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	Naval Prints , HMS Howe
		HMS Howe, was built by Fairfield and launched on the 9th of April 1940 the last of her class.
		HMS Howe leads Victorious and Implacable through the Malta Straits.
		HMS Howe by Ivan Berryman Depicted off Capetown with the distinctive skyline of Table Mountain providing the backdrop, the King George V class battleship HMS Howe and her destroyer escort began their journey home having visited New Zealand as well as South Africa following the end of hostilities in 1945.
	www.naval-art.com /howe.htm (403 words)

	HMS Hood Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The first HMS Hood, 80 was an Edgar class warship commissioned in 1859.
		The second HMS Hood was a Royal Sovereign class battleship built at Chatham, England and commissioned in 1891.
		Construction on Anson, Howe, and Rodney was stopped in March, 1917.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_hood.html (652 words)

	HMS Locust - HMS Mosquito - HMS Dragonfly - HMS Grasshopper - Royal Navy Gunboats
		H.M.S. Bideford was also saved from the beach at Dunkirk after being towed back home by the Locust; the Sloop Bideford had her stern blown off during a sustained air attack.
		HMS Locust, her sistership, was later sent back to destroy the wreck so as to avoid German salvage.
		HMS Dragonfly sank in the shallow waters of the Riau Archipelago (her wreck is still there and has become a dive site) and HMS Grasshopper, heavily damaged, managed to beach herself.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /locust/locust.htm (2419 words)

	12 May 1940
		At 1100 HMS Furious departed the Clyde to embark the aircraft.
		At 1300 HMS Glorious, now carrying the 18 RAF Hurricane's, puts to sea to bring aboard the six Walrus amphibians of the newly established 701 Squadron, which are also bound for Norway.
		One pair heads for HMS Penelope and her convoy, while three Skuas head off for Mo to cover the landing of the Scots Guards.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1940/05/12.htm (1582 words)

	Lord Howe Island Online Library
		In 1871, when Commander Challis visited the Island in HMS 'Rosario', the residents asked him to submit to the state governor their desire to 'have a long lease or absolute gift of the land they are cultivating'.
		This sketch of Lord Howe Island was drawn from memory by Dr. John Foulls in 1853.
		The Lord Howe Island Act, with its restrictive leasehold land tenure cramped by a multitude of stringent conditions, was swept through Parliament.
	www.lordhoweisland.info /environ/land.html (1647 words)

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		The present HMS Collingwood, at Fareham, was built as a New Entry Training Establishment for hostilities only ratings of the Seaman Branch on 197 acres of farming land compulsorily purchased in 1939 for £7,290.
		HMS Collingwood was bombed in the following year during ceremonial divisions and as a result of the casualties suffered; such divisions were banned throughout the Navy for the rest of the war.
		HMS Ariel was the Fleet Air Arm centre at Warrington and when HMS Vernon was bombed and evacuated much of the electrical training was transferred to HMS Marlborough.
	www.hmscollingwoodofficersassociation.co.uk /thegreenie/chapter23.htm (6394 words)

	HMS Hood
		The second HMS Hood was a Royal Sovereign class battleship built at Chatham, England and commisioned in 1891.
		The most recent HMS Hood was a battlecruiser.
		This was known as the Cruise of the Special Service Squadron[?] and it was estimated that 750 000 people visited Hood during it.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMS_Hood.html (647 words)

	HMS Hood
		HMS Hood took part in the bombardment of Mers-el-Kibir on the 3rd July 1940.
		HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s.
		HMS Hood During the Fleet Review of 1935 by Ivan Berryman Fully dressed and resplendent, HMS Hood is pictured preparing for King George Vs review of the Fleet in July 1935 as other capital ships take up their positions around her.
	www.naval-art.com /hood.htm (2775 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003e Surface vessels (1920-1939) > Battleships - Super Dreadnoughts > ...
		Built at the Swan Hunter shipyard in Wallsend and launched in 1940, the ship was originally to be named Jellicoe, after the Grand Fleet commander at the Battle of Jutland, but she was renamed Anson in February 1940.
		HMS Duke of York was a King George V class battleship of the Royal Navy, and the second of the name, the predecessor having been a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1766.
		HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/Newspaper/index.php?cat=1077 (2167 words)

