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  HMS Tiger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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 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   (1791 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)

  
 History of the 1921 Project
HMS Tiger was planned as a fourth ship of the Lion Class, identical to Queen Mary.
However, the design study for the Japanese Kongo had a strong influence on the design of the Tiger, and she was redrawn to be far closer to the Kongo than to the three Lion Class ships.
Tiger was one of the best looking ships ever built for the Royal Navy, and continued in service until 1932.
www.bobhenneman.info /Tigerhistory.htm   (324 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Tiger crossed the bows of Berwick">HMS Berwick and was sliced in two, 28 lives were lost.
A Tiger cruiser was ordered in 1942, renamed to Bellerophon and Blake, cancelled in 1946, and later completed as Blake (C99)">Blake (C99).
The twelfth Tiger (C20)">Tiger (C20) was a guided missile cruiser launched in 1945 as a light cruiser, later converted, and in service until 1978.
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 Alternate History Discussion Board - The American Battleship Revolution, 1906
Unfortunately for the Royal Navy, this display occurred a week after HMS Dreadnought had made the scene, the upstart Americans making her obsolete mere days after she was seen as the greatest warship on earth.
Perhaps HMS Dreadnought is launched with 12in guns, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Vickers-Armstrong showing up quickly with either 13.5in or 14in guns in time for the second class of British dreadnoughts.
HMS Canada only used them because it was built for Chile.
www.alternatehistory.com /discussion/printthread.php?t=2762   (3327 words)

  
 Foreign and Domestic River Gunboats in China
Note that a second HMS Robin was built in 1934.
HMS Kinsha was significantly more hospitable than the Woodcock or Woodlark, hence the reason a purchased vessel was made the British flagship despite the fact Royal Navy vessels were already functioning in the same area.
HMS Kinsha, with a seven foot draft, made it to Chungking shortly thereafter and I have doubts that she ever went to Chungking unless the Yangtze was at high water.
www.hmsfalcon.com /foreign/foreign.htm   (3725 words)

  
 HMS Lion, HMS Princess Royal
HMS Lion was placed in reserve in March 1920 and was eventually sold for scrap on 31st January 1924.
HMS Princess Royal although offered to Chile for sale was reduced to reserve and sold for scrap in December 1922.
HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland.
www.ivanberryman.com /hms_lion.htm   (1111 words)

  
 Acrylic Naval Paintings
HMS Glowworm, burning severely after receiving hits from the mighty Admiral Hipper, is depicted turning to begin her heroic sacrifice off the Norwegian coast on 8th April 1940.
The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
HMS Argonaut lies at anchor to her starboard with HMS Antrim in the extreme distance.
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 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)

  
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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)

  
 Navy News - Jack to Jack - Over To You - S to U   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
HMS Shropshire: A photograph was picked up at a postcard sale which may be of interest to someone.
HMS Starling P241: Seeking information regarding a Rum Tub, 12" x 12" in dark Oak with lid inscribed 'The Queen God Bless Her', said to be from the Senior Rates Mess.
HMS Recruit 1945/6: Stoker John Morley was given the task to activate the bugle during the Japanese Surrender and being taken back to Singapore.
www.navynews.co.uk /oty/otystou.asp   (2945 words)

  
 HMS Tiger (1913) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
However, in January 1911, the Vickers-Armstrong yard began building a battlecruiser for the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Kongō.
Some sources state that a second ship, to be named HMS Leopard, was to have been authorized under the 1912 Naval Estimates and later under the 1914 Estimates, but in the end she was never ordered.
She was commissioned in October 1914 and after working up she was sent to join Rear-Admiral David Beatty's First Battlecruiser Squadron based at Rosyth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Tiger_(1913)   (1245 words)

  
 Battlecruisers - WW1 Naval Combat
HMS Invincible, Inflexible, Indomitable Laid down 1906, completed 1908-1909.
HMS Queen Mary Laid down 1911, completed 1912.
HMS Renown, Repulse Laid down 1915, completed 1916.
www.worldwar1.co.uk /battlecr.htm   (242 words)

  
 Invasion 1915
Tiger and most of their escort ships, managed to escape a similar destruction.
Tiger had been ordered to leave Newcastle unguarded and it was probably just as well considering the power of the German Invasion Fleet.
Originally built for the Brazilin, then Turkish navy, she was confiscated by the Royal Navy shortly after war had began.
athens.dnstraffic.net /~changing/samples/ww1/invasion_1915.htm   (7755 words)

  
 H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: History of H.M.S. Hood: The Construction of H.M.S. Hood
The John Brown Works at Clydebank on the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, covered an area of about 80 acres and comprised two main sections: the shipyard, which employed about 7,000 men, and the engine works, where the ship's main propelling machinery was constructed.
H.M.S. Hood was a very large warship, in fact, the longest ever built for the Royal Navy.
The ship was in an advanced state of fitting-out in John Brown's basin at Clydebank when the incident occurred.
www.hmshood.com /history/construct/construction.htm   (3699 words)

