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	Flower class corvette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Italian submarine Nani was sunk by HMS Anemone on 1941-01-07
		Albans and the corvette HMS Hydrangea on 1941-08-03
		Catharines, and the corvettes HMCS Fennel, HMCS Chilliwack, and HMS Kenilworth Castle on 1944-03-06
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flower_class_corvette (2385 words)

	Joseph Banks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He is credited with the introduction to the West of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named for him, Banksia.
		Born in London to a wealthy family, Joseph Banks acquired a passion for botany while at Oxford University in the early 1760s; it was an exciting time for the field.
		He was promptly elected to the Royal Society and, as a rising young figure in his field, was appointed to a joint Royal Navy/Royal Society scientific expedition to the south Pacific Ocean on the HMS Endeavour, 1768- 1771.
	www.bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/j/jo/joseph_banks.html (683 words)

	Jun10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wun-Hi hurries in to tell them that HMS "The Turtle" has arrived and that a shipload of English naval officers is coming their way in search of a cup of tea and female company.
		Mimosa now sings another of the interpolated numbers, "The Jewel of Asia"; the music is by James Philp.
		This is none other than Mimosa in disguise, and she proceeds to forecast good luck for everyone except the Marquis, unless he can be redeemed by a loving young wife.
	www.bognorregismusic.inuk.com /Season22/Jun10.htm (1187 words)

	Sir Joseph Banks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He is credited with the introduction to the West of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named after him, Banksia.
		Born in London to the wealthy William and Sarah (Bates) Banks, Joseph Banks was at Eton with Constantine John Phipps.
		He was promptly appointed to a joint Royal Navy/Royal Society scientific expedition to the south Pacific Ocean on HMS Endeavour, 1768- 1771.
	www.donob.com /encyclopedia/Sir_Joseph_Banks (909 words)

	New European Regiment Forum - View Single Post - HMS PENELOPE HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar sank while HMS Aurora was badly and HMS Penelope was lightly damaged.
		HMS Aurora was patched up at Malta before returning home for repairs at Liverpool from April to June 1942.
		HMS Penelope was repaired at Malta but was bombed on 26 March 1942 while still under repair.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/showpost.php?p=31195&postcount=1 (609 words)

	New European Regiment Forum - HMS PENELOPE HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Arethusa pictured February 1937 with sea plane on her catapult.
		HMS Express struck a mine and was badly damaged, HMS Esk went to her assistance and hit mine and sank immediately, HMS Ivanhoe also went to her assistance and hit a mine and was badly damaged, so much so she she had to be sunk by HMS Kelvin.
		HMS Galatea (Capt. E.W.B. Sim, R.N.) was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-557 off Alexandria, Egypt in position 31.17N, 29.13E.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/printthread.php?t=4393 (2060 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1942
		HMS Gurkha (ex HMS Larne) due to be part of a Malta convoy torpedoed by a U-boat.
		HMS Hasty despatched by HMS Hotspur after attack by aircraft.
		HMS Ullswater a lake class trawler sunk by E-boats.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW242Res.html (2272 words)

	Joseph Banks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He is credited with theintroduction to the West of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named after him, Banksia.
		Born in London to a wealthy family, Joseph Banks acquired a passion for botany whileat Oxford University in the early 1760s ; it was an exciting time for the field.
		He was promptly elected to the Royal Society and, as a rising youngfigure in his field, was appointed to a joint Royal Navy /Royal Societyscientific expedition to the south Pacific Ocean on the HMS Endeavour, 1768- 1771.
	www.therfcc.org /joseph-banks-8965.html (728 words)

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		The aim is to verify the oral tradition referring to the landing and settlement of the first Welsh colonists in Punta Cuevas, and to confirm that the existing remains belong to this settlement.
		When referring to the arrival of the Mimosa in July 1865, Meisen rejects the landing in Punta Cuevas, merely because he considers that it is an unsuitable point.
		According to Thomas Jones, Glan Camwy117 the travellers of the Mimosa landed in the western side of the point, that is, in "Bahía Galenses".
	www.madryn.com /vimor/galeses/english.htm (8460 words)

	Flower Class Corvettes
		HMS Polyanthus sunk by U-boat on 21st September 1943
		HMS Zinnia sunk by U-boat on 23rd August 1941
		HMS Rose lost in collision with frigate Manners on 26th October 1944
	www.naval-art.com /corvettes.htm (977 words)

