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	HMS KINSHA (SS Pioneer) - Photographs and Info - Royal Navy gunboats in China
		SS Pioneer, the name of HMS Kinsha before she was purchased by the Royal Navy, had shown that she could navigate the waters from Ichang (through the gorges and rapids on the upper Yangtze) to Chungking, but the large width of the paddle wheels on each side of the ship made this a difficult task.
		Within days of the the revolution in October of 1911 the local population cut off all their pigtails as a show of support for the removal of the Manchus (as well as to avoid persecution by the revolutionaries).
		As Archibald Little built the Pioneer (the name of HMS Kinsha before she was purchased by the Royal Navy), the article relates to the period in which steamships began to penetrate the upper Yangtse.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /kinsha/HMSKinsha.htm (1251 words)

	HMS Audacious (1912) at AllExperts
		HMS Audacious was a King George V class battleship of the Royal Navy.
		On 27 October 1914 the Second Battle Squadron, consisting of the 'super-dreadnoughts' King George V, Ajax, Centurion, Audacious, Monarch, Thunderer and Orion, left port to conduct gunnery exercises.
		Note that HMS Marlborough, of the subsequent (and fairly similar) Iron Duke class, was torpedoed at Jutland and for a time continued to steam at 17 knots.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_audacious_(1912).htm (372 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003d Surface vessels (1905-1919) > Battleships - Super Dreadnoughts > ...
		HMS Ajax was a King George V-class battleship (one of four ships of the class), built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde.
		HMS Centurion was the second battleship of the King George V class, built at HM Dockyard, Devonport.
		Centurion was attached upon completion to the 2nd Battle Squadron, led by sister-ship HMS King George V. She was present at the Battle of Jutland as part of the main body of Grand Fleet under the command of Captain Michael Culme-Seymour.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/Newspaper/index.php?cat=1066 (791 words)

	HMS Monarch (1911) Information
		HMS Monarch was an Orion-class battleship of the Royal Navy.
		She served in the 2nd Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in World War I, and fought at the battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, suffering no damage.
		As a result of the Washington Naval Convention she was decomissioned in 1921 and was used as an experimental and target ship.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Monarch_(1911) (113 words)

	CalendarHome.com - HMS Monarch - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The first Monarch was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, originally the French Monarque, captured in 1747 at the second battle of Cape Finisterre, and sold in 1760.
		The second Monarch, launched in 1765, was another 74-gun third-rate.
		The fifth Monarch, launched 1911, was an Orion-class battleship.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=HMS_Monarch (224 words)

	Orion Class
		HMS Monarch was used as a target ship and was finally sunk by shelling in January 1925.
		HMS Thunderer was used as a cadet training ship from 1921 until being sold for scrap on 17th December 1926.
		HMS Orion was built at Portsmouth naval Dockyard and laid down on the 29th November 1909 and launched 20th August 1910.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /orion_class.htm (1519 words)

	HMS Monarch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Monarch was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, originally the French Monarque, captured in 1747 at the second battle of Cape Finisterre, and sold in 1760.
		The second Monarch, launched in 1765, was another 74-gun third-rate.
		The fifth Monarch, launched 1911, was an Orion-class battleship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Monarch (194 words)

	Naval Officers Killed
		James Robert Mosse, Captain of the Monarch and Edward Riou of the Amazon fell in the attack upon Copenhagen conducted by Lord Nelson 2nd April 1801 are commemorated by this Monument erected at the national expense.
		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)

	HMS Brilliant (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Brilliant was the third of the new Type 22 frigates ordered by the Royal Navy and was built by Messrs Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Ltd at Scotstoun Glasgow.
		At eight o'clock in the morning of the 13th, the ten battering ships of the enemy lying at the head of the bay, under the command of Admiral Moreno, began to get under sail in order to come against the garrison; everything was in readiness for their reception.
		He announced the construction of a new HMS BRILLIANT with the words " We are building her for you" The Borough resolved to renew it's affiliation and this was approved by the Commander in Chief Naval Home Command in January 1980.
	www.hmsbrilliant.com /hmsb.cgi?page=ship (3530 words)

	CalendarHome.com - John Byng - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Byng was brought home and court-martialled for breach of the Articles of War, which had recently been revised to mandate capital punishment for officers of all ranks who did not do their utmost against the enemy, either in battle or pursuit.
		The severity of the penalty and the suspicion that he was used as a scapegoat led in time to a reaction in favour of Byng.
		By the time John enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1718, aged 14, his father George was a well-established Admiral with a rising and stellar career, who since supporting William III in his successful bid to be crowned King of England in 1689 had seen his stature and fortune grow.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=John_Byng (3943 words)

	H.M.S. Pinafore - W.S. Gilbert/Arthur Sullivan
		HMS Pinafore in Full Score By William Schwenk Gilbert.
		The compliant Captain Reece became the status-seeking Captain Corcoran, commander of the H.M.S. Pinafore.
		More delicious yet is Sir Joseph's musical chronicle of his rise to power, from office boy to law partner to legislator who "always voted at my party's call," "never thought of thinking for myself at all," and earned the reward of leading Her Majesty's Navy ("When I Was A Lad").
	www.culturevulture.net /Opera/HMSPinafore.htm (926 words)

