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  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 Widgeon was part of the flotilla that attempted to retake the merchant vessels Wanhsien and Wanliu from the Chinese army on September 5, 1926 (this occurred at Wanhsien - the same name as one of the vessels).
HMS Gannet was functioning in the area of Hong Kong as of February 1940, but was damaged by Japanese aircraft and moved to Chungking for repairs (she remained there).
www.hmsfalcon.com   (6465 words)

  
 HMS Locust - HMS Mosquito - HMS Dragonfly - HMS Grasshopper - Royal Navy Gunboats
H.M.S. Bideford was also saved from the beach at Dunkirk after being towed back home by the Locust; the Sloop Bideford had her stern blown off during a sustained air attack.
In October 1945 H.M.S Locust was sent to the Sheerness yard for a refit, including new anti aircraft weapons to prepare her for deployment in the Far East.
HMS Dragonfly sank in the shallow waters of the Riau Archipelago (her wreck is still there and has become a dive site) and HMS Grasshopper, heavily damaged, managed to beach herself.
www.hmsfalcon.com /locust/locust.htm   (2230 words)

  
 About The Locust Insect -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae (Forst.), is a native insect.
Locust, Insects, A locust is a large GRASSHOPPER showing pronounced, density-dependent polymorphism, that is, the development of different types of individuals brought about by changes in the size, or numbers, of their population.
Abstract: The locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae (Forst.), is a native insect.
insect.facdt.com /index.php?k=about-the-locust-insect   (1066 words)

  
 Ahmed bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
HMS Loch Lomond was a frigate of the British Royal Navy, and was built by the Caledon Shipyard in Dundee, Scotland.
HMS Londonderry is a ship of the Royal Navy and is named after Londonderry, a city in Northern Ireland.
HMS Marigold is a ship of the Royal Navy and is named after the marigold, a type of flower.
www.elexi.de /en/a/ah/ahmed.html   (362 words)

  
 HMS Loch Insh (K433) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Loch Insh (K433)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
HMS Loch Insh (K433) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Loch Insh (K433).
HMS Loch Insh (K433) was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy.
She was built by Henry Robb Ltd and launched on 10 May 1943.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Loch-Insh-K433.html   (171 words)

  
 Destroyers Before 1900
The history of the Destroyer from the first destroyer launched in 1893, HMS Havoc, to the destroyers launched in 1917.
She was joined with HMS Zulu to form HMS Zubian in 1916-17.
She was joined with HMS Nubian to form HMS Zubian in 1916-17.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /destroyers_before_1900.htm   (870 words)

  
 Operation Jubilee order of battle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The naval forces were under the command of Captain John Hughes-Hallett of the Royal Navy.
8 Destroyers - HMS Albrighton, Berkeley, Bleasdale, Brocklesby, Calpe, Fernie, Garth, and the ORP Slazak.
The Allied air forces were under the command of Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Jubilee_Order_of_Battle   (197 words)

  
 Theatre Department | St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa
HMS 16- Sir Joseph tears the lovers apart.
HMS 20- The Captain salutes the new Captain.
HMS 21- Three loving pairs on the same day united.
web.sau.edu /theatre/seasons/0405season/pinafore/hms.htm   (87 words)

  
 HMS Lizard - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Lizard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
HMS Lizard - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Lizard.
Here you will find more informations about HMS Lizard.
HMS Lizard, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named mainly after the lizard.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Lizard.html   (132 words)

  
 The Mystical Beast
Maybe there's an indication of a problem here [list of all the yearly best-ofs that HMS Fable appeared in, and then Christgau giving it a "dud" rating].
At this point, the most cost effective way to collect all this might be via The Fable Sessions, which collects most Fable material under one roof.
On the other hand, you'd miss a gem called 24 Hours, and with used copies of HMS Fable going for a buck or two in the US, it might be smart to start with a used copy.
mysticalbeast.blogspot.com /2005/04/shack-week-part-3-hms-fable-and.html   (486 words)

  
 Navy News - Jack to Jack - Over To You - J to L   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
HMS Jamaica: The granddaughter of the late Sidney Robinson is looking for anybody who served on the ship between 1942 and 1945 in ww2 or has any information or pictures regarding her grandfather who lived in Huddersfield before and after the war.
HMS Le Tiger: Looking for men that served with armed trawler HMS Le Tiger or anyone remembering the convoy BA-2 from New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia on the 3rd July 1942, Liberty ship ss Alexander Macomb was attacked and sunk by U-215.
HMS Llandaff (F61): Mike Brady is researching the history of HMS Llandaff which was handed over to Bangladesh and renamed Umar Farooq (F16) in 1976.
www.navynews.co.uk /oty/otyjtol.asp   (1432 words)

