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	HMS Royal Oak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 second Royal Oak was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1674, rebuilt in 1690, 1713, and 1741 (each of which may be considered a different ship), and broken up 1764.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak (279 words)

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		Royal Welch Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers is a Welsh.
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	Encyclopedia: HMS Royal Oak (08)
		HMS Royal Sovereign The Revenge-class battleships were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914–1916.
		HMS Royal Sovereign, launched in May 1915, was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy.
		HMS Resolution was a Revenge-class battleship of the Royal Navy.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Royal-Oak-%2808%29 (1526 words)

	HMS Royal Oak -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first Royal Oak was a 76-gun (Click link for more info and facts about second-rate) second-rate launched in 1664 and burnt by the Dutch in 1667 in the (Click link for more info and facts about Raid on the Medway) Raid on the Medway.
		The second Royal Oak was a 70-gun (Click link for more info and facts about third-rate) third-rate launched in 1674, rebuilt in 1690, 1713, and 1741 (each of which may be considered a different ship), and broken up 1764.
		The next Royal Oak was an (Click link for more info and facts about ironclad) ironclad (A United States warship larger than a destroyer and smaller than a cruiser) frigate in service from 1862 to 1885.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_royal_oak2.htm (289 words)

	HMS Royal Oak
		HMS Royal ble designet som et slagskip i Royal Sovereign klassen og ble påstartet i Devonport i 1914, og sto ferdigstilt i 1916.
		Royal Oak fikk den tvilsomme æren å bli det første større krigsskip som ble senket i andre verdenkrig på natten til 14.
		HMS Royal Oak, with her considerable anti-aircraft firepower was there as local air defence for Netherbutton radar station, shore-based AA not yet having being installed in quantity.
	www.skovheim.org /worldwide/uk-ireland/royaloak/royaloak.htm (1486 words)

	HMS Royal Oak (08) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was assigned to Scapa Flow and took part in a fruitless search for the German battlecruiser Gneisenau in October 1939; in heavy seas her poor top speed left her out of contact for much of the time.
		She was the first of the four Royal Navy battleships sunk in World War II.
		Royal Oak, struck amidships, rolled onto her side and sank in around 15 minutes, killing 833 sailors.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Royal_Oak_(08) (506 words)

	HMS Royal Oak (1914) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Royal Oak was a Royal Sovereign class battleship of the Royal Navy, sunk early in World War II.
		She was laid down at Devonport, England on January 15, 1914 and launched on November 17.
		She was the 11th Royal Navy vessel to bear the Royal Oak name, replacing a pre-dreadnought that had been scrapped in 1914.
	www.webvee.com /articles/h/hm/hms_royal_oak__1914_.html (515 words)

	HMS Royal Oak, Scapa Flow
		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.
		HMS Royal Oak, built at Devonport and launched on the 17th November 1914.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_royal_oak.htm (1119 words)

	The Wreck of the SMS Thuringen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Royal Oak was built in 1914-1916, and was one of a class of five British Revenge Class battleships.
		Royal Oak was one of the most obsolete British battleships in service in WWII.
		Royal Oak rests in 98 feet of water, with the high side of her hull only 24 feet below the surface.
	www.bobhenneman.info /RoyalOakwreck.htm (616 words)

	HMAS Sydney [Australian War Memorial]
		Captain Burnett was born in Singleton, NSW, on 26 December 1899 and entered the Royal Australian Naval College on 31 December 1912, one of the original intake.
		He was rated cadet captain in February 1914 and gained his colours for proficiency in rugby, cricket, tennis and athletics.
		After two years in the battleship HMS Royal Oak (from 1920 to 1922), he specialised in gunnery, undertaking training at HMS Excellent, the Royal Navy's gunnery training establishment.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/hmas_sydney/burnett.htm (237 words)

