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	HMS Neptune
		HMS Neptune was part of Nelsons fleet which was victorious at Trafalgar.
		Neptune Engaged at the Battle of Trafalgar by F Sartorious.
		HMS Neptune is shown attacking the 130 gun Spanish ship Santisima Trinidad, and pounds it relentlessly into a floating wreck.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_neptune.htm (599 words)

	HMS Neptune - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neptune, launched in 1683, was a 2nd rate of 90 guns that was twice rebuilt before being renamed Torbay in her new incarnation as a 3rd rate in 1750.
		The eighth Neptune was an early Dreadnought battleship.
		The ninth Neptune was a Leander-class cruiser sunk in 1941.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Neptune (169 words)

	HMS Neptune (1797) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Neptune (1797 at Deptford) was a 98-gun 2nd rate ship of the line which fought at the Battle of Trafalgar.
		After the battle, it was the Neptune that towed the crippled Victory, bearing Nelson's body, back to Gibraltar.
		Neptune served as the flagship for Rear Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane leading the fleet that captured the French colony of Martinique in the West Indies in 1809.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Neptune_(1797) (194 words)

	HMS Havock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar sank, while HMS Aurora was badly damaged 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.hmscavalier.org.uk /H43 (205 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Neptune of the Leander class
		At 0106 hrs Neptune, leading the british column, hit a mine and backed her engines but at 0116 another mine detonated under the stern, losing propellers and rudder and going dead in the water.
		Neptune sortied from Alexandria with the Mediterranean Fleet and elements of the French Fleet for a naval demonstration south of Crete.
		Neptune was present at the Battle of Punta Stilo on 9 July then moved back to the Eastern Med, scouting into the Gulf of Athens with HMAS Sydney and sinking a small tanker.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4004.html (649 words)

	HMS Neptune
		HMS Neptune was the first British Battleship to be able to fire all ten of her 12-inch guns broadside, by allowing the two wing turrets to fire across deck.
		HMS Neptune also failed to reach her contractual speed on trials, but did achieve (using Welsh coal) a speed of 21.129 knots during her acceptance trials on the 17th November 1910.
		In May 1911 HMS Neptune became the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet and in May 1912 she joined the 1st Battle Squadron.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /neptune.htm (762 words)

	A Midshipman's War by Frank Wade
		Norman Walton, then an Able Seaman was the sole survivor of the cruiser HMS Neptune, spending five days in a Carley float raft with sixteen men in rough weather.
		The Neptune leading two other cruisers, Aurora and Penelope and four destroyers - Kandahar, Lance, Lively and Havoc, sailed from the island of Malta on a dark night in a gale arriving at midnight about 12 miles off the coastline near Tripoli, Libya where it was thought an enemy convoy was approaching.
		Neptune hit four mines in the space of two hours and sank taking most of her crew with her.
	www3.telus.net /FrankWade/stories/14_norman_walton.html (1316 words)

	A Midshipman's War by Frank Wade
		O’Conor was the captain of the ill-fated HMS Neptune when she was sunk by mines off Tripoli, Libya on the night of 19th December 1941.
		He was a cadet in Osborne and Dartmouth Naval Colleges from 1911 to 1914, he was a midshipman in the Battleship HMS Prince of Wales from 1914 to 1917.
		He was a sub-lieutenant in the Destroyer HMS Walpole from 1917 to 1918.
	www3.telus.net /FrankWade/stories/3_loss_nepture.html (827 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		During January 1757, he briefly joined HMS Experiment while her Captain was ill. In March, he commanded the ship in a severe but indecisive engagement with a French privateer off Cape Gata.
		Jervis was appointed to HMS Foudroyant in May 1758, a captured French prize, and he was charged with taking her back to England.
		HMS Foudroyant remained with the Channel Fleet and was involved in the reliefs at Gibraltar in 1780 and 1781.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_john_jervis.htm (2123 words)

	HMS Kandahar
		The Italian submarine Torricelli was forced to the surface and sunk off Perim in gun-battle by the British destroyers HMS Kandahar, HMS Kingston, HMS Khartoum and the British sloop HMS Shoreham.
		While on their way to intercept an Italian convoy bound for Tripoli the British Force K (light cruisers HMS Neptune, HMS Aurora, HMS Penelope and the destroyers HMS Kanawha, HMS Lance, HMS Lively and HMS Havock) ran into an newly laid Italian minefield.
		HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar sank while HMS Aurora was badly and HMS Penelope was lightly damaged.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /F28 (179 words)

	cobley-history.co.uk
		HMS Leviathan was built at Chatham dockyard and launched in 1790, being one of a class of six modelled on the lines of a captured French 74, the Courageux.
		At Trafalgar she was fourth in the column led by HMS Victory abreast of HMS Conqueror and astern of HMS Neptune, and cleared for action to give the guns freedom to fire.
		Leviathan entered the enemy line astern of HMS Neptune and followed Conqueror, all three discharging full broadsides into the Bucentaure (50 guns), the flagship of the French Admiral Villeneuve.
	www.btinternet.com /~mark.cobley/notables/thomas1.html (344 words)

