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	HMS Jervis Bay (F40) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Jervis Bay was an armed mechant cruiser, pennant F40, sunk on 5 November 1940 by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer.
		The 11-inch guns of the German ship easily outranged Jervis Bay and she was sunk with the loss of 190 crew.
		There is a monument to Captain Fegan and the crew of the Jervis Bay at Ross Memorial Park in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Jervis_Bay_(F40) (486 words)

	HMS Jervis Bay (F40) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The ship was originally the Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line steamer Jervis Bay named after the (additional info and facts about Australian bay) Australian bay (the line named all of its ships after (An indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf) bays).
		However the 11-inch guns of the German ship easily outranged Jervis Bay and she was sunk with the loss of 190 crew and Admiral Scheer went on to sink a further 7 ships out of the convoy.
		The 65 survivors from Jervis Bay were picked up by the neutral (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Sweden and one of two official languages of Finland) Swedish ship Stureholm and Fegen was awarded a posthumous (A British military decoration for gallantry) Victoria Cross.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_jervis_bay_(f40)3.htm (289 words)

	HMS "Jervis Bay":Convoy HX.84. 5th November 1940 :Highland Archives
		Aboard the Jervis Bay, Captain Fegan and his crew had reason to be well pleased with their steady nine knots per hour progress, which had taken them almost to the mid-point of their journey.
		Mindful of the submarine menace, the Jervis Bays lookouts were all engaged in scanning the waters for the telltale signs of a U-boats periscope.
		HEROISM begets admiration, and to the skipper of the swedish ship Stureholm, who had witnessed the action, the heroism of the Jervis Bay was impressive to such a degree that, neutral though he was, the skipper could not sail by and leave the survivors to their grim fate.
	www.internet-promotions.co.uk /archives/caithness/jervisbay.htm (2436 words)

	The Standard Bearer - Battle of the Atlantic Memorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS Hood and HMS Jervis Bay were just two of the many vessels that were lost in the Atlantic in WWII.
		Jervis Bay classified as an armed merchant cruiser and used mainly as a convoy escort vessel, played a significant roll in Battle of the Atlantic.
		The Jervis Bay was sunk in heroic circumstances by the German Battleship Admiral Scheer but not before this converted merchant vessel made a serious challenge on the Admiral Scheer.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /standard_bearer/battle_of_atlantic.htm (1140 words)

	icLanarkshire - Hairmyres still honours courage and heroism of Jervis Bay incident (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Jervis Bay plaque commemorates those who died when their ship was attacked during World War II.
		The Jervis Bay, a former passenger ship, was armed with guns and used to escort convoys across the Atlantic at the outbreak of the war.
		Captain Fegan of the Jervis Bay chose to stand his ground against the Admiral Scheer but knowing that the outcome was inevitable he ordered the convoy to scatter under the cover of darkness.
	iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk /news/eknews/tm_objectid=15398858&method=full&siteid=50144&headline=hairmyres-still-honours-courage-and-heroism-of-jervis-bay-incident-name_page.html (624 words)

	HMS Jervis Bay: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park: Heritage Resources Saint John
		The Jervis Bay, built originally as a passenger ship to carry emigrants to Australia, was taken over by the Admiralty in August 1939.
		In November 1940 the Jervis Bay was the sole escort for Convoy HX84 of thirty-seven freighters moving from Halifax to Britain.
		The convoy was ordered to scatter and the Jervis Bay, dropping smoke floats as she went, endeavoured to bring the Admiral Scheer within the range of her guns.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /~heritage/JervisBay/jervisbaymon2.htm (1654 words)

	jervisbaymemorialservice
		A sizeable crowd gathered by the cenotaph at the Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park recently to commemorate the anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Jervis Bay at a memorial service held November 7th.
		Despite overwhelming odds, the outmatched Jervis Bay advanced and met the Admiral Scheer, diverting the enemy away from the convoy and allowing all but three of the ships in the convoy to escape.
		Of the 255-crew members aboard the Jervis Bay, only 65 survived. They were rescued by Swedish freighter Stureholm.
	www.homestead.com /jervisbaymemorialservice (205 words)

	November 5, 2000: Jervis Bay - Ross Memorial Park: Heritage Resources Saint John
		Squires, of West Saint John, was one of 65 survivors of the HMS Jervis Bay, sunk in 1940 by a German battleship, claiming 183 lives.
		The Jervis Bay was an armed merchant ship that spent much of its drydock time in Saint John during the second World War.
		One of Germany's famed pocket battleships, the Admiral Scheer, attacked the convoy and the Jervis Bay rushed to the attack despite the difference in vessel size and firepower, laying down a smokescreen to enable the convoy to break up and escape.
	www.saintjohn.nbcc.nb.ca /JervisBay/00Nov5.htm (572 words)

	Jervis Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jervis Bay Territory, New South Wales, is an Australian territory which includes the naval base HMAS Creswell.
		HMS Jervis Bay was an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal Navy, sunk on 5 November 1940.
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of topics associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jervis_Bay (98 words)

