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	HMS Launceston Castle (K397) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Launceston Castle (K397) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy.
		She was launched by Blyth Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Blyth in Northumberland on 27 November 1943.
		HMS Launceston Castle under the command of Lieut.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Launceston_Castle_(K397) (145 words)

	Castle class corvette - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three Castles were sunk through enemy action, and Castles participated in the sinking of seven U-boats.
		HMS Hurst Castle was sunk by U-483 northwest of Ireland on 1 September 1944.
		HMS Denbigh Castle was hit by a torpedo from U-992 in the Barents Sea on 13 February 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castle_class_corvette (685 words)

	HMS Launceston Castle - TheBestLinks.com - HMS Launceston Castle (1943), Royal Navy, U-Boat, Ireland, ...
		HMS Launceston Castle - TheBestLinks.com - HMS Launceston Castle (1943), Royal Navy, U-Boat, Ireland,...
		HMS Launceston Castle (1943), HMS Launceston Castle, Royal Navy, U-Boat...
		HMS Launceston Castle was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.
	www.thebestlinks.com /HMS_Launceston_Castle___28__1943__29__.html (103 words)

	HMS Kenilworth Castle (K420) - One Language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		HMS Kenilworth Castle (K420) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy.
		She was built by Smiths Dock Company at South Bank-on-Tees, launched on 17 August 1943 and commissioned on 14 November 1943.
		U-1200 was sunk south of Ireland by HMS Pevensey Castle, HMS Lancaster Castle, HMS Porchester Castle and Kenilworth Castle on 11 November 1944
	www.onelang.com /encyclopedia/index.php/HMS_Kenilworth_Castle_(K420) (157 words)

	On this day in British Military History - Infantrymen's Military-Forum.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Some 200 knights were killed or captured, but the English army chose to retire with their captives, rather than tackle the French infantry which had taken no significant part in the fighting.
		HMS Ajax, which had served with distinction the previous year at the River Plate against the German "pocket battleship" Graf Spee, encountered three Italian destroyers in a night action in the Mediterranean.
		She sank Airone and Ariel, and badly damaged Artigliere, which was finished off by HMS York on 12 October.
	www.goinfantry.com /forum/showthread.php?t=52 (5194 words)

	Castle Class Corvettes
		HMS Tunsberg (ex HMS Shrewsbury Castle) was sunk by hitting a mine on the 12th December 1944.
		HMS Hadleigh Castle, at the breakers in Sunderland, February 1959.
		I noticed that the ship's bell from HMS Knaresborough Castle is hung in the corridor of the School and this prompted me to research the ship.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /castle_class_corvettes.htm (1454 words)

	Do fundo do mar... Sea bottom
		HMS Nymph was initially discovered in 1969 but its location has since been lost.
		Unlike some castles in the Rokycany district, visitors are not drawn in by the medieval grandeur, but by the tales of SS secrets hidden underground.
		A recent excavation of two of the castle's secret passageways indicated that the treasure hunters were on the right track.
	dofundodomar.blogspot.com (14623 words)

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		HMS Eagle has to be left behind because of defects caused by earlier bombing.
		On the 11th a cruiser force is detached for what turns out to be a successful attack on Italian shipping in the Strait of Otranto 1940 - HMS Illustrious meanwhile, escorted by cruisers and destroyers, heads for a position 170 miles to the SE of Taranto.
		That night HMS Illustrious launches two waves of Swordfish, some of which belong to HMS Eagle.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/november/11nov.txt (1664 words)

	Ship Descriptions - B
		Built 1943 as a wartime type "Liberty" ship by Oregon Shipbuilding Co, Portland, Oregon, she was launched as the CHARLES A., but completed for the British Ministry of War Transport as the SAMTHAR.
		Sold to Messageries Maritimes, Marseilles on 8th Dec.1936 and renamed SONTAY, she was managed by the Union Castle Mail SS Co from 1940-1945 and then returned to her owners.
		She was a 17,029 gross ton vessel, length 576ft x beam 74ft, one funnel, two masts, twin screw and a speed of 17.5 knots.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/descriptions/ShipsB.html (16824 words)

	Roll of Honour - Sussex - Pevensey
		Born in Pevensey Bay and enlisted in Hastings.
		Son of Henry and Jane Gell of Pevensey (Licensed Victualler).
		Son of Stephen and Bertha Miller of 3, Castle Terrace, Pevensey.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Sussex/Pevensey.html (376 words)

	Castle Class Corvette (Frigate) Association
		Dad was on the Hurst Castle when she was sunk, does anyone remember him (John "jack" Harper)or the sinking of this ship.
		I am the daughter of robert tyldesley who served on the castle tintagle f399 unfortunatley my dad died august 3rd 2005 i found all his ships log papers and decided to find out more about my dads ship i found your site most imformative and intertesting and will be logging on again in the future.
		I joined HMS Morpeth Castle as an Able Seaman 1994 and left her after the war ended as a Petty Officer.
	castlecorvette.co.uk /guestbook (1867 words)

