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  HMS Repulse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The third Repulse was a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1779 and in the records until 1781.
The fifth Repulse was a 12-gun cutter purchased in 1780 and wrecked in 1782.
The eleventh Repulse was a Renown-class battlecruiser, launched in 1916 and sunk in a Japanese air attack December 1941.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Repulse   (277 words)

  
 Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy, M1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
1803 Capt. Charles Marsh SCHOMBERG, From the summer of 1803 until she was dismantled and laid up in Valetta harbour in the spring of 1807, he commanded MADRAS at Malta where she was stationed as guard ship.
Work started on refitting MARS in the Hamoaze at the end of February 1803 and on 21 March a Captain, three subaltans, six sergeants and 10O rank and file of the Royal Marines embarked on MARS in the forenoon, having marched from Mill Bay Barracks to the North Jetty Stairs in the Dockyard.
She and AUTUMN returned to Portsmouth from a cruise on 25 January 1805 and At a court martial on 22 February Capt. DUFF was admonished for using unofficer-like language and for rating officers not qualified.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /M1.HTM   (17216 words)

  
 Lee Maritime Books - Naval & Royal Navy Books
HMS Bellerophon, launched in 1782, played a conspicuous part in the battle of the Glorious First of June (1794); the battle of the Nile (1798); and the battle of Trafalgar (1805); However, her crowning glory came six weeks after the battle of Waterloo, when Napoleon, trapped in Rochefort, surrendered to the captain of the ship.
HMS Kent took part in the Battle of the Falkland Islands where she sank the German cruiser Nurnberg after a hard stern chase.
The voyage of Captain William Beechey RN and HMS Blossom to the Pacific and Arctic in 1825-8 is a lucid account by Lieutenant George Peard RN of one of the most comprehensive naval voyages to the Pacific, at date.
www.leemaritimebooks.com /Books/Naval.asp   (12623 words)

  
 HMS [Ship]
As the cutter, notwithstanding her proximity to the fort, which mounted four long 24-pounders and three field-pieces, appeared to be assailable, Captain Mudge, on the same day, despatched the launch, barge, and two cutters, with 63 officers and men, under the command of Lieutenant William Braithwaite, to attempt cutting her out.
Judging that the best way to keep the battery quiet would be to maintain the appearance of the Albion's being still in French possession, and able to repulse her assailants, Lieutenant Nicolls ordered the marines of his party to continue firing their muskets: the seamen, meanwhile, busied themselves in getting the vessel under sail.
A spring having been run out from the cutter's quarter to her cable, and the jib cleared, the cable was cut, and the jib hoisted to cast her.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~pbtyc/18-1900/A/00155.html   (1015 words)

  
 Untitled Document
HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay 3rd November 1864.
Night of 15th February he was involved in a fight with Robert Dewhurst (sailor from HMS Britannia).
He was a Lieutenant (HMS Active) at the destruction of a Turkish squadron in the Dardanelles in 1807; served on HMS Spartan, in boat actions in the Adriatic, and at the reduction of Zante and neighbouring islands.
www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist2.htm   (3965 words)

  
 Other ships named Prince of Wales and Repulse
Tha Repulse has a Captain of the same name as that which took part on the Battle of the Restigouche, and we assume they are one and the same Repulse.
HMS *Flora* (Captain John Brisbane, 32 guns, 220 men, commissioned 4 Dec 1775) escorted 33 vessels (30 transports, 2 supply ships and a hospital ship) carrying about 3,200 Higlanders (42nd and 71st Regts) departed about 27 April from the River Clyde (Greenock, Scotland) with orders for Boston [already evacuated].
The Repulse was one of the starships that was involved in a showdown between three Borg vessels and a planet killer in 2367.
www.forcez-survivors.org.uk /historical/repulse.html   (3141 words)