	MercoPress - Falklands-Malvinas & South Atlantic News
		Mimosa, the three-masted British-flagged tea clipper, (44 metres long and 447 tons) had sailed from Liverpool with nearly 160 emigrants two months earlier and proceeded non-stop to New Bay, as the site was known then.
		The Mimosa, which usually travelled to Australia carrying mining tools, and — on the return trip — tea from China to Britain, was specially chartered for the trip to Patagonia.
		By the end of September 1865 all the Mimosa emigrants were settled there.
	www.falkland-malvinas.com /Detalle.asp?NUM=6140 (1650 words)

	New European Regiment Forum - View Single Post - HMS PENELOPE HISTORY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On her way into Narvik to support the attack of British destroyers, the cruiser ran aground off Fleinver in the Vestfjord and was badly damaged.
		The Axis convoy is bound from the Aegean to Bengasi.
		The two German tansports in the convoy Maritza (2910 BRT) and Procida (1842 BRT) are both sunk by HMS Penelope and HMS Lively dispite the precense of the Italian torpedo boats Lupo and Cassiopea.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/showpost.php?p=31195&postcount=1 (609 words)

	Convoy ON 3 - warsailors.com
		HMS Menesteus proceeded independently at 05:30 on Aug. 12 from 49 55N 47 53W.
		HMS Ascania joined at 18:00 on Aug. 5 in 61 25N 21 40W - parted company at 05:30 on Aug. 14 when convoy was dispersed.
		HMS Douglas, Leamington, Skate, Veronica, St. Zeno, St. Elstan.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/on3.html (742 words)

	Ships to Australia 1844, Mar-May
		Passengers-Messrs John Leech Hamilton, HM Pearson, GD Cummin and W Manson; a considerable part of her cargo is for Sydney.
		ENGLISH SHIPPING – HMS Vindictive, hence, via Tahiti and Valparaiso, arrived at Gravesend on 25th Nov. The Cremona put into Dartmouth on 26th Nov, having encountered a gale of wind in the Channel, in which she sprung her main topmast.
		The former got ashore on a sand bank, in about two fathoms water, when entering the harbour; but the Prince George having let go both anchors in six fathoms, a hawser was carried from her to the Fly, by which she was soon warped off, with no damage.
	theshipslist.com /ships/australia/au1844.htm (6660 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Flower class Corvettes
		HMS Lotus (i) (K 93) (To the Free French Navy as Commandant d'Estienne d'Orves)
		HMS Mimosa (K 11) (To the Free French Navy as Mimosa)
		HMS Periwinkle (K 55) (To the United States Navy as USS Restless.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=42 (1250 words)

	German U boat - U-124 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On his first patrol as commander, in November 1941, he sank the British light cruiser HMS Dunedin and in 1942 he sank the French corvette Mimosa.
		Especially remarkable was the night of 12 May, 1942, when U-124 sank four ships for a total of 21,784 tons from convoy ONS-92 (British Convoy from United Kingdom to Halifax).
		She was sunk April 2, 1943 west of Oporto, Portugal in position 41.02N, 15.39W, by depth charges from the British corvette HMS Stonecrop and the sloop HMS Black Swan.
	www.karakorsan.net /shipwrecks/u124/u124.htm (588 words)

	Flower Class Corvettes from HMS Mallow to HMS Primula
		My father Stanley Gregory served on HMS Marigold and was one of those lost when she was sunk by aircraft off the coast of Algiers on the 9th of Dec. 1942.
		I am researching HMS Pennywort and I am looking for information, photos of the ship and her crew.
		FRANK FARROW: (coder telegraphist) served on HMS Mallow in late 1942 and subsequently of her as Nada in 1944.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /corvettesm2p.htm (1388 words)

	Second World War Books Review
		The air was fragrant with lemon and mimosa.
		Damage to the fighter director ship, HMS Palomares, also struck by a mine on D-day, clearly confirmed the presence of a heavily mined area off Anzio.
		HMS Hornpipe was ordered to escort the crippled cruiser, under tow, to Naples.
	stonebooks.com /archives/041212.shtml (3021 words)

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		She was due to return to Malta on 11 May but she failed to do so and is presumed lost on mines.
		The master, 34 crewmembers & seven gunners were picked up by the SAAF crash launch R 6 and landed at East London on 12 May 1943 - At 2000, U-402 attacked Convoy SC-129 about 300 miles NW of the Azores and claimed two ships sunk (Antigone and Grado) of 9000 tons.
		1 dead and 45 survivors 1943 - Destroyer HMS Hesperus depth charged the U-223 to the surface and then rammed her on 11 May. 2 men were lost overboard; U-359 rescued one of them and transferred him back to U-223 on 14 May as she had managed to escape the destroyer.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/may/11May.txt (771 words)

