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Topic: HMS Mersey

	Mersey on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The estuary of the Mersey, which is 16 mi (26 km) long and c.2 mi (3.2 km) wide, is navigable for oceangoing vessels.
		Mersey Tunnel or Queensway, a vehicular tunnel (opened 1934) with a length of 2.3 mi (3.7 km), is the longest subaqueous tunnel in the world; it connects Liverpool and Birkenhead.
		The Mersey River is of great commercial importance to the cities served by it, especially Liverpool and Manchester.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Mersey.asp (372 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Ki-Kz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Kirkliston has a double mahogany hull on an aluminium frame and is powered by two Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 2500 miles at 12 knots.
		She was sunk by HMS Amphion near the mouth of the Thames on August the 5th 1914.
		She was eventually destroyed on July the 11th 1915 by HMS Mersey and HMS Severn accompanied by aircraft, after being trapped in the Rufiji River opposite Mafia Island by HMS Chatham.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R9B.HTM (2686 words)

	HMS Mersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Her and her sister ship HMS Orlando were the longest wooden warships built for the Royal Navy at 336 feet overall was nearly twice the size of HMS Victory, the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
		The third HMS Mersey was the name of a class of Protected cruisers.
		In July 1915 she was towed to the Rufiji delta in German East Africa where she and HMS Severn then assisted in the destruction of the Kaiserliche Marine cruiser SMS Königsberg.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_mersey (779 words)

	HMS Mersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mersey after the River Mersey in the north-west of England that has become synonymous with Liverpool.
		The third Mersey was the lead ship of her class of protected cruiser.
		The fourth Mersey was an Humber-class monitor built in 1914 by Vickers for Brazil, among the first of a new type of specialised shore-bombardment warships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Mersey (233 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - HMS Warrior - A538030
		HMS Warrior was a compromise, with her centre of gravity in the middle, and consequently, problems were inevitable.
		HMS Warrior also had a figurehead on the end of her bow, and along with her sister ship, HMS Black Prince and the HMS Rodney of 1888, was one of the last of the British front-rank ships to carry a figurehead.
		HMS Warrior is now the only surviving iron warship in the world, and is on display in Portsmouth.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A538030 (3681 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (G-O)
		HMS Captain was a British turret ironclad of 6950 tons displacement built in 1869 and lost in 1870 when it capsized off Finisterre.
		Like HMS Courageous, HMS Glorious was completed in 1917 as a fast cruiser for use in the Great War in the Baltic, but by the 1920s with Britain wanting to increase her aircraft carrier strength she was converted to an aircraft carrier, as was HMS Courageous.
		HMS Wasp was a British steam gunboat, which was lost in September 1887 while on a passage from Singapore to Hong-Kong.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F4.HTM (15666 words)

	HMS Conway
		A number of vessels were moored in line astern in the Sloyne: HMS Defence the Liverpool guardship, HMS Conway, the Akbar (Protestant reformatory ship), Indefatigable and the Clarence (Roman Catholic reformatory ship burnt twice by her boys and replaced!).
		The Mersey was frozen from shore to shore.
		HM the King whilst visiting Liverpool went aboard the Mauretania (the wood paneling from her first class dining room is in a wine bar at the foot of Park Street in Bristol).
	www.hmsconway.org /history_mersey.html (2409 words)

	Royal Navy
		The new HMS Mersey will be the fifth ship to bear the name in the Royal Navy.
		The second HMS Mersey and her sister ship HMS Orlando were the longest wooden ships ever built for the Royal Navy; at 336 feet overall, they were nearly twice the length of Lord Nelson’s flagship HMS Victory.
		The third HMS Mersey was the name ship of the ‘Mersey’ Class of protected cruisers, the first cruisers to be built with no sailing rig, as solely steam powered ships.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=4717 (440 words)

	BBC - Liverpool - Capital of Culture - HMS Mersey comes home
		HMS Mersey is keeping close links with Merseyside as she arrives back for a four day visit.
		HMS Mersey will take every opportunity to further enhance the good relations already fostered with Sefton and encourage visitors from the area to see their ship during organised occasions or on the afternoon of February 27th.”
		HMS Mersey was commissioned into the fleet in Bootle in March 2004.
	www.bbc.co.uk /liverpool/content/articles/2005/02/22/cap_cultsea_hms_mersey_feature.shtml (361 words)

	HMS Temeraire (1798) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Temeraire (1798 at Chatham) a 98-gun 2nd rate ship of the line which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.
		Next astern to the HMS Victory, Temeraire was badly damaged as it fought to relieve Horatio Nelsons flagship.
		This was the second of four ships to bear the name HMS Temeraire and was broken up in 1838.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Royal-Navy-ships/HMS-Temeraire-(1798).html (110 words)

