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	HMS NAIAD - Find Friends from HMS NAIAD at Forces Reunited
		Stuart Hamilton was at HMS Naiad between 1977 and 1993
		Douglas Josiah was at HMS Naiad between 1967 and 1986
		Thomas Olsson was at HMS Naiad between 1957 and 1969
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Naiad.html (1008 words)

	HMS Naiad (1797) at AllExperts
		HMS Naiad was a Royal Navy frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars.
		In 1805 Naiad was part of the squadron of frigates that watched the French and Spanish fleets in Cadiz prior to the Battle of Trafalgar.
		Naiad was sent to serve as a depot ship, first to Valparaiso, Chile in 1846 and then to Callao, Peru from 1851 and 1898.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_naiad_(1797).htm (268 words)

	22 May 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The cruisers HMS Naiad and HMS Carlisle are damaged, and shortly afterwards the battleship HMS Warspite receives a direct hit.
		Three and a half hours later the destroyer HMS Greyhound is caught on her own in the same area west of Crete and is soon sent to the bottom when she is hit by two bombs.
		The cruiser HMS Gloucester, going to pick up Greyhound's survivors is rendered dead in the water by heavy aircraft attack west of Crete at 35 50N, 23 00E and is sunk by bombs from St.G 2 and I. and II./LG 1.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/1941/05/22.htm (656 words)

	HMS LIVELY
		HMS Lively was dispatched to assist the Free French mine laying submarine, which had been damaged off Obrestad in Norway, and, unable to dive, was making her way back on the surface at 10 knots.
		HMS Lively was narrowly missed by a torpedo which passed astern of her and Libeccio was slightly damaged by the return fire.
		HMS Lively was damaged by fire from the Littorio, this damaged a bulkhead and resulted in her speed being reduced to 20 Knots.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /HMSLivelyBook/HMS_LIVELY_BOOK.htm (8193 words)

	Naiad
		Naiad Wood will be planted in quite an exposed area and will be made up of mostly native broadleaves, with a fringe of some Scots pine for shelter.
		HMS Naiad was built by Hall and Co. at Limehouse on the River Thames and launched in 1797.
		During the battle Naiad maintained her distance and lay to windward of the action where she could assist when commanded, and towed the dismasted Belleisle to Gibraltar which was reached on the 24th October.
	www.treeforall.org.uk /trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/Otherwoods/Naiad (593 words)

	HMS Naiad naval art
		HMS naiad served in the Home fleet between 1940 till 1941 going to the Mediterranean 1941- 1942, in this time she took part in the action against the French Guepard in 1941.
		HMS Naiad by Ivan Berryman The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the cruiser HMS Leander during the encounter with the French Guepard in 1941 whilst they were both engaged in operations against the Vichy-French forces in Syria.
		The Dido class cruiser HMS Naiad is pictured together with the cruiser HMS Leander during the encounter with the French Guepard in 1941 whilst they were both engaged in operations against the Vichy-French forces in Syria.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_naiad.htm (609 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Where are you now? - N (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HMS Nelson: David Gallagher is trying to contact former shipmates some of whom are:- Leading seaman Sullivan "Sully" serverd on HMS Manchester and was shore side at HMS Nelson 2000-02, OWAW 2 Leah Atkinson "Smoggy".
		HMS Naiad: Gordon Taylor is seeking any members of the helicopter crew during her first commission.
		HMS Nottingham: Seeking a couple of old mates who served on the type 42 destroyer HMS Nottingham, in 3q mess on the Adriatic tour in 94, they are Graham Teal, Johnny Hayes, and Simon Pennlington, anybody else from that ship and tour get in touch.
	www.navynews.co.uk /wayn/cosn.asp (1172 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003g Surface vessels (Post 1945) > Frigates (Steam powered) > British ...
		HMS Aurora (F10) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
		HMS Leander (F109) was the nameship of the Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
		HMS Penelope was launched on the 17th August 1962 and commissioned on the 31st October 1963.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/media/index.php?cat=871 (4601 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/HMS Naiad (F39) (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Naiad was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders of Scotstoun.
		In 1977, Naiad, like many other Leanders, took part in the last Fleet Review, so far, of the Royal Navy, and which took place at Spithead in celebration of HM the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
		In April 1987, Naiad decommissioned and in 1989 was used as a static trials ship for weapons testing.
	reference.com.cob-web.org:8888 /browse/wiki/HMS_Naiad_(F39) (382 words)

