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	HMS Valiant (1914) Information
		HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy laid down at the Fairfield shipyards, Govan on 31st January 1913 and launched on 4th November 1914.
		World War II She was one of three capital ships to take part in the Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, and saw action at the Battle of Cape Matapan; she participated in actions during the battle of Crete, and was struck by two bombs.
		Valiant was a training ship at Devonport for the rest of her career.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/HMS_Valiant_(1914) (545 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HMS Barham (1914) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, built at the John Brown shipyards in Clydebank, and launched in 1914.
		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 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/HMS-Barham-(1914) (389 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/HMS Valiant (1914)
		HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy.
		It was laid down at the Fairfield shipyards, Govan on 31 January 1913 and launched on 4 November 1914.
		On 8 August 1944 whilst in the floating dock at Trincomalee, Ceylon, she was severely damaged when the dock collapsed with the result that repairs were stopped and she had to return to the UK, where she was decommissioned in July 1945.
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	Navy Matters \| Future Aircraft Carrier Part 28
		HMS Queen Elizabeth was refitting at Rosyth from May 1916 and did not take part in the battle of Jutland, where her sister ships Malaya, Warspite, Valiant and Barham were attached to the Battlecruiser Squadron and in the thick of the early fighting.
		HMS Queen Elizabeth was Flagship of the Atlantic Fleet from 1919 to 1924, when, with the rest of her class, she transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet, again as Flagship.
		The fifth HMS Prince of Wales was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard in June 1848 as a First Rate sailing line-of-battle ship, to carry 120 guns, but in 1853 the decision was taken to convert her to steam propulsion while still on the stocks.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /cvf1-28.htm (3116 words)

	HMS Valiant (1914)
		HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy.
		She was one of three capital ships to take part in the Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, and saw action at the Battle of Cape Matapan; she participated in actions during the battle of Crete, and was struck by two bombs.
		Valiant was a training ship at Devonport for the rest of her career.
	libraryoflibrary.com /E_n_c_p_d_HMS_Valiant_(1914).html (549 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship">Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy.
		World War II She was one of three capital ships to take part in the Destruction of the French Fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, and saw action at the Battle of Cape Matapan; she participated in actions during the battle of Crete, and was struck by two bombs.
		On 8 August 1944 whilst in the floating dock at Trincomalee, Ceylon, she was severely damaged when the dock collapsed with the result that repairs were stopped and she had to return to the UK, where she was decommissioned in July 1945.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=HMS_Valiant_(1914) (508 words)

	HMS Royal Oak Battleship Naval paintings, naval art prints by Ivan Berryman
		Superb naval paintings and naval art prints of the battleship HMS Royal Oak by leading naval artist Ivan Berryman HMS Royal Oak was built at Devonport Dockyard laid down on the 15th January 1914 and launched 17th November 1914.
		Between the wars HMS Royal Oak rebuilt with the removal of torpedo tubes and the addition of AA twin 4-inch guns replacing single mounted 4 inch AA guns.
		HMS Repulse is passing the line on the left of the picture.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_royal_oak__battleship_naval_paintings,_naval_art_prints_by_ivan_berryman.htm (0 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship HMS Valiant of the Queen Elizabeth class
		Valiant's World War II service was far-flung: the Home Fleet in 1940, Mediterranean in 1941-42, Indian Ocean in 1942, Atlantic and Mediterranean in 1943-44 and back to the Indian Ocean in 1944.
		This photograph show HMS Valiant (nearest to the camera) and HMS Resolution and is most likely taken during an Italian air attack (by SM 79 bombers) against Force H on 9 July 1940.
		HMS Ramillies (Capt. H.T. Baillie-Grohman, OBE, DSO, RN),
	www.uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4056.html (1009 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship HMS Warspite of the Queen Elizabeth class
		This convoy was escorted by the Anti-Aircraft cruisers HMS Calcutta, HMS Coventry and 4 destroyers.
		Cover was provided by the Mediterranean Fleet (Admiral Cunningham) with the battleships HMS Warspite, HMS Valiant, HMS Malaya, HMS Ramillies, the aircraft carriers HMS Illustrious, HMS Eagle, the cruisers HMS York, HMS Gloucester, HMS Liverpool, HMS Ajax, HMS Orion, HMAS Sydney and 16 destroyers.
		While the Mediterranean Fleet was still on the return trip aircraft from HMS Illustrious and HMS Eagle attacked Leros and in the evening of the 14th the British light cruiser HMS Liverpool while south-east off Crete was hit in the bow by a torpedo from an Italian aircraft.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4057.html (645 words)

