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	HMS NORFOLK - Find Friends from HMS NORFOLK at Forces Reunited
		Steven Barr was at HMS Norfolk between 1986 and 1993.
		William Phelps was at HMS Norfolk between 1988 and 1998.
		Albert Pierce was at HMS Norfolk between 1938 and 1953.
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Norfolk.html (1717 words)

	EDP24 Frontline - the gateway to East Anglia's Armed Forces
		HMS Norfolk’s small boat was used to simulate that of the terrorist craft as the warship left port and entered the Solent.
		HMS Norfolk – motto Serviens Servo (Serving, I Preserve) – was the first built of the Navy’s 16 Type 23 Frigates and was designed with the lessons of the Falklands in mind.
		HMS Norfolk, a sister ship to HMS Grafton which is twinned with Ipswich, has now embarked on a series of exercises, manoeuvres and tough sea training at team and individual level as she runs up to full operational deployment.
	www.edp24.co.uk /Content/Frontline/2003/030607HMSnorfolk1.asp (2504 words)

	HMS Norfolk (78) - Biocrawler
		A long absence of a Norfolk in the Royal Navy was finally ended in the commissioning of County-class heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk (78), which displaced 10,035 tons.
		In September 1931, Norfolk was part of a mutiny that later became known as the Invergordon Mutiny.
		At the outbreak of war in 1939, Norfolk deployed with the Home Fleet, and was involved in the chase for the German battlecruisers (or light battleships) Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, along with the Admiral Scheer.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Norfolk_%2878%29 (506 words)

	HMS Norfolk (F230) - Biocrawler
		The sixth and current HMS Norfolk (F230) was laid down in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders.
		Norfolk has a crew of 185 compared to the 287 required for the Type 42 destroyer.
		In 1994, Norfolk became the first Royal Navy warship to visit South Africa in over 20 years, a visit designed to show that Britain was ready to welcome her back into the fold after so many years of isolation because of apartheid.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Norfolk_%28F230%29 (288 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Heavy cruiser HMS Norfolk of the Dorsetshire class
		The battleships HMS Nelson (Capt. G.J.A. Miles, RN with Admiral Forbes aboard) HMS Rodney (Capt. F.H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton, RN) and the heavy cruiser HMS Devonshire (Capt. J.M. Mansfield, DSC, RN) escorted by the destroyers HMS Faulknor (Capt. C.S. Daniel, RN), HMS Fame (Cdr.
		The light cruisers HMS Southampton (Capt. F.W.H. Jeans, CVO, RN), HMS Edinburgh (Capt. F.C. Bradley, RN) and HMS Aurora (Capt. G.B. Middleton, RN) escorted by the destroyers HMS Afridi (Capt. G.H. Creswell, DSC, RN), HMS Gurkha (Cdr.
		HMS Norfolk (Capt. J.G.Y. Loveband, RN with Rear-Admiral R.R. McGrigor, CB, DSO, RN aboard) and the light cruiser HMS Bellona (Capt. C.F.W. Norris, DSO, RN) escorted by the destroyers HMS Onslow (Capt. H.W.S. Browning, OBE, RN), HMS Orwell (Lt.Cdr.
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/1179.html (760 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - HMS Norfolk visits Norwegian port
		Type 23 frigate HMS Norfolk has paid a visit to the Norwegian port of Trondheim in preparation for a major NATO exercise.
		Norfolk, along with other members of the NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic, or SNFL, travelled from the balmy Mediterranean to the icy mountains of northern Norway in a week.
		Norfolk's involvement will be primarily in the Norwegian Sea, which is renowned for its harsh conditions.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2002/0203/0002031401.asp (235 words)

	Naval Technology - Duke Class (Type 23) - Frigates
		The new batch comprises: HMS Kent which was launched in May 1998 and entered service in September 2000; HMS Portland launched in May 1999 and commissioned in May 2001; and HMS St Albans launched in May 2000 and commissioned in June 2002.
		Batch 1 vessels, HMS Norfolk, and Marlborough were decommissioned in 2005 and Grafton in March 2006.
		HMS Richmond was the first RN vessel to receive the HE ER round in April 2004.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/t23/index.html (1347 words)

	Richard SJ Gough Online - HMS Norfolk
		I joined HMS Norfolk while she was still being built at the yarrows shipyard in Glasgow in 1989.
		The Norfolk was the first of the fleet's latest Type 23 frigates and I was the first Chief Missile to serve onboard the class.
		HMS Norfolk was my last ship in the Royal Navy as I left in the spring of 1991.
	www.rgough.info /norfolk (88 words)

	HMS Norfolk acryllic painting
		HMS Norfolk at the Battle of the North Cape 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.
		HMS Norfolk also took part in the action against the Scharnhorst, she was hit by two, 11-inch shells, one of which went through the X ring bulkhead and went overboard without exploding.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_norfolk.htm (501 words)

