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  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)

  
 HMS OBEDIENT - Find Friends from HMS OBEDIENT at Forces Reunited
cornelius bradshaw was at HMS Obedient between 1944 and 1947.
Ivan Harrison was at HMS Obedient between 2004 and 0.
Andrew Owen was at HMS Obedient between 1941 and 1946.
www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Obedient.html   (0 words)

  
 Cornwell Award
On May 13 1916 HMS Chester was in the front line in the Battle of Jutland and came under attack from 4 German Cruisers.
Cornwell has serverly injured but this was not known until the ship was relived and first aid parties boarded the Chester and found him still at his post.
It will not fall to the lot of every boy to prove so devotedly his obedience, discipline, and self-sacrifice; but every boy can endeavour to live up to his example by practising discipline and being obedient in small things.
www.thescoutingpages.org.uk /cornwall.htm   (0 words)

  
 Exercise Tiger National Commemorative Foundation
At 0135 on the morning of April 28th, 1944, eight Tank Landing Ships (LST's) and thier lone escort, the British corvette HMS AZALEA, were en route to the landing area.
Miles south in the mouth of Lyme bay, lay the bulk of the Tiger naval force.
Protected by the cruiser USS AGUSTA and the new British "O" class destroyers HMS ONSLOW and HMS OBEDIENT as well as the Tribal Class destroyer HMS ASHANTI and a covering force of motor torpedo boats.
www.exercisetiger.org /pages/ext_battlehistory.htm   (607 words)

  
  Battle of Jutland: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
HMS Invincible (Flagship of Rear Admiral The Hon.
HMS Minotaur[?] (Flagship of Rear Admiral H.L. Heath; Capt. A.C.S.H. D'Aeth)
HMS Falmouth[?] (Flagship of Rear Admiral T.D.W. Napier; Capt. J.D. Edwards)
www.encyclopedian.com /ba/Battle-of-Jutland.html   (1610 words)

  
  Battle of Jutland
HMS Invincible (Flagship of Rear Admiral The Hon.
HMS Minotaur[?] (Flagship of Rear Admiral H.L. Heath; Capt. A.C.S.H. D'Aeth)
HMS Falmouth[?] (Flagship of Rear Admiral T.D.W. Napier; Capt. J.D. Edwards)
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Battle_of_Jutland.html   (1563 words)

  
 HMS Obedient - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Two destroyers of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Obedient.
The first Obedient, launched in 1916, was am "M" class destroyer.
The second Obedient, launched in 1942, was an O-class destroyer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Obedient   (137 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Light cruiser HMS Jamaica of the Fiji class
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 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.
On 30 December 1942 the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper attacked convoy JW.51B and was held at bay by the British destroyers HMS Onslow, HMS Obedient, HMS Obdurate and HMS Orwell.
www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4033.html   (1407 words)

  
 Obedience Training
Obedience is often associated with social dominance and submission.
Human beings have been shown to be surprisingly obedient in the presence of perceived legitimate authority figures, as demonstrated by the Milgram experiment in the 1960s.
obedience to self-imposed constraints, such as a vow of chastity Formerly obedience was included along with honor and love as part of a conventional bride's wedding oath (but not the bridegroom's).
www.artistbooking.com /trips/148/obedience-training.html   (834 words)

  
 Battle of Jutland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
HMS Colossus (Flagship of Rear Admiral E.F.A. Gaunt; Capt.
HMS Orion (Flagship of Rear Admiral A.C. Leveson; Capt.
HMS Falmouth (Flagship of Rear Admiral T.D.W. Napier; Capt.
www.aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/b/ba/battle_of_jutland.html   (3730 words)

  
 Order of Battle - The Battle of the Barents Sea - 31 December 1942
HMS Bramble and Northern Gem, SS Chester Valley and one straggler were still not with the convoy, but sailing to the north.
HMS Oribi, Cmdr. J.E.H. McBeath, DSO, DSC, suffered gyrocompass failure and lost contact with the convoy during a storm on the night of 27th / 28th, and arrived independently at Murmansk on 31st December.
HMS Graph, ex U.570, (westerly, off Altenfjord); HMS Graph sighted Hipper as she approached Altenfkord on her return, but Hipper was travelling too fast to be attacked.
www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWII_Atlantic/OOB_WWII_Barents_Sea.htm   (2234 words)

  
 Sirmar Model Ship Fittings - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: )
HMS HOOD - The ship was the last battlecruiser to be completed for the Royal Navy and, as such, she was considered by the British public to be all that was finest in the British fleet and because of this her loss caused considerable shock.
HMS IRON DUKE - Flagship of the Grand Fleet (Jellicoe) 1914, she fought at Jutland 1916 and was in the Mediterranean in 1919, Atlantic 1926.
HMS VICTORIA - This ship was the Flagship of Admiral Tryon which with the rest of the fleet was manoeuvring off the Syrian Coast on 22nd June 1893 when a collision occurred in which the CAMPERDOWN rammed her, causing her to sink.
www.sirmarmodelships.com /plans.asp   (3005 words)

