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 HMS Hereward (H93) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Hereward (H93), named after Hereward the Wake, was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 9 December 1936.
Hereward was attacked by enemy German and Italian dive bombers as she evacuated British Commonwealth forces from Crete and sank in Kaso Strait east of Crete on 19 May 1941.
See HMS Hereward for other ships of this name.
www.airandspace.org /encyclopedia/HMS_Hereward_(H93)   (153 words)

  
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'''HMS ''Hereward'' (H93)''', named after Hereward the Wake, was an G and H class destroyer H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 9 December 1936.
''Hereward'' was attacked by enemy Germany German and Italian dive bombers as she evacuated British Commonwealth forces from Crete and sank in Kaso Strait east of Crete on 19 May 1941.
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 Operation Collar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The convoy escort - "Force F" - was reinforced by the destroyer HMS Hotspur, and later by the corvettes HMS Peony, Salvia, Gloxinia and Hyacinth, although the corvettes were later unable to maintain speed with the convoy.
This comprised the battlecruiser HMS Renown, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, the cruisers HMS Sheffield and HMS Despatch and nine destroyers.
The Italians were aware of this operation and despatched a strong naval force (2 battleships, 6 cruisers, 14 destroyers) under Admiral Inigo Campioni to intercept it.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Collar   (337 words)

  
 HMS Hereward (H93) Encyclopedia Article @ AnomalousPhenomenon.com (Anomalous Phenomenon)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Hereward (H93) Encyclopedia Article @ AnomalousPhenomenon.com (Anomalous Phenomenon)
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 "Arrowsmith" List of Pendant Numbers - part 4
H 13 [HMS Midge Dka/cl, B:HW, (t/rnd:10/13 HMS Keitola), (H13:06/12/14).
H 26 [HMS Paragon Dka/cl B:TH, L:21/02/13, (t/rnd:10/13 HMS Katrine), (H26:06/12/14), su:18/03/17, by Ger.
H 53 [HMS Hereward Dla/cl, B:YG, L:19/11/13, rnd:30/09/13 HMS Laverock, (H53:06/12/14), see-(H52:01/04/18)]
www.gwpda.org /naval/s0450000.htm   (1738 words)

  
 Operation Excess - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It had a strong naval escort, including the aircraft carrier Illustrious, and became the first action that involved the Luftwaffe in the Mediterranean, after the transfer of X Fliegerkorps to support the Italian Regia Aeronautica.
During an attack on the convoy on 10th January, the Italian torpedo boat Vega was sunk in the Strait of Sicily by the cruiser HMS Bonaventure and the destroyer HMS Hereward.
The British destroyer HMS Gallant struck a mine near Pantelleria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Excess   (376 words)

  
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I am currently building the Fleetscale HMS Liverpool (Sheffield) and the AOT of the Belfast has come in extremely useful where similarity of armaments etc has occurred.
I built a 1:128 scale HMS Warspite on an ABCO hull years ago in her 1928 version and it looked great as a glass case model.
There is a very good John Haynes, HMS Queen Elizabeth in the Science Museum, London for reference.
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 HMS Hereward (H93) Encyclopedia Article @ ChannelsAndNetworks.com (Channels and Networks)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
HMS Hereward (H93) Encyclopedia Article @ ChannelsAndNetworks.com (Channels and Networks)
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 Crete_order_of_battle info here at en.10-parenting-tips.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sunk by assailant aircraft 29th May 1941 HMS Hotspur (H01) Lt.Cmdr.P.F.Brown ?
Sunk 21st May 1941 HMS Calcutta (1918) Captain D.M.Lees ?
Sunk by assailant aircraft 29th May 1941 HMS Kimberley Lt.Cmdr.J.S.M.Richardson ?
en.10-parenting-tips.info /Crete_order_of_battle   (1068 words)

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