	HMS Victory model ship 1 - HMS Victory model ship 1
		In 1800, it was decided to rebuild HMS Victory, and on May 16, 1803, she became the flagship of Lord Nelson’s Mediterranean Fleet.
		HMS Victory was engaged by a number of French vessels including Bucentaure, Redoutatable, and Neptune.
		Towed to Gibraltar by HMS Neptune, HMS Victory sailed for England on December 22, from where Nelson’s body was carried to St Paul’s Cathedral for a state funeral.
	www.premiershipmodels.com /index.php/fuseaction/shop.product/categoryid/1/productid/276 (690 words)

	Type 82 General Purpose Destroyer
		His early experience was gained as a Midshipman and Sub Lieutenant in the Destroyers HMS Agincourt and HMS Carysfort which took him to the Mediterranean, the Far East and the South Pacific.
		In 1980 he was appointed in command of the general purpose frigate HMS Avenger as Captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron of 'Type 21s'.
		HMS Avenger herself conducted several bombardments of the Argentine positions, landed special operations forces and survived a combined Super Etendard/Exocet and Skyhawk bomber attack of which she was the focus.
	www.hmsbristol.plus.com /cos.htm (966 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Letters-HMS Lively
		My nan lost her brother on HMS Lively in ww2 and is ill herself and is always going on about how did he and the ship die/go down do you have any references to put her mind at rest please.
		A report on some of the actions in which HMS Lively was involved in during her short time in the Mediterranean prior to her being sunk on the 11th.
		Acting on an ULTRA intercept, HMS Penelope sailed from Malta in the evening of 30 November with the British light cruisers HMS Neptune, HMS Aurora, HMS Ajax and the British destroyers HMS Kimberley, HMS Kingston and HMS Lively.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /Letters/HMSLively.html (545 words)

	Welcome to Trafalgar 200 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As Neptune readied for battle, Fremantle summoned his men for a brief rallying call, as recorded by sailor James Martin, one of the few from the lower decks who has left an account of Trafalgar.
		Despite being damaged by Bucentaure, Neptune delivered a broadside into the Frenchman, then continued along the starboard of Spain’s Santisima Trinidad, with which she would grapple until the battle was won.
		Neptune’s losses, despite the ship’s masts and sails taking a fearful battering, were remarkably light: 44 killed and wounded.
	www.navynews.co.uk /trafalgar/hms_neptune.asp (538 words)

	RNZN - HMS NEPTUNE
		HMS NEPTUNE sank with the loss of all but one of her Ship's company on the night of 19 December 1941.
		She had been expected to leave the United Kingdom for New Zealand in May, but instead she was attached to the Seventh Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean because of the heavy loss of cruisers suffered during the Crete campaign.
		At one o'clock in the morning, the ships were 20 miles from Tripoli when NEPTUNE triggered a mine with one of her paravanes.
	www.navy.mil.nz /naval-reserve/naval-reserve-history/neptune-reserve-hero.htm (524 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As the ship started to settle by the stern, the eight officers, 35 men and 25 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in and eight 20mm guns) abandoned ship in three lifeboats, after three rafts were carried away, because the ship still had headway.
		HMS Dianthus got Asdic contact but was unable to drop depth charges, because U 223 dove under the survivors.
		The survivors were picked up by HMS Dianthus 1943 - Convoy rescue ship SS Stockport torpedoed & sunk by U-604 at 45N, 44W 1943 - U-443 sunk in the Mediterranean near Algiers, in position 36.55N, 02.25E, by depth charges from the British escort destroyers HMS Bicester, Lamerton & Wheatland.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/february/23Feb.txt (3369 words)

	NZDF - December (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The loss of HMS NEPTUNE in 1941, 19 December 1941
		The three cruisers of 'Force K', the Neptune, Aurora and Penelope, supported by the destroyers Kandahar, Lance, Lively and Havock, were steaming south, in single line ahead on a dark, stormy night when at 0106 am, the Neptune struck a mine.
		The Neptune going full astern hit another mine, which wrecked her steering gear and propellers and brought her to a standstill.
	www.nzdf.mil.nz /news/did-you-know/dec.htm (346 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)

	Art prints o fthe Battle of Jutland
		HMS Agincourt is shown alongside HMS Erin with ships of the 1st Battle squadron of the Grand Fleet, on the eve of the Battle of Jutland.
		HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland by Ivan Berryman.
		HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland.
	www.first-world-war.com /jutland.htm (2041 words)