  
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On the second try the boom was missed again and the HMS Broke was under the fire of the batteries of both des Arcades and Jette du Nord.
Capt. McCullough was informed that the HMS Broke was going in alone, and he relayed instructions for Plan "B" covering that eventuality.
The troops aboard the HMS Broke were quite shaken by the bombardment and were a little slow in getting underway to disembark; however, the platoon leaders got their men off and proceeded to their objectives.
www.34infdiv.org /history/135inf/4210.0306.txt   (1926 words)

  
 HMS Ganges Association/Walter Toy
A few years earlier, a report by the staff surgeon for training ships stated that about a quarter of the boys coming forward were rejected for various reasons, the majority because of poor health, others because they were unable to pass the educational test.
He joined H.M.S. "Wye" on the 12th August for just 5 weeks to be transported to his first ship proper H.M.S. "Garnet", a single screw ship of 2,154 tons, 3 masted, carrying a full suit of sails and which mounted 12 - 64pdr.
Her main armaments of 8 10-inch guns were contained in an armoured central battery on each beam; the vices and virtues of gun turrets had yet to be fully explored.
www.hmsgangesassoc.org /waltertoy.htm   (2116 words)

  
 Current Briny en Garde Turn Report
However, I regret to inform your Lordship that a similar attempt by HMS Sauve Qui Peut was thwarted by an unsuspected current in the channel leading to where a number of smaller ships were moored outside the harbour, which threatened to push the ship upon a sandbank nearby.
On the 28 th the lookout of HMS Alexander reported a number of sails, which turned out to be HMS Waakzamheit and HMS Alexander with three prizes in tow.
He and N10 (as he then was) had been midshipmen together aboard HMS Tricorn, wrecked upon the Cornish coast during a winter gale these twenty years ago, and N10 had been as economical with words (and with the truth, sometimes) even then.
www.brinyengarde.co.uk /turn19.htm   (6048 words)

  
 Letter book 1856 Sir Leopold George Heath Crimean War Navy
The Master Shipwright having on the 22nd Instant informed me that HMS under my Command would not by completed in his department before the 9th April I am obliged to extend the dates at which HMS will be ready for proceeding to the Sound and to sea respectively to the 10th and 12th April.
A claim of joint capture of the Brazil, made by the Captain, Officers and Crew of HMS Niger against the Captain, Officers and Crew of HMS "Gladiator" and her tender the Jackel has after a lapse of 5 years been decided by the Admiralty court against the Niger.
I have the honour to forward a letter from Captain Peddie of HMs 41st Regiment proceeding to England in HMS under my Command requesting that a Court Marshall may be assembled for a trial of a Private of that Corps.
www.jjhc.info /heathleopoldletterbook1856.htm   (3392 words)

  
 Warships
HMS Duchess of Hamilton Clyde Warship Aux 1915-3-
HMS Duchess of Rothesay Clyde Warship Aux 1915-10-
HMS Empress of Russia Clyde Warship Aux 1914-8-23
www.clydeshipping.co.uk /warships/jwm.asp   (67 words)

  
 HMS Poppy & PQ17 by John Beardmore
It was of course typical of our Nation at a time when communities were drawn together, and to whom not a single member of Poppy's Ship's company could claim domicile, that they should have taken us so warmly to their hearts.
As we lay alongside our sister corvette, H.M.S. Dianella, trying to keep warm in the sub zero temperature, we were afforded a visit a few days before Christmas by our Commander-in-Chief, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, R.N., flying his flag in the 35,000 ton battleship Duke of York, anchored across the Kola Inlet at Vaenga Bay.
We felt a personal loss when the little Flower Class Corvette H.M.S. Bluebell was torpedoed with the loss of 85 out of her crew of 86.
www.cbrnp.com /RNP/Flower/ARTICLES/Poppy/Beardmore-2.htm   (4128 words)

  
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HMS Ark Royal in company with the destroyers HMS Brazen, HMS Encounter, and HMS Volunteer in one force, while HMS Glorious and HMS Furious form the core of a second force.
The Portuguese SS Ganda picked up the master, 22 crewmembers and two gunners and 24 crewmembers were rescued by the Spanish tanker Jose Calvo Sotelo and landed at Freetown 1941 - At 1340, the Barnby, dispersed from Convoy HX-126, was torpedoed and sunk by U-111 SW of Iceland.
Battleship HMS King George V, fleet carrier HMS Victorious, cruisers and destroyers are later joined by battlecruiser HMS Repulse 1941 - Operation Merkur (Mercury), the German invasion of Crete began at 0800 on Tuesday, 20 May 20.
www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/may/22May.txt   (2241 words)

  
 Chapter-32   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Cruiser HMS Devonshire, Dorsetshire HMAS Canberra (all of Counties class).
Between 0826 and 0830, when trying to protect the damaged flagship HMS Prince of wales, Lamotte Picquet was strafed by 2 dive-bombers and 3 enemy fighters.
Adm Palliser has hinted in a private discussion to the fact that HMS Abdiel is to be recalled in the Mediterranean.
users.domaindlx.com /fantasque/original/Chapter-32.htm   (3481 words)

