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	List of Royal Navy ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from List of ships of the Royal Navy)
		There are two lists of Royal Navy ships:
		lists all currently commissioned vessels in the Royal Navy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Royal_Navy (143 words)

	United States Navy - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The navy was a part of the conflict from the very beginning of American involvement to the very end of the war, and proved to be a vital element in the success of the Allies.
		The Navy is administered by the Department of the Navy, led by the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV).
		All ships in the U.S. Navy inventory are placed in the Naval Vessel Register, which tracks data such as the current status of a ship, the date of its commissioning, and the date of its decommissioning.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/United_States_Navy (7503 words)

	Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - HMS Athenienne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - HMS Athenienne
		In order to prevent the ship falling on her broadside, the masts were cut away; but she continued to beat so violently upon the rocks, that in less than half-an-hour she filled with water up to the lower deck ports, and then fell over to larboard on her beam ends.
		Here were collected all that remained of the ship's company, whose haggard countenances and shivering forms were revealed to each other, from time to time, by the glare of the blue lights, and by the fitful moonbeams which streamed from beneath the dark clouds, and threw their pale light upon the despairing group.
	www.royal-navy.org /shiplist/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&Itemid=1 (1851 words)

	Ship Descriptions - Ci to Cz
		She was a 2,391 gross ton ship, length 332ft x beam 39.4ft, clipper stem, one funnel, three masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots.
		She was the commodore ship of an 8 knot convoy and although capable of 15 knots, had to keep her speed down to that of the slowest ship in the convoy.
		She was a 2,109 gross ton ship, length 265.3ft x beam 37.5ft, clipper stem, one funnel, four masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 9 knots.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/descriptions/ShipsCC.html (17334 words)

	Resource Discovery Pages - BRITISH NAVY LISTS, ca 1642- SHIPS
		Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy from the fifteenth century to the present / by J. Colledge.
		A LIST of such ships and frigotts of the Navy Royall, as also of such marchants shipps as are set forth to sea and prepared for the service of the King and parliament, in this summers expedition, 1646, etc.
		A COMPLEAT list of the Royal Navy of England, and of the ships and vessels belonging thereunto this 31st of December, 1697, etc. Sold by E. Whitlock: London, 1697/8.
	www.bl.uk /collections/social/srvlst2a.html (855 words)

	Radio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The word appears in a 1907 article by Lee de Forest, was adopted by the United States Navy in 1912 and became common by the time of the first commercial broadcasts in the United States in the 1920s.
		Ships at sea heard a broadcast that included Fessenden playing O Holy Night on the violin and reading a passage from the Bible.
		One of the most memorable uses of marine telegraphy was during the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, including communications between operators on the sinking ship and nearby vessels, and communications to shore stations listing the survivors.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ra/radio.html (4616 words)

	Journeys in Time: Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In this list those ships mentioned specifically in the text of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie's journals are marked with an asterisk *.
		Ships' tonnages must be regarded as approximate; for some vessels made a number of different voyages with various cargoes, and often underwent a refit to accommodate the goods or people that they were transporting.
		Similarly, their comments on the vessels on which they sailed tended to be brief, limited to listing the comfort (or discomfort) that they experienced, and only indirectly describing the workings of the ship and its crew.
	www.lib.mq.edu.au /all/journeys/ships (678 words)

	Research guide B1: The Royal Navy: Tracing people: NMM PORT
		The muster roll or crew list should note where he was before and after his service in that ship, so you can track most people backwards and forwards from that point.
		The lieutenant's logs were kept by the lieutenants of a ship in commission, recording details of weather, navigation and routine of the ship, as well as incidents that occurred during the commission.
		The amount of information shown in these lists changes with time but they record officers (retired and active) and ships, where ships were stationed, pay scales, uniform regulations, etc. They were published between one and several times a year at different periods.
	www.port.nmm.ac.uk /research/b1.html (777 words)

	Submarine Depot Ships
		Royal Navy depot ships for destroyers and submarines and fleet repair ships including HMS Medway, HMS Vulcan, HMS Forth, HMS Thames, HMS Bonaventure, HMS Arrogant, HMS Blenheim and HMS Diligence.
		Built as a depot Ship for Submarines and designed to tend 18 submarines of the O and P class's this number rising to 21 during world war two.
		All on navy list, July 1924, enlisted on Sandhurst from 31st March 1924, except Sweetman listed as on Diligence.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /depot_ships.htm (2957 words)