	Loss of HMS VANGUARD
		I was on watch on HMS Marlborough between 8pm and midnight [in] 1917 or 1918 and was facing HMS Vanguard and saw her start to explode, 1st aft 2 midships 3 foc'sle and then one huge explosion.
		William Schleihauf, "Disaster in Harbour: The Loss of HMS Vanguard" in The Northern Mariner / le Marin du Nord, Volume X, Number 3 (July 2000) - the journal of the Canadian Nautical Research Society.
		The irony could not have been lost on Ben Barnes as his first ship in August 1913, had been HMS Natal that suffered a similar fate to the Vanguard when she was destroyed by internal explosion in 1915.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/vanguard.htm (1429 words)

	HMS Agincourt naval art
		HMS Agincourt, Due to the South American Rivalry between Brazil, Argentina and Chile, The Brazilian Government ordered from Armstrong's to be called Rio de Janeiro.
		She joined the 4th battle squadron of the Grand Fleet on the 7th September 1914.
		HMS Agincourt is shown alongside HMS Erin with ships of the 1st Battle squadron of the Grand Fleet, on the eve of the Battle of Jutland.
	www.naval-art.com /hms__agincourt.htm (0 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Timeline: 1905-1914 - The Dreadnought Race
		The British completion of the HMS Dreadnought on 1-Oct-1906, brought very unexpected results.
		HMS Dreadnought represented a true terror weapon of the day whose speed, armament, and firepower obsoleted every other battleship then in existence.
		Rather than give Britain's large navy an even bigger advantage over Germany's small coastal fleet, it put them on an almost equal footing overnight, really only one battleship ahead.
	www.worldwar1.com /tldread.htm (231 words)

	MaritimeDigital Archive Encyclopedia - Home > 003d Surface vessels (1905-1919) > Battleships - Super Dreadnoughts > ...
		HMS Malaya was a Queen Elizabeth class battleship of the Royal Navy built by Armstrong Whitworth and launched in March 1915.
		HMS Valiant was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy laid down at the Fairfield shipyards, Govan on 31st January 1913 and launched on 4th November 1914.
		HMS Barham was sunk and Valiant and Queen Elizabeth both spent time resting on the bottom of Alexandria harbour after their hulls were holed in an attack by Italian frogmen.
	www.ibiblio.org /maritime/photolibrary/index.php?cat=1068 (4579 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Battleship HMS Valiant of the Queen Elizabeth class
		Valiant's World War II service was far-flung: the Home Fleet in 1940, Mediterranean in 1941-42, Indian Ocean in 1942, Atlantic and Mediterranean in 1943-44 and back to the Indian Ocean in 1944.
		On 15 September 1940 the British battlesship HMS Valiant, the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious, the heavy cruiser HMS Kent and 7 destroyers left Alexandria.
		During the night of 17/18 September HMS Kent was hit in the stern by a torpedo from Italian torpedo bombers.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4056.html (919 words)

	HMS Valiant data (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS Valiant was build by Fairfield Ship Builders, and launched 4th November 1914.
		During World War Two, HMS valiant was badly damaged by delayed action mines, set by Italian Frogmen at Alexandria, She made her way to Durdan, South Africa for repairs.
		HMS valiant joined the British eastern Fleet in January 1944 and took part in carrier raids against Japanese bases in Indonesia.
	www.rna-carmarthen.org.uk /gallery/hms_valiant_data.htm (153 words)

