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	Swan Hunter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The shipyard survived until 1993, then trading as "Swan Hunter", when it was forced to call in the receivers after the UK government awarded the contract for HMS Ocean to Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd in Barrow in Furness for a cut down price, which later turned out to be artificial.
		The current flagship of the Royal Navy, HMS Ark Royal was built at Swan Hunter, entering service in 1985.
		Swan Hunter was rescued from receivership by Jaap Kroese, a Dutch millionaire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swan_Hunter (460 words)

	Trafalgar 200 - Ship Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS WESTMINSTER enjoys excellent relations with the City of Westminster, the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment, the Worshipful Company of Fanmakers and London Underground (Westminster Station of course!).
		Serving as the Flight Observer of HMS Exeter, Boxer and Cumberland, and later as the Flight Commander of HMS Newcastle, he experienced a wide variety of operational flying, ranging from the Caribbean and North Atlantic to the Arabian Gulf.
		He was subsequently appointed to HMS Grafton as PWO(A) and enjoyed a high tempo operational programme including a challenging six months as part of the NATO Standing Naval Force Atlantic.
	www.trafalgar200.com /tallships_details/westminster.html (450 words)

	Defence Internet \| Defence News \| Westminster station is ship-shape with new Royal Navy-London Underground mural (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A new mural celebrating the partnership between HMS Westminster and Westminster station was unveiled at the underground station on Thursday 27 April by London Underground Chief Operating Officer, Mike Brown, and the ship's captain, Commander Andrew Betton.
		The photographic design, measuring 3m by 1.5m, is situated in the central ticket hall of Westminster station, and features two of the station's staff, Maria Sheikh and Danny Molloy, who have both visited the Type 23 frigate and her crew.
		Two London Underground "Westminster" roundel signs hang on board HMS Westminster - one in the mess room, where her crew relax and eat their meals, and the other on the main concourse of the ship.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/WestminsterStationIsShipshapeWithNewRoyalNavylondonUndergroundMural.htm (564 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - HMS Westminster rejoins the Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Westminster has spent 12 months in refit in Rosyth, and is the first warship to be fitted with Sonar 2087, which is more effective at detecting stealthy seaborne threats, including submarines and mini-submarines.
		Westminster was rededicated at Portsmouth Naval Base by The Revd Monsignor Richard Maddens, the Royal Navy’s principal Roman Catholic chaplain.
		Westminster now continues with a training package in UK waters which will prepare her for operations worldwide.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2005/0502/0005021501.asp (261 words)

	Trafalgar 200 - Ship Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Bulwark, the second of a new class of assault ships, was launched at the BAE Systems shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness on 15 November 2001.
		Gaining his 'wings' in 1985, he specialised as a Lynx pilot, and was appointed to HMS York as P2 in 1986, and to HMS Amazon as Flight Pilot in 1987.
		It was during this period that he was selected for a sea appointment, and took command of the Type 23 Frigate HMS Westminster in 1998.
	www.trafalgar200.com /tallships_details/bulwark.html (793 words)

	Naval Technology - Duke Class (Type 23) - Frigates
		The new batch comprises: HMS Kent which was launched in May 1998 and entered service in September 2000; HMS Portland launched in May 1999 and commissioned in May 2001; and HMS St Albans launched in May 2000 and commissioned in June 2002.
		HMS Richmond was the first RN vessel to receive the HE ER round in April 2004.
		HMS Westminster, HMS Northumberland and HMS Richmond have been fitted with the new sonar.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/t23 (1220 words)

