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  Halcyon class minesweeper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Leda was torpedoed and sunk in the Greenland Sea on 29th September, 1942 while escorting Convoy QP-14.
HMS Hebe and HMS Speedy served in the Mediterranean as part of the 14th/17th Minesweeper Flotilla based in Malta.
HMS Salamander was badly damaged astern in the same incident and she was eventually scrapped without repair.
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 HMS Hussar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The first Hussar was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1757 and captured by the French in 1762 after running aground off Cuba.
The sixth Hussar was a 14-gun sloop, originally the French privateer Hussard, captured in 1798 and sold 1800.
The eighth Hussar was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched 1807 and destroyed in 1861 while being used as a target.
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 HMS Hussar Halcyon Class Minesweeper
HUSSAR refitted at Sheerness in March/April 1937 prior to exercising at Portland and in the Clyde in April to July.
HUSSAR was sent down to Hartlepool on 15 December to (belatedly) 'arcticise' until early February 1942 (this entailed lagging, and the provision of ice-chipping tools and extra high pressure hoses).
HUSSAR was near-missed by bombs during an enemy air raid on Murmansk on the night of 16 March.
www.halcyon-class.co.uk /hussar/hms_hussar.htm   (2136 words)

  
 HMS Hussar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
The first Hussar was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1757 and captured by the French in 1762 after runningaground off Cuba.
The eighth Hussar was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched 1807 and destroyed in 1861 while being used as atarget.
The tenth Hussar was a minesweeper launched in 1934 and accidentallysunk in 1944 off Normandy by Americanaircraft.
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 Greater Astoria Historical Society - Events
The story of the HMS Hussar was the subject of his lecture at the Astoria Historical Society on Monday night.
The Hussar also met up with other British frigates that were pillaging the seas; however, these other ships having been commissioned into battle, discharged their confiscated treasures to the Hussar.
Governali said he was able to approximate the resting place of the Hussar using by transposing the ancient map on a more current map and then continuing that process with increasingly more current maps until he was able to locate the proximity of the frigate on a modern day map.
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 HMS Hussar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
HMS Hussar was built by Devonport Dockyard,launched 3/7/1894.
HMS Hussar was a Halcyon class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy.
In 1907 HMS Hussar had her armament removed and was converted to become the yacht and despatch vessel for the Royal Navy's Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean.
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 HMS HUSSAR.COM history
In the chaos, Hussar was attacked by, and bravely defeated two French frigates.
The Hussar, along with her spoils of war and its prisoners, was escorted by several other vessels to New York City.
New York, composed primarily of Loyalists, was a central hub for supplying the Queen's forces in the east and served as a central command post for the British war effort.
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 Channel Diving | Fe'Camp and the Isle of Wight
These could include two British minesweepers HMS Britomart and HMS Hussar, both sunk on the same day whilst minesweeping off Cap D'antifer, mistaken for the enemy by British rocket firing Typhoon planes, they were sent to the bottom and now lie at a depth of 33 metres.
Another, in 34mtrs is HMS Eden, a 1st World War destroyer, sunk in collision on 16th June 1916.
The merchantman Ikaria, was en-route to the battle of the Somme, when she struck a mine and sank 4 miles off shore, she stands some 15mtrs high in a depth of 25mtrs.
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 Untitled Document
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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 Hms hussar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 HMS Vengeance through the ages
Vengeance was a 28 gun Frigate which was captured from the French by HMS.
Hussar in February 1758, in a single ship engagement off The Lizard, Cornwall.
She was bought for the Royal Navy and commissioned as a 6th Rate.
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 New Jersey Scuba Diver - Dive Sites - Treasure Wrecks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Hussars were light cavalry units of the period, known for their colorful and showy uniforms.
Pole was unable to run her aground and she sank in 16 fathoms (29 m) of water.
Submarine pioneer Simon Lake spent his later years and much of his fortune vainly searching for the wreck of the HMS Hussar in the 1930s.
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 HUSSAR - Respiros-Web
HUSSAR, originally the name of a soldier belonging to a corps of light horse raised by...
The Hungarian lance is the prototype of the Polish hussar?s lance.
Hussar Games was formed in 2004 by 3 members, currently we have 7 people.
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 SINKING OF HMS BRITOMART AND HMS HUSSAR BY FRIENDLY FIRE
The order to slip the Double L sweep had been given and was quickly executed to give the ship greater freedom to manoeuvre, she increased speed to full and began to zig‑zag.
She was then instructed to sink BRITOMART and HUSSAR, both of whom had sunk by the stern but still floated with their bows in the air.
The Commanding Officer of HMS JASON refers particularly in his report to the calmness and order in HMS SALAMANDER after her stern had been blown off and states that she was taken in tow in ten minutes.
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 THE BRONX MALL Cultural Mosaic - The Hidden Treasures Of The Bronx
Governali said a dive in mid-December recovered various planks from the HMS Hussar and a ballast that Governali said was likely from the ship.
The HMS Hussar was a British frigate carrying more than $100 million worth of gold, said to be used for the payment of British troops during the Revolutionary War, when it ran aground on a rock just off Port Morris in November 1780.
According to Governali, the British military managed to pull the ship close to shore to allow for the unloading of valuable cargo, but some records indicate that a violent storm pushed the ship out into the channel to deep and treacherous waters, leaving the gold beyond the reach of 18th century dive technology.
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 Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
HMS Prince of Wales lost in action in December 1941.
The only one of her type built, HMS Bristol was commissioned in 1973 and withdrawn from service in 1991.
HMS Invincible was 'mothballed' in 2005, pending the construction of two new carriers for the Navy.
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 Husar - Structural and Functional Genomics :: Molecular Biophysics :: HUSAR Bioinformatics Lab. Quick Start. HUSAR ...
The first Hussar was a 28-gun 6th rate The second Hussar was a 28-gun 6th rate launched in 1763.
This is the Official Website of the HMS Hussar, british frigate/privateer that sank on November 23, 1780 in Hell Gate off the Bronx Coastline.
HUSSAR, the British frigate of War that sank in the East River at Hell Gate on the American Revolution where the Hussar, part of a fleet of ships.
www.destarter.com /hussar/husar.html   (630 words)

