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    HMS Philomel, later HMNZS Philomel, was a Pearl-class cruiser. She was the fifth ship of that name and served with the Royal Navy. After her commissioning...
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  • of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Philomel, after Philomela, a figure in Greek mythology: HMS Philomel (1806) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop...
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  • 1833 HMS Philomel (1842), an 8-gun brig launched in 1842 HMS Philomel (1860), a Philomel-class gunvessel launched in 1860 and sold in 1865 HMS Philomel (1867)...
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  • sunk by ice in 1881. HMS Pandora, a Pearl-class armoured cruiser launched in 1889, renamed HMS Katoomba in 1890 and sold in 1906. HMS Pandora (1900), a Pelorus-class...
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    Squadron so the convoy included an escort of three cruisers, HMS Minotaur (1906), HMS Philomel (1890), and HMAS Psyche, as well as the Japanese battlecruiser...
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  • and sold in 1873. HMS Penguin (1860) was a Philomel-class gunvessel launched in 1860 at Liverpool. She was sold in 1870 for scrap. HMS Penguin (1876) was...
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    HMS Mullett (or Mullet) was a Royal Navy 5-gun Philomel-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1860. She served on the coast of West Africa and on the...
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    1906. Persian 1890 Renamed HMS Wallaroo and then HMS Wallington. Changed back to original in 1920 before being sold for scrap. Philomel 1890 Transferred...
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  • Augustus Agar (category 1890 births)
    (then still part of the Royal Navy). In 1922 he was given command of HMS Philomel, an obsolete cruiser of 2,575 tons used as a training ship for the New...
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    The Philomel-class gunvessel HMS Newport was launched in Wales in 1867. Having become the first ship to pass through the Suez Canal, she was sold in 1881...
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    Bartholomew Sulivan (category 1890 deaths)
    Galapagos Islands was named after him. From 1842 to 1846 he commanded HMS Philomel on the South American Station and surveyed the Falkland Islands. He was...
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    preparations for daily and nightly signals to be exchanged with HMS Philomel and HMS Blanche where marines were to be at the ready with machine guns....
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    Pioneer (1856) Victor (1855) Intrepid (1855) Roebuck (1856) Nimrod (1856) Philomel (or Ranger) class Ranger (1859) Espoir (1860) Landrail (1860) Nimble (1860)...
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    Zanzibar fired upon a British flotilla led by St George, also comprising Philomel, Racoon, Sparrow and Thrush. The response sank Glasgow with a hole below...
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    sailors and marines were landed from the Pearl-class protected cruiser Philomel and the gunboat Thrush, which were anchored in the harbour. The naval contingent...
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    HMNZS Philomel 26 Aug: USS Cochino 7 Sep: Chaksang 14 Sep: Noronic 19 Sep: US FWS Scoter, U-1105 4 Oct: ARA Fournier 7 Oct: USS Chehalis 2 Dec: HMS Implacable...
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    lasted longest, with the last ship of the class, Sylvia, being broken up in 1890. The first 6 ships had a 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine...
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  • HMNZS Philomel 26 Aug: USS Cochino 7 Sep: Chaksang 14 Sep: Noronic 19 Sep: US FWS Scoter, U-1105 4 Oct: ARA Fournier 7 Oct: USS Chehalis 2 Dec: HMS Implacable...
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  • 'Sapoba', 'Gwato' and 'Main' columns. Flotillas of warships (including HMS Philomel and Phoebe) and gunboats approached Benin City from the east and west...
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  • Miss Violet Seymour Osborne. George Napier Tomlin went straight to sea from HMS Britannia, and was in two actions ashore on the west coast of Africa as a...
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  • division Commander Charles Bourdas Tinley – Royal Navy; commanding officer, HMS Philomel, and naval officer in charge and superintendent, Auckland. Mary Lambie...
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