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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)

  
 Royal Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Royal Navy is the navy of the United Kingdom.
The reformation and major expansion of the Navy Royal as it was then known occurred the reign of King Henry VIII whose ships the " Great Harry " and the " Mary Rose " engaged the French navy in a battle in the Solent in 1545.
In the latter stages of the Cold War the Royal Navy was reconfigured with ASW aircraft carriers and a force of small frigates and destroyers.
www.freeglossary.com /Royal_Navy   (1172 words)

  
 Radio
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)

  
 
ROYAL NAVY BIOGRAPHY: This is the second part of an index to O'Byrne's Royal Navy Biography 1849; It lists details of Royal Navy officers with surnames E to G
ROYAL NAVY BIOGRAPHY: This is the third part of an index to O'Byrne's Royal Navy Biography 1849; It lists details of Royal Navy officers with surnames H to L
ROYAL NAVY BIOGRAPHY: This is the fourth part of an index to O'Byrne's Royal Navy Biography 1849; It lists details of Royal Navy officers with surnames M to P
www.angelfire.com /de/BobSanders/Site.html   (631 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Ships & Passenger Lists
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Boston, Massachusetts from 1820-1943.
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938.
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1883-1945.
www.cyndislist.com /ships.htm   (5816 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)

  
 Sailing Ships of the Royal Navy,L   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The enemy ship, in yawing to bring his guns to bear, enabled POMPEE to come up and, after an hour and a quarter, when POMPEE was nearly unmanageable and the enemy totally so, she surrendered.
LEANDER was retaken by the Russians and the Turks at Corfu on 3 March 1799 and restored to the Royal Navy.
The ship's company presented a sword and epaulettes to their commander (Commander DICKINSON at first declined to accept them since " he disapproved of the principle of inferiors expressing a public opinion of their superiors" but he was persuaded by other officers.) and rings to Lieut.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /L.HTM   (21254 words)

  
 Ships of the 18th Cent. Royal Navy L   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Spanish ship was larger than the British 1st Rates many of her guns were larger and most were brass.
Being high built she was, unlike the British ships, able to use her lower tier of guns in the heavy seas running during the action.
NORTHESK put a Lieutenant and 60 men, with 2 of the ship's 6-pounders, into a sloop taken at Vigo, and sent her up the river in quest of the privateer; the sloop could see nothing of her, but in return chased a Bark on shore, and set her on fire, and Ld.
www.cronab.demon.co.uk /18l.HTM   (4257 words)

  
 List of ships of the United States Navy - Gurupedia
This is a list of ships of the United States Navy, including both past and present vessels.
There is also a list of ships of the Japanese Navy and a List of ships of the Royal Navy (British).
There is also a list of ships of the Japanese Navy.
www.gurupedia.com /l/li/list_of_ships_of_the_united_states_navy.htm   (577 words)

  
 Aircraft Carrier database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive
Ship Modelers Mailing List (SMML) One of the premier sources for modeling information, the SMML web site holds not only all the Archives from the free SMML List, but also has kit reviews, hints and tips, ship walk-abouts and various photos of both models and ship details.
Ship's badges of the Royal Navy in Plymouth pubs
Royal Navy Ships of World War 2: by Andrew Arthur's guide to the Royal Navy of World War 2.
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Index.html   (1881 words)

  
 Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - LIST OF THE SHIPWRECKS OF THE ROYAL NAVY,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - LIST OF THE SHIPWRECKS OF THE ROYAL NAVY,
List of Royal Navy Submarines sunk during WW11 indicating where sunk, how they were sunk, and the da
Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy: between 1793 and 1849, by William O. Gilly
www.royal-navy.org /shiplist/content/view/107/8   (5898 words)

  
 Notice Board: The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns
I have seen a reverse painting on glass that pictures a ship, apparently a first or second rate (but that is not sure), named HMS The Hogue in the company of HMS Victory and HMS Euryalus.
She had been hastily converted to an aircraft carrier and was not suitable for the anti-submarine patrols that she was assigned to.
My grandfather proudly served in the Royal Navy from 1922 to 1947, aboard many ships, being at the Battle of Narvik and the Battle of Matapan, and other actions, but it was the sinking of Courageous that always bothered him the most.
home.swipnet.se /ew-11578/notice_board.htm   (1904 words)

  
 Home Page
Schooner: - sailing ships with at least 2 masts (foremast and mainmast) with the mainmast being the taller.
The orginal term windjamer was intented as insult from the crews of steamships.
The Tall Ships of San Francisco c.1859-1920 of interest.
www.schoonerman.com   (369 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.
He was given two ships, the Resolution and the Adventure, which he stocked with proper food stores, including lemons, enough to last for two years and which he knew would prevent scurvy.
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)