	The Howe Laboratory
		Howe endowed the laboratory, negotiated with Dean David Edsall of Harvard Medical School for matching funds from the General Research Fund of the Rockefeller Foundation and the Artemus Ward Fund, and left additional funds for the laboratory upon his death in late 1928.
		In line with Howe's original mission, the research faculty of the Howe Laboratory seeks the knowledge that will allow us to understand the molecular bases of ocular diseases.
		Currently, the Howe faculty is comprised of 9 principal investigators.
	www.howelaboratory.harvard.edu (338 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Society : Military : Naval : Battleships
		National pride in the early 20th century was largely based on how many of these ships a navy had, and details were published in the newspapers for the public to avidly follow; the naval arms race which Dreadnought sparked, especially between Britain and the young German empire, was to create powerful shockwaves.
		At the Battle of Taranto in November 1940, Swordfish airplanes from HMS Illustrious attacked the Italian fleet at their base at Taranto.
		The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and its battlecruiser escort HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers while in defence of Malaya (Malaysia and Singapore).
	directopedia.org /directory/Society-Military/Naval-Battleships.shtml (5890 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - Biography of Fred Hard
		In January 1940, Fred was finally commissioned as Boatswain and was promptly appointed to serve on H.M.S. Challenger; a survey ship.
		In January 1947, Fred was appointed to H.M.S. Howe (battleship) as an instructional officer.
		Early in 1953, Fred returned to England and was appointed to a larger tug, the H.M.S. Warden which had a length of 208 ft, a beam of 36 feet and a draft of 16 feet.
	www.hmshood.com /crew/biography/fredhard_bio.htm (2279 words)

	HMS Prince of Wales
		HMS Prince of Wales, was built by Cammell Laird and launched on the 3rd May 1939.
		HMS Prince of Wales is shown firing on the Bismarck and in the background a huge fl cloud is all that is left of HMS Hood.
		Wearing her unusual fl and white disruptive colour scheme, HMS Repulse is pictured as part of Force Z in company with HMS Prince of Wales and the destroyer Vampire.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_prince_of_wales.htm (1098 words)

	British Battleships
		HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s.
		HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland.
		Launched in January 1915, the Revenge-class battleship HMS Resolution was to enjoy a 33 year career during which she served in the Atlantic, home and Eastern Fleets as well as serving repeated spells in the Mediterranean, being both bombed and torpedoed along the way.
	www.military-art.com /rn_battleships.htm (2857 words)

	Wikinfo \| Royal Navy
		Between 1692 and 1940 the Royal Navy was the strongest navy in the world with almost uncontested power over the world's oceans.
		In that time, the Royal Navy suffered only one major defeat, the Battle of the Chesapeake against France in 1781, and was able to defeat all challengers, as at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 where a combined Spanish and French fleet was decisivly beaten.
		HMS Conqueror- the nuclear attack submarine which was responsible for the infamous sinking of the General Belgrano during the Falklands War.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Royal_Navy (1839 words)

	Roll of Honour - Ships - HMS Cape Howe
		HMS Cape Howe was a World War 2 "Q" Ship.
		She was sunk by U-28 on 21st June 1940 with heavy loss of life off the South-West Approaches.
		S.S. Cape Howe was purchased by Lyle Shipping Company on 7th February 1934, being originally built in 1930 as S.S. Knight Almoner - Pardoe-Thomas and Co. Ltd.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Ships/HMSCapeHowe.html (651 words)

	HMS HOWE - Find Friends from HMS HOWE at Forces Reunited
		John Martyn was at HMS Howe between 1943 and 1946.
		Albert Newton was at HMS Howe between 1943 and 1946.
		Gerald White was at HMS Howe between 1942 and 1950.
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/MarinesNames/HMS-Howe.html (239 words)

	HMS Mauritius - The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns
		H.M.S. Mauritius was commissioned by Captain L. Curzon-Howe, M.V.O., late in 1940.
		The local papers of December the 2nd heralded in large type the arrival of HMS Prince of Wales and Repulse, with four destroyers, and within a few days we were busily working on our 0.5-inch machine guns and so were ready for the Japanese air attack on the 8th.
		There was for a time considerable doubt about how things were going.by enemy surface craft or U-boats, and the few brief air-raid warnings never materialised into a threat.
	home.swipnet.se /ew-11578/hms_mauritius.htm (3217 words)

	Military Prints , HMS Barham
		She took part in the Bombardment of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir in July 1940 and the Battle of Cape Matapan in march 1941, also at the Bombardment of Bardia and Tripoli.
		During the daylight fighting HMS Barham, under Rear Admiral Evan-Thomas, lead the 5th Battle Squadron (Valiant, Warspite and Malaya) and is seen here at 4.50pm exchanging with Hippers battle-cruisers to the south.
		HMS Barham with HMS Eagle in Valetta Harbour in Malta during the 1930s by Ivan Berryman.
	www.naval-art.com /barham.htm (966 words)

	HMS Howe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Howe, launched 1860, was a 121-gun ship of the line, renamed Bulwark, and then renamed Impregnable in 1886.
		Howe, a proposed Admiral-class battlecruiser, was laid down in 1916 and cancelled in 1917.
		Howe, launched 1940, was a King George V-class battleship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Howe (132 words)

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		Early in the morning HMS Renown is in action with the two battlecruisers to the west of Vestfjord.
		1940 - Clarence Decatur C. Howe 1886-1960 appointed Minister of Munitions and Supply; phases out War Supply Board 1940 - Destroyer HMS Gurkha participated in the very first moves of the Norwegian Campaign sailing with Afridi and a force of cruisers and destroyers from Rosyth, England on 7/8th April 1940.
		The aircraft carrier's badge can still be seen proudly displayed on the side of the Selborne drydock wall 1942 - Corvette HMS Hollyhock was bombed and sunk by Japanese carrier aircraft east of Ceylon on 9th April 1942 1942 - Destroyer HMS Lance Sunk by aircraft bombs at Malta.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/april/09Apr.txt (2333 words)