	Leaders vow to stand
		The Westminster City Partnership would like to invite you to a Community Meeting to discuss what the authorities are doing to both reassure and assist communities in the wake of the terrorist attack on 7th July.
		This is an 'open meeting', which seeks to co-ordinate and inform Westminster’s communities and it is crucial that community representatives, leaders, practitioners and concerned individuals from all cultures, faiths and backgrounds attend and contribute to discussions.
		Westminster City Council believes that everyone who lives or works in or visits Westminster has the right to be treated with dignity and respect and to live without fear of discrimination.
	www.westminster.gov.uk /hottopics/archive/bulletin10.cfm (668 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Admiralty V & W class Destroyers
		HMS Whitley (L 23) (lost 19 May, 1940)
		HMS Veteran (D 72) (lost 26 Sep, 1942)
		HMS Walpole (D 41) (lost 6 Jan, 1945)
	uboat.net /allies/warships/class.html?ID=23&navy=HMS (479 words)

	Image Gallery - Naval (and amphibious military) Images
		HMS Victory, laid down on 23rd July 1759, is the oldest Commissioned warship in the world and remains the flagship of the 2nd Sea Lord although it no...
		HMS Warrior, the largest, fastest, most powerful warship afloat when she was built in 1860.
		The stern and white ensign of the Ark Royal, with the older Type 23 'Duke' class frigate, HMS Westminster moored astern, and the harbour entrance in t...
	www.clash-of-steel.co.uk /gallery/sub_index.php?index=sea (1206 words)

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		HMS Glorious, now in company with the destroyers HMS Walker & Walpole arrive in the Clyde after nightfall 1940 - HMS Furious, after refueling at Tromsø, is transiting the most narrow party of Grotsund fjord when she is surprised by a single Fw-200 of I/KG 40 which drops two 250 kg bombs.
		HMS Regent was reported overdue at Beirut on 1 May 1943.
		They suggest that the second submarine may have been HMS Turbulent, prevented from taking part in the exercise by the incident which forced it to return to port for repair.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/april/18Apr.txt (3549 words)

	Naval Officers Killed
		Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London - "Captain William Bayne, Captain William Blair, Captain Robert Manners were mortally wounded in the course of the Naval engagements under the command of Admiral Sir Bridges Rodney on the IXth and the XIIth of April MDLCLXXXII.
		In memory of Capt. John McNeill Boyd, of HMS Ajax, who with five of his brave sailors perished at Kingstown, Ireland, in a gallant attempt to rescue from destruction the crews of two vessels, driven on the rocks by the hurricane of the 9th of Feb 1861.
		HMS Tauranga formerly of this parish who fell in the service of his country whilst in command of a landing party of British and American seamen in an engagement near Apai in the island of Samoa on April 1st 1899."
	members.tripod.com /Glosters/Taf.htm (3753 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - New sonar gives Westminster the edge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The new system was unveiled aboard Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster in Portsmouth – the first vessel in the RN fleet to receive the multi-million-pound piece of wizardry.
		The MOD has spent £300m in developing Sonar 2087 during the past decade, and purchasing six of the systems for the Type 23 fleet – HMS Northumberland is currently being fitted with it.
		2087 is just one enhancement to Westminster during her year-long £25m refit in Rosyth, which has also seen the frigate adapted to carry the Merlin helicopter and the Sonar 2170 automated anti-torpedo system.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2004/0412/0004122301.asp (905 words)

	News Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Commander Andrew Betton, Captain of HMS Westminster, said: "There are still hundreds of submarines around the world, operated by a wide range of countries many of which we would not consider to be allies and we have to be able to respond to any deteriorating situation."
		HMS Westminster is equipped with the new 2087 sonar system.
		But if world events dictate that HMS Westminster has to adopt its war role, the mission will come first.
	scotlandtoday.scottishtv.co.uk /content?page=s1_1_1&newsid=5879 (312 words)

