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	Hermes Class Light Cruisers
		HMS Hermes before she was torpedoed by U27 on31st October 1914.
		At various dates the “Hyacinth,” while commanded by Captain J.D Dick and flying the flag of Rear-Admiral E.J.W. Slade, was employed in the prevention of the gun-running traffic in the Persian Gulf.
		HMS Challenger as she slides down the slipway at her launch in 1902.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hermes_class1.htm (1540 words)

	a-a Encyclopedia Index
		Hm from Hms Battleaxe F89 to Hms Centurion 1911
		Hm from Hms Phoebe F42 to Hms Sceptre
		Hm from Hms Sceptre 1781 to Hms Thunderer
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /alpha/h.html (1979 words)

	Hyacinth: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		Hyacinth was a Spartan prince, very handsome and athletic, the lover of Apollo...the discus when Hyacinth was struck by one, blown off course by Zephyrus, who was jealous of...
		Hyacinths are native to the Mediterranean region as well as South Africa.
		The related grape hyacinths (Muscari), sometimes called baby's-breath, are very low, mostly blue-petalled herbs similar in appearance to hyacinths and are also commonly cultivated.
	www.encyclopedian.com /hy/Hyacinth.html (507 words)

	hms hyacinth - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Hyacinth, launched in 1829, was a sixth-rate sloop.
		Hyacinth, launched in 1898, was a Hermes-class light cruiser.
		Hyacinth (K84), launched in 1940, was a Flower-class corvette.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/hms-hyacinth (121 words)

	HMS Hyacinth (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Hyacinth, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after Hyacinth.
		In 1839, fighting alongside HMS Volage, it destroyed 29 Chinese ships near Hong Kong.
		This battle was the first of many decisive victories of the British over the Qing Dynasty's military in the First Opium War.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_hyacinth.html (71 words)

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		There is one casualty but 36 survive 1943 - Due to incorrect operation of her Otway log (speed measuring device) submarine HMS Untamed begins to flood and settles in 160 feet of water off Sanda Island on the West Coast of Scotland.
		HMS Amethyst steamed on and was attacked again by batteries around Xou An Reach and Rose Island where she took three direct hits.
		During this time HMS Consort was sighted, flying 7 White Ensigns and 3 Union Jack flags, steaming down from Nanking at an incredible 29 Knots.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/april/20Apr.txt (5852 words)

	Königsberg Summary
		All three British cruisers, HMS Hyacinth, HMS Pegasus and HMS Astrea converged their courses on the Königsberg and took up station around her.
		As she cleared the squall, Königsberg passed the Hyacinth, which was already making heavy smoke as she tried to bring up steam for full speed.
		Hyacinth hove to outside the bay and shelled the Rubens.
	www.richthofen.com /konigsberg/summary (3802 words)

	Captain George Bazalgette, R.L.M.I.
		In 1868 HMS Wellesley was renamed Cornwall for use as a training ship and was eventually sunk in the Thames by Nazi air attack September 24 1940.
		From this, I conclude that George was not assigned to HMS Calypso but conveyed by Calypso to an unknown duty station.
		HMS Impregnable was a near copy of the HMS Victory and used by the Duke of Clarence (King William IV) as his flag ship in 1812.
	www.royalengineers.ca /Bazalgette.html (5937 words)

	Offerte / vergelijk: loan
		HMS Hyacinth From Sterwiki Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hyacinth after the hyacinth flower: Hyacinth, launched in 1829, was a sixth-rate sloop.
		Hyacinth, launched in 1898, was a Hermes-class light cruiser.
		Hyacinth (K84), launched in 1940, was a Flower-class corvette.
	www.walserland.org /top_loan.html (316 words)

	Hood, HL
		He served in the Temeraire in 1885, and was a Midshipman in HMS Calliope when the indomitable courage of her commander, Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Kane, saved that cruiser from destruction in the terrible hurricane in Samoa in March 1889, when the United States cruisers and other vessels were driven ashore and were lost.
		Captain Hood's behaviour on that occasion was thus described in a contemporary record: "Captain Hood, of HMS Hyacinth, greatly distinguished himself in the close fighting which followed the British charge.
		As Captain of HMS Berwick he formed part of the escort which accompanied His Majesty the King to India.
	www.angloboerwar.com /DSOEdVII/hood_hl.htm (1217 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Corvette HMS Hyacinth of the Flower class
		The Italian submarine Fisalia was sunk near Jaffa, Palestine by the British corvette HMS Hyacinth.
		On July 9th, 1942 the Italian submarine Perla was intercepted off the port of Beirut by the British corvette Hyacinth.
		The Wreck was destroyed by gunfire from the British corvette HMS Hyacinth and the Australian minesweeper HMAS Wollongong.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4773.html (200 words)

	Flower Class Corvettes
		We are hoping to release a selection of naval prints by Ivan Berryman showing a variety of corvettes in action, the first of which is HMS Celandine escorting Atlantic Convoy.
		The Pedestal Convoy - HMS Indomitable by Anthony Saunders.
		HMS Invincible - The Dawn of Jutland by Anthony Saunders.
	www.naval-art.com /corvettes.htm (632 words)

