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	HMS Plymouth (F126) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Plymouth was a Rothesay class frigate in the (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Navy) Royal Navy from 1959 to 1988.
		Plymouth landed (Click link for more info and facts about Royal Marines) Royal Marines from her (Click link for more info and facts about Westland Wasp) Westland Wasp helicopters and bombarded Argentine troop positions on the island.
		Souvenir guide to HMS Plymouth, entitled 'HMS Plymouth, Falklands Veteran, Her Story', no publisher or publication date declared, but dating from the period the ship was on display in Glasgow.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_plymouth_(f126)3.htm (422 words)

	Harpoon HQ - Harpoon Classic, Harpoon II, Harpoon 3, Harpoon 4
		HMS Plymouth was involved in the operation to recapture South Georgia, and later covered the landings at San Carlos.
		HMS Antrim, Ardent, Argonaut and Broadsword were all attacked in the air strikes on 21 May. HMS Antelope was hit by several UBX's, one of the bombs detonated during the removal of its fuse.
		HMS Coventry and HMS Broadsword were attacked by several waves of Skyhawks while positioned to the north of Falkland Sound as a 42-22 missile trap.
	www.harpoonhq.com /harpoon3/scenarios/plot-falklands.html (8957 words)

	Navy News - The Falklands Conflict - 25th April 1982 - South Georgia is Re-taken (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Plymouth's Wasp was scrambled following the Wessex's sighting of the Santa Fe but was beaten to a firing position by one of Endurance's helicopters piloted by Lt Cdr Ellerbeck.
		HMS Antrim and Plymouth provided fire when called to do so.
		HMS Plymouth and HMS Endurance were sent to Leith to seize the area where the scrap men had first been landed.
	www.navynews.co.uk /falklands/stories/8202042501.asp (709 words)

	Rothesay Class Anti Submarine Frigates (Type 12 Modified)
		Two units- Plymouth and Yarmouth -were directly involved in the conflict and were the oldest of all the frigates and destroyers in the taskforce.
		Plymouth was then assigned to provide cover for the aircraft carriers and amphibious vessels and was the first vessel to enter San Carlos Water.
		Plymouth left the Falklands with County Class Destroyer Glamorgan on June 21st, and returned to Rosyth on July 14th where she underwent full repairs.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Frigates/rothesay.htm (2766 words)

	Navy News - The Falklands Conflict - Day by Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Argonaut, HMS Ardent, RFA Regent and RFA Plumleaf arrived at Ascension.
		HMS Brilliant detached from Brilliant Group with her two helicopters to support Antrim Group at South Georgia.
		HMS Invincible was delayed in leaving Ascension, awaiting urgently-required stores but having sailed later in the day, caught up with the main group with ease.
	www.navynews.co.uk /falklands/day_april.asp (905 words)

	Wrens
		HMS Cabbala, Mar to Sept.'44, HMS Valkyrie, Sept. '44 to Feb '45, HMS Drake Feb '45 to Mar.'45 HMS Eaglet Mar to Apl '45 HMS Caroline, Apl to Nov.'45 and HMS Forret Nov.'45 to Feb '46 Now lives in East Grinstead, West Sussex.
		LINDLEY (Taylor) Hilda.Served at HMS Marshal Soult at Portsmouth Dockyard from 1944 to 1946.
		I next went to HMS Merganser and was attached to a Barracuda squadron(!) Rattray closed down and everything was transferred to Lossiemouth where no Wrens were going so I went to Nuthatch, Anthorn until 1949 when I married CERA (subsequently one of the first Fleet Chiefs) Bill/Tom Quaye.
	ca.geocities.com /jennywren1953/WRENS.htm (11290 words)

	Oberon class submarine
		In 1982, HMS Onyx took part in the Falklands War, the only conventional submarine of the RN to do so.
		HMS Onyx is now at Birkenhead, Merseyside, where another Falklands veteran, HMS Plymouth, is located.
		The other boat, HMS Ocelot, is located at Chatham.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/ob/oberon_class_submarine.html (424 words)

