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	History : HMS Kent : Type 23 Frigates : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : Royal Navy
		HMS Kent is the latest in a long line of famous warships and boasts a proud total of sixteen Battle Honours, including five during the 20th Century.
		She was renamed HMS Kent by Charles II in his restoration to the throne.
		HMS Kent is the twelfth ship to bear the name and the Royal Navy’s fourteenth Type 23 'Duke Class' frigate.
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	Royal Navy
		He also was the main force behind the development of the HMS Dreadnought, the first all big gun ship and possibly one of the most influential ships in naval history.
		HMS Conqueror is the only nuclear-powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
		HMS Invincible the former flagship of the Royal Navy
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	Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He also was the main force behind the development of the HMS Dreadnought, the first all big gun ship and possibly one of the most influential ships in naval history.
		HMS Conqueror is the only nuclear-powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
		HMS Invincible the former flagship of the Royal Navy
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		He was also the main force behind the development of the HMS Dreadnought, the first all-big-gun ship and possibly one of the most influential ships in naval history.
		The prestige of the Navy suffered severe blows to its prestige when the battlecruiser HMS Hood was sunk by the German battleship Bismarck, and the Repulse and Prince of Wales were sunk by Japanese air attack.
		HMS Endurance carries the Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, HM Queen Elizabeth II, as part of the Trafalgar bi-centennial Fleet Review, 28 June 2005.
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	Bermuda's History from 1700 to 1899
		Colonel Arnold devised the early massive building and engineering program for HM Dockyard, that led to Bermuda being referred to later as the "Gibraltar of the West." His obvious accomplishments, skills and obvious leadership qualities in Bermuda were such that he was marked for prompt promotion and increased military responsibilities.
		Construction of HM Dockyard in Bermuda was expedited.
		H.M.S. Vixen displaced 1,230 tons and was built by Lungley Shipyard, Deptford, England, in 1864, and launched in 1867.
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	Royal Navy
		HMS ''Conqueror'' is the only nuclear-powered submarine to have engaged an enemy ship with torpedoes, sinking the Argentine cruiser ARA ''General Belgrano''.
		Also during that war, HM submarines ''Splendid'' and ''Turbulent'' launched a number of Tomahawk cruise missile s at targets in Iraq.
		Commissioned (surface) ships of the Royal Navy are accorded the prefix HMS which stands for Her Majesty's Ship (alternatively, His Majesty's Ship), for example HMS '' Ark Royal ''.
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	John Jervis
		Jervis was appointed to HMS Foudroyant in May 1758, a captured French prize, and he was charged with taking her back to England.
		Jervis returned to active service with an appointment to HMS Kent in June 1755, but in September, he was appointed to command the ship which he brought back to England as a prize, HMS Foudroyant.
		HMS Foudroyant remained with the Channel Fleet and was involved in the reliefs at Gibraltar in 1780 and 1781.
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	HMS Cheviot - Phil Huntly
		Slow production of twin 4.7inch gun mountings and the availability of a new 4.5inch gun with semi-automatic firing, brought about the instillation of these and with a slightly smaller hull, the C class destroyer and in particular the CH group and HMS Cheviot was born.
		Two vessels of this class were launched in 1944 by the Clyde yard of Stephen and Sons Ltd, HMS Chevron and the Cheviot (2/5/44).
		For 11 years the ship was at Hebburn while unsuccessful attempts were made to fund her as a museum vessel.
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	Naval Officers Killed
		who was born in 1762 an extraordinary occasion was presented in the early part of his service, of signalizing his intrepidity and presence of mind which were combined with the most anxious solicitude for the lives of those under his command with a magnanimous disregard for his own.
		In memory of Capt. John McNeill Boyd, of HMS Ajax, who with five of his brave sailors perished at Kingstown, Ireland, in a gallant attempt to rescue from destruction the crews of two vessels, driven on the rocks by the hurricane of the 9th of Feb 1861.
		HMS Tauranga formerly of this parish who fell in the service of his country whilst in command of a landing party of British and American seamen in an engagement near Apai in the island of Samoa on April 1st 1899."
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	Fuller Family of Sussex - pafg34 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Isabella Merrick [Parents] was born in 1661 in Stubbers, North Ockenden, Essex.
		Isabella Burrell was born in 1696 in Manton, Lincolnshire.
		Merrick Burrell was born on 03 Apr 1699 in Beckenham, Kent.
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	Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection: Guide.
		Autograph letter, signed, Bromley, Kent [England] to unidentified recipient, 1763 June 13.
		Autograph letter, signed, Collingwood [Kent, England] to her husband Sir John F. (John Frederick William) Herschel, [1854 Sept.?] 23, Tuesday.
		Concerning his transfer from HMS Daphne to HMS Recovery.
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	Donald Hyde and Mary Hyde Eccles Autograph Collection: Guide.
		Sends a summary of the militia strength of the County of Kent (England).
