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	HMS Medea
		The first Medea was a 26-gun sixth-rate, originally the French Medee, captured in 1744 and sold in 1745, subsequently operating as the privateer Boscawen.
		The fifth Medea was a 2nd class cruiser launched in 1888 and sold 1914.
		The sixth Medea was a destroyer, originally to be the Greek Kriti, purchased on the ways in 1914, launched in 1915, and sold for breakup in 1921.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/HMS_Medea (168 words)

	a-a Encyclopedia Index
		Hm from Hms Battleaxe F89 to Hms Centurion 1911
		Hm from Hms Phoebe F42 to Hms Sceptre
		Hm from Hms Sceptre 1781 to Hms Thunderer
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /alpha/h.html (1979 words)

	HMS Medea Information
		The first Medea was a 26-gun sixth-rate, originally the French Medee, captured in 1744 and sold in 1745, subsequently operating as the privateer Boscawen.
		The third Medea was to have been a 32-gun fifth-rate of 658 tons; ordered from Woolwich Dockyard in 1800, later cancelled.
		The sixth Medea was a destroyer, originally to be the Greek Kriti, purchased on the ways in 1914, launched in 1915, and sold for breakup in 1921.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Medea (188 words)

	The Log
		Medea was built as an early megayacht for a wealthy Scotsman.
		Medea's ownership then reverted to the British navy until she was sold back to Wild in November 1945.
		Medea was put into running order again and converted from coal to fuel oil in 1964.
	www.thelog.com /printer/article.asp?c=120858 (3494 words)

	Medea Drive
		Medea figures in the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, a myth we know best from a late literary version worked up by Apollonius of Rhodes in the 3rd century BCE and called the ''Argonautica''.
		Medus is a brother of Theseus and the hate of Medea against Theseus is due to a conflict for the throne.
		Medea asks for one day's delay, and begins to plan the deaths of Jason, Glauce, and Creon, while Jason arrives to confront her and explain himself.
	www.behindthefridge.com /pages6/58/medea-drive.html (1292 words)

	TallShipBounty.org
		After a court of inquiry, Bligh went on to serve under Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen, commanding HMS Glatton, a 56-gun ship of the line, which was experimentally fitted exclusively with carronades.
		As captain of HMS Director, at the Battle of Camperdown, Bligh engaged three Dutch vessels: the Haarlem, the Alkmaar and the Vrijheid.
		The Saga of HMS Bounty and Pitcairn Island.
	www.tallshipbounty.org /the-history/captain-bligh.php (2271 words)

	Untitled Document
		HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay 3rd November 1864.
		Arrived at Malta from HMS Gibraltar 12th March 1855.
		He was a Lieutenant (HMS Active) at the destruction of a Turkish squadron in the Dardanelles in 1807; served on HMS Spartan, in boat actions in the Adriatic, and at the reduction of Zante and neighbouring islands.
	www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist2.htm (3965 words)

	HMS Trincomalee - Training Days as TS Foudroyant
		Trincomalee was towed to Sunderland to act as tender for the drill ship HMS Castor, a vessel used to train Naval Volunteers (boys of 15 or 16 who had signed up to serve for a minimum of ten years once they reached the age of 18).
		HMS Medea was assigned to the role of Southampton area training ship, and Trincomalee was 'reduced to reserve' with the intention being to use her as a depot.
		HMS Trincomalee is renamed TS (Training Ship) Foudroyant, after the lost vessel she was replacing.
	www.hms-trincomalee.co.uk /historic/training/training.htm (480 words)

	HMS Fame \| English \| Dictionary & Translation by Babylon
		Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame:Fame known as the “FAME” of Watford, was a small vessel which joined or was taken by the Royalist Fleet under Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the spring of 1649.
		She was captured by the Parliamentarians in April or May 1649.HMS Fame - fifth-rate taken from the French in 1653/54.
		HMS Fame (1759) - 3rd rate 74-gun battleship of 1,565 tons, launched at Deptford.
	www.babylon.com /definition/HMS_Fame (623 words)

