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	USS Hornet (1805, brig) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third USS Hornet was a brig-rigged sloop of war in the United States Navy.
		Hornet was launched on 28 July 1805 in Baltimore and commissioned on 18 October.
		Hornet assisted in the blockade of HMS Bonne Citoyenne in the harbor at Salvador, Brazil and sank HMS Peacock (18) on 24 February 1813.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Hornet_(1805,_brig) (249 words)

	War of 1812 at Sea -- USS Hornet sinks HMS Peacock, 24 February 1813
		Hornet (Master Commandant James Lawrence) had been cruising the Atlantic for nearly four months, sometimes in company with the big frigate Constitution, but by herself since early January.
		Hornet's gunnery was so much more effective that Peacock surrendered within fifteen minutes, having lost her commanding officer and seven men killed or mortally wounded.
		Hornet, which had suffered one fatality among her crew, took aboard Peacock's survivors (except for a few who escaped to shore) and quickly repaired her own damages.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/war1812/atsea/hnt-peck.htm (496 words)

	Hornet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespids by the width of the vertex (part of the head behind the eyes), which is proportionally larger in Vespa; and by the anteriorly rounded gasters (the section of the abdomen behind the wasp waist).
		Hornets are often (although wrongly) thought to be very aggressive and dangerous, and are much feared by some people.
		Deserved or not, the hornet's reputation has inspired the naming of a number of ships, including ten named HMS Hornet (Royal Navy) and eight USS Hornet (US Navy), as well as the F/A-18 Hornet aircraft and the Glasflügel H206 glider.
	www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Hornet (964 words)

	HMS Hornet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ten vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet.
		Hornet (1893), a destroyer launched in 1893 and broken up in 1909.
		Hornet (1911), a destroyer launched in 1911 and broken up in 1921.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Hornet (103 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Hornet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USS Hornet and Wasp were two blue-water fighting vessels ordered by Congress in the midst of President Thomas Jefferson's "gunboat navy" building program at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
		Under command of Commandant Isaac Chauncey, Hornet was assigned to the Mediterranean Squadron in 1806-7, after which she was decommissioned at Charleston, South Carolina.
		Lawrence "ran him close on board on the starboard quarter, and kept up such a heavy and well directed fire, that in less than 15 minutes she surrendered (being literally cut to pieces)." In recognition of this decisive action, Lawrence was given command of the frigate USS Chesapeake.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_046300_usshornet1.htm (449 words)

	Gunwharf Keys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Vernon — now Gunwharf Quays — was one of several local naval bases that were used for the D-Day preparations in 1944.
		HMS Vernon was the Royal Navy’s base for issuing large naval guns and similar weapons.
		HMS Vernon was also used to provide moorings for motor torpedo boats for which there was no room at HMS Hornet, in Haslar Creek.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /maybrian/Gunwharf.htm (233 words)

	USS Lexington
		HMS Roebuck and and Liverpool chased Lexington for 8 hours and came close enough to exchange fire with the American ship before Barry managed to elude his pursuers and reach Philadelphia safely.
		HMS Liverpool stood off the Delaware Capes preventing the American ships from escaping to sea.
		On 28 June Pennsylvania's brig Nancy arrived in the area with 386 barrels of powder in her hold and ran aground while attempting to elude British blockaders Kingfl,her and Orpheu'.
	www.multied.com /NAVY/Brigatines/lexington.html (779 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		Background 2.1 The Hornet Sailing Centre at Gosport was developed on the site of the old HMS Hornet the principle base for Coastal Forces during and after the Second World War.
		3.2 The display will include the history of HMS Hornet, illustrate the types of craft and the extent of the operations including the raids on St. Nazaire and Dieppe, the Channel Dash of the Sharnhorst and the Gneisenau, the landing of agents in occupied Europe and the D-Day landing.
		Conclusion 4.1 Since the Trust was founded in 1995 the County Council has supported the Trust in its efforts by giving a financial contribution to the total cost of £10,000 towards the publication of fund raising literature and for the preservation of historic craft.
	www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c27157.html (470 words)

	HMS Hornet -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ten vessels of the British (additional info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet.
		Hornet (1893), a (A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) destroyer launched in 1893 and broken up in 1909.
		Hornet (1911), a (A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) destroyer launched in 1911 and broken up in 1921.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_hornet2.htm (79 words)

	Bellrock.org.uk : Misc
		In the summer of 1970, the team (which included local divers from Arbroath) found the massive propellors of the HMS Argyll, the only ship to fall foul of the Bell Rock since the Lighthouse was built in 1811.
		Such was the need for secrecy about naval losses during the war that the demise of ARGYLL was barely made public at the time, and the drama that engulfed her crew and the lighthouse keepers that night was never brought to light.
		HMS JACKALL succeeded in getting the lifeboats in her lee and picked up the remaining survivors.
	www.bellrock.org.uk /misc/misc_argyll.htm (2017 words)

