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	HMS Sceptre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fourth HMS Sceptre (1943) was a 1940 -programme British S-class submarine (not to be confused with the earlier United States S-class submarines) launched on January 9, 1943, in Greenock, although her keel had been laid down in July 1940.
		The fifth HMS Sceptre (S104), a Swiftsure -class submarine built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness, was commissioned on February 14, 1978, by Lady Audrey White.
		In August 1995 Sceptre was forced to abort her patrol and return to Faslane after suffering, in the words of the Ministry of Defense, "an unspecified fault in the propulsion system." A defect in Sceptre's reactor was discovered in 1998, though its seriousness was not appreciated until after the investigation of another serious accident.
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	HMS Sceptre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was lost with all 291 hands during a hurricane in Table Bay, near the Cape of Good Hope, when a series of anchor cables parted in the rising winds.
		The fourth Sceptre (P215), launched in 1943, was a 1940 -programme S-class submarine.
		The present Sceptre (S104), launched in 1976, is a Swiftsure -class nuclear submarine.
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	Sceptre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS Sceptre (1781) HMS Sceptre (1781) was a 3rd rate ship of the line launched on June 8, 1781, at Cape of Good Hope, wh...
		HMS Sceptre (1802) HMS Sceptre (1802), a 3rd rate 74, was launched on June 28 under the command of Captain A.C. Dickson...
		Sceptre with the Dove The Sceptre with the Dove, also known as the Rod with the Dove, is a Holy Ghost.
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	HMS Sceptre: Definition and links by Encyclopedian.com Information about HMS Sceptre
		In 1795 Sceptre earned her second Battle Honour in Vice Admiral Sir Keith Elphinstone[?] 's squadron, which captured a Dutch squadron in Saldanha Bay[?].
		On December 18, Sceptre, Blonde [?], Thetis, Freija [?], Castor [?], Cygnet [?], Hazard [?], Ringdove [?], and Elizabeth [?] proceeded to attack two of the enemy frigates, Seine and Loire, anchored in Ance la Barque[?] ("Barque Cove") about nine miles to the northwest of the town of Basse Terre[?].
		In August 1995 Sceptre was forced to abort her patrol and return to Faslane[?] after suffering, in the words of the Ministry of Defense, "an unspecified fault in the propulsion system." A defect in Sceptre s reactor was discovered in 1998, though its seriousness was not appreciated until after the investigation of another serious accident.
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	HMS Splendid (S106) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The HMS Splendid (S106) was a nuclear powered submarine of the Swiftsure class.
		HMS Splendid was launched at Barrow on October 5, 1979, by Lady Ann Eberle, wife of Admiral Sir James Eberle, then Commander-in-Chief Fleet.
		Unlike HMS Conqueror, Splendid did not fire in anger, she did however provide valuable reconnaissance to the British Task Force on Argentine aircraft movements.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Splendid_%28S106%29 (300 words)

	HMS Sceptre (S104) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fifth HMS Sceptre (S104) is a Swiftsure -class submarine built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness.
		She was commissioned on February 14, 1978, by Lady Audrey White.
		In addition, Peter Caruana, Gibraltar's Chief Minister, claimed that he had been misinformed about the repairs by the British Ministry of Defence, and that he had learned the true extent of the problems from Spanish sources.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Sceptre_(S104) (601 words)