  
 Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - LIST OF THE SHIPWRECKS OF THE ROYAL NAVY,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Flora Jan. 19, 1803 36 Loftus Otway Bland 264 9 On the coast of Holland.
Porpoise Aug. 17, 1803 Richard Fowler None On a reef of coral, in the Pacific.
Repulse Mar. 10, 1800 64 James Alms 491 3 Saints, Coast of France.
www.royal-navy.org /shiplist/content/view/107/8   (5913 words)

  
 marines2
His death was the result of wounds received on 18th March 1915 during the sinking of HMS Irresistible in the Dardanelles.
He was serving on HMS Britannia when it was torpedoed by a German submarine on 9th November 1918.
On 10th April 1910 Gunner Arthur A Bagley RMA drew a revolver with the intention of shooting someone and during the scuffle which followed Sergeant Garwood was wounded, and died the next day in Bighi Naval Hospital.
website.lineone.net /~remosliema/marines2.htm   (2912 words)

  
 Vancouver's colleagues
Broughton took command of HMS Illustrious and, in 1809, was part of the expedition under Lord Gambier against the French Brest fleet in Aix Roads.
Henry joined HMS Orontes as a volunteer before joining his uncle, Alan Gardner, on HMS Courageux in 1790 (Vancouver was a lieutenant on the ship at the time).
In 1803, Lieutenant James Woodward Scott was in command of the Princess Augusta (a cutter of 70 tons, 8 guns and with 25 men) in the North Sea.
pages.quicksilver.net.nz /jcr/~vancouver2.html   (19076 words)

  
 Palau Ships
HMS SWALLOW, Capt Philip Cartaret, on exploring expedition of Wallis, discovered islands to southwest of Palau on passage from New Guinea to Manila.
British warship HMS PERSEUS, Cmdr Charles E. Stevens, to investigate the murder of Andrew Cheyne.
British warships HMS COMUS, Capt James N. East, and HMS LILY, Cmdr Richard Evans, on a voyage to Palau to collect the indemnity imposed on Reklai for plundering the Lilla in 1880.
www.micsem.org /pubs/articles/historical/forships/palau.htm   (5538 words)

  
 G. T. Falcon
He entered the Royal Navy in 1794 and within three years took part in the battle of Camperdown on board the flagship of Admiral Duncan, HMS Venerable.
On the 20th February 1815 whilst in command of HMS Cyane he joined battle with U.S.S. Constitution.
A battle which Cyane together with HMS Levant would lose making Gordon Falcon a prisoner of war, though not for long as peace had already been declared.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /johnson.nick/armed_forces/royal_navy/gt_falcon.htm   (229 words)

  
 Marine Listing2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Her served on HMS Aboukir from 6th November 1906 to 14th November 1906, and HMS Irresistible from 27th November 1906 until his death on 4th December 1907.
HMS Ramillies was off Gozo preparing to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making ladders ready to hoist out and Sergeant Charles Young was thrown overboard.
HMS Ramillies was off Gozo preparing to enter Grand Harbour, when one of the davits broke loose whilst making ladders ready to hoist out and he was thrown overboard.
website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/marine_listing2.htm   (10595 words)

  
 The Enterprise - TrekUnited Forum
Light cruisers HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow intercepted a squadron of 10 German destroyers sent to escort a German blockade runner into France.
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.
www.trekunited.com /community/index.php?showtopic=9860&st=0   (4198 words)

  
 NAUTICAL NONFICTION BOOKLIST
Bligh, William The Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty, 1792 William Bligh's account of the fatal voyage of the Bounty, and his subsequent 3,600 mile trip to Timor in an open boat.
Heaps, Leo The Log of the Centurion, 1973 Based on the original papers of Captain Philip Saumarez on board HMS Centurion, Lord Anson's flagship during his circumnavigation, this book is a factual account of the events described in the novels Manilla Galleon and Golden Ocean (among others).
Pope writes his account of the 1797 mutiny on the HMS Hermoine with insight into the personalities involved, a seaman's knowledge of ships and sailing and a novelist's skills at narrative and plot.
euler.sfasu.edu /booklists/nautnonf.html   (17129 words)