	M/T Barfonn - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
		Please refer to the link to SC 48, as well as the various external links at the end of this text for more details on this battle.
		SC 48 consisted of 52 ships of various allied and neutral nationalities, initially escorted by 4 Canadian corvettes and the Canadian destroyer Columbia, but the escort was later reinforced by the French corvette Mimosa, and by the 16th the group had been increased to 12 vessels, among them 4 American destroyers from Reykjavik.
		This link goes directly to the first page of the section describing the battle of SC 48.
	www.warsailors.com /singleships/barfonn.html (1117 words)

	Jones: The Geisha
		Everybody who knows the piece (and there are surprisingly many people who do; we've already had enthusiastic letters from people who've seen it illustrated in our new catalogue) is fulsome in their praise of it.
		The story tells of the amorous goings-on when Lieutenant Reggie Fairfax and his fellow officers from HMS Turtle descend on 'The Tea-House of Ten Thousand Joys' in Japan, longing for a cup of tea and female company.
		The three big hits from the score were the romantic 'Star of my soul' (sung here by Christopher Maltman), 'Chin Chin Chinaman' (hilariously delivered by Richard Suart and chorus) and 'The Amorous Goldfish' (sung in her own inimitable fashion by Sarah Walker).
	www.hyperion-records.co.uk /details/67006.asp (346 words)

	Convoy SC 48 Page 2 - warsailors.com
		Jordan says: 40 died, 1 survived - 9 survivors picked up by HMS Broadwater and died when that ship was sunk.
		HMCS Baddeck, HMCS Shediac (Sydney), HMCS Wetaskiwin, HMCS Rosthern, HMCS Camrose, HMS Gladiolus, French corvette Mimosa (St. John), HMS Amazon, HMS Highlander and adds "4 others (Local Escort)".
		HMS Broadwater - A thoroughly researched website about the history and fate of this ship.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/sc48page2.html (953 words)

	Letter M - John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre - South African Maritime Museum - Cape Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		MILFORD HMS Bri sloop 1590dis dl/1932 in mid 1930s (1949 scrapped)
		MIMOSA tanker 4312/1905 in early 1930s (1941 torpedoed)
		MORAY COAST freighter 677/1905 in 1932 (1941 sunk by aircraft)
	www.rapidttp.co.za /museum/jmmc/jmmcm.html (1573 words)

	D/S Ila - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
		The survivors drifted helplessly for 3 hours while the convoy continued.
		Mimosa landed the survivors in Reykjavik on Oct. 20 and the maritime hearings were held there on Oct. 24 with the captain, the 1st mate and Able Seaman
		HMS Broadwater - A thoroughly researched website about the history and fate of this ship, one of the escorts of the convoy.
	www.warsailors.com /singleships/ila.html (850 words)

	Royal Navy Corvettes
		It was an awesome experience to see my father's picture at the age of 22, taken 117 years ago.
		My grandfather served on HMS Willowherb during WW2.
		I would love to hear from anyone who's relatives served on the ship and also any information on the ship and photos.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /corvettes.htm (1364 words)

	The Battle for SC-48
		The Canadian escort group EG.4.1.15 (Lt-Cdr Davis) consisting of the destroyer Columbia, the British corvette Gladiolus, the Free French corvette Mimosa and the 5 corvettes Baddeck, Shediac, Camrose, Rosthern and Wetaskiwin.
		The American ships are not yet fitted with radar and when the U-boats attack, they fire snowflakes and star-shells to no good use, because due to their proximity to the convoy they illuminate the merchants, who are now clearly visible to the U-boats.
		U-558 sinks three ships plus the corvette HMS Gladiolus, U-432 sinks two and U-553 sinks one.
	www.geocities.com /bensonclass/sc48.html (1150 words)

	Mohawk Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Mohawk was also the name of passenger trains that ran on the Grand Trunk Western (between Chicago, IL and Detroit, MI)and on the New York Central (between Chicago, IL and Toledo, OH).
		The name has been used for a number of Royal Navy warships, the last being HMS Mohawk (F125).
		Other features many travellers do not want to do without today are a TV, a...
	www.elusiveeye.com /side40497-mohawk-hotel.html (507 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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)

	Letter B - John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre - South African Maritime Museum - Cape Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		BIRMINGHAM HMS cruiser 9100dis std/1935 in 1941 (1960 scrapped)
		BRECONSHIRE Y13 HMS Naval store carrier 9776/1939 in 1940 (1942 bombed,set on fire and sunk)
		BRIDGEWATER HMS sloop 1045displacement/1928 in 1936 & '37 (19467 scrapped)
	www.rapidttp.co.za /museum/jmmc/jmmcb.html (2431 words)

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