She was laid down as builder’s number 377 on 18 July 1899, at the R.W. Hawthorn Leslie and Company shipyard at Hebburn-on-Tyne and launched on 6 October 1900. During her builder’s trials she made her contract speed of 30 knots. She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in January 1902, at a totalContinue reading “HMS GREYHOUND 1901 HMS Greyhound was a Hawthorn Leslie three-funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1898 – 1899 Naval Estimates.”
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HMS Tiger – Tiger started out as Bellerophon; she was laid down in 1941 at the John Brown Shipyard as part of the Minotaur class of light cruisers.
These vessels had a low construction priority due to more pressing requirements for other ship types during World War II, particularly anti-submarine craft. Bellerophon was renamed Tiger in 1945, and was launched, partially constructed, on 25 October 1945. She was christened by Lady Stansgate, the wife of William Benn, the Secretary of State for Air,Continue reading “HMS Tiger – Tiger started out as Bellerophon; she was laid down in 1941 at the John Brown Shipyard as part of the Minotaur class of light cruisers.”
HMS Antigua (K501) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom in commission from 1943 to 1945 [3] that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy as the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Hamond (PF-73)[1] and was transferred prior to completion. https://ift.tt/KI54UdW
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Royal New Zealand Navy sailors visit HCM City charity org September 26, 2023 – 17:48
The Royal New Zealand Navy donated nine wheelchairs for disadvantaged individuals during its official visit to Việt Nam. Sailors from two Royal New Zealand Navy vessels visited Maison Chance, a charity organisation in HCM City and donated wheelchairs. – VNS Photo Việt Dũng HCM CITY – The Royal New Zealand Navy donated nine wheelchairs for disadvantaged individuals atContinue reading “Royal New Zealand Navy sailors visit HCM City charity org September 26, 2023 – 17:48”
HMS Eagle – 1918
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished inContinue reading “HMS Eagle – 1918”
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