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  World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Battle of the Atlantic 1940 - Worldwar-2.net
HMS Grafton which was nearby try's to rescue the sailors from HMS Wakeful, but is itself hit by another torpedo from the same German E-boat and begins to sink.
Another British destroyer, HMS Comfort moves up to help, but HMS Grafton fires on her in the mistaken believe that she is a German ship, sinking HMS comfort.
As the crew of HMS Laurentic are being rescued by another merchant-cruiser, HMS Patroclus, she in turn is struck and sunk by torpedo's from U-99, which had lain in wait.
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  HMS Illustrious (R87) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Illustrious (R87)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HMS Illustrious (R87) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Illustrious (R87).
The fourth HMS Illustrious (R87) of the Royal Navy was an aircraft carrier, arguably the one with the most distinguished and vital career of this proud lineage.
Her sister-ships Formidable and Indomitable were also scrapped in the 1950s, though Victorious, the last of the class, survived till 1969, when she too was broken up.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Illustrious-R87.html   (502 words)

  
 HMS Ilex (D61) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Ilex (D61), named after the Holly genus, was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 10 March 1936, launched on 28 January 1937 and commissioned on 7 July 1937.
Ilex attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer Imogen, and participated in the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
Ilex was sold for scrap at Malta on 22 January 1946 and broken up in Sicily in 1948.
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 State bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HMS Kingston (F-64) was a Kelly class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 6 October 1937, launched on 9 January 1939 and commissioned on 14 September
HMS Intrepid (D-10) was an I class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 13 January 1936, launched on 17 December 1936 and commissioned on 29
HMS Imogen (D-44) was an I class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 18 January 1936, launched on 30 October 1936 and commissioned on 2 June
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 Although not a particularly large sea area and only a small part of the war at sea, the Moray Firth certainly had its ...
In January 1940, the destroyer HMS "Exmouth" was torpedoed and sunk by U-Boat 22, between Tarbatness and Wick, all hands were lost, (188 men).
The large fleet mine sweeper "HMS Sphinx" had her bows blown off, by bombing and is believed to have turned over while under tow to the Cromarty Firth.
In January 1940 the destroyer HMS "Duncan" arrived in the Cromarty Firth badly damaged after being in a collision in the North Sea, three of her sister ships of the same flotilla had been lost since the beginning of hostilities.
www.ww2inthehighlands.co.uk /folders/sunkenwrecks/sea.htm   (595 words)

  
 28 April 1940
HMS Furious, in company with HMS Isis, HMS Ilex, and HMS Imogen continues towards the Clyde.
HMS Glorious, immersed in a weather front with zero visibility and 10/10ths cloud cover down to 200 feet was unable to operate aircraft as she proceeded towards Scapa Flow in company with the destroyers HMS Fury, HMS Fortune, HMS Escort, HMS Grenade, HMS Hasty, and HMS Encounter, arrive at Scapa at 1800 and commence refuelling.
Meanwhile, HMS Ark Royal, in position 64.58 N, 08.07 E, was preparing to again strike at the centre of German air power in Northern Norway, Vaernes aerodrome as well as any shipping in the fjords around Trondheim harbour.
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 uboat.net - Allied Warships - I class Destroyers
The new type of bridge tried in HMS Hero and HMS Hereward was adopted for the whole class as well as pentad torpedo tubes.
HMS Impulsive, HMS Ivanhoe, HMS Intrepid and HMS Icarus were fitted for rapid conversion to minesweepers.
HMS Imogen (D 44) (lost 16 Jul, 1940)
uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=17&navy=HMs   (337 words)

  
 Digital Spy Forums - Imogen finally cottons on to how BB works?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It was obvious that, unlike many of her HMs, Imogen had not watched BB much at all before signing up for the show.
Imogen may have been fun at times in the house but that doesn't mean she had an interesting personality.
Despite it all Imogen spent more time in the BB House than any other female, and received a great response at her eviction (the final proper eviction).
www.digitalspy.co.uk /forums/printthread.php?t=467818   (1951 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)

  
 Convoy HN 2 - warsailors.com
HMS Imogen and HMS Icarus sailed from Sullom Voe at 11:40 on Nov. 14-1939 in order to meet up with Convoy ON 2, while HMS Impulsive departed at 13:10 that same day, with orders to rendezvous with HMS Imogen off Hovden Channel at 10:00 on Nov. 15.
W/T silence was broken and the position and action taken reported to HMS Cairo, before Impulsive closed the remainder of the stragglers and set them on the rigth course to catch up with the convoy, which was sighted at 09:35, and by dusk all the ships had rejoined.
HMS Imogen and HMS Impulsive slipped from buoys in Guttar Sound at 07:30 on Nov. 13, and joined Commander in Chief, Home Fleet at 08:30, taking station on screen.
www.warsailors.com /convoys/hn2.html   (1079 words)

  
 HMS Imogen (D44) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Imogen (D44)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HMS Imogen (D44) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Imogen (D44).
Here you will find more informations about HMS Imogen (D44).
Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer Ilex, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the destroyer Inglefield and the submarine Narwhal on 25 February 1940.
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 HMS Ilex - InformationBlast
HMS Ilex (D-61) was an I class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 10 March 1936, launched on 28 January 1937 and commissioned on 7 July 1937.
Ilex attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer HMS Imogen, and participated in the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
HMS Ilex was sold for scrap at Malta on 22 January 1946 and broken up in Sicily in 1948.
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 HMS Ilex (D61) Information
HMS Ilex (D61), named after the Holly genus, was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 10 March 1936, launched on 28 January 1937 and commissioned on 7 July 1937.
Ilex attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer Imogen, and participated in the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spada in July 1940, and the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
See HMS Ilex for other ships of this name.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Ilex_(D61)   (122 words)

