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	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Aircraft Carrier HMS Indomitable of the Indomitable class
		Indomitable had her flight-deck armour pierced by an 1100lb bomb, in the Mediterranean in August 1942 when enemy bombers scored 2 hits and 3 near-misses; that and another hit aft where there was no armour put her out of action being repaired in the USA until February 1943.
		She was involved in an unsuccessful attack on Medan, Sumatra, with HMS Illustrious on 20 December 1944.
		On 4 January 1945, she took part in a successful air strike against Medan, with HMS Indefatigable and HMS Victorious, and then immediately afterwards was involved in further strikes against refineries in Palembang, Sumatra on 24 and 29 January 1945.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3233.html (566 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Euryalus of the Dido class
		In January 1943, during the night of 22-23rd Force K, consisting of HMS Euryalus, HMS Cleopatra and four destroyers, shelled the withdrawal routes of the German-Italian panzer forces near Zuara Libya, Tripoli was evacuated by the rearguards on the 23rd.
		During August, HMS Euryalus, HMS Dido and HMS Sirius with four destroyers, shelled the bridge in the Gulf of Eufemia Calibria, in support of the 8th Army under Lt-General Clarke in the Bay of Solerno, in overall command of the operation was Admiral Cunningham (R.N.) in Malta.
		In august 1952 HMS Euryalus was decommissioned, and later during the year she was recommissioned and again rejoined the 1st Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4011.html (1487 words)

	HMS Indomitable (R92) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Indomitable (1940-1955) was a modified Illustrious class aircraft carrier.
		Indomitable was the only modern aircraft carrier of the Fleet, the other carrier was Hermes, but she was now effectively obsolete, and thus Indomitable was an incredibly vital asset to the Allies in the Far East.
		That same month, Indomitable sailed for the Mediterranean, which didn't appear to be one of her most luckiest of regions, for she was torpedoed by a Ju-88 bomber on 15 June, while covering the Sicily Landings.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Indomitable-(R92).htm (978 words)

	HMS Indomitable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One of the Invincible-class was to be named Indomitable, but the name was later changed to Ark Royal.
		HMS Indomitable (1907) was the first battlecruiser in the world beating her sister-ship Inflexible by four months.
		HMS Indomitable (R92) was an Illustrious-class armoured fleet aircraft carrier launched in 1940.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/HMS_Indomitable (75 words)

	Royal Navy WARSHIP GUIDE - HMS Indomitable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Indomitable was one of the modest number of modern fleet aircraft carriers available to the Royal Navy in the early years of the war.
		Indomitable was laid down on 10 December 1937, launched on 26 March 1940, and commissioned into the Royal Navy on 10 October 1941.
		HMS Indomitable had an eventful naval carrier to say the least.
	www.pdwilson.co.uk /warships/indomitable.htm (383 words)

	Report
		For his decision to pursue the Spaniards, the captain of HMS Ferocious: was gazetted and given 1,400 Guineas, while her 2nd lieutenant was given 1,700 Guineas for his lucky shooting.
		The captain of HMS Richard Lionheart was mentioned as well and got 800 Guineas for the assist (and a cheer from the crew of HMS Ferocious), while her 2nd lieutenant was rewarded by ”being made” (promoted to Master and Commander and his first independent command – the Revenue Service cutter HMS Snoopy).
		HMS Bellerophone fell foul of the Reconquista because a misunderstanding between her captain and her 2nd Lieutenant and now there is bad blood between them; In their wisdom, the Admiralty decided not to court-martial both but to promote the latter (he gets to comamnd another sloop, HMS Vercingetorix).
	www.brinyengarde.co.uk /turn8.htm (2796 words)

	HMS Ark Royal, Hermes and Illustrious, etc. quiz
		HMS Ark Royal was involved in the pursuit / attack and sinking of the famous German Battleship Bismarck, which force was she part of ?
		HMS Hermes was the first purpose built aircraft carrier in the Royal Navy.
		A modified Illustrious Class, HMS Indomitable, was sunk by Japanese a kamikaze attack on 4th May 1945.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz/quiz14616610bd858.html (352 words)