  
 HMS Mauritius - The Royal Navy Ships of Victor Johns
Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Wallsend-on-Tyne, to whom she was more familiarly known by her "job number." By noon the ship's company arrived, after an all-night train journey from Chatham, and with great interest took up their allotted places in the ship.
We soon found ourselves south-bound and hoped for some shore leave, but the weather prevented this, and our proud ship was soon shepherding her first convoy, the first of very many all successfully escorted.
It was a very necessary job, but monotonous and almost uneventful, until an unescorted ship reported that she was being attacked by a raider.
home.swipnet.se /ew-11578/hms_mauritius.htm   (3217 words)

  
 Ships List: Alphabetical by Name   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
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)

  
 bibliography
Walker, Dale L., The Boys of '98 : Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders.
Webber, Bert, Battleship Oregon : Bulldog of the Navy.
U.S. Naval Institute, "Historic Naval Ships Association of North America", (pamphlet that is a reprint of an article from the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings), Annapolis: 1978.
www.spanamwar.com /biblio.htm   (4914 words)

  
 Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot CDT 3 Ops Vietnam Nominal List
As a part of the Inshore Undersea Warfare Group ONE, Western Pacific Detachment, the Royal Australian Navy Clearance Diving Team THREE displayed well-coordinated effort and exemplary performance of duty during the planning and establishment phase of the counterinsurgency operations.
Although operating in an environment where the United States Navy had virtually no past experience, detachment personnel were instrumental in denying enemy forces freedom of movement within assigned harbors.
Harbor Defence units detected, boarded and searched large numbers of suspect junks and craft, contributing significantly to the curtailment of acts of sabotage and the flow of enemy supplies.
www.gunplot.net /vietnam/cdt3vietnamlist.html   (372 words)

  
 The Telegraph Office -- for Telegraph Key Collectors and Historians
List of Semi-Automatic Key (bug) Manufacturers: Did you know there were 60 plus makers of bugs in the U.S. alone?
Jame's Doty's list of Telegraph companies: A comprehensive list from the very beginning of the telegraph business.
The Bottom of the Ocean Is "Main Street" to Him: A cable ship captain recalls thirty years of repairing cables in the North Atlantic -- a fascinating story, c.
www.telegraph-office.com /tel_off-page.html   (2958 words)

  
 The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Books, 19th Century Reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mark Twain
In 1850 Santiago Socia found the bow of a ship projecting from the desert and in 1933, Myrtle and Louis Botts found an ancient vessel near Aqua Caliente, only to claim that an earthquake buried their find.
The wrecks are organized by date and by location, and includes ocean and bay steamers, as well as other ships that wrecked between the years 1500 and 1957.
The list includes the number of passengers and sometimes the number of crew, but not their names.
www.maritimeheritage.org /books.htm   (3630 words)

  
 The LLama Butchers: Gratuitous Royal Navy Geekery Posting (TM) - Book List Division   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Dudley Pope has written many works, including The Black Ship (about the 1797 mutiny aboard HMS Hermione and her subsequent recapture from the Spanish by none other than HMS Surprise), Life In Nelson's Navy, and Decision at Trafalgar.
The Naval Chronicles provide a contemporary day-to-day account of life in the Royal Navy, with many articles, news items and anecdotes.
I've read many of the books you listed and I found this well researched book by Caroline Alexander, The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty, to be a very good read.
llamabutchers.mu.nu /archives/159930.php   (1505 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)

  
 Royal Navy Corvettes
List of Royal Naval Corvettes from the early Screw corvettes of the 19th Century to the Flower and Castle Class Corvettes of World War Two.
My father, James Cresswell Moore, served in Calliope during her 2-years cruise to Chinese, Indian and Australian waters and was involved in the famous storm in Apia Harbour, Samoa, when she was the only survivor.
I would love to hear from anyone who's relatives served on the ship and also any information on the ship and photos.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /corvettes.htm   (1364 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)

  
 Royal Navy Cruisers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A total of 1525 British Warships were lost, including 224 surface ships of Corvette size and up.
Lieutenant Richard Turner, the gunnery officer of H.M.S. Pegasus, was one of the first to be hit, both his legs being shattered by a shell.
But as he lay bleeding to death his thoughts were for the honour of his ship and the Service.
www.naval-art.com /royal_navy_cruisers.htm   (1759 words)

  
 Ships List -Genseek   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
A list of ships from newspaper sources (updated weekly).
Ships and Crew Arriving At Sydney from All Ports
a magnificient listing of ships, wreck, companies and passenger records.
www.genseek.net /ships.htm   (88 words)

  
 Former Ships of the Royal Australian Navy (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
Former Ships of the Royal Australian Navy (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
Select from the list below to view ship data and historical facts of past R.A.N. vessels.
This list is not complete and further ship histories will be added as they become available.
www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/shiphistorymain.html   (44 words)

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