	Scuba Diving: HMS Foyle : Devon Shipwrecks: Submerged Productions
		On the night of March 15th 1917 she hit a mine, and the force of the explosion blew away the whole of her bows forward of the bridge, killing twenty-seven of her crew of seventy.
		Unbelievably the stern half stayed afloat, and it was decided to tow this to Plymouth, presumably to graft on another bow.
		One of the main troubles about diving on a wreck as deep as the Foyle is the lack of time that you can spend on her.
	www.submerged.co.uk /foyle.php (941 words)

	The Warship Preservation Trust and the Historic Warships at Birkenhead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Both HMS Belfast and HMS Cavalier were saved as a result of private campaigns launched by a few enthusiasts.
		HMS Plymouth moved to Birkenhead in 1992, the year that the Trust purchased HM/Submarine Onyx, the only conventional submarine to take part in the Falklands conflict.
		HMS Plymouth and HM/Submarine Onyx are remarkable memorials to the men who took part in an extraordinary campaign.
	www.historicwarships.freeserve.co.uk /Trust/trust.htm (349 words)

	HMS Plymouth - Historic Warships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This is the position from which the Officer of the Watch determines the course and position of the ship.
		The operations room positioned on the main deck is the nerve centre of HMS Plymouth.
		HMS Plymouth's Wasp helicopter was utilised to attack submarines by dropping torpedoes which would home in on the enemy.
	www.historicwarships.org /displaypage.asp?page=4&curid=2 (256 words)

	Plymouth, HMS Doris Gun, Devonport Park
		Devonport Park was unveiled on Saturday February 27th 1904 by Admiral Sir Edward H Seymour GCB OM, Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, and Vice Admiral Sir Robert H Harris, whose flag was flying on HMS Doris at the time of the action it commemorates.
		HMS Doris seems to have been involved in at least two incidents during the Boer War in which the crew combined with the Royal Marine Light Infantry to form a Naval Brigade in order to fight ashore.
		The crew of HMS Doris returned to Devonport on October 7th with the prize of one of the Boer's pom-pom guns.
	www.plymouthdata.info /Memorial-HMSDoris.htm (450 words)

	Plymouth Berthing options for HMS Vengeance
		Plymouth Air is an organisation formed under a Committe dedicated to providing a FREE Military Airshow for the City of Plymouth, and to raise funds for Charity.
		Early in the war Plymouth was in the hedalines when HMS Ajax arrived in Plymouth Dockyard on January 31st 1940 after its historic action in the "Battle of the River Plate" against the German Graf Spee.
		Plymouth was the last British port of call for HMS Illustrious enroute to the Mediterranean and its involvement in the historic Fleet Air Arm attack on the Italian Fleet at Taranto in November 1940.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /vengeance/Plymouth.html (2565 words)

	Plymouth City Council - News Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A five-metre steel 'sillhouette' of HMS Plymouth has been lifted into the pond outside the Civic Centre, marking the start of this year's Plymouth in Bloom campaign.
		HMS Plymouth was launched in 1959 and played an important role in the Falklands conflict.
		All of the other ships (HMS Cornwall, HMS Gloucester, HMS Exeter, HMS Devonshire, HMS Orion, HMS Birmingham HMS Royal Oak, HMS Warspite and HMS Trinidad) served in World War 2.
	www.plymouth.gov.uk /print/newsreleases?newsid=21719 (239 words)

	HMS Cambridge
		July 1998, an open day of education and fun was arranged by the Commanding Officer of HMS Cambridge, Commander James Donaldson R.N. All proceeds were in aid of the Dame Hannah Rogers School for physically disabled children at Ivybridge near Plymouth, Devon, UK.
		HMS Cambridge is a Naval Gunnery School that has been having "Target Practice Seawards" since 1940.
		So the balmy afternoon passed, police dogs displayed, children had their faces painted with camo cream, the local Plymouth Lifeboat did a search and rescue display in teamwork with a sea king helicopter from HMS Culdrose.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Bluffs/9835/cam.htm (1283 words)