	The Royal Navy 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Due to lack of speed the ROYAL OAK was unable to keep pace with the other British units and, after a severe buffeting in heavy seas, and a fruitless search, the fleet returned to Scapa Flow on Wednesday 11th October 1939.
		Meanwhile, HMS ROYAL OAK began to make good the damage sustained on her recent sorty, during which, due to the very stormy seas, many of her lifesaving Carley rafts were washed away or badly damaged.
		HMS ABERCROMBIE, with her 15 inch guns, was used to support the army during beach landings and would get as close into shore as possible, before partially submerging onto the sea bed to give a more stable platform for her guns.
	freepages.family.rootsweb.com /~brycefamily/royaloak.htm (5782 words)

	Admiral's Pinnace 784 Hawthorne Leslie, Devonport Admiral's Pinnace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Royal Oak was torpeodoed and sunk in Scapa Flow by Lt. Gunter Prien of U-47 on the night of 13th October 1939 with the loss of 833 crew.
		The Mahogany refit she underwent at the time of Royal Oak's loss is mainly intact and the aft end and wheelhouse have been restored.
		The admiral’s launch from the HMS Royal Oak - which was sunk off Scapa Flow in 1939 with the loss of over 830 lives - only survived because it had been sent for refurbishment.
	www.classicships.com /full_spec.asp?ID=1884 (341 words)

	HMS Royal Oak
		Pre Dreadnaught Battleship of the Royal Navy, built by Laird at Birkenhead, HMS Royal Oak was launched on the 5th November 1892 and commissioned at Portsmouth in January 1896.
		HMS Royal Oak was the only ship of the class (the others being HMS Royal Sovereign, Empress of India, Repulse, Ramillies, Resolution and Revenge) not to have been fitted with steam pipes abaft the Funnels, this made her easily distinguished from the sister ships.
		The Royal Oak was commissioned at Portsmouth in January 1896 as one of the ships of the Special Flying Squadron.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_royal_oak.htm (604 words)

	HMS Royal Oak - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The second Royal Oak">Royal Oak was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1674, rebuilt in 1690, 1713, and 1741 (each of which may be considered a different ship), and broken up 1764.
		The next Royal Oak">Royal Oak was a Royal Sovereign-class">Royal Sovereign-class battleship launched in 1892 and scrapped in 1914.
		The next Royal Oak">Royal Oak was a Revenge-class">Revenge-class battleship launched in 1914 and sunk at anchor on October 14, 1939, in Scapa Flow.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=HMS_Royal_Oak (232 words)

	1914 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship HMS Royal Oak of the Royal Sovereign class (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At 0116 hours on 14 October 1939 the German submarine U-47 fired a spread of three torpedoes at HMS Royal Oak and the British seaplane tender HMS Pegasus lying at anchor in the harbour of Scapa Flow, turned around and fired a stern torpedo at 0121 hours.
		Prien misidentified the seaplane tender as HMS Repulse and claimed a hit, but a torpedo apparently hit the starboard anchor chain of the battleship and did not damage the ships.
		On the night of October 14 1939 Royal Oak became the first Battleship to be lost in the Second World War.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4063.html (381 words)

	Encyclopedia: World War II
		There were isolated engagements during the "Phony War" period, including the sinking of HMS Royal Oak in the anchorage at Scapa Flow and Luftwaffe bombings of the naval bases at Rosyth and Scapa Flow.
		Pocket battleship is the British Royal Navy description for a class of warships built by German Reichsmarine in accordance with restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles.
		Bukovina, in green, divided between Romania (red) and Ukraine (yellow) Bukovina is the territory on the slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains.
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	Royal Navy WARSHIP GUIDE - HMS Royal Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Royal Sovereign class battleships were best available to the Royal Navy before World War I. HMS Royal Oak was a vintage 1914 battleship and a veteran of that war.
		Royal Oak was launched on 17 November 1914, and in the mid 1920s she was fitted with a bulged hull, increased draught and larger deep-load.
		This was wrong however, as the bulk of the Grand Fleet was at sea.
	www.pdwilson.co.uk /warships/royaloak.htm (345 words)

	HMS Royal Oak
		Battleship website dedicated to the history of HMS Royal Oak from launch to participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of HMS Royal Oak.
		HMS Royal Oak, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of HMS Royal Oak.
		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 (1767 words)