	MONABI III page 2
		These were soon to be replaced on the 18th by 1772 Squadron's Firefly Is disembarked from HMS Ruler and 885 Squadron's Hellcat Is, also disembarking from HMS Ruler on the 20th, the later was to sty until April 4th before re-embarking in Ruler.
		April also saw the arrival of 899 Squadron which disembarked from HMS Chaser on the 23rd; initially this unit was to become a Seafire Pool Squadron, but this was to change in July when it would become a Seafire OTU training Australian pilots in Naval flying techniques, including Deck Landings.
		The end of September saw the return of HMS Indomitable to Sydney, her 11th carrier air group, No.s 885.887, 894 and 1772 Squadrons disembarking to Schofields, 885 Squadron disbanding upon arrival.
	www.btinternet.com /~faahistoryweb/Nabthorpe-2.htm (827 words)

	Into the Coral Sea - Chapter Five - "Applecores" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On Indomitable's flight deck, the nine Fairey Albacores of 827 Squadron were parked ahead of their twelve compatriots from 831 Squadron.
		None of Indomitable's bombers were equipped with the ASV radars fitted to Formidable's aircraft.
		That was why Indomitable had launched first - the idea was to have the visual-only bombers use the element of surprise to get their hits, then let the electronically enhanced bombers use their radars to pick out specific targets as the enemy formation, presumably, disintegrated in confusion.
	home.att.net /~leverett/coral5.html (2077 words)

	HMS Indomitable (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Indomitable is a ship I hope to revisit someday.
		HMS Indomitable strikes a handsome profile--I hope to have greater freeboard in future ship classes,
		This is HMS Indomitable at her best--showing off a full broadside of 13.5" shells.
	www.msu.edu /user/braunli1/indomitable.html (463 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The resulting design, based on Fisher's earlier "HMS Unapproachable" concept, produced HMS Invincible and her two sisters, HMS Indomitable and HMS Inflexible, the first battlecruisers.
		To an Edwardian public stunned by the appearance of HMS Dreadnought in 1906, the sight of the new HMS Invincible, which was 40' longer and 4 knots faster, must have been quite overwhelming.
		November 1914, HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible were dispatched to the South Atlantic to avenge the defeat.
	www.marcle.co.uk /invincible.html (1026 words)

	HMS INDOMITABLE aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Indomitable was built by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, laid down 10 November 1937, launched 26 March 1940 and commissioned 10 October 1941.
		Indomitable returned to the Clyde in July 1942, and subsequently took part in the operation "Pedestal" Malta convoy on 3 August 1942, her aircraft claiming 27 enemy destroyed for loss of 4 of their own.
		Indomitable was in Sydney in February 1945, returning to active duties with air strikes against Sakishima Gunto and Formosa in March-April 1945.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Indomitable.html (1179 words)

	HMS Illustrious 1939
		HMS Illustrious is shown leaving Devonport with HMS Kenya in new naval art print and painting by Ivan Berryman.
		HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_illustrious.htm (1093 words)

	Current Briny en Garde Turn Report
		However, I regret to inform your Lordship that a similar attempt by HMS Sauve Qui Peut was thwarted by an unsuspected current in the channel leading to where a number of smaller ships were moored outside the harbour, which threatened to push the ship upon a sandbank nearby.
		On the 28 th the lookout of HMS Alexander reported a number of sails, which turned out to be HMS Waakzamheit and HMS Alexander with three prizes in tow.
		He and N10 (as he then was) had been midshipmen together aboard HMS Tricorn, wrecked upon the Cornish coast during a winter gale these twenty years ago, and N10 had been as economical with words (and with the truth, sometimes) even then.
	www.brinyengarde.co.uk /turn19.htm (6048 words)

	Aviation History: Hurricanes at Sea Part 2
		This convoy was escorted by HMS Indomitable with Nos 800 and 880 Squadrons; HMS Formidable with No 806 Squadron; HMS Victorious with No 885 Squadron; and HMS Eagle with No 801 Squadron.
		With nothing more than a Ju88 being seen, things were fairly quiet when HMS Eagle was torpedoed and sunk by the submarine U-73, taking 200 of her crew and most of the precious Sea Hurricanes.
		HMS Avenger with Nos 802 and 883 Squadrons sailed off in September 1942 to escort a convoy to Russia.
	www.internetmodeler.com /awn/97-november/hurri_part2.htm (903 words)

