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	HMS Tiger
		The fourth Tiger was a 50-gun 4th rate renamed Harwich shortly before launching, and was in use from 1743 till being wrecked in 1760.
		The ninth Tiger was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849, reclassified as a frigate in 1852, and lost in action at Odessa in 1854.
		The tenth Tiger was a 380 ton destroyer launched in 1900 sunk in 1908 during an exercise in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_tiger.html (325 words)

	HMS TIGER - Find Friends from HMS TIGER at Forces Reunited
		Roger Dawkins was at HMS Tiger between 1971 and 1981.
		Roger George was at HMS Tiger between 1960 and 1978.
		Lewis Stannard was at HMS Tiger between 1960 and 1969.
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Tiger.html (1980 words)

	HMS Tiger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ninth Tiger was a wooden-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849, reclassified as a frigate in 1852, and lost in action at Odessa in 1854.
		The tenth Tiger was a 380 ton destroyer launched in 1900 sunk in 1908 during an exercise in the English Channel south of the Isle of Wight.
		Tiger crossed the bows of HMS Berwick and was sliced in two, 28 lives were lost.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Tiger (404 words)

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		The eleventh HMS Tiger was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, built by John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1913.
		The damage Tiger suffered at Jutland was repaired by 2 July, and after leaving the repair yard she served as the temporary flagship of the First Battlecruiser Squadron while Lion was under repair.
		Although by the 1930s Tiger was still in fair condition and was not a terribly old ship, her death knell was sounded by the Second London Naval Conference of 1930, during which Tiger was sacrificed by the Admiralty as part of an overall reduction in world battleship fleets.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=HMS_Tiger_(1913) (1209 words)

	Tri-ang Minic Ships - HMS Tiger conversion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMS Tiger was one of a proposed class of eight Light Cruisers, known as the Minotaur Class, which were ordered under the 1941 and 1942 Warship Construction Programmes.
		HMS Tiger was one of three Group 2 ships which were laid up in 1946 prior to completion.
		A similar planned conversion for HMS Lion was cancelled due to a lack of funds and she has the distinction of being the Royal Navy's last "all gun cruiser" decommissioning in early 1972.
	www.triangminicships.com /collectors_corner/converions/tiger.htm (444 words)

	HMS Tiger, Royal Navy Battlecruiser
		HMS Tiger was the last battlecruiser to have mixed firing for her boilers.
		HMS Tiger was so badly damaged at the battle of Dogger Bank in January 1915 that she was reported sunk by German propaganda.
		HMS Tiger came out of reserve between April 1926 and April 1931 and after another spell in reserve was scrapped in 1932.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /tiger.htm (1819 words)

	Tiger class cruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The design of the Tigers differed from the original Minotaurs in that they were armed with two state-of-the-art automatic twin mount 6-inch guns designed just for the Tigers rather than the more obsolete three triple mount 6-inch guns used for the Minotaurs and designed in 1929.
		In 1965, work began on Blake for her to be converted into a helicopter cruiser while Tiger began her conversion in 1968.
		In April 1978 Tiger was withdrawn from service, followed by Blake in 1979, the last ship of the Royal Navy to fire a 6-inch gun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tiger_class_cruiser (583 words)

	ModelWarships review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The construction of the HMS Tiger, and her sisters HMS Lion and HMS Blake, started late in World War II, but after their launch, they were not finished.
		In the mid-1960s, the Tiger and Blake were converted into helicopter cruisers, with the placement of a large landing pad and hangars on the stern.
		The Airfix kit of the HMS Tiger debuted in 1960 and I think that perhaps my kit may be an original issue or at least from the 1960s.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/hms/tiger/600-tiger/axtiger.htm (470 words)

	HMS Tiger (C20)
		HMS Tiger was a guided missile cruiser of the Royal Navy, one of a three ship class known as the Tiger class.
		Tiger was ordered as Bellerophon, and laid down in 1941 as part of the Minotaur-class light cruisers.
		Tiger was placed in reserve in 1966 before undergoing conversion to a helicopter and commando cruiser from 1968-72.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_tiger__c20_.html (291 words)

	HMS Majestic Naval prints
		HMS Majestic of the Majestic Class battleships shown in old photographs was built at Portsmouth Dockyard and was commissioned in December 1895 for service in the Channel Squadron.
		HMS Majestic was commissioned into the Atlantic Fleet from August 1906 but was commissioned into the reserve in October 1906.
		At the outbreak of World War I she was commissioned at Devonport for the 7th Battle Squadron in October 1914 she was involved in escorting Canadian troop convoys and in 1915 involved in the bombardment of the Belgian coast while serving with the Channel Fleet and Dover Patrol.
	www.naval-art.com /hms_majestic.htm (563 words)