	Gallery
		HMS Ark Royal, Airfix 1:600 Scale - This is the
		HMS Furious, Aircraft Carrier 1918 - A carrier with an island in the middle of the flight deck.
		HMS Ark Royal, #2, #3, #4 by Dave Humphreys of North Wales, UK.
	www.steelnavy.com /gallery_aircraft_carriers.htm (3070 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Calling Old Shipmates - G to I
		HMS Intrepid 1943: Albert Poulter is trying to contact any of his shipmates who survived the sinking of Intrepid by German Ju88 bombers on September 26-27 in the Port Lakki, island of Leros in the Dodecanese.
		HMS Intrepid: Trying to contact shipmates that are survivors of the sinking of HMS Intrepid by German Ju88 bombers on September 26-27, 1943, in the Port Lakki Island of Leros in the Dodecanese.
		HMS Hornet (Coastal Forces Base, Gosport): Were you shipmates of Edwin Varta (aka Marra), a stoker at Hornet and on MTBÕs 764 and 5007 between 1944-6, also ML 165 engaged on Air Sea Rescue.
	www.navynews.co.uk /cos/cosgtoi.asp (3341 words)

	War of 1812 at Sea -- USS Hornet captures HMS Penguin, 23 March 1815
		Thus, in the late morning of 23 March 1815, when the U.S. Sloop of War Hornet (Master Commandant James Biddle) sighted the British brig-sloop Penguin (of similar size and force) off Tristan d'Acunha island in the south Atlantic, neither vessel was aware that their two nations were now at peace.
		Hornet and Peacock remained in the vicinity for about three more weeks, then sailed for the East Indies, still unaware that the war was over.
		Hornet, however, had thrown overboard her spare spars, boats, nearly all of her guns and ammunition and much other equipment and supplies.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/war1812/atsea/hnt-peng.htm (593 words)

	St Vincent College: Maritime Heritage site
		HMS Victory was the flagship of Admiral Sir John Jervis at the Battle of St Vincent.
		HMS Warrior is the Royal Navy's first and last iron hulled battleship.
		HMS Warrior provides a unique glimpse of life in the Victorian navy - a navy in transition, moving from the age of sail to iron and steam.
	www.stvincent.ac.uk /heritage.html (498 words)

	Naval - Paul M. Pidcock - genealogy,photography,naval,hockey
		On 2 May, she was under tow back to the Kola Inlet, when she was attacked by three German destroyers and was hit by one torpedo from Z-24.
		She was scuttled by a coup de grâce from HMS Foresight (H 68) in 71°51N/35°10E.
		Hornet, it must have been around the 7th of December, one evening we got the news that Pearl Habour had been attcked.
	www.anapid.com /naval.htm (3644 words)

	RHS BRONZE CITATIONS 1914
		On the 2nd January 1914, a seaman belonging to HMS Cadmus fell from a boat in the river at Shanghai.
		On the 28th December 1913, a boat belonging to HMS Newcastle having on board Parnell and Leonard Stace was capsized in the harbour at Wei-hai-wei, the nearest help being about a mile away.
		On the 19th January 1914, a seaman belonging to HMS Brisk accidentally fell from a boat at Saltash, the night being dark and cold.
	www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~tamarnet/bronz14s.htm (4821 words)

	Havock_class_destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Havock and Hornet, the two Havock-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in 1893, were the first torpedo boat destroyers.
		However, her bow torpedo tube proved to be useless as the ship would usually outrun her own torpedo.
		Havock and Hornet did not survive to see World War I, being broken up in 1912 and 1909 respectively.
	www.freecaviar.com /search.php?title=Havock_class_destroyer (233 words)

	Wrens
		LINDLEY (Taylor) Hilda.Served at HMS Marshal Soult at Portsmouth Dockyard from 1944 to 1946.
		I next went to HMS Merganser and was attached to a Barracuda squadron(!) Rattray closed down and everything was transferred to Lossiemouth where no Wrens were going so I went to Nuthatch, Anthorn until 1949 when I married CERA (subsequently one of the first Fleet Chiefs) Bill/Tom Quaye.
		SCOFFIN (Kelson) Maureen 124394 HMS Dauntless Ajax Div 212.
	ca.geocities.com /jennywren1953/WRENS.htm (11290 words)

	Chesapeake and Shannon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Philip Vere Broke RN of HMS SHANNON was about 4 years older than the American and had held post rank since 1801.
		I had the pleasure of seeing the US frigate CHESAPEAKE (whom we had long been waching) was coming out of the harbour to engage the SHANNON; I took a position between Cape Ann and Cape Cod and then hove-to for him to join us.
		SHANNON had 276 officers, seamen and marines; 8 recaptured seamen; 22 Irish labourers, of whom only four could speak English, and 24 boys, about 13 of whom were under twelve years of age.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /ches.htm (1543 words)

	Alfred Yarrow
		After serving an apprenticeship in Stepney, he opening a yard - Yarrow & Hedley (a partnership) - at Folly Wall, Poplar on the Isle of Dogs in 1865 to build steam river launches.
		He then (c.1871) ventured into military vessels, building torpedo boats (for the Argentine and Japanese navies, among other customers) and then (c.1892) destroyers (HMS Havock and HMS Hornet).
		By this time, the Hedley partnership had been dissolved (1875), and the company was known as Yarrow & Co, and around 1898 moved out of Folly shipyard to the nearby London Yard.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alfred_yarrow.html (285 words)

