HMS Naiad was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy which served in the Second World War. She was sunk in action on 11 March 1942 south of Crete...
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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Naiad after a Greek mythological figure, the Naiad HMS Naiad (1783), formerly the Naiade, which Sceptre...
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HMS Naiad (F39) was a Leander-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). Like the rest of the class, Naiad was named after a figure or figure of mythology...
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destroyers HMS Hermione (74) off Crete 16 June 1942 Sunk by U-205 HMS Bonaventure (31) off Crete 31 March 1941 Sunk by Italian submarine Ambra HMS Naiad (93) off...
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22 May 1941 HMS Griffin (H31) - Lt. KRC Letts HMS Havock (H43) - Lt. GRG Watkins HMS Hero (H99) - Cmdr. HW Briggs J-class destroyer HMS Jaguar (F34)...
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to her rescue. With 33 dead and 93 wounded, she was then towed to Gibraltar after the battle by the frigate HMS Naiad. Belleisle, fifteen minutes past...
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Science. Retrieved February 18, 2022. "Submarine goes down, in collision with HMS Hazard". The Daily News. No. 20, 562. London. 3 February 1912. p. 1. Retrieved...
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Two were used for target practice, with Dark Gladiator sunk by HMS Amazon and HMS Naiad off Portland in December 1975. At least two, Dark Clipper and Dark...
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1918–1942". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 1 March 2014. "HMS Naiad (93)". uboat.net. Retrieved 30 July 2021. "HMS Stella Capella (FY 107)". Uboat. Retrieved 16 April...
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HMS Exeter was the second and last York-class heavy cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Aside from a temporary deployment with the...
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Dido-class ships HMS Bonaventure, HMS Charybdis, HMS Hermione and HMS Naiad were lost in the war. The sole survivor, name ship HMS Dido, was put into...
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Thetis. On 15 October 1799 the British frigate Naiad sighted two Spanish frigates. Captain Pierrepont of Naiad gave chase and before dawn Ethalion spotted...
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allowed on deck in turns. At 09:58 hrs on 26 June the Royal Navy submarine HMS Truculent sighted the convoy. The position is variously described as being...
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launched a second and sank the destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer. HMS Exeter and the destroyer HMS Electra were hit by gunfire, Electra sinking shortly after...
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USS Yancey (redirect from USS Yancey (LKA-93))
USS Yancey (AKA-93/LKA-93) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship built by the Moore Dry Dock Company of Oakland, California for the United States Navy...
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HMAS Perth (D29) (redirect from HMS Amphion (1934))
was built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the mid-1930s and was commissioned as HMS Amphion in 1936. The ship spent the next several years as flagship of the...
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HMS Fearless was an F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached...
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HMS Encounter was an E-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was...
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HMS Phoebe was a 36-gun fifth rate of the Royal Navy. She had a career of almost twenty years and fought in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic...
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HMS Fury was an F-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. Although assigned to the Home Fleet upon completion, the ship was attached to...
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lucky to survive the storm, only the constant attentions of the frigate HMS Naiad allowing her to be slowly towed back to Gibraltar. Following the battle...
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battleships detected the British cruiser HMS Naiad and another cruiser by radar to the south of Iceland. Naiad's crew sighted two large vessels six minutes...
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Tenyo Maru, Yokohama Maru 11 Mar: HMS Naiad 12 Mar: Texan 13 Mar: Tama Maru No. 2, Tolten 14 Mar: U-133 15 Mar: U-503, HMS Vortigern 17 Mar: Île de Batz,...
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1872 that sank at the mouth of the Missouri River. Several lives lost. USS Naiad United States Navy 1 June 1868 A steamboat that sank at Napoleon. 39°08′00″N...
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Diament [+1942]". "War diary". 1948. "HMS Leda (J-93) (+1942)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 16 October 2011. "HMS Leda (J 93)". Uboat. Retrieved 25 March 2012....
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February 1806 Cracker recaptured Dove. Cracker was in company with Diamond, Naiad, and Clinker when they captured the ship William Little, John J. P. Champlin...
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Philip Vian, made up of Dido-class light cruisers Naiad, Dido, and Euryalus and the anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Carlisle) and six destroyers. The cruisers served...
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behalf of English fishermen. Before becoming famous, Lord Nelson captained HMS Albemarle in 1781 as part of the Fishery Protection Squadron in North America...
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Aphrodite (goddess of love). DMP · 40 41 Daphne – Daphne, a fresh water nymph (Naiad) in Greek mythology DMP · 41 42 Isis – Isis, the Egyptian goddess who help...
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imagines Thetis's witnessing of the forging of Achilles's shield. In 1939, HMS Thetis (N25) then a new design of submarine, sank on her trials in the River...
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