  
 Greenwich Royal Hospital School 1
The school's training vessel HMS FAME at Greenwich was broken up, with only the bow section with the figurehead and bowsprit, and the stern retained.
The bow section was fitted to the south end of the small-bore rifle-range of the new school buildings at Holbrook, and the stern, including the “ginger-bread” and coat-of-arms of Greenwich Hospital, was purchased by Earle B. Smith, buyer for the Mariners’ Museum, in Newport News, Virginia, on 8 April 1935, and shipped to the museum.
After its official incorporation as a permanent charity in 1803, no less than £123, 600 was raised on 5 December 1805 at divine services held throughout the country in thanksgiving for the battle of Trafalgar.
www.mariners-l.co.uk /GreenwichRoyal.html   (3073 words)

  
 Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy, T.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
She was commissioned in October 1803 by Capt E. 1805 off Cadiz.
Under the command of Capt. Scory BARKER she sailed from Torbay on 22 September 1797 as convoy to the Quebec and Newfoundland fleets.
The charge was proved but the court decided that he was "actuated by the purest motives for the good of the navy" and he was acquitted.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /T.HTM   (20325 words)

  
 Fleet in being oddd.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The victory of the Royal Navy at the Battle of Taranto was a pivotal point as this was the first true demonstration of naval air power; attacking ships in harbor proved nothing.
Following 7 December 1941 when the United States came into World War II, the sinking of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse marked the end of the era of the battleship, and the new importance of aircraft and their transportation, the aircraft carrier, came to the fore.
During the Pacific War, battleships and cruisers spent most of their time bombarding shore positions, while the carriers were the stars of the key Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of Midway, Battle of the Philippine Sea, and the climactic Battle of Leyte Gulf, largest naval battle in history.
fleet.in.being.en.oddd.org   (13124 words)

  
 The First Campbells on Jamaica - The Blackheath Connection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Dorman informs that Leonard Claiborne, son of Colonel William Claiborne of Virginia, settled in Jamaica where he was a colonel in the militia of St Elizabeth's, and was killed in a repulse of the French in 1694 at Carlisle Bay.
At Whitehall on 30 June, 1697 was held a meeting of HM Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, regarding a "Scotch East India Company".
An Australian descendant (great-grandson of Duncan died 1803) who died in Queensland, Australia, at Almaden, William Dugald Campbell (WDC 1848-1938), took copious but sometimes inaccurate notes on his family history, held as ML A3232.
www.danbyrnes.com.au /blackheath/jamaica.htm   (17692 words)

  
 Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - HMS Ajax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
On the evening of the 14th of February, 1807, H.M. ship Ajax, 74 guns, commanded by Captain the Hon.
The gallant manner in which he boarded the Provestein block ship, excited so much admiration, that the Russel's crew gave him three cheers upon his return to the ship.
He was at this period serving on board the Hercule, flag-ship to Sir John Duckworth.
www.royal-navy.org /shiplist/content/view/87/20   (3750 words)

  
 Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-Site map-Site map
HMS Edinburgh sunk in WW2, carrying 5 tons of Russian gold with her
Japanese Aircraft overwhelm Repulse and Prince of Wales on the 10th.
Archer Class Auxiliary Carrier, HMS Dasher Destroyed by Explosion on the 27nd.
www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /Sitemap.html   (3789 words)

  
 Pacific Islands to 1875 by Sanderson Beck   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The British navy began patrolling the coast of New Zealand in 1826, and in 1834 the HMS Alligator brutally attacked the Taranaki because of an incompetent interpreter.
When the HMS Pandora arrived, the fourteen mutineers were arrested.
Pomare died in 1803, and his son Tu became Pomare II.
www.san.beck.org /2-13-PacificIslands.html   (23410 words)

  
 The History Place - This Month in History
The treaty passed by a single vote in the U.S. Senate on February 6, 1899, and was signed by President William McKinley four days later.
- The British Battleships Repulse and Prince of Wales were sunk by Japanese warplanes in the South China Sea, killing nearly 800 crewmen.
Darwin collected fossils and studied plants and animals, gradually beginning to doubt that many diverse species of living things had sprung into existence at one moment (creationism).
www.historyplace.com /specials/calendar/december.htm   (8165 words)

