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	HMS Hesperus (H57)
		HMS Hesperus (H57) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
		She was originally laid down as Juruena for the Brazilian Navy by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 6 July 1938, launched on 1 August 1939, purchased in September 1939 and named Hearty.
		Hesperus was sold for scrap on 26 November 1946 and broken up at Grangemouth.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_hesperus__h57_.html (111 words)

	Brazilian Escort Destroyers
		HMS Hesperus was launched on 1st August 1939 and was broken up in 1946.
		HMS Highlander taken after she left Liverpool to join in convoy duties in 1941.
		HMS Hurricane: Looking for photos, of ship and crew and information on the ship, my grandfather served on her and the time of her sinking.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /brazilian.htm (1096 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Bismarck (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On 24 May 1941, accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen[?], she was engaged in battle by the British battlecruiser HMS Hood and the newly commissioned battleship HMS Prince of Wales, which was still being worked up.
		On 26 May, at dusk, she was attacked by British Swordfish torpedo planes from the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.
		On the early morning of 27 May 1941 she was engaged in an eighty-eight minute battle with HMS King George V[?], HMS Rodney[?], HMS Norfolk[?], and HMS Dorsetshire[?].
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/bi/Bismarck?title=HMS_Neptune (785 words)

	HMS Hesperus (H57) at AllExperts
		HMS Hesperus (H57) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
		On 25 October 1941, Hesperus and the destroyers HMS Electra and HMS Express escorted the battleship HMS Prince of Wales for the first part of her journey to the Far East.
		Two days later the destroyer, HMS Legion was detached from a convoy to cover the Prince of Wales with Hesperus while Electra and Express refuelled from a tanker in Ponta del Garda in the Azores.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_hesperus_(h57).htm (301 words)

	Signalman Denis Davies: HMS Gentian
		It was part of the B2 escort group, under the control of the group leader "Hesperus", which was a destroyer commanded by Cmdr D. McKintyre, a fearless man with a flowing red beard and, at that time, the youngest and most decorated commander in the Royal Navy.
		Hesperus did manage to get a U-Boat and after that, it quietened down and we all carried on doing our business in great waters.
		The dancing guns had been chocked and made more or less secure, and we prayed that the weather, comprising of tempest, tornado and typhoon, all encapsulated, had settled down a bit, which although it wasn't good, it was certainly better than the previous four weeks.
	www.cbrnp.com /RNP/Flower/ARTICLES/Davies.htm (1330 words)

	hms grenade (h86) - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		HMS Grenade (H86) was a G-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Alexander Stephen and Sons at Linthouse in Scotland on 3 October 1934, launched on 12 November 1935 and completed on 28 March 1936.
		Grenade was attacked by German Ju-87 dive bombers as she evacuated Allied troops from Dunkirk and sank in the English Channel on 29 May 1940.
		See HMS Grenade for other ships of this name.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/hms-grenade-(h86) (80 words)

	hms havock (h43) - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		HMS Havock (H43) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 15 May 1935, launched on 7 July 1936 and commissioned on 18 January 1937.
		Havock participated in the First Battle of Narvik in April 1940, the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941 and the evacuation of Greece in April 1941.
		See HMS Havock for other ships of this name.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/hms-havock-(h43) (138 words)

	Your Place And Mine - Down - William Byers: a naval career
		HMS Fame's service with the British navy came to an abrupt end early one morning when they were en route to Newcastle.
		The next ship Bill was assigned to was the destroyer HMS Raider and soon they were on their way, via the Cape of Good Hope and the Suez Canal, to join the Allied forces at the Italian battle in the Mediterranean.
		HMS Hesperus was 'Adopted' by Yeovil and District in National Savings 'Warship Week' in February, 1942 when the local people raised over £300,000 towards her building costs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /northernireland/yourplaceandmine/down/byers_william.shtml (3222 words)

	Hesperus - Qwika
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		Wreck of the Hesperus Wreck of the Hesperus are a doom metal band from Ireland...
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	www.qwika.com /find/Hesperus (394 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Ask Jack - H (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Hogue: A couple of years ago Dave wrote into Navy News asking about the fate of HMS Hogue which was involved with a Pakistani cruiser during a 58/9 Jet Exercise in the Indian Ocean.
		HMS Hesperus: Dave Richards is looking to get in touch with any former crewmembers of the WW2 destoyer HMS Hesperus (H57) or their families if they are deceased.
		HMS Hesperus 1943/45: Dave Richards would like to hear from Hesperus crew members who would like to contribute service photographs and information of their time in Hesperus.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ask_jack/aj_h.asp (1680 words)

