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	Mandy's British Royalty - HRH The Prince Charles: A Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prince Charles is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
		Charles spent part of the school year in 1966 as an exchange student in Melbourne, Australia - the first member of the British Royal family to attend an overseas school in the Commonwealth.
		Charles adores his sons, and as they have grown older he has tried to keep them as safe as possible from the prying lenses of the media.
	www.mandysroyalty.org /Charles.html (2312 words)

	HMS Royal Charles (1655) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		With the Restoration she was renamed HMS Royal Charles, and served as the ship that brought king Charles II back to England in 1660, captained by Sir Edward Montagu.
		As Royal Charles she took part in the Second Anglo-Dutch War.
		In 1667 flagging English national esteem was further depressed by the raid on the Medway in which a Dutch fleet invaded the Thames and Medway rivers and captured Royal Charles, removing her with great skill to Hellevoetsluis in the United Provinces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Royal_Charles_(1655) (342 words)

	Charles Darwin
		Charles Darwin (1809-1882) was born in Shrewsbury, England.
		Charles was the grandson of two very prominent men of the time, Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) and Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795).
		It was the research Charles Darwin did while aboard the HMS Beagle that formed the basis for his classic work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (Origin of Species), published in 1859.
	www.allaboutscience.org /charles-darwin.htm (661 words)

	Royalty.nu - Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales
		In 1969 Prince Charles became colonel-in-chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales.
		Charles and Diana's eldest son, Prince William, was born on June 21, 1982.
		It portrays Prince Charles as a victim in his marriage, claiming that Princess Diana was the first to commit adultery (with her detective Barry Mannakee, now deceased) and that she made death threats against Camilla Parker Bowles.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/England/Windsor/Charles.html (2227 words)

	Attack on HMS Peterel and taking of USS Wake (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At the time of the Pearl Harbor attack, HMS Peterel was the last commissioned Royal Navy vessel on the Yangtze (moored at Shanghai) and had been stripped of most weapons.
		HMS Peterel was hopelessly out gunned, but returned machine gun fire on the opposing force killing a number of Japanese.
		The Japanese proceeded to machine gun the Royal Navy sailors in the water and it was only due to Chinese rescuers in row boats, who also came under fire, that the majority of the crew survived.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /Peterel/Peterel.htm (1209 words)

	HMS BEAGLE AND CHARLES DARWIN
		HMS Beagle was a Cherokee class 10-gun brig of the Royal Navy, named after the beagle, a breed of dog.
		She was launched on 11 May 1820 from the Woolwich Dockyard on the River Thames, at a cost of £7,803.
		On the second survey voyage the young naturalist Charles Darwin was on board, and his work would eventually make the Beagle one of the most famous ships in history.
	www.solarnavigator.net /history/hms_beagle.htm (1301 words)

	HMS Royal Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The name refers to the Royal Oak in which Charles II of England hid himself during his flight from the country in the British Civil War.
		The first Royal Oak was a 76-gun second-rate launched in 1664 and burnt by the Dutch in 1667 in the Raid on the Medway.
		The next Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship launched in 1914 and sunk at anchor on October 14, 1939, in Scapa Flow.
	hms-royal-oak.iqnaut.net (224 words)

	HMS Royal Sovereign (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Royal Sovereign, launched 26th February 1891, she served in both the Home and Channel Fleets but after 1900 she served in home waters and finally scrapped 7th October 1913.
		When Royal Sovereign was engaged in action the captain would control operations form the fore conning tower, (under the fore bridge) The armour was 14 inches thick with all round view given by slits in the armour.
		Prior going to the Mediterranean the “Royal Sovereign” was flag-ship of the channel squadron, and she is a ship of special interest, for her building was a record for rapidity, and she was the first to be completed of the ten battle-ships that formed the main feature of the Naval Defence Act of 1889.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_royal_sovereign.htm (2835 words)

	HMS Ark Royal
		HMS Ark Royal, Royal Naval aircraft carriers, naval art prints of the three HMS Ark Royal From the World war two carrier showing in pursuit of the Bismarck and HMS Ark Royal in 1970 with Buccaneer jet aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm.
		HMS Ark Royal and Swordfish by Ivan Berryman
		HMS Ark Royal IV - Flagship of the Flag Officer Aircraft Carriers - a mobile airfield and a most impressive sight as she launches a Phantom from one of her catapults.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_ark_royal.htm (1521 words)

