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	history_Nairana
		The Nairana (3,042 gross tons) was built in 1917 by William Denny and Bros. of Dumbarton for Huddart Parker Ltd of Melbourne.
		Nairana was laid down in March, 1942, at John Brown’s shipbuilding yards on the Clyde, not as a warship but as a “cargo liner”.
		In 1949 HMS Nairana was converted to the MV Port Victor and finally scrapped by Shipbreaking Industries, at Faslane in August 1971.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /david.whittick/history/nairana.html (485 words)

	Escort aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was followed by Activity, Pretoria Castle, etc. Subsequently, Audacity became the model for later U.S. built escort carriers, the first example of which was the USS Long Island (AVG-1).
		Of these, six (HMS Nairana, HMS Campania, HMS Activity, HMS Pretoria Castle, HMS Vindex, and HMS Audacity) were British conversions of merchant ships, the rest being new construction in the USA (the first US escort carriers were conversion of unfinished merchant vessels).
		HMS Audacity was sunk while operating in the second position which was later banned by the Admiralty as too risky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Escort_aircraft_carrier (1233 words)

	Aircraft Carriers from HMS Pegasus to HMS Ocean
		History of the aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy from the seaplane carrier HMS Pegasus to HMS Furious, to the classic aircraft carriers of world war II and beyond with the latest helicopter carrier HMS Ocean.
		HMS Unicorn, HMS Ocean and Transport HMS Empire Halladale at Kure, during the Korean War, 1953.
		Sunk in collision with HMS Royal Oak and HMS Glorious, 5th November 1918, in the Firth of Forth.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /carriers1.htm (831 words)

	HMS NAIRANA aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		Nairana's wartime service was focused on convoy escort duties 1944 to 1945.
		By the summer of 1944, 825 and 835 squadrons in HMS Vindex and HMS Nairana respectively were flew the last last type of Sea Hurricane (IIc) to see first-line carrier service.
		In January, 1945, as one of the youngest lieutenant-commanders in the Navy, Kilbrachen commanded the squadron of fourteen Swordfish and six Wildcats on board HMS Nairana.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /ships/nairana.html (824 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : List of aircraft carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Independencia (1944, ex-Canadian HMCS Warrior, purchased 1958, ex-British HMS Warrior) - Decommissioned 1970, BU Veinticinco de Mayo (ex-Dutch HNLMS Karel Doorman, purchased 1968, ex-British HMS Venerable) - Decommissioned 1997, towed to Alang, India, for BU January 1999
		NAeL Minas Gerais (ex-British HMS Vengeance, purchased 13 December 1956) - Decommissioned 2001
		The carrier is being constructed by a state-run shipyard in southern India and is expected to enter service in 2011.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /List_of_aircraft_carriers (955 words)

	HMS Nairana - TheBestLinks.com - British, Escort carrier, HMS Nairana (1917), HMS Nairana (1944), ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		HMS Nairana - TheBestLinks.com - British, Escort carrier, HMS Nairana (1917), HMS Nairana (1944),...
		HMS Nairana, British, Escort carrier, HMS Nairana (1917), HMS Nairana (1944)
		HMS Nairana (1917) was a conversion to handle seaplanes.
	www.thebestlinks.com /HMS_Nairana.html (89 words)

	BBC Online - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Following the item in the previous programme about the 1918-19 North Russian Campaign, Karin Gallagher from Hampshire asked about the HMS Nairana, which was one of the vessels that took part in the operation and on which her grandfather, Thomas Bolton, was a Petty Officer.
		She was requisitioned by the British Admiralty and converted for use as the seaplane carrier HMS Nairana.
		Of the original six machines sent up from 'Nairana' four were ready for action, one had fallen into the lake and sunk due to unaccountable engine trouble after rising to 100 feet.
	bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist5_prog2a.shtml (703 words)

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		HMAS Sydney in fact carried the first ship-borne aircraft to shoot down an enemy machine, as Australian Mail Steamer, the Nairana, was requisitioned by the RN and converted into an aircraft carrier.
		HMS Nairana played an important role in the capture of Archangel during August of 1918 by using her seaplanes and guns to attack the fort and gun batteries which guarded the port.
		Nairana was later returned to her Australian owners, plying Bass Strait until she was laid up in Melbourne 1948.
	home.hetnet.nl /~nairana-79/hms.htm (378 words)

