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	Encyclopedia: German battleship Bismarck
		HMS Suffolk was a cruiser of the British Navy which took part in the action which led to the sinking of the German battleship Bismarck in 1941.
		HMS Cossack (L-03/F-03/G-03) was a Tribal-class destroyer which became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee.
		HMS Prince Of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy, built at the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/German-battleship-Bismarck (5321 words)

	HMS Severn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Severn was a fourth-rate two-decked ship of 50 guns launched in 1695, rebuilt in in 1739, captured by the French in 1746, and recaptured by the Royal Navy in 1747 but not taken back into service.
		The second Severn was a fourth-rate 50-gun two-decker launched in 1747 and sold in 1759.
		The seventh Severn was a Humber-class monitor, originally built for Brazil but purchased in 1914 on the outbreak of World War I as a shore-bombardment ship.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Severn (306 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Ki-Kz) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		HMS Kirkliston has a double mahogany hull on an aluminium frame and is powered by two Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 2500 miles at 12 knots.
		She was sunk by HMS Amphion near the mouth of the Thames on August the 5th 1914.
		She was eventually destroyed on July the 11th 1915 by HMS Mersey and HMS Severn accompanied by aircraft, after being trapped in the Rufiji River opposite Mafia Island by HMS Chatham.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R9B.HTM (2686 words)

	hms mersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Her and her sister ship HMS Orlando were the longest wooden warships built for the Royal Navy at 336 feet overall was nearly twice the size of HMS Victory, the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar.
		They were relatively modern, in that they were the first cruisers that had discarded their sailing rigs in the design, that was synonymous with the old wooden warships, and were now solely steam powered warships.
		In July 1915 she was towed to the Rufiji delta in German East Africa where she and HMS Severn then assisted in the destruction of the Kaiserliche Marine cruiser SMS Königsberg.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /HMS_Mersey.html (768 words)

	SMS Konigsberg
		Meanwhile HMS Pegasus put in to Zanzibar to overhaul her boilers, news of which was relayed to Königsberg.
		HMS Fox was sent to Mombasa to acquire a Ford car radiator to replace the damaged one from the Curtiss.
		HMS Severn, above, and Mersey were laid down as river monitors for Brazil but purchased by Britain when Brazil was unable to afford them and war broke out.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /konigsbe.html (1609 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (G-O)
		HMS Captain was a British turret ironclad of 6950 tons displacement built in 1869 and lost in 1870 when it capsized off Finisterre.
		Like HMS Courageous, HMS Glorious was completed in 1917 as a fast cruiser for use in the Great War in the Baltic, but by the 1920s with Britain wanting to increase her aircraft carrier strength she was converted to an aircraft carrier, as was HMS Courageous.
		HMS Wasp was a British steam gunboat, which was lost in September 1887 while on a passage from Singapore to Hong-Kong.
	fas.org /news/reference/probert/F4.HTM (15666 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Severn
		Severn herself – the ninth RN vessel to bear the name – is a couple of generations ahead of the Islands, the last of which paid off last month.
		Severn is fitted with the latest communications system, electronic charting and her computer-run machinery means there is no need for a human watchkeeper.
		Two-berth en-suite cabins are the norm in Severn and her sisters; the class boasts a ward room at least on a par with Type 23 frigates for comfort and size.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/severn.asp (736 words)

	Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Centurion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		At the start of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1739, Commodore George Anson took command of a squadron that was given the task of harassing Spanish shipping on the coast of South America and capturing the Manila galleon, the annual shipment of gold and silver from Mexico to the Philippines.
		His six ships were HMS Centurion, Severn (50 guns), Pearl (40), Wager (28), Tryal (8), and the supply ship Anna Pink.
		Severn and Pearl turned back from the Horn.) By the time the surviving ships left Juan Fernández, they had lost a staggering 626 of the 961 crew they had sailed with; the remaining 335 men and boys were "a number, greatly insufficient for the manning of Centurion alone."
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_018600_hmscenturion.htm (802 words)

	HMS Scylla (F71) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Scylla (F71) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		HMS Scylla (F71) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMS Scylla (F71).
		HMS Scylla (F71) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN).
		She was built at Devonport Royal Dockyard and was the last RN frigate to be built at the Dockyard so far.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMS-Scylla-F71.html (633 words)

	Untitled Document
		Serving on HMS Britannia when it was torpedoed by a German submarine on 9th November 1918.
		HMS Orlando was anchored in Tunis Bay, 3rd November 1864.
		Action May 1812 (HMS Northumberland) drove on shore and destroyed, near the entrance of Lorient, two French frigates (Arienne and Andromaque), and the brig Mamelouck.
	www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/AMaltalist.htm (4712 words)

