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	HMS Ladybird -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Three ships of the British (additional info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy have been named HMS Ladybird, after the (Small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests) ladybird beetle.
		The first (additional info and facts about Ladybird) Ladybird was a river (A small shallow-draft boat carrying mounted guns; used by costal patrols) gunboat launched in 1916 and sunk off (additional info and facts about Tobruk) Tobruk in 1941.
		The third Ladybird is a (A boat for communication between ship and shore) tender launched in 1970.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_ladybird2.htm (120 words)

	HMS Ladybird (1916) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Ladybird was a Royal Navy river patrol boat launched in 1916 and was one of the Insect class of river patrol boats.
		On December 12, 1937, Ladybird, along with Bee bacame involved in the Panay incident and came under fire from a Japanese artillery unit near Wuhu on the Yangtze.
		Ladybird was allocated to Singapore in 1940 and then, along with five others of the class, stripped down and towed to the Mediterranean.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Ladybird-(1916).htm (288 words)

	H.M.S. Falcon - Royal Navy Gunboats in China and the Far East
		HMS Robin became famous with the local population for chasing pirates and a legend arose that she had sailed overland from the Yangtze in pursuit of the same (Robin never saw service on the Yangtze).
		HMS Ladybird took six shells (photo of damage) and Bee dodged a shell as she came upon the scene.
		HMS Ladybird sustained damage during the trip to the Mediterranean and was never again able to sustain a speed over 7 knots due to a misaligned hull.
	www.hmsfalcon.com (6465 words)

	hms ladybird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The first Ladybird (1916) was a river gunboat launched in 1916 and sunk off Tobruk in 1941.
		The second Ladybird (1950) was a base ship purchased in 1950 and returned to the original owner in 1953.
		The third Ladybird (1970) is a tender launched in 1970.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /hms_ladybird.html (125 words)

	HMS Kent (68) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Kent (68) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Kent (68) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Kent (68).
		HMS Kent, was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy.
		She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 15 November 1924, launched 16 March 1926.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Kent-68.html (347 words)

	HMS Ladybird - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Ladybird, after the ladybird beetle.
		The first Ladybird was a river gunboat launched in 1916 and sunk off Tobruk in 1941.
		The second Ladybird was a base ship purchased in 1950 and returned to the original owner in 1953.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Ladybird (132 words)

	Royal Navy: 1941 - 1972
		HMS Tyne arrived at San Pedro Bay at the beginning of April and remained until 24 May, supporting the 18 destroyers and seven sloops and frigates with the Fleet and Fleet Train.
		HMS Tyne arrived at Eniwetok in July 1945 to act as a headquarters and repair ship for the oilier groups and their escorts and also to act as a communications link between the Fleet and Manus, which remained the Fleet Train base.
		HMS Tyne returned to Devonport to begin a refit on 28 February 1949 and she returned to service on 26 October 1950, joining the Mediterranean Fleet as the flagship of Flag Officer, Flotillas, serving as a Harbour Depot ship until February 1953.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/4713.html?page=3745 (783 words)

	USS Panay and the Panay Incident (Panay Attack) - Photos of Japanese Attack and Her Sinking
		Although HMS Bee was fired upon by the same Japanese artillery battery that damaged HMS Ladybird, I have seen no mention that Bee was actually hit (in fact, I have seen mention that HMS Bee was not hit).
		Receiving word that HMS Ladybird and USS Oahu are now present, the survivors are seen leaving the village and returning to the Yangtze to be rescued.
		HMS Ladybird and USS Oahu are then seen in Shanghai with the Bund in the distance.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /Panay/Panay.htm (1181 words)

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		On 23 Feb the destroyers Hereward and Decoy embarked commandos at Suda Bay and proceeded to Kastellórizo with the cruisers Gloucester & Bonaventure and the river gunboat Ladybird.
		Ladybird, slightly damaged, re-embarked the marines and left for Cyprus.
		Four hours later, the corvette HMS Petunia ordered the crew to abandon ship in 61°16N/12°20W, even though the master reported that his ship could be towed to port.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/february/24Feb.txt (3161 words)

	HMS Kent (F78) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Kent (F78) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Kent (F78) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Kent (F78).
		HMS Kent (F78) is a Type 23 frigate of the Royal Navy.
		See HMS Kent for other ships of the same name.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Kent-F78.html (114 words)