	TS Tiger - Leicester Sea Cadet Corps - Information About Us
		Tiger demonstrated the flagship capability in 1977 when she led a world wide deployment of a nuclear submarine, six frigates and three RFAs to South America.
		During the exercise, HMS Tiger crossed the bow of a nearby cruiser, HMS Berwick, and was sliced in half, her bow section sinking almost immediately.
		HMS Tiger came out of reserve between April 1926 and April 1931 and after another spell in reserve was sold for breaking up at Inverkeithing in 1932.
	www.tstiger.org.uk /about.htm (5092 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Isle Of Wight Shipwrecks: Gladiator, A1
		She had been built by John Brown and Co, Clydebank, for the Admiralty in 1900 and had a speed of 30 knots, and was armed with one 12 pounder and two torpedo tubes.
		During the excercise, HMS Tiger crossed the bow of a nearby cruiser HMS Berwick and was sliced in half, its bow section sinking almost immediately.
		HMS Gladiator was a 12 year old twin-screw 5,750 ton cruiser with a crew of 250 men.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A853788 (1710 words)

	Tri-ang Minic Ships - HMS Swiftsure
		The models of HMS Swiftsure and HMS Superb were identical distinguished only by the model number and name marked on the underside.
		HMS Swiftsure was the only one of the Group 1 ships to commission in the Royal Navy HMS Minotaur being transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed HMCS Ontario.
		A planned modernisation of HMS Swiftsure in the late 1950's was cancelled due to cost as well as the belated commissioning of the Group 2 ships of this class HMS Lion, HMS Tiger and HMS Blake.
	www.triangminicships.com /classic_edition/navy/swiftsure.htm (293 words)

	British 6"/50 (15.2 cm) QF Mark N5
		These ships were then completely redesigned and work was resumed in 1954 with HMS Tiger being completed in 1959, nearly two decades after she had first been laid down.
		The initial problems found during development at Shoeburyness and with the prototype on HMS Cumberland were rectified during trials, one major breakthrough being the choice and filtration of the oil in the oily servos fitted to the turrets.
		HMS Blake was the last cruiser in commission in the Royal Navy.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNBR_6-50_mkN5.htm (961 words)

	Royal Navy
		HMS Gamecock was also a centre for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Air branch) and was used by 1833 (RNVR) Squadron.
		HMS Gamecock, as the name implies, suggests an association with the game bird and it is believed that a cock-fighting pit did exist within the station perimeter – not far from the Officers Mess.
		HMS Tracker was one of the many Landing Ship, Tanks (LST's) constructed in the latter stages of the Second World War.
	home.att.net /~b.lockyer/royal_navy.htm (1515 words)

	Hampshire and Dorset Shipwrecks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The destroyer, HMS Tiger, was engaged in a large night exercise with the Home Fleet some 20 miles south of the Isle of Wight.
		Without doubt it was the sad wrecking of HMS Gladiator that stole the headlines and made the greatest impact on the public.
		HMS Gladiator was a second-class battle cruiser of 5,750 tons, built in 1896 at the cost of £287,000.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /pernod/6.html (1980 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Where are you now - C (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMS Chieftain: If anyone knows the whereabouts of the ships bell of HMS Chieftain could they contact Pete Marley, his wife, Wendy was christened on Chieftain and her name was engraved on the bell.
		HMS Concord: In September 1953 in the Pearl River Estuary, HMML(HDML) 1323 was attacked by a communist Chinese Gun Boat killing 6 and wounding 5 of the crew.
		HMS Centaur: Trying to locate any members who served in HMS Centaur and were in the messdeck under the flight deck, during her first two years of commission.
	www.navynews.co.uk /wayn/cosc.asp (4193 words)

	BHC0320 : HMS 'Tiger' Taking the 'Schakerloo' in the Harbour ...
		Coincidentally, the Dutch flagship of Admiral Cornelis Evertsen was also in port being careened (having her hull cleaned of marine growth) and the he advised de Witte to challenge Harman to fight.
		The action in the painting between the 'Tiger', and 'Schakerloo', is shown in four different stages.
		Beyond and to the right is the third phase, in which the 'Schakerloo', is shown at a disadvantage: she is still running to the left but the 'Tiger', is bow-on across her bows and raking her with gunfire.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.cfm?ID=BHC0320 (520 words)

	HMS Berwick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMS Berwick was built by Beardmore at Dalmuir on the Clyde, laid down on the 19th April 1901, launched 20th September 1902 and completed 9th December 1903.
		During the attack HMS Tiger, while crossing the bows of HMS Berwick, was struck by the cruisers ram and cut completely in two.
		HMS Berwick was sold for scrapping in 1920.
	www.the-weatherings.co.uk /pccship0135.htm (185 words)

