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  HMS Penelope (F127) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HMS Penelope (F127) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
HMS Penelope was launched on the 17th August 1962 and commissioned on the 31st October 1963.
Penelope was intended to be part of the Salisbury-class and was to have been named Coventry (and before that Panther), but instead became part of the Leander-class.
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 HMS Penelope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The first Penelope was a 24-gun sixth-rate launched in 1778 and captured by her Spanish prisoners in 1780.
The fifth Penelope was an armoured corvette launched in 1867 that became a prison hulk in 1897 and was sold in 1912.
The ninth Penelope (F127) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1962 and sold to Ecuador in 1991, who operated her as Presidente Eloy Alfaro.
www.mcfly.org /wik/HMS_Penelope   (181 words)

  
 HMS Penelope - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Penelope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
* The fifth Penelope was an armoured corvette launched in 1867 that became a prison hulk in 1897 and was sold in 1912.
* The seventh Penelope was a tender purchased in 1918 and sold in 1922.
* The ninth Penelope (F127) was a Leander-class frigate launched in 1962 and sold to Ecuador in 1991, who operated her as Presidente Eloy Alfaro.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Penelope.html   (266 words)

  
 HMS Penelope   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
HMS Penelope (nick-named "Penny") was originally ordered and laid down as a fifth unit of the Salisbury Class and was to be named HMS Coventry, she was completed as a unit of the Leander Class.
In 1977 HMS Penelope was refitted with Exocet and Seacat.
HMS Penelope served in the latter stages of the Falklands War where she was the last ship attacked.
www.leanders.plus.com /batch1/penelope.htm   (485 words)

  
 The Penelope Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The PENELOPE Association was established in 1987 to bring together those who had served in the Royal Navy cruiser of that name (1936-44).
This name was chosen for the unit because of the adoption of HMS Penelope (cruiser) during the war years.
The association holds an annual reunion weekend in Blackpool, normally the weekend nearest the 18th February, that being the date the cruiser was sunk off Anzio with the loss of 417 lives.
homepage.ntlworld.com /mike.bee/penelope_association.htm   (508 words)

  
 HMS Pandora (1779) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Pandora (1779)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
HMS Pandora (1779) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Pandora (1779).
HMS Pandora was a 24-gun frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Adams and Barnard at Deptford, and launched on 17 May 1779.
After the news of the mutiny on the Bounty reached England on 1790-03-15 the Admiralty dispatched Pandora to capture the mutineers and bring them to justice.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Pandora-1779.html   (382 words)

  
 Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
The twelfth, HMS Shoreham M112, was formally accepted into service in November 2001 and commissioned in summer 2002.
The only one of her type built, HMS Bristol was commissioned in 1973 and withdrawn from service in 1991.
HMS Invincible was 'mothballed' in 2005, pending the construction of two new carriers for the Navy.
www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk /paxman/paxmanRN.htm   (1649 words)

  
 Leander Class General Purpose Frigate ( Type 12 Improved)
Penelope was originally ordered and laid down as a fifth unit of the Salisbury Class named Coventry, but was completed as a unit of the Leander Class.
Penelope served in the latter stages of the Falklands War where she was the last ship attacked.
Penelope was one of several Leanders sold for further use in South American navies.
www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Frigates/leander.htm   (6092 words)

  
 Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ARA Alferez Sobral, a Sotoyomo class patrol vessel damaged by Sea Skua missiles from Westland Lynx helicopters from HMS Glasgow (D88) and HMS Coventry (D118).
Captured at Port Stanley by the British on 14 June 1982 and renamed HMS Tiger Bay.
Later captured by British Forces, but attacked by a Westland Lynx (XZ691) from HMS Penelope (F127) firing a Sea Skua on 13 June 1982.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Argentine_Naval_Forces_in_the_Falklands_War   (575 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/British Naval Forces in the Falklands War
HMS Illustrious (R06)- arrived in July 1982 to provide air cover for islands
HMS Glasgow (D88)- damaged by bomb from a Skyhawk
HMS Avenger (F185)- damaged by Skyhawks and Mirages
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Falklands_War_Naval_Forces   (119 words)

  
 Leander History
If you have any information on HMS Minerva or the Leander class in general then please add it to our datalogger guestbook fro HMS Minerva - we'll use it to build as complete a picture of her as possible.
In 1977 Penelope was refitted with Exocet and Sea Cat.
She served in the Falklands Conflict (mainly escorting Invincible), sailing with the reinforcement group led by HMS Bristol.
home.btconnect.com /lamontisltd/xt/leanderhistory.htm   (6152 words)

  
 ThirteenCats - Ship Nicknames
During 4 month hiatus during building, while sale of ship from Brazil to Turkey was negotiated, ship took on a red patina.
Refers to shape of bow/forward flight deck, which was much sharper than other contemporary carriers.
Collision damage was repaired with components of HMS Catchalot.
www.geocities.com /dkurtz60084/nicknames2.html   (1542 words)

  
 Leander Class
Lynx 377 of HMS Phoebe landing on RFA Grey Rover, August 1985.
Lynx 377 of HMS Phoebe landing on HMS Phoebe, August 1985.
Lynx 466 of HMS Argonaut landing on RFA Grey Rover, August 1985.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /leander_class2.htm   (2389 words)

  
 Missing You - UK Missing Persons : Armed Forces : Navy
i wrote to phil when he was stationed on diego garcia, from 1979 to 1981, he then joined hms dido and was stationed in plymouth or portsmouth (can't remember which!) we met a few times and then the letters tailed off, with no further word.
My wifes great uncle was WILLIAM HENRY HINDMARSH,service No C/KX 84123 was acting leading stoker on HMS MASHONA when it was bombed off the coast of Ireland on 28th May 1941.The Mashona was heading to Ireland to refuel after being involved with the search for the Bismarck.
He was stationed at hms pembroke and served on hms ganges, frobisher and other ships.
www.missing-you.net /Navy.php?startnum=230&shift=P   (1972 words)

  
 HMS Penelope (F127) - TheBestLinks.com - Ecuador, Falkland Islands, Falklands War, Royal Navy, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Decimal calendar bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
HMS Didon was a 38-gun fifth-rate ship of the British Royal Navy.
Originally a French vessel, she was captured on 10 August 1805 off Cape Finisterre by HMS Phoenix and taken into the Navy.
Fifteen vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.
www.elexi.de /en/d/de/decimal_calendar.html   (309 words)

  
 British Missile or Drone?
Questions have also been raised about the presence of a number of Royal Navy vessels in the area at the time - numbering up to 5 including the Frigate HMS Penelope (below) testing the Sea Dart missile..
The programme also suggested that additional wreckage found in the water was secretly taken back to the UK as it bore evidence of a missile strike.
John Giblet, a sailor aboard HMS Penelope claimed that a section of Flight EI-712 undercarriage was taken to a British port instead on an Irish port.
www.geocities.com /RainForest/Andes/9522/british.htm   (680 words)

  
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Subject: HMS Cardiff The HMS Cardiff was at NS Mayport, Florida last month.
The Calypso was built by Ballard Marine Railway Co, Inc., in Seattle as the BYMS 2026.
Subject: Re: Pyro U.S.S. Maine I am curious about the configuration of the main armament on the said sighted model; are the gun housings centreline fore and aft, or, on either beam fore and aft??
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