	Online-Lexikon: HMS Sceptre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Towards the end of January 1810 Sceptre escorted a division of thetroops destined for the attack on Guadaloupe from St. Lucia to the Saintes.While other troops were landed on the island he created a diversion off Trois Rivieres before landing his troops and marines between Ance la Barque and Basse Terre.
		Sceptre saw action aspart of Admiral Beattie's force, primarily employed in convoy escort andpatrol duty in the North Sea and Atlantic.
		The fourth HMS Sceptre (1943) was a 1940 -programmeBritish S-class submarine (not to be confused with the earlierUnited States S-class submarines) launched on January 9, 1943, in Greenock, although her keel had been laiddown in July 1940.
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	Royal Navy Submarines - Swiftsure Class
		Three of this class of vessels (HM/S Superb, Spartan and Splendid) were sent to the Falkland's war although they were not responsible for the sinking of the General Belgrano which was accomplished by then Commander Wreford-Brown in HM/S Conqueror, another SSN although of the earlier Valiant class SSN.
		In doing this HM/S Splendid joined the (small) list of ships who are the subject of documentaries, when the BBC filmed a series on HM/S Splendid leading up to the time of the firing of the first Tomahawk missile.
		HM/S Splendid was also the first Royal Navy submarine to fire a TLAM in anger, when in 1999 she was called to the gulf to support UN/NATO operations against Iraq when the latter broke the conditions of its previous surrender.
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	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Sceptre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As Swiftsure-class submarine HMS Sceptre left Rosyth at the end of March this year, she marked the end of an era as the last submarine to be refitted at Rosyth.
		Sceptre was the Royal Navy’s tenth nuclear submarine, and is fitted with the latest weapons and sensors including Spearfish torpedoes and Sub-Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
		The current HMS Sceptre is the sixth Naval vessel to carry the name, and the second submarine.
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	HMS Sceptre - Result for HMS Sceptre - Meaning of HMS Sceptre - Definition of HMS Sceptre - Dictionary of Meaning - ...
		Five ship s of the British Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Sceptre''''', after the scepter sceptre, a symbol of royal authority.
		* The third HMS Sceptre (1917) ''Sceptre'', launched in 1917, was an R class destroyer (1916) R-class destroyer.
		* The present HMS Sceptre (S104) ''Sceptre'' (S104), launched in 1976, is a Swiftsure class submarine ''Swiftsure''-class nuclear submarine.
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	HMS Sceptre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On November 11, 1806, HMS Sceptre and Cornwallis under Captain Johnston made a dash into St. Paul's Bay, Isle of Bourbon, and attacked the shipping there, which consisted of the frigate Semillante, three armed ships and twelve captured British ships.
		Sceptre visited most of the West Indian islands before sailing from St. Thomas in August with the homebound trade.
		In April 1944, Sceptre \ left for another "special operation" with the X-24 in tow.
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	HMS Sceptre (S104) - Result for HMS Sceptre (S104) - Meaning of HMS Sceptre (S104) - Definition of HMS Sceptre (S104) - ...
		} The fifth '''HMS ''Sceptre'' (S104)''' is a Swiftsure class submarine ''Swiftsure''-class submarine built by Vickers in Barrow-in-Furness.
		In March 1990, there was a coolant leak while ''Sceptre'' was at Devonport, Devon Devonport.
		( HMS Tireless (S88) ''Tireless'' (S88) spent much of 2000 at Gibraltar repairing a leak in her reactor coolant system.) Nonetheless Spain 's Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos registered Spain’s "firm protest" with Jack Straw, and insisted that ''Sceptre'' be the last British submarine repaired at Gibraltar.
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	Swiftsure Class Nuclear Fleet Submarines
		The frigate in the background is HMS Marlborough.
		H.M.S Spartan was the last submarine to salute H.M.S Dolphin.
		She appeared in a BBC documentary (called 'HMS Splendid' !) that covered the period leading up to and including the first live firing of a Tomahawk missile by a British submarine.
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	Armed Forces - Royal Navy - n3a2 - Fleet Submarines (SSN) - Swiftsure Class - Trafalgar Class - Astute Class
		HMS Splendid began a six-month Capability Upgrade Period (CUP) in October 1997, designed to allow the submarine to operate the Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile.
		HMS Splendid took part in operations against Kosovo during April and May 1999.
		During some extremely bad weather, HMS Splendid was the only European Unit available to contribute to the attack element of the campaign.
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	Swiftsure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the 1982 Falklands conflict, the British War Cabinet ordered the submarine HMS Splendid to find the Argentine aircraft carrier 25 De Mayo and sink it.
		This was justified in the sense that, although the carrier was to the northwest of the Exclusion Zone, the aircraft posed a threat to the British Task Force.
		In the event, HMS Splendid failed in this task.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/swiftsure.htm (152 words)

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		This incident was disclosed when David Forghan, former Weapons Officer on the submarine, gave a television interview that was broadcast on
		Jack Straw, and insisted that Sceptre be the last British submarine repaired at Gibraltar.
		Chief Minister, claimed that he had been misinformed about the repairs by the British Ministry of Defence, and that he had learned the true extent of the problems from Spanish sources.
	thedrugwar.org /wiki/HMS_Sceptre_%28S104%29 (566 words)