	Battle of Trafalgar 1805- Colchester Men
		HMS Victory is a first rate 100 gun ship with thirty 42 pdrs on the gun deck, twenty-eight 24 pdrs mid-deck, thirty 12 pdrs on upper deck and ten six pdrs on the quarter deck and two on Forecastle.
		HMS Victory was Admiral Horatio Nelson's Flagship at the battle of Trafalgar.
		HMS Victory, HMS Britannia, Temeraire, Neptune, Conqueror, Leviathan, Ajax, Orion, Minotaur, Spartiate, Agamemnon, Africa, Royal Sovereign, Prince of Wales, Dreadnaught, Tonnant, Mars, Polyphemus, Belle Isle, Bellerophon, Colossus, Defiance, Achilles, Revenge, Swiftsure, Defence, Thunderer.
	www.camulos.com /trafalgar.htm (968 words)

	Mid
		He transferred into his new ship from the third rate ship HMS Cumberland when she was taken out of service and broken up.
		In 1774 after transferring to the HMS Asia, 64, operating in the American colonies he was made acting lieutenant of HMS Kingfisher, 16.
		He was made Commander of the brig-sloop, HMS Kite on the Jersey station in 1802 and then the hired vessel Rose.
	www.jerseyheritagetrust.org /whats/trafstories.html (2446 words)

	HMS Naiad by Steven Backer
		The kit is for HMS Sirius 1942, however, I chose to build it as the sister ship HMS Naiad as she appeared in 1940.
		Dido, Euryalus, Naiad, Phoebe were in the 1936 program, Bonaventure and Hermione in the 1937 program, Charybdis, Cleopatra and Scylla in the 1938 program and Argonaut in the 1939 program.
		I loved the Naiad 1940 camo scheme, Euryalus has a wonderful First Admiralty disruptive scheme, however, there does not appear to be any photographic evidence of the pattern on the port side.
	www.commanderseries.com /pages/Naiad.html (1955 words)

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		On the 20th she arrived at Rosyth, and was at first ordered to relieve HMS BIRMINGHAM at Sheerness as part of the anti-invasion plans.
		The Mediterranean Fleet was met south of Malta on the 9th and the FIJI, with the battleship QUEEN ELIZABETH and cruiser NAIAD, joined that Fleet as reinforcements, the whole arriving at Alexandria on 12th May. FIJI joined the 15th Cruiser Squadron.
		HMS FIJI had already joined Force B (two cruisers, two destroyers), which was ordered to sweep the west coast of Greece from Cape Matapan to Sapienza to intercept any seaborne enemy forces making for Crete.
	www.angelfire.com /ri/georgev/hmsfijioperational.txt (1055 words)

	HMS Kent
		HMS Kent, armoured cruiser of the Monmouth Class, launched 6th March 1901 and served in the China Station 1906 -1913.
		At the outbreak of World War One she was sent to the Falklands and took part in the Battle of the Falklands, 8th December 1914, sinking the German light cruiser, Nurnberg.
		HMS Kent returned in May 1915 and was sent to Vladivostok in January 1919 to support American and Japanese operations against the Bolshevik Red Army.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_kent.htm (518 words)

	Cruisers
		HMS Dido was launched on 18th July 1939, she took part in the evacuation of troops and defense of Crete, where she was damaged on B gun, killing 46 men.
		HMS Illustrious and HMS Kenya at Devonport by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Illustrious slips quietly away from the docks at Devonport, Plymouth with the Fiji class cruiser in the middle distance, 1941.
	www.rna-carmarthen.org.uk /gallery/photo_gallery3.htm (586 words)