	Royal Navy
		The present HMS Severn is the tenth ship to bear the name in the Royal Navy.
		The next HMS Severn was one of the last frigates to be built as a sailing warship, eventually broken up in 1876 after only one active commission to the East Indies.
		In the Mediterranean she conducted anti-shipping patrols, ‘cloak and dagger’ missions on enemy coasts and ran supplies to the besieged garrison of the Aegean island of Leros.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /rn/print.php?page=4716 (867 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		In March 1756, we was appointed to HMS Devonshire, followed by HMS Prince on 22 June, which was leaving for the Mediterranean.
		Jervis was appointed to HMS Foudroyant in May 1758, a captured French prize, and he was charged with taking her back to England.
		HMS Foudroyant remained with the Channel Fleet and was involved in the reliefs at Gibraltar in 1780 and 1781.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_john_jervis.htm (2146 words)

	Cheers as `twin' joins the Fleet - This Is Gwent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Under the approving eyes of the Queen, the Severn, a 1,700 tonne patrol vessel, sailed proudly past the mighty aircraft carrier HMS Ocean during a review of 20 vessels of the Royal Navy to mark the granting of a new Colour to the Fleet and the 415st anniversary of the defeat of the Spanish Armada.
		Severn's debut was captured in full colour on the front of the broadsheet press.
		"We wish HMS Severn well and we shall be particularly pleased to welcome her to Newport in September," he added.
	archive.thisisgwent.co.uk /2003/08/01/66415.html (445 words)

	DEFRA, UK: 2003 news releases: HMS SEVERN JOINS THE FISHERY PROTECTION SQUADRON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Officers from HMS Severn boarded the Irish fishing vessel Lilly L (WD 208) which was found to be dredging for scallops (Pecten Maximus).
		HMS Severn commenced fishery protection duties last Thursday (25 September).
		HMS Mersey the last of the River Class vessels is due to join the squadron early next year.
	www.defra.gov.uk /NEWS/2003/030930c.htm (215 words)

	HMS SEVERN LAUNCHED BY VOSPER THORNYCROFT
		HMS Severn was launched by shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft (VT) in Southampton on 4th December and is the second of three new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that are being leased to the Royal Navy.
		The first of the class, HMS Tyne, was launched on 05 June 02 and will be handed over to the Navy shortly.
		HMS Severn is due for acceptance next spring, while HMS Mersey will be handed over in Autumn 2003.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2002/12/mil-021206-rn01.htm (140 words)

	Preview - December 02 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		HMS Severn was launched by shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft (VT) in Southampton on December 4 and is the second of three new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that are being leased to the Royal Navy.
		The first of the new class, HMS Tyne, was launched in June and will be handed over to the Navy shortly.
		HMS Severn is due for acceptance next spring.
	www.mod.uk /dpa/news/preview_dec02.htm (829 words)

	physics - The Royal Navy in the 21st Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Endurance 's mission is twofold; to assist the BAS in charting and surveying the waters around the Antarctic, a task for which she is well suited thanks to her strengthened bow, and to provide a semi-permanent naval presence in the South Atlantic in support of the Atlantic Patrol Task (South) deployment.
		HMS Echo and HMS Enterprise build on the success of the Scott by utilising similar methods of operation and technology.
		The three ships of the 'River' class, HMS Severn, HMS Mersey and HMS Tyne, all commissioned in 2002/3; they have a large cargo deck and 25 tonne capacity crane aft, which allows them to be fitted for various roles including disaster relief, fire-fighting and rescue work.
	www.physicsdaily.com /physics/The_Royal_Navy_in_the_21st_Century (3340 words)

	British Submarines of World War Two - Miscellaneous Classes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Severn and Clyde served in home waters until 1941, when they deployed to the Mediterranean.
		Both boats sank a respectable tonnage of enemy ships and were heavily engaged in store-carrying operations to Malta - the Magic Carpet - and in special operations, landing special forces and their supplies.
		Severn was scrapped at Bombay and Clyde at Durban in 1946.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /chalcraft/sm/miscclass.html (1178 words)

	Shipping Intelligence - This Is The West Country archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		HMS Cornwall (4,900/89) arrived from Devonport and moored on the Cross Roads buoy in the Carrick Roads.
		HMS Cornwall (4,900/89) sailed from the Carrick Roads for Devonport.
		HMS Severn sailed from the docks for a fishery patrol.
	archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk /2004/04/29/17381.html (484 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - HMS Severn is launched (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		New River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) HMS Severn has been launched by Vosper Thornycroft at their shipyard in Woolston, Southampton.
		The second of a class of three – HMS Tyne was launched earlier this year - HMS Severn has been built by VT and, like her sisters, will be leased to the Royal Navy in a overall contract worth £60 million.
		Severn will be accepted in the first half of next year, while HMS Mersey is expected to follow in the autumn.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2002/0212/0002120903.asp (227 words)