	Puritan World : Timeline Part 1
		Charles I marries Henrietta-Maria de Bourbon, the Catholic youngest daughter of Henry IV of France and Maria de Medici, and the sister of King Louis XIII of France.
		However, Charles concedes to the calling of a Scotch Parliament and a general assembly of the Scotch Kirk, neither of which are friendly to him.
		Charles I is sent into exile and a republic known as the Commonwealth is set up in Britain, governed by the Rump Parliament and an executive council of state.
	www.clockworksky.net /puritan_world/ah_pw_tl_01.html (5694 words)

	CHARLES
		Charles, the Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is heir apparent to the throne.
		The Prince was born at Buckingham Palace on 14 November 1948, and was christened Charles Philip Arthur George.
		When, on the accession of Queen Elizabeth in 1952, he became heir apparent, Prince Charles automatically became Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III dating back to 1337, which gave that title to the Sovereign's eldest son.
	home.wanadoo.nl /english.site/royal/charles.htm (466 words)

	HMS Royal Sovereign
		HMS Royal Sovereign of the Royal Sovereign Class of battleship.
		HMS Royal Sovereign, launched 26th February 1891, after 1900 she served in home waters and finally scrapped 7th October 1913.
		The watch on board Royal Sovereign when at Portsmouth in November 1894 is shown in the photograph- upwards of 300 and odd men of all ratings, bluejackets, stokers and marines.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_royal_sovereign1.htm (766 words)

	requests for information about HMS Royal Oak, Scapa Flow
		The photograph shows the entire crew of the Royal Oak positioned in a huge semi circle underneath one of her guns, the camera is clockwork operated and take one continual shot from one side to the other that results in a flat end result.
		It was taken at HMS Cunningham, a training establishment at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. Previously a holiday camp (Cunningham's camp) taken over by the RN during the war.
		My brother was a Royal Marine Bugler, he was one of two aboard the HMS Royal Oak when it went down, the other Bugler's name was Priestley A J they were both 16 years of age when they died.
	www.hmsroyaloak.co.uk /requests.html (13983 words)

	HMS Royal Charles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Royal Charles, both after King Charles II.
		The first Royal Charles was an 80-gun ship of the line, launched as Naseby in 1655, renamed in 1660, and captured by the Dutch at Chatham in 1667.
		The second Royal Charles was a 100-gun ship of the line, launched in 1673, renamed Queen in 1693, rebuilt in 1715 and renamed Royal George, again rebuilt in 1756, renamed Royal Anne this time, and broken up in 1767.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_royal_charles.html (179 words)

	OTHER ROYAL VISITS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		His Royal Highness Prince Alfred was due to arrive on Grand Turk and the island had prepared itself, but at the last moment the visit was cancelled as the Prince had to return urgently to Britain due to the death of the Duchess of Kent.
		At the salt dock, the Princess Royal was greeted by the Governor of Jamaica, Sir Kenneth Blackburne, then by Administrator Geoffrey Guy and his wife, followed by members of the Executive Council and their wives.
		From the dock, the Princess Royal was taken to a platform made of a pile of salt, decorated with conch shells and starfish and carpeted with mats specially woven by the Federation of Women.
	www.timespub.tc /Astrolabe/Archive/Summer2002/royal_visits.htm (1333 words)

	THE VICTORY HMS 18TH CENTURY 104 GUN SAILING BATTLESHIP \| ADMIRAL HORATIO NELSON AND THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR \| ONLINE ...
		The outline plans arrived in June 1760 and were based on HMS Royal George which had been launched at Woolwich in 1756.
		The outcome of the campaign was that British Government agreed to restore and preserve her to commemorate Nelson, the Battle of Trafalgar and the Royal Navy's supremacy during and after the Napoleonic period.
		HMS Victory is still in commission as the flagship of the admiral for the time being acting as Second Sea Lord in his role as Commander in Chief of the Royal Navy's Home Command (CINCNAVHOME).
	www.solarnavigator.net /history/hms_victory_plymouth_docks_england.htm (2116 words)

	Pictures of Old Sailing Ships, Art Prints and History of the Royal Charles
		Structurally almost identical to the first built of the three 100-gun ships (the HMS Royal James), the Royal Charles was nonetheless strikingly different in her outward appearance.
		During her first battle, the Royal Charles was plagued by a deep roll that interfered with cannon operations in the lower decks.
		Later, in 1715, her salvaged parts were used to build the HMS Royal George, a ship that remained in service until her sinking at Spithead anchorage in 1783.
	www.jamesaflood.com /oechas.htm (527 words)