  
 Questarian Royal Navy - NSwiki   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Notes: the QRN is in possession of 342 battlecruisers and battleships ranging from 260 metres to 1,800 metres, and 108 aircraft carriers and battlecarriers all larger than USS Nimitz.
The sloop HMS Electra was attacked by a pair of rebel frigates, and at the speed of 18 knots, outran them both and made it back safe to Portsmouth.
Before the commission of the HMS Hood, F was the pennant for Frigate - it has recently been changed to Flagship, and D (which used to be destroyer) has been changed too.
ns.goobergunch.net /wiki/index.php?title=Questarian_Royal_Navy&printable=yes   (1022 words)

  
 Admiralty M class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunk after collision with HMS Tirade on October 21st 1917
Sunk after colliding with HMS Hoste in the North Sea on 21st December 1916.
Sunk after colliding with HMS Amphritite in the North Sea on September 8th 1918
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/M_class_destroyer_(1913)   (309 words)

  
 Order of Battle - Battle of Jutland - 31 May to 1 June 1916
HMS Lurcher,E31, E53, D6 left Harwich on the evening of 30th May to patrol positions off Southwold, midway to the Dutch coast.
HMS Talisman, G2, G3, G4, G5 left Harwich at 1200, 31st May for a patrol position on the SE side of the Dogger Bank.
HMS Hampshire, with Lord Kitchener on board, was sunk in this minefield on 5th June.
www.navweaps.com /index_oob/OOB_WWI/OOB_WWI_Jutland.htm   (3138 words)

  
 HMS Onslow & HMS Pakenham in 1/700 scale
Their most famous action occurred in December 1942, while escorting convoy JW51B the Onslow, Obedient, Orwell, Obdurate, Oribi and the 'A' class destroyer Achates held off the Lutzow, Hipper and six KM destroyers for six hours.
I chose to model the HMS Onslow with her lattice mast.
This kit does require a lot of work to make a decent model, but with the addition of the WEM PE set and the modifications per Nat Richards, it can be turned into a very good model.
www.internetmodeler.com /1999/november/ships/onslow-pakenham.htm   (542 words)

  
 HMS OBEDIENT   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Here is our current member listing for HMS OBEDIENT.
Hurn, John served in HMS OBEDIENT between 1953 and 1953
You can search for more HMS OBEDIENT Units, Photos and Messages here.
www.comradesandcolleagues.com /ROYAL_NAVY/HMS_OBEDIENT.asp   (129 words)

  
 ActionScript-ToolBox: by William Bainbridge   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of fourteen he went to sea in the merchant service, and was in command of a trading schooner (a ship with two or more masts) at an early age.
He is said to have forced a British schooner, probably a privateer, which attacked him when on his way from Bordeaux to St Thomas, to strike, but he did not take possession.
On the 29 December 1812 he fell in with HMS Java, a vessel of 1,073 tons, formerly the French frigate Renommée of 40 guns.
www.actionscript-toolbox.com /quotes/author/William-Bainbridge.html   (777 words)

  
 WebSearch - obedient
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 Guiseley with Esholt   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The fighting destroyer escort consisted of HMS ONSLOW, HMS OBEDIENT, HMS OBDURATE, HMS ORIBI, HMS ORWELL and HMS ACHATES, commaned by Captain R. St.V. Sherbrooke.
H.T. Rust, R.N., DSO) was sunk by the German destroyer Friedrich Eckoldt in the Barents Sea on 31 December 1942 while escorting convoy JW-51B to Russia.
On the wall of the south aisle in Saint Oswald's there is a plaque,and memorial to HMS Bramble which reads as follows:-
www.guiseley.supanet.com /bramble.htm   (171 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Battle of Jutland   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Several other ships were badly damaged, as HMS Lion and SMS Seydlitz.
But regarding ships that could fight again at the end of that day the British had twenty-four dreadnoughts and battlecruisers ready to fight while the Germans had only ten, the British still had command of the sea.
On the other hand, Scheer was perhaps lucky in the chances of events and Jellicoe was unlucky and the battle began late in the day.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Jutland   (3581 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - O class Destroyers
Upon completetion the after bank of torpedo tubes was omitted in favour of a 4" AA gun.
HMS Obdurate, HMS Obedient, HMS Opportune and HMS Orwell were fitted as minelayers and had a different armament when completed;
The displacement of HMS Onslow was 1550 tons as she was fitted as flottilla leader.
uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=26&navy=HMs   (0 words)

  
 British Royal Navy living history letter writing style of 1775
Less formally, it would be Rank, Name, Marines, and then just the name of the ship, without the HMS designation.
NOTE: HMS was a 18th Century styling, the full and formally correct title for our period would be "His Majesty's Ship Richmond." A less formal style noted in period writings is "his Majesty's frigate Richmond," or just "the Richmond".
Beginning in our period and later in the usage of this style of closures, it can be seen in the increased amount of abbreviations and "&c.," used that a change was in the wind, although such lasted well into the later 1800's.
www.hmsrichmond.org /writing.htm   (0 words)

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