		Autograph letter, signed, Collingwood [Kent, England] to her husband Sir John F. (John Frederick William) Herschel, [1854 Sept.?] 23, Tuesday.
		Concerning his transfer from HMS Daphne to HMS Recovery.
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	Royal Navy information - Search.com
		England's first navy was established in the 9th century by Alfred the Great but, despite inflicting a significant defeat on the Vikings at Stourmouth, Kent (now silted up in Romney Marsh), it fell into disrepair.
		The most important post-war operation conducted solely by the Royal Navy was the defeat in 1982 of Argentina in the Falkland Islands War.
		Commissioned (surface) ships of the Royal Navy are accorded the prefix HMS which stands for Her Majesty's Ship (alternatively, His Majesty's Ship), for example HMS Ark Royal.
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	Royal Navy at AllExperts
		It suffered a massive blow however, when the battlecruiser HMS Hood was sunk by the DKM Bismarck.
		Commissioned (surface) ships of the Royal Navy are accorded the prefix HMS, which stands for Her Majesty's Ship (or His Majesty's Ship), for example HMS Ark Royal.
		It was initially based in HMS Warrior, a land base in Northwood, Middlesex.
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		Also during that war, HM submarines ´´Splendid´´ and ´´Turbulent´´ launched a number of Tomahawk cruise missiles on a variety of targets in Iraq.
		At the beginning of the 1990s, the Royal Navy was a force designed for the Cold War - with its three ASW aircraft carriers and a force of small frigates and destroyers, its purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic.
		Commissioned (surface) ships of the Royal Navy are accorded the prefix HMS which stands for Her Majesty´s Ship (alternatively, His Majesty´s Ship), for example HMS ´´Ark Royal´´.
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	Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia, 1800-1867.
		An English army engineer, and, artist, who was with the troops in the Duke of Kent's regiment at Halifax, c.
		In 1798, with the arrival of the Duke of Kent, Ogilvie was appointed as the administrator of Cape Breton.
		Perkins is likely best known to historians because he kept a "comprehensive and voluminous diary" between the years 1766-1812 and it has proven to be a valuable resource to the history of the province during this period.
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	Naval Memorials
		Commander of HMS Ringdove who was accidentally drowned in Yedo Bay 7-12-1870 and was buried at Yokohama Japan.
		Admiral of the White Squadron of H.M. Fleet, who departed this life 28th April 1812, in his 60th year; In his profession, zealous, intrepid, humane, a fond father, an affectionate husband, a pious Christian.
		Roddam Russel, midshipman, of H.M. Ship Queen, died at sea off St. Domingo 31st October 1797, aged 16, all sons of Thomas Russel of Rathen and Mrs.
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	Lazing Religiously in Canterbury
		It was the seat of King Ethelbert of Kent who married the Christian Frankish Princess Bertha.
		Great Dunstan was cast in 1762 in the Cathedral Precincts and weighs 62 cwt, 2 qtrs, and 9 lbs; that’s 3185 kg for the metric folk.
		The visitor usually enters the Nave through the southwest porch built in the reign of Henry V. The statues are mid-Victorian representing characters in the history of the Cathedral.
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	People associated with Cook in the Royal Navy from 1755 to 1762. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the same time he was appointed captain of HMS Northumberland, the flagship of Commodore Alexander, Lord Colvill in the North American squadron.
		On 10 January 1753, he was given command of the 70 gun HMS Northumberland, on which he sailed for the next nine years.
		On 28 December 1743, Simcoe was made a captain and appointed to HMS Kent but only remained with the ship until 18 February 1744.
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	James Cook - Medbib.com, the modern encyclopedia
		Cook was commissioned as a Lieutenant and given command of HM Bark Endeavour, a Whitby collier vessel of the type he had begun his career with, and ideal in terms of storage capacity, strength and the shallow draught which were essential for extended voyages in reef-strewn oceans and archipelagos.
		He sailed from England in 1768, rounded Cape Horn and continued westward across the Pacific to arrive at Tahiti on April 13, 1769, where the observations were to be made.
		William Bligh, Cook's sailing master, was given command of HMS Bounty in 1787 to sail to Tahiti and return with breadfruit.
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	Famous Durnfords
		During the Crimean War he served on HMS James Wall in the Baltic and was present at the siege of Bomarsunt.
		Among those who benefited by the information collected on the Leven journey were James Saunders King and Francis Farewell, who, together with Henry Francis Fynn, formed a trading company, made their own exploration along the coast, and in 1824 established the first white settlement at Port Natal.
		Narrative of voyages to explore the shores of Africa, Arabia and Madagascar Performed in H.M. Ships Leven and Barracouta under the direction of Capt W F Owen RN By command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty....
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		In 1831 he became the naturalist on HMS Beagle, which was to make a scientific survey of South American waters, and returned in 1836, having travelled extensively throughout the S Pacific.