	HMS Royal Oak 1914-1939 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		She was commissioned into the Royal navy on the 1st May 1916.
		She was torpedoed and sunk at Scapa Flow by U - 47 on the 14th October 1939.
		Built at a cost of £2.5 million, the 27,000 ton Royal Oak had been presumed unsinkable by submarine attack within Scapa Flow – but the unsinkable became the unthinkable as German U-boat commander Lt Gunther Prien evaded the flimsy defences in the submarine U47 and attacked at the heart of the British Navy.
	www.the-weatherings.co.uk /pccship0130.htm (277 words)

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		HMS Royal Sovereign, 1904 - When William White became the Director of Naval Construction (DNC) in 1885, the battleships of the Royal Navy were a haphazard assortment of oddities.
		HMS Invincible, 1921 British Battlecruiser Design G-3 - In 1920 the Royal Navy was rapidly falling behind the USN and IJN in a new naval battleship race.
	www.steelnavy.com /ReviewsBB.htm (4798 words)

	HMS Royal Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Royal Oak (08) was a Royal Sovereign class battleship of the Royal Navy, sunk early in World War II.
		She was laid down at Devonport on January 15, 1914 and launched on November 17.
		The first salvo, fired at 0104, did little damage but the second at 0122 of three torpedoes was successful.
	www.portaljuice.com /hms_royal_oak.html (506 words)

	World War One quiz
		By the end of August 1914, German troops were advancing toward Paris, whose fall seemed imminent, but their advance was halted.
		I assumed command of the entire German High Seas Fleet in 1916, was in favor of both an aggressive surface fleet policy and unrestricted submarine warfare.
		August 26-31, 1914, a German army commanded by General von Hindenburg, attacked and encircled a larger Russian army, capturing 92,000 prisoners and destroying most of the Russian army in Prussia.
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	HMS Royal Oak Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Royal Oak Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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	HMS NELSON BATTLESHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		HMS ROYAL OAK 1914 REVENGE / ROYAL SOVEREIGN CLASS
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	Drawings of HMS Royal Oak construction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After that war he served on a number of vessels, including HMS Centaur in 1922, based in Malta, and HMS Royal Sovereign in 1926.
		It is not known what connection he had with HMS Royal Oak.
		Edward O’Gara was known to be at sea when the Royal Oak was built in 1914-16, so it is unlikely he would have been involved in the construction.
	www.hmsroyaloak.co.uk /construction.html (277 words)

	Royal Sovereign Class Battleship - HMS Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Repulse, Revenge, Resolution, Empress of ...
		Royal Sovereign Class Battleship - HMS Royal Sovereign, Ramillies, Royal Oak, Repulse, Revenge, Resolution, Empress of India
		A half sister to the class, HMS Hood, was built but with low mounted turrets instead of the high freeboard and barbette mounted weapons of the rest of the class.
		The limited elevation of the guns meant the ship had to be given an artificial list for bombardment duties which was achieved by flooding one of the bulges.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /pre-dreadnought/hms-royal-soverign.html (431 words)

	HMS Royal Oak data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		HMS Royal Oak, naval Art prints of HMS Royal Oak by Leading naval artists Ivan Berryman, Randall Wilson, available from the naval art company.
		Four 21 inch Torpedo Tubes which were removed during modernization between the wars.
		The Royal Naval Association Carmarthen is a Registered Charity Reg No 266982
	www.rna-carmarthen.org.uk /gallery/hms_royal_oak_data.htm (197 words)

	Royal Sovereign Class Battleship - HMS Royal Sovereign, Revenge, Resolution, Ramillies, Royal Oak
		The secondary guns were mounted further back than previous classes in an attempt to reduce interference from the sea.
		HMS Ramillies in late 1917 complete with multi coloured dazzle camouflage.
		The stripes were a mix of yellow, fl, light and dark blue, green, and purple and the pattern was different on the other side of the ship and form those of HMS Revenge which was also dazzle painted.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /battleship/hms-revenge.html (491 words)

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