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	Suez Crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Eagle, Bulwark, and Albion of the British Royal Navy.
		The canal was of strategic importance, being the ocean trade link between Britain and its colonies in India, the Far East as well as Australia and New Zealand.
		The United Kingdom and France began to bomb Egypt on October 31 to force the reopening of the canal with Operation Musketeer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Suez_crisis (2578 words)

	Vampire, de Havilland
		It was the first jet to take off from and land on an aircraft carrier, and in 1948 John Cunningham set a new world altitude record of 59,446 ft (18,119 m).
		The navy had been very impressed with the aircraft since December 3, 1945, when a Vampire carried out the flying trials on the carrier HMS Ocean.
		The RAF Mk.5 was altered to extend the aircraft's role from a fighter to a ground attack aircraft, the wings being clipped, strengthened and fitted with hard-points for bombs or rockets.
	www.fighter-planes.com /info/vampire.htm (741 words)

	PORT JACKSON (SYDNEY HARBOUR) - SHIPWRECKS
		She was refloated with the assistance of HMS Fly and sailed for port Macquarie on 3 Ocrober 1826.
		A pinnace from HM Penguin, screw steamer, was lost near Dawes Point, Sydney Harbour, 9 July 1914.
		Refloated withh assistance from HMS Tamar, but found to be unseaworthy, and purchased by the colonial authorities and converted to a prison hulk for convicts awaiting transportation to Norfolk island, Moreton Bay and other penal settlements.
	oceans1.customer.netspace.net.au /portjackson-wrecks.html (9355 words)

	A History of Ships Named Enterprise
		January 1941: moved to Indian Ocean to assist and suppress the revolt of Rashid Ali in Iraq in May and April of 1941.
		HMS Enterprise is assigned to Task Force 122 Western Naval Forces, under the command of Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk.
		HMS Repulse was sunk 10 December 1941 by Japanese torpedo bombers near Singapore.
	starchive.cs.umanitoba.ca /?SNE (6524 words)

	HMS Conway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Lt Fraser was awarded the VC for 'Special and hazardous duties' in midget submarines whilst attacking the Japanese heavy cruiser Takao the Johore Strait, Singapore in 1945.
		Gerald was educated at Eton and the training school HMS Conway, Iain Duncan Smith's alma mater.
		He achieved distinction in piloting HMS Chalanger during the bombardment of Duala and retired in 1930.
	www.hmsconway.org /famous_conways.html (6749 words)

	Shipwrecks - Time Capsules of Human Civilization
		The Titanic is proving to be a literal treasure-trove for scientific study of the deep ocean floor.
		Other natural factors that are contributing to the collapse of Titanic are the settling pressure effects, as the ship is slowly becoming part of the ocean floor.
		Many of the unique physical structures on the bow are in danger of total collapse within the next decade or two.
	shipwreck.blogs.com (3133 words)

	February 22 Events in History
		February 22, 1945 British troops take Ramree Island, Burma
		February 22, 1945 Canadian 3rd Division occupies Moyland
		February 22, 1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile
	www.brainyhistory.com /days/february_22.html (1767 words)

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