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	HMS Vendetta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1918 VENDETTA was engaged as a patrolling destroyer and on fleet escort duties.
		VENDETTA served in the Mediterranean with the 1st and 5th Flotillas from 1924 to 1933.
		VENDETTA and the other four ships commissioned in the RAN at Portsmouth on 11th October 1933 to form the Australian Destroyer Flotilla, later to become famous as the 'Scrap Iron Flotilla'.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~hero/vendetta.html (474 words)

	Daring class destroyer (1949) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Three ships, Vampire, Vendetta and Voyager, were built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and were known as the Voyager-class, with another ship, Duchess, being loaned, then subsequently sold to them.
		HMS Delight, and HMAS Duchess, Vampire and Vendetta took part in the Indonesian Confrontation, with Vendetta also seeing service during the Vietnam War in 1970.
		Sadly, tragedy struck in peacetime, when in 1964, HMAS Voyager was cut in half by the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and sank with the loss of eighty-one of her crew.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Daring_class_destroyer_(1949) (476 words)

	HMAS Vendetta
		When "Prince of Wales" and "Repulse" were sunk, "HMAS Vendetta" was still in Kings Dry dock in Singapore with her guns on the dockside.
		The "Vendetta" slowly continued her passage home behind "Ping Wo", in convoy with "HMS Electra" and "Yarra".
		"Vendetta" was again at the mercy of the weather after she left Albany; the towline broke twice.
	members.dodo.net.au /~mervynw/vendetta.htm (587 words)

	Portsmouth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS York (D-98) is a Type 42 class destroyer laid down by Swan-Hunter Shipbuilding at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 18 January 1980, launched on 21 June 1982 and commissioned on 9 August 1985.
		HMS Oberaon (21P) was an O class submarine laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 22 April 1924, launched on 24 September 1926 and commissioned on 24 August 1927.
		HMS Odin was depth charged by the enemy Italian destroyer Strale and the torpedo boat Baleno and sank in the Gulf of Taranto on 13 June 1940.
	bonose.com /Portsmouth-140.html (849 words)

	Battle of Cape Matapan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Allied forces were centred on the Mediterranean fleet, consisting of the aircraft carrier HMS Formidable, the modernised World War I battleships HMS Barham, Valiant and Warspite (as flagship).
		A second force, under Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell, consisted of the British light cruisers HMS Ajax, Gloucester and Orion, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Perth, and the British destroyers HMS Hasty, Hereward and Ilex — the Australian Vendetta had returned to Alexandria.
		In addition, Allied warships attached to convoys were available: HMS Defender, Jaguar and Juno waited in the Kithira Channel and HMS Decoy, Carlisle, Calcutta Bonaventure and HMAS Vampire were nearby.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Matapan (853 words)

	HMAS Vendetta
		VENDETTA underwent a refit from February to August 1967, and from then until February 1968 was involved mainly in exercises in the East Australia area.
		In late December 1974, VENDETTA was one of the 13 RAN units which sailed to Darwin for relief operations in the wake of Cyclone Tracy which overwhelmed Darwin in the early hours of Christmas Day, causing the deaths of 49 people and reducing the city to rubble.
		VENDETTA commenced what was to be her final overseas deployment in late June 1978, with port visits to Honiara and Manus Island, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Singapore, Port Kelang, Surabaya, Penang and Christmas Island.
	www.vvaavic.org.au /Navy/vendetta.htm (3704 words)

	D69 Vendetta History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		VENDETTA entered Alexandria for the first time on 12th January and until March 1940 her escort and patrol duties took her also to Marseilles, Malta, Gibraltar and Haifa.
		Refitting of VENDETTA's engines was completed on 4th April and on the same day she proceeded with WATERHEN to join the inshore Squadron at Tobruk which had been captured by the British forces on 22nd January.
		VENDETTA left Fremantle an 4th March and at King George Sound on 24th March (the journey from Fremantle to Albany having taken 5 days) the tow was transferred from PING WO to SS ISLANDER for the remainder of the tow to Melbourne.
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /theforum/fb.asp?m=59 (7500 words)