	HMS 'Hyacinth', 18 guns (SLR0011) - National Maritime Museum
		A contemporary full hull model of the 'Hyacinth' (1829), a ship rigged sloop 18-gun sixth-rate, built plank on frame and sailor made.
		Model is decked, equipped and rigged with three masts and flying a white ensign from the peak of the gaff.
		Launched at Plymouth in 1829, the `Hyacinth’ measured 109 feet along the gun deck by 30 feet in the beam, and it had a tonnage of 435 burden.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=SLR0011 (200 words)

	HMS Afrikander & Hyacinth - Great War Forum
		HMS Afrikander was the base ship for the Cape Station based at Simonstown.
		She was HMS Tickler a 265 ton gunboat this would suggest a Shore Base or Barracks was the Admin centre.
		Hyacinth naval brigades had seen service in the Somaliland campaigns of 1902-4 and 1908-10.
	1914-1918.invisionzone.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=81477&view=getnewpost (467 words)

	Chief Yeoman of Signals George Smith DSM, Navy Service Record
		28th Aug 1914 - HMS Forester took part in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight and was possibly involved in the sinking of German destroyer V.187.
		Nov 1922-Oct 1925 - HMS Curlew, light cruiser of the "Ceres" class and close sister to "Cassandra" (launched 1917, 4,190 tons, 5-6in guns, sunk by German air attack, Norway in May 1940).
		Oct 1926-Aug 1928 - HMS Durban, light cruiser of "Danae" class (launched 1919, 4,970 tons, 6-6in guns, scuttled as part of Mulberry harbour off Normandy beaches, 9th June 1944).
	www.naval-history.net /RecordRN190428SmithGW.htm (1665 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		The first, in 1838—13, was on Warren’s ship hms Hyacinth to the Far East, where he took part in a campaign against Malay pirates in Siam (Thailand) and in Britain’s first Chinese war at Canton and Shanghai.
		Early in 1855 he was sent in command of hms Vesuvius to the Crimean War, where he was promoted captain on 18 Aug. 1855, decorated with the Order of the Bath, awarded the Turkish Medjidie, and made an officer of the Légion d’honneur by France.
		In addition to Osborn’s accomplishments in the field of Arctic exploration, he was a capable administrator, a keen geographer, a prolific writer on many subjects, and an established authority on Chinese affairs; but most of all he was a highly gifted naval officer, a master of all aspects of seamanship.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39323 (1642 words)

	Rampant Scotland Newsletter - Colour Supplement - 4 February 2006
		Although I have seen one or two foolhardy Camellias in the open, it will be a month or two before they are in full bloom in central Scotland.
		This Hyacinth was also growing indoors at the Botanic Gardens at Kelvingrove in Glasgow.
		The launch of HMS Daring at the Scotstoun yard of BAe Systems was covered in the main Newsletter but the graphics there are relatively small, so here are a couple of larger versions.
	www.rampantscotland.com /colour/supplement060204.htm (498 words)

	HMS Highflyer History
		In 1911 until 1913 HMS Highflyer was once again the East Indies Fleet flagship and in 1914 she joined the 9th Cruiser Squadron at Devonport.
		After the war HMS Highflyer again took up her duties as Flagship of the East Indies Fleet and was finally taken out of service and broken up in Bombay in 1921.
		HMS Highflyer was finally decommissioned on 1st March 1962 after HMS Mauritius, (another shore station on the island of Mauritius),
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /hmshighflyer/history.htm (640 words)

	Index to Photo of HM Ships
		HM Submarines K14 and K16 at Rosyth - During WWI
		HM Brig NAUTILUS (HMS NAUTILUS) - 1879 - >
		HMS VERNON, in the days when the establishment was made up of hulks
	www.pbenyon1.plus.com /RN/Photos/Index.html (117 words)

	First Opium War
		Preparing for war, they seized Hong Kong (then a minor outpost) as a base.
		Fighting began in July, when the HMS Volage[?] and HMS Hyacinth[?] defeated 29 Chinese ships.
		The next year, the British captured the Bogue forts[?] which guarded the mouth of the Pearl River[?] -- the waterway between Hong Kong and Canton.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fi/First_Opium_War.html (447 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Corvette HMS Hyacinth of the Flower class
		On July 9th, 1942 the Italian submarine Perla was intercepted off the port of Beirut by the British corvette Hyacinth (Lt. J.I. Jones, DSC, RNR).
		The German submarine U-617 was beached, in the Mediterranean near Melilla, in position 35º38'N, 03º27'W, after being damaged in aerial attacks by British Hudons (Sqdn 48 and 233) and 2 Swordfish aircraft (FAA Sqdn 833 and 886).
		The Wreck was destroyed by gunfire from the British corvette HMS Hyacinth and the Australian minesweeper HMAS Wollongong.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4773.html (239 words)

