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	HMS Uganda (C66) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HMS Uganda was commissioned by the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy on 17 December 1942.
		While serving in the (The largest inland sea; between Europe and Africa and Asia) Mediterranean Sea she took a direct hit from a 1.4-tonne glider-bomb off Salerno Italy.
		The other members of her crew of 907 were also a carefully picked group and additional training was provided by sending personnel to gain experience on Royal Navy cruisers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_uganda_(c66)3.htm (1778 words)

	HMS Newfoundland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HMS Newfoundland, a Crown Colony class cruiser, was launched in December 1941 by Mrs Ernest Bevin, the wife of the British Minister of Labour.
		On 6th July HMS Newfoundland left the forward base of Manus in the Admiralty Islands with other ships of the British Pacific Fleet to take part in the Anglo American attack on the mainland of Japan.
		The Newfoundland was then assigned the task of repatriating British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, eventually arriving in the United Kingdom in December 1946.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/hms_newfoundland (392 words)

	HMS Firedrake - the history of HMS Firedrake
		On the night of the 16th December 1942, HMS Firedrake, an 'F' class Destroyer, was the escort leader to convoy ON153, with 43 ships bound for Canada.
		HMS Firedrake tracked the contact to about 5 miles south of the convoy, when at 20.10 hrs she was hit by a torpedo fired by U-boat U211.
		The Sunflower moved in quickly to pick up the men in the water, a Newfoundland rating, G J Furey, had a rope tied around his waist and was lowered down the side of Sunflower.
	www.hmsfiredrake.co.uk (868 words)

	Canada's Navy: MARLANT - Maritime Forces Atlantic -- News Releases and Advisories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HMS ALBION has a floodable well dock, with the capacity to take either four utility landing craft (each capable of carrying a Challenger 2 tank) or operate several types of smaller landing craft, including hovercraft.
		HMS ALBION sailed from the UK on Jan 12th and is deploying to Canada and the USA for six weeks to conduct Cold Weather Trials.
		HMS ALBION will return to the UK following the completion of the trials, but as the on-call amphibious flagship, is liable to be deployed anywhere in the world at very short notice should the need arise.
	www.navy.dnd.ca /marlant/releases/marlant_releases_e.asp?x=1&id=231 (259 words)

	Ships
		It was based in Newfoundland waters from 1763 to 1766 under the command of Charles Saxton.
		HMS Syren (Siren) was a 6th rate of 500 tons and 24 guns.
		It was based in Newfoundland waters in 1765 under the command of John Hamilton and in 1766 under the command of Cornthwaite Ommanney.
	pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/ships (1678 words)

	The World at War
		Newfoundland was able to secure a loan of $2,000,000 from the Canadian banks, thanks to Bennett’s intercession, and agreed to a study of the country’s finances by committee chaired by British financier Sir Percy Thompson.
		Newfoundland’s importance to the Anglo-American alliance was informally acknowledged when it was chosen as the meeting place for the first of several wartime conferences held by the Allied leaders.
		Newfoundland’s rocky shore and foggy weather was often as deadly as the U-boats.
	worldatwar.net /article/newfoundland (9392 words)

	Terra Nova Greens: Newfoundand's Military Heritage
		Their father, Henry, was quoted in The Western Star as saying that he was disappointed that he was past the age when he could offer his own services in defence of the Empire, but was quite happy that his two sons had decided to fight for the cause.
		The decision to involve the Newfoundland Regiment in the fighting at Gallipoli was made in the summer of 1915.
		During World War One, the Newfoundland Regiment suffered the following casualties: 846 Newfoundlanders and labradorians were either killed or reported missing in action, 253 died of wounds, 146 died of disease, 2 died accidentally and 1 committed suicide.
	www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca /providers/green/jingo68.html (917 words)

	The War at Sea
		Aboard the Newfoundland, the Royal Marines were serving the 6-inch guns, and it was the last time Royal Marine crews would serve naval guns in anger.
		The Domiat was finished off by HMS Diana, a daring class destroyer when it was thought the Domiat was trying to ram her.
		The second incident involved H.M.S. Crane, which was attacked by four Israeli aircraft and in the ensuing gunfight, shot down one of the jets.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /suez/seawar.html (875 words)

	Short History-HMS Newfoundland
		HMS Newfoundland, a Colony Class Cruiser was launched in December 1941 by Mrs Ernest BEVIN, the wife of the then Minister of Labour, and completed in December 1942 when she joined the 10th Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet, to work up with her new ships company.
		Newfoundland commissioned for the last time with a new ships company at Singapore and during August saw service in the Persian Gulf after the coup d'etat in Iraq in which King Feisal was assassinated.
		In April 1959 HMS Newfoundland finally left the Far East returning to the UK via the Seychelles, East and South Africa and Freetown, arriving in Portsmouth in June.
	hmsnewfoundland.org.uk /newfoundlandhistory.htm (892 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Ships hit by U-boats - HMS Newfoundland (59) (Light cruiser)
		After completion, the HMS Newfoundland (59) was assigned to the 10th Cruiser Squadron of the Home Fleet and then became the flagship of the 15th Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean, where she took part in the attack on Pantelleria in June 1943 and in the invasion of Sicily on month later.
		After the war, the HMS Newfoundland (59) assisted in the repatriation of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war, eventually returned to Britain in December 1946, was placed in reserve and used as training ship before a refit at Plymouth in 1951.
		The HMS Newfoundland (59) was hit in the stern and lost her rudder, but managed to reach Malta, steering only by propellors.
	uboat.net /allies/merchants/3019.html (614 words)

