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  Isle of Islay - HMS Otranto and HMS Tuscania Memorials
On 5 Feb 1918 the HMS Tuscania was torpedoed by a German submarine and sank seven miles of the Mull of Oa.
On 6 Oct 1918 the HMS Otranto was involved in a collision with the HMS Kashmir and sank in Machir Bay on the west coast of Islay.
On 6 Oct 1918 the Otranto was involved in a collision with the HMS Kashmir, ->
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 HMS K1 - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS K1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS K1 - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS K1 HMS K1 - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS K1.
Informations for HMS K1 was a First World War steam turbine propelled K class submarines of the British Royal Navy.
The flotilla was led by the light cruiser HMS Blonde followed by K1, K3, K4 with K7 at the rear of the line.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-K1.html   (296 words)

  
 HMS K26 - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS K26   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS K26 - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS K26.
HMS K26 was the only modified K-class submarine of Britain's Royal Navy to be completed.
She was the last steam-powered submarine built anywhere in the World until the first nuclear powered submarine, USS Nautilus was launched in 1954.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-K26.html   (489 words)

  
 HMS Icarus (D03) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Icarus (D03) was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 9 March 1936, launched on 26 November 1936 and commissioned on 1 May 1937.
On on 29 November 1939, Icarus attacked and sank the U-35 while in company with the destroyers HMS Kingston and HMS Kashmir off the Shetland Islands.
On 6 March 1944 she sank U-744 while in company with the corvette HMS Kenilworth Castle, the Canadian frigate HMCS St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Icarus_(D03)   (592 words)

  
 navywwii   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS Avenger was an auxilliary aircraft carrier and was sunk by a U-boat torpedo West of the Gibraltar Straits.
The anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Curacoa was lost in a collision with the SS Queen Mary while on escort duties off the coast of Donegal in the North Western Approaches.
HMS Polyanthus was a Flower Class corvette and was sunk by a U-boat torpedo in the North Atlantic.
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 HMS Jupiter
HMS Express struck a mine and was badly damaged, HMS Esk went to her assistance and hit mine and sank immediately, HMS Ivanhoe also went to her assistance and hit a mine and was badly damaged, so much so she she had to be sunk by HMS Kelvin.
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.
In the meantime 4 destroyers HMS Duncan, HMS Isis, HMS Firedrake and HMS Jupiter left Gibraltar and steamed to the east to conduct a anti-submarine sweep.
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 Guardian Unlimited | Obituaries | Obituary: Jack Scatchard
As a lieutenant aboard the destroyer HMS Kashmir on the outbreak of war, first as gunnery officer and then as "number one", Scatchard took part in two of the greatest naval setbacks of the first half of the war, the botched campaigns in Norway (1940) and Crete (1941).
This was as skipper of the light destroyer HMS Garth, which joined the escort for the disastrous commando raid on Dieppe in August 1942.
Kashmir emerged unscathed, to be reassigned to Lord Louis Mountbatten's destroyer flotilla in the Mediterranean.
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,520269,00.html   (836 words)

  
 Freefire Zone Forums - The Ships of WWII Part 20: HMS Kelly
HMS Kelly was then taken in tow by the destroyer Bulldog, and together they set off on a nightmarish journey towards the British coast and the safety of a Tyneside repair yard.
HMS Kelly remained heavily awash through out her ordeal, but she survived the enemy's fire and at long last, 91 hours after she was first hit, she arrived home.
HMS Kelly's next, and fatal, tour of duty was in the Mediterranean.
www.freefirezone.net /showthread.php?t=14385   (643 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kashmir is not a territorial dispute, rather it is question of right of self-determination of 12 million people.
One of the confusing elements of Kashmir is the fact 'Kashmiris' are spoken about as a single entity - forgetting that many of the peoples across the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir do not call themselves Kashmiri at all.
In 1948, both Sheikh Abdullah's government in Indian-administered Kashmir and Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim's government in Pakistani-administered Kashmir claimed to be the successor administrations in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.
www.kashmirwatch.com /08june05.htm   (7690 words)

