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	HMS Vanguard (1944) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Vanguard was a "Fully Armoured Battlecruiser" of the Royal Navy.
		Vanguard was laid down in 1941, and her hull was launched in November 1944; the ship was not however commissioned until 1946, and became known as the only British battleship never to fire her guns in anger.
		Vanguard was unique among British battleships in having remote control for both main and secondary guns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Vanguard_(1944) (423 words)

	HMS Vanguard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Vanguard was a 56-gun second-rate launched in 1631, active in the Anglo-Dutch Wars, and scuttled in 1667.
		The third Vanguard was a 90-gun three-decker second-rate launched in 1678 and wrecked in 1703.
		The seventh Vanguard was an ironclad battleship of 1869, wrecked in a collision in 1875.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Vanguard (257 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Vanguard, a 15,900 tonne Vanguard class SSBN (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) Submarine and HMS Gloucester, a 3,560 tonne type 42 Destroyer are the first two warships at Devonport Royal Dockyard (DML) to benefit from the use of newly delivered Kemppi welding equipment.
		HMS Vanguard is part of a very secretive world patrolling the oceans without giving away her presence over long periods.
		HMS Vanguard arrived at Devonport in February and is docked down in the 'Queen's Golden Jubilee Dock' for her 2 year refit.
	www.kemppi.com /internet/pronews.nsf/public/0202_en_sivu15.html (1664 words)

	Trident nuclear submarines
		The Trident submarine HMS Vanguard is in refit at Devonport.
		However the NII have given the go ahead for Vanguard to enter Devonport on the understanding that the facilities will be improved before the HMS Victorious arrives for refit in 2 or 3 years time.
		There was a serious incident when HMS Victorious ran aground in the Firth of Clyde at the end of November 2000 (map).
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/pipexdsl/d/adhb32/subs/vanguard.htm (1511 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Devon \| HMS Vanguard leaves after refit
		HMS Vanguard, the first of the navy's nuclear-powered Trident missile submarines to be refitted at a Devon dockyard, leaves Plymouth on Thursday.
		HMS Vanguard arrived in Plymouth for refit two years ago.
		HMS Vanguard was the first of four nuclear submarines which will be refitted at Devonport over the next seven years.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/devon/4100613.stm (199 words)

	vanguard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Symbolizing all the might once vested in the battleship of old, HMS Vanguard departed Portsmouth on her last voyage in the tow of five tugs on 4th August 1960.
		Vanguard would have celebrated her fourteenth birthday on 9th August, the anniversary of her acceptance into Admiralty service which happened at Spithead on 9th August 1946.
		Vanguard was just a hulk, a hollow mass of iron and steel with most of her fineries' removed.
	www.gunwharf.net /vanguard.htm (1552 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Royal GB and I Flagship of HMS Vanguard is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its burgeoning Ships Cat population.
		HMS Vanguard's national animal is the Ships Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the 15in Shell.
		HMS Vanguard is ranked 9th in the region and 58,789th in the world for Nudest.
	www.nationstates.net /cgi-bin/index.cgi/page=display_nation/nation=hms_vanguard (236 words)

	TheStreet.com: A Ship-Shape Indexer
		The HMS Vanguard was instrumental in defeating Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798, ensuring that the guy with the original short-man complex wouldn't find his way into Egypt or India.
		In the middle of the campus, a scaled-down model of the HMS Vanguard perches atop a pole.
		One Vanguard employee, who shall remain nameless for his protection, told me he was a bit of a "renegade" -- not because he had an unhealthy interest in model planes or preferred the land-based Waterloo battle.
	www.thestreet.com /comment/easymoney/759306.html (734 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.
		HMS VANGUARD Scarpa Flow North Scotland at 11.20 pm on the 9
		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.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/vanguard.htm (1373 words)

	Welcome to DML Group
		HMS Vanguard was returned to the Fleet last month three days ahead of the contract date after several months of Sea Trials - and a Defect rectification Period (DRP).
		Work on HMS Vanguard moved into top gear last month as she was undocked and the final phases of her refit got underway.
		HMS Gloucester was returned to the Fleet in July after refit in Devonport.
	www.devonport.co.uk /news-linkmagazine.htm (825 words)

	Vanguard
		The Vanguard was the victim of an internal explosion.
		Her magazine was detonated by unstable cordite and within seconds the battleship was annihilated together with all but three of her 800 crew and officers.
		HMS Vanguard displaced nearly 20000 tons and was 536 feet long.
	atschool.eduweb.co.uk /jralston/rk/scapa/wrecks/van.html (258 words)