  
 Royal Navy Battleships
Sunk in collision with HMS Camperdown, 22 Jun 1893.
22 Jun 1893.HMS Victoria sunk by collision with HMS Camperdown.
10 December 1941:HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Japanese torpedo bombers near Singapore.
home.att.net /~wellsbrothers/Battleships/RNBBtable.html   (1177 words)

  
 HMS Canada
HMS Canada Royal Naval Battle Ship originally built for Chile as Almirante Latorre.
HMS Canada built by Armstrong's and launched November 1913 with the out break of world war one looming.
HMS Canada battleship, Notice Board for naval enthusiasts and ex Crew families of the HMS Canada.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_canada.htm   (543 words)

  
 Nautical Antiques - Maritime Antiques - Archive Page
These were removed from Battle Cruiser HMS Tiger, launched 1944.
English Pewter Tankard engraved RMS Atlantis - a ship which was built in 1913 as Andes and served as an Armed Cruiser in WWI - she was renamed Atlantis 1929.
HMS Neptune was a Leander class light cruiser launched in 1933 and sunk in Libyan waters on 19th December 1941.
www.oldnautibits.com /stockarchive/nautiarchive_page.php?page=4   (804 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Submarine HMS Sidon sanl after a torpedo explosion in the forward torpedo compartment while in Portland harbour, killing 13.
Submarine HMS Sidon sank after a torpedo explosion in the forward torpedo compartment while in Portland harbour, killing 13.
Submarine HMS Sidon sank after a torpedo explosion in the forward torpedo compartment in Portland harbour, killing 13.
www.angelfire.com /mp/memorials/Portscem.htm   (4029 words)

  
 eBay.co.uk - hms, h.m.s., h.m.s, royal navy items at low prices   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
HMS ULYSSES - ALISTAIR MCLEAN - HB 1955
HMS TIGER LOST GROUNDED and BURNT- AN 1854 ORIGINAL PRINT
HMS CHATHAM- Programme and Cert of 75th SAN Fleet Review
search.ebay.co.uk /hms_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ19QQsascsZ1   (234 words)

  
 Southern Medals First World War Star Trios, British War Medal Pairs, groups to Royal Navy, Merchant Navy, Army 9
All his WWl service was on the Dreadnought "HMS Erin" (15th August 1914 to 17th December 1919), which took part in the Battle of Jutland - thus entitled to a 1914-15 Star.
From November 1914 until January 1917, he served on the battleship "HMS Cornwallis" and was present on this ship in the Dardanelles.
Frederick Robson survived and was allocated to "HMS President 1".
www.southernmedals.co.uk /sm10.htm   (2137 words)

  
 Maritime Prints Portfolio
HMS LION, HMS TIGER, HMS PRINCESS ROYAL, HMS QUEEN MARY and HMS NEW ZEALAND: the 1st Battle CRUISER SQUADRON 1915
HMS RENOWN wearing the Standard of HRH The Prince of Wales arrives in Plymouth Sound 22 June 1922
HMS THUNDERER entering Portsmouth 1921; HMS VICTORY in the background.
www.maritimeprints.com /portfolio   (1016 words)

  
 Boruch Lev Natter Descendants - aqwn03 - Generated by Ancestry Family Tree   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The objective behind the subterfuge was to confuse the enemy over fleet dispositions as well as to mislead them as to the actual total fleet strength.
Only the Merion, disguised as the battle cruiser, HMS Tiger, was lost during the war, while in support of the Dardanelles Campaign, in the Aegean Sea by UB8 on 30 May 1915.
Of the other thirteen, two were expended as block ships (such as the Oruba as HMS Orion) and the other eleven diverted to other duties by the beginning of 1916.
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 History of the 1921 Project
A fourth ship, identical to Queen Mary, was ordered but cancelled.
This vessel was redesigned and became the HMS Tiger.
Queen Mary was lost at Jutland, after a hit to number three turret which probably caused cordite to flash off.
www.bobhenneman.info /Lionhistory.htm   (518 words)

  
 Apolyton Civilization Forums > Civilization II > Civ2-Creation/Scenario League > Calling All Ship Graphic ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It was the blood-and-guts suicidal charge against similarly-armed capitol ships made by Beatty, the BC Fleet CO, that exposed their weakness.
Luck played a part as well: HMS Tiger received 15 11-in hits and survived whereas Invincible got unlucky and took 1 hit straight to her magazine.
Both Jellicoe and Scheer spent most of the battle not knowing where their enemy was, and when contact was made, little or no use was made of radio, with over-reliance on flag signalling.
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 "Arrowsmith" List of Pendant Numbers - part 1
D NK [HMS Chamois C/cl, B:PM, L:03/11/1896, 360t, 215' x 210.75, su:26/09/04, Gulf of Patras, Greece, foundered after her own broken blade had pierced her hull]
D 24 [HMS Success B/cl, B:DO, L:21/03/01, 380t, 210' x 21', (D24:06/12/14), wrecked:27/12/14, on or near Fifeness].
D 43 [HMS Gipsy (1918) ex-(D58), s:17/03/21, Beard, Teignmouth, Hull used as pontoon at Dartmouth to 1937 or later]
www.gwpda.org /naval/s0420000.htm   (3023 words)

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