	H. M. S. Tiger, Ships of Brawling Battleships Steel
		Originally to be the fourth ship in the Lion class, Tiger was revised in light of lessons learned while building the Kongo for Japan and was the only ship completed in her battle cruiser class.
		The Tiger name had a long history as a ship name in the Royal Navy and the Spanish Armada fight of 1588 is one of the battle honors attached to the name.
		The Tiger was at the Battle of Dogger Bank on January 24, 1915, where she shook off 3 hits but, despite firing off large amounts of ammunition, her guns failed to score a single hit in response.
	www.lostbattalion.com /t-bb_tiger.aspx (405 words)

	Name
		HMS Cavalier gave sterling service to God, The King, The Queen and the Country during her 27 years with the Royal Navy.
		HMS Cavalier was refitted at Portsmouth and modernised at Thornycroft's, Southampton, between 1955 and 1957.
		HMS Cavalier was with the Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal in early September 1970 when she intercepted an SOS during night exercises.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /specs (1769 words)

	Furness Wargamers: Battle of Dodgy Bank
		Tiger also appeared to have suffered from a lot of unwelcome attention.
		This manoeuvre exposed the Derfflinger to the attentions of the three battlecruisers, which led to her mortal wounding.
		hms tiger.hit ratio 37%, received11 heavy and 7 medium calibre hits.
	www.furnesswargamers.co.uk /news.php?extend.4 (718 words)

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		I shall never forget the first sight of this magnificent ship; although she was covered with the grime of the dockyard, I felt a catch in my throat as I said, ‘What a wonderful ship!’ I stood gazing at her full length, nearly 700 foot long with a beam of 90ft 6ins.
		Well, this good ship Tiger was a ship in a thousand and she most certainly had a soul – a ship whose name would live forever.
		"The Tiger had disappeared in the night, and reappeared with rather a dissipated air in the course of the morning, alleging, in reply to urgent signals, that she had lost visual touch with the squadron.
	www.steelnavy.com /CombrigTiger.htm (4243 words)

	John Brown, Clydebank Destroyers HMS Thorn, HMS Tiger, HMS Vigilant.
		HMS Taku, Was built by Schichau at Elbing for the Chinese Navy.
		Below: HMS Albacore and HMS Bonetto, were built by palmers, on speculation that the Admiralty would require more destroyers, These were both purchased in 1909 to replace the losses of HMS gala and HMS Tiger..
		HMS Bonetto later became a tender to the Submarine Flotilla in the Clyde and later in the Tyne.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /purchased_destroyers.htm (1199 words)

	HMS Ganges Association May 2006 Noticeboard Royal Navy
		HMS Tyrian, HMS Forth, HMS Tiger, RN Gunnery School, Chatham and Guzz diving schools, HMS Vernon.
		My father AB Patten was at HMS Ganges as a boy sailor (aged 16 years) in 1924 and he was a button boy during his time there, at the start of his 14 year Royal Naval Service of quote "Steel ships and Iron men"
		HMS Repulse (Disembarked from Repulse in 1938 whilst in the Mediterranean to a light cruiser bound for England and de-mob from the Royal Navy)
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /may06.html (1023 words)

	HMS Hood
		HMS Hood took part in the bombardment of Mers-el-Kibir on the 3rd July 1940.
		HMS Hood received several heavy hits and blew up and sank quickly, only 3 of her crew survived...
		HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s.
	www.naval-art.com /hood.htm (2822 words)

	HMS Ganges Association Noticeboard - July 2005
		It is with regret that we wish to inform the HMS Ganges Association of the passing of a fellow member.
		Is anybody out there who served aboard HMS Indomitable in 52/53 when there was an explosion off Malta in February '53.
		A number of boys were killed and injured at least two died who were at HMS Ganges in 51/52, one of whom was in 12 class.
	www.hmsgangesassoc.org /jul05.html (944 words)

	HMS Tiger Association
		Tiger Plaques, badges, brooches etc, available, call for a list.
		Styx the Daily Express cartoonist produced a cartoon, depicting Tiger having problems with the 6" Guns, the cartoon hung in the wardroom, it's present location is unknown, the Association would like a copy if it can be arranged.
		I took this photograph in 1979, in the basin in Pompey dockyard, whilst I was doing my RNR training at HMS Victory.
	home.att.net /~b.lockyer/tiger_association.htm (435 words)

	Research Collections Information Service Sheets at the Royal Naval Museum
		On board HMS Essex, under a new Captain, Sir John Norris, Palliser was present at the action at Toulon on 11 February 1744.
		In March 1753, he was transferred to HMS Seahorse for revenue protection duties, guarding against smuggling from France and Holland.
		On his return to Britain, Palliser was appointed to HMS Eagle and undertook a passage to Ushant, where he captured several vessels and 217 prisoners.
	www.royalnavalmuseum.org /info_sheets_hugh_palliser.htm (1714 words)

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