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  World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Mediterranean 1941 - Worldwar-2.net
The Cruisers HMS Southampton and HMS Gloucester are attacked by German aircraft in the Sicilian channel.
The British submarine, HMS Upholder, sinks the Italian Cruiser Armando Diaz to the southwest of Malta.
Frogmen of the Italian Navy penetrate the port of Alexandria in Egypt and cripple the British battleships HMS Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, along with a destroyer and a tanker.
www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-at-sea/mediterranean/mediterranean-index-1941.htm   (808 words)

  
  HMS Hyperion (H97) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
HMS Hyperion (H97) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the Greek mythological character Hyperion.
It was laid down by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 26 March 1935, launched on 8 April 1936 and commissioned on 3 December 1936.
Hyperion struck a mine as she escorted the battleship Malaya from Alexandria to Gibraltar and sank off Pantelleria east of Cape Bon in the Strait of Sicily on 22 December 1940.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Hyperion   (152 words)

  
 Hyperion
Hyperion is the first novel of the set.
Hyperion is the name of a record label specialising in classical music.
Hyperion is a Marvel Comics superhero, a member of Squadron Supreme.
www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/h/hy/hyperion.html   (136 words)

  
 U.S.S. Hyperion NCC-7348-E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 2375 the Hyperion was selected to attend the funeral of the late Gorn Emperor, mainly since her Captain was also a Gorn.
But the Hyperion herself was so badly damaged during the mission, that Starfleet decided it would be easier to build a new vessel than refit her and so she was decommissioned and scrapped.
The HMS Hyperion only participated in a few engagements during World War II since it was sunk by a mine off Pantellaria, southwest of Sicily in 1940.
www.tangofleet.net /simulations/hyperion/simhistory.htm   (1087 words)

  
 Hyperion
Hyperion is also a planet in that series.
#'''Hyperion (Babylon 5)', an Earth Alliance Heavy Cruiser in the Babylon 5 universe.
#'''Hyperion class (Babylon 5)''', the class of heavy cruisers to which EAS Hyperion belongs in the Babylon 5 universe.
www.datamass.net /hy/hyperion.html   (196 words)

  
 HMS Havock
HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar sank, while HMS Aurora was badly damaged and HMS Penelope was lightly damaged.
HMS Aurora was patched up at Malta before returning home for repairs at Liverpool from April to June 1942.
HMS Penelope was repaired at Malta but was bombed on 26 March 1942 while still under repair.
www.hmscavalier.org.uk /H43   (205 words)

  
 USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)
She soon relieved Cole (DD-155) and Ellis (DD-154) - two flushdeckers - and at 1450 on 19 December, spotted the British destroyer HMS Hyperion[?], guns trained out and battle ensigns streaming, standing toward Columbus.
Hyperion radioed Tuscaloosa: "What ship are you escorting?" Tuscaloosa remained silent, but Hyperion was soon radioing Columbus to heave to and not use her radio.
Since Hyperion clearly had no room for the 577 Germans who had abandoned the liner, she radioed Tuscaloosa, asking politely if the cruiser could handle the survivors.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Tuscaloosa.html   (5366 words)

  
 HMS Orion, 1939
In Dec 1939 as a crew member of HMS Orion (Leander class cruiser) part of British West Indies squadron, we were dispatched from Kingston, Jamaica, to try and intercept the German liner Columbus, which eluded HMS Orion but was interrcepted by the British destroyer Hereward and scuttled by her crew.
Signals transpired for her to stop which were ignored and HMS Orion fired sub calibre rounds across her bow.
British destroyer HMS Hyperion intercepts German passenger liner Columbus 450 miles east of Cape May, New Jersey; the latter is scuttled to prevent capture.
www.ww2pacific.com /orion.html   (795 words)

  
 USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
She soon relieved Cole (DD-155) and Ellis (DD-154) - two flushdeckers - and at 1450 on 19 December, spotted the British destroyer HMS Hyperion, guns trained out and battle ensigns streaming, standing toward Columbus.
Hyperion radioed Tuscaloosa: "What ship are you escorting?" Tuscaloosa remained silent, but Hyperion was soon radioing Columbus to heave to and not use her radio.
Since Hyperion clearly had no room for the 577 Germans who had abandoned the liner, she radioed Tuscaloosa, asking politely if the cruiser could handle the survivors.
www.esdng5.com /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_tuscaloosa__ca_37_.html   (5402 words)

  
 HMS Hussar - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Hussar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
HMS Hussar - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Hussar.
Here you will find more informations about HMS Hussar.
Ten ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hussar, after the hussar.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Hussar.html   (264 words)