	HMS Invincible (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first of their kind, the HMS Invincible class ships were the beginning of First Sea Lord Sir Jackie Fisher's daunted "battle-cruisers", ships that had the armament of a battleship, but sacrificed the weight of heavy armor to give them the speed of a cruiser.
		The HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible sank the German armored cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisnau at the Battle of the Falkland Islands on Dec. 7, 1914.
		HMS Invincible is available as a complete fiberglass kit, and as a hull only.
	www.swampworks.com /Kits-Invincible.html (354 words)

	Invincible class battlecruiser - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Invincible class battlecruiser (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Initially, Invincible and Inflexible were assigned to the Home Fleet, while Indomitable took the Prince of Wales (later King George V) to the tercentennial celebrations in Canada, before also joining the Home Fleet.
		In 1914, Invincible was based on the east coast of England as part of Admiral Beatty's force, while Inflexible and Indomitable, together with the newer HMS Indefatigable formed the nucleus of the Mediterranean Fleet.
		In the same year, Inflexible was included in the bombardment force against the Turkish shore defences in the Dardenelles, in which she sustained significant damage.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Invincible-class-battlecruiser.html (778 words)

	HMS Indomitable
		HMS Indomitable design was modified compared to her earlier sister ships (Illustrious and Victorious) she was given a two level hanger arrangement.
		HMS Indomitable taken from deck of Gambia, the other vessel being an oiler.
		HMS Indomitable, Message Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Indomitable This website is not part of any governmental body or official websites of HMS Indomitable
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_indomitable.htm (1218 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - The Sudden Unexpected Peace - A2946242
		At that time I was serving as a Squadron Staff Officer with the British Fleet in HMS Indomitable in the central Pacific.
		In early August 1945, HMS Indomitable, one of the Fleet's Aircraft Carriers, had returned from operations with the US Fleet to our base in Sydney where preparations were being made for an invasion of Malaya, though we did not know that this was the plan at the time.
		The Indomitable immediately set sail taking its familiar route northwards into the Pacific with our orders this time to proceed to Hong Kong, accept the surrender of forces there and install Admiral Harcourt, who had been based aboard Indomitable for a period, as Governor of the Colony.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A2946242 (1167 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Illustrious (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The fourth Royal Navy ship of the name, HMS Illustrious was the first of a four-ship class of aircraft carriers commissioned in 1940 and 1941; her sister ships were HMS Formidable, Indomitable, and Victorious.
		Putting in at Malta, she was hit a second time before she sailed to the Norfolk Navy Yard in Virginia for repairs.
		Upon her return to service in 1942, Illustrious was dispatched to the Indian Ocean, and in May she and Indomitable covered troop landings at Diego Suarez, Madagascar, from which Vichy French forces could threaten convoys rounding South Africa.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_047400_hmsillustrio.htm (745 words)

	880 Squadron History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The squadron formed at Arbroath in January 1941 as a Fleet Fighter squadron with 3 Martlet Is, intended for the still uncompleted HMS Indomitable.
		In May 1942, the squadron left Port Reitz, East Africa onboard HMS Indomitable and took part in the Madagascar landings, including an attack on the Vichy French sloop D’Entrecaseaux, and subsequently took part in Operation Pedestal convoy to Malta when the ship was badly damaged by enemy attacks.
		In October 1942 the squadron embarked on HMS Argus for the North African landings, returning to HMS Indomitable in March 1943 for the landings in Sicily in July 1943 and the September landings in Salerno from HMS Stalker.
	home.alltel.net /hensons/public_html/squadron.html (583 words)