	Caithness CWS - Caithness Books - Jervis Bay - Index
		Outgunned and with no hope of survival, Captain Fegen and over 190 of the 256 Jervis Bay crew nevertheless then sacrificed themselves as they took the battle to the enemy in a one-sided duel with the Admiral Scheer, as they fought to secure the safe passage of the ships in their charge.
		This sacrificial battle is fully placed in both its contemporary naval and political contexts and includes graphic descriptions of battle scenes and action aboard the ships, together with the harrowing aftermath as men struggled to survive in the icy seas.
		The sinking of the Jervis Bay was the greatest loss suffered by Caithness and Wick particularly was hard hit.
	www.caithness.org /caithnessbooks/jervisbay (356 words)

	HMS
		The Jervis Bay was an old 14,164 ton passenger liner, built in 1922 and used to carry immigrants to Australia and food back to Britain, but in 1939 with another 56 passenger liners she was converted into an AMC.
		The fate of the Jervis Bay was now sealed and she was to go down in a blaze of glory, in the finest tradition of the Royal and Merchant Navy, their luck had just run out.
		With 22 valuable minutes and 335 shell spent on the destruction of the Jervis Bay, the "Scheer" gave chase to the now scattered convoy that were disappearing in the dark.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/merchantnavy_b.html (1804 words)

	Convoy HX84, H.M.S. Jervis Bay Admiral Scheer, and the San Demetrio, of London. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Convoy HX84, H.M.S. Jervis Bay Admiral Scheer, and the San Demetrio, of London.
		She located the Jervis Bay's convoy and decided to attack immediately, as it was late afternoon and it would be difficult to find targets in the dark.
		Captain Fegen of the Jervis Bay decided to advance to meet the raider, in the hope of delaying the Germans long enough to enable most of the convoy to escape.
	www.rhiw.com /y_mor/capt_j_l_jones/san_demetrio/convoy_hx84.htm (760 words)

	Telegraph \| Arts \| 'If I am to die, I am not afraid to do so'
		It is a letter written by the officer who commanded the Jervis Bay in her dying moments.
		Cdr Morrison was last seen, wounded but standing perfectly straight, on the foredeck of his ship as, having launched her last lifeboat, the Jervis Bay sank into the icy Atlantic on the evening of November 5, 1940.
		Margaret learnt from survivors of the Jervis Bay that her husband had taken over command of the ship after the captain (Captain Fogarty Fegen, awarded a posthumous VC) and two other senior officers had been killed.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2005/10/28/ftsailor28.xml&sSheet=/living/2005/10/29/ixlivingbottom.html (965 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Leamington of the Town class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jervis Bay\'s gallant delaying action enabled 32 of the 37 ships in the convoy to escape, although she herself was sunk in the action.
		HMS Leamington collides with the Norwegian merchant Thyra (1655 BRT, offsite link) in the North Atlantic in position 52.25N, 19.22W.
		On 27 March 1942 the German submarine U-587 was sunk in position 47.21N, 21.39W by depth charges by the British escort destroyers HMS Grove and HMS Aldenham and the British destoyers HMS Volunteer and HMS Leamington of the 2nd Escort Group, escorting the troop convoy WS-17.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4175.html (788 words)

	Wickes
		Reprisal and Lexington—the latter under the command of Capt. John Barry—kept boats from HMS Kingfisher at bay and succeeded in landing some 200 barrels of the precious powder.
		Shifting to Guantanamo Bay soon thereafter, Wickes exercised with larger units of the Atlantic Squadron from 24 to 26 January before proceeding with DesDiv 64 for Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on the 26th.
		Jervis Bay had gallantly interspersed herself between the raider and the convoy, allowing the latter to escape while being herself smashed to junk and sunk.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/w7/wickes-i.htm (2820 words)

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		On 5 November 1940 HMS JERVIS BAY — an echo of his old posting to Australia’s Jervis Bay on the NSW coast - under Fegen’s command, was making her way from the United States to Europe, as the sole escort for 37 merchant ships.
		JERVIS BAY, a former passenger liner built in 1922-23, had a displacement of 14, 000 tons and a maximum speed of around 15 knots.
		The JERVIS BAY had been the sole escort for this convoy so for a merchant ship to return to the scene unescorted was indeed the act of brave men.
	www.navy.gov.au /reserves_new/historyDocuments/Rankin_VC.doc (2340 words)

	Gallery - HMS Jervis Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This photograph of the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Jervis Bay was taken by Peter Tingey, an apprentice aboard the Canonesa.
		It was taken in September 1940 as the Jervis Bay was escorting Convoy HX72.
		The full details of this action, during which the Jervis Bay's brave defence of its convoy saved many merchant ships from attack, is described in the excellent H.M.S. Jervis Bay Memorial web-site.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /annemariepurnell/cangal2d.html (87 words)

	jervis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The ship he went down on, the HMS Jervis Bay, was an occasional visitor to Bermuda and there is a memorial at Albuoy's Point.
		HMS Jervis Bay was a passenger liner that was requisitioned by the Royal Navy to convey food and munitions from the US and Canada to Britain.
		As a mark of respect for the heroic action of the Jervis Bay, the House of Assembly, under a motion forwarded by Sir Stanley Spurling, adjourned and attended a memorial service.
	www.bermudasun.org /issues/j5/jervis.html (842 words)