	Army and Navy Chaplains 1800 to
		Served on HMS Resistance 1872, HMS Glasgow 1872 to 1875, HMS Malabar 1875 to 1876, HMS Duncan 1876 to 1878, HMS Monarch 1878 to 1882, HMS Asia 1882, HMS Northampton 1882 to 1884, and HMS Indus 1884 to 1886
		Served as Chaplain to HMS Encounter 1907 to 1910, HMS Jupiter 1910 and 1911, HMS Prince George 1911 and 1912, HMS Zealandia 1912, HMS Prince of Wales 1912 and 1913.
		On HMS Pembroke 1900, HMS Prince George 1900 - 1901, HMS Implacable 1901 to 1904, HMS Boscawen III 1904 and 1905, R.M.Dept Walmer 1905 to 1907, HMS Prince of Wales 1907 to 1910, HMS Jupiter 1910 and 1911.
	website.lineone.net /~teresasliema/anchaplains.htm (5836 words)

	George Peabody (1795-1869) : 27-GP Handbook A-Z: Death & Funeral 41 to 65 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The irony in Britain's friendly insistence in taking the lead in GP's transatlantic funeral voyage was that in the War of 1812, 56 years earlier, GP had been a volunteer U.S. soldier to stop the British fleet from moving up the Potomac to sack the U.S. Capitol.
		The Monarch's keel was laid down in England's Chatham dockyard, June 1866; she was launched in May 1868, and was completed in June 1869, at a cost of £345,575.
		Her turrets, funnel, hurricane deck, lower masts, bowsprits, yards, and blocks aloft were all painted a "French gray." A ribbon of gray was painted around the outer sides of the bulwarks.
	free-blog-site.com /bfparker/archive/2005/03/19/49904.aspx (3059 words)

	URBANOWICZ ON DARWIN/September 1996
		HMS Beagle sailed from England on the 27th of December in 1831 and Darwin did not to return to his native land for four years, nine months and two days.
		HMS Beagle departed the Galápagos and headed across the Pacific Ocean to Australia, then across the Indian Ocean, and back to England, and the "mixed-up finches" were handed over to John Gould, an ornithologist.
		HMS Beagle landed in England on the 2nd of October 1836 and Darwin went to Shrewsbury on the 4th.
	www.csuchico.edu /~curban/Darwin/DarwinSem-S95.html (17104 words)

	Dreadnought Battleships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		HMS Orion, Monarch, Conqueror, Thunderer Laid down 1909-1910.
		HMS King George V, Ajax, Centurion, Audacious Laid down 1911.
		HMS Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Barham, Valiant, Malaya Laid down 1912-1913.
	worldwar1.co.uk /battlesh.htm (255 words)

	1912: Action This Day - The Churchill Centre
		In addition to wooing Fisher, the purpose of this extensive voyage with a considerable entourage was to provide information for Churchill in his campaign to alter the disposition of the Fleet from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, to counter the growing German naval challenge.
		Between 1911 and 1914 he would spend a total of eight months aboard it.
		A critic in the Commons charged that it was not necessary for the First Lord to go to sea at all, and that, because naval stations were dotted round the coast on land, they would be visited more quickly and cheaply by rail.
	www.winstonchurchill.org /i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageID=154 (1145 words)

	Robert Falcon Scott Summary
		He became a first lieutenant in 1892 aboard the HMS Majestic, at the time the flagship of the Channel fleet.
		The major achievements of the expedition were an exploration of the Ross Sea, the land to the east of the ice sea was sighted for the first time and named "King Edward VII Land" in honour of the then British monarch and a new "furthest south" was achieved.
		In 1911 when he heard that Amundsen was at the Bay of Whales with nearly one hundred dogs Scott stated that Amundsen's ability to get away earlier with his dogs-only hauling strategy meant that - barring misadventure - Amundsen would get to the South Pole first.
	www.bookrags.com /Robert_Falcon_Scott (4896 words)

	Scott Polar Research Institute » Virtual Shackleton - authors
		His service in the Pacific was followed by a brief spell in the Mediterranean in HMS Caroline and in September 1891, he reported on board the torpedo training ship, HMS Vernon, at Portsmouth for a two-year course.
		In the summer of 1897, Scott was appointed torpedo lieutenant to HMS Majestic and in the same year, his father died, leaving his mother, Hannah, almost penniless.
		Later in 1908, he was appointed commander of HMS Bulwark and in September, he married Kathleen Bruce, a talented sculptress.
	www.spri.cam.ac.uk /library/archives/shackleton/authors/scott.html (1014 words)

	HMS Princess Royal
		HMS Princess Royal, battle cruiser of the Lion Class.
		HMS Princess Royal took part in the three major naval actions of World War One, Heligoland Bight, battle of Dogger Bank and Jutland.
		HMS Princess Royal, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Princess Royal.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_princess_royal.htm (1240 words)

	georgeV3
		At the beginning of 1911, the Liberal government decided to create a Parliament Act that drastically cut the power of the House of Lords, who tried to reject it.
		The service in the Abbey was most beautiful and impressive but it was a terrible ordeal...Darling May looked so lovely and it was indeed a comfort to me to have her by my side as she has been ever to me during the last 18 years".
		When they heard that war had been declared, the enthusiasm increased and May and I with David went on to the balcony; cheering was terrific.
	www.geocities.com /naciones_unidas_queenvictoria/georgeV3.html (1881 words)

