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	HMS Ladybird (1916) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Ladybird was an Insect class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1916.
		On December 12, 1937, Ladybird, along with Bee became 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Ladybird_(1916) (249 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 /index.htm (6705 words)

	Science Fair Projects - HMS Ladybird (1916)
		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.
		During the journey she sustained damage which meant she limited to a speed of 7 knots (13 km/h) due to a misaligned hull.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/HMS_Ladybird_(1916) (375 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)

	The Wreck of HMS Cricket (by Geoff Brown) - Recovery
		I have come to the conclusion that after the failure of reconstructing HMS GNAT with HMS CRICKET, Cricket was laid up in Suez until a suitable ship could be found to tow her to her final destination.
		HMS Cricket on the river Yangtse whilst with the China station 1920...
		It should be noted that HMS Ladybird also went on to China in 1927 to serve on the Yangtse River.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /cricket/recovery.htm (1066 words)

	Warships
		HMS Duchess of Hamilton Clyde Warship Aux 1915-3-
		HMS Duchess of Rothesay Clyde Warship Aux 1915-10-
		HMS Empress of Russia Clyde Warship Aux 1914-8-23
	www.clydeshipping.co.uk /warships/jwm.asp (67 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-A Short Philatelic History of The Yangtze Patrol by George Saqqal-
		In April of 1916, MONOCACY was at Chungking, sister ship PALOS was on Tungting Lake, VILLALOBOS was at Hankow, SAMAR was at Kiukiang, QUIROS was at Nanking and HELENA (PG-9), GALVESTON (C-17) and CINCINNATI (C-7) were at Shanghai while poor, restless WILMINGTON was on roving patrol.
		In the spring of 1930 GUAM was at Chungking with British, French and Japanese gunboats; Tutu as at Wanhsien with a British gunboat and PANAY was at Ichang.
		On December 12, 1937 HMS LADYBIRD was struck by four Japanese artillery shells from shore batteries in and around Shanghai.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/PhilatelicHistoryofTheYan.html (14008 words)

	QUEENSLAND - SHIPWRECKS
		As a subsidiary naval vessel she was known as HMS Bark Endevour, as distinct from another vessel of the same name already in service.
		Converted to a lighter in 1916, and scuttled in 1949 in the Bishop Island graveyard, Moreton island, Queensland.
		When Captain Blackwood of HMS Fly visited the Bunker Group of islands in Great Barrier Reef in 1843 he found a tree with the The Nelson, 1831 carved into it.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /qld-wrecks.html (16036 words)

	Damien Parer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His first war footage was taken on the HMAS Sydney after it had sunk the Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni.
		Soon after, he was aboard HMS Ladybird while it was bombarding Bardia.
		His first experience at close quaters was during a troop advance at Derna.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Damien_Parer (328 words)

	Conspicuous Gallantry Medal... (MED1095) - National Maritime Museum
		The citation from the ‘London Gazette’, 3 October 1941 reads as follows: ‘Leading Seaman George Frederick Booker P/JX135773 HMS LADYBIRD who was in charge of one of the pom-poms when his ship was attacked.
		HMS ‘Ladybird’, a river gunboat launched in 1916, was sunk by Italian aircraft off the coast of Libya on 12 May 1941.
		H.M.S. The medal is fitted on a bar with nine others (MED1096-1104).
	www.nmm.ac.uk /collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=MED1095 (230 words)

	Gunboats quiz -- free game
		Which USN Gunboat was sunk on 11th December 1937 by Japanese aircraft?
		HMS Ladybird slipped into which heavily defended Italian Port?
		In 1916 the German Cruiser Konigsberg was sunk by which British Monitors?
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=176390 (149 words)

	Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - O (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		* This Officer was present in HMS Ladybird during a bombing attack on British shipping at Wuhu on the 5th December, 1937.
		Though painfully wounded in the right hand [#] he placed himself under the orders of the Commanding Officer when the helmsman of HMS Ladybird was hit, and took the wheel himself.
		The citation states that Captain O'Donnell 'belonging to HMS Bee, being then actually upon HMS Ladybird while that ship was under fire by artillery ashore was Wounded on 12th December by being struck in the right hand by a piece of shrapnel sustaing a comminated fracture of the base of the prenimal?
	www.unithistories.com /officers/RN_officersO.html (1336 words)