	Maritime Disasters of WWII 1939, 1940, 1941
		At that moment she was on a secret mission, transporting King Håkon of Norway, the Crown Pince, 56 staff members and Government officials and the national gold reserves, from Tromsó to the safety of the British Isles, there to spend the next five years in exile.
		The 11,636 ton Dutch passenger liner was taken over for service as a troop transport and while engaged in the evacuation of British and New Zealand troops from Crete, she was attacked for the second time by German aircraft of Luftwaffe JG-77 and sank with the loss of 193 men.
		Severely damaged by salvos from the battleships HMS King George V, HMS Rodney, and by torpedoes from the cruiser HMS Dorsetshire, she was finally scuttled by her crew.
	members.iinet.com.au /~gduncan/maritime-1.html (7465 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Hampshire \| New warship sonar system unveiled
		The Sonar 2087 system, fitted to the Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster, will be unveiled at Portsmouth Naval Base.
		HMS Westminster had the new technology installed during a recent overhaul at Rosyth in Fife.
		He said the new system would have to be switched off when whales and dolphins were detected nearby and areas known to be natural habitats for the animals would be avoided by the warships.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/hampshire/4071259.stm (276 words)

	WizKids - Pirates of the Spanish Main
		Captain Hawley flies the flag of over 30 nations from HMS Westminster in an effort to confuse enemies and give his crew the upper hand in combat.
		The HMS Westminster uses that to her advantage, by being able to be “safe” in the L range of any other ship, while her one L-range cannon gets a bead on the enemy.
		Besides that range “immunity,” the HMS Westminster is a second-tier ship— a ship that is intended to be an addition to your strategy.
	www.wizkidsgames.com /pirates/article.asp?cid=40356 (713 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 9 Dec 2004 (pt 11)
		HMS Argyll, Lancaster, Iron Duke, Monmouth, Montrose, Westminster, Northumberland, Richmond, Sutherland, Somerset, Portland, St.Albans and Kent either are, or will be modified to enable them to embark Merlin helicopters.
		It has already been fitted to HMS Westminster and will be installed on the seven remaining vessels during their next available upkeep periods.
		While our future capability requirements are no longer dictated by the procurement of like for like platforms, the remaining type 42s are currently scheduled to be withdrawn from service from the type 45 First of Class in service date and then at intervals staged to match the in service date of incoming type-45 destroyers.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm041209/text/41209w11.htm (1124 words)

	TYPE 23 FRIGATE FACTS AND INFORMATION
		HMS ''Norfolk'' (F230) was the first of the class to enter service, commissioned on June 1, 1990 at a cost of £135.449 million.
		On July 21 2004, in a review of defence spending, Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced HMS ''Norfolk'', HMS ''Marlborough'' (F233) and HMS ''Grafton'' (F80) were to be paid off.
		HMS ''Westminster'' was used for the Type 23 interior shots in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies in three different roles as HMS ''Chester'', HMS ''Devonshire'' and HMS ''Bedford''.
	www.palfacts.com /Type_23_frigate (426 words)

	The Bond Film Informant: Bond and the Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMS Ranger was one of the RN's nuclear submarines.
		HMS Chester was the first of the frigates to appear.
		HMS Bedford is the flagship of the British fleet which is sent to the South China Sea in response to Devonshire's supposed sinking by China.
	www.mjnewton.demon.co.uk /bond/navy.htm (2288 words)

	Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The current HMS Kent is the twelfth ship to bear the name and her Ship’s Company are very proud of her motto’ Invicta’, meaning ‘Unconquerable’, as well as her impressive 16 Battle Honours earned by her distinguished predecessors.
		The 14th of 16 Type 23 ‘Duke’ Class Frigates, HMS Kent was commissioned on 8 June 2000 and is based in Portsmouth.
		She is an exact replica of one of Lord Admiral Nelson's cutters from HMS Victory.
	www.dartmouthregatta.co.uk /guardship.html (507 words)

	Duke Class Frigates Type 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		F236 HMS Montrose, Rhu Narrows, Gareloch, on the approach to Faslane Naval Base, Scotland, 10th October 2004.
		The submarine (ex HMS Upholder) was handed over to the Canadian Navy at the same base on Saturday 2nd October, before losing power in the Irish Sea only days afterwards.
		One crew member was killed in the incident, and HMS Montrose was sent to escort the submarine back to Faslane under tow.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /duke_class.htm (1752 words)