  
 HMS Kashmir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS Kashmir, a ship of the Royal_Navy, is named after Kashmir (used to be part of the British_Empire).
HMS Kashmir HMS Kashmir, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after Kashmir (used to be part of the British Empire).
HMS Kashmire by Jim Baumann 1/700 HMS Kashmir K Class Destroyer (White Ensign Models) Built mostly out of the box about 5 years ago.
www.justasia.info /browse/HMS-Kashmir.html   (204 words)

  
 HMS Kelly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS Kelly is shown at Malta with HMS Warspite and naval art print of HMS Kelly on convoy duties intercepting a U-boat.
The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the battleship HMS Royal Sovereign as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean near Malta.
The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
www.naval-art.com /hms_kelly.htm   (806 words)

  
 Rockall -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The earliest recorded landing on the island was on 8 July 1810 when an officer called Basil Hall led a small landing party from (additional info and facts about HMS Endymion) HMS Endymion to the summit.
The next landing was accomplished by a Mr Johns of HMS Porcupine, whilst the ship was on a mission, from June and August of 1862, to make a survey of the sea bed prior to the laying of a transatlantic cable.
The Union flag was hoisted and possession of the island was taken in the name of Her Majesty.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/rockall.htm   (2011 words)

  
 WW2Ships.com: J Class Destroyers - Feature Article
Due to shortages, HMS Ulysses was fitted with a four barrelled pom-pom and HMS Urchin had two additional twin 20 mm anti aircraft guns, both fitted in place of the twin 40 mm anti aircraft gun.
The one known surviving variant, HMS Cavalier, was significantly modified during her service post-war, including the replacement of one gun with the Seacat missile system, although she is still very similar to the vessel that was built during the second world war.
HMS Cavalier is the only world war two vintage destroyer in the UK, and can be found at the Chatham historic dockyard.
www.ww2ships.com /britain/gb-dd-001-f.shtml   (4327 words)

  
 GN Online: HMS Portland crew display skills
The HMS Portland sailed at 9am from Mina Rashid with 30 visitors on board who went to the wings of the bridge.
The HMS Portland boasts of some of the most modern weapons systems in the Royal Navy including long-range Harpoon anti-surface missiles and Sea-Wolf vertical launch anti-aircraft and anti-missile missiles.
The HMS Portland was in Dubai for four days and we're looking forward to cooperating with the UAE Navy.
www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=50255   (680 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)

  
 HMS Otranto   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS Otranto was a First World War Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser which was present at the Battle of Coronel.
She was one of only two British ships present to survive, the other being HMS Glasgow.
She was subsequently wrecked with the loss of 431 lives on 16 October 1918 off Islay whilst serving as a troopship, following a collision with HMS Kashmir during a storm.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Otranto.htm   (145 words)

  
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HMS Ark Royal in company with the destroyers HMS Brazen, Encounter & Volunteer in one force, while HMS Glorious and HMS Furious form the core of a second force.
Mountbatten was still on the bridge of the ship when it finally flipped over; nevertheless, he managed to swim to shore and take control of the rescue operation.
II, aircraft "B" of No. 819 Squadron in the escort aircraft carrier HMS Archer, damages the German submarine U-752 in the North Atlantic with rockets and the sub is scuttled by her crew in position 51.40N, 29.49W; 17 of the 46-man crew survive.
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 GN Online: Self-determination key issue in Kashmir
He stated that situation in Jammu and Kashmir is unbearable and the problem should be resolved peacefully and in accordance with the UN resolutions.
He said the Kashmir issue is the most complicated and should be resolved peacefully, for the divergence of interests in the Indian subcontinent.
He said the Kashmir National Committee of Pakistan has been given a wide mandate with the primary task of finding peaceful ways and means to settle the Kashmir issue.
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 HMS Jaguar
Eight officers and 45 ratings were picked up by the armed whaler HMS Klo and taken to Tobruk.
During Operation Dynamo (the evacuation of Dunkirk) HMS Jaguar was bombed and heavily damaged by German aircraft.
The British destroyers HMS Kashmir, HMS Jaguar, HMS Broke and the Polish destroyer Blyskawica conducted a patrol in the English Channel.
www.hmscavalier.org.uk /F34   (115 words)