	HMS Norfolk (D21) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fifth HMS Norfolk (D21) was laid down on 15 March 1966 by Swan Hunter and launched by Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk in November 1967.
		In 1972 Norfolk began a refit to replace 'B' turret with four Exocet launchers.
		Norfolk was sold to Chile on 6 April 1982 and renamed Capitán Prat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Norfolk_(D21) (387 words)

	HMS Norfolk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fourth Norfolk (78) was a County-class heavy cruiser.
		Norfolk was involved in many famous encounters during WWII, and was scrapped in 1950.
		The sixth and current HMS Norfolk (F230) was commissioned in November 1989, and was the first of the Type 23 or 'Duke' Class frigates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Norfolk (321 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Jamaica of the Fiji class (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In December the cruiser was a unit of the distant Covering Forces for an Arctic convoy, with the battleship HMS Duke of York and four destroyers.
		On the 29th, she rendezvoused with the cruiser HMS Belfast and a frigate, after receiving orders from Command Naval Forces Far East, she was dispatched with two frigates to the coast of Korea where she joined a United Nations support force under Rear Admiral Higgins.
		On the 13th, the bombardment began, using Firefly aircraft from the carrier HMS Triumph as spotters, and on the 14th, the peninsula of Walmindo, the first objective of the landing forces, had been silenced.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4033.html (1405 words)

	Norfolk's Worst Nightmare
		In a pattern to be repeated in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Norfolk was "caught in the middle".
		Norfolk and Portsmouth were especially vulnerable to the power of warships, but the capitol at Williamsburg was several miles from the closest navigable waterway.
		Their written instructions acknowledged that citizens in Norfolk and Portsmouth, "exposed to the vengeance of the Navy", might be afraid to declare their real sentiments.
	www.norfolkhistorical.org /insights/2001_spring/nightmare.html (1193 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: References & Research Materials- ADM116-4351: Report on the Loss of HMS ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Hood was sunk by gunfire from Bismarck at 0600.
		Captain Phillips, HMS Norfolk, who at one time was commander of Hood, associated this hit with the starboard upper deck torpedo tubes, and stated that he saw a bright flash in about that position.
		NORFOLK was in a position on the starboard quarter of HOOD at a range of approximately 20,000 yds.
	www.hmshood.org.uk /reference/official/adm116/adm116-4351_to59.html (7393 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)

	KBismarck.com - Radio Messages & Telegrams
		Von [from] 5dl [in Norfolk] an [to] mta = Scapa.
		Von [from] 5dl = auf [in] Norfolk an [to] mta = Scapa, k3g = Suffolk, nachr.
		Reports by HMS Sheffield and Ark Royal's aircraft are based on reference position 20 miles north of position in my 1520B and 1700B and 1800B which are based on fix at 1500B.
	www.kbismarck.com /archives/telegram4.html (2668 words)

	Model Ships Online - Model Tall Ships - Model Viking Ships - Model Sailing Ships
		Horatio Nelson was born on September 29, 1758, to Catherine (Suckling) Nelson, the wife of Edmund Nelson, rector of Burnham Thorpe, in the county of Norfolk.
		At 1:15 PM, while the H.M.S. Victory was engaging the Redoubtable, Nelson was struck in the spine by a sniper and was carried below to die.
		HMS Victory is the only remaining 18th Century warship anywhere in the world and is the oldest serving Royal Navy ship in commission - she remains a fully commissioned ship with her own complement of officers and crew and is the flagship of the Second Sea Lord, Commander in Chief Naval Home Command.
	modelshipsonline.com /hms-victory-large.html (1044 words)

	Norfolk Class (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The heavy cruiser HMS Dorsetshire is brought up to sink the blazing wreck of the Bismarck with torpedoes at around 10:30 hours on the morning of May 27th 1941.
		HMS Norfolk at the Battle of the North Cape 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.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /norfolk_class.htm (1726 words)

	HMS CALENDULA (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Calendula Pennant number K28, was ordered on 19th September 1939 (Job number J3240) and laid down on 30th October.
		January 8th 1941 she joined convoy WS5A with HM sloops Milford, Bridgewater, HMS Destroyers Velox, Vidette and HM Corvette Asphodel for local anti-submarine escort during the initial stage of passage from Freetown to Cape of good Hope.
		From Newfoundland she proceeded to Norfolk, arriving 13 May 1942, where she was prepared for deployment for defence of convoys between Norfolk Va, and Key West.
	www.hmshollyhock.co.uk /calendula.htm (649 words)

	Loss of HMS Hood
		In an instant on the morning of the 24th of May, 1941, the Royal Navy lost the symbolic flagship of its fleet and the battleship Bismarck, which would have otherwise had an interesting but unremarkable history, was transformed into one of the most well-known ships of the war.
		At 2002, a message from cruiser HMS Suffolk reported the enemy as one battleship and one cruiser, course 240 degrees, in a position that translated to some 560 kilometers distant and almost directly north of the battlecruiser force.
		Fourteen hundred fifteen officers and men of H.M.S. Hood were killed in the explosion, or died in the water shortly thereafter.
	www.warship.org /no21987.htm (5702 words)

