• HMS Khartoum was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the capital of Sudan, Khartoum. Khartoum was launched on 6 February 1939. Her initial...
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    HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the...
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    Lancastria was free to depart and the captain of the British destroyer HMS Havelock advised her to do so; but, without a destroyer escort as defence...
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    sailed south with Convoy BS 4, the 28th Destroyer Flotilla comprising HMS Khartoum, Kimberley, Kingston and Kandahar and three sloops from the Mediterranean...
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    HMS Janus K-class destroyer HMS Khartoum M-class destroyer HMS Marmion HMS Martial HMS Mary Rose HMS Matchless HMS Menace HMS Nessus HMS Nestor HMS Pasley...
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  • destroyer HMS Khartoum but was sunk in the action. A torpedo fault later the day caused a fire which led to magazine explosion and Khartoum was beached...
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    securing control of the Sudan, for which he was made Baron Kitchener of Khartoum. As Chief of Staff (1900–1902) in the Second Boer War he played a key role...
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  • HMS Grampus (N56) was the lead ship of her class of mine-laying submarine of the Royal Navy. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched on 25 February...
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    naval trawler Moonstone. 23 June 1940: Italian submarine Torricelli sank HMS Khartoum before being sunk by accompanying destroyers. 24 June 1940: Italian submarine...
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    sailed south with Convoy BS 4, the 28th Destroyer Flotilla comprising HMS Khartoum, Kimberley, Kingston and Kandahar and three sloops from the Mediterranean...
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    coordinates 53°13′N 10°40′W / 53.217°N 10.667°W / 53.217; -10.667 ("HMS Carinthia torpedoed") by the German submarine U-46. The badly damaged ship...
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    November 1939 she took up her naval duties as HMS Andania with the Northern Patrol. At 23:30 on 15 June 1940, HMS Andania was hit by a torpedo fired by the...
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    HMS Odin (N84) was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 23 June 1927, launched on 5 May 1928...
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    name for North Island. The Admiralty requisitioned Aotearoa and renamed her HMS Avenger. She was completed on 14 December 1915 as an armed merchant cruiser...
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    requisitioned by the Royal Navy as an armed merchant cruiser and was renamed as HMS Scotstoun. She was credited with capturing the 6386-ton German tanker Biscaya...
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    1941 Sunk by Italian cruiser-laid mine HMS Kashmir (F12) off Crete 23 May 1941 Sunk by German aircraft HMS Khartoum (F45) Perim 23 June 1940 Sunk by internal...
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    HMS Calypso (D61) was a C class cruiser of the Caledon sub-class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1917 and sunk in 1940 by the Italian submarine Alpino...
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  • Ouessant, Pasteur 19 Jun: Mexique, Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale...
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  • HMS Keith was a B-class destroyer flotilla leader built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was placed...
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    after an engagement with the British destroyers HMS Kandahar, HMS Khartoum, HMS Kingston, and sloop HMS Shoreham. The submarine was commanded by Salvatore...
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    G50. She left Britain on 16 May, in company with her sisters, HMS Kandahar and HMS Khartoum. They arrived at Alexandria on 23 April, and all three were...
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    HMS Calcutta was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Indian city of Calcutta. She was part of the Carlisle group of the C class...
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    HMS Basilisk was a B-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy around 1930. Initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet, she was transferred to the Home...
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    HMS Acasta was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean...
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    Ouessant, Pasteur 19 Jun: Mexique, Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale...
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    HMS Ardent was one of eight A-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1920s. The ship spent most of the 1930s assigned to the Mediterranean...
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    HMS Havant was an H-class destroyer originally ordered by the Brazilian Navy with the name Javary in the late 1930s, but was bought by the Royal Navy...
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  • HMS Orpheus (N46) was an O-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by William Beardmore and Company on the Clyde on 14 April 1927, launched...
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    squadron consisting of the battleship HMS Nelson, the battlecruiser HMS Renown, the aircraft carriers HMS Furious and HMS Formidable and a number of escort...
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    Ouessant, Pasteur 19 Jun: Mexique, Niagara, HMS Orpheus 20 Jun: Empire Conveyor 21 Jun: Vliereede 23 Jun: HMS Khartoum 25 Jun: HMCS Fraser 27 Jun: Console Generale...
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