	HMS Ganges Association October 2006 Noticeboard Royal Navy
		It is with regret that I inform the Membership that Russell (Jock) Stuart P/J952489A HMS Ganges 06/09/1955 Collingwood 32 mess crossed the bar Wednesday 18th October.
		Please include the Year first borne on the Ships Book of HMS Ganges (St George or Bruce), your Membership Number and Address (including postcode) to which the certificate is to be sent.
		HMS Glasgow (C21/D88) are holding their reunion and social weekend at Mill Ryth, Hayling Island from Friday 9th to Monday 12th March 2007.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /oct06.html (1435 words)

	Naval Sketches
		HMS Glowworm, burning severely after receiving hits from the mighty Admiral Hipper, is depicted turning to begin her heroic sacrifice off the Norwegian coast on 8th April 1940.
		HMS Achilles engaging the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Norfolk and HMS Belfast of Force I are shown engaging the Scharnhorst which has already been hit and disabled by both HMS Duke of York and the cruiser HMS Jamaica.
	www.military-art.com /pencil_acrylic_sketches.htm (3983 words)

	Sirius
		In 1935 the Admiralty settled on two cruiser designs as part of an overall re-armament program, the larger Town Class (HMS Sheffield), competitive with US and Japanese designs; and a significantly smaller ship that could be rapidly built in large numbers.
		Naiad, Sirius, Euryalus, Cleopatra and Hermione were completed as designed with all five 5.25" mounts.
		The major difference between the Iron Shipwright HMS Sirius and the 1940 Naiad is not in the additions but the subtractions.
	www.steelnavy.com /Naiad.htm (1600 words)

	HMS Coventry naval art print
		HMS Coventry built by Swan Hunter at Wallsend was initially going to be called HMS Corsair.
		HMS Coventry joined the 5th Light Cruiser squadron in February 1918 till May 1919, and served in the Baltic in this time.
		At the outbreak of world war two HMS Coventry was serving with the Home Fleet between 1939 and 1940, moving to the Mediterranean fleet in 1940 until being sunk off Tobruk on the 14th September 1942 by German and Italian aircraft.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_coventry.htm (636 words)

	Navy News - Young Readers Club - News & Features - The limit of Endurance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		At one stage, crew in HMS Naiad counted one bomb aimed at the light cruiser every 45 seconds.
		As she turned at 30 knots she was struck by a bomb and capsized almost instantly.
		New battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battle-cruiser HMS Repulse were pounced on by bombers three days after Pearl Harbor.
	www.navynews.co.uk /youngreaders/yr_articles/2004/0406/020040603.asp (491 words)

	Camouflage Volume One: Royal Navy 1939-1941
		The book starts from the early days of RN camouflage, when it was applied to HMS Grenville and Griffin in November 1939, to the more universal schemes put forth by various commands and the Admiralty itself.
		Case in point is the oft-repeated appearance of HMS Naiad in white/green/brown, Mr Raven now has her in fl/507b/507c.
		Originally the intention was to publish the entire volume in colour, however costs precluded such from taking place, therefore the colour pages are devoted to those that are most striking in their appearance.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2000/october/new-releases/book_rn-camo.htm (395 words)

	wrecks egypt HMS naiad
		The HMS Naiad was a Dido-class British light cruiser, built in Hebburn-on-Tyne by Hawthorn Leslie and Co. during 1937, and launched during 1939.
		L' HMS Naiad era un incrociatore leggero Britannico della Classe Dido, costruito a Hebburn-on-Tyne nei cantieri Hawthorn Leslie and Co. nel corso del 1937, e varato nel 1938.
		On March 11, 1942, the HMS Naiad was cruising in Eastern Mediterranean off the coasts of Egypt.
	www.sportesport.it /wrecksEG021.htm (139 words)

