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  Barrow Submariners Association
HMS Oxley sunk off Obrestad, Norwegian coast, south of Stavanger (58-30'N, 5-30'E) - torpedoed in error by HMS Triton.
No reply was forthcoming and after several challenges Triton fired two torpedoes that struck the submarine and sent her to the seabed.
HMS Triton had the misfortune to torpedo accidentally HMS Oxley off Norway on 10 September 1940
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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > HMS Triton
At least four (and probably several more) ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Triton, after the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters.
HMS Triton, 24[?] (also spelled Tryton), was burned on 28 April 1758 to avoid capture by the French.
HMS Triton was the lead ship of her class[?] of submarine during World War II.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/hm/HMS_Triton   (150 words)

  
 HMS Triton - Definition, explanation
Triton, launched in 1846, was an iron paddle sloop sold in 1872.
Triton, launched in 1882, was a paddle survey vessel, from 1919 a school ship at Gravesend, and broken up in 1961.
Triton (N15), launched in 1937, was the lead ship of her class of submarine.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/h/hm/hms_triton.php   (354 words)

  
 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine HMS Oxley of the O class
Harold Godfrey Bowerman, RN) was torpedoed and sunk in error by HMS Triton (Lt.Cdr.
Oxley was 4 nm inside Triton's area due to a navigational error.
The OOD, Lt Manley, claimed to have answered Triton's challenge, but Bowerman was not sure this had been done properly.
uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3393.html   (258 words)

  
 Submarine losses 1904 to present day
HMS Undine was on her fourth war patrol in January 1940 when her asdic failed due to a leak.
In October 1940 HMS Rainbow was on patrol in the Mediterranean, operating in the Gulf of Taranto and later in the Gulf of Otranto.
Triton immediately set of to intercept her and seems to have made a successful attack before she was her self destroyed in a counter attack by two Italian Torpedo boats.
www.rnsubmus.co.uk /general/losses.htm   (11387 words)

  
 Antarctic Explorers: Robert F. Scott
At the end of 1886 he joined HMS ROVER and was rated by her captain as an "intelligent and capable young officer of temperate habits".
After nine months on the HMS ROVER, Scott went on to spend the winter of 1887-8 at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich and in March 1888 he was awarded first-class certificates in pilotage, torpedoes and gunnery, coming in with the highest marks in his class in his year of seamanship.
HMS MINERVA towed her from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, HMS VINDICTIVE took her on to Aden and from there HMS FOX towed her to an area 120 miles off the east coast of Socotra where she was left on her own for the final leg.
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  HMS Ltd   (Site not responding. Last check: )
HMS Ltd maintains a unique and constantly updated database of terrorist activity around the world.
HMS Ltd are able to provide clients with this information tailored to suit individual requirements.
The TRITON report is individually prepared for each client, highlighting specific threats toward individual clients taking into account the clients business and operations both locally and globally.
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  SUBMARINES
HMS Trenchent, the fith of the Trafalgar Class was commissioned in 1989, the sixth, HMS Talent, in 1990 and the seventh, HMS Triumph, in 1991.
HMS Astute is the biggest and most powerful attack submarine to be built for the Royal Navy and, under the Smart Acquisition programme, is being built at roughly one fifth more quickly than earlier boats, with lower running costs and will have a much smaller ship’s company.
HMS Astute will displace 7,200 tonnes dived and is 97 metres long, she will have six weapons tubes a massively increased firepower compared to predecessors and will be equipped from day one to operate cruise missiles.
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 Science Fair Projects - HMS Triton
Triton, launched in 1846, was an iron paddle sloop sold in 1872.
Triton, launched in 1882, was a paddle survey vessel, from 1919 a school ship at Gravesend, and broken up in 1961.
Triton (N15), launched in 1937, was the lead ship of her class of submarine.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/HMS_Triton   (407 words)

  
 HMS Triton (N15) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
HMS Triton (N15) was a submarine of the Royal Navy named for the son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, the personification of the roaring waters, was the lead ship of her class.
Oxley was out of position, Triton had acted correctly, and the first Allied submarine casualty of World War II was due to "friendly fire." During the war, the loss of Oxley was attributed to an accidental explosion.
The British claimed that she was sunk by naval mines in the Strait of Otranto.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Triton_%28N15%29   (786 words)

