far, she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Usurper. Usurper had a short-lived career with the Royal Navy. During her work-up patrol...
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A usurper is a person who makes an illegitimate or controversial claim to power. Look up usurper, usurp, or usurpation in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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HMS Upshot, HMS Urtica, HMS Vagabond, HMS Variance, HMS Venturer, HMS Vigorous, HMS Viking, HMS Vampire, HMS Varne II, HMS Veldt, HMS Vineyard, HMS Virtue...
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Euterpe HMS Usurper (P56) Gulf of Genoa October 1943 Most likely sunk by either naval mine or by German auxiliary submarine chaser UJ-2208/Alfred HMS Trooper...
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HMS Carlisle was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English city of Carlisle. She was the name ship of the Carlisle group of the...
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P56 may refer to: HMS Usurper (P56), a submarine of the Royal Navy INS Sujata (P56), a patrol vessel of Indian Navy Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet, an American...
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HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War and was sunk with heavy loss of life by German torpedo boats...
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in October 1943 Shipwrecks 1 Oct: Empire Commerce 3 Oct: USS Henley, HMS Usurper 4 Oct: U-279, U-389, U-422, U-460 5 Oct: USS LST-448, Sposobny 6 Oct:...
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HMS Trooper (N91) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Scotts, Greenock and launched in March 1942. Trooper spent most of her...
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ORP Orkan (G90) (redirect from HMS Myrmidon (1942))
ORP Orkan, formerly HMS Myrmidon, was an M-class destroyer of the Polish Navy during World War II. Orkan is Polish for "hurricane". The destroyer was...
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freighter Menelaus failed on 1 May. The Royal Navy now sent the heavy cruiser HMS Shropshire and two AMCs to track her down. Nevertheless, Michel sank the...
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Greek destroyer Adrias (L67) (redirect from HMS Border (L67))
III Hunt-class destroyer that was originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Border but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was loaned to the...
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HMS Orlionoch was a Russian tanker which was seized by the British Royal Navy and used as seaplane tender in 1919 alongside HMS Aladar Youssanoff. She...
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(1912) Almanacco storico navale {in Italian) naval-history.net HMS Minotaur naval-history.net HMS Cadmus Konstam, Angus (2011). Yangtze River Gunboats 1900–49...
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HMS Hurworth was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She spent most of her career in the Mediterranean....
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HMS Eclipse was an E-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Atlantic, Arctic, and Mediterranean theatres during World War II, until...
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HMS Panther was a P-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. After commissioning on 12 December 1941, she made a short trip...
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vessels Pessac and Sauternes. Off Ushant, they were joined by the destroyer HMS Broke, and arrived at Plymouth on the 20th. On 3 July 1940 Minerve (along...
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HMS Jervis, was a J-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. She was named after Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823). She was laid down...
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HMS Hythe was a Bangor-class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. The Bangor class was designed as a small minesweeper that...
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