	Ships List: Alphabetical by Name (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Ships which are named for individuals are listed by the first name of that individual.
		Navy Fact File describes the characteristics of the ships.
		Ships designated USNS, SS and MV are those operated by the Military Sealift Command and have a civilian master and crew, many have no assigned homeports.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/lists/shipalfa.html (351 words)

	American Revolutionary War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Lord Dunmore, the Royal Governor of Virginia, issued an emancipation proclamation in November 1775, promising freedom to runaway slaves who fought for the British.
		Historian Joseph J. Ellis suggests that Washington's decision to have his troops inoculated may have been the commander-in-chief's most important strategic decision.
		The last surviving veteran may have been Daniel F. Bakeman (died 1869), who was placed on the pension rolls by an act of U.S. Congress and is listed as the last survivor of the conflict by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs.
	american-revolutionary-war.iqnaut.net (5146 words)

	British RN Q-ships of WW1
		However, the loss of six Special Service ships as late as August 1917 lends credence to the impression they were not a useful part of the Allied anti-submarine effort.
		Hence many merchant ships could have been spared torpedoing or gun attack because Q-ships were at sea.
		Q-ship "Warner" ("Q-27", cargo ship, 1,300grt, 1911) was on an eastward course as a tempting U-boat target.
	www.naval-history.net /WW1NavyBritishQships.htm (2187 words)

	New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1893 New Zealand became the first nation to grant women the right to vote on the same basis as men; however women were not eligible to stand for parliament until 1919.
		Under the New Zealand Royal Titles Act (1953), Queen Elizabeth II is Queen of New Zealand and is represented as head of state by the Governor-General, currently Dame Silvia Cartwright.
		The New Zealand military has three branches: the New Zealand Army, the Royal New Zealand Navy, and the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand (5051 words)

	Ships List: Mailing Addresses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The following is an alphabetical list of U.S. Navy ships with their mailing addresses.
		Ships with USNS, SS and MV are those operated by the Military Sealift Command and have a civilian master and crew.
		If your ship is not listed here please check the Decommissioned Ships List.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/lists/ship-fpo.html (223 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Saucy (PG-65) was launched on 14 February 1940 as HMS Arabis by Harland and Wolff, Ltd., Belfast, Northern Ireland ; served in the Royal Navy until 1942; and was transferred to the United States Navy at Belfast on 30 April 1942 and commissioned the same day, Lt. A.
		In May 1943, she assisted in the salvage of a torpedoed tanker, towing the ship into port and participating in repair operations for the next two weeks.
		She was decommissioned at Chatham, England, on 20 August 1945, returned to the Royal Navy on 26 August, and struck from the Navy list on 19 September.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/patrol/pg65.htm (237 words)

	Holdings - Royal Navy
		The following represents a partial list of our holdings in the above category, and is limited to books (manuscripts, logs, periodicals, artwork, charts, etc are not included).
		For example, "Arctic" might not contain titles that have been, perhaps arbitrarily, classified as biography, design, discovery, etc. "Navy" generally does not contain titles that are specific to the Royal Canadian Navy (Dept of National Defense), or the United States Navy.
		Ships of the Royal Navy - An historical index - Volume 1
	www.aandc.org /holdings/royal_navy.html (583 words)

	Berryman
		Although the offensive global deployment of the Royal Navy formed a part of Britain’s grand strategy towards Russia in both the 1878 and the 1885 crises, in neither case was the role of sea power as an autonomous element decisive.
		61 The despatch of a powerful Royal Navy squadron to Chemulpo proved to be an effective instrument of British coercive diplomacy, demonstrating Britain’s resolution to protect its interests, thereby stiffening the resolve of the Korean government in Seoul to resist Russia’s demands.
		Seymour was accordingly informed that the purpose of the concentration of Royal Navy ships in the north was not to turn the Russians out of Port Arthur but simply to back up Britain’s demand for the lease of Weihaiwei.
	www.ijnhonline.org /volume1_number1_Apr02/article_berryman_royalnavy_fareast.doc.htm (5953 words)

	Awards to the Royal Canadian Navy
		It detailed all the actions in which the RCN sunk submarines and other ships and also actions in which RCN ships were sunk.
		The book "The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910 - 1993" by Ken Macpherson and John Burgess was used for looking up the Commanding Officers of the ships and for details on the ships noted in the citations.
		The following list of books were consulted for details on the citations and these are noted in the citation for those interested in looking up the full story.
	rcnvr.com (902 words)