	Downhills Central School, Canadian Pacific, SS Beaverford, Jervis Bay, Merchant Seamen, Admiral Scheer
		The ship was lost with all hands on 5 Nov 1940 as a result of an heroic holding action, fighting alongside the Armed Merchant Cruiser, HMS "Jervis Bay", against the enemy pocket battleship, "Admiral Scheer".
		The escorting armed merchant cruiser, Jervis Bay, at once attacked, although her swift destruction was a certainty.
		The white ensign (on the Jervis Bay) was gone and "Beaverford", though only armed for defence against submarines, must keep her red ensign flying to the last to allow more fortunate vessels to speed away in other directions.
	freespace.virgin.net /j.franklin/Beaverford.htm (585 words)

	The Scotsman (Edinburgh, Scotland) : Honour for captain who defied death. @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Instead they marked the death throes of the lightly-armed former liner, HMS Jervis Bay, as she sailed into the guns of a Nazi battleship to buy time for a convoy of 38 Allied merchant vessels.
		Today ten Scots relatives of some of the 198 men who lost their lives in the one-sided sea battle and the 65 who survived are among a 30-strong British party setting out on a poignant journey to Canada.
		They are taking part in special services at the Jervis Bay memorial to mark Sunday's 60th anniversary of the action.
	static.highbeam.com /t/thescotsmanedinburghscotland/november032000/honourforcaptainwhodefieddeath (228 words)

	Jervis Bay
		Jervis Bay Marine Park Home Jervis Bay Bookings Contact Jervis Bay is one of the true gems of the NSW south east region and its value to Australia has been recognised by its National Park...
		Jervis Bay Marine Park December 2001 The NSW Marine Park Authority has recently released the Draft Zoning Plan for Jervis Bay Marine Park.
		Definition of Jervis Bay Territory The Jervis Bay Territory is a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia.
	centralcoastnsw.fonscoast.com /jervisbay (1071 words)

	Jervis Bay (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jervis Bay, sheltered inlet of the Pacific Ocean, 10 mi (16.1 km) long and 6 mi (9.7 km) wide, SE Australia.
		Jervis Bay, connected by rail with Canberra, 85 mi (137 km) inland, was intended to become the port of the landlocked Australian Capital Territory.
		When the territory gained self-government in 1988, Jervis Bay was separated and remained under the administration of the federal government.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0826216.html (225 words)

	RMS Rangitiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		consisting of 37 merchant ships escorted by the Jervis Bay came under attack in the early evening of 5 November 1940 by the powerful German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer whose initial target was mv Rangitiki.
		It has been said that it was the size of the 'Tiki (at around 17,000 tons the largest vessel in the convoy), and its two funnel profile that made it such attractive prey.
		The outcome was certain, but the heroic fight put up by the Jervis Bay gained sufficient precious time for the convoy to scatter under the protective screen of smoke, and the Rangitiki and 30 other merchantmen eventually made it safely to harbour.
	www.rms-rangitiki.com /Jervis_Bay.htm (308 words)

	HMS - Unipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		HMS is a TLA that may stand for:
		The Battlecruiser HMS Hood: An Illustrated Biography, 1916-1941
		HMS Pinafore : or The Lass That Loved a Sailor Vocal Score (Vocal Score)
	www.unipedia.info /HMS.html (193 words)

	Convoy HX 84 - warsailors.com
		Wireless report: "Satisfactory except for Greek Anna Bulgari (spelt Hannah Bulgaris on the form) which was constantly warned because of oscillations from her receiver.
		HMS Jervis Bay - Covers the sinking of this vessel.
		The site includes a report from Stureholm, which rescued Jervis Bay's survivors.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/hx84.html (242 words)

	If the Gods are Good: The Epic Sacrifice of HMS Jervis Bay (Ralph Segman , Gerald Duskin)
		While I was aware of some of the Jervis Bay story, the authors bring several new parts of it to life.
		The story of the HMS Jervis Bay is the modern day tale of a David verus Goliath-like battle between this convoy escort and the mighty German pocket battleship, Admiral Scheer.
		Because of the bravery and determination of the Jervis Bay's Captain, E.S. Fogarty Fegen, and of her crew, the majority of the convoy that this ship was escorting was able to make it to its final destination, thereby delivering much needed supplies to a war torn Great Britain.
	www.truefresco.com /bookshop/us/product/1591148197.htm (466 words)

	Wickes I dd 75
		Anchored off Port Everglades, Fla. just before Christmas of 1939, Wickes noted the British destroyer HMS Hereward (H.93) maintaining a diligent patrol 12 miles off the Florida coast between 23 and 25 December.
		She maintained a patrol off the Yucatan Peninsula for a week before returning to Key West on the 9th.
		On 12 December 1943, she assisted the Bowater-Lloyd Paper Co. barge Spruce Lake and, on the 27th, departed Halifax for the British Isles, carrying the surviving crew members from the torpedoed British destroyer HMS Hurricane which had been sunk by U-415 on Christmas Eve.
	www.multied.com /navy/destroyer/dest2/Wickesdd75.html (2281 words)

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