  
 History : HMS Enterprise : Multi-Role Survey Vessels : Hydrographic Vessels : Surface Fleet : Operations and Support : ...
HMS Enterprise was hulked in 1740, from 1745 was used as a hospital ship and was sold in 1749 for £280.
As HMS Enterprise she served in the Caribbean, and as escort to the valuable West Indies trade convoys, until the end of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1748, when she was laid up 'in Ordinary' (reserve).
The 'Enterprize' Class frigate HMS Resource (built at Rotherhithe in 1778) was renamed Enterprise in 1803, to join her sister ship at the Tower as another receiving ship, to accommodate men taken up by another 'hot Press' at the end of the Peace of Amiens and the outbreak of the Napoleonic War.
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HMS L24 was detailed to take part in Exercise GA in January 1924, which was intended to improve submarine tactics in dealing with aircraft, both friendly and hostile.
The USS Triton measures 447 ft. long, displaces 5963 tons on the surface, and its 34,000-hp engines--powered by two nuclear reactors--push it to a top speed of 27 knots.
In the early hours of 4 October HMS B2 was on the surface about four miles north east of Dover when the 23,000-ton steamer SS Amerika, on passage from Hamburg to New York, via Southampton, collided with the submarine.
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 Around the World Beneath the Sea: the Uss Triton Retraces Magellan's Historic Circumnavigation of the Globe | ...
The Triton began sea trials in September 1959, by which time some of her crew, including her captain, Edward Latimer Beach (1918-), had been involved in a rigorous nuclear submarine training program for a period of a year or more.
On March 12 additional fathometer problems were discovered, and the Triton was forced to rely on her search sonar and a gravity-metering device being tested for the remainder of the voyage.
Part of the Triton's assignment during her voyage was to conduct undetected photo reconnaissance—which she accomplished on March 13 off Easter Island and later on March 28 off Guam, where she observed navy planes taking off and landing.
www.bookrags.com /research/around-the-world-beneath-the-sea-th-scit-071   (1696 words)

  
 Naval Technology - Destroyers and Frigates Image Gallery
The second of class, HMS Makkah (814), was launched in July 2001 and delivered in April 2004.
HMS Al Damman (816) was launched in September 2002 and will be commissioned in 2005.
HMS Marlborough (F233), with the Harpoon missile launch tubes visible behind the main gun.
www.naval-technology.com /projects/destroyersandfrigates_gallery.html   (2845 words)

  
 wrecks puglia HMS triton submarine
The HMS Triton was a T-class British submarine.
L' HMS Triton operò in Mediterraneo fin dall'inizio della Seconda Guerra Mondiale.
On November 28, 1940, the HMS Triton left her base in Malta for a patrol in the Southern Adriatic.
www.sportesport.it /wrecksPU020.htm   (150 words)

  
 HMS
HMS is the world's premier supplier of C-IED training, analysis and consulting services.
HMS specializes in the counter and improvised explosive device (C-IED and IED) areas.
Our expertise is applied to better counter or mitigate the effects of IEDs in all phases of terrorist planning and deployment, and supports post-event work.
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 uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine HMS Oxley of the O class
Harold Godfrey Bowerman, RN) was torpedoed and sunk in error by HMS Triton (Lt.Cdr.
The OOD, Lt Manley, claimed to have answered Triton's challenge, but Bowerman was not sure this had been done properly.
Before he could put things right, however, Oxley was struck by Triton's torpedo and he was catapulted into the sea.
www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3393.html   (236 words)

  
 HMS Discovery - Crew of - by Lafayette
The ship, HMS Boadicea, was the flagship of the Cape Squadron, and in her he served as midshipman for two years.
At the end of 1886 he joined HMS Rover and was rated by her captain as an "intelligent and capable young officer of temperate habits".
HMS Minerva towed her from Portsmouth to Gibraltar, HMS Vindictive took her on to Aden and from there HMS Fox towed her to an area 120 miles off the east coast of Socotra where she was left on her own for the final leg.
lafayette.150m.com /dis0000.html   (14896 words)

  
 Korg Triton Studio
Triton, a Greek god ; his name and image have come to be associated with a class of mythological beings called Tritons.
Triton was a name for a communication network utilising Enigmamachine used by German War Navy during the Second World War
Triton X-100 is a detergent that is often used in extraction buffers because it solublizes proteins.
www.altvetmed.com /face/17137-korg-triton-studio.html   (727 words)

  
 Roll of Honour - Suffolk - Knodishall-cum-Buxlow
HMS Tana was the naval shore establishment in Mombasa
HMS Triton left Malta for a patrol in the lower Adriatic and the Straits of Otranto on 28th November 1940.
Triton immediately set of to intercept her and seems to have made a successful attack before she was reported to have been attacked and sunk by two Italian Torpedo boats
www.roll-of-honour.com /Suffolk/Knodishall.html   (420 words)

  
 Rv S
naval helicopter]] The RV Triton, is a trimaran vessel owned by the Gardline maritime survey company and a former prototype British warship demonstrator for the QinetiQ defence research company.
The Triton name is presumably a deliberate reference to the maritime god incorporating the prefix "tri" which relates to the vessel's three parallel hulls.
The ''Triton'' was designed as a demonstrater to prove that the trimaran concept would work successfully in a large warship.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/179/rv-s.html   (108 words)