	Broadsides 1776-War at Sea During the American Revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They arrived at the Nore on October the 12th and there she was - HM Sloop of War Hornet of 18 guns, surrounded by water hoys and bumboats as she took on the provisions she would need for her next voyage.
		The challenge, issued by Jackson, no doubt, the reply - "HORNET!" that told the men aboard that their new lord and master was in the boat, and then it was time to hook onto the main chains and begin the climb up the side, holding onto the side ropes to keep his balance.
		HMS Hornet and her fellows had been two weeks at sea and they were less than halfway to their first stopping point at Gibraltar, held up by contrary winds and sometimes no wind at all.
	www.broadsides1776.net /fanfic001.htm (17235 words)

	Royal Navy
		They left very much impress with the way we are looking after this famous Lady and with the morale and professionalism of her crew.
		The Operation Telic medal been presented by the Commanding Officer to members of the Ships Company and an application made for HMS Ark Royal to be awarded the Battle Honour for Her part the Iraq liberation conflict.
		As we now move into the Christmas period, our focus changes to our families and friends who with their support we are able to keep HMS Ark Royal alive.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=7968 (368 words)

	Inadee Sailing Info +...
		This site is set up to provide links of interest which includes weather conditions at sea, Hornet Sailing Club information, pages of interest to Westerly Fulmar yacht owners, for members of the fun loving 'Duck Club' and includes a personal profile of the author.
		The Links of Interest are split into groups which attempt to make navigation easier for those looking for only weather conditions in the English Channel or at sea, software update, sailing or travel information where you can link to flight arrivals and departure time.
		Hornet Sailing Club is split into a Newsletter, the all important current Social Programme and a brief History of the club from when it started after the closure of HMS Hornet, the formation of the Joint Services Adventurous Sailing Training Centre (JSASTC) and the close association with HMS Dolphin.
	www.btinternet.com /~inadee (291 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Havock was, according to "The First Destroyers", David Lyon, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1996, one of the first TBDs.
		It was built by Yarrow and launched in 1894 along with HMS Hornet.
		Subject: HMS Inflexible 1915 The british battlecruiser INFLEXIBLE wore a camouflage pattern during her time in the Mediterranean in early 1915.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL0870.txt (2928 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - USS Peacock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Named to commemorate the victory of USS Hornet over HMS Peacock, on February 24, 1813, USS Peacock departed for the southeastern United States in March 1814.
		While cruising off Cape Canaveral on April 29, she encountered the eighteen-gun HMS Epervier and a merchant ship bound from Havana to Bermuda.
		She fought the British brig for forty-five minutes before Commander Richard Wade, RN, was forced to strike.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_069400_usspeacock.htm (354 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		The Trust is convinced that as the buildings are listed DERA will eventually be in a position to lease the site to the Trust, but not in the immediate future.
		The Trust is planning to set up a heritage display to the memory of Coastal Forces in HMS Hornet, Gosport, where the Coastal Forces Memorial is situated.
		The Trust has asked the Policy and Resources Grants Panel for financial support for the display in HMS Hornet.
	www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c26782.html (545 words)

	The Steam and the Flame
		HMF HORNET: HMS Hornet surveys the battle and supports the British/CSA advance.
		HMF HORNET CLOSE UP: Close up view of the Hornet during the battle for Station No. VI.
		HMS Hornet is disembarking the Parhoon rifles on the bridge.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~beattie/steam.html (510 words)

	Houghton Mifflin Electronic Publishing - Ships Of The World by Lincoln P. Paine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		It soon transpired that they were in fact HMS Africa (64 guns), the frigates Shannon, Guerriere (38s), Belvedira (36), and Aeolus (32), and the recently captured U.S. brig, Nautilus (12), under command of Captain Sir Philip Broke.
		En route to join USS Essex and Hornet in the South Pacific, on December 29, 1812, Constitution was off the coast of Brazil in 13 minutes six minutes South, 31 degrees West, when she encountered HMS Java (38 guns) under Captain Henry Lambert.
		She forced both ships to strike and both ships were taken as prizes, though Levant was recaptured by a British squadron on March 11.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /epub/ships.shtml (1370 words)

	Bold Class Fast Attack Craft (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As MTBs they were armed with a single 40mm Bofor gun and four 21-inch torpedoes, while as MGBs they were fitted with a single 40mm Bofor gun and two 4.5-inch guns.
		Originally both vessels were based at HMS Hornet, Gosport.
		However in 1956 Coastal Forces was disbanded and Hornet decommissioned.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Patrol/bold.htm (260 words)

	"Arrowsmith" List of Pendant Numbers - part 3
		H 10 [HMS Archer Di/cl, B:YG, L:21/10/11, (H10:06/12/14), see-(H29:01/09/15)]
		H 49 [HMS Hornet Di/cl, B:JB, L:20/12/11, (H49:06/12/14), see-(H42:01/01/18)]
		H 08 [HMS Hornet ex-(H42) (1919), s:09/05/21, Ward, Rainham]
	www.gwpda.org /naval/s0440000.htm (445 words)

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