	Naval Crew Lists HMS - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Sultana was thrown into this morass in late autumn...
		HMS Bounty is one of the most famous ships around...
		HMS Ganges was but one of several naval training establishments for...
	naval.fabug.com /index.php?k=Naval-crew-lists-HMS (1120 words)

	Vanoc Class Destroyers, c.1918.
		HMS Vega was launched on 1st September 1917 and was sold for scrap in 1947.
		HMS Vesper Long Range Escort Vessel was at Omaha beach on D day and after escorted convoys to Arrowmanchs, Antwerp and Ostend.
		HMS Valentine was hit and beached off the Dutch coast in May 1940.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /escort_v+w_class.htm (2292 words)

	Chapter 27: HMAS CONDAMINE
		We were relieved by HMS ST BRIDES BAY and proceeded to Sasebo, Japan, having to go hundreds of miles out of our way to avoid a typhoon.
		The devil was determined that I was not to be denied this culinary delight however, as the plate of stew slid gracefully off the table and landed on my lap without spilling a drop.
		We were relieved by HMS CHARITY on 11th September and returned to Kure for a maintenance period and docking.
	www.kmike.com /oz/kr/chapter27.htm (2884 words)

	Royal Navy: 07 Aug 05
		It was whilst conducting Fishery Protection patrol, South West of the UK, just as the majority of the ship’s company onboard HMS Mersey were sitting down to breakfast that the skipper of a French fishing vessel called the Mersey on VHF radio in French.
		Sub Lieutenant Coxon (recently joined Mersey from a 6 month exchange to the French Navy) answered the call and ascertained that the vessel in question had quite a serious fuel leak on her engine and had a broken motor.
		With Petty Officer Carvill having then ensured that the fishing vessel’s engine was navigationally safe, it was then explained to the skipper what had been done and the further actions required once the vessel was back alongside in port.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /static/pages/9369.html (311 words)

	Sea Power Centre - Australia
		VENDETTA and the other four ships commissioned in the Royal Australian Navy at Portsmouth on 11 October 1933 to form the Australian Destroyer Flotilla, later to become famous as the ‘Scrap Iron Flotilla’.
		VENDETTA was commissioned under the command of Lieutenant Commander George S. Stewart RAN.
		After an uneventful cruise, VOYAGER reached Malta on 2 September where she was under refit until the last day of the month when she proceeded on the screen of the fleet for Alexandria.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/voyager1.html (4194 words)

	Hms Vampire 1923 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Service/Unit : HMS Hermes, HMS Vampire, HMS Hollyhock...
		In April 1923 VENDETTA was again in the Baltic and was inspected by Marshal Pilsudski, President of...
		HMS Hercules (1910) HMS Hercules (R49) HMS Hereward.
	www.bramstokercentre.org /hmsvampire1923.html (214 words)

	HMS ICARUS HISTORY - New European Regiment Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Express struck a mine and was badly damaged, HMS Esk went to her assistance and hit mine and sank immediately, HMS Ivanhoe also went to her assistance and hit a mine and was badly damaged, so much so she she had to be sunk by HMS Kelvin.
		HMS Ilex at Charleston (U.S.A.) on 7 Sept 1942.
		In the meantime 4 destroyers HMS Duncan, HMS Isis, HMS Firedrake and HMS Jupiter left Gibraltar and steamed to the east to conduct a anti-submarine sweep.
	www.ner-clan.net /global/showthread.php?t=4174 (3402 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot - Italian Navy at Matapan
		Badly damaged by gunfire from the British battleships HMS Warspite, Valiant and Barham.
		Brought to a stop early in the battle by a torpedo hit from an aircraft from HMS Formidable.
		By gunfire from HMAS Stuart, HMS* Greyhound and HMS Havock.
	www.gunplot.net /matapan/italiannavymatapan.html (372 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - Long odds on HMS Death Star (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Drake and HMS Nelson would thus be ruled out.
		The Controller, in discussion with the First Sea Lord and the Admiralty Board, provides the SNBC with a theme, which may be a simple one such as a letter (such as the Type 45 D-class – not, incidentally, the Daring-class), or a more specific one, such as the Duke-class.
		Colonial connotations mean HMS Bombay or HMS Uganda are unlikely to find favour today, as are names which do not chime with the image of the Navy as a force for good – which weighs against HMS Terrible or HMS Devastation.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2002/0207/0002073101.asp (1272 words)