		From 1842 he spent his time at Downe, Kent, working in his garden and breeding pigeons and fowls, and here he devoted himself to his major work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859).
		From 1762 he produced a range of anti-religious writings and the Dictionnaire philosophique (1764).
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	Captain Bligh
		Bligh first went to sea in 1762 – at the tender age of 7, as a Captain’s personal servant on board HMS Monmouth.
		He joined the Royal Navy in 1770 where he served on HMS Hunter and became a Midshipman in 1771 serving on HMS Crescent and HMS Ranger.
		In 1797 he commanded HMS Director at the battle of Camperdown and as Captain of HMS Glatton in 1801 took part in the battle of Copenhagen, after which he was commended for his bravery by Admiral Nelson.
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	East Greenwich: Residents - About East Greenwich
		Located on the western shore of Narragansett Bay, East Greenwich is bounded on the southwest by Exeter, the west by West Greenwich, the south by North Kingstown, the southeast by Potowomut and on the north by Warwick, West Warwick, and Coventry.
		The East Greenwich Town Hall was originally the Kent County Courthouse, which was built by Oliver Wickes in 1804 on the site of an earlier 1750 Courthouse, and served until 1854 as one of the five original state houses in Rhode Island.
		When this building was built in 1804, it was one of the largest in the State, and was by far the largest building in Kent County, the population that, at the time, was only 9,384.
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	Calendar of the month - October
		In 1829 he was appointed War Minister and he then retired from public life until Juan M. Rosas appointed him Minister Plenipotentiary in the United States, where he served until his death on November 2, 1853.
		Capture of the frigate HMS Macedonian by the frigate USS United States under command of Captain Stephen Decatur, 1812.
		This noted warrior of South America's independence was born in Wingham, Kent, England, on December 12, 1795.
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		The new King, Edward VIII, saw it fall and wondered whether this was a bad omen for his new reign.
		As a mark of respect to their father, George's four surviving sons, King Edward VIII, the Duke of York, the Duke of Gloucester and the Duke of Kent, mounted the guard at the catafalque on the night of 28 January, the day before the funeral.
		In Paris, France, a large avenue from the top of the Champs-Elysées down to the Seine river and an underground station were named for George V. The World War I Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V and the World War II Royal Navy battleship HMS King George V were named in his honour.
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	Huntbill
		The barracks at the fort in Albany could not accomodate them, and they remained at Fort William Henry in New York City.
		On the voyage two officers died, and one transport stranded off the Bahamas -- the four companies never had any luck on the water -- but the men arrived in time for the final attack and the capitulation.
		While the Hurst group is especially promising, it is an open question right now which William is the right one, and indeed whether any of the Williams found thus far is the correct one.
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		He also states that the US Fleet would remain in Hawaiian waters "at least for the time being." 1940 - President Roosevelt asked for new defense appropriations 1940 - At 1100, Lieutenant-Commander C. Evans led nine Skuas of 806 Squadron, each armed with a single 250 lb.
		The planned three Blenheim escort from 254 Squadron, RAF failed to join up, but it had no detrimental effect on the mission.
		HMS Raleigh, a British cruiser, ran aground in thick fog in August 1922.
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	24 May History: This Date
		The HMS Hood, originally launched in 1918, was Britain's largest battle cruiser (41'200 tons) — but also capable of achieving the relatively fast speed of 31 knots.
		The winner in the race to father the next ruler of Britain was Edward, duke of Kent, fourth son of King George III.
		An important father figure to the orphaned princess was her uncle Leopold, her mother's brother, who lived at Claremont, near Esher, Surrey, until he became king of the Belgians in 1831.
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	>HMS Devonshire (London Class Cruisers)
		On 19 March 1929, 17 months after her launch, HMS Devonshire was commissioned into the Royal Navy and on 11 May, after carrying out trials at Portland, she sailed for Gibraltar.
		By May 1942 Devonshire was in the Indian Ocean as part of ‘Operation Ironclad', the invasion of strategic ports in Vichy-held Madagascar, and in the follow-up to this operation she escorted troop convoys, including the giant Cunarder Queen Mary, between Suez and Simonstown.
		As you might know Marine Albert Streams who was subsequently awarded the Albert Medal is, according to all he official reports and the court of enquiry, the only person who survived who was in the turret itself and he went back in to rescue survivors.
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	Accommodation UK Accommodation UK in England Scotland
		Hallwood Oast is situated on a 240-acre fruit and sheep farm in the Kentish Weald, close to the Kent and Sussex border and just one mile from the wealden town of Cranbrook.
		This 17th century Oast, originally used for hop drying, was converted into the family farmhouse in 1990 and retains much of the rustic charm and character of its former days.
		Then the path goes on to the Historic Dockyard, where you can visit the historic ships HMS Victory, HMS Warrior 1860 and the Mary Rose.If you have any questions about the bed and breakfast or require any information about the area please email John or Clare.
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