	Union Line of New Zealand
		1916 cargo only, 1921 laid up, 1924 scrapped.
		ex- Dalmore, 1916 purchased from Campbell and Son, Glasgow, and renamed Waitotara, 1917 caught fire and sank at sea.
		1916 transferred from Canadian-Australian Royal Mail Line, 1916 sold to Singapore.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/unionnz.html (3616 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)

	D69 Vendetta History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1918 VENDETTA was engaged as a patrolling destroyer and on fleet escort duties.
		On 12th December 1918 in the Baltic she rescued 430 of the total crew of 470 of HMS CASSANDRA when that vessel struck a mine and sank.
		On that day at sea with HMS GREYHOUND she sank an enemy schooner attempting to run the blockade, before proceeding to a rendezvous with an Alexandria bound convoy.
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /Theforum/fb.asp?m=59 (7509 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)

	HMAS VENDETTA (I) - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		On 12 December 1918 in the Baltic she rescued 430 of the total crew of 470 of HMS CASSANDRA when that vessel struck a mine and sank.
		On 28 October the Italian Army invaded Greece from Albania and it followed that reinforcement of Greece and Crete involved a further commitment for the Mediterranean Fleet, and in the first days of November while VENDETTA was completing her refit at Malta, steps were taken to support Greek resistance on land and at sea.
		A fuelling base was established at Suda Bay in Crete and on 1 November the cruiser HMS AJAX landed troops and artillery.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/vendetta1.html (7386 words)

	History of Shoreham
		The vessels included the first HMS Shoreham, constructed in 1693, with a length of 82 ft. and supporting 32 guns.
		There does not appear to be any evidence of any subsequent construction so it is probable that the same bridge remained until 1916 when the bridge was rebuilt to its previous design, with just a few minor modifications.
		Captain Henry Roberts (from Shoreham) was promoted to Captain and whilst in command of HMS Undaunted in the West Indies, he caught yellow fever and died in 1796.
	www.glaucus.org.uk /History.htm (10086 words)

	British persons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		HMS Collingwood (training establishment, Fareham, Hants.) (for radar duties)
		HMS Ferret IV graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture; he worked in London and Dublin and later moved to Montreal where he worked for McDougall, Smith and Flemming from 1952 to 1954.
		Chairman, Ladybird Books; Director: Pearson/Longman; Longman/Penguin; Bank of Scotland (Chairman, London Board); H. Clarkson (Holdings) Ltd, and other companies.
	www.unithistories.com /officers/RNVR_officersA.html (817 words)

	China Navigation Co.
		1916 taken over by the Shipping Controller, London, 1918 torpedoed and sunk by UB.53 off Syria.
		1916 destroyed by fire at Kiangyin, Yangtze, hull sold to Japan and rebuilt as Suiyang Maru.
		1916 taken over by the Shipping Controller, London, 1918 torpedoed and sunk by UB.51 on voyage Famagusta, Cyprus to Port Said.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/lines/cnc.htm (3296 words)

	Technical exhibitors product listing - Brief Article AORN Journal - Find Articles
		Atrax[TM] Medical Group Ltd PO Box HM 1434 Hamilton, HMFX Bermuda Booth 3725 Atrax[TM] Medical Group introduces MEDIZIP[TM] surgical zipper, a noninvasive wound closure technique, providing reduced OR time, increased patient comfort, and reduced removal time.
		Case Medical, Inc 65 Railroad Ave Ridgefield, NJ 07657 Booth 1916 Case Medical, Inc[R], offers a complete system of sealed containers, case/tray units, baskets, brackets, and accessories designed to organize and protect your surgical instruments during sterilization, storage, and transportation.
		Spectrum Laboratories, Inc 2930 Ladybird Ln Dallas, TX 75220 Booth 3256 Spectrum/Hydro-Med manufactures sterile and nonsterile latex-free Esmarch bandages, camera and equipment drapes, stockinettes, and rapid wrap elastic bandages.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FSL/is_1_71/ai_59035021/pg_2 (6726 words)