	=/\= U.S.S. Prince Of Wales, NCC-1741A - HMS Prince Of Wales History =/\=
		HMS Prince of Wales, a 35,000-ton King George V class battleship built Birkenhead, England, was completed in March 1941.
		In late May, while still not fully operational, she was sent into action with the German battleship Bismarck and received significant damage from heavy gunfire.
		Sent to the Far East with the battlecruiser HMS Repulse to counter the swiftly developing Japanese threat in the region, she arrived on 2 December 1941.
	www.mts.net /~iceman7/history.html (312 words)

	‘For King and Country’ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Prior to 1914, acceptance to the Newfoundland RNR required that candidates be seamen or fishermen between the ages of eighteen and thirty.
		At the outbreak of World War One 75 percent of Newfoundland’s reservists were classified as qualified seamen, having trained at sea, passed an elementary examination in gunnery and seamanship, and been recommended by the Commanding Officer.
		The log of HMS Fort Waldegrave (shore establishments also used the appellation “HMS”) indicates that these men were likely performing basic maintenance duties on the recently reactivated building and grounds.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /great_war/articles/fkac.html (1821 words)

	Fiji Class
		HMS Fiji was built at Clydebank by John brown ship builders and laid down on the 30th march 1938, launched 31st May 1939 and completed 17th may 1940.
		HMS Jamaica was built at Vickers Armstrong at barrow, and laid down on the 28th April 1938, launched 16th November 1940 and completed 29th June 1942.
		HMS Kenya was involved in the Hunt for the German battleship Bismarck.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /fiji_class.htm (1600 words)

	The World at War - Newfoundland & Labrador Timeline from 1919 to 1949
		Newfoundland referred to as a "Dominion" (a title the government assumed officially in 1908) in the Statue of Westminster but requests that sections 2 -6 not be implemented until such time as the legislature requests it which in never did.
		Newfoundland reverts to the status of a Crown Colony.
		Newfoundland Constabulary seizes the Christopher V. Doornum, a German freighter anchored at Botwood, as a prize of war.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/newfoundland/19-49.html (2683 words)

	NE Diary 1939-45; Warships Launched or Completed by N.E. Shipyards 1942-45
		On the night of 24th October 1943, in company with 'HMS Hurworth', 'HHMS Adrias' set off for a position south of Leros to create a diversion to protect ships landing stores on Leros for the British troops occupying the island.
		On their way there they ran into a newly laid minefield, both ships were struck by mines, the 'Adrias' was first to be hit, she had her bows blown off as far back as the bridge.
		the cruiser 'HMS Swiftsure' - the destroyers 'Myngs' - 'Zephyr' - the submarines 'Varne' - 'Virulent' - 'Vivid' - 'Voracious' - 'Votary' - 'Vulpine'.
	www.bpears.org.uk /NE-Diary/Bck/Warships2.html (1967 words)

	HMS NEWFOUNDLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		On 14/15th June NEWFOUNDLAND was part of the Royal Navy Task Group which carried out sea and air strikes on the Japanese Naval Base of Truk in the Caroline Islands.
		NEWFOUNDLAND put a landing party of seamen and Royal Marines ashore to take over the navy base at Yokosuka on the western shore of Tokyo Bay and was present in the Bay when the Instrument of Surrender was signed aboard USS MISSOURI on 2 September 1945.
		Her first major peacetime task was to assist in the repatriation of British and Commonwealth prisoners of war and she eventually returned to the United Kingdom in December 1946.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /newf.htm (569 words)

	HMS BERMUDA
		HMS Bermuda part of the Fiji Class Cruisers of the Royal navy.
		HMS Bermuda was built at Clydebank by John Brown Ship Builders, laid down on the 30th November 1939 and launched 11th September 1941 and completed on the 21st august 1942.
		HMS Bermuda joined the Home Fleet once completed and stayed there until 2945 when she went to the Pacific.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_bermuda.htm (556 words)

	For King and Country - Nfld Royal Naval Reserve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		HMS Calypso was commissioned at Devonport for service in Newfoundland as depot and drill ship for the RNR.
		In November 1914, Newfoundland Governor Sir Walter Davidson issued a proclamation calling for sufficient volunteers to bring RNR strength to one thousand men.
		High Beach on Newfoundland's Burin Peninsula, presented himself on board HMS Briton (formerly Calypso) and dutifully enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve as reservist number 2083X.
	home.thezone.net /~ainal/for_king_and_country.htm (1688 words)