	NAVY News :: Features
		HMS Invincible signalled the start of the International Fleet Review at 1pm with the firing of the Royal Salute.
		The Queen, embarked in HMS Endurance, then began her journey along the lines of ships, with 30,000 sailors from more than 38 nations manning their upper decks to salute Her Majesty.
		She was then confronted with her first anti- antisubmarine exercise in order to clear the area of submarine Brownian and Cyanican threats while awaiting the arrival of Illustrious Illustrious.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/4813/feature/feature01.htm (720 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Scotland \| New sonar protection for warships
		HMS Westminster has been fitted with a low frequency sonar system to improve its defences against increasingly stealthy submarines.
		HMS Westminster's Commander Andrew Bettom said the MoD did not recognise a moratorium on the use of sonar equipment called for by the European Parliament.
		He said environmental research was being carried out to ensure that use of the sonar was "evironmentally friendly".
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4037079.stm (284 words)

	The Scotsman - UK - Navy pledges curbs on sonar to avoid harming dolphins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The frigate HMS Westminster has been refitted with the latest low-frequency sonar system at Rosyth.
		Although the navy has acknowledged that the system has the potential to harm the cetacean family, it claims that comprehensive measures prevent it being turned on in the vicinity of the animals.
		HMS Westminster’s commander, Andrew Bettom, announced that the MoD did not recognise a moratorium on the use of sonar equipment called for by the European Parliament.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=1354112004 (555 words)

	Deputy Commander (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After one year’s training at both Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth and in the Fleet, he was nominated to attend London’s City University, from where he graduated in 1978 as a Bachelor of Science in Systems and Management.
		In 1981 as a Lieutenant, he joined the HMS Sheffield a Type 42 destroyer as the Communication Officer and served in the ship during the Falklands conflict.
		Promoted to Captain in December of 1998 he led the RN study into qualifications and examination structure for Commanding, Executive and watchkeeping officers on behalf of the Commander in Chief Fleet.
	www.secondfleet.navy.mil /leadership/deputy_csfl.htm (358 words)

	Past Times Project
		We went to HMS Valkyrie and found how they were used in Radar.
		Since we were to be Radio Mechanics we took a trip to HMS Mercury to find out about wireless equipment.
		HMS Westminster was an old V and W boat, my father's last ship was HMS Versatile, another V and W circa 1918.
	www.pasttimesproject.co.uk /lsl_browse.php?subsite=ll&story=938 (841 words)

	HMS - resources from the government and academia
		HMS Staff: Williamson County Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age.
		HMS Challenger: He particpated on a polar expedition which went in search of Sir John Franklin in 1852, on the ship HMS Resolute.
		HMS: HMS Mission Statement: Harris Middle School will provide educational challenges and opportunities to enable all students to learn, achieve, and succeed.
	www.cancer-help.org /medications/files/HMS.html (5749 words)

	Westminster Collection - HMS Victory Fine Bone China Plate
		Celebrate the Trafalgar Bicentenary with this expertly produced fine bone china plate, featuring HMS Victory racing into battle at the head of the mighty British Fleet.
		Specially produced to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, this fantastic collector's plate features original artwork by renowned marine artist, Norman Wilkinson.
		Expertly produced in fine bone china, your plate features a richly coloured image of Lord Nelson's flagship - HMS Victory - as she races into battle at the head of the mighty British Fleet.
	www.westminstercollection.com /pc_6197.htm (163 words)

	Just Some Of Royal Navy Ship At Dunkirk
		Was damaged by a bomb near miss on 28th May and was repaired at Portsmouth.
		Escort to HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales.
		After the former was sunk by the Bismark and the Prince of Wales damaged, she escorted the latter back to Iceland for repair.
	www.doverpages.co.uk /rnships.htm (486 words)

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