  
 Other ships named Prince of Wales and Repulse
This is a painting of the ship Prince of Wales from the First fleet, which transported convicts and settlers to Australia from Britain, between May 1787 and January 1778.
Convict transports: 'Alexander' carrying 195 male convicts, 'Lady Penryhn' carrying 101 female convicts, 'Scarborough' carrying 208 male convicts, 'Charlotte' which was carrying 88 male and 20 female convicts, 'Friendship' carrying 76 male and 21 female convicts, and Prince of Wales' carrying 1 male and 49 female convicts.
A HMS Prince of Wales took part in the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805.
www.forcez-survivors.org.uk /historical/pow.html   (1300 words)

  
 List of naval battles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1803 - Duckworth (British) defeats Rochambeau (French) near Santo Domingo
1941 December 10 South China Sea - HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse sunk by Japanese air attack
Argentine light cruiser ARA General Belgrano and British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield sunk.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_naval_battles   (8228 words)

  
 [No title]
"HMS Enterprize" (sic) Patrolled the Mediterranean under the command of T. Henning.
HMS Enterprise and HMS Glasgow intercepted a squadron of 10 German destroyers sent to escort a German blockade runner into France.
5:50am, the main batteries of HMS Enterprise, USS Nevada, HMS Black Prince and USS Quincy, drench the Normandy Beaches high rate of fire for the forthcoming allied invasion of Normandy.
www.angelfire.com /scifi/madaboutstartrek/enterpisehistory.html   (6008 words)

  
 Peter J. Hadley Bookseller ***** Harwich Old Books
Mike Alston -- Destroyer and Preserver: The story of HMS Middleton and her Ship's Company 1941-1946 Maphigrada (Maidenhead)1993.
This autobiography concentrates on Admiral Le Bailly's experience below decks in "HMS Naiad", a cruiser which saw much action in the Mediterranean and was finally torpedoed, leaving Le Bailly the last to be rescued.
Bruce Allen Watson -- Atlantic Convoys and Nazi Raiders: The Deadly Voyage of the HMS Jervis Bay Praeger 2005.
www.hadley.co.uk /SubCatMaritime.shtml   (8384 words)

  
 15 Jan History
Eastern Isthmus: in Taipale, Finnish troops repulse an assault by a fairly small enemy detachment.
The daughter of a flsmith, she was calling herself Emily Hart when, in 1781, she began to mate with Charles Francis Greville, nephew of her future husband, Sir William Hamilton [13 Dec 1730 – 06 Apr 1803], British envoy to the Kingdom of Naples.
Then, in 1786, he sent her to Naples to be his uncle's mistress in return for Hamilton's payment of Greville's debts.
www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4jan/h4jan15.html   (13215 words)

  
 A History of Ships Named Enterprise
This ketch was used on Decatur's mission to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia.
Special Thanks to Jennifer Sarantites and Joe Creighton for getting the information from the NASA web site for me. Thanks also to "The Chanteur," for information on the 1959-1985 HMS Enterprise and the current HMBS Enterprise.
Thanks also to Carson Malone, for his help in locating information on the 22nd Century Enterprise.
home.neo.rr.com /cavender/history.htm   (2356 words)

  
 December Military History
HMS Prince of Wales & Repulse ("Force Z") arrive at Singapore
Japanese a/c sink HMSs Prince of Wales and Repulse, South China Sea
Capt Charles Johnston of HMS Cornwallis discovers Johnston Is Battle of Lake Borgne, La: British overwhelm U.S. gunboats
www.strategypage.com /military_history_dec.asp   (5018 words)

  
 Island Books at antiqbook.co.uk
Churchill's Voyage in H.M.S. 'Prince of Wales' and the Conference with Presdient Roosevelt which resulted in the Atlantic Charter
BROCK (H.M), ILLUS.: - The Mayor of Troy.
1050: JENKINS (R.T) AND H.M. A History of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian and of the Gwyneddigion and Cymreigyddion Societies (1751-1951)
www.antiqbook.co.uk /boox/isl/books3000.shtml   (10257 words)

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