	Travels with the Tall Ship Rose
		In 2003 the ship appeared as the HMS Surprise in the 20th Century fox film Master and Commander: Far Side of the World starring Russell Crowe and directed by Peter Weir.
		Now renamed Surprise in honor of her role in the film, the ship is open to the public daily as a dockside attraction at the Maritime Museum of San Diego.
		Also available for sale directly from the artist is a limited edition print, HMS Rose 2002, by Scott Kennedy.
	www.tallshiprose.org (284 words)

	Useful Links - Royal Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The aim of this "old-school" Association is to bring together those who spent some or most of their formative years in HMS Fisgard, or in the Fisgard Squadron, institutions which bear the only name that has an unbroken history of being exclusively used fo...
		The H.M.S. SOLEBAY Association was formed to provide former shipmates from all commissions the opportunity to keep in touch, and to meet....
		HMS Warrior, the pride of Queen Victoria, on display in Portsmouth, England....
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /links/royalnavy.html (2549 words)

	Links
		Newfoundland Transshipment Ltd. - Oil transshipment facility at the head of Placentia Bay.
		Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage - A wide range of heritage topics, including marine, exploration and fishing..
		HMS Newfoundland - British cruiser of World War II whose former crew members still hold reunions.
	www.eastwaters.com /links.htm (949 words)

	British Navy Ships--HMS Prince of Wales (1941-1941)
		HMS Prince of Wales is in the foreground.
		HMS Prince of Wales off Argentia, Newfoundland, after bringing Prime Minister Winston Churchill across the Atlantic to meet with President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
		USS McDougal (DD-358) alongside HMS Prince of Wales, to transfer President Franklin D. Roosevelt to the British battleship for a meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-p/pow12.htm (928 words)

	Convoy HX 134 - warsailors.com
		HMS Linnet fell astern on July 5, was with SC 35 next day (the convoy had been ordered by the Admiralty to join up with Convoy SC 35 - see report on Page 2).
		HMS Maloja and the Newfoundland Escorts parted company at 16:00 on July 4 in 61 33N 25 00W (see page 3).
		HMS Britomart, HMS Salamander, HMS Aubretia, HMS Nigella, HMS King Sol, HMS Sherwood, HMS St. Clair, HMS St. Apollo, HMS Carnation, HMS Hollyhock, Salisbury, Angle, and HMS Bulldog.
	www.warsailors.com /convoys/hx134.html (526 words)

	Houghton Mifflin Electronic Publishing - Ships Of The World by Lincoln P. Paine
		It soon transpired that they were in fact HMS Africa (64 guns), the frigates Shannon, Guerriere (38s), Belvedira (36), and Aeolus (32), and the recently captured U.S. brig, Nautilus (12), under command of Captain Sir Philip Broke.
		On August 19, Constitution was cruising the Grand Banks south of Newfoundland when she encountered Guerriere in position 41 degrees 42 minutes North, 55 degrees 48 minutes West.
		She forced both ships to strike and both ships were taken as prizes, though Levant was recaptured by a British squadron on March 11.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /epub/ships.shtml (1370 words)

	Image Gallery: Royal Naval Reserve: Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It was renamed the HMS Briton in 1916.
		Courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL B-17-22), St. John’s, Newfoundland.
		Courtesy of the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador (PANL NA-24-68), St. John’s, Newfoundland.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /great_war/gallery/reserve (107 words)

	All.info: Arts and Humanities / History / Royal Navy / (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It began as a reading list for students taking courses in Newfoundland history that I have been teaching for more then twenty years at the Sir Wilfred Grenfell College campus of Memorial University.
		This led to an invitation to contribute an essay on Newfoundland and the International Fishery in Canadian History: A Reader's Guide.
		Official website for the HMS Hood Association- the veterans, family members and fans of the British battlecruiser HMS Hood, sunk in World War 2.
	allinfo.com /directory/Arts_and_Humanities/History/Royal_Navy (352 words)

	Welcome to The Toronto Naval Club! Lost an Oppo (old mate)?
		Aubrey Martin ex Royal Navy who he served with at HMS Raleigh 1943.
		Johnno served on HMS Broadsword in the Falklands war and received shrapnel injuries.
		There is a new contact with information about HMS India who would like to make contact.
	www.candoo.com /ncot/find.htm (993 words)

	Newfoundland found Swiftly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Take advantage of Fairmont Newfoundland's packages to ensure that you make the most of your stay in Atlantic Canada.
		Renowned Newfoundland training experts finally share their secrets.
		Whether you are buying one, or already own one you must read this book.
	www.dominiononline.co.uk /computer/newfoundland.html (414 words)

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		my late father G.Pascoe was on the NEWFOUNDLAND during her tour with the British Pacific Fleet.Hewas Chf Blacksmith.I have his original Jap surrender certificate by E.H.Brown-Gunnerif I have a e-m address I will forward.
		He served on the H.M.S. Clyde for a period of time, as did my grandfather.
		My uncle served on the Newfoundland during the second world war.
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