	Naval Technology - River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)
		The working deck of HMS Tyne is sufficiently large to transport a number of smaller craft, wheeled or tracked light vehicles, or an LCVP landing craft.
		HMS Mersey and Severn have a flight deck for small / medium helicopters.
		HMS Tyne (P281) is the first of the River Class offshore patrol vessels, built by Vosper Thorneycroft for the UK Royal Navy.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/river_class (1077 words)

	DEFRA, UK: 2003 news releases: HMS SEVERN JOINS THE FISHERY PROTECTION SQUADRON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Officers from HMS Severn boarded the Irish fishing vessel Lilly L (WD 208) which was found to be dredging for scallops (Pecten Maximus).
		HMS Severn commenced fishery protection duties last Thursday (25 September).
		HMS Mersey the last of the River Class vessels is due to join the squadron early next year.
	www.defra.gov.uk /NEWS/2003/030930c.htm (215 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		The Mersey will be moved to Portsmouth Naval Base for completion and is expected to be delivered to the Royal Navy by the end of 2003.
		The first unit of the class, HMS Tyne, was delivered on 8 January 2003.
		With the launching of the Mersey comes the end of an era, as the Woolston Yard, established in 1907, will close its doors after nearly 100 years of building ships for the Royal Navy.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/aug_03_42.php (1340 words)

	Bon voyage for VT shipyard - This Is Hampshire archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although employees will be on the site until next year, for many the launch of HMS Mersey brought home the harsh reality that this really was the beginning of the end for the Woolston yard and the tradition of Southampton shipbuilding.
		HMS Mersey is a highly sophisticated craft that will be used mainly for fishery protection duties but capable of many other roles, high on its construction blocks.
		HMS Mersey is third in an initial batch of three River Class vesels built under a unique warship financing agreement.
	archive.thisishampshire.net /2003/06/16/48031.html (1078 words)

	The River Mersey - 02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 2003 the two patrol boats: HMS Charger (P292) and HMS Biter (P270) visited as part of the Battle of the Atlantic Celebrations.
		In 2003 the mine sweeper HMS Walney (M104) visited as part of the Battle of the Atlantic Celebrations.
		In June 2005 another mine detector, HMS Shoreham (m112) visited the dock as part of the Mersey River Festival.
	homepages.enterprise.net /hyland/maps/mersey/mersey2.html (569 words)

	Latest News - New River Class OPB
		They are HMS Severn, HMS Tyne and HMS Mersey.
		HMS Tyne will be the first to be commissioned and will be undergoing sea trials in October 2002.
		The hull pattern is well under way and there should be some more news soon with pictures of HMS Tyne on her sea trials.
	www.fleetscale.co.uk /pages/news.htm (1021 words)

	HMS SEVERN LAUNCHED BY VOSPER THORNYCROFT
		HMS Severn was launched by shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft (VT) in Southampton on 4th December and is the second of three new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that are being leased to the Royal Navy.
		The first of the class, HMS Tyne, was launched on 05 June 02 and will be handed over to the Navy shortly.
		HMS Severn is due for acceptance next spring, while HMS Mersey will be handed over in Autumn 2003.
	globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/12/mil-021206-rn01.htm (140 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They were in fact members of the Royal Navy from the fisheries protection vessel HMS Mersey, acting under the orders of our own Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), enforcing the EU's Common Fisheries Policy.
		He was warned that if he did not haul immediately, the Mersey — armed with a 20 mm cannon and two machine guns — would fire a shot 200 yards ahead of the boat.
		The captain of the Mersey who, throughout, had refused to give his name, ordered Leadley to follow a set course, and refused thereafter to speak to him over the RT, even when Leadley pointed out that the course set would have grounded him ashore at Withernsea.
	www.warmwell.com /05jul5northfish.html (594 words)

	physics - The Royal Navy in the 21st Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Endurance 's mission is twofold; to assist the BAS in charting and surveying the waters around the Antarctic, a task for which she is well suited thanks to her strengthened bow, and to provide a semi-permanent naval presence in the South Atlantic in support of the Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment.
		HMS Echo and HMS Enterprise build on the success of the Scott by utilising similar methods of operation and technology.
		The three ships of the 'River' class, HMS Severn, HMS Mersey and HMS Tyne, all commissioned in 2002/3; they have a large cargo deck and 25 tonne capacity crane aft, which allows them to be fitted for various roles including disaster relief, fire-fighting and rescue work.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/The_Royal_Navy_in_the_21st_Century (3340 words)

	First boat race on the Mersey between cadets of HMS Conway and HMS Worcester, 11 June 1891 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		First boat race on the Mersey between cadets of HMS Conway and HMS Worcester, 11 June 1891, Charles W Wyllie (1859-1923)
		A boat race between the cadets of the training ships HMS Conway, moored on the Mersey, and HMS Worcester, moored on the Thames was an annual event from 1890.
		She was first moored in the Mersey in 1859 as a training ship for boys of good character who were destined for careers as officers in the merchant service.
	www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk /maritime/collections/paintings/boatrace.asp (202 words)