	HMS Bee (1915) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Bee was an Insect-class river patrol boat of the Royal Navy, launched on December 8, 1915.
		On December 12, 1937, Bee, along with Ladybird, became involved in the Panay incident and came under fire from a Japanese artillery unit near Wuhu on the Yangtze.
		She was sold in Shanghai for scrap on March 22, 1939 for £5,225.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMS-Bee-(1915).htm (209 words)

	HMS Kent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Kent -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Eleven ships of the British (additional info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy have been named HMS Kent, after the county of (A county in southeastern England on the English Channel; the first to be colonized by the Romans) Kent.
		The first Kent was a 46-gun (additional info and facts about fourth-rate) fourth-rate launched in 1653 as the Kentish Frigate, renamed Kent in 1660, and converted to a prison hulk in 1672.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_kent2.htm (432 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Letters-HMS Ladybird sunk off Tobruk on the 12th. of May 1941 by Italian dive bombers
		He swam away from the hulk with a few other survivors and was picked up at the last minuet by a cutter from one of the other warships involved in the action.
		I think I have one more shot of the Ladybird on her keel in the harbor and a few other shots at other points in her service.
		All I have found about HMS Ladybird, is on my Ahoy website under Letters, and the heading Ladybird.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /Letters/HMSLadybirdsunkoffTobruk.html (666 words)

	[No title]
		It is believed that she was sunk by U-55, which did not return from her patrol 1940 - At 0936, SS Protesilaus struck a mine laid on 5 Dec, 1939 by U-28 in the Bristol Channel southwest of Swansea.
		The crew was rescued by the minesweeping trawler HMS Paramount & landed at Swansea.
		The sole survivor, stoker Harald Hvidtsten was picked up by frigate HMS Tyler in the early morning hours of the next day.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/january/21Jan.txt (856 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Reunions - April 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Surprise: A reunion for all ship’s company from any period of her commission and friends will be held at The Naval Club, 38 Hill Street, London W1 on April 7 at 1200hrs.
		HMS Ladybird (Sasebo, Japan 1950-53) Association: will be holding their annual reunion April 8 to 10 at the Savoy Hotel, Bournmouth.
		HMS Tartar: After the success of the HMS Tartar website, a first reunion is being held at the Commodore Hotel, Blackpool on April 22/23.
	www.navynews.co.uk /reunions/reunion_0504.asp (1027 words)

	Letter H Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
		HMS King Edward VII, King Edward VII class battleship.jpg
		HMS King George V with USS Missouri in background.jpg
		HMS King George V with USS Missouri in background 1945.jpg
	www.mauspfeil.net /H_367.html (87 words)

	The Secrets of Inchon - Eugene Franklin Clark - Penguin Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		I had had the privilege of meeting Sir William and his chief of staff, Captain James, at a dinner party aboard his then flagship, HMS Belfast, at Yokusaka the previous May. It was at that party Enid was first introduced to the British sleeper, pink gin.
		Returning to HMS Ladybird, I was greeted warmly by the officer of the deck, who escorted me to the wardroom, where Sir William introduced me to Lieutenant Commander P.R.G. Worth, commanding HMS Charity.
		As HMS Jamaica was shortly to relieve Kenya on station, he asked that similar instructions be sent to her.
	www.penguin.ca:8000 /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,0_0425190005,00.html?sym=EXC (3866 words)

	HMS Amethyst
		A short spell followed at HMS Vernon and then a draft to HMS Duke of York, spending a fair amount of time in the Med.
		We would leave the ship on arrival in Sasebo, Japan to join HMS Ladybird and our 'Special Assignment’ was to be the audit and disposal of specified stores aboard various ships engaged in the Korean offensive.
		The ships that served on in Korea during the commission period June 51 to June 53 were, in addition to Amethyst, HMS Comus, Crane and Mounts Bay.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /D-Baker/Amethyst1.htm (753 words)

	This is Lancashire \| CommuniGate \| Fred Kenrick's Story. R.N. HMS Ceylon
		It was on this ship that we took part in the attempted rescue of those poor submariners on the Submarine HM Truculent in 1949.
		All this haste was so we could catch HMS Ceylon in Hong Kong, before returning her to Korean waters.
		The ship was the aircraft carrier HMS Unicorn but she could only take us as far as Japan where we joined the headquarters ship HMS Ladybird in Sasebo harbour, tied to the jetty permanently.
	www.communigate.co.uk /lancs/cumbriabkva/page23.phtml (1334 words)

	older.ca - ladybird (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Ladybird Ladybird - Cast, Crew, Reviews, Plot Summ...
		Become.com provides you with prices, research and information from across the web on ladybird to help you get a great deal.
		The Chinese president was greeted with pomp and protests on his British visit...
	older.ca /ladybird/reference/search (203 words)

	Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - B
		HMS Indomitable (aircraft carrier) and from 15.05.1942 CO 827 Naval Air Squadron
		HMS President (for study at Cambridge University; electrical science course)
		Married (1947) Molly, daughter of H.M. Trouncer, and widow of Brig.
	jnh.nce.buttobi.net /RN_officersB3.html (958 words)

	Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - C
		HMS Shakespeare (flotilla leader) and Captain (D) 7th Destroyer Flotilla (Atlantic Fleet)
		HMS Erebus (monitor; cadet training ship and turret drill ship, Devonport) (for duty with Special Entry cadets)
		HMS Columbine (RN base, Port Edgar) (for charge of Boom Defence Machinery, Rosyth) (for charge of Target Party)
	jnh.nce.buttobi.net /RN_officersC2.html (729 words)

	0079h
		C.E.T., AB, died 10th January 1941, on board the destroyer HMS Gallant, which was escorting a Convoy, when it struck a mine that shattered the ship’s bows.
		HENDERSON, Stoker 1st Class, died 10th January 1941, on board the destroyer HMS Gallant, which was escorting a Convoy, when it struck a mine that shattered the ship’s bows.
		W.A. AB, died 10th January 1941, on board the destroyer HMS Gallant, which was escorting a Convoy, when it struck a mine that shattered the ship’s bows.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/0079h.htm (6925 words)

	ladybird - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		Ladybird : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		Words similar to ladybird: ladybeetle, ladybug, lady beetle, ladybird beetle, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=ladybird (196 words)

	Panay incident
		The Panay was bombed and sunk; three men were killed, and forty-three sailors and five civilians were wounded.
		Survivors were later taken on board the American vessel USS Oahu and the British ships HMS Ladybird and Bee.
		It was a nervous time for the American ambassador to Japan, Joseph C. Grew, who feared the Panay incident might lead to a break in diplomatic ties between Japan and the United States.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/p/pa/panay_incident.html (2044 words)

	wimain
		Pictures/illustrations American survivors of the Zamzam, Gen Sir Robert Haining, HMS ladybird, Haworth ill Assualt from the air, M Maisky, Gen Golikov and Rear Adm Kharlamov, K T girl attached to the ATS and the K T (Kine-Theodolite) section flash badge.
		Pictures/illustrations American survivors of the Zamzam, Gen Sir Robert Haining, HMS ladybird, Haworth ill Assualt from the air, M Maisky, Gen Golikov & Rear Adm Kharlamov, K T girl attached to the ATS and the K T (Kine-Theodolite) section flash badge.
		HMS Liverpool, Gen Alois Elias, Nebe Hueber Himmler and Mueller, Soviet battleship Marat, Gruman Martlet in RAF colours in the Western Desert.
	www.folder2.co.uk /wimain.htm (10092 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Letters-HMS Ladybird
		I just happened to be browsing, and came upon your web-page, and an enquiry from Bob Baxter, regarding his father and his service on HMS Ladybird.
		I served with the British Army in the 1940's (after the war!), and was for a time in Tobruk.
		The Service Club was known as the 'Ladybird'.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /Letters/HMSLadybird.html (523 words)

	The Aftermath
		The IROQUOIS, with an American destroyer escort, USS MARSH, was making a daylight interdiction bombardment on a coastwise stretch of the main North Korean railway line.
		Sometime previously, HMS CHARITY (destroyer) caught a train on this section of line and blasted it and several hundred yards of track, successfully cutting the Reds' principal east coast line of communication.
		The interdiction task, which the IROQUOIS and MARSH were carrying out on the afternoon of October 2 1952, was designed to keep that line cut.
	www.jproc.ca /iroquois/afterm.html (1175 words)

	HMS Triumph
		When North Korea invaded South Korea on Sunday 25th June 1950, HMS Triumph was on a cruise to Japan, in company with the other ships of the Far East Fleet.
		Triumph was heading for Kong Kong, and when news reached Triumph of the Korean attack on Monday, a flight of fully armed Seafires were kept on deck, in case of emergencies.
		Rear Admiral Andrewes, was Flag Officer, Second in Command, Far East Fleet, and flew his flag in HMS Belfast, and was joined by HMS Triumph, and HMS Cossack, to reinforce the US 7th Fleet at Okinawa, with HMS Jamaica, and HMS Consort.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /carriers/Triumph.html (3413 words)

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