	SpaceBattles.com - Names for the new RN Carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Hood was named after Admiral Horace Hood who was in the Battle of Jutland, so it's likely that Rodney has been named after Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney, a British commander round about the time of the American Revolution.
		HMS Trafalgar is the class sub, of (surprise) the Trafalgar class SSN fleet - and as far as i know they'll still be in service when the new carriers enter service.
		HMS Nelson was a Battleship in WW2 and there was a previous Nelson line of Battleships aswell (though i'm not sure of the dates) so it's allready an associated name with associated battle honours - not really suitable for carriers.
	kier.3dfrontier.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-41092.html (2948 words)

	British Mediterranean Fleet biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1893, Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon drowned as flagship HMS Victoria sank within fifteen minutes of a collision with HMS Camperdown.
		They and HMS Indefatigable formed the nucleus of the fleet at the start of World War I when British forces pursued German ships Goeben and Breslau.
		A recently-modernised HMS Warspite became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet in 1926.
	british-mediterranean-fleet.biography.ms (208 words)

	The Second World War Experience Centre - North Atlantic Convoys - Operation Pedestal Malta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Furious, a further aircraft carrier, carried Spitfires to help in the defence of Malta and these were flown off the carrier some distance from the island.
		I joined her on 26 August 1941 and believe me to join a carrier is really a challenge in finding your way around.
		HMS Indomitable formed part of the carrier support of the convoy to Malta:
	www.war-experience.org /history/anniversary/pedestal0842 (928 words)

	British Dummy Battleships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The objective behind the subterfuge was to confuse the enemy over fleet dispositions as well as to mislead them as to the actual total fleet strength.
		Only the Merion, disguised as the battlecruiser, HMS Tiger, was lost during the war, while in support of the Dardanelles Campaign, in the Aegean Sea by UB8 on 30 May 1915.
		Of the other thirteen, two were expended as blockships (such as the Oruba as HMS Orion) and the other eleven diverted to other duties by the beginning of 1916.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/dummybbs.htm (199 words)

	Norwegian Merchant Fleet - Ship Forum
		The HMS Sandhurst was built as the steamer "Manipur" (7654T) in 1906.
		In 1915 it was converted into a fake battlecruiser called "HMS Indomitable" to trick the Germans.
		Like others I have found no mention of HMS TRELAWNEY, however I do know that this vessel is named on a mine, in a car park in the Western Isles, Scotland, as being part of a minesweeping operation in WW11.
	www.warsailors.com /phorum/read.php?f=1&t=2011&a=2 (646 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - The Great Carrier War / Part 12
		During the last year of the War, the Royal Navy, freed of its European emenies, was able to devote a larger portion of its carrier forces to the Pacific campaigns.
		The HMS Victorious, HMS Illustrious, and HMS Indomitable conducted raids against Japanese interests in the Bay of Bengal and the East Indies.
		The British carriers HMS Formidable, HMS Victorious, and HMS Indomitable were also kamikaze victims.
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cvchap2l.htm (763 words)

	History of the 1921 Project
		Fisher was a firm believer in two things, the first being that speed was as good a form of protection as armor.
		The resulting ship, the HMS Invincible, was the most controversial of her day.
		They were offered for sale to Chile as a replacement for the incomplete battleship Almirante Cochrane, which had been purchased on the stocks by the UK and converted into the carrier HMS Eagle, but that nation declined.
	www.bobhenneman.info /Invinciblehistory.htm (890 words)

	Maritime Prints Portfolio - THE FIRST BATTLE SQUADRON OF DREADNOUGHTS, 1910
		Astern of her are HMS BELLEROPHON (Captain H Evan-Thomas MVO RN), HMS TEMERAIRE (Captain A L Duff RN) and HMS SUPERB (Captain F C T Tudor RN) all of the Bellerophon Class.
		Out on the starboard beam of the Commander-in-Chief is the world’s first battle cruiser, then still known as an armoured cruiser, HMS INDOMITABLE (Captain C M de Bartolome RN) flying the flag of Rear Admiral Commanding First Cruiser Squadron, Rear Admiral the Hon Stanley Colville CVO CB.
		Back in the summer of 1908 INDOMITABLE had beaten INFLEXIBLE into commission by four months: so she and DREADNOUGHT were indeed the first of their respective types at sea anywhere in the world.
	www.maritimeprints.com /portfolio.asp?id=27&dsp=1&MP=MP027 (376 words)

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