	Ship Modelers Association - Famous Ships
		By midafternoon, the HMS ROYAL CHARLES was in danger of being sunk or surrendered to the EENDRACHT when the Dutch flagship exploded, killing all but five of her 400 crew, including the Dutch Admiral Wassenaer van Obdam.
		In the spring of 1666, command of the English fleet was divided between Prince Rubert and George Monck, Duck of Albermarle, in HMS ROYAL CHARLES.
		During the withdrawal (or tactical retreat), the HMS ROYAL PRINCE (90 guns) ran aground on Galloper Shoal and was burned by the Dutch.
	www.ship-modelers-assn.org /fam0304.htm (937 words)

	HMS Ark Royal quiz -- free game
		In 1934 the 'Ark Royal' was renamed 'Pegasus'.
		The third 'Ark Royal' was the Royal Navy's first purpose-built 'flat top' aircraft carrier.
		The fifth HMS Ark Royal was built in the 20th century has two sister ships.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=163886 (196 words)

	HMS Royal Oak
		HMS Royal Oak was built at Devonport Dockyard laid down on the 15th January 1914 and launched 17th November 1914.
		Here HMS Royal oak is seen leading HMS Superb and HMS Canada as part of the 4th battle squadron at around 7pm on the 31st of May 1916.
		He served on the Ramillies after his ship the Royal Oak was sunk, he is actually listed on record as lost on board the Oak when she was sunk, but was actually on shore leave at the time.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /royaloak.htm (1797 words)

	CBC News Indepth: The Royal Family
		At the almost unprecedented young age of 21, he was appointed first lieutenant (second in command) of the destroyer HMS Wallace, which took part in the Allied landings at Sicily.
		He was designated a royal highness, created a Knight of the Garter and awarded the title Duke of Edinburgh.
		Assuming his new royal role, Philip continued to be appointed and promoted to different positions in the navy.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/royals/princephilip_bio.html (1030 words)

	The Royal Family > HRH The Prince of Wales and family > Military career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Prince of Wales inspects the Royal Welsh Regiment at Cardiff Castle
		The Prince of Wales took up his first Service appointment in 1969 as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales (merged into the Royal Welsh on 1 March 2006).
		He currently holds the rank of Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Lieutenant-General in the Army and Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page460.asp (206 words)

	History of HMS Richmond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the left foreground is the frigate Richmond (always in the van), with her crew struggling to clear away the wreckage of her foretopmast after it was shot away by Moultie's deadly fire.
		Taken by the French Frigate L'Aigrette, September 11, 1781 along with HM Frigate Iris [late the Continental frigate Hancock, (32)].
		After leaving Charles Town, the Richmond was part of the British fleet bringing aid to General Cornwallis at York Town and encountered the larger French fleet that had been standing off York Town in the York River.
	www.hmsrichmond.org /richhist.htm (832 words)

	CHARLES BERTRAM MARSHALL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Charles’ unit should not be confused with the modern usage of the word “ambulance”.
		At the time of his death, he was working on the troopship HMS “Royal Edward” which was torpedoed in the
		Charles Marshall’s body was never recovered and identified and it is presumed he drowned.
	members.aol.com /John1hartley/html/marshall.htm (464 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Charles attends Bond spectacular
		The Prince of Wales watched a performance by the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines at a charity premiere of the new James Bond film in Portsmouth.
		He also greeted the Royal Marines band which played themes from the new film which stars Pierce Brosnan and Oscar-winner Halle Berry.
		The event followed the royal premiere on Monday night at London's Royal Albert Hall, to mark the 40th anniversary of 007.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2494281.stm (225 words)

	HMS Ganges Association - HMS Ganges Captains - Royal Navy
		The list of Captains of the first and second sea going and later HMS Ganges boys training ships at Falmouth and Harwich were drawn up by Commander William H Nicholson the last Captain prior to the renaming of the second HMS Ganges to HMS Tenedos in 1906.
		William Cornwallis who in 1795 as Vice Admiral, flying his flag in HMS Royal Sovereign, was famed for his skilful retreat from superior French forces at Belle Isle II and also Sir Francis Laforey who later commanded HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar.
		HMS Ganges as Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /captain.html (144 words)

	1973 Visit by Prince Charles
		In most years the British Royal Navy sends a ship on an official visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
		The next official Royal Visit was during one of these naval stopovers.
		Prince Charles was one of the crew of HMS Minerva when it visited the Islands in 1973.
	www.tcmuseum.org /royal_events/1973_visit_by_prince_charles (122 words)

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