	Naval Technology - River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)
		The first of class, HMS Tyne (P281), entered service in January 2003, HMS Severn (P282) in June 2003 and HMS Mersey (P283) in December 2003.
		The working deck of HMS Tyne is sufficiently large to transport a number of smaller craft, wheeled or tracked light vehicles, or an LCVP landing craft.
		HMS Tyne (P281) is the first of the River Class offshore patrol vessels, built by Vosper Thorneycroft for the UK Royal Navy.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/river_class (1077 words)

	SUPPLY RUN TO LEROS
		Prior to the Allied landings in Italy in September, HMS/M Severn had been involved in "cloak & dagger" operations such as the landing of commandoes on the island of Sardinia where they were to destroy the torpedo bomber base at Cagliari (but that's another story).
		Six Bofors guns were loaded onboard Severn in Beirut harbour and together with 3,000 rounds of ammunition, stowed in the fore-ends via the torpedo loading hatch.
		The pneumatic tyred "gun carriages" or mountings were secured on top of the casing by means of steel wire.
	www.submariners.co.uk /Dits/Articles/leros.htm (1272 words)

	City and ship tie the knot - This Is Gwent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Mike Buckingham reports on the friendship between the city and HMS Severn.
		Councillor Bob Poole greeted Lieutenant-Commander Darren Cartwright, commander of HMS Severn, in what both sides see as the beginning of a long friendship.
		HMS Severn is a patrol vessel of the river class, five of which have been built for the navy.
	archive.thisisgwent.co.uk /2003/04/10/67964.html (352 words)

	Shipping Intelligence - This Is The West Country archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		HMS Severn P282 (1,700/03) arrived from sea and berthed at the docks.
		HMS Nottingham, the Type 42 destroyer, has been working up off Falmouth this week after a major refit lasting two years at Portsmouth.
		A previous HMS Nottingham, a town Class light cruiser took part in the Battle of Jutland and was sunk by the German U-boat U 52 in August 1916 along with the light cruiser HMS Falmouth sunk by U63 on the same day off Flamborough Head.
	archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk /2004/05/06/17147.html (922 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Brisk start for HMS Severn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Severn’s boarding party found the Lilly L dredging for scallops – but when crew checked the fishing boat’s hold, they discovered it had picked up illegal quantities of angler, cuttle and other fish.
		Severn’s sister Tyne netted her first catches in August, ushering three trawlers into Portsmouth and Plymouth in the space of a week over suspected breaches of fishing laws.
		Meanwhile, Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Quorn has picked up the Soberton Cup for her efforts in the past 12 months in the Fishery Protection Squadron.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2003/0310/0003102801.asp (363 words)

	Latest News - New River Class OPB
		They are HMS Severn, HMS Tyne and HMS Mersey.
		HMS Tyne will be the first to be commissioned and will be undergoing sea trials in October 2002.
		The hull pattern is well under way and there should be some more news soon with pictures of HMS Tyne on her sea trials.
	www.fleetscale.co.uk /pages/news.htm (1021 words)

	HMAS Pioneer - Royal Australian Navy History
		HMS PIONEER was commissioned by the Royal Navy on 10 July 1900.
		With several attempts to drive KONIGSBERG from her lair having failed, it was decided to tow to the scene two monitors, HMS SEVERN and HMS MERSEY, and taking advantage of their shallow draught, take them upstream within range of the enemy.
		This time KONIGSBERG straddled the SEVERN as she prepared to drop anchor, but SEVERN quickly got the range and hit the German several times, setting her on fire and forcing the enemy to complete demolition after removal of the guns.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/pioneer.htm (2083 words)

	Leased patrol craft handed over - This Is Hampshire archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		VT (Vosper Thornycroft) Shipbuilding has handed over HMS Severn, the second of the Southampton built River Class offshore patrol vessels for the Royal Navy, in a ceremony at Portsmouth.
		HMS Severn will follow the first-of-class HMS Tyne, also constructed at the Woolston yard, into the Fishery Protection Squadron later this year after a period of sea trials and crew training.
		HMS Mersey, the final vessel in the class, was launched in Southampton earlier this month and will be handed over by VT later this year.
	archive.thisishampshire.net /2003/06/25/47574.html (259 words)

	0079h
		C.E.T., AB, died 10th January 1941, on board the destroyer HMS Gallant, which was escorting a Convoy, when it struck a mine that shattered the ship’s bows.
		HENDERSON, Stoker 1st Class, died 10th January 1941, on board the destroyer HMS Gallant, which was escorting a Convoy, when it struck a mine that shattered the ship’s bows.
		W.A. AB, died 10th January 1941, on board the destroyer HMS Gallant, which was escorting a Convoy, when it struck a mine that shattered the ship’s bows.
	website.lineone.net /~stephaniebidmead/0079h.htm (6925 words)

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