	G and H class destroyer Information
		HMS Hunter pictured before the war showing the original design of the class with flat-fronted bridge.
		The G and H class destroyers were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Royal Navy (two later transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and one to the Polish Navy) launched in 1935–1939.
		HMS Hesperus wearing dazzle camouflage in 1940, showing the angular bridge front that was fitted to Hero, Hereward and the ex-Brazilian ships.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/G_and_H_class_destroyer (1062 words)

	Somerset Gateway UK. Guided walk
		The Hesperus contributed magnificently to the defeat of the U-boat menace and on convoy duty and anti-submarine sweeps she sank five of the under-sea raiders and damaged several more.
		HMS Hesperus was 'Adopted' by Yeovil and District in National Savings 'Warship Week' in February, 1942 when the local people raised over £300,000 towards her building costs.
		At the end of her short but valiant life in 1947 the ensign of HMS Hesperus was laid up in the church of St. John the Baptist.
	www.somersetgateway.com /aboutsom/somermag/july2000/dark.htm (492 words)

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		While rescuing seamen from HMS Laurentic also an armed merchant cruiser which had been torpedoed and was sinking.
		In December 1926 she was used to transport 1000 troops and horses to Shanghai during the China Affair.
		HMS Blenheim and became a destroyer depot ship that was used to supply other ships in the waters of the North Atlantic and based in Iceland.
	barry-miles.tripod.com (1913 words)

	HMS Kite
		HMS KITE (Aug. 21, 1944) Royal Navy sloop of 1,250 tons, was escorting the aircraft carriers Vindex and Striker, which in turn were escorting a large convoy to Northern Russia when the convoy was sighted by German aircraft.
		HMS Keppel, in a signal to the Admiralty, confirmed that Tom was one of five buried at sea yet the Admiralty failed to convey this to his family.
		On the sixth of June HMS Kite was approaching a tanker from astern at close quarters to the tanker for oiling purposes and as heading into a running sea and also the wake of the tanker.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/kite_a.html (5029 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Havant class Destroyers
		HMS Harvester (H 19) (lost 11 Mar, 1943)
		HMS Havant (H 32) (lost 1 Jun, 1940)
		HMS Hurricane (H 06) (lost 24 Dec, 1943)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=19&navy=HMs (178 words)

	HMS Electra (H27) at AllExperts
		HMS Electra, pennant number H27, was a Royal Navy 'E' class destroyer (one of 16, including two flotilla leaders, in the E and F classes to be built).
		On Monday, 20 October1941, the crew of Electra got word that they, along with HMS Express would be escorting HMS Prince of Wales to the Far East under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Tom Phillips where the ships would form the nucleus of a new Eastern Fleet intended to deter Japanese aggression.
		Two days later, another destroyer, HMS Legion, was detached from a Gibraltar convoy to cover the Prince of Wales while Electra and Express refueled again from a tanker in Ponta del Garda in the Azores.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_electra_(h27).htm (3891 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Over To You - G to I (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Intrepid: Curious to know more about a ‘Fisgig’ (a form of harpoon), which is mounted on a polished wooded plinth and was presented to HMS Intrepid by HM Dockyard Portsmouth ‘to commemorate a successful combined op.
		He was at HMS Ganges as a boy sailor some time in the 1930s, and later was at the 2nd Battle of Narvik and the Bismarck hunt (possibly in HMS Foxhound).
		HMS Grove: Robert Palmers uncle, Douglas James Holdaway, was killed in action whilst serving on HMS Grove, sunk by a german U-Boat on June 12th 1942.
	www.navynews.co.uk /oty/otygtoi.asp (2977 words)

	HMS Gentian - Gentian Research Network
		The HMS Gentian was a Flower Class corvette built by the British Royal Navy during World War II.
		HMS Gentian only lasted 7 years before being scrapped at Purfleet on 21 August 1947.
		Below: Excerpt from a letter from Denis Davies, who served on HMS Gentian when he was 19 years old.
	gentian.rutgers.edu /HMSGentian.htm (1501 words)

	The Loss of the HMS Patroclus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Another Destroyer, the HMS Hesperus soon arrived and, between the two of them, all of the men were picked up.
		Ironically, Captain Donald MacIntyre, who commanded HMS Hesperus during the rescue of our men, was reassigned to the Destroyer HMS Walker and, in March 1941, depth-charged U-99 to the surface where Kretschmer and most of his crew surrendered.
		I took courses at HMS St. Vincent, a former boys residence that was converted into a school for training in the operation of torpedoes, and became a seaman torpedoman.
	barry-miles.tripod.com /joe.html (2843 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1942
		HMS Gurkha (ex HMS Larne) due to be part of a Malta convoy torpedoed by a U-boat.
		HMS Hasty despatched by HMS Hotspur after attack by aircraft.
		Cruiser HMS Nigeria torpedoed and forced to retire by the Italian submarine Axum.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW242Res.html (2272 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Havant class Destroyers
		These six Brazilian ships were requisitioned by the British government on 4 September 1939 and taken in hand by the Royal Navy.
		All ships were given British names beginning with H, although HMS Handy was renamed HMS Harvester on 27 Febuary 1940 for fear of the signal clash with HMS Hardy.
		HMS Hearty was renamed HMS Hesperus on the same date.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=19 (170 words)

