HMS Conn was a TE ("Buckley") Type Captain class frigate of the Royal Navy. She served during World War II as a convoy escort and anti-submarine warfare...
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destroyer HMS Havelock; in June they destroyed U-767 in the Channel. In September 1944 Hart took command of frigate HMS Conn and 21 Escort Group. Conn was credited...
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post-war period, all of the surviving Captain-class frigates except one (HMS Hotham which was used as a power station and for powerplant experiments)...
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patrol and escort duty. On 30 March 1945, she joined the British frigate HMS Conn (K509) in a depth charge attack which sank the German submarine U-965 north...
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Liberator U-965 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 30 March 1945 HMS Rupert & HMS Conn U-966 1943 VIIC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 10 November 1943 RAF Wellington...
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Conning tower (redirect from Conn. tower)
a ship or submarine, often armoured, from which an officer in charge can conn (conduct or control) the vessel, controlling movements of the ship by giving...
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April 2019. "Sealion". www.scottishshipwrecks.com. Retrieved 26 June 2024. "HMS Southern Flower". uboat.net. Retrieved 22 March 2019. "T.103 Class Landing...
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Captain John Conn (c. 5 August 1764 – 4 May 1810) was a senior captain in the Royal Navy, whose career, which included service at the battles of the Saintes...
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Lieutenant John Conn commissioned her in June 1797 and she sailed on 11 June. In June 1798 Lieutenant Constantine Henvill replaced Conn. He sailed Staunch...
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Minch in the Hebrides, by depth charges from the British frigates HMS Rupert and HMS Conn. However, the wreck of U-1021 was identified by nautical archaeologist...
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HMS Canopus was an 84-gun third rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She had previously served with the French Navy as the Tonnant-class Franklin...
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Stonington, Connecticut (redirect from Stonington, Conn.)
British squadron during the War of 1812 consisting of HMS Ramillies, HMS Pactolus, HMS Dispatch, and HMS Terror. The ships appeared off Stonington Point on...
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charges in the North Minch in the North Atlantic, by the British frigate HMS Conn. Oberleutnant zur See Bernhard Schwarting and 44 other crewmen were all...
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the North Minch in the North Atlantic, by the British frigates HMS Rupert and HMS Conn. All 51 of her crew were lost. The wreck is located at. 58.19N...
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Retrieved 12 March 2008. HMS Cardiff. Pokrant, Marvin (1999). Desert Storm at sea: what the Navy really did. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 58. ISBN 0-313-31024-6...
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HMS Discovery was a Royal Navy ship launched in 1789 and best known as the lead ship in George Vancouver's exploration of the west coast of North America...
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Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa’s Greatest Explorer. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2007. McIntyre, Kenneth Gordon. The Secret Discovery...
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Conqueror (novel series), a series of novels by Conn Iggulden Conqueror (Iggulden novel), a 2011 book by Conn Iggulden, last book of the Conqueror series...
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New London, Connecticut (redirect from New London, Conn.)
forces unsuccessfully attempted to destroy the British ship of the line HMS Ramillies while it was lying at anchor in New London's harbor with torpedoes...
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Navy, the designation HMS can refer to "His Majesty's Ship" or "His Majesty's Submarine", though the latter is sometimes rendered "HMS/m" and submarines are...
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kilometres) east of Kuantan, Pahang. The Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers...
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Groton, Connecticut (redirect from Groton, Conn.)
diameter, and had a 12-foot (4 m) crossbar at one end. The men failed to sink HMS Ramillies. On their first attempt, the torpedo went into the water; on the...
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Milford, Connecticut (redirect from Milford, Conn.)
"EX-CITY MANAGER BECOMING MAYOR; Iovino Takes Post Tomorrow in Milford, Conn., After Old Job Is Abolished". The New York Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved...
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HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy 98-gun second rate. This ship of the line was launched at Portsmouth at midday on Saturday, 13 June 1801, after she had...
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Dangerous Adventures For Boys, based on the best-selling book written by Conn and Hal Iggulden, The Dangerous Book for Boys. In 2008, he appeared on the...
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The schooner or gunboat HMS Speedy sank in a snowstorm in Lake Ontario south of the future site of Brighton, Ontario, and west of Prince Edward County...
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Ramp (the original style); b) Round Conn, Side Ramp; and c) Round Conn, Bow Ramp. On LCI(L)1-349 class, (Square Conn, Side Ramps) the deck was wider than...
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the shoals. However, HMS Agamemnon ran aground before entering the channel, and took no part in the battle. Then HMS Russell and HMS Bellona ran aground...
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HMT Bedfordshire (redirect from HMS Bedfordshire)
blimp, were overhead and a British trawler, HMS Bedfordshire, arrived to assist in recovering bodies. Conn, p. 97. Blair 1996, p. 543. Hadley, Miles (5...
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the Iron Cross. She was sunk on 22 November 1941 by the British cruiser HMS Devonshire. Commerce raiders do not seek to engage warships, but rather attack...
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