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	Navy
		The development of large capacity, sail-powered ships carrying cannon led to a rapid expansion of European navies, especially the Spanish and Portuguese navies, which dominated in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and ultimately helped propel the age of exploration and colonialism.
		Navy ships normally operate with a group, which may be a small squadron of comparable vessels, or a larger naval fleet of various specialized ships.
		The commander of a fleet travels in the flag ship, which is usually the most powerful vessel in the group.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/n/na/navy.html (3143 words)

	Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Navy ships normally operate with a group, which may be a small squadron of comparable ships, or a larger naval fleet of various specialized ships.
		During the age of sail, the ship categories were divided into the ship of the line, frigate, and sloop-of-war.
		Ships may be combined into squadrons or flotillas, which may be formed into fleets.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Navy (3464 words)

	World War Two Ships: Ship Types
		Aircraft carriers were the most important ship in a fleet, due to the large radius for attack and the heavy punch associated with their aircraft.
		If opposing fleets met, the battleships would form a line of battle and attempt to manoeuvre so that they maximised the number of guns that could fire on the enemy whilst minimising the number of enemy guns that could be brought to bear on them.
		Ships were built wherever there was space in British territories, with those built in Britain bearing the prefix ‘Empire’ and known as ‘Empire’ ships, whilst those built in Canada bore the prefix ‘Fort’ or the suffix ‘Park’.
	www.ww2ships.com /documents/doc0002-ship_types.shtml (10198 words)

	Royal Australian Navy - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		When it was decided that the RAN should commission ships armed with guided missiles, the obvious British design was the "County" class destroyer; however, the RAN had reservations regarding the gas turbine propulsion, the Seaslug missile system, and being able to adapt the design to Australian needs.
		Majestic, although the name ship of the class, was not as near completion at the end of the war as Terrible and the RAN decided to have her construction completed with the latest Royal Navy carrier innovations of the time - the angled flight deck and a mirror landing aid.
		The ships are planned to operate a number of helicopters and the Defence Department has stated that there is a possibility that they may extend the proposed order of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters for the RAAF to include STOVL versions for the Fleet Air Arm to use on the new ships.
	www.voyager.in /Royal_Australian_Navy (2136 words)

	Looking Back at Sukarno's Navy
		As the ship's postman I had to travel across the island to collect the mail and running alongside the main road for a great distance were rows upon rows of war graves, mainly ANZACS killed during the fighting to clear Borneo of the Japanese during World War II.
		Just because these ships are listed on the strength of the Indonesian Navy does not necessarily mean that they were operational, efficient or effective.
		The first RN ships to appear in the Far East with missile systems were the Leander class frigates armed with the Seacat short-range surface-to- air system and the County class destroyers armed with the Seaslug medium range surface-to-air system.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Borneo/SukarnoNavy.html (3989 words)

	List of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The following is a list of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship names by name in alphabetical order, both past and present.
		List of amphibious assault ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
		Category:Lists of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships Category:Royal Navy
	list-of-royal-fleet-auxiliary-ship-names.wikix.ipupdater.com (71 words)

	T-AFS 8 Sirius Combat Stores Ship
		These ships formerly were Royal Navy replenishment ships [ex-British Lyness Class], acquired by the Navy because of the increased logistics demands necessitated by maintaining two carrier battle groups in the Indian Ocean during the Iranian hostage crisis.
		USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8) was transferred from the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary to MSC on Jan. 18, 1981; USNS Spica (T-AFS 9) on Nov. 5, 1981; and USNS Saturn (T-AFS 10) on Dec. 13, 1983.
		Sirius was transferred from the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary to MSC in January 1981.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/tafs-8.htm (740 words)

