HMS Firedrake was a modified Acheron-class destroyer, named after the fire-breathing dragon of Anglo-Saxon mythology, and the sixth ship of the Royal...
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Firedrake may refer to: HMS Firedrake (1912), an Acheron-class destroyer launched in 1912 and sold in 1921 HMS Firedrake (H79), an F-class destroyer launched...
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Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firedrake after the fire-breathing dragon of Anglo-Saxon mythology. HMS Firedrake (1688) was a 12-gun bomb vessel...
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HMS Oak was a modified Acheron-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1912, she saw extensive service during World War I as a tender to the flagship...
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such boats was placed with Yarrow & Company of Scotstoun, Glasgow. The "Firedrake Specials", "Special I class" or "Yarrow Specials" were a little larger...
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service in the First World War. The Acasta class was based on an enlarged HMS Firedrake, a very fast Yarrow Special of the Acheron class. The Acastas had an...
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Fortune, HMS Fame, HMS Firedrake 1940 Force H HMS Faulknor, HMS Forester, HMS Foresight, HMS Firedrake, HMS Fortune, HMS Fearless, HMS Fury, HMS Foxhound...
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Catherine and John, and his youngest brother Leonard was killed when HMS Firedrake was sunk. Born in Derry, Ireland, Browne began his career with his local...
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Battle of Jutland in 1916. The Acasta class was based on an enlarged HMS Firedrake, a very fast Yarrow Special of the Acheron class. Ardent was ordered...
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2 Yarrow-type water-tube boilers and delivered to 2 Parsons turbines. Firedrake, Lurcher and Oak were distinctive in appearance and indeed much faster...
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Running. During the Curragh Incident, Engineer Lieutenant Ranken of HMS Firedrake, as a signatory of the British Covenant, declined to be a party to propelling...
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SS Ceramic (redirect from SS Ceramic (1912))
SS Ceramic was an ocean liner built in Belfast for White Star Line in 1912–13 and operated on the Liverpool – Australia route. Ceramic was the largest...
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send eight submarines and his two command destroyers, HMS Lurcher and Firedrake, to take station off the island of Terschelling, to catch the German ships...
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account of the Belgian victory, where the Belgians are supported by HMS Firedrake and disguise themselves as members of the Cameron Highlanders to deceive...
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Battle Destroyer 2,325 11 September 1945 paid off 1965, scrapped 1967 Firedrake F Destroyer 1,405 30 May 1935 sunk 17 December 1942 Fiske United States...
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HMS E4 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, costing £101,900. E4 was laid down on 16 May 1911, launched on 5 February...
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U-39 14 September 1939 A Type IXA U-boat that was sunk by HMS Faulknor, HMS Firedrake, and HMS Foxhound, becoming the first U-boat to be sunk in World War...
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Goodenough, M.V.O. HMS Southampton: Cdre Goodenough HMS Nottingham: Capt Charles B. Miller HMS Birmingham: Capt Arthur A. M. Duff HMS Lowestoft: Capt Theobald...
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8th Submarine Flotilla (category Military units and formations established in 1912)
Submarines HMS D.2 HMS D.3 HMS D.4 HMS D.5 HMS D.6 HMS D.7 HMS D.8 HMS E.1 HMS E.2 HMS E.3 HMS E.4 HMS E.5 HMS E.6 HMS E.7 HMS E.8 HMS E.9 Depot ships HMS Maidstone...
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Retrieved 19 December 2019. "HMS Snapdragon". Battleships-cruisers. Retrieved 12 October 2011. "South Sea minesweeper 1912-1942". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved...
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flares, faint radio signals, and mirror flashes. The ammunition ship USS Firedrake reported sighting flares in the search area. "The navy destroyer escort...
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time the four surviving corvettes were reinforced by the destroyers HMS Firedrake and USS Badger, and the Western Local Escort Force assumed responsibility...
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I-3, HMS Marigold 11 Dec: HMS Blean 12 Dec: HMS P222, Teruzuki 14 Dec: Canberra Maru 15 Dec: U-626 16 Dec: USS S-49 17 Dec: HMS Firedrake 18 Dec: HMS Partridge...
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