	Fact files > The Duke of Edinburgh
		His Royal Highness joined HMS VALIANT in the Mediterranean Fleet and was involved in several engagements, including, on 21 March 1941, the battle of Matapan against the Italian fleet.
		Prince Philip later served in the destroyer HMS WHELP in the Pacific, and was present in Tokoyo Bay for the Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945.
		The Duke of Edinburgh married The Princess Elizabeth, heir to the British Throne, on 20 November 1947.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/page3958.asp (4416 words)

	HMS Queen Elizabeth
		Royal Naval battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth built at Portsmouth in 1913, served in the Dardanelles campaign during world war one and during world war two she was sunk in shallow water by mines attacked to the battleship by Italian frogmen in Alexandria.
		HMS Queen Elizabeth was built at Portsmouth and Re -Engined at Fairfield and launched on the 16th October 1913.
		HMS Queen Elizabeth was the only ship of the class to have a full compliment of sixteen 6-inch guns, She was the only ship of the class not be be involved during the Battle of Jutland.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_queen_elizabeth.htm (1858 words)

	HMS_Barham_(1914) Information - Online Prescription Medication Directory
		HMS Barham was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship of the Royal Navy named after Admiral Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, built at the John Brown shipyards in Clydebank, Scotland, and launched in 1914.
		In 1916, she was Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas's flagship of the 5th Battle Squadron temporarily attached to Admiral David Beatty's Battlecruiser Fleet at the battle of Jutland, where she received five hits and fired 337 shells.
		During the 1926 general strike she and HMS Ramillies was sent to the River Mersey to land food supplies.
	www.prescriptiondrug-info.com /drug_information_online.asp?title=HMS_Barham_(1914) (872 words)

	HMS Valiant Randall Wilson
		HMS Valiant took part in the battle of Jutland.
		HMS Valiant was badly damaged during refit in a floating dock at Trincomalee, Ceylon, so bad was the damage that repairs were stopped, and she was used as a training hulk for stockers at Devonport.
		HMS VALIANT in "Officer of the watch manoeuvres" of the south coast.
	www.military-art.com /dhm718.htm (621 words)

	HMS Valiant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Valiant, launched in 1759 at Chatham, was a third-rate ship of the line of 74 guns.
		Valiant, launched in 1914, was a Queen Elizabeth-class battleship that served in World War I and World War II.
		Valiant (S102), launched in 1963, was a nuclear-powered submarine, the lead boat of her class.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Valiant (156 words)

	HMS Ark Royal (91) at AllExperts
		HMS Ark Royal (91), was the third ship of the Royal Navy to carry the name and the second to be an aircraft carrier.
		She was designed in 1934 to meet the limits of the Washington Naval Treaty, and was built by Cammell Laird and Company, Ltd. at Birkenhead, England.
		In late May, whilst serving in the Mediterranean as part of Force H along with HMS Renown and the cruiser HMS Sheffield, she was called upon to search for the Bismarck in the Atlantic.
	en.allexperts.com /e/h/hm/hms_ark_royal_(91).htm (1883 words)

	MilitaryHistoryOnline.com (Not Logged in)
		HMS Warrior was deployed overseas exactly twice during her career, once to Lisbon and Gibralter during the Trent Affair (her first sea voyage after her sea trials), and in 1869 when she and HMS Black Prince towed a specially made floating dry dock to Bermuda.
		HMS Warrior had such poor manueverability that she could not operate in line of battle as she could not keep station with other vessels; indeed, on one occasion she did collide with HMS Royal Oak.
		Valiant was refitted in 68, along with most of the rest of the fleet in 64-69, with more modern weapons (muzzle loading rifles replacing 68 pdrs and 110 pdr BL rifles).
	www.militaryhistoryonline.com /Forums/ViewPrint.aspx?ForumID=32&ID=5306 (18910 words)

	Dreadnought Battleships
		HMS Orion, Monarch, Conqueror, Thunderer Laid down 1909-1910.
		HMS King George V, Ajax, Centurion, Audacious Laid down 1911.
		HMS Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Barham, Valiant, Malaya Laid down 1912-1913.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /battlesh.htm (255 words)