  
 SS River Clyde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
However, the plan failed and the River Clyde, lying under the guns of the Turkish defenders, became a death trap.
For the landing, the River Clyde was commanded by Commander Edward Unwin, a former merchant seaman and Royal Navy officer who had returned from retirement at the start of the war to command the destroyer, HMS Hussar in the Mediterranean.
Tisdall was killed on May 6 when the Hood Battalion, RND, made its advance along Kanli Dere during the Second Battle of Krithia.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-SS_River_Clyde.html   (757 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Halcyon class Minesweepers
HMS Hussar (J 82) (lost 27 Aug, 1944)
HMS Gossamer (J 63) (lost 24 Jun, 1942)
HMS Hebe (J 24) (lost 22 Nov, 1943)
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The boat became the British submarine HMS Graph on 19 Sept 1941.
HMS Egret, the name ship of her class of sloops, was hit and sunk, the first kill by the HS-293 weapon.
HM ships Grenville, the flotilla leader for the U-class fleet destroyers, Rother & Jed, both River-class frigates, were undamaged in the engagement 1944 - USS Stingray lands men and supplies on Luzon, Philippines to support guerilla operations against the Japanese 1944 - Escort carrier HMS Nabob made port under her own power.
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 More Maritime Disasters of WWII 1944, 1945
Royal Navy sloop of 1,250 tons, built at the Cammell Laird yard at Birkenhead, was escorting the aircraft carriers HMS Vindex and HMS Striker, which in turn were escorting a large 34 ship convoy JW-59 to Northern Russia when the convoy was sighted in the Barents Sea by German aircraft.
During the action, HMS Kite was hit by two torpedoes from the U-344 and sank with the loss of ten officers and 207 ratings.
The 1st Flotilla, led by HMS Jason and including the Britomart, Hussar, Salamander and the trawler Colsay, began their fifth day of minesweeping on Sunday, 27th of August, 1944.
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 History : HMS Vengeance : Ballistic Subs (SSBN) : Submarine Service : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
The first, a 6th Rate 28-gun frigate, was captured by HMS Hussar from the French, off the Lizard in February 1758.
The Seventh HMS Vengeance undergoing sea trial, early 1945. The second HMS Vengeance, a 3rd Rate 74-gun frigate was commissioned at Rotherhithe in June 1774.
The fourth HMS Vengeance, a 4th Rate 50-gun, was another French capture, this time by Seine in the Mona Passage on the 20th August 1800.
www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server/show/nav.2424   (557 words)

  
 SS River Clyde   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
For the landing, the River Clyde was commanded by Commander Edward Unwin, a former merchant seaman and Royal Navy officer who had returned from retirement at the start of the war to command the torpedo gunboat, HMS Hussar, in the Mediterranean.
Tisdall was killed on May 6 when the 6th (Hood) Battalion of the RND, made its advance along Kanli Dere during the Second Battle of Krithia.
After the Helles beachhead was established, V Beach became the base for the French contingent and the River Clyde remained beached as a dock and breakwater.
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 WW II Awards for RN Minesweeping
Minesweeping - MID awarded for consistent zeal, courage and good seamanship whilst serving in HM 104th and 31st Minesweeping Flotilla and the 159th Trawler Group and in HMCS Blairmore in arduous operations along the coasts of Southern England and Northern France.
Minesweeping - MID awarded for bravery and skill while serving in HM Ships Alafoss, Sidmouth, Bridlington, Blackpool, Bangor, Eastbourne, Sargasso, Dhoon, Loch Levan, lowther, Welbeck, Star of Orkney, Epine, Feasible, Miranda, Loch Eribol, Welsbach and William Bell while these ships were employed on the hazardous duties of keeping the seas clear of mines.
Minesweeping - MID awarded for courage, efficiency and devotion to duty in the establishment of navigational aids in the approaches to the Rangoon river, in minesweeping and in the survey of the river prior to the assault on the city, May 1945.
www.mcdoa.org.uk /ww_ii_awards_for_rn_minesweeping_B.htm   (2882 words)

  
 Marine Listing2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
Her served on HMS Aboukir from 6th November 1906 to 14th November 1906, and HMS Irresistible from 27th November 1906 until his death on 4th December 1907.
HMS Ramillies was off Gozo preparing to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making ladders ready to hoist out and Sergeant Charles Young was thrown overboard.
HMS Ramillies was off Gozo preparing to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making ladders ready to hoist out and he was thrown overboard.
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