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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HMS Jaguar
The battleship HMS Revenge sails from Plymouth with the destroyers HMS Javelin, HMS Jupiter, HMS Kelvin, HMS Kipling, HMS Jackal, HMS Jaguar and HMS Kashmir to shell the French port of Cherbourg.
Atari Jaguar II The Atari Jaguar II was to be the successor to the Jaguar.
Jaguar XJ The Jaguar XJ is a Daimler (everywhere else).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Jaguar   (317 words)

  
 HMS JAGUAR - Find Friends from HMS JAGUAR at Forces Reunited
Barbara Aissing nee Bennett was at HMS Jaguar between 1961 and 2002.
Marshall Clarke was at HMS Jaguar between 1954 and 1979.
George Maccormack was at HMS Jaguar between 1959 and 1984.
www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Jaguar.html   (833 words)

  
  Jaguar
Atari Jaguar II The Atari Jaguar II was to be the successor to the Jaguar.
Jaguar The background of the coat is usually an orange-yellow in colour, with numerous rings or rosettes on the flanks a...
Jaguar XJ The Jaguar XJ is a Daimler (everywhere else).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/jaguar.html   (326 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Aler-Am)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
HMS Amazon is powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines and two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines for cruising providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4000 miles at 17 knots.
HMS Ambuscade is powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines and two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines for cruising providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4000 miles at 17 knots.
HMS Amphion was a British frigate of 38 guns, blown up while riding at anchor in Plymouth Sound, killing her entire crew of more than 250 persons on September 22nd 1796.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R1AB.HTM   (1891 words)

  
 Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (HMS-Hz)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
HMS Hogue was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 250 in peace time and 337 during the Second World War.
HMS Hubberston has a double mahogany hull on an aluminium frame and is powered by two Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 2500 miles at 12 knots.
HMS Hydra was a British Hecla Class survey ship of 1915 tons displacement, which along with her sister ships HMS Hecla and HMS Hecate, was the first Royal Navy ship to be designed with a combined oceanographical and hydrographic role.
www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R7D.HTM   (3353 words)

  
 HMS Jupiter
HMS Express was towed back to Hull and took 13 months to repair.
On 1 September 1940 HMS Jupiter, HMS Kelvin and HMS Vortigern joined the light cruisers HMS Aurora and HMS Galatea who were supporting the minelaying mission and when returning to base HMS Galatea struck another mine and was slightly damaged off Cleaner Shoal Buoy near the Humber light vessel.
The battle-cruiser HMS Renown, battleship HMS Malaya, aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal, light cruiser HMS Sheffield and the destroyers HMS Fearless, HMS Foxhound, HMS Foresight, HMS Fury, HMS Encounter and HMS Jersey left Gibraltar to the west with convoy HG-53.
www.hmscavalier.org.uk /G85   (538 words)

  
 Battle of Cape Matapan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Allied forces were centred on the Mediterranean fleet, consisting of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, the modernised World War I battleships HMS Barham, Valiant and Warspite (as flagship).
A second force, under Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell, consisted of the British light cruisers HMS Ajax, Gloucester and Orion, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, and the British destroyers HMS Hasty, Hereward and Ilex — the Australian Vendetta had returned to Alexandria.
In addition, Allied warships attached to convoys were available: HMS Defender, Jaguar and Juno waited in the Kithira Channel and HMS Decoy, Carlisle, Calcutta Bonaventure and HMAS Vampire were nearby.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan   (791 words)

  
 More Maritime Disasters of WWII 1942
The Niger was transporting 39 survivors from the 10,000 ton cruiser HMS Edinburgh which was sunk by the U-456 on May 2nd, 1942, taking with her 57 members of her crew.
On hearing of the Camberra's sinking, Churchill requested that the British cruiser HMS Shropshire be sent to replace her.
HMS Walney (Y 04) was the ex US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Sebago (CGC-51) transferred to Britain under the Lend-Lease agreement on May 12, 1941.
members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/maritime-2-1942.html   (7126 words)

  
 HMS Firedrake Page 3
Between 8-15th October 1940 the Firedrake, together with HMS Hotspur, owing to their high endurance, were allocated as extra escorts for convoy HG 45 Gib to UK.
The corvette HMS Sunflower came to the rescue but because of the extremely bad weather they couldn’t get close enough to take the surviving men off what was left of the Firedrake, their skipper decided to circle the Firedrake hoping the weather would become better by daylight.
HMS Sunflower, managed to rescue six officers and 20 ratings from a crew of 194.
www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk /firedrake3.htm   (1361 words)

  
 HMS Jaguar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
HMS Jaguar (F-34) was a J class destroyer laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939.
Jaguar participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941.
HMS Jaguar was struck by two torpedoes fired by the enemy German submarine U-652 and sank off Sidi Barrani in Egypt on 26 March 1942 with the loss of 190 of her crew.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_jaguar   (144 words)