	FALKLANDS CONFLICT
		That night in Plymouth the air was electric as hundreds of young men were going to get the chance - if diplomacy failed, to practice the skills of war for which the last few generations of UK military had trained for, but thankfully never been asked to do in practice.
		In 1941, on December 10, HMS Prince of Wales was lost due to enemy action in the China Sea.
		In Plymouth it has been many years since the armed forces were allowed to be on the street in uniform -.due to terrorist risk, yet on this day, they were every where, even in the pubs.
	freepages.military.rootsweb.com /~cyberheritage (2790 words)

	Steve Johnson's CyberHeritage International - Ridgeway School
		Plymouth, HMS Drake, RN Hospital, Royal Marine Barracks, "Aggie" Westons, Raglan Barracks and RNEC Keyham
		Plymouth - Ford Park Cemetery, a Victorian graveyard of famous people and a Titanic victim along with James Bond.
		Plymouth in Old Photographs; picnics, waterfront, The Hoe, Plymouth Sound, beside the seaside beside the sea, fishing vessels, Kingsand
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Bunker/6226/sites.htm (562 words)

	HMS Plymouth - Historic Warships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		During "action stations" this area will be a hive of activity and extreme pressure will be experienced by all crew members employed here.
		HMS Plymouth had a crew of 250 sailors of all ranks.
		It also undertook attacks on land based enemy positions and was used to ferry 'Special Forces' to strategic landing positions.
	www.historicwarships.org /displaypage.asp?page=4 (256 words)

	Places of Interest - Birkenhead and Wallasey Docks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Onyx and HMS Plymouth - both saw action in the Falklands War.
		During the Falklands conflict HMS Onyx hit an underwater outcropping, crushing a torpedo in its forward tubes.
		The wooden minesweeper, HMS Bronington in 1976 was commanded Prince Charles.
	homepages.enterprise.net /hyland/maps/interest/wallaseydocks.html (319 words)

	WingFields RNCC SERIES (MARRIOTT) COVER
		HMS Norfolk 1 June 90 Plymouth To Commemorate The Commissioning of HMS Norfolk First of the New Duke Class Type 23 Frigates. In the presence of her Royal Highness Princess Margaret. Signed by Captain J.Band BA.199 numbered & issued
		HMS Naiad 22 May 90 Portmouth To Commemoratre the Anniversary of the Battle of Crete 20th May to 1st June 1941, was damaged on 22nd May 1941. On 11.3.42 was torpedoed and sunk by U - 565. Signed by Cdr.J.G. Forbes OBE and Vice Ad Sir Louis Le Bailly, KBE,CB,DL217 numbered & issued.
		HMS Gloucester 9 Jul 1990 Plymouth 50th Anniversary Action off Calabria operation M.A.5. 9th July 1940.Signed by Admiral Sir A. Griffin GCB . HMS Glouster fought the Italian Fleet was struck by a bomb during heavy air attack from Italian airforce south of Crete,killing her Captain and 17 Crew 249 numbered
	www.wing-fields.co.uk /acatalog/RNCC_SERIES__MARRIOTT__COVER.html (3451 words)

	The Falklands War (1982) / La Guerra de Las Malvinas (1982)
		Before the Argentine junta ratifies the acceptance, British submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano outside the war zone and while sailing away from the islands.
		HMS Coventry is hit by 3 1000 lb air bombs dropped from Argentine Skyhawks; 19 British dead.
		The cruiser HMS Glamorgan is hit by an Exocet missile as it was bombarding on shore Argentine positions.
	www.yendor.com /vanished/falklands-war.html (3069 words)

	Replacement battery to drive your charger? - RC Groups
		We spent a very interesting day looking around the Onyx and HMS Plymouth, both of which served in the Falklands twenty years ago this week.
		YL was most impressed by the NAAFI on board HMS Plymouth - he thought it was very cool that you could buy a can of Fanta and a Twix whilst going into battle.
		It wasn't a trick question- I should have had a closer look at the cells and noticed what their capacity was.
	www.rcgroups.com /forums/showthread.php?t=36358 (539 words)

	HMS Defiance Plymouth navy, military and naval history
		HMS Defiance Plymouth navy, military and naval history
		HMS Defiance: The Floating Torpedo and Submarine Mining School of the Royal Navy, near Plymouth in the early 1900`s.
		Plymouth, Forder and Trematon and it's Town Dung
	www.cyber-heritage.co.uk /defweb (937 words)