  
 Operation Jubilee: The Disaster at Dieppe — Part 2 19 August 1942
The remainder of the Essex Scottish were coming from Portsmouth on the Prince Charles, along with the Royal Marine A Commando, under Lt Col Joseph Picton-Phillips, on board seven 'Chasseurs' of the Free French Navy and HMS Locust, as well as the Royal Regiment of Canada on the Queen Emma and Princess Astrid.
LCT 165 was hit in the steering gear on the way in but managed to beach and land her tanks, after which she withdrew and was repaired.
HMS Calpe went close to the shore one last time at 12.40 to check but there were no more signs of movement on the beach and so she moved off, the operation being over.
www.historyofwar.org /articles/battles_dieppe2.html   (7009 words)

  
 Gaslight: 1889 Prior Events
HMS Aphid launched at Syrtis Major -- the first Terran-designed steam flier on Mars.
HMS Locust, first armored aerial gunboat built on Earth, launched at Portsmouth; the ether battleship HMS Duke of York follows a few months later.
A huge locust swarm crosses the Red Sea and destroys crops in the Nile Valley.
www.asmrb.org /michaelb/GaslightHistory.html   (3100 words)

  
 California Cultivar - Plant/Tree
It is believed to come from Brazil but was carried throughout Central and South America by the Indians, who used the coloring as body paint, and by women, who used it as lipstick.
The fruit, when roasted, tastes like lamb and is often used for palm kernel oil; the sap makes a good wine and toddy and the young leaves are eaten as a vegetable.
Native to Guinea and named after William Bligh of the HMS Bounty, who carried many plants to different parts of the world, this tree is grown and appreciated in Jamaica and the West Indies.
userwww.sfsu.edu /~cwu/trees-index-com-a.html   (988 words)

  
 LOCUST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Search the LOCUST Family Message Boards at Ancestry.com (if available).
Search the LOCUST Family Resource Center at RootsWeb.com (if available).
Find graves of people named LOCUST at Find-a-Grave.com (or add one that you know).
www.worldhistory.com /surname/US/L/LOCUST.htm   (73 words)

  
 Space 1889
The sleek lines of the Dauntless make it one of the most attractive of all the aerial vessels currently in service, but its performance is disappointing when compared to its cost, and no further examples of this class are planned.
The weight saving has allowd the placement of two more Nordenfelt rotating cannons guns sighted to fire to the broadside, although for some reason this modification was not carried out until recently.
White, the current chief constructor for the Royal Navy, insists, however, that the Locust design is superior to the Aphid, and he also states that he contemplates no design alterations in future versions of the ship.
mateengreenway.com /steampunk/Space1889UK.htm   (3030 words)

  
 129 Days to Learn the Difference Between a Bark and a Cat
If you squint a little when the next two ships parade by, you'll see the 24-gun British frigate which was dispatched to the colonies to quell the Revolution in 1776 and another full-rigged ship from the 1780s.
Both are replicas -- the first one, the HMS Rose and the second, the HMS Bounty, used in the 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty.
The HMS Rose and the Half Moon have visited Oyster Bay in the past.
www.antonnews.com /oysterbayenterprisepilot/1998/03/06/sports   (949 words)

  
 BBC - WW2 People's War - Wartime Brixton and Naval service - A3471293
I was then sent for training to HMS Ganges at Shotley, near Ipswich and was there when the D-Day landings occurred.
More training followed at HMS Collingwood at Fareham in Hampshire, where I was able to visit at second cousin and his family at Warsash, where he was an officer in charge of servicing landing craft.
On 1st February 1947 we sailed from Portland in the escort that accompanied HMS Vanguard which was taking the King and Queen and Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to South Africa.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A3471293   (2746 words)

  
 Richard B   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Supervised and participated in the development of fishery management actions for HMS including fishery regulations, fishery management plans, amendments to plans, and fishery closures.
Participated in international management of HMS as member of U.S. Delegation to Japan, Canada, and Mexico and to ICCAT meetings (1978-1995).
Worked on HMS fishery management plans and drafted policy guidance for foreign fishing on HMS in the U.S. fishery conservation zone.
www.artificialreefs.org /coralteam/coralteamresumes/RichardStoneCV.htm   (628 words)