  
 Hyperion Microseimic System HMS from ESG Solutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
ESG has designed the Hyperion system to work entirely on site, automatically displaying detected events on 3D digital maps and instantly providing as many as 16 event characteristics including magnitude, energy release and source radius.
The Hyperion system stores data in a straightforward Windows-based relational database so that any user can sort event information by, for example, day or size or location.
The Hyperion system is a powerful tool for anyone analyzing induced seismicity or blasting, including miners, engineers or researchers.
www.esg.ca /home/products/hms1.htm   (152 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Hero of the H class
On the 23rd, while the destroyers HMS Kashmir, HMS Kelly and HMS Kipling shelled the airfield at Maleme HMS Hero and HMS Decoy took the Greek King and his party onboard.
On the 9th, Hero in company with eight other destroyers, and the cruisers HMS Naiad, HMS Dido and HMS Euryalus went to meet the cruiser HMS Cleopatra which was arriving from Malta.
On 15 November 1943 HMS Hero was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy being renamed HMCS Chaudiere.
uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4402.html   (1211 words)

  
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H.M.S. Note difference in bridge structure to her ‘Hero’ class sisters.
HMS “Kempenfelt” by this time had transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy.
HMS “Faulknor,” Yarrow, 1935 and HMS “Exmouth,” Portsmouth Dockyard, 1935 sunk on the 21st of January 1940 by U-22 when off Moray Firth.
www.merchantnavyofficers.com /royalnavy5.html   (1307 words)

  
 PO'BMC: Too Many Captains Spoil the Broth
Bush found Hornblower taciturnly staring at Shannon, Indefatigable and Hyperion as they gained on his position, and at the signal "Captain to repair on board" that was being hoisted aboard Shannon.
Jack was piped aboard HMS Sycophant, a cluster of blue-coated officers awaiting him at the railing.
HMS Sycophant and 6 other unnamed ships alleged to have been under the command of a Vice-Admiral Bolitho who is unknown to the Navy List and bears, as do so many other actors in Mr Salmon's narrative, all the marks of a fictional character.
www.pobmc.uklinux.net /stories/captains.shtml   (4488 words)

  
 HMS Hyperion (H97) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Hyperion (H97)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
HMS Hyperion (H97) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Hyperion (H97).
The list of the HMS Hyperion (H97) Authors is
The orginal HMS Hyperion (H97) article can be editet
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Hyperion-H97.html   (199 words)

  
 21 April 1940
The day saw intense activity as HMS Ark Royal disembarked 821 Squadron and prepared for the return of her long absent fighter squadrons, while HMS Glorious disembarked 825 Squadron and her pilots began ferrying aboard the first RAF Squadron to be brought to Norway, 263 Squadron's 18 Gladiator IIs.
Meanwhile, HMS Furious continued to cruise off Northern Norway, though her two embarked Squadron had but 10 operational Swordfish remaining.
At 1100, HMS Glorious departs Greenock in company with the destroyers HMS Hyperion, HMS Hereward, and HMS Hasty to fly on her air group consisting of 802 Squadron (Sea Gladiators), 812 Squadron (Swordfish), 823 Squadron (Swordfish), and 825 Squadron (Swordfish).
homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1940/04/21.htm   (685 words)

  
 Bray bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A memory impaired patient known as HM (an acronym used to keep his identity confidential) has been widely studied since the late 1950s and has been very important in the development of theories that
HMS Rodney was a Royal Navy Nelson Class battleship of World War II.
Ten ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of Kent.
www.elexi.de /en/b/br/bray.html   (808 words)

  
 Naval Actions and losses 1940
HMS Ivanhoe struck a mine and sank in the mouth of the River Texel.
Destroyer HMS Javelin of the 5th destroyer flotilla torpedoed by German destroyers Richard Beitzen, Lody and Galster in the Channel.
Destroyer HMS Hyperion struck a mine and was torpedoed by the destroyer HMS Janus.
www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW240.html   (1763 words)

  
 HMS Hyperion (H97) - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 26 March 1935, launched on 8 April 1936 and commissioned on 3 December 1936.
Hyperion struck a mine as she escorted the battleship Malaya">Malaya from Alexandria to Gibraltar and sank off Pantelleria east of Cape Bon in the Strait of Sicily on 22 December 1940.
See Hyperion">HMS Hyperion for other ships of this name.
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=HMS_Hyperion_(H97)   (116 words)

  
 23 April 1940
At 0800 HMS Ark Royal, in company with the destroyers HMS Sikh, HMS Mashona, and HMS Juno, having flown off the Swordfish of 821 Squadron to Hatston en-route, arrived at Scapa Flow and commenced refuelling.
At 1230, Vice-Admiral Air Wells, flying his flag on Ark Royal, in company with HMS Glorious, the heavy cruiser HMS Berwick, the anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Curlew, and the destroyers HMS Fearless, HMS Fury, HMS Hasty, HMS Hereward, HMS Hyperion, and HMS Juno, departs Scapa Flow.
Wells mission, dubbed Operation DX, is to transport the RAF fighters to the ice landing ground on Lake Lesjaskog and to cover the Allied landing sites at Åndalsnes to the South, and Namsos to the North of Trondheim.
homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1940/04/23.htm   (583 words)