	Ships Nostalgia - RFA Black Rover
		Welcome to Ships Nostalgia, an online community for people worldwide who have an interest in ships and shipping, whether you are crew, ex-crew, ship enthusiasts or cruisers; this is the forum for you.
		Ships Nostalgia > Navies > Royal Fleet Auxiliary
		Sister ship BLUE ROVER was sold less than six months later in March 1993 to the Portuguese navy and took the name of BERRIO.
	www.shipsnostalgia.com /showthread.php?t=168 (245 words)

	Aviation Guide : Royal Fleet Auxiliary
		The auxiliary fleet was a polyglot collection with not only RFA ships, but commissioned warships and merchantmen as well.
		Ships in the RFA carry the prefix RFA, which, unsurprisingly, stands for Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		The final ships in the fleet are the ones that are most likely to expose themselves directly to enemy fire.
	aviation-guides.com /a/.../178288/Royal+Fleet+Auxiliary.html (1190 words)

	USCGC Tamaroa Sister Ships - USCGC Ute, WMEC-76 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		During that stint in Aleutian waters, the ship was reclassified as a fleet tug, ATF-76.
		There, the fleet tug was assigned to the logistics support group of TG 50.8 to service the main striking force of the 5th Fleet with oil and provisions while underway and thus enable the Fleet to stay at sea nearly continuously to support the Iwo Jima campaign.
		However, the valiant fleet tug bore a charmed life, for she was able to maneuver safely out of gun range on every occasion, and her crew suffered no casualties.
	www.tamaroa.org /sisters/ute (5249 words)

	Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945, K
		Kongshavn, bound for France with cod roe, is listed as sailing in Convoy HN 21 from Norway to the U.K. towards the end of March-1940.
		Kul is listed as sailing in Convoy HN 9A from Norway to the U.K. in Jan.-1940.
		Kul (having cancelled from SC 18) is listed among the ships leaving Halifax with Convoy SC 19 in Jan.-1941, bound for Immingham with pit props in station 12 of the convoy, which has been included in my Convoys section.
	www.warsailors.com /freefleet/norfleetk.html (3501 words)

	[ information-center.be \| RFA_Fort_Victoria_(A387) Resources ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		RFA Fort Victoria (A387) is a combined fleet stores ship and tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		In 1998, the ship was fitted with the Phalanx CIWS.
		The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Fort Victoria was adopted by the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and has been affiliated with the borough for over 10 years.
	information-center.be /RFA_Fort_Victoria_(A387).html (214 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		These ships are 453 ft. long, and their gas turbine engines can carry them along at over 29 knots.
		The 49 ship Eqyptian Navy is an interesting mix of vessels acquired from nations friendly witht he changing alliances of that nation.
		The tables that follow include a listing of major surface ships from navies other than the Untied States that are known to have vessels in or enroute to the Persian Gulf.
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	Arbiter
		Simon (ACV-51), originally classified as an auxiliary aircraft carrier, was laid down on 26 April 1943 at Tacoma, Wash., by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 262); reclassified as an escort aircraft carrier, CVE-51, on 15 July 1943; launched on 9 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		She earned "battle honors" in the Atlantic during 1944, serving on the western approaches to the British Isles, and in 1945 served as one of seven similar ships engaged in operating as an aircraft ferry supporting the British Pacific Fleet's train, bringing up replacement aircraft or providing combat air patrol for replenishment ships.
		Struck from the Navy list on 12 April 1946, the ship was sold to the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., on 30 January 1947.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/a10/arbiter.htm (290 words)

	Appendix G - Ships Radio Call Signs
		With the exception of a few amateur stations, the "ether" was occupied by ship and coastal stations from 1900 until the 1920's.
		Ship and coastal stations used two letter call signs from 1900 until about 1907, then three letter call signs after that period.
		In other words, CGNS was the same as saying "All Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy" or "Any Ship of the Royal Canadian Navy" depending on how it was used.
	www.jproc.ca /rrp/apend_g.html (885 words)