	Force Z - Sim-Outhouse Forums
		HMS Repulse was built at Clydebank by John Brown, and launched on 8th January 1916.
		She was at Singapore in October 1941, but was sunk off Malaya, (along with HMS Repulse) by Japanese Torpedo Aircraft on the 10th December 1941.
		HMS Anson, was built by Swan Hunter, and launched on the 24th February 1940, She spent most of her time in the Home Fleet on Convoy Duty on the Murmansk Convoy Route.
	www.sim-outhouse.com /sohforums/showthread.php?t=8107 (1003 words)

	Royal Navy
		The Napoleonic campaigns of the navy have been the subject of many novels including Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey, C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower, Alexander Kent's Richard Bolitho.
		HMS (acronym) = Her (or His) Majesty's Ship
		HMS Beagle - carried Charles Darwin on his voyage.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/r/ro/royal_navy.html (623 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: Crew Information - Biography of Robert "Bob" E. Tilburn
		Bob Tilburn, or "Lofty" as he was known to some of his shipmates, was one of the three survivors of the sinking of H.M.S. Hood.
		Following this there was a return to Victory for a year then a further sea draft to H.M.S. Warrior which was used to carry supplies to the Far East in support of the Korean War.
		He was a quiet gentleman who enjoyed holidays abroad in the sun, although one of his favourite places was Whitby on the north east coast, where he retained a love of the sea.
	www.hmshood.com /crew/biography/bobtilburn_bio.htm (1336 words)

	info on Battleship HMS Warspite
		at the battle of Narvik in April 1940 HMS Warspite to part in the Battle of cape Matapan and in May 1941 took part in the battle of Crete, where is sustained damage by a heavy bomb hit.
		HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth at Alexandria by Ivan Berryman.
		She is shown in company with HMS Royal Sovereign in the Mediterranean in May 1940 when she was Fleet Flag.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_warspite.htm (585 words)

	NAVAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHIES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Goodrich, C. "Howe and D'Estaing: A Study in Coast Defense." Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, 22 (1896), pp.
		Ford, Worthington C. "Parliament and the Howes." Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, 44 (November 1910), pp.
		General Sir William Howe's Orderly Book at Charlestown, Boston and Halifax June 17, 1775 to 1776 26 May; to which is added the official abridgement of General Howe's correspondence with the English Government during the siege of Boston, and some military returns and now first printed from the original manuscripts.
	www.hmsrichmond.org /biblio.htm (3228 words)

	HMS Cheviot - Phil Huntly
		Slow production of twin 4.7inch gun mountings and the availability of a new 4.5inch gun with semi-automatic firing, brought about the instillation of these and with a slightly smaller hull, the C class destroyer and in particular the CH group and HMS Cheviot was born.
		Two vessels of this class were launched in 1944 by the Clyde yard of Stephen and Sons Ltd, HMS Chevron and the Cheviot (2/5/44).
		For 11 years the ship was at Hebburn while unsuccessful attempts were made to fund her as a museum vessel.
	www.coquetdale.net /articles/hmscheviot/hmscheviot.html (795 words)

	HMS Howe, Royal Navy Battleship
		HMS Howe a King George V class battleship.
		Royal Navy battleship HMS Howe is shown at Capetown, South Africa with the impressive backdrop of Table Mountain.
		This naval art print by Ivan Berryman of HMS Howe is published by Cranston Fine Arts, the naval and military prints company.
	www.military-art.com /dhm1110.htm (552 words)

	HMS Ganges Association Noticeboard - April 2004
		This book includes the first full account of the operation of a World War II Q ship and is therefore a significant contribution to the history of the war at sea.
		HMS Cape Howe was sunk by U-28 on 21 June, 1940 with heavy loss of life, including that of Henry, who is commemorated on Plymouth Naval Memorial.
		Includes photographs of the actual sinking of HMS Cape Howe as well as extracts from the log of U-28.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /apr04.html (380 words)

	USS Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group
		WASP's single action of war was in October 1812 when she engaged HMS FROLIC in battle, firing from a distance of 50-60 yards.
		The fifth WASP was a ship-rigged sloop-of-war constructed in 1813 and commissioned in early 1814, WASP was put to sea on May1, 1814 for a war cruise to the western approach of the English Channel.
		She was commissioned in April 1940 and spent the next two years in the Atlantic area, taking part in exercises, Neutrality enforcement, "short of war" operations and early World War II tasks.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lhd-1.htm (2046 words)

	HMS Howe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Battleship website dedicated to the history of HMS Howe from its launch to its participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of HMS Howe.
		HMS Howe, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Howe.
		My Husband joined Howe as a 16 year old in 1943 and was on her until after the war ended and eventually went into the Submarine Branch.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /howe.htm (2113 words)

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