  
 Royal Air Force Jaguar
The first 4 Jaguars have already attacked and are feet wet returning to base, having dropped their load of 1000lb bombs on the target.
The first four Jaguars have already attacked and are 'feet wet' returning to base, having dropped their load of 1000lb bombs on the target.
Jaguars are from number 6, 41(F) and 54(F) squadrons based at RAF Coltishall, Norfolk.
www.aviationartprints.com /jaguar.htm   (2439 words)

  
 HMS Jaguar
HMS Jaguar, a Anti-Aircraft frigate new to the Fleet in December 1959, had a shaky start before moving on to long and varied service that continues to this day.
'Jaguar' was equipped with two twin 4.5 inch automatic guns and bofors guns that were later replaced by Seacat missiles.
The RN life of 'Jaguar', after a shaky start, of which more later, was to last some 19 years until her sale to the Bangladesh Navy in 1978.
www.burrill12.freeserve.co.uk /jaguar/HMSJaguar.htm   (1692 words)

  
 HMS Ganges Association - Henry Hoskins   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
His name was Henry A Hoskins, he was an Able Seaman and his number C/JX 15779.
He died aboard HMS Jaguar on the 26th March 1942 at the age of 19 years.
He was quite a bit older than me, and I do not remember much about him.
www.hmsgangesassoc.org /hoskins.html   (123 words)

  
 Foreign and Domestic River Gunboats in China
HMS Kinsha was significantly more hospitable than the Woodcock or Woodlark, hence the reason a purchased vessel was made the British flagship despite the fact Royal Navy vessels were already functioning in the same area.
It should be noted that the Jaguar was assigned to the lower West River and she has been reported as appearing on the lower Yangtze.
HMS Kinsha, with a seven foot draft, made it to Chungking shortly thereafter and I have doubts that she ever went to Chungking unless the Yangtze was at high water.
www.hmsfalcon.com /foreign/foreign.htm   (3717 words)

  
 HMS Ganges to Terror - Index
The continued life of HMS BERMUDA from the Spring of 1959 to the end of 1960.
A short reminisce in Sheerness in the year 2000 and a tale or two of the yard and HMS WILDFIRE in the 1950's with pictures.
Shotley of 1954/5 and 2000/2002 described and illustrated leads this section where there are pages for your pictures and memories and a read of a link between a 1922 New Entrant and a 1987 policeman there.
www.zyworld.com /HMSECHO/Contents.htm   (787 words)

  
 ROYAL NAVY - HMS LLANDAFF - F61 FRIGATE - NEWSLETTER
The former Royal Navy assault ship HMS Intrepid, a key part of the fleet that led the campaign to retake the Falkland Islands 25 years ago, is expected to be recycled at a British facility, the Ministry of Defence announced today.
HMS Clyde, the first complete warship to be built in Portsmouth Naval Base since 1966, is being floated out from the VT Ship Hall in June this year.
Consequently after relatively short careers with the Royal Navy, two vessels were sold for scrap, one was sold for service overseas and one was used in a training role before being sunk as a target.
www.hmsllandaff.co.uk /newsletter1.htm   (1545 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 23 Nov 1995 (pt 9)
HMS Kent's last operational deployment was in an exercise in the eastern Atlantic in the spring of 1980.
HMS Jupiter's last operational deployment was in the south Atlantic from October 1991 to February 1992.
HMS Hermione's last operational deployment was on Armilla patrol from October 1991 to February 1992.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199596/cmhansrd/vo951123/text/51123w09.htm   (1783 words)

  
 BBC Online - Devon - News
HMS Ocean has returned to Devonport after helping to support UN peacekeeping operations in Sierra Leone.
HMS Ocean's homecoming marked the end of a three month tour of duty for the amphibious carrier.
The ship's visit to the West Coast of Africa and the show of firepower that followed is believed to have contributed to the Sierra Leonian rebels agreeing to a ceasefire.
www.bbc.co.uk /devon/news/122000/01/ocean_0112.shtml   (312 words)

  
 News : HMS Pembroke : Sandown Class : Mine Countermeasure : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
HMS Pembroke remains alongside in her base port of HMNB Clyde, Faslane engaged in a Limited Support Period (LSP), a dedicated period of maintenance and defect rectification designed to restore the Ship to her maximum Operational Capability (OC).
The former Ship’s Company of HMS Ramsey is now firmly established in HMS Pembroke having completed a ‘sea swap’ in Kuwait, concluding phase one of the Aintree Deployment to the Arabian Gulf.
From this Sunday, 29th April, the entire crew of HMS Pembroke will be leaving behind Faslane in exchange for the Gulf where we shall be taking over as the new crew of HMS Ramsey.
www.royal-navy.mod.uk /server/show/nav.2103   (403 words)

  
 HMS Kelly, Royal Navy Destroyer
Served in the Home Waters until 1940-41 when she went to the Mediterranean HMS Kelly was sunk by German aircraft off Crete on the 23rd may 1941.
H.M.S. Kelly steams at full speed to intercept a U-Boat which is bearing down on an essential and otherwise vulnerable Allied supply convoy.
HMS Kelly leaving the Grand Harbour, Malta in 1941 with HMS Warspite in the background.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_kelly.htm   (1767 words)