	Naval Technology - SSBN Vanguard Class - Ballistic Missile Submarine
		The first of class, HMS Vanguard was commissioned in 1993, HMS Victorious in 1995, HMS Vigilant in 1996 and HMS Vengeance in 1999.
		In February 2002, HMS Vanguard arrived at Devonport Naval Base to begin a two-year refit, which was completed in January 2005.
		Vanguard is fitted with four 533mm torpedo tubes and carries the Tigerfish and Spearfish torpedoes supplied by BAE Systems.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/vanguard (921 words)

	Trident Ploughshares - Seven Arrested in Devonport Anti-Trident Protest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Vanguard was the first of the four British Trident submarines to be commissioned and has left its usual berth at Faslane in Scotland to undergo the refit, which is to include the removal and replacement of the fuel rods which power its nuclear reactor.
		Vanguard is the first Trident-carrying class submarine to come in for the overhaul.
		Helicopters hovered, roads were blocked off and the Tamar ferries halted for the arrival of the 480ft HMS Vanguard, the first Trident missile submarine to be refitted in a purpose-built dry dock.
	tridentploughshares.org /article706 (1018 words)

	HMS Vanguard
		HMS Vanguard was the last of the great Royal navy battleships, built at Clydebank, she was launched on the 30th November 1944, and did not see service during world War Two, She was the biggest British battleship with a displacement of 42.500 tons.
		Completed at the end of the second world war, she was too late to see active service and joined the fleet at a time when the battleship had been superceded by the aircraft carrier as the capital ship of the modern navy.
		Despite her short career the name Vanguard still evokes pride in all those who served on her or who were associated with her.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /vanguard.htm (1336 words)

	BBC News \| ENGLAND \| Seven held over Trident sub protest
		Vanguard is the first sub of its class to have a refit
		The Vanguard-class submarines normally carry 16 Trident missiles, but all of HMS Vanguard's nuclear weapons were removed prior to her arrival in Devonport.
		He said the Vanguard contract had brought more than £1bn into the local economy and guaranteed employment for hundreds of people for a decade.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/england/1798628.stm (484 words)

	Age of Nelson
		In the background, HMS Neptune is emerging through the gunsmoke and is about to pass the wreck of the French flagship Bucentaure which Victory so spectacularly routed as she passed through the allied line.
		HMS Temeraire, which followed Victory through, and which was also to become embroiled on the Redoutables fight, is obscured by the smoke beyond the British flagship.
		HMS Vanguard is pictured lying near the entrance of Portsmouth harbour at sunset in company with another Nile veteran HMS majestic.
	www.ivanberryman.co.uk /nelson.htm (3463 words)

	news.mod.uk - Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Vanguard class submarine HMS Victorious arrived at HM Naval Base Devonport on Sunday 16 January 2005 for a major refit, which will be undertaken by Devonport Management Limited.
		HMS Victorious is the second of the Royal Navy’s four Trident nuclear powered submarines to be refitted at Devonport.
		Her sister submarine HMS Vanguard recently completed her successful three-year refit with DML and returned home to Faslane earlier this month.
	news.mod.uk /news_headline_story.asp?newsItem_id=3058 (406 words)

	Vanguard - United Kingdom Nuclear Forces
		The Vanguard Class submarines are larger than the Resolution Class mainly because of the need to accommodate the Trident D5 missile.
		However, the complement of a Vanguard Class boat is smaller - 132 officers and men compared to a Polaris submarine's crew of 149.
		The Vanguard Class boats include a number of improvements over previous British submarines, including a new design of nuclear propulsion system and a new tactical weapon system for self-defence purposes both before and after missile launch.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/uk/slbm/vanguard.htm (683 words)

	A Midshipman's War - Stories
		HMS Vanguard of the same class was Nelson’s flagship at the battle of the Nile..
		It was HMS Nile built in 1839, a 2,600 ton converted sailing/screw ship with an armament of 10X8inch guns and 82x30 pounders with a length of 205 feet and depth of 54 feet.
		O’Conor was the captain of the ill-fated HMS Neptune when she was sunk by mines off Tripoli, Libya on the night of 19th December 1941.
	www3.bc.sympatico.ca /FrankWade/stories.html (9094 words)

	Royal Navy: Ballistic Submarines
		The first Vanguard class submarine was launched in 1993 carrying Trident II D5 missiles and is now the cornerstone of our Defence policy and significantly contributes to the Alliance's deterrent forces.
		Cruising for weeks on end through the depths of the North Atlantic may seem a daunting prospect to most people but in truth Britain’s modern ballistic missile submarines are well suited to these long-range patrols, both in terms of size and facilities.
		The messes in Vanguard are comfortable and well appointed, fulfilling the role of dining room, lecture hall, lounge, games area and venue for church services.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/177.html (736 words)