  
 OBERON class submarine
The stern tubes were then either used for beer storage for the crew, or were eventually converted for other uses (the Canadian Navy used this space for the installation of a towed array sonar).
The final member of this class, HMS ONYX, was the only conventional submarine to see service in the Falkland's War of 1982, where she was used for special operations in and around the islands.
She has received the new Triton sonar, as can be seen by the new streamlined sonar dome at the bow.
www.hazegray.org /navhist/rn/submarine/oberon   (601 words)

  
 SMML Update Page
HMS Onslow and HMS Pakenham in 1/700 by Keith Butterley
Added 2 more parts to PicPost (more imagery of the 1/72 HMS Hood, and new pics of the 1/350 Fletcher), and a revised version of the WWI ship PDF file.
Trafalgar class sub and a 12' HMS Hood added to Pic Post, which is now in 2 parts.
smmlonline.com /update.html   (2565 words)

  
 Listing of British Submarines of WW2
No reply was forthcoming and after several challenges Triton fired two torpedoes that struck the submarine and sent her to the seabed.
Triton set off to intercept her and may have made a successful attack, before meeting a counter-attack from Italian torpedo boats.
The SS Divina, with a Trinity House pilot on board, was on passage from the Port of London to Ipswich and at the time of the collision, shortly after 7pm, was in the vicinity of the West Oaze Buoy, a narrow part of the Thames estuary.
www.mikekemble.com /ww2/britsublist.html   (10936 words)

  
 Photo News
Both HMS Trafalgar and HMS Triumph were involved with the initial strikes against Afghanistan © Crown Copyright.
Above: HMS Vanguard passes Plymouth Hoe on her way to Devonport Dockyard, where she has begun a two year refit.
Above: The twelfth and last Sandown Class minesweeper, HMS Shoreham, was launched by Vosper Thornycroft in April.
www.btinternet.com /~warship/News/photo.htm   (348 words)

  
 Flypaper - Stuck on Style: Bells for Viktor & Rolf
Victor & Rolf's collection for H&M includes what might be the cutest, cheapest most complete designer wedding get-ups around: a gorgeous gown for ladies and ready-to-go tuxes (even shoes!) for guys.
That's ironic, because if anything can be gleaned from the Stella McCartney for H&M brawls, ladies will display no love in snapping up V&R4H&M pieces.
Related Links: With your H&M wedding dress in tow, your bridesmaids can turn to the mother of wedding gowns for stuff they'd actually keep.
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 List of Royal Navy ship names: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
HMS Iron Duke[?] - Jellicoe[?] flagship at Jutland
HMS Tututankhamen[?] - (intended for submarine P.311, but the boat was lost before name formally assigned)
HMS Zubian[?] - Ship built from salvaged sections of HMS Nubian and HMS Zulu
www.encyclopedian.com /li/List-of-Royal-Navy-ship-names.html   (156 words)

  
 Voyage of Commemoration
In March 1997 the Danish Offshore Patrol Frigate TRITON took veterans of the HMS HOOD to the inhospitable waters of the Denmark Strait on a voyage of commemoration
I am the producer of a new documentary about H.M.S. 'Hood', which is to be shown on the Discovery Channel in America later this month (June 1997).
As the son of a naval officer, 'Hood' has long held a fascination for me: she was unique, a beautiful and powerful ship that captured the hearts of the British people, earning her the nickname 'mighty Hood'.
www.navalhistory.dk /English/History/1989_2003/Triton_HMSHood.htm   (934 words)

  
 British WarWeb.com
HMS GREY GOOSE (1942) This class of 7 steam MTB's
HMS JAVELIN Representative of the J, K and N Class
HMS LINDISFARNE Isle class trawler, one of a class
www.warweb.com /costal-forces-world-war-british-c-70_162_261_1235.html   (158 words)

  
 Comando Supremo: Events of 1940
June 16 - British submarine HMS Grampus is sunk by Italian destroyers.
The Italian ships realize they are outnumbered 3-1 and decide to outrun them, but a shell from the Sydney hits the Colleoni, leaving her dead in the water.
December 18 - British submarine HMS Triton is sunk in the Adriatic by Italian torpedo boats.
www.comandosupremo.com /1940.html   (2555 words)

  
 Virtual Sailor - Virtual Sailing Simulator
The HMS Triton is an experimental research vessel with a working Weapon.
HMS FITTLETON was accepted into the Royal Navy on the River Itchen, on 28 January 1955, and sailed from Hythe, the same day.
On November 16 1960 she was re-commissioned HMS CURZON and was transferred to Sussex Division RNR to be based at Shoreham, replacing HMS BICKINGTON.
www.hangsim.com /vs/boats.php?dzone=nav   (1958 words)

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