	HMS Ganges Association Noticeboard - November 2005
		It largely features HMS CHATHAM, her 2004/5 deployment to the Gulf and her involvement in post-tsunami relief operations in January this year.
		He trained at HMS Caledonia (Tommy is on the left in the photo).
		She also said that HMS Indomitable had a steel deck and the U.S.N. wanted this as theirs were wooden.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /nov05.html (1387 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - HMS Penelope (97) (Light cruiser)
		After completion in November 1936, the HMS Penelope (97) (Capt A.D. Nicholl DSO) went to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, but was recalled in 1940 for the Norwegian Campaign.
		She was towed clear by the HMS Eskimo (F 75) and repaired in Tyne from August 1940 until July 1941.
		The destroyer attacked unsucessfully with torpedoes before she was sunk by HMS Aurora (12), HMS Penelope (97) and HMS Lively (F 40).
	uboat.net /allies/merchants/ship.html?shipID=3190 (1096 words)

	Marine Listing2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Her served on HMS Aboukir from 6th November 1906 to 14th November 1906, and HMS Irresistible from 27th November 1906 until his death on 4th December 1907.
		HMS Ramillies was off Gozo preparing to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making ladders ready to hoist out and Sergeant Charles Young was thrown overboard.
		HMS Ramillies was off Gozo preparing to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making ladders ready to hoist out and he was thrown overboard.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/marine_listing2.htm (10595 words)

	42-036 HMS Victory (size 1)
		In 1800, it was decided to rebuild Victory, and on May 16, 1803, she became the flagship of Lord Nelson’s Mediterranean Fleet.At this time, Napoleon had begun formulating plans for the invasion of England, and Nelson was ordered to contain Vice Admiral Pierre Villeneuve’s squadron at Toulon.
		Towed to Gibraltar by HMS Neptune, Victory sailed for England on December 22, from where Nelson’s body was carried to St Paul’s Cathedral for a state funeral.
		Since 1824, HMS Victory has served as the flagship of the Commander in Chief at Portsmouth.
	home.btconnect.com /houseofdrakeltd/42_036_hms_victory1.html (605 words)

	Messages about HMS Neptune posted during 2005
		The current HMS Neptune is the Clyde Submarine base at Faslane in Scotland.
		She wrote that "Dickie" had trained at HMS Ganges but I had no other information and as you can imagine I did not want to ask further questions in case I caused my newly found mum some distress.
		I was so pleased to read about the Memorial to the ships companies of HMS Neptune and HMS Kandahar that has been built at the National Memorial Arboretum at Burton on Trent in July this year.
	www.hmsneptune.com /forum2005.php (4395 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Warship survivor remembers comrades
		Norman Walton, 81, from Leeds, was the only man to survive when HMS Neptune sank in December 1941 after hitting a minefield in the Mediterranean off Tripoli.
		Friends and relatives of those who died in the World War II disaster are launching the Neptune Association in London on Friday.
		Vice chair Nixie Taverner, whose father Rory O'Conor was captain of the Neptune, said it was important to pay tribute to the crew members who died.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2593127.stm (203 words)

	Battle of Trafalgar
		In Ivan's painting, the flagship HMS Victory finally disengages from the wrecked Redoubtable, while the Temeraire, having broken from La Fougueux, remains locked with the French ship.
		Led by the 74-gun HMS Thunderer, with HMS Ajax astern, HMS Victory, with Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson aboard, begins her journey south to join the rest of the British fleet off Cadiz where the combined French and Spanish fleets lay blockaded.
		HMS Victory, nearest, has royals and stunsails set and is making good way, her furniture boats strung behind in readiness for battle.
	www.naval-art.com /battle_of_trafalgar.htm (2461 words)

	HMS AMPHION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS AMPHION was the last of three Modified Leander Class cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1930's and later transferred to the Royal Australian Navy.
		On the 9th September she hosted a day cruise for local politicians who were treated to gunnery and air attack displays.
		On the 3rd December 1938 the flag of the CinC was transferred to HMS NEPTUNE and AMPHION left Simonstown for the last time.
	www.spruso.com /1amphion.htm (384 words)

	BBC - Beyond the Broadcast - Making History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		HMS Neptune was a 98-gun three-deck ship built at Deptford in 1797.
		At Trafalgar she was under the command of Captain (later Admiral Sir) Thomas Freemantle and was in the thick of the action.
		After the battle she towed the crippled HMS Victory towards Gibraltar with Nelson's body on board - Mr Heald has a print of a painting of it.
	www.bbc.co.uk /education/beyond/factsheets/makhist2_prog6d.shtml (275 words)

	HM Naval Base Clyde - United Kingdom Nuclear Forces
		Faslane is officially called HMS Neptune, because in the Royal Navy a shore Establishment is commissioned as one of Her Majesty's Ships, and officers and ratings assigned duty at the facility are recorded as being appointed to HMS Neptune.
		HMS Caledonia situated in the Rosyth area, is a subordinate command of HMS Neptune and provides support to naval personnel standing by ships and submarines in refit at Rosyth.
		The Naval Technical Department [NTD] in HM Naval Base Clyde is a major support engineering operation, providing the full spectrum of nuclear submarine engineering support with the exception only of nuclear refueling.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/uk/clyde.htm (274 words)

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