	Historic Warships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		An interesting collection of historic warships and naval vessels, including the submarine HMS Onyx.
		HMS Plymouth and HMS Onyx (excludes U534): Adult £5.50, Senior Citizen £4.50, Junior £3.50, Children under the age of 5 - free admission.
		U534, HMS Plymouth and HMS Onyx: Adult Combined £13.50 (U534 tours must be pre-booked).
	www.aeroflight.co.uk /mus/uk/f-k/historicwarships.htm (150 words)

	Events Matrixing: Restriction, Confusion & Neglect in the Bounty Mutiny
		Cook Clears Plymouth In HMS Endeavour On First Voyage.
		HMS Pandora Departs Tahiti With 14 Bounty Crew.
		HMS Pandora & Bounty Survivors Arrive Koupang, Batavia.
	www.lareau.org /chron1.html (365 words)

	Royal Navy
		Three Royal Naval Reservists from the Plymouth based HMS Vivid have taken to the saddle to raise over £400 for the British Heart Foundation.
		A naval reservist from HMS Vivid in Plymouth, Clive Woodman, has skied the length of Norway to raise money for the Royal Naval Reserves Benevolent Trust.
		Members of HMS Vivid met Brian Conley after a rib tickling evening at this year's pantomime ‘Cinderella’ at Plymouth's Theatre Royal.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=4517 (108 words)

	HMS VANGUARD - Plymouth Casualties
		Son of Ellen Ferris of 28 Cambridge Avenue, Pigeon House Road, Dublin and the late William Ferris.
		Son of Frederick Ford of 24 Wolsdon St., Plymouth and the late Emily Ford.
		Son of William and Rose Gammon of 9 Garden Court, Barnstaple, Devon.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/vancplym.htm (749 words)

	Steve Johnson's CyberHeritage International - Ridgeway School
		HMS Perseus and discovery of wreck in 1997
		PLYMOUTH HISTORY: amazing hi-res photos of World War II grafitti in a Plymouth, England, underground air raid shelter.
		PLYMOUTH HISTORY: Four photos of the tolls being taken on Stone House Bridge, early 1900s, 1.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /stephen.johnson/steve/sites.htm (2419 words)

	This is Hampshire \| CommuniGate \| Plymouth Hoe's Memorial To Our Sailors
		Contact Information for HMS Glorious, HMS Ardent and HMS Acast
		Here are some more names from the Naval Memorial on Plymouth Hoe.
		Contact Information for HMS Glorious, HMS Ardent and HMS Acast
	www.communigate.co.uk /hants/glarac/page15.phtml (241 words)

	Royal Naval Amateur Radio Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		There is no public access to HMS Collingwood, however permission to visit the station can be obtained by prior arrangement in writing from:
		Permission to visit the museum must be obtained from the Chairman of the group.
		RNARS members are invited to join the Merseyside Group, who operate from the Wireless Office on board the Plymouth.
	www.rnars.ukf.net /loc.html (399 words)

	Knowhere: Plymouth Related Links, Other Local Websites You Might Be Interested In
		The guest book is a link-up for all those past and present who have enjoyed dance/rave in this part of the country (and beyond).
		My name is Laurence Stevens I was born at Prince Rock and served in the RN on HMS Plymouth.
		We now have HMS Plymouth preserved at Birkenhead on the Wirral near Liverpool.
	www.knowhere.co.uk /22_links.html (695 words)

	Cyberheritage,Plymouth History,Naval and Military History,Victorians and Edwardians,Royal Navy and Submarines
		Official documents from Plymouth in the Blitz of World War II - Where the Bombs Fell, Civilian Deaths register, ARP Sector Plans, maps of Air Raid Shelters and more: they are all here.
		Old OS maps of Plymouth, England, must be early to mid Victorian era or so.
		World War II images from Plymouth, Lord Astor and evacuee, a young girl singing her heart out on the Hoe,...
	www.cyber-heritage.co.uk (5288 words)

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