	HMS Hesperus in 1/600 von Erik Schröder - modellmarine.de
		HMS Hesperus in 1/600 von Erik Schröder - modellmarine.de
		Die "HMS Hesperus" gehörte zur "Brazilian H-class", 6 Export-Zerstörern für Brasilien, die bei Beginn des 2.Weltkrieges auf britischen Werften im Bau waren, weitgehend der britischen H-Klasse entsprachen und praktisch sofort für die Royal Navy requiriert wurden.
		Ausrüstung, sowie Funk/Radar, Boote/Flöße und nicht verdeckte Aufbautenseiten sind auf Fotos der "Hesperus" selbst dokumentiert.
	www.modellmarine.de /phpwebsite/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=719&MMN_position=274:274 (996 words)

	Biographies: Commemorative Mission 60th Anniversary of Victory in Europe 1945-2005
		After a period of refresher training in England and shore duties at Belfast in Northern Ireland, Graham was posted to the destroyer HMS Hesperus.
		Hesperus was then transferred to Scotland for more convoy work, particularly in the North Sea as German submarines were now operating out of bases in Norway following the loss of French bases.
		In January 1945, Graham was posted to the newly commissioned frigate HMS Loch Shin as Group Anti-Submarine Officer.
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/2005/bio/bios_4.htm (2131 words)

	► why did the hesperus sink
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		HMS Thetis born and died on the River Mersey 1/6/39
	www.faq-site.com /faqs/44/why-did-the-hesperus-sink.html (346 words)

	KBismarck.com - The Story of the Torpedoing of the Bismarck
		The newest addition to the Royal Navy’s carrier force, HMS Victorious, having been commissioned on 15 May 1941 under Captain Henry C. Bovell, RN, was currently at Liverpool preparing for her shakedown cruise.
		HMS Victorious actually embarked 800Z Flight on 11 May. Eight days later, as she moved into the Clyde, 825 Squadron flew aboard.
		On 12 May, HMS Furious had departed Greenock under the protection of HMS London, and sailed for Gibraltar carrying 40 RAF Hurricane IIs and nine FAA Fulmar IIs of the new 800X Flight, the lot being destined for Malta.
	www.kbismarck.com /article2.html (8130 words)

	hesperus - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Hesperus : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
		Hesperus : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Phrases that include hesperus: wreck of the hesperus, hesperus is phosphorus, hms hesperus, mount hesperus, pipistrellus hesperus
	www.onelook.com /?w=hesperus (183 words)

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		On 9 July, most survivors were picked up by corvette HMS La Malouine but 16 crewmembers and three armed guards in another boat had been trapped in the ice for 53 hours and had been unable to get free.
		The survivors from the John Witherspoon had to abandon ship again & were picked up by trawler HMS Lord Austin & taken to Archangel 1942 - At 0526, the Hero with three escort vessels, was hit by two torpedoes from U-375.
		Earlier, Grand Turk had accompanied HMS Endurance carrying HM The Queen to inspect a fleet of over 200 vessels, including 170 warships from 40 nations that had gathered at Spithead.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/july/06Jul.txt (1369 words)

	Histofig - Le site du jeu d'Histoire
		It was decided some Swordfish of 812 Squadron that were ashore at Gibraltar due to the loss of the fleet carrier HMS ARK ROYAL should be transferred to her.
		The second thing in favor of HG76 was the presence of the 36th Escort Group under the command of the then Commander F.J. This officer had been an ASW expert between the wars, when this was an unfashionable branch of the service.
		The coffin was taken aboard HMS HESPERUS and he was buried at sea.
	www.histofig.com /naval/n_guerre_amiraute_articles_hg76.php (4192 words)

	HMS Patroclus (7.11.2005)
		Her distress messages brought the armed merchant cruisers HMS Laurentic (F 51) (Capt E.P. Vivian) and HMS Patroclus to the scene and the U-boat began a dramatic battle at 22.50 hours when the first torpedo struck the HMS Laurentic (F 51) from a distance of 1500 metres.
		In the meantime, HMS Patroclus began picking up survivors instead of participating in the fight against the U-boat and her lookouts did not see U-99 only 300 metres away.
		After that, U-99 was heavy attacked by the British destroyer HMS Hesperus (H 57) (LtCdr D.G.F.W. Macintyre) with depth charges, but the destroyer soon left the U-boat to pick up the survivors.
	www.warcovers.dk /greenland/amc_patroclus.htm (416 words)

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