	National Centre for History Education - Commonwealth History Project :: newsreel
		For instance, Hurley and Anderson covered the Desert Offensive in January 1941 while Parer joined HMS Ladybird and covered the bombardment of Italian troops from the sea.
		Similar developments were under way in other parts of the Empire and within twelve months a global network of censorship cooperation and restrictions was in place.
		By 1916, censorship had become a political weapon in the Australian government's struggle against those people and organizations opposed to the war.
	www.hyperhistory.org /index.php?option=displaypage&Itemid=695&op=page (4095 words)

	Ships Lost L to Z (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		After being hit once she was taken into Malta dockyard for repair (with her sister ship LANCE) but like her she suffered more damage from a subsequent raid and became a Constructive Total Loss
		She was attacked and sank in the Sicilian Channel.170 men rescued by HMS Legion
		With Force K and ran into a minefield and sank so quickly that there was only one survivor.
	www.royal-naval-association.co.uk /rna9b.html (965 words)

	CHAPTER 4 The First Libyan Campaign, 1940–41 \| NZETC
		Maj A. Lomas, MC, m.i.d.; Hamilton; born Wanganui, 30 Jun 1916; medical practitioner; RMO NZASC Jan 1940–Jun 1941; 4 Fd Amb Jun 1941–Jun 1942; OC Maadi Camp Hosp Jun 1942–Apr 1943; DADMS 2 NZ Div Aug 1943–Apr 1944.
		The previous night, with one of the tugs in tow, it had set out for Tobruk in company with HMS Ladybird and five of the Jaffa barges.
		They had a rough trip, the tug twice broke away and they were late in arriving outside Tobruk, so late in fact that they nearly missed their chance of following the Ladybird through the minefields.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Gree-c4.html (7206 words)

	Handmade jewelry in marbella of buy baby baptism gift and texas pledge of allegiance of wooden marble toys (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Solid gold mens jewelry or ladybird key words box not sport fairings or maryland jewelry stores.toy chests funny hawaiian gifts.
		How to make beaded jewelry.online spiritual gift test of open cable boxes, toy fire trucks for toddlers not ivor johnson pistols 1863 to present or harbortown keepsakes.
		San francisco music box wholesale, antistatic acrylic boxes and sussex pledge in 1916, x box fable and fl island manual switch box, spotted elephant island of misfit toys plush sale.
	jingle-bells.dynu.net /bags.html (10849 words)

	Lee Maritime Books - Books about Ships & the Sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This beautiful book illustrates forty of the world's most famous sailing ships with original paintings of each vessel by the celebrated Dutch artist Cornelius de Vreis, and each picture is accompanied by a history of the ship concerned written by Kenneth Giggal.
		Most of the ships illustrated were built between the 16th and 19th centuries, and include men-of-war such as HMS Victoryand USS Constitution, and the great ships of commercial sail such as the Tweed, Thermopylae, Cutty Sark, Lightning, Preussen and Herzogin Cecilie.
		The author, who was a member of the crew of the replica of HMS Beagle, describes a voyage, began in 1977, to re-enact Darwin's famous voyage to Brazil, Tierra del Fuego and the Galapagos Islands.
	www.leemaritimebooks.com /Books/Ships.asp (11783 words)

	Lou Kruh's Collection
		Cipher machines/devices include: U.S. Army M-94, whose origin can be traced back to Thomas Jefferson, reinvented by Parker Hitt in 1916 and adopted by Friedman in 1922.
		It is rarely found and one sold on E-bay for $7,250.
		Leicestershire, England: Ladybird Books Ltd., 1983, 52 pp.
	www.apprendre-en-ligne.net /crypto/references/LouKruh.html (10381 words)

	Books and Writers - Books and Writers
		Went on the Expedition in HMS Rattlesnake to survey the waters of New Guinea and Australia in 1847-50.
		Joined British Intelligence and from 1916 organised the Arabs in a revolt against the Turks.
		In 1797 she won a lottery prize of £20,000 that made her family financially secure for many years.
	www.booksandwriters.co.uk (8134 words)

	British, RN warships lost 1939-1941
		40/08/20 Trawler RESPARKO (R, 248t, 1916) Sunk by aircraft at Falmouth.
		40/10/09 Trawler SEA KING (R, 321t, 1916) Sunk by underwater explosion in Grimsby Roads.
		41/12/10 Battlecruiser REPULSE (33,250, 1916) Sunk by Japanese torpedo-aircraft, E coast of Malaya SE Asia
	www.naval-history.net /WW2BritishLossesbyDate1.htm (8207 words)

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