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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Majestic class battleship
		HMS Victory in 1884 Battleship was the name given to the most powerfully gun-armed and most heavily armored classes of warships built between the 15th and 20th centuries.
		HMS Jupiter was a Majestic-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy launched on November 18, 1895.
		HMS Magnificent was one of the nine Majestic-class battleships of the Royal Navy (RN).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Majestic-class-battleship (1427 words)

	HMS Majestic (1895) - Biocrawler
		HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and commissioned into the Channel Squadron in December 1895.
		In 1915, under the command of Captain H. Talbot, Majestic joined the Mediterranean Fleet and participated in the Dardanelles Campaign including the final attempt to force the straits by naval power alone on March 18 1915.
		On May 27, while stationed off W Beach at Cape Helles, Majestic became the third battleship to be torpedoed off the Gallipoli peninsula in two weeks.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Majestic_%281895%29 (230 words)

	HMS Majestic
		HMS Majestic was the name ship of the Majestic class of pre-dreadnought battleships.
		At the outbreak of the First World War, HMS Majestic was in the Devonport dockyard, but she was soon returned to active duty as part of the 7th Battle Squadron of the Channel Fleet.
		In early 1915 HMS Majestic was sent to the Dardenelles to form part of the big Anglo-French battleship squadron that was involved in naval attacks on the Turkish forts at the entrance to the straits.
	www.historyofwar.org /articles/weapons_HMS_Majestic.html (996 words)

	HMS Majestic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Majestic forsvant i dypet utenfor den Tykiske kyst ved Dardanellene 27.
		HMS Majestic participated in the bombardment of the Turkish positions at Gaba Tepe, and had form the start participated in the operations during the invasion of Dardanellene.
		HMS Majestic sank at rightangles to the shore in Morto Cove, so while its bow lies in 18 metres of water, its stern lies on sand at a depth of 29 metres.
	www.skovheim.org /worldwide/mediterranean/majestic/majestic.htm (595 words)

	MEMORIALS
		Soon after, HMS Majestic placed her searchlight on me. I observed one of the boats in the distance and swam towards it, and when almost exhausted a rope was thrown to me. I clutched it and was hauled on board by one of my own townsmen (Mr Sidney Pender).
		HM Trawler Hercules IV was a steam trawler from Fleetwood that was requisitioned by the Royal Navy in March 1915 as a minesweeper.
		HMS Majestic, a Majestic Class battleship, took part in the rescue of the crew from HMS Goliath on 15th May 1915 and the Dardanelles bombardments on 26th May 1915.
	www.paulchurch.co.uk /memorials.htm (10389 words)

	HMS Majestic
		HMS Majestic was the flagship of Vice-Admiral the Lord Walter T Kerr 1896.
		The photograph shows the forecastle of HMS Majestic looking at the operation of making fast an anchor after it has been brought clear of the water- that is, bringing up the anchor from the hawse holes where the cable enters the ship, and "fishing" and securing it in its resting place on the ship's side.
		The Majestic and the sister ships of her class carried by Admiralty regulation a company of 757 officers and men of all ranks and ratings; a force equal in numbers to the average strength of a battalion or regiment of the British Army in 1896.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_majestic.htm (1941 words)

	HMS Majestic Naval prints
		HMS Majestic of the Majestic Class battleships shown in old photographs was built at Portsmouth Dockyard and was commissioned in December 1895 for service in the Channel Squadron.
		HMS Majestic was commissioned into the Atlantic Fleet from August 1906 but was commissioned into the reserve in October 1906.
		At the outbreak of World War I she was commissioned at Devonport for the 7th Battle Squadron in October 1914 she was involved in escorting Canadian troop convoys and in 1915 involved in the bombardment of the Belgian coast while serving with the Channel Fleet and Dover Patrol.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_majestic.htm (383 words)

	Biography: John Tovey \| Online Information Bank \| Research Collections \| Royal Naval Museum at Portsmouth Historic ...
		His first sea appointment was as Midshipman in the battleship HMS Majestic, flagship of the Channel Squadron.
		He was then given command of the destroyer HMS Onslow on 7th May 1916, in which he made his name at the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916, for his great courage.
		HMS Hood was blown up and sunk by the Bismarck and HMS Prince of Wales had to withdraw under cover of smoke, after being damaged, but was able to continue to shadow the German ship.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_john_tovey.htm (974 words)

	HMS Majestic (1895)
		HMS Victorious, built in Britain 1894-5, embodies the solid seaworthiness of the Majestic class.
		Majestic and her sisters were driven by powerful inverted vertical triple-expansion steam engines (left), supplying 10,300+ IHP to twin, four-bladed Griffiths propellers.
		Sadly, the beautiful Majestic was one of the losses, torpedoed twice while lying at anchor off West Beach at Gallipoli and sinking in 9 fathoms of water, May 27, 1915, with the loss of 40 lives.
	www.cityofart.net /bship/majestic.htm (575 words)