	28 September 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Few convoys have had a such a powerful escort: three battleships - HMS NELSON, HMS RODNEY and HMS Prince of Wales - the carrier HMS ARK ROYAL, five cruisers and 18 destroyers.
		HMS NELSON was slowed down by a torpedo hit.
		Despite reports that the Italian fleet had left port, no ship-to-ship encounters took place, although the convoy came under further torpedo attacks from the air with one transport, Imperial Star hit - but her troops were taken off before she sank.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1941/09/28.htm (397 words)

	German East Africa Line / Woermann Line
		1914 captured by HMS Cormorant at Gibraltar, 1916 renamed Polladern, operated by Elder Dempster, 1921 to Mitchell, Cotts & Co, London renamed Sunheath.
		ex- Mark, 1902 purchased from North German Lloyd renamed Markgraf, 1919 shelled and sunk at Tanga by HMS Severn and HMS Mersey.
		1914 captured by HMS Cumberland at Douala, renamed Policastria for the Shipping Controller, London, 1920 sold to Norway renamed Frederick Gilbert, 1922 renamed Grey County, 1925 re-sold to Woermann Line renamed Waregga, 1933 scrapped.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/woermann.htm (1674 words)

	Pitcairn Islands Study Center
		Not long after arriving on Pitcairn, young Roy became friendly with Hyacinth May Coffin, the daughter of Philip Coffin who had been a shipmate of Roy’s father, Lincoln.
		Hycainth, or “May” as she was known on the island, received her name as the result of a request by Captain May of HMS Hyacinth.
		In a visit to Pitcairn he had asked that the next baby born on the island after his departure be named after him and his ship.
	library.puc.edu /Pitcairn/pitcairn/RoyPalmerClark.shtml (346 words)

	Father of Dubai
		In December of that year, a party of heavily armed British seamen from HMS Hyacinth ignored their government’s own non-interference policy and landed in Shindagha early one morning.
		Initially, there had been all the signs of political support for HMS Hyacinth and its actions, but on January 3, 1911, the Foreign Department sent a carefully-worded censure to both the British Political Resident and the ship’s commander: “The government of India is not satisfied with the situation which has arisen in Dubai.
		To succeed Sheikh Buti he had undoubtedly been popular in the Majlis, and he was well liked by the British, whose relations with the Emiri court had never fully recovered since the HMS Hyacinth incident two years before.
	www.sheikhmohammed.co.ae /english/dubai/fatherofDubai_decline2.asp (2724 words)

	Horace Lambert Alexander Hood
		Hood joined the Royal Navy in 1883 serving on HMS Temeraire, and HMS Hyacinth.
		In 1889, as a Midshipman, he served on HMS Calliope during the Samoan Hurricane.
		In World War I, Hood took part in the defence of Flanders and the Battle of the Yser.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/ho/horace_lambert_alexander_hood.html (134 words)

	HMAS (ex HMS) PIONEER - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		HMS PIONEER was commissioned by the Royal Navy on 10 July 1900.
		The East African coastline was for the purposes of operations, divided into three sections and PIONEER was allotted in charge of the northern most area from north of Tanga past the island of Zanzibar to a point just south of Dar-es-Salaam, with the armed steamer DUPLEX and the whaler PICKLE.
		The attack began on 6 July 1915 and while HYACINTH and PIONEER bombarded the area of the main (Simba Uranga) mouth of the river, the monitors steamed up the northern (Kikunya) arm, anchored and began firing alternate salvoes.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/pioneer.html (2096 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Ex-Royal Marines musician notches his century (Site not responding. Last check: )
		For the next two and a half decades he served his country in two world wars and the inter-war peace, at the barracks of Portsmouth and Deal and in mighty warships such as HMS Barham and the carrier HMS Glorious.
		Before the Great War was over, the young buglar found himself in the veteran cruiser HMS Hyacinth, patrolling off South Africa.
		A generation later, the sailor was off the coast of Normandy aboard HMS Enterprise, escorting USS Nevada and supporting the bombardment of German positions in the invasion of mainland Europe.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2004/0402/0004022003.asp (280 words)

	Royal Navy Corvettes
		It was an awesome experience to see my father's picture at the age of 22, taken 117 years ago.
		My grandfather served on HMS Willowherb during WW2.
		I would love to hear from anyone who's relatives served on the ship and also any information on the ship and photos.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /corvettes.htm (1316 words)

	HMAS WOLLONGONG (I) - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		One of the vessels, the minesweeper HMS GEMAS, turned back to Tanjong Priok and had to be sunk on 2 March by BALLARAT to prevent her capture.
		YARRA and her three remaining charges, the depot ship HMS ANKING, the tanker HMS FRANCOL and the minesweeper MMS 51 were sunk south of Java on 4 March a strong Japanese force.
		The corvette HMS HYACINTH, with WOLLONGONG under her orders, later arrived at the scene and the two ships shelled the U-boat.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/wollongong1.html (1018 words)

	British Submarines of World War Two - Part 7 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She was transferred to the RN at new London on 20 Apr 42.
		Renamed as HMS P-552, arrived UK in July and initially intended that she go to Bombay as a training boat; however this was amended to Simonstown, South Africa.
		12.48N, 45.12E by the ASW trawler HMS Moonstone.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /chalcraft/sm/page7.html (1089 words)

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