	Royal Navy Corvettes
		HMS Polyanthus sunk by U-boat on 21st September 1943
		HMS Zinnia sunk by U-boat on 23rd August 1941
		HMS Rose lost in collision with frigate Manners on 26th October 1944
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /corvettes.htm (1364 words)

	The Hallowes Genealogy - Page 5
		In 1914 he was with HMS Cornwall at the Battle of the Falklands; later he served in Q ships.
		He spent a year from Nov. 1943 in the U.K., then was in Italy for the rest of the war and until April 1947.
		On November 24th 1941, while on patrol between Pernambuco (Recife) and St. Paul Rocks, HMS Dunedin was torpedoed and sunk by U124, and Commander Unwin was lost with the ship.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/gkarmstrong/halgen04.htm (13944 words)

	Naval Actions and losses
		HMS Hardy a V class destroyer leader of a JW convoy, torpedoed by a U-boat off Bear Island, sunk by RN.
		The German battleship Tirpitz was attacked by Fairey Barracuda torpedo-bombers from HMS Furious and HMS Victorious.
		HMS Janus sunk after aircraft attack while supporting Pontine landings.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW244Res.html (1997 words)

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		The master and 31 crewmembers were picked up by HMS Walker & landed at Liverpool 1940 - Escort carrier USS Long Island launched 1941 - Light cruiser HMS Southampton sunk Central Mediterranean east of Malta by German Ju-87 divebombers.
		Almost immediately after arrival several of the VP-22 Catalinas were caught at anchor at Ambon and destroyed 1942 - While sailing for a rendezvous with USS Enterprise 500 miles SW of Hawaii, aircraft carrier USS Saratoga is torpedoed by submarine HIJMS I-6.
		The master, 41 crewmembers and four gunners were picked up by HMS Wanderer & landed at Liverpool 1943 - At 0040, U-522 attacked Convoy TM-1 NW of the Canary Islands (grid DH 5110) and reported one tanker sunk and one other damaged.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/january/11Jan.txt (1567 words)

	Infantrymen's Military-Forum.com - On this day in British Military History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Four Tribal class destroyers - HM Ships Cossack, Ashanti, Maori and Sikh - sank all five ships in an escorted German convoy in the North Sea.
		1939: The battleship HMS Royal Oak was sunk at anchor in Scapa Flow by an audacious U-boat attack that penetrated the defences of the anchorage.
		1943: A bitter action around convoy ON-206 saw three German U-boats sunk - two by RAF Liberators of 59, 86 and 120 Squadrons, and one by HMS Sunflower.
	www.goinfantry.com /forum/printthread.php?t=52 (6760 words)

	The Forum of the 1.Jagdmoroner Abteilung - Allied Atlantic convoys question
		And the escort carrier air groups were usally comprised of a mixed squadron of fighters and torpedo bombers, it was rare that they would encounter German maritime aircraft after mid 1943.
		I read that in the early years German Condor multi engined bombers were quite deadly and mid war a growing number of JU were employed in antishipping roles with ASMs.
		This was listed as quite effective in 1943 damaging ~ 80 ships at the loss of 50 planes out of 500 sorited flow.
	www.1jma.dk /topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2978 (1531 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Corvette HMS Kenilworth Castle of the Castle class
		Scrapped at Llanelly starting on 20 June 1959.
		The German submarine U-1200 was sunk south of Ireland, in position 50.24N, 09.10W, by depth charges from the British corvettes HMS Pevensey Castle, HMS Launceston Castle, HMS Portchester Castle and HMS Kenilworth Castle.
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	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/56.html (96 words)

	Atlantic, USS, Block Island, Core, Card, U-boats, U boats, MacIntyre, Commander, Captain, Walker, HMS Starling, Wren, ...
		Canadian destroyers "Chaudiere" and "Gatineau", frigate "St Catherines", corvettes "Chilliwack" and "Fennel" and British destroyer "lcarus" are joined by corvette "Kenilworth Castle" before the action is over.
		is sunk near UK/North America convoy ONF252 by escorting frigate "Helmsdale" and corvette "Portchester Castle".
		is sunk by patrolling corvettes "Kenilworth Castle", "Launceston Castle", "Pevensey Castle" and "Portchester Castle", then supporting Halifax/UK convoy HX317.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsUboats5.htm (4666 words)

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		In fact HMS 1 CONC Royal Albert was laid down as a pure `sailing ship of the line' and it 1 CONC was only at a late stage of her construction in January 1852 that she was 1 CONC modified into a `screw ship of the line'.
		She had a displacement of 3726 1 CONC tons and 121 guns and was one of the largest ships in the Navy.
		The pace of change is such that it 1 CONC is hard to realise that the flag ship The Royal Albert and the brig 1 CONC Harlequin were warships of the world's greatest Navy, only 137 years ago.
	www.serjeantson.com /genealogy/serj.GED (12636 words)