	WILLIAM BLIGH AND HMS BOUNTY MISSION TO TAHITI MUTINY AND THE PITCAIRN ISLAND
		After a court of inquiry, Bligh went on to serve under Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Copenhagen, commanding HMS Glatton, a 56-gun ship of the line, which was experimentally fitted exclusively with carronades.
		As captain of HMS Director, at the Battle of Camperdown, Bligh engaged three Dutch vessels: the Haarlem, the Alkmaar and the Vrijheid.
		The Saga of HMS Bounty and Pitcairn Island.
	www.solarnavigator.net /history/william_bligh.htm (2292 words)

	Movie star hosts special events on the SD waterfront
		Re-rigged and re-configured, she was re-named HMS Surprise, to be commanded by Russell Crowe, who played the fictional Capt. Jack Aubrey.
		HMS Surprise is filled with artifacts from the film, thanks to the generosity of Fox Studios.
		HMS Surprise can also be toured by individuals any day between 9 AM and 8 PM, along with the other historical ships on display at the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
	www.sandiego.org /article/Visitors/422 (351 words)

	betham - pafg06.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Letter from Mollie Gillen on 17-6-1994, this man is servant to Lt Bligh on HMS Amelia, having come from HMS Berwick on 28 Dec 1781 and discharged into ship Cambridge, on 19 March 1782.
		He does not appear in the records again until 27 Jul 1770, when his name was entered on the paysheets of the H.M.S. Hunter, a small sloop mounting only 10 guns, rated as an AB and master's mate.
		This was soon after the death of his mother and the remarriage of his father, and these event may have had something to do with Bligh's re-entry into the Navy.
	www.merchantnetworks.com.au /genealogy/web/betham/pafg06.htm (2992 words)

	William Bligh Encyclopedia Information @ Karr.net (Karr Network) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He is best known as "Captain Bligh" for the famous mutiny that occurred against his command aboard HMS Bounty, and the remarkable voyage he made to Timor, on the Bounty's launch, after being set adrift by the mutineers.
		As captain of HMS Director, at the Battle of Camperdown, Bligh engaged three Dutch vessels: the Haarlem, the Alkmaar and the Vrijheid.
		The Saga of HMS Bounty and Pitcairn Island.
	216.92.11.22 /encyclopedia/William_Bligh (2654 words)

	William Bligh Encyclopedia Information @ Karr.net (Karr Network) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many years after the Bounty mutiny, he was appointed Governor of New South Wales, with a brief to clean up the corrupt rum trade of the NSW Corps.
		Whether he went to sea at this tender age is doubtful, as it was common practice to sign on a "young gentleman" simply in order to rack up the required years of service for quick promotion.
		Popular fiction often confuses Bligh with Edward Edwards of the HMS Pandora, who was sent on the Royal Navy's expedition to find the mutineers and bring them to trial.
	209.68.55.246 /encyclopedia/William_Bligh (2654 words)

	List of Royal Navy ship names
		HMS Thunderbolt[?] - (submarine HMS Thetis renamed and recommissioned following salvage[?])
		HMS Tututankhamen[?] - (intended for submarine P.311, but the boat was lost before name formally assigned)
		HMS Zubian[?] - Ship built from salvaged sections of HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_Royal_Navy_ship_names.html (103 words)

	Places, Earth, Maritime Museum San Diego
		The vessels include: the world's oldest active ship Star of India; the 1898 steam ferry Berkeley; the 1904 steam yacht Medea; the 1914 harbor Pilot boat; a replica of the 18th century Royal Navy frigate HMS Surprise, and Californian, a replica of a mid 19th century revenue cutter.
		The H.M.S. Surprise is a replica of an 18th Century British Royal Navy frigate.
		Medea entered World War II as a Royal Navy barrage balloon vessel and later transfered to the Norwegian Navy.
	www.placesearth.com /USA/California/SanDiego/code/MaritimeMSD0.shtml (1128 words)