  
 Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945  -  H
HMS Vernon (torpedo school and experimental establishment, Portsmouth) (for MTBs)
HMS Bee (Coastal Forces base, Holyhead), in lieu of Specialist Torpedo Officer
HMS St Angelo (for miscellaneous duties at Malta, sea mines dispoal)
jnh.nce.buttobi.net /RN_officersH2.html   (722 words)

  
 HMS Non-Surgical Face Lift   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
The HMS Non-Surgical Face Lift is a perfect companion to Royal Gold Anti-Wrinkle Serum, Royal Beauty Anti-Aging Daily Moisturizer, Royal Weekend Moisture Pak, or Royal Gold Creme.
HMS Non-Surgical Face Lift, like all HMS skin care products, is designed to actually nourish and rejuvenate your skin.
Directions: Cleanse your skin (HMS Oil Free Cleanser is suggested) and tone your skin (HMS Fresh 'N Tone is suggested).
www.hmscrown.com /Non-Surgical.html   (405 words)

  
 World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Hm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
World History :: Encyclopedia Index -- Hm Events Encyclopedia Localities Companies Surnames Shop
INDEX OF ARTICLES: Hm Articles are indexed by the first word of the title, including "A," "The," etc.
HM Armed Forces in the Twenty First Century
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 Sail Baltimore
Yard Patrol craft can cruise for up to 1400 nautical miles at 12 knots speed, for a period of five days without refueling or replenishing.
The world's largest active wooden sailing vessel, "HMS" Rose, conducts adventure education programs open to the general public.
Rose is a full-rigged ship, a replica of an 18th century Royal Navy frigate that cruised the American coast during the American Revolution.
www.sailbaltimore.org /99ships.htm   (1187 words)

  
 "Arrowsmith" List of Pendant Numbers - part 1
D NK [HMS Sturgeon A/cl, B:NX, L:27/01/1894, 265t, 190' x 19', s:14/05/12.
D NK [HMS Chamois C/cl, B:PM, L:03/11/1896, 360t, 215' x 210.75, su:26/09/04, Gulf of Patras, Greece, foundered after her own broken blade had pierced her hull]
D 24 [HMS Success B/cl, B:DO, L:21/03/01, 380t, 210' x 21', (D24:06/12/14), wrecked:27/12/14, on or near Fifeness].
www.gwpda.org /naval/s0420000.htm   (3023 words)

  
 Children of James Sydney Stillman, Jr.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Sydney Stillman, rheumatologist, professor emeritus of medicine at HMS, and retired chief of medicine at Boston's Robert B. Brigham Hospital, died December 20 at the age of 90.
His death resulted from injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile on December 1.
Born in Catasauqua, Pa., he graduated from Amherst College in 1929 and HMS in 1934.
www.stillman.org /jame1908.htm   (235 words)

  
 Sail Baltimore 2003 Visiting Ships
The HMS Marlborough is one of sixteen ships of the Duke Class of frigates, commissioned in 1991.
It supports Sea King and Merlin helicopters and has Seawolf and Harpoon missile systems, torpedo tubes and a Vickers 4.5 inch gun.
The Parade route runs through Fells Point, the Inner Harbor, and Locust Point.
www.sailbaltimore.org /04ships.htm   (1672 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
HMS Iron Duke - flagship of Admiral John Jellicoe at the Battle of Jutland
HMS Tututankhamen - (intended for submarine P.311, but the boat was lost beforename formally assigned)
HMS Zubian - Ship builtfrom salvaged sections of HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu
immune-system-help.com /hms/loch/list_of_royal_navy_ship_names.html   (207 words)

  
 Brookside Realty Group, Inc. - 9522 Locust Hill Drive, Great Falls, VA 22066
Locust Hill: Rarely available 6BR, 3BA, 4-level split colonial “Orleans” model in sought-after Locust Hill, just minutes from Tysons Corner and I-495.
Fantastic, easy-access location with a Great Falls address and its desirable schools! Pool, Screened Porch, Family and Recreation Rooms and more.
HMS Buyer Warranty (w/pool coverage) being provided at Seller's expense.
www.brooksiderealtygroup.com /locust.htm   (116 words)

  
 History Channel
Three U.S. Marines were to have participated in the Deippe landing originally scheduled for 3 July as part of a Royal Marine commando force landing from HMS Locust.
It was quite a different story for the six Marines on board HMS Hartland, which along with HMS Walney, both former U.S. Coast Guard cutters, had the mission of opening the Port of Oran.
When the Germans came out to the British ship HMS Bulldog on 8 may 1945, and made the statement noted in the article about needing to converse with their commander (Admiral Huffmeier) about surrendering - the Germans noted their own batteries (12 inch guns), and in some way noting that the British must move away.
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