	Aviation Art Prints Aviation Scale Models Military Aviation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		On the 3rd of May 1946 the last flying units departed and the airfield was closed to flying apart from the occasional communications flight and reduced to care and maintenance on the 15th June 1946.
		After DLT on HMS Activity, the squadron embarked on HMS Battler in April 1943 for convoy duties, and fighter flight of 6 Sea Hurricane IICs from 804 squadron being incorporated in June 1943, which spent part of September and October operating from HMS Ravager.
		After a period at Eglington, in November 1943 the squadron embarked on HMS Chaser, the fighter flight being at Abbotsinch, and subsequently from Eglington the squadron transferred to HMS Nairana in December 1943 returning to Hatston and Machrihanish in January 1944.
	www.ebasic.netbenefit.com /00F034/05F066/PageBurscough.htm (557 words)

	Convoy
		HMS BERWICK carried a contingent of Norwegian soldiers to assist in the liberation of Norway.
		This was the return convoy of JW61A, which included the above vessels plus the destroyers HMS SAVAGE and SCORPION.
		It departed the Kola Inlet 11 November 1944 and arrived at the Clyde 17 November 1944.
	www.paulmanning.net /convoy.htm (196 words)

	Back in black
		Willy was a Telegraphist/Air Gunner (TAG) and flew Mk Is and IIs with 835 NAS from HMS Nairana in 1943/44 on the Atlantic Convoys.
		Converted from a New Zealand cargo vessel, Nairana was a twin-screw vessel with enclosed hangars and a relatively long steel flight deck.
		Built in the UK by John Brown at Clydebank, Nairana was laid down on 20 May 1943 and commissioned on 12 December 1943.
	www.airsceneuk.org.uk /hangar/2005/swordfish/swordfish.htm (1103 words)

	RN Escort Carriers Home Page
		By the end of WW2 Britain had operated 45 escort carriers, in the Atlantic, Arctic, Indian and Pacific oceans: 6 were British built 39 US built the later were affectionately known as 'Woolworth' carriers.
		The first escort carrier was the British built HMS Audacity, entering service on June 17th 1941 she was the first escort carreir to operate as a convoy escort sailing with convoy, OG74 on September 13th 1941.
		Charger was the first to be handed over, commissioning as HMS Charger on October 2nd 1941; however, the USN reclaimed her two days later for duty as an training carrier.
	www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk /ESCORT (619 words)

	World Aircraft Carriers List: RN Escort Carriers
		Transferred to RN as HMS Charger (D27) 2 October 1941, but immediately returned to USN 4 Oct 1941 to serve as a training ship.
		HMS Tracker was built for transfer and was not considered by USN to be a Bogue class ship, but was classed with the Bogues by RN.
		Decomissioned and transferred to RN as HMS Ameer (D01) 19 July 1943, commissioned in RN service 20 July 1943.
	www.hazegray.org /navhist/carriers/uk_esc.htm (6145 words)

	Sea Fury History
		Sea Furies were used extensively throughout the Korean war, mainly in the ground attack role (with Fireflies), flying from HMS Glory, HMS Ocean, HMS Theseus and the Australian carrier HMAS Sydney.
		Fleet Air Arm Hawker Seafury y F.B. 11 O-114 of 802 squadron (HMS Ocean) flown by Lt P "Hoagy" Carmichael on 9 August 1952 shot down a MiG-15 was the first such kill by a piston-engine fighter, and the only kill by a British pilot flying a British aircraft during the Korean War.
		A license was acquired for manufacture of Sea Furies by Fokker, and the license manufacture brought the total of Dutch Sea Furies to 48.
	www.unlimitedair.com /Hawker_Sea_Fury_History.htm (2356 words)

	Port Line \| New Zealand Shipping and Marine Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In 1939 the fleet comprised 28 modern ships of which 13 were lost during the War.
		A further two vessels then under construction were completed as the aircraft carrier HMS Vindex and HMS Nairana.
		Following the war HMS Vindex and HMS Nairana were returned to the fleet and renamed Port Vindex and Port Victor.
	shipmarine.signify.co.nz /history/companies.aspx?id=30 (1118 words)

	List of aircraft carriers by country - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Also, Canada's first two carriers were technically ships of the Royal Navy, and were thus "HMS" (Her Majesty's Ships) instead of "HMCS".
		Canada is planning on purchasing an amphibious assault ship helicopter carrier to support its overseas missions.
		It is building at Cochin SY, southern India, and is expected to enter service in 2011.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_aircraft_carriers_by_country (982 words)