	The Royal Fleet Auxiliary: A Century of Service : Book reviews : Journal for Maritime Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Despite this large fleet, there was virtually no centralised management of RFA vessels during the First World War, and only in the years between the wars were coherent managing and manning strategies evolved.
		The Second World War saw the concept of a fleet train develop to serve the British Pacific and Indian Ocean fleets, and this focused attention on the need for tankers to be equipped for underway replenishment and to have the speed to keep pace with the warships they were servicing.
		There is an alphabetical fleet list with one-line entries for each vessel considered an RFA although, as the authors point out, not all Admiralty-owned merchant ships were so described, and a number known to have been registered in the ownership of Their Lordships during the First World War are omitted.
	www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk /server/show/ConJmrBookReview.126 (979 words)

	Japanese Auxiliary Cruisers
		The AIKOKU and HOKOKU MARUs nearly encounter Vice Admiral (later Fleet Admiral) William F. Halsey’s (former CO of SARATOGA, CV-2) Task Forces 17 and 18 that are enroute to raid the Gilberts and Eastern Marshalls.
		The AIKOKU MARU and HOKOKU MARU are attached to Vice Admiral Komatsu Teruhisa's Sixth Fleet (Submarines).
		The AIKOKU MARU is assigned to Vice Admiral Mikawa Gunichi's Eighth Fleet.
	www.combinedfleet.com /Aikoku_t.htm (2638 words)

	List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		List of replenishment ships of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
		Categories: Lists of ships of the United Kingdom
		This page was last modified 21:42, 10 November 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_replenishment_ships_of_the_Royal_Fleet_Auxiliary (64 words)

	Directed Energy and Fleet Defense: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Fleet defense will need to respond to threats that may include low observable or hypersonic cruise missiles, tactical ballistic missiles with maneuverable re-entry vehicles, space-based surveillance systems, fast missile patrol boats, advanced submarines, and ultimately, weapons of mass destruction.
		To this list, it may be necessary to add airborne or space based lasers, as well as explosively driven directed energy weapons.
		In the historic confrontations between major battle fleets, escort vessels serving in the screen were, by necessity, expendable in the defense of the capitol ships.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/cst/occppr10.htm (18839 words)

	Royal Navy Contents Page - Composition of the Fleet, Royal Marines, Type 42, Type 22, The Chief of Naval Staff, ...
		Royal Navy Contents Page - Composition of the Fleet, Royal Marines, Type 42, Type 22, The Chief of Naval Staff, Submarines, HMS Ark Royal
		Major Royal Navy Shore Establishments and Naval Reserve Units
		Fleet Replenishment Ships - Fort Victoria Class - Fort Grange Class
	www.armedforces.co.uk /navyindex.htm (173 words)

	Navy Matters \| RN Commitments and Operations
		Ships with reduced support status will, generally, only receive support for defects affecting health and safety and environmental safety.
		Ingram [holding answer 7 July 2005]: The process of designating ships to receive the reduced level of support referred to by the National Audit Office enables the Royal Navy to maintain its ability to mount a medium scale operation at short notice and maximise its ability to undertake priority peacetime tasks.
		None of the above 8 ships are listed in RSS or a High-state of readiness.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /commitments.htm (1205 words)

	Articles - Navy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		USS is an acronym which expands to United States Ship; in the British Navy, HMS expands to Her Majesty´s Ship (or when a King reigns, His Majesty´s Ship), and so forth.
		For a list of the prefixes used with ship names (HMS, USS, &c.) see ship prefix
		"Flag officers" include any rank that includes the word "admiral" (or commodore), and are generally in command of a battle group or similar flotilla of shipss, rather than a single ship or aspect of a ship.
	www.zdiamond.net /articles/Navy (3049 words)

	USNS Sirius (T-AFS 8)
		While resupplying the UNITAS 23 ship USS PORTLAND (LSD 37), the USNS SIRIUS, USS PORTLAND, and USS O'BANNON (DD 987) conducted a connected replenishment with all three ships at anchor.
		The O'BANNON was on the port side of SIRIUS, the PORTLAND on the Starboard.
		Braswell Ship Yard, Charleston, SC During the installation of SIRIUS' new helo deck at Braswell Ship Yard in Charleston, South Carolina, the ship suffered a fire.
	navysite.de /afs/afs8.htm (524 words)