	Overview Of The Royal Navy
		The surface fleets of escorts are a visible sign to any potential enemy, and capable to conduct anti air warfare, anti surface warfare and anti submarine warfare these are powerful units.
		A large helicopter carrier HMS Ocean and the landing platform docks HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid provide the amphibious capability.
		HM Ships Kent (F78), Portland (F79), Grafton (F80), Sutherland (F81), Somerset (F82), St. Albans (F83), Lancaster (F229 ex F232), Norfolk (F230), Argyll (F231), Marlbrough (F233), Iron Duke (F234), Monmouth (F235), Montrose (F236), Westminster (F237), Northumberland (F238) and Richmond (F239)
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	Bloomsbury Auctions - 525 - Medals & Coins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Further research, with the lot, shows he listed as a “Marine Boy” in 1809 and served till 1812 when he was invalided home from the Cape of Good Hope, muster roll states “Invalided into HM Store Ship Porpoise for passage to England”.
		Shown on roll as The Honourable Fitzgerald Algernon Charles Foley, served aboard HMS Castor at Syria and retired with rank of Admiral in 1887.
		He joined HMS Britannia 1897, Midshipman 1889, Lieut.
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	Surface Forces RE:Worchester StrategyPage.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Your claim that a RN submarine not only detected but tracked and nearly had a firing solution on the Argentine carrier is the first I have ever heard such a claim.
		Clearly it was not Sceptre so I'm wondering which submarine it supposedly was and where you got this information.
		On 26 April HMS Splendid did sight a group consisting of the two Type 42 destroyers and frigates along the Argentine coast and shadowed it, but the carrier was not among them.
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	Current Royal Navy ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is a list of the current Royal Navy ships, complete and correct as of early 2004.
		HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope, Gateshead
		HMS Archer (P264) and HMS Example (P165) on the River Tyne at HMS Calliope, Gateshead
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	[goawebnews] 10 MAR 2005: GOACOM DAILY NEWS CLIPPINGS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MORMUGAO: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Sceptre crept into Mormugao harbour late yesterday morning, sailing alongside the ship repair vessel RFA Diligence.
		The sleek, fl-coloured nuclear powered submarine was not visible from land since it was double-banked to the Diligence 's portside.
		The Sceptre (S104) becomes the third nuclear powered submarine to visit Goa in recent times after the French Navy's Amethyste and the US Navy's Alexandria.
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		they'd go in HMS ocean,cause its the marines taxi(like the whole navy or thats what the booties think).
		the bay ships will be HMS largs bay, HMS lyme bay, HMS mounts bay and HMS cardigan bay.
		HMS Astute,HMS ambush (interesting name),HMS Artful (this one should be finished by the end of this year.
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		Table Bay, near the Cape of Good Hope, when a series of anchor cables parted in the rising winds.
		The third Sceptre, launched in 1917, was an
		The fourth Sceptre (P215), launched in 1943, was a 1940 -programme
	www.subnetworking.com /wiki/HMS_Sceptre (218 words)

	How Gibraltar voted and ·not voted· - International Elections - Indymedia Ireland
		HMG UK has said the submarine has docked for a water cooling fault in the electrical system to be repaired and there was not other option but to dock Sceptre at the peninsula.
		HMG España has protested the presence of a nuclear submarine at el peñon, and the fleet of Spain has supervised the route from the surface into her temporary dock as they will supervise her requested hasty departure and return to active duty out there under the waves of the open oceanic brine wherever she goes...
		Mr Caruana, has said that his community "los peñonitos" are happy to cook fish n chips, fix nuke subs, and launder dirty money, but it really pisses them off when both governments of Madrid and London go over their heads.
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	Royal Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		HMS: Queen Elizabeth II (R10), Duke of Edinburgh (R11), Prince of Wales (R12)
		HMS: Norfolk (F230), Argyll (F231), Lancaster (F229), Marlborough (F233), Iron Duke (F234), Monmouth (F235), Montrose (F236), Westminster (F237), Northumberland (F238), Richmond (F239), Somerset (F240), Grafton (F241), Sutherland (F242), Kent (F243), Portland (F244), St. Albans (F245)
		HMS: Sheffield (F96), Cornwall (F99), Campbeltown (F86), Cumberland (F85), Chatham (F87)
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