	Buy or find what you're looking for
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	www.lowcostnames.co.uk /search/hms+opportune.html (193 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		HMS Nairana and Murmansk - a personal account from a sailor who took part in the North Russian Campaign
		HMS Worcester and the 'Channel Dash' - the gallant attempt of a tiny destroyer to prevent three huge German warships from making their escape through the English Channel
		HMS Bellerophon - the ship which was Napoleon's home in British waters
	www.bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist/makhist5_home.shtml (991 words)

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		Subject: Re: HMS Nairana Hi Chris I have read the book Bring back my Stringbag and I agree with you its a good read.
		I am currently reading Alone On A Wide Wide Sea by E.E.Barringer (another ex sqn co) which deals with the operation of No 835 N.A.S. including their time on HMS Nairana.
		Recently at my place of work which is the Museum of Flight at East Fortune in East Lothian Scotland, we where given the original ships plaque of HMS Nairana, and we are hoping to put this on Display with models of the Aircraft and the Ship.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL1773.txt (596 words)

	COMRADES-IN-ARMS-REUNITED
		The club is home to fourteen different associations and has always kept to its Naval traditions.
		Membership to this association is open to anyone who served on HMS Protector from it's launch in 1936 to 1970 when the grand old lady was scrapped.
		H.M.S. Diomede 'The Fierce are broken by the Brave'
	www.comrades-in-arms-reunited.com /links.php?section=1&act=section (675 words)

	Letter N - John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre - South African Maritime Museum - Cape Town
		NAPIER HMS destroyer 1695displacement/1940 in 1941 (1956 scrapped)
		NELSON HMS battleship 41250dis dl/1927 in 1941 (1948/'49 scrapped)
		NORFOLK HMS cruiser 10900displacement/1930 in abt 1935 (1950 scrapped)
	rapidttp.com /museum/jmmc/jmmcn.html (1222 words)

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		Bremen (51000 tons) was intercepted by submarine HMS Salmon but the submarine observed the then current rules of engagement and surfaced to order Bremen to heave-to.
		At least one man, the Chief Engineer, is known to have died during his time as a POW of the Japanese.
		Recovery by HC-1 helicopters from USS Ticonderoga 1993 - Meeting on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of sinking of destroyer HMS Tynedale by U-593 in Hexham, England.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/december/12Dec.txt (503 words)

	List of Illustrations \| NZETC
		HMS Barham torpedoed by a U-boat in November 1941
		A near miss on HMS Victorious by a kamikaze
		Damage to HMS Formidable by a kamikaze bomber
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-_N67831.html (197 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Nairana class Escort carriers
		Join our members area of this site - huge amount of new info.
		Specifications for HMS Vindex same as above exept;
		To see all Nairana class ships click here.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=379&navy=HMs (47 words)

	Carrier Furnace - Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The a air wing, a Air Group aircraft carrier Invincible class aircraft carrier Audacious class aircraft HMS Eagle 14th Air Group aircraft HMS Colossus aircraft impacts the the below the the can range or are the term Carrier is a entering territory.
		escort carrier Nairana class escort HMS Nairana a at 900 distillation to get common carrier carrier in 1946 Furnace R from purselike is known the passed to Aircraft Carrier and the Aircraft physically dwarfed Aircraft Carrier sized target.
		Aircraft blip, and Aircraft for a carrier furnace.
	www.freewebs.com /information24/carrier-furnace.html (331 words)

	Sandcastle V.I. - Carriers: Airpower at Sea - Appendix 1 / Ship Directory
		NAME CL COMM CONVERTED FROM STATUS -------------------- --- ---- -------------------- ----------------------- Independencia B16 1959 Ex HMS Warrior Stricken, 1971 Veinticinco de Mayo B16 1969 Ex Karel Doorman (2) Stricken, 1997
		NAME CL COMM CONVERTED FROM STATUS -------------------- --- ---- -------------------- ----------------------- Vikrant (1) B17 1961 Ex HMS Hercules Stricken, 1997 Viraat B20 1987 Ex HMS Hermes (3) Vikramaditya R02 ---- Ex Adm. Gorshkov Being restored Vikrant (2) IN1 ---- Planned, 2012
		NAME CL COMM CONVERTED FROM STATUS -------------------- --- ---- -------------------- ----------------------- Gadila B14 1944 Ex tanker Stricken, 1945 Macoma B14 1944 Ex tanker Stricken, 1945 Karel Doorman (1) B10 1946 Ex HMS Nairana Sricken, 1948 Karel Doorman (2) B16 1948 Ex HMS Venerable To Argentina, 1969
	www.sandcastlevi.com /sea/carriers/cv-app1.htm (433 words)

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