	Royal Navy Analysis - defence Forum for navy topics such as navy warfare, world Navy forces, navy ships, submarines, ...
		Royal Navy Analysis - defence Forum for navy topics such as navy warfare, world Navy forces, navy ships, submarines, and new navy technologies.
		Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels which have been given the reduced support status referred to in paragraph 2.9 of the National Audit Office report on military readiness.
		Along with a heavier Surface Warfare force based on the Type 45 hulls a lighter multi-role ship like one of the LCS designs (I favour the Trimaran based on AUSTALs design myself) would be of use to the RN over the next decade or more as navies move towards a more littoral environment.
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/showthread.php?t=4109 (3841 words)

	USNS Spica (T-AFS 9)
		All three ships in this class were transferred from the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary to the Military Sealift Command between 1981 and 1983.
		It is no official listing but contains the names of sailors who submitted their information.
		A SA.30 Puma helicopter, deployed on board USNS SPICA, crashed while conducting routine vertical replenishment with USS HARRY S. The helicopter's two civilian pilots survived and were rescued shortly afterwards.
	navysite.de /afs/afs9.htm (197 words)

	World Navies Today: United Kingdom
		Ships not yet commissioned, or in long-term overhaul/conversion, are listed in [brackets].
		This pair has been modernized for further service; unmodernized sisters are listed separately.
		All 6 ships will be complete by 2004.
	www.hazegray.org /worldnav/europe/uk.htm (2272 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		CHARGER, T. SIMON (ACV-51), originally classified as an auxiliary aircraft carrier, was laid down on 26 April 1943 at Tacoma, Wash., by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 262); reclassified as an escort aircraft carrier, CVE-51, on 15 July 1943; launched on 9 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs.
		Renamed ARBITER and given the pendant number" D.31 (while being carried on the United States' NAVAL VESSEL REGISTER with the classification BCVE-51, the escort carrier served in the Royal Navy for the duration of World War II.
		Converted to the cargo ship CORACERO, the former escort carrier served under two more names, PRESIDENT MACAPAGAL from 1965 to 1972 and LUCKY TWO in 1972 before she was scrapped in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, in 1972.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/carriers/cve51.txt (293 words)

	Royal Navy Carrier in World War Two
		Originally classified as an Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier, laid down at Tacoma, Wash, by the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co.
		WW2 ARBITER (R303) served in the Royal Navy for the duration of World War II.
		She earned battle honours in the Atlantic during 1944, serving on the western approaches to the British Isles, and in 1945 served as one of seven similar ships engaged in operating as an aircraft ferry supporting the British Pacific Fleet's train, bringing up replacement aircraft or providing combat air patrol for replenishment ships.
	uk.geocities.com /nmptwentyone/index.html (382 words)

	Patrick Henry SSBN599 Home Page and Crew List
		These tremendous efforts were directed toward making the ship completely ready for sea by August 1960, when she proceeded to Cape Canaveral for submerged firings of missiles in the Atlantic Missile Range.
		These submarines and three sister ships (two authorized in FY 1959) were built to a modified "Skipjack " class design with almost 130 ft being added to the original design to accommodate two rows of eight missile tubes, fire control and navigation equipment, and auxiliary machinery.
		All ships in the class has been decommissioned and have had their missile compartments removed as a result of SALT 1 provisions.
	www.rontini.com /599.htm (3818 words)

	The Royal Fleet Auxiliary - Unofficially! Links
		This is your first point of contact for a new career.
		There are a few RFA communicators who are full or associate members.
		It does not reflect the views of the Commodore or the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service.
	home.freeuk.net /rfa/links.html (142 words)

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