	Model Links - The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns
		HMS Relentless, HMS Repulse, HMS Resolution; fine names, names to gladden the heart of every true Brit and dismay any foreigners with a grasp of English.
		My first assumption was that these names had been chosen by some fresh faced innocent unaware of their connotations, but a careful reading of the index suggested that the choice of such names was deliberate and malicious.
		But it is hard not to imagine the crew of HMS Narcissus leaning over the side to admire their reflections in the water, or the crew of HMS Spanker being accosted by leather-clad masochists in dockside bars.
	home.swipnet.se /ew-11578/model_links.htm (1338 words)

	GNN - Government News Network
		The Plymouth-based Type 23 frigate HMS Norfolk will return to her home port of Devonport on 25 November for the last time under the White Ensign.
		HMS Norfolk will return home in style, with decommissioning pennant flying and the ship's company lining the upperdeck.
		She has been involved in exercises and operations around the world from humanitarian work in West Africa (for which she was awarded the Wilkinson Sword of Peace), to counter-drug operations in the Caribbean and NATO exercises in the Atlantic and Mediterranean.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=136599&NewsAreaID=2 (316 words)

	RN Cruisers, HMS Norfolk, Suffolk, Cardiff
		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.
		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.
	www.ivanberryman.co.uk /rncruise.htm (1630 words)

	HMS Norfolk royal navy cruiser
		she was part of the class which included HMS Dorsetshire, (two other ships were planned but were cancelled in 1930, they were to be HMS Northumberland and HMS Surrey) She carried a seaplane in 1931 and had a catapult added in 1932.
		At the outbreak of world war two, HMS Norfolk served in the Home Fleet in 1939 till 1945 t she took part in the final action against the Bismarck firing 527 8-inch shells and eight torpedoes.
		HMS Norfolk also took part in the action against the Scharnhorst, she was hit by two, 11-inch shells, one of which went through the X ring bulkhead and went overboard without exploding.
	www.ivanberryman.co.uk /hms_norfolk.htm (766 words)

	Bismark
		When the first reports of the Bismarck were received the British cruiser HMS Suffolk was already patrolling the Denmark straight and was due to be relieved by another cruiser HMS Norfolk.
		On the 22 May at about 1922 hours the HMS Suffolk sighted the German ships about to leave the straight and head out into the Atlantic, she immediately started to tail the two German ships and was soon joined by the HMS Norfolk.
		HMS Victorious launched an airstrike on the German battleship scoring one hit which failed to damage the Bismarck.
	members.tripod.com /~colemangr/Bismark.htm (1130 words)

	Emerald Hammer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Hood was over 20 years old by this time, and was something of a symbol of British naval supremacy.
		Her companion, HMS Prince of Wales, commanded by CPT James Catteral Leach, was the RN's newest battleship -- so new, in fact, that shipyard workers were still aboard her, adjusting her 14-inch guns.
		HMS Rodney was firing 16-inch salvoes into her from 3,000 yards range, virtually point-blank.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /phillip.ward2/hammer/documents/bismark.html (1842 words)

	[No title]
		Grieving family members of a Norfolk road accident victim last night paid a loving tribute to their ârockâ, as the driver who caused her death starts a nine-month prison sentence.
		Senior Norfolk politicians and community leaders last night demanded answers to a raft of questions about a controversial plan to build a detention centre for illegal immigrants at a doomed RAF base.
		Seven Norfolk schools and twenty providers of care for young children are among the most outstanding in the country.
	new.edp24.co.uk /content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&... (1244 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Norfolk
		The present HMS Norfolk is the sixth Naval vessel to bear the name.
		The fourth Norfolk was also a County-class, but this time a 9,925-ton cruiser built on the Clyde in 1928.
		Toward the end of her long life, she was renamed the Princess Amelia in 1755 and took on harbour in 1777.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/norfolk.asp (547 words)

	Mutiny on the HMS Bounty: Bligh, Christian, Pitcairn, Norfolk
		The goal of the voyage was to obtain a large number of breadfruit plantings to be taken to the Caribbean where they would be transplanted to provide food for the slaves in those colonies.
		The Bibliography of HMS Bounty, William Bligh and Pitcairn Island
		HMS Pandora is best known as the frigate which the British Admiralty sent to the South Pacific to bring to justice the men who commandeered the Bounty.
	www.lareau.org /bounty.html (1889 words)

	Scharnhorst Geman Batle cruiser
		she encountered a large British Force of the battleship HMS Duke of York and the cruisers HMS Belfast, HMS Jamaica and HMS Norfolk.
		Initially HMS Norfolk engaged the Scharnhorst and a lucky hit knocked out the radar systems of the Scharnhorst.
		soon after the Scharnhorst was engaged by the Battleship HMS Duke of York along with the cruisers and was sunk with the loss of 1,803 crew (she had been hit by a number of shells and 14 torpedoes.
	www.naval-art.com /scharnhorst.htm (1560 words)

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