	List of Royal Navy ship names: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		HMS Iron Duke[?] - Jellicoe[?] flagship at Jutland
		HMS Tututankhamen[?] - (intended for submarine P.311, but the boat was lost before name formally assigned)
		HMS Zubian[?] - Ship built from salvaged sections of HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu
	www.encyclopedian.com /li/List-of-Royal-Navy-ship-names.html (156 words)

	HMS Sappho Cruiser
		HMS Sappho, Aeolus or sometimes called a Apollo second class cruiser.
		These cruisers were enlarged version of the Medea Class.
		HMS Sappho was built by Samuda,Poplar and launched 9th May 1891 and commissioned in 1893.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_sappho.htm (339 words)

	Focus: September 20, 1996 - Complete Text
		When she returned to HMS in 1992, she had the two worm cell-death genes in hand and began hunting down their homologs in vertebrates.
		They are currently conducting experiments with HMS professor of neurology Michael Moskowitz to see if the ICE gene is involved in the cell death that is associated with ischemia (deficiency of blood due to a blockage of supply).
		A recent HMS study finds that doctors are choosing to spend less money and perform fewer surgeries on people over 80 than they do on people younger than 50 who have comparable illnesses and conditions.
	focus.hms.harvard.edu /complete_texts/Sep20_1996_complete.html (7126 words)

	marines2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Died 3rd November 1865 on board HMS Royal Oak during its passage from Syracuse to Malta.
		Refused entry into the harbour due to her late night arrival on 25th April 1916, HMS Russell was forced to circle off shore.
		On 2nd March 1939 at 06.40 hours HMS Ramillies was off Gozo making preparations to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making the ladders ready to hoist out, and carried him overboard.
	website.lineone.net /~remosliema/marines2.htm (2912 words)

	Maritime Museum of San Diego, Attractions of San Diego, California
		The Medea is a 1904 steam yacht preserved in the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
		Named after Medea, the wife of Jason, she was built on the Clyde at Alexander Stephen's shipyard at Linthouse by John Stephen for William Macalister Hall of Torrisdale Castle, Scotland.
		She was a replica of HMS Rose, a sixth-rate frigate built in 1757.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /USA/usa-interest-california-sandiego-maritimemuseum.html (1279 words)

	The Koh-I-Noor Diamond
		Either way, HMS Medea's voyage turned out to be a perilous one and there were two occasions on which disaster was narrowly averted.
		Eventually the Medea reached Plymouth, England where the passengers and mail were unloaded but not the Koh-I-Noor, which was forwarded to to Portsmouth.
		In 1992 a new HM Stationary Office publication on the British Crown Jewels and regalia gave the revised weight of 105.602 metric carats for the Koh-I-Noor and not the 108.93 metric carat conversion figure previously published.
	famousdiamonds.tripod.com /koh-i-noordiamond.html (9810 words)

	The History Geeks -- A Noble Obsession
		The Steamer Medea (by the time we got there, she was off sailing around the harbor and didn't come back until the end of the day, when we left)
		HMS Surprise preparing to fire at the Star of India
		Luckily, the museum is thinking of preparing HMS Surprise for sea again, though she won't be seaworthy until 2007 at the latest.
	www.homeschoolblogger.com /TheHistoryGeeks/16858 (706 words)

	Duckworks Magazine
		HMS Surprise, 179 ft. Known for her role in Master and commander, She is actually the HMS Rose, Her keel was laid in 1970 and she was a sail trainer on the East coast for 30 years before being refitted to look like a 17th century British frigate.
		The Steam Yacht Medea: Originally, the steam yacht was built for William Macalister Hall of Torrisdale Castle, Scotland, to be used for entertaining and hunting trips around the waterways in western Scotland.
		The Medea is a yacht for the rich and famous.
	www.duckworksmagazine.com /06/outings/sandiego/index.htm (967 words)