	Vanguard Class ballistic Missile Submarines
		The Vanguard Class of Ballistic Missile Submarines were announced by the Ministry of defense in 1980.
		The Class was to consist of 4 submarines HMS Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance.
		She was escorted by a Sea King helicopter from HMS Gannet, the RN shore base at Prestwick Airport, and a mixed surface flotilla, including Defence Police and Royal Marines.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /v_class1.htm (652 words)

	The 15 inch Guns of HMS Vanguard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The 15-inch Guns of HMS Vanguard, Courageous and Glorious and other battleships.
		The general belief is that HMS Vanguard's 8 main guns, their mounts and turrets came from HMS
		They were then shipped in VANGUARD only a few miles down the Clyde in 1944.
	battleshiphmsvanguard.homestead.com /15inch.html (449 words)

	Navy News - Ships of the Royal Navy - HMS Vanguard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		LIVING up to her name, HMS Vanguard has been leading the way for her sisters as the boats which carry the nation’s nuclear deterrent undergo a programme of long-term overhauls at Devonport Naval Base.
		The Resolution-class boats soldiered on for 25 years, but were replaced in 1994 by the Vanguard class, which was almost twice as big and a huge step forward in technology and capability.
		Vanguard bears one of the most revered names in Royal Navy annals, and her list of Battle Honours – stretching to 15 – proves the current boat’s predecessors were generally in the thick of the action.
	www.navynews.co.uk /ships/vanguard.asp (571 words)

	Impressive Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The first of class submarine, HMS Vanguard was launched in March 1992, HMS Victorious in 1993, HMS Vigilant in 1996 and HMS Vengeance in 1998.
		Vanguard displaces 15,900 tonnes submerged and has the capacity to carry 16 Trident missiles, each with a range of over 11,000 km.
		Von Tiesenhausen fired a spread of 4 torpedoes towards the group, 3 of which hit HMS Barham's port side causing her to list heavily, and fire spread towards the ammunition stores.
	www.rickdavis.co.uk /home/images.htm (782 words)

	Acute issues and crisis management - Chelgate Limited public relations - PR articles - Effective crisis management.
		The first of the Trident submarines, HMS Vanguard, is currently undergoing its first refit, called a Long Overhaul Period (Refuelling) (LOP).
		This system has enabled HMS Vanguard to process 547 concessions for the last year averaging, since June 2003, 29.9 days (319 applications raised) to raise, process, sentence and close.
		It is anticipated that the efficiency and cost savings experienced with HMS Vanguard will be exceeded with follow on platforms benefiting from the already sunk cost.
	www.chelgate.com /articles/processmanagement.htm (1751 words)

	Naval Prints , HMS Vanguard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Vanguard was refitted in 1947 - 1948 and went to the Mediterranean in 1949 for six months.
		HMS Vanguard at the Battle of Jutland by Charles Dixon
		HMS Vanguard (the eighth Vanguard) Built by Vickers at barrow and launched in April 1909 and joined the Royal Navy at Devonport in October 1910.
	www.naval-art.com /vanguard.htm (947 words)

	Indymedia UK - Mainstream coverage of Nuke Sub action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS Vanguard is the first of four Vanguard-class submarines to undergo a two-year re-fit.
		During that time they walked on the casing of the Trident nuclear submarine HMS Vanguard, which is undergoing a re-fit.
		By all accounts, the duo did not have any great difficulty penetrating the defences of the nuclear sub HMS Vanguard in Dock No. 9, where the vessel is undergoing a refit, but they simply walked aboard unchallenged.
	www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2002/11/46981.html (1193 words)

	HMS NELSON BATTLESHIP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		HMS DUKE OF YORK 1940 KING GEORGE V CLASS
		HMS EMPEROR OF INDIA 1913 IRON DUKE CLASS
		HMS KING GEORGE V 1939 KING GEORGE V CLASS
	www.homestead.com /nelson1/BRITISHBATTLESHIPS.html (77 words)

	LETTER TO PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL FROM CND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following the departure of HMS Vanguard from the Royal Naval Dockyards Devonport, you will be aware that in a matter of weeks, HMS Victorious will be admitted for an identical refit.
		We would urge the Council to challenge the MOD as to whether all Dockyard facilities are now fully functioning and present no safety risks to the Dockyard workers or the city population.
		The reactors in the Trafalgar class are not dissimilar to one fitted to the Vanguard class.
	www.cnduk.org /pages/press/plymlet.htm (490 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 4 Mar 2002 (pt 10)
		HMS Tyne will be the first of the three new River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels to be built.
		To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how long the refit of HMS Vanguard will take; and what is the estimated cost.
		The refit of HMS Vanguard is scheduled to take around two and a half years to complete including trials and training.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo020304/text/20304w10.htm (1262 words)

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