	Seacat
		Rather confusingly there are references that say HMS Plymouth and HMS Yarmouth were upgraded to GWS-22 but retained their GWS-20 directors.
		HMS Glamorgan, a County Class Destroyer, deflected an inbound Exocet with a Seacat, the sea skimming Exocet climbed as the Seacat attempted to intercept.
		An alarming number of missiles would end up coming back at the ship when fired at towed targets, if they missed the frustrated gunner would loop the missile up and over to persue the target, the missile would then lose steering power and dive back at the firing ship.
	www.middle-watch.co.uk /Seacat.htm (1256 words)

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		As HMS Lulworth was about to abandon search, two men and a woman were found clinging to the wreckage.
		U-517 was sunk on 21 Nov 42 by RN 'Albacore' torpedo-bomber a/c from 817 Sqn of HMS Victorious in the North Atlantic SW of Ireland, at 46-16N, 017-09W.
		Her group ran through a violent polar gale off Norway, and the jolting received by Cochino played their part in causing an electrical fire and battery explosion, followed by the generation of deadly hydrogen [chlorine] on 25 August.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/26Aug.txt (1833 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - HMS Naiad (93) (Light cruiser)
		After completion, the HMS Naiad (93) joined the 15th Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet, was used for ocean trade protection duties and escorted WS convoys to Freetown.
		On 28 Jan, 1941 she sighted the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau south of Iceland, but the cruiser lost the contact after a short time, while the German ships were forced to break off their attempt to go into the Atlantic.
		At 20.01 hours on 11 March, the HMS Naiad (93) was hit by one torpedo from U-565 and sank north of Sidi Barrani, Egypt.
	uboat.net /allies/merchants/ship/1423.html (220 words)

	Photos of Furness Abbey
		HMS Invincible -completed in 1980 - Yard No. '1098' shown here in company with HMS Illustrious.
		HMS Juno #2 - Same vessel from a different angle.
		HMS Tiptoe - in a Plymouth breakers yard.
	southlakes-uk.co.uk /ships.html (976 words)

	Dido Class
		HMS Dido, HMS Euryalus, HMS Naiad, HMS Phoebe, HMS Sirius, HMS Bonaventure, HMS Hermione, HMS Charybdis, HMS Cleopatra, HMS Scylla, HMS Argonaut, including crew and families of ex-crew members notice board for the Dido Class cruisers.
		HMS naiad served in the Home fleet between 1940 till 1941 going to the Mediterranean 194`1- 1942, she was sunk by U-565 of Crete 11th March 1942.
		HMS Charybdis as completed with a main armament of eight 4.5ins guns in pairs.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /dido_class.htm (1056 words)

	HMS Naiad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		However, on departing from the harbour the Algerine corvette Tripoli, which had recently committed depredations on Spanish trade, in contravention of the Treaty of 1816, was sighted in the offing and was reduced to a wreck by the Naiad's gunners.
		She was subsequently boarded and taken by the Camelion, but on the Naiad's orders, abandoned.
		Bona 23 May 1824 The ship's boats were used to burn an Algerine brig of war which had sought refuge under the guns of the fortress.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /18-1900/N/03163.html (406 words)

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		She remained afloat and was taken in tow by HMS Halcyon but steadily flooded and capsized & sank.
		Four crewmembers & one gunner were picked up by corvette HMS Clarkia & landed at Londonderry 1941 - At 2333, ocean boarding vessel HMS Crispin, dispersed from Convoy OB-279, was torpedoed & damaged by U-107 NNW of Rockall.
		U-456 was chased after the attack by HMS Londonderry, which had to abort the chase after she was damaged by a premature detonation of one of her own depth charges 1943 - At 2154, tanker SS Cordelia, a straggler from convoy HX-224, was torpedoed & sunk by U-632 south of Iceland.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/february/03Feb.txt (1388 words)

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