	HMS Majestic (1895) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Majestic was a Majestic -class pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard and commissioned into the Channel Squadron in December 1895.
		In 1915, under the command of Captain H.F.G Talbot, the Majestic joined the Mediterranean Fleet and participated in the Dardanelles Campaign including the final attempt to force the straits by naval power alone on March 18.
		On May 27, while stationed off W Beach at Cape Helles, the Majestic became the third battleship to be torpedoed off the Gallipoli peninsula in two weeks.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-HMS_Majestic_(1895).html (687 words)

	HMS Majestic data (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Majestic of the Majestic Class battleships shown in old photographs was built at Portsmouth Dockyard and was commissioned in December 1895 for service in the Channel Squadron.
		HMS Majestic was the flagship of Vice-Admiral the Lord Walter T Kerr 1896.
		HMS Majestic was commissioned into the Atlantic Fleet from August 1906 but was commissioned into the reserve in October 1906.
	www.rna-carmarthen.org.uk /gallery/hms_majestic_data.htm (230 words)

	List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Venerable sold to the Netherlands in 1948 and renamed Karel Doorman
		HMS Warrior -loaned to Canada as HMCS Warrior, sold to Argentina in 1958 and renamed ARA Independencia
		HMS Majestic, sold to Australia in 1955 and renamed HMAS Melbourne
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_aircraft_carriers_of_the_royal_navy.html (216 words)

	HMS Majestic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Majestic was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1785 and broken up in 1816 after a stranding.
		The third Majestic was a battleship launched in 1895 and sunk by U-21 in 1915.
		The fourth Majestic was an aircraft carrier launched in 1945 but suspended the following year, later completed as HMAS Melbourne.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-HMS_Majestic.html (227 words)

	The Classic Liners of Long Ago - Majestic (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Cunard and White Star merged in 1934, she was quickly marked for disposal, because the transatlantic trade had slumped from over a million passengers in 1930 to less than 500,000 in 1935.
		However, just after she was stripped of most exterior fittings and had her funnels and masts cut down for the intended passage under the Firth of Forth Bridge in Scotland on the way to where she was to be scrapped, she was purchased by the British Admiralty...
		The British Admiralty renamed the Majestic the HMS Caledonia, despite an active Anchor Line passenger liner of the same name, and fitted her out as a permanently-moored boys' training ship.
	ocean-liners.schuminweb.com /ships/majestic.asp (964 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003c Surface vessels (1881-1904) > Battleships - Pre-Dreadnoughts > ...
		HMS Caesar was a Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy, named after the Roman military and political leader Julius Caesar.
		HMS Jupiter was a Majestic-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy launched on November 18, 1895.
		HMS Magnificent was one of the nine Majestic-class battleships of the Royal Navy (RN).
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/Newspaper/index.php?cat=1090 (1020 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003f Surface vessels (1940-1944) > Aircraft carriers - Light aircraft ...
		HMS Majestic (R77) was the lead ship of her class of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy.
		As HMS Powerful she was laid down at Harland and Wolff in Belfast on 21 November 1943, and launched 27 February 1945.
		HMS Leviathan was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier laid down at Swan Hunter on 18 October 1943, and launched on 7 June 1945.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/photolibrary/index.php?cat=1284 (1677 words)

	HMS Discovery - Crew of - by Lafayette
		The ship, HMS Boadicea, was the flagship of the Cape Squadron, and in her he served as midshipman for two years.
		At the end of 1886 he joined HMS Rover and was rated by her captain as an "intelligent and capable young officer of temperate habits".
		HMS Minerva towed her from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, HMS Vindictive took her on to Aden and from there HMS Fox towed her to an area 120 miles off the east coast of Socotra where she was left on her own for the final leg.
	lafayette.150m.com /dis0000.html (14896 words)

	info: HMS_Majestic_(1895) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Majestic Class Battleship - HMS Caesar Hannibal Illustrious Jupiter...
		HMS Majestic Built Portsmouth Dockyard, laid down February 1894, completed December 1895, cost Â£986,482.
		Majestic Class HMS Majestic, Caesar, Hannibal, Illustrious, Jupiter...
	www.napoli-pizza.net /HMS_Majestic_%281895%29.html (409 words)

	Bismarck / R.M.S. Majestic (II)
		Although her new owner (White Star) and new name (Majestic) were already known, she was completed in Hapag's colors and with the name Bismarck on her bow and stern.
		Majestic made her last transatlantic crossing in February 1936, and was then sold twice in 1936: first, by White Star to the ship breaking firm Ward and then by Ward to the Admiralty for use as a cadet training ship called HMS Caledonia.
		In September 1939, HMS Caledonia burned and sank at her moorings at Rosyth and was sold back to Ward for scrapping.
	web.greatships.net:81 /majestic2.html (465 words)