  
 HMS Imogen (D44)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HMS Imogen (D44) was an I-class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 18 January 1936, launched on 30 October 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937.
She collided with the cruiser Glasgow and sank off Pentland Firth on 16 July 1940.
See HMS Imogen for other ships of this name.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Imogen-(D44).htm   (181 words)

  
 HMS Imogen (D44) Information
HMS Imogen (D44) was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 18 January 1936, launched on 30 October 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937.
Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer Ilex, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the destroyer Inglefield and the submarine Narwhal on 25 February 1940.
She collided with the cruiser Glasgow and sank off Pentland Firth on 16 July 1940.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Imogen_(D44)   (105 words)

  
 The Sun Online - Big Brother: Four HMs nominated   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
IMOGEN, Lisa, Mikey and Nikki are to face the public vote this week, and one of the four will be evicted on Friday.
Nikki was nominated by her fellow 'rule-breaking' housemates as Big Brother took a firm stance on rule breaking.
Lisa, Imogen, Nikki, Glyn and Lea were forced to make on the spot public nominations on Monday after repeatedly breaking the rule forbidding talk about who they want to vote out.
www.thesun.co.uk /article/0,,2003230001-2006280388,,00.html   (495 words)

  
 HMS Imogen
HMS Imogen collided with the British light cruiser HMS Glasgow and caught fire and was abandoned off Duncansby Head, Scotland.
was sunk south-west of Ireland, in position 49.12N, 16.00W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Imogen and HMS Ilex.
The escorting destroyers HMS Escort, HMS Inglefield and HMS Imogen were warned.
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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.
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 Barbelith Underground > Film, TV & Theatre > Big Brother 2006   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Really, I don't care if G labels the HMs based on sexualuty, but I didn't feel that the 'smug' really fit, and was a bit pointed.
I have to say that Imogen was more interesting during the milky-milky challenge than she's been in the past two weeks.
Nikki, and possibly Imogen, will most certainly (on past form) judge the newcomers as less deserving of staying in the house (ie "We were here first.").
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 Trafalgar 200 - Ship Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
HMS Grafton, the 12th Type 23 Frigate to enter service in the Royal Navy, was built by Yarrows Shipbuilders, now part of BAE Marine, on the River Clyde in Scotland and was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 5 November 1994.
The name HMS Grafton has had a long and distinguished record of Royal Naval service and this is reflected in the ship's battle honours, which include the Dardanelles and Dunkirk, where the sixth HMS Grafton was sunk whilst evacuating survivors.
On completion of initial training at Dartmouth and HMS Rothesay, he served as a bridge watchkeeping officer in the destroyer HMS Fife and the frigate Danae, before navigating the frigates Andromeda, Scylla and Norfolk.
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 Unfair editing -- The Spare Blue Room board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Imogen is not the only one to have suffered from unfair editing, p2f - look what happened to Dawn.
It is the unfortunate nature of these sorts of things and, to be honest, you have to expect that your footage is going to be edited back to the bone for the highlight shows - which is all that most people get to see due to time / lifestyle restraints.
Imogen was utterly charming on her exit interview last night and her relief at going home was really quite amusing - she'd been itching to go for a while now, I think.
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 H.M.S. Hood Association—Battle Cruiser Hood: I was there! Where? The autobiography of crewman Alec Kelloway
H.M.S. Hood Association—Battle Cruiser Hood: I was there!
I was joined on this draft by another stoker C Delara who was to be a good mate of mine, he unfortunately was lost when the Cossack was torpedoed.
During this exercise HMS Imogen, a destroyer, was rammed by a cruiser, eventually sank with several of her crew.
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HMS Bounty was built by the Smith and Rhuland shipyard in Lunenburg in 1960 for MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty starring Marlon Brando.
HMS Belfast is the largest surviving example of Britain's twentieth century naval power and is now a museum moored on the Thames between Tower and London Bridge...
HMS Sussex was an 80-gun English warship lost in a severe storm in the western Mediterranean in 1694.
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 Convoy ON 10 (U.K.-Norway 1940) - warsailors.com
HMS Imogen's report, summarized below, states there were 33 ships according to the A 1 form.
HMS Imogen (on starboard bow by day, ahead of centre by night), Tartar (port bow by day and night), Ilex (starboard quarter by day, astern by night), Imperial (port quarter by day, starboard bow by night), and submarine Narwhal (2 cables on starboard beam of starboard column by day, approx.
The Commanding Officer of Imogen considers this number of escorts quite insufficient for such a large convoy.
www.warsailors.com /convoys/on10norw.html   (272 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
HMS Imogen (D-44) was an I class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 18 January 1936, launched on 30 October 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937.
Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer HMS Ilex, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the destroyer HMS Inglefield and the submarine HMS Narwhal on 25 February 1940.
HMS Imogen collided with the cruiser HMS Glasgow and sank off Pentland Firth on 16 July 1940.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /HMS_Imogen   (144 words)

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