	All set to clinch another major deal - This Is Hampshire archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Last week, at its Woolston shipyard, VT launched HMS Severn, one of the new River class offshore patrol vessels the group is building for the Royal Navy under a unique lease deal with the Ministry of Defence.
		HMS Severn is the penultimate ship to be constructed at the Woolston site which is gradually being run-down as VT moves its shipbuilding operation from Southampton to new facilities at Portsmouth in readiness for the Type 45 destroyer contract.
		HMS Mersey, the third vessel in this class, is due to named and launched in Southampton next spring.
	archive.thisishampshire.net /2002/12/10/57061.html (395 words)

	Uzza bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Inflexible was one of three Invincible class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy in 1906-08.
		HMS Inflexible was a battleship laid down for the Royal Navy in 1874 to oppose the perceived growing threat from the Italian Navy in the Mediterranean.
		Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nottingham, named for the city in the East Midlands.
	www.elexi.de /en/u/uz/uzza.html (1062 words)

	Return Of HMS Mersey
		HMS Mersey is docking in Bootle this week (February 24) with the Mayor and Mayoress of Sefton dining with the commanding officer and crew.
		Cllr Mainey said: "Bootle and Liverpool has a fine maritime history and it is a great honour to see HMS Mersey back in Sefton where she was commissioned less than a year ago.
		HMS Mersey is the third of the river class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) built for fishery protection around the UK.
	www.sefton.gov.uk /content-4657 (234 words)

	Shipping intelligence - This Is The West Country archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HMS Mersey P283 (1,700/03) was observed operating in the bay.
		HMS Severn P282 (1,700/03) sailed from the Queen's Wharf on fishery patrol.
		HMS Chiddingfold M37 returned to the bay for the night.
	archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk /2004/12/16/8481.html (512 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		These boats have an explosive charge in the bow and are crewed by one man who aims the boat at the target and then jumps overboard about 100 yards away before the boat hits the target.
		The damage causes both boiler rooms and the forward engine room to fit is hit by three bombs, including two 1102-pound bombs, causing her finally to be abandoned on 22 May 1941.
		The vessel was taken in tow by armed trawler HMS Man O'War, beached south of Cape Figalo, Algeria and became a total loss.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/march/26Mar.txt (1164 words)

	Royal Navy: HMS Mersey
		These OPVs, including sister ships HMS Severn and HMS Tyne, are taking over from the Island Class.
		HMS Mersey was built in Woolston Docks, Southampton and is based at HM Naval Base Portsmouth.
		The current HMS Mersey is the sixth ship to bear the name in the Royal Navy.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/4715.html (68 words)

	NAVY and ARMY MILITARY LIFE IN 1914
		HMS BULWARK blew up at Sheerness for no apparent reason with an almost complete loss of all life
		Well I reckon he is, or perhaps became the Commanding Officer of HMS Defiance...
		HMS Drake is still fully functional as a naval barracks today.
	www.cyber-heritage.co.uk /hmsdrake (1473 words)

	Royal Navy Monitors
		We are not convinced that this HMS Terror is the monitor listed here (lots of wood around - including the deck), but cannot find reference of any other HMS Terror around this period.
		My great uncle served on HMS Raglan and was killed on the 20th January 1918 in the Aegean.
		The monitor HMS Roberts lies beyond Frobisher with a Large Infantry Landing Ship or LSI (L) unshipping its LCAs on the extreme right of the picture.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /monitors.htm (1732 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Navy on hand as Channel Islands mark anniversary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Assault ship HMS Albion and offshore patrol vessels HMS Severn and HMS Mersey will make the short hop across the Channel to Jersey, while supply ship RFA Fort Austin and offshore patrol ship HMS Leeds Castle head for Guernsey to commemorate Operation Nest-Egg.
		HM ships Beagle and Bulldog led the operation to liberate the islands – the only sovereign territory of the British Isles occupied by the Nazis during the conflict – in 1945; in Jersey a forward party was feted through the streets before hauling down the Swastika and replacing it with the Union Flag.
		At the war’s end the islands were among the most fortified places in the world, with one German serviceman for every three islanders.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2005/0504/0005042901.asp (340 words)

	Commander with the Irish Coastguard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Black Prince was replaced by another new Ironclad, HMS Warrior, for a very brief period in 1867.
		Edmund Marmaduke served as Additional Lieutenant on her from 1/7/1867 to 25/7/1867 when HMS Mersey took over as Flag Ship of Queenstown Division.
		Meanwhile Dayrell was on HMS Lark, which was a steam gunboat of similar type to the Cockchafer, used for patrolling coastal waters and inspecting Coast Guard installations.
	www.barnarch.u-net.com /emd9b.htm (436 words)

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