	Brothers died, 1914-1915
		Twin brothers of Cheltenham who were killed in action at sea on 1st November 1914 when HMS Good Hope was sunk during the Battle of Coronel.
		HMS Viknor sank with all hands (22 officers and 273 ratings - Commander E. Ballantyne).
		The brothers were two of the one hundred officers and men from this battalion who died in the valiant counter-attacks against superior numbers of enemy troops infiltrating through Chalet Wood on the second day of the Battle of Loos, and whose bodies were subsequenetly lost.
	www.1914-1918.net /heroes/brothers.htm (4875 words)

	HRH The Duke of Edingburg Prince Philip
		During the night action off Cape Matapan, he was in charge of VALIANT's searchlight control, for which he was mentioned in despatches.
		He was promoted to Lieutenant on 16 July 1942 and in October he was appointed First Lieutenant (second in command) of WALLACE at the unusually early age of 21.
		After further courses, he was appointed as First Lieutenant of the new Fleet Destroyer HMS WHELP, which was then building on the Tyne.
	www.britischebotschaft.de /statevisit/en/royal_family/prince_philip.htm (588 words)

	HMS Barham Association
		Both the Barham and HMS Warspite had been damaged by air raids in Alexandria and Warspite was only capable of 20 knots.
		The captain had to fight to submerge his U-Boat as the HMS Valiant tried to ram her.
		HMS Warspite, Flagship of the C-in-C Mediterranean Fleet, Admiral Sir A.B. Cunningham Captain D.B. Fisher.
	www.hmsbarham.com /ship/matapan.php (1989 words)

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		I have read some of the history of the Battle of Jutland, and it appears HMS Black Prince was hit and crippled early on by German gunfire.
		HMS Black Prince in a gale from Vigo to Dover Dec 10 and the other HMS Black Prince in a gale outward bound Oct 1912.
		Cot formerly supported by the Ship's Company of H.M.S. Black Prince, which was lost with all hands in the Battle of Jutland, and now maintained by the friends and relations of the officers who thus died for their country." It goes on to mention annual expenditure, numbers of beds and out-patients, etc.
	www.postcardcollections.fsnet.co.uk /HMSBlackPrince/index.htm (827 words)

	Peter Behague - Diary from HMS Cockchafer on the Yangtze - 1930-32
		After initial training he joined HMS Impregnable at Devonport, where life was tough and spartan and left him with a loathing for apricot jam, which was served with most meals.
		Peter Behague was posted to HMS Vivid in Devonport, where he stayed for two enjoyable years, renting a small house at St. Budeaux, just outside Plymouth, touring around Devon in a long-bonnetted Morris Cowley, camping and picnicking.
		In February, 1930, he left England, home and beauty in HMS Vindictive for the Far East after being appointed First Lieutenant of the Yangtse gunboat HMS Cockchafer on the China Station, and to what was to be a two-year stint.
	www.hmsfalcon.com /behague/behague.htm (4909 words)

	British Battleships
		HMS Nelson saw service in he Mediterranean up to 1943, she again saw service off Normandy where she was again mined on 18th June 1944.
		HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s.
		HMS Rodney was launched in 1925, like her sister ship the Nelson, Rodney saw action in many theatres, scoring the first hit on the Bismarck among other memorable exploits.
	www.militaryartcompany.com /british_battleships.htm (1937 words)

	H.M.S. Hood Association-Battle Cruiser Hood: H.M.S. Hood Reference Materials - ADM234/317: Operations against the ...
		D.S.O., was instructed to hoist his flag in HMS "Arethusa" and to proceed to Gibraltar.
		At 1914 the "Forester" picked up Captain Holland, Lieutenant Commanders Spearman and Davies, and the boat's crew of the "Foxhound's" motor boat, which was then abandoned.
		Between 1933 and 1945 a French destroyer, steering the West close inshore, was engaged at ranges of 12,000 and 18,000 yards by the "Arethusa" and "Enterprise." Later the "Hood" and "Valiant" fired a few 15 inch salvoes at her.
	www.hmshood.org.uk /reference/official/adm234/adm234-317.htm (7239 words)

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