	Mutiny on the Bounty, Peter Heywood's Account to His Mother
		His face was severely pitted by smallpox, and was said to be a menacing looking man. One of the most active mutineers, he was on the forward watch at the time of the mutiny, and was one of the group who confronted Bligh in his cabin.
		Hayward's performance during the sinking of the HMS Pandora was level-headed and responsible.
		Although his age is not given, it is reasonable to assume that he was 35 or 40 years of age, and probably a veteran of 10 to 20 years in the Royal Navy.
	www.corvalliscommunitypages.com /Europe/england/mutinyheywood.htm (15124 words)

	History of Koh-i-noor, the diamond of India - Kohinoor and Mughal dynasty, timeline
		It was formally handed over to the Punjab government of Sir Henry Lawrence (1806-1857), his younger brother John Lawrence (afterwards Lord Lawrence, the man who in February of 1859 would break ground on the future Lahore railroad station), and C.C. Mausel.
		The Koh-i-noor sailed from Bombay in H.M.S. Medea.
		HMS Medea's voyage turned out to be a perilous one - cholera broke out on board in Mauritius and the local people demanded its departure.
	www.dancewithshadows.com /society/kohinoor-diamond-india.asp (1808 words)

	Chief Yeoman of Signals George Smith DSM, Navy Service Record
		28th Aug 1914 - HMS Forester took part in the Battle of the Heligoland Bight and was possibly involved in the sinking of German destroyer V.187.
		Nov 1922-Oct 1925 - HMS Curlew, light cruiser of the "Ceres" class and close sister to "Cassandra" (launched 1917, 4,190 tons, 5-6in guns, sunk by German air attack, Norway in May 1940).
		Oct 1926-Aug 1928 - HMS Durban, light cruiser of "Danae" class (launched 1919, 4,970 tons, 6-6in guns, scuttled as part of Mulberry harbour off Normandy beaches, 9th June 1944).
	www.naval-history.net /RecordRN190428SmithGW.htm (1665 words)

	AlShindagah Online
		On 6 April 1850 the Koh-i-noor left the shores of India on board of the HMS Medea.
		In 1992 a new HM Stationary Office publication on the British Crown Jewels and regalia gave the revised weight of 105.602 carat for the Koh-i-noor and not the 108.93-carat figure previously published.
		The stone was found to measure 36.00 × 31.90 × 13.04 mm and it is set in the Maltese Cross at the front of the crown made for Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
	www.alshindagah.com /novdec03/kohinoor.htm (2111 words)

	Encyclopédie - William Bligh
		Il embarque comme serviteur personnel du capitaine du HMS Monmouth.
		En 1770, il s'engage dans la Royal Navy sur le HMS Hunter et devient Midship, l'équivalent d'aspirant l'année suivante en 1771, il sert ensuite sur le HMS Crescent et le HMS Ranger.
		A l'issue de la mutinerie, Bligh toujours sur le HMS Director participe le 11 octobre 1797 à la bataille de Camperdown, il engage trois vaisseaux hollandais - le Haarlem, le Alkmaar et le Vrijheid.
	www.ebabylone.com /encyclopedie_William_Bligh.html (1972 words)

	William Bligh
		He does not appear in the records again until 27 Jul 1770, when his name was entered on the paysheets of the H.M.S. Hunter, a small sloop mounting only 10 guns, rated as an AB and master's mate.
		This was soon after the death of his mother and the remarriage of his father, and these event may have had something to do with Bligh's re-entry into the Navy.
		At 22, to be appointed sailing master on a major research vessel was a great tribute to his skill and connections.
	www.lareau.org /bligh.html (1162 words)

	HMS Apollo Aeolus Andromache Brilliant Indefatigable Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad Pique Rainbow Retribution ...
		HMS Naiad after conversion to a minelayer complete with mine rails visible in the stern.
		The class were in the process of being scrapped when the war started but seven of the class were converted to minelayers and carried up to 150 mines at the cost of having their gun armament reduced.
		The ships were thereafter used for auxiliary tasks and several were used later in the war as blockships during the Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /light-cruiser/hms-apollo.html (527 words)

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