html (5688 words)

	ht welcome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Their task was to plan for the establishment of a community in Glasgow, and at the same time to further the raison d’etre of the Order, which was principally the education of Catholic girls.
		The site of the former Glasgow University Observatory was purchased, and plans were drawn up for a new and larger building.
		The pupils had a personal involvement in the war effort due to the fact they had ‘adopted’ the battleship HMS Glasgow as early as 1937.
	www.notredamehigh.org /history.htm (520 words)

	HMS Enterprise (D52) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The eighth HMS Enterprise was an Emerald-class light cruiser designed and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland, who laid her keel down on June 28, 1918.
		Until 1937 Enterprise served with the 4th Cruiser Squadron in the East Indies.
		On October 31, 1943, she returned to service, and on December 28, 1943, in the Bay of Biscay, Enterprise and HMS Glasgow intercepted a force of eleven German destroyers, the tardy escort for their blockade runner Alsterufer (which had been sunk the previous day by air attack).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Enterprise-(D52).htm (673 words)

	HMS Newcastle (1937) - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The seventh HMS Newcastle was a Southampton-class light cruiser, launched by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland in January 1936.
		She had a number of encounters with enemy forces during the initial part of World War II, including an attack on two German destroyers at Brest which badly damaged them.
		See HMS Newcastle for other ships of the name.
	www.free-definition.com /HMS-Newcastle-(1937).html (285 words)

	Historical Encyclopedia of WA - WA Snapshots
		The Mineral Court was impressive and became the core of the WA government’s contribution to exhibitions in Paris in 1900 and Glasgow in 1901.
		The 443 ton barque, escorted by HMS Sulphur, left Plymouth on 8 February 1829 and entered Table Bay, Cape Town, on 16 April where she remained for thirteen days.
		Epidemics of polio occurred in Australia from 1897 and were most severe between 1937 and 1956, peaking in 1951.
	www.encyclopedia.uwapress.uwa.edu.au /wa_snapshots (9969 words)

	magoo.com: McGough Seamen—Ellis Island by Hugh McGough
		He was the son of Bernard McGough and of Margaret McGough (nee Taylor), of Glasgow, and is buried at the Plymouth Naval Memorial.
		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.
	www.magoo.com /hugh/seamen.html (7614 words)

	HMS Imogen
		HMS Imogen collided with the British light cruiser HMS Glasgow and caught fire and was abandoned off Duncansby Head, Scotland.
		The German submarine U-63 tried to attack convoy HN-14, in doing so she was sighted by the British submarine HMS Narwhal.
		The escorting destroyers HMS Escort, HMS Inglefield and HMS Imogen were warned.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /D44 (96 words)

	PORT JACKSON (SYDNEY HARBOUR) - SHIPWRECKS
		She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Fly and sailed for port Macquarie on 3 Ocrober 1826.
		A pinnace from HM Penguin, screw steamer, was lost near Dawes Point, Sydney Harbour, 9 July 1914.
		Refloated withh assistance from HMS Tamar, but found to be unseaworthy, and purchased by the colonial authorities and converted to a prison hulk for convicts awaiting transportation to Norfolk island, Moreton Bay and other penal settlements.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /portjackson-wrecks.html (9355 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		HMS Ivanhoe (D-16) was an I class destroyer laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 6 February 1936, launched on 11 February 1937 and commissioned on 24 August 1937.
		Ivanhoe attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-45 south-west of Ireland on 14 October 1939 in company with the destroyers HMS Intrepid and HMS Inglefield.
		HMS Ivanhoe struck a mine as she operated on a minelaying mission off the Dutch coast and sank in the North Sea off the Friesian Islands in Holland on 1 September 1940.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /HMS_Ivanhoe (138 words)

	info: GLASGOW GREEN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Glasgow Green Party - Local branch of the Scottish Green Party - focusing upon the environment and social justice..
		Glasgow Green Party - Focusing upon the environment and social justice, and including information about elections and events..
		Winnock Hotel - Former 18th century inn overlooking Drymen's village green, the Winnock is an ideal base for visiting Loch Lomond, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Stirling, and the Highlands..
	www.info-vatican-city.com /Glasgow_Green (308 words)

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