  
 requests for information about HMS Royal Oak, Scapa Flow
It was taken at HMS Cunningham, a training establishment at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. Previously a holiday camp (Cunningham's camp) taken over by the RN during the war.
According to his photo album he served on HMS Royal Oak and I have attached a couple of photos which may be of interest to your site.
Indeed I had grown up with tales of HMS Royal Oak, as my Grandfather was W. Cheesley, who was lost with the ship and appears on your roll of honour, thank you.
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 War Patrols
Two other destroyers, HMS KINGSTON (Lt Cdr P Somerville) and HMS KASHMIR (Lt Cdr H A King), responded to HMS ICARUS's alert; all were under the direction of Captain Lord Louis Mountbatten aboard the HMS KELLY.
Directed by HMS ICARUS to the likely spot, HMS KINGSTON was able to establish ASDIC contact and made two depth-charge attacks, which jammed the diving planes of U 35 and put her at a sharp up angle.
HMS ICARUS, HMS KINGSTON and HMS KASHMIR issued formal reports to the Admiralty in December 1939.
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 HMS Kashmir   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This recording dating from 1971 is now realised on CD with superb sound quality.
It was originally recorded in the old FFRR standard, and for its time has quite sumptuous mono sound, although some might find the voices placed a bit too much to the fore.
William Schwenck Gilbert/Arthur Seymour Sullivan: HMS Pinafore/Trial By Jury
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 HMS Kashmir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Kashmir, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after Kashmir (used to be part of the British Empire).
This ship was involved in a collision on 6th October 1918 with HMS Otranto off the west coast of the Island of Islay and sank in Machir Bay.
This page was last modified 03:00, 9 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Kashmir   (90 words)

  
 Letter H Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS King George V with USS Missouri in background.jpg
HMS King George V with USS Missouri in background 1945.jpg
There you find a list of all editors and the possibility to edit the original text of the article HMS Lincoln.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
HMS Grenadier 1942, Military Class Trawler - This summer an article on this 1:72nd scale model by Louis Elskamp of the Netherlands was mislabeled as an Admiralty Class Armed Trawler.
HMS Agincourt - This time "The Gin Palace" is the subject of the work of Jim Baumann with his build of the 1:700 scale British battleship by Classic Warships.
HMS Delhi, Anti-Aircraft Cruiser - John Currie presents a photographic study of the components to the recent H-P Models release of a 1:700 model of
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 J+K Class Destroyers
My father was a PO Electrician on HMS Jackal at the time of her sinking in May 1942.
He also served on HMS Hood during the 1930's I have very little information about him, he also served on HMS Sheffield during WW2.
One of my members is 80 years old and was a survivor of the sinking of HMS Jupiter in the Java Sea by a Japanese Submarine.
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 Correspondences between Lord Mountbatten and Gerhard Stamer and Werner Lott, 1946 - 1978
Upon surfacing, the deck gun was manned with the intention to shoot it out, but when three destroyers were seen close by and when one of them, HMS KASHMIR, fired at U 35, Werner Lott gave up and ordered the boat scuttled.
HMS KASHMIR fished several officers and twenty-seven men from the icy water.
HMS KINGSTON picked up Werner Lott and eleven others, who were the last to leave the boat.
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 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Javelin of the J class
The 5th British destroyer flotilla (Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten), HMS Javelin (flag), HMS Jupiter, HMS Kashmir, HMS Jackal and HMS Jersey encounters the German destroyers Karl Galster, Hans Lody and Richard Beitzen while these were conducting an anti-shipping raid off Plymouth.
In the gun/torpedo battle that followed HMS Javelin was hit by two torpedoes, loosing both her bow and stern.
The British destroyers HMS Pakenham and HMS Javelin intercept and sink the Italian Agosto Bertani (8328 BRT) south of Lampedusa.
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 SeaWaves Magazine
Saguenay was declared a constructive total loss and was assigned to harbor training duties for the remainder of the war at Cornwallis, NS.
U-155 conducted ten patrols and compiled a record of 26 ships sunk (including the British escort carrier HMS Avenger) for a total of 140,449 tons and one ship damaged for a further 6,736 tons.
In all, Piening compiled a record of 26 ships sunk for a total of 140,449 tons (including the HMS Avenger) and one ship damaged for a further 6,736 tons.
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