  
 The Most Famous Ships That Never Were
HMS Centurion, USS Bon Homme Richard, and RMS Queen Mary appear in many outstanding novels, but they are not fictional ships.
HMS Surprise: Jack Aubrey's favorite frigate, and star of several of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series, both as a Royal Navy ship and a privateer.
Roberts), HMS Hyperion and HMS Phalarope (Bolitho series), HMS Calypso (Ramage series), HMS Indomitable and Rights of Man (Billy Budd), Dawn Treader (Voyage of the Dawn Treader), Arabella (Captain Blood stories), Polar Star (Arkady Renko novel), USS San Pablo (The Sand Pebbles).
www.boat-links.com /books/Lardas/Lardas05.html   (712 words)

  
 hyperion essbase   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hyperion was a Titan from the Greek mythology.
Hyperion (tree), a redwood tree that is the tallest living tree.
Many Hyperion products were renamed in 2005, giving Essbase an official name of Hyperion® System™ 9 BI+™ Analytic Services™, but the new name was largely ignored by practitioners.
4692-essbase.24.bayoubull.com   (429 words)

  
 litespeed hyperion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Hyperion (instrument), a instrument on board the EO-1 satellite.
Hyperion class (Babylon 5), a class of heavy cruisers in the Babylon 5 universe
Emperor Hyperion, a villain in the Gekigangar 3
30276-hyperion.152.kidcrud.com   (377 words)

  
 FOCUS - September 14, 2001
Among the editors are Eugene Braunwald, HMS faculty dean for academic programs at the Partners Healthcare System and the Hersey distinguished professor of theory and practice of physic at HMS, and Dennis Kasper, HMS executive dean for academic programs and professor of microbiology and molecular genetics.
Allan Hobson, HMS professor of psychiatry at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center, and freelance writer Jonathan Leonard demonstrate that psychiatry suffers from a lack of public confidence and a severe "split-personality" disorder in which traditional humanistic therapy is often poorly coordinated with or divorced from more recent biological and pharmacological approaches.
Karin Michels, HMS assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive biology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Kristine Napier, a nutritionist, discuss the importance of specific prenatal nutrients and nutritional priorities, along with meal plans for each trimester of pregnancy.
focus.hms.harvard.edu /2001/Sep14_2001/books.html   (2315 words)

  
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Hyperion Solutions Corp' is the global leader in Business Performance Management software.
Halperin Consulting Group, that specializes in developing and implementing information systems for the banking and finances sectors, was chosen by the Ministry of Finance to re-examine the state's pension liabilities to its employees.
HMS offers services for various organizations in the banking, industrial and commercial sector, and to public institutions.
www.hms.co.il /en/index.asp   (337 words)

  
 wrecks sicily HMS Hyperion
The HMS Hyperion was an H-class British destroyer, built in Wallsend-on-Tyne by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. during 1935, and launched during 1936.
L' HMS Hyperion era un cacciatorpediniere Britannico della Classe H, costruito a Wallesend-on-Tyne nei cantieri Swan Hunter and Wigham Richerdson Ltd. nel corso del 1935, e varato nel 1936.
On December 22, 1940, the HMS Hyperion was cruising in the Sicilian Straits when she collided with a floating mine.
www.sportesport.it /wrecksSI040.htm   (277 words)

  
 Hyperion Information
Hyperion (poem), unfinished epic poem by John Keats
Hyperion (StarCraft), a battlecruiser in the StarCraft universe
Hyperion sewage treatment plant, large Los Angeles sewage treatment plant
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Hyperion   (113 words)

  
 R.Smg. NAIADE
In the freezing waters surrounding the submarine the British destroyers HMS Hyperion and Hereward (both H class units) were already waiting.
Of the two British vessels involved in this action, H.M.S. Hyperion would have a very short life sinking a few days later, on the 22nd, off Pantelleria after having hit an Italian mine.
HMS Hereward was instead sunk by German and Italian bombers off Creta on May 29th, 1941.
www.regiamarina.net /subs/submarines/naiade/naiade_us.htm   (994 words)

  
 USS Tuscalousa
Hyperion radioed Tusculoosa: "What ship are you escorting?" Tuscaloosa remained silent, but Hvperion was soon radioing Columbus to heave to and not use her radio.
On 24 May, Bismarok had sunk the vaunted HMS Hood in the Denmark Strait and had temporarily eluded pursuit.
Augusta, bearing President Roosevelt, and her consorts soon arrived in the barren anchorage where the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales—with Prime Minister Churehill embarked—awaited her.
www.multied.com /Navy/cruiser/Tuscalousa.html   (2537 words)

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