	On This Day...... [Archive] - ForumGarden
		1943: Chiang Kai-Shek, the longtime military leader of Nationalist China, is elected president of the country.
		Racer Jochen Rind referred to the Nurburgring as "Fighting with the Dragon." Racing events are no longer officially held on the circuit, but the course is often used by auto manufacturers to test new models.
		With approximately 7,000 troops and cavalry, William seized Pevensey and marched to Hastings, where he paused to organize his forces.
	www.forumgarden.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-8647.html (19827 words)

	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) Officers 1940-1945
		New Year 40:"for unfailing courage, endurance and resource in H.M. Trawler Loch Tulla in its hard and perilous task of sweeping the seas clear of enemy mines, and combating submarines"
		Commanding Officer, HMS Pevensey Castle (corvette) and Senior Officer, 30th Escort Group
		Perhaps a mix-up with HMS Verbena, though that vessel is listed as well (without Rayner).
	www.unithistories.com /officers/RNVR_officersR.html (640 words)

	My Story
		Grand Avenue, Hove was the Quarterdeck, complete with flagpole, of HMS King Alfred, a shore base that also consisted of Hove Swimming Baths.
		There were free dancing lessons for members of HM forces in uniform, so I used to go along in my Home Guard kit.
		It was a long and tiring journey but late in the evening we arrived at Barnard Castle station and again were trucked up to the barracks.
	www.alfristonline.co.uk /My_Story.html (26086 words)

	On This Day
		However, her replacement may have little cause to celebrate, as it is rumoured that the king already has his eye on a lady-in-waiting, one Jane Seymour, and that Anne's failure to provide the much-desired may heir may prove her undoing.
		At Fotheringay Castle in Northamptonshire today, Mary, late Queen of Scots, was beheaded by the order of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth.
		Somerset had thought himself safe in the small town, as it had been foretold he would die under a castle - but he was killed in street-fighting outside the pub.
	www.btinternet.com /~brentours/HIST07.htm (15221 words)

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		Train passes wall and telegraph poles, through castle arches, railway yard and then through arch to station, bridge, tunnel, bridge and cutting beyond.
		An intertitle in Charles Urban’s ‘The Old Mauretania’ suggests that the Euston-Holyhead railway was part of a regular transatlantic route, which is perhaps why it was a subject of particular interest to film producers.
		Views of Glamis Castle, interiors and grounds, including 'dungeon where Macbeth was murdered'.", Glasgow,?,1910,35mm,49,,"Opening title: 'Eine Reise durch Serbien'; 4ft, Glasgow Central station as in 'Glasgow Scenes'; 7ft, on bridge, as in 'Glasgow Scenes'; 18ft, on top of bus or tram, not as 'Glasgow Scenes', bus passes, Bovril, Cocoa ads (i.e.
	vads.ahds.ac.uk /images/CF/CF.csv (9056 words)

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		Royal Arthur, Pembroke, Edinburgh Castle (Freetown) Barbrook II, Pembroke,
		Ganges, Indefatigable, HM LCT 4037, Modeste, Comus, Finnisterre.
		HMS Venerable (Later HMNLS Karel Doorman) and UK Shore Bases @ Holyhead and Falmouth.
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	UK Fortifications Club - Military Structures Database - P (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BOOKLET ON (ALSO INCLUDES ST MAWES CASTLE) FILE P: PART OF THE CASTLE WAS HALF MOON BATTERY, ARMED WITH 2 x 6” BL VII/II MANNED BY 216 COAST BATTERY RA.
		PEVENSEY CHAIN HOME, BUNKER AT FILE P: SZ 040786, 2 x 4” BL MK 7, 2 x DELs, MANNED BY 386 COAST BATTERY RA OF 554 COAST REGT RA.
		THE HOSPITAL NEAR HMS NELSON IS BETWEEN ANGLESEY ROAD and MILL DAM ROAD NEAR LION PLACE IS CLEARLY MARKED ON A MAP DATED 1860 IT IS DATED 1853 and DESCRIBED AS A GARRISON HOSPITAL.
	www.ukfortsclub.org.uk /wood_index/p.html (4963 words)

	Railway Collectors' Journal reporting Railwayana Auctions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		400 "Alnwick Castle" ex LNER B17 Class 4-6-0 BR No 61622.
		204 Fandg Water colour by Vic Welch "Castle on Water Troughs" 18½"x13".
		256 Fandg "Newark Castle, Nottinghamshire" by Kenneth Steel from the LNER series.
	www.prorail.co.uk /auctions/kra/kid0505.htm (3909 words)

	Cityark - Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Proposed Conversion into flats of ’Saye’ and ‘Sele’ Houses, Castle Hill, Rochester for Miss Haymen, 1926.
		DE779 series B/47 Proposed conversion into flats of Saye and Sele Houses, Castle Hill, Rochester for Miss Haymen, 1926.
		Newsreel film by British Paramount News reporting sinking of submarine HMS Truculent in Thames Estuary [cf.
	cityark.medway.gov.uk /query/results/?Mode=Search;SearchWords=Sussex (13362 words)

	In Britain Index 1970-2006
		By appointment to HM Queen Elizabeth II 26/9/82 43/6/90 12/7/90 22/8/94
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