	AGOR Numeric List
		Several no longer appear on easily checked lists for the country indicated in the NVR custodian information and are presumed scrapped, sold or otherwise disposed of by their secondary owners.
		A note is made that "She does not belong to the Royal Norwegian Navy, but is a Defense project." The photo shows a classic north Atlantic trawler type vessel with a whale back bow.
		It appears that the little ships of the Conrad class are being replaced in their second life worldwide by the more recent first generation AGOS Ocean Surveillance Ship class.
	patriot.net /~eastlnd2/Agor.htm (2288 words)

	Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books
		During his return trip to England in 1771, Cook was the first ship commander to prevent the outbreak of scurvy, by serving his crew fruit and sauerkraut to prevent the disease.
		England, at war with Spain in 1739, equipped eight ships under the command of George Anson to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America, for the purpose of cutting off Spanish supplies of wealth from the Pacific area.
		Contains: Listings of new minerals, and fossils donated to Cabinet of Natural History; Beck's study on the minerals of New York, Hall's study of new fossils described from New York and Morgan's important study of artifacts from the Seneca Indians of western New York.
	www.geology-books.com /newcatalog.html (16914 words)

	ANMM Royal Australian Navy Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Here is a list of sources in the Museum library that will help you to answer the following questions.
		The Royal Australian Naval Historical Society has a list of RAN ship plans for sale.
		The Royal Australian Navy website is a very useful source with information on current naval vessels including details of ships of the fleet photos and details of ships badges.
	www.anmm.gov.au /lib/ausnav.htm (841 words)

	List of Royal Australian Navy ships - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy)
		Ships of the Royal Australian Navy, past and present:
		This page was last modified 14:13, 27 April 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy (62 words)

	Amazon.com: Honor, Courage, Commitment: Navy Boot Camp: Books: J. F. Leahy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Revealing a side of today's youth that many will find surprising, his examination of the unique American institution--popularly known as boot camp--offers a look into the hearts and minds of a group of young people who are a cross section of the nation.
		I am thinking about joining the Navy and I have been reading a million different books and articles about boot camp and the military in general and this book by far is my favorite.
		I'm in the Navy and I know this is the place for a kid who's not quite ready for college.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1557505365?v=glance (1471 words)

	ANMM Royal Navy Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Provides a brief entry on all Royal Navy vessels detailing dates of build, tonnage, specifications, fate where known.
		Nelson's navy: the ships the men and organisation 1793-1815.
		These annual publications include information on all enlisted personnel including surgeons and engineers and are also useful sources of information on Royal Navy ships and senior members of crew.
	www.anmm.gov.au /lib/rn.htm (665 words)

	Royal Navy Destroyers
		Naval art prints of Royal Navy destroyers from World War I and the Second World War.
		Royal Fleet Auxiliary Olna prepares to receive HMS Active (F171) during the Falklands campaign of 1982.
		Chromolithograph circa 1890, 9" x 6.5", published by J S Virtue and Co Ltd. Plate from Her Majesty's Navy.
	www.naval-art.com /royal_navy_destroyers.htm (1561 words)

	Amazon.com: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy: Books: Bryan Ranft,J. R. Hill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization, 1793-1815 by Brian Lavery
		Throughout its history the Royal Navy has been of great importance for the defense of Britain and has over the centuries entrenched itself in the national psyche, making itself manifest not only through the hero-worship of its principal characters such as Horatio Nelson and Sir Francis Drake
		The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy is the definitive one-volume history of the Royal Navy.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0198605277?v=glance (780 words)

	NAVAL-HISTORY.NET
		When buried by the German authorities, thousand's of Channel Islander's attended, and ever since, Guernsey has commemorated the cruiser's loss, usually with a Royal Navy guardship present - an unusual honour given the thousands of British warships and auxiliaries sunk in two World Wars alone.
		In 2003, Guernsey Post issued a stamp bearing a painting of HMS Charybdis as well as Hunt-class escort destroyer HMS Limbourne, torpedoed at the same time (by T-type small destroyers, not E-boats as often described).
		Royal Navy at Beginning and End of World War 2
	www.naval-history.net (1192 words)

	Maritime Heritage Network - Stories
		We’ve selected a brief list of those stories, generously supplied by HistoryLink, the first and largest encyclopedia of community history created expressly for the Internet.
		The coast and inland waters were explored by the Spanish in the 16th century and the British in 18th century.
		The British Royal Navy and the US Army faced each other during a boundary dispute between Britain and the U.S. in 1859.
	www.maritimeheritage.net /stories (1178 words)

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