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		Engaged the 36-gun HMS Cethlion (Irek): Escaped (2/8).
		Along with the 40-gun HSMS Stort Munnen (Per Magnus) engaged and was captured by the 40-gun HMS Guerriere (Rufeo ar-Gimilzor) and the 36-gun HMS Gauche (Catheryn) (20/34).
		Engaged the 36-gun HMS Leda (Irek): Escaped (1/2).
	aonarchives.homestead.com /files/OFFICERS____CORSAIRS__LOGS_001-025.txt (1748 words)

	Aircraft Carriers & Ships
		Hinch is quickly becoming SF's Carrier King, and one of his projects is the HMS Victorious, after her post war angled deck modernisation.
		HMS Victorious after her 8 year post World War Two moderisation.
		THe recently released Sea Hurricane Ib is from the squadrom embarked on HMS Eagle in 1942.
	www.grampsflightsims.com /aircraft_carriers.htm (740 words)

	OzMods 1/600 HMS Voyager
		Named Voyager, Vendetta and Vampire respectively and based on a modified British Daring class design, HMAS Voyager was the first to be delivered.
		She was launched 1st May 1952 by the wife of the then Prime Minister John Menzies and commissioned 12th February 1957.
		The Voyager was replaced by a Royal Navy Daring class vessel named HMS Duchess, which was originally loaned to and then later bought by the Australian Government.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/november/ships/voyager.htm (1907 words)

	D Class Destroyers
		Destroyer website dedicated to the history of HMS Delight, HMS Daring, HMS Defender, HMS Decoy, HMS Diana, HMS Duchess, HMS Vampire, HMS Vendetta and HMS Voyager from their launch to their participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of D Class destroyers.
		I served on Defender n 1963/64 as a boy seaman from HMS St Vincent.
		I recall her as being an old refitted but tough little ship and it was with pride that I served on her.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /d_class1.htm (1017 words)

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		She was built by John Brown and Co, Clydebank and was laid down on 30 March 1938, launched on 31 May 1939, completed on 17 May 1940.
		On the 20th she arrived at Rosyth, and was at first ordered to relieve HMS BIRMINGHAM at Sheerness as part of the anti-invasion plans.
		HMS FIJI had already joined Force B (two cruisers, two destroyers), which was ordered to sweep the west coast of Greece from Cape Matapan to Sapienza to intercept any seaborne enemy forces making for Crete.
	www.angelfire.com /ri/georgev/hmsfijioperational.txt (1050 words)

	RN DD Pendant Numbers
		"D85" was HMS Quail 06/12/14 to 01/09/15 HMS Myrimidon was "D85" 01/09/15, and, HMS Syren was "D85" on 01/01/18 to 13/09/18.
		HMS Ruby was "H85" 06/12/14 to 01/09/15, HMS Mermaid was "H85" 13/09/18.
		"F85" 1918-19 was HMS Vanquisher but I have no details on her as yet.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/s0400000.htm (1105 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Mystery Picture #103 Answer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This is the former Australian destroyer Vendetta (D08) being towed away for scrapping in 1987.
		Vendetta was one of three modified HMS Daring class destroyers built for the RAN shortly after WWII.
		Vampire and Vendetta were both refitted in the early 1970's, acquiring the new bridge and second mast seen here.
	www.hazegray.org /mysteries/oldmyst/ans103.htm (184 words)

	Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 - A
		She had to be taken alongside a breakwater to do repairs and for 20 minutes was in full view of the enemy.
		The attack was then resumed and a Russian cruiser was sunk, after which Lieutenant Agar retired to the safety of the open bay under heavy fire.
		He piloted £wo other boats into the harbour through the forts under a heavy fire and then patrolled the mouth of the harbour to cover their withdrawal.
	jnh.nce.buttobi.net /RN_officersA2.html (814 words)

	George Ettie
		Upon graduation, at the age of sixteen, George joined HMS Ganges for his basic training in the Royal Navy.
		Later spending much of his pre-war time with the Mediterranean Fleet based in Malta, primarily on board HMS Hero, and participating in the Spanish Civil War, where he recalled becoming the target of a bomber while driving the Captain ashore in a launch.
		During his time in the Mediterranean Dad was never without his Kodak Portrait Hawkeye No.2 camera (which is still fully functional and in excellent condition), and took many photographs of the war, and the ships of various nations, which I hope to eventually feature in my Spanish Civil War pages.
	freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com /~hero/george.html (375 words)

	The Reel News: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World - Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Russell Crowe stars as Captain Jack Aubrey, the head of the HMS Surprise, a British navy ship with a male crew of just under 200 souls of all ages.
		Aubrey's vendetta to find the Acheron leads his crew through torrential downpours, immense waves and water droughts, which carries on well after the orders have passed their due.
		The HMS Surprise's journey passes through the Galapagos Islands, where Maturin gets to see creatures never before seen by man, but the beauty of nature is short-lived when Aubrey picks up the trail of the enemy.
	www.thesnapper.com /media/paper142/news/2003/11/20/Entertainment/The-Reel.News.Master.And.Commander.The.Far.Side.Of.The.World-557806.shtml (740 words)

	Untitled Document
		In 1968 he spent six months in Holland working on a new fire control system project was promoted to Lieutenant Commander at the end of that year.
		In 1969 he joined HMAS VENDETTA as Gunnery Officer and from September, 1969 to March 1970 saw operational service when VENDETTA was attached to the US Seventh Fleet for Gunline operations in Vietnam.
		In 1971 he attended the Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, London This was followed by two years as Deputy Directory of Surface and Air Weapons at Navy Office and one year as Executive Officer HMAS YARRA.
	www.hmascanberra.com /command.htm (503 words)

	Lycos - Offers for search masters and commanders dvd - Compare Cheap Prices and Buy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When Napoleon sets out to capture Britain, HMS Surprise is sent to the pacific to intercept the attacking fleet.
		During the Napoleonic Wars British frigate HMS Surprise and the Acheron a much larger French warship with greater...
		During the Napoleonic Wars British frigate HMS Surprise and the Acheron a much larger French warship with greater firepower stalk each other off of the coast of South America...
	shopping.lycos.co.uk /search/masters_and_commanders_dvd.html (1895 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot Scrap Iron Flotilla Greece
		Vampire and Vendetta sailed with Ilex and Wryneck to join the bombardment force, carrying out an anti-submarine sweep along the northern coast of Crete at the same time.
		For two days Vampire and Vendetta patrolled in Kaso Strait-a peaceful stretch of water which in a few months was to run red with the blood of Nazi troops.
		Two days later Vampire and Vendetta sailed for Suda Bay and just before dawn Vendetta was forced to slow down as a result of engine trouble.
	www.gunplot.net /matapan/scrapironflott6.html (2769 words)

	Man Bites Blog : If you can't beat 'em, batmouth 'em
		Glad to know we're being enlisted into a 20 year old personal vendetta.
		Sorry, I have a different measure of results, and it involves the 3,000 unborn children who are killed every day, whether this luncheon goes on or not.
		I think it's interesting that the HMS blog was so fired up in its disregard for Granholm that nobody responded to a request to make this Friday a day of prayer and fasting for peace.
	johnmcg.blogspot.com /2003_02_16_johnmcg_archive.html (580 words)

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