	ROBERT SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC, DISCOVERY AND THE SOUTH POLE EXPEDITION (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the end of 1886 he joined HMS ROVER and was rated by her captain as an "intelligent and capable young officer of temperate habits".
		After nine months on the HMS ROVER, Scott went on to spend the winter of 1887-8 at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich and in March 1888 he was awarded first-class certificates in pilotage, torpedoes and gunnery, coming in with the highest marks in his class in his year of seamanship.
		HMS MINERVA towed her from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, HMS VINDICTIVE took her on to Aden and from there HMS FOX towed her to an area 120 miles off the east coast of Socotra where she was left on her own for the final leg.
	www.solarnavigator.net /history/scott_of_the_antarctic_explorer_captain_robert_falcon.htm (11731 words)

	Antarctic Explorers: Robert F. Scott
		After nine months on the HMS ROVER, Scott went on to spend the winter of 1887-8 at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich and in March 1888 he was awarded first-class certificates in pilotage, torpedoes and gunnery, coming in with the highest marks in his class in his year of seamanship.
		In the summer of 1897, Scott was appointed torpedo lieutenant to the flagship of the Channel Squadron, HMS MAJESTIC.
		He was serving on HMS CRESCENT, which was the flagship on the North America station, at the time of his appointment.
	www.south-pole.com /p0000089.htm (13787 words)

	HMAS MELBOURNE
		HMAS MELBOURNE was one of six 'Majestic' class aircraft carriers which were laid down in 1943, and was in fact laid as HMS Majestic for the Royal Navy.
		In 1947, the Australian government having decided to acquire two aircraft carriers, two of the class, HMS Majestic and HMS Terrible (later HMAS Sydney) were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy.
		Work resumed on Majestic in 1949 and on 28th October, 1955 she was renamed Melbourne and commissioned in the RAN.
	www.mgbv8.org /hmas_melbourne.htm (721 words)

	USS Majestic - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		The USS Majestic (NCC-31060) was a Miranda-class Federation starship in the 24th century.
		In 2374, the Majestic was part of the fleet assembled by Captain Benjamin Sisko for Operation Return.
		The Majestic was possibly named for the ocean liner RMS Majestic, the world's largest passenger ship when completed in 1922, the various ships of the British Royal Navy that bore the name HMS Majestic, or the Majestic class battleships of the Royal Navy, the largest battleships in the world when first launched in 1894.
	memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/USS_Majestic (201 words)

	Age of Nelson
		HMS Vanguard is pictured lying near the entrance of Portsmouth harbour at sunset in company with another Nile veteran HMS majestic.
		HMS Captain and HMS Southampton, 1796 by Ivan Berryman.
		To her port, the British Majestic is also starting to slip away while, in the foreground, the French Franklin is ablaze and threatened with being caught in the imminent blast.
	www.ivanberryman.co.uk /nelson.htm (2115 words)

	Frank Harry ALLEN
		Except for the Magnificent her sister ship, the Majestic was without equal among the ships of war afloat in 1896.
		Her 50 ton guns were a new type; her broadside armament of quick-firers was the most formidable and the best protected seen on board a ship of war.
		The Majestic was launched by Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, and was commissioned within two years of the laying of her keel.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /martinbuckley/frank_harry_allen.htm (812 words)

	Naval Officers Killed
		Both of HM Ship "Iris" who were killed by the natives of Tana on the 1st July 1858 whilst on service on shore.
		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."
	members.tripod.com /~Glosters/Taf.htm (3753 words)

	The second Gallipoli disaster
		The Majestic was no longer a wreck, just a pile of rubble and unwanted trash left by her salvors.
		HMS Ocean, HMS Irresistible, the French battleship Bouvet and five other cruisers were sunk within hours.
		HMS Majestic, one of the oldest Dreadnoughts, was sent back to patrol the coast as a sacrifice to political expediency.
	www.divingturkey.com /gallipoli.htm (2274 words)

	The Mariners' Museum \| EXPLORATION through the AGES
		Scott joined the British Navy as a midshipman at the age of 13 in 1881, and as he rose in the ranks, his specialty became torpedoes.
		In 1897, he became the torpedo lieutenant on the HMS Majestic and developed a relationship with a man named Clements Markham.
		Markham, was instrumental in influencing the appointment of Scott as commander of the National Antarctic Expedition.
	www.mariner.org /exploration/index.php?type=explorersection&id=139 (74 words)

	USS President vs. HMS Endymion
		Broke of the Royal Navy had written "We must catch one of these great American ships with our squadron, to send her home for a show, that people may see what a great creature it is, and that our frigates have fought very well, though unlucky".
		The British squadron blockading the New York port consisted of the 56 gun razee, HMS Majestic, commanded by Capt. Hayes, the 24-pounder frigate HMS Endymion, commanded by Capt. Hope, the 18-pounder frigate HMS Pomone, commanded by Capt. Lumly, and the 18-pounder frigate HMS Tenedos, commanded by Capt. Parker.
		By noon, with the winds becoming light it was the HMS Endymion that closed, and about 2:30 P.M. was within range and began firing with her bow chasers.
	www.mywarof1812.com /battles/150114.htm (0 words)

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