  
 Maritime Disasters of WWII 1939, 1940, 1941
At that moment she was on a secret mission, transporting King Håkon of Norway, the Crown Prince, 56 staff members and Government officials and the national gold reserves, from Tromsó to the safety of the British Isles, there to spend the next five years in exile.
The 11,636 ton Dutch passenger liner was taken over for service as a troop transport and while engaged in the evacuation of British and New Zealand troops from Crete, she was attacked for the second time by German aircraft of Luftwaffe JG-77 and sank with the loss of 193 men.
Severely damaged by salvos from the battleships HMS King George V, HMS Rodney, and by torpedoes from the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire, she was finally scuttled by her crew.
members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/maritime-1.html   (7671 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - HMS Jaguar (F 34) (Destroyer)
Under the command of LtCdr J.F.W. Hine, the HMS Jaguar (F 34) took part in the Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Dunkirk.
On 20 December, the HMS Jaguar (F 34) picked up eight officers and 17 ratings from the HMS Kandahar (F 28), which had struck a mine off Tripoli and finished off the badly damaged destroyer by a coup de grâce.
At 02.27 hours on 26 Mar, 1942, the HMS Jaguar (F 34) (Lt P.F. Cole) was attacked by U-652 with a spread of four torpedoes northest of Sollum.
www.uboat.net /allies/merchants/ship.html?shipID=1473   (742 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Jaguar is not much for hard turning maneuver; thanks to its small, highly loaded wing.
It was low cost to used and low cost to maitain and should the Aéronavale have had the Jaguar the whole concept of a CV group may well have came to an axe in the beginning of the 90's.
We should have bought Jaguar but Super Etendart is not as crap as it seems.At least it has similar payload*range than a seaharrier.Today it has radar, ECM, INS, flir pod for LGB.But in the end of seventies and begining of eightiers priority was on SSBN and ground forces.
www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/6-17021.aspx   (6048 words)

  
 HMS Kent
HMS Kent, armoured cruiser of the Monmouth Class, launched 6th March 1901 and served in the China Station 1906 -1913.
At the outbreak of World War One she was sent to the Falklands and took part in the Battle of the Falklands, 8th December 1914, sinking the German light cruiser, Nurnberg.
HMS Kent returned in May 1915 and was sent to Vladivostok in January 1919 to support American and Japanese operations against the Bolshevik Red Army.
www.naval-art.com /hms_kent.htm   (631 words)

  
 Looking for HMS Daedalus veterans
Joined at HMS Raleigh in May 89 and served at HMS Daedalus (Artificer training), HMS Birmingham for WIGS 90 and at RNAS Portland 702 Squadron.
Also serving as an able seaman on the HMCS Puncher, and HMS Pintail as well as the HMS Daedalus and the aircraft carrier HMCS Warrior, Shell travelled to numerous ports, including Murmansk.
He served on HMS Cambrian (63-64), at Daedalus (64-66), HMS St Angelo (68-68), on HMS Hermes at HMS Cochrane and on HMS Dido (to 1973).
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Daedalus/whom.htm   (1611 words)

  
 The loss of HMS Neptune in 1941
The Cruiser HMS Neptune ran into an uncharted minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli, and sank with the loss of 764 officers and men.
HMS Neptune, commanded by Captain Rory O'Conor, was leading 'Force K', a Cruiser raiding squadron.
With Jaguar positioning herself upwind of the Kandahar, the ship's company jumped in the water, and as the Jaguar drifted slowly down towards them a total of 8 officers and 170 crew were pulled out, but 73 men had perished.
www.hmsneptune.com /history1.php   (1240 words)

  
 wrecks algeria HMS Broke
The HMS Rook was a Shakespeare-class British destroyer, built in Southampton by Thornycroft during 1918, launched during 1920 and completed by Pembroke Dockyard.
On October 11, 1940, together with the destroyers HMS Kashmir, HMS Jaguar and HMS Kipling, the HMS Broke escorted the British Battleship HMS Revenge during the bombing of the French harbour of Cherbourg.
On November 8, 1942, during the operations for the Allied invasion of Northern Africa, the HMS Broke was hit by gunfire from a coastal battery off the coasts of Algeria, and sank off Bougie.
www.sportesport.it /wrecksAG020.htm   (151 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)

  
 Navy News - Jack to Jack - Over To You - J to L   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
HMS Jamaica: The granddaughter of the late Sidney Robinson is looking for anybody who served on the ship between 1942 and 1945 in ww2 or has any information or pictures regarding her grandfather who lived in Huddersfield before and after the war.
HMS Le Tiger: Looking for men that served with armed trawler HMS Le Tiger or anyone remembering the convoy BA-2 from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 3rd July 1942, Liberty ship ss Alexander Macomb was attacked and sunk by U-215.
HMS Llandaff (F61): Mike Brady is researching the history of HMS Llandaff which was handed over to Bangladesh and renamed Umar Farooq (F16) in 1976.
www.navynews.co.uk /oty/otyjtol.asp   (1424 words)

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