	Pinnace History at the Royal Naval Museum
		On acceptance into the Royal Navy, she would have been allocated to one of the capital ships of the time – probably HMS Monarch as one of the two steam pinnaces carried aboard as guard ships.
		Little is known of her movements subsequent to HMS Monarch being decommissioned in 1925 but she is believed to have been used as a dockyard launch and possibly as a tender to the Military Hospital at Netley on Southampton Water.
		However, funding was inadequate and the bare hull was acquired by the Royal Naval Museum in 1979 for restoration by the Steam Launch Restoration Group in Gosport.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /collections_boats_pinnace.htm (457 words)

	Archie Tapp - Chailey 1914-1918
		Tapp, Stoker A, HMS Euryalus and in June 1916 notes that his rating is leading stoker.
		HMS Euryalus however, survived the war and was finally sold for scrapping on
		Cressy Class cruisers had a displacement of 12,000 tons and were armed with two 9.2 inch guns (one on the bow and one on the stern), twelve 6 inch quick-firers in a central battery and a number of other quick-firers and machine guns.
	www.chailey1914-1918.net /archie_tapp.html (547 words)

	Bermuda's History from 1900 to 1999
		More than 4,500 South African prisoners of war (men and boys) arrived on HM ships and were transported to exile on various islands in Bermuda from 1901 to 1902.
		HMS Renown, lead ship of a class of two 26,500-ton battle cruisers, was built at Glasgow, Scotland.
		Watlington and Conyers announced that the ship "Monarch of Bermuda", its $8 million flagship, the first passenger ship in the world to have private baths and with other super new technology on board, had passed its speed and duration trials off England and would begin its New York to Bermuda run as planned.
	www.bermuda-online.org /history1900-1999.htm (16386 words)

	Swan Hunter at AllExperts
		The company was an early manufacturer of Charles Algernon Parsons turbine engines, which enabled the Mauretania to achieve its great speed.
		The current flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Ark Royal was built at Swan Hunter, entering service in 1985.
		Swan Hunter was rescued from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/sw/swan_hunter.htm (523 words)

	Fleet Review, Royal Navy - Article about Fleet Review, Royal Navy
		They had dressed their crews in fancy colours, each to his own taste (at that time there was no uniform naval uniform), whilst they themselves were resplendent in the full dress designed for them by George II in 1748.
		New designs were the five-masted HMS Minotaur (1863) with her powerful broadside, and the graceful 14-knot ironclad sister-ships HMS Warrior (1860) and HMS Black Prince (1861).
		Also present were HMS Caistor Castle (K690), representing the Reserve Fleet, and HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379).
	yawiki.org /proc/Royal_Fleet_Review (1629 words)

	HER ROYAL HIGHNESS QUEEN ELIZABETH II EIGHTY FACTS ON HER 80TH BIRTHDAY
		Queen Elizabeth II is the fortieth monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England.
		In 2002 at 76 years of age the Queen was the oldest monarch to celebrate a Golden Jubilee.
		The first was HMS Vanguard which she launched, as Princess Elizabeth, on November 30 1944 in Clydebank.
	www.speedace.info /queen_elizabeth_80_birthday_facts.htm (4078 words)

	The New Zealand Maritime Record - NZNMM
		1911 Maunganui The Cyrenia carried many thousands of Greek and Italian migrants to Australia in the late 1940s and 1950's.
		However, as the Maunganui of 1911, her first career had been as a trans-Tasman liner for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
		An eighth stranding was to be her saving grace; she broke free during a flood and her picturesque hulk still graces a peaceful lagoon.
	www.nzmaritime.co.nz /index.htm (1863 words)

	Monarchy World : Timeline Part 4
		With his coronation the title of the British monarch changes to 'King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and the Overseas Provinces, King of France, Defender of the Faith etc.' This is the first British coronation to be televised.
		On the way to and from Mars, the HMS Speedwell launches a number of ion-drive propelled probes to the planets of the outer solar system, using the ship's own velocity to speed them on their way.
		This is the first time that a western monarch has married a Chinese noble, and causes a great deal of talk in society.
	www.clockworksky.net /monarchy_world/ah_mw_tl_04.html (7404 words)

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		Robert Gysae was born in 1911, at Berlin-Charlottenburg.
		The U-boat surfaced and fired with the deck gun at the port side of the vessel until the stern sank 1943 - Minesweeper HMS Fantome is mined during clearance operations off Cape Bon and has her stern blown off.
		Admiral King retained command of Tenth Fleet until it was dissolved on 15 Jun 45 1943 - Due to incorrect operation of her Otway log (speed measuring device) submarine HMS Untamed begins to flood and settles in 160 feet of water off Sanda Island on the West Coast of Scotland.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/may/20May.txt (3083 words)

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