HMY Conqueror II was an iron-hulled steam yacht that was launched in Scotland in 1889 as Conqueror. She belonged to Frederick William Vanderbilt from 1891...
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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror, and another was planned: HMS Conqueror (1745) was an 8-gun fireship captured from the French...
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in September 1916 Shipwrecks 8 Sep: Tellus 15 Sep: Foucault 26 Sep: HMY Conqueror II Unknown date: Bremen, USS Stockton, SM UB-7 1915 1916 1917 August 1916...
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August 1916 HMS Nottingham Royal Navy 5,400 Sunk 26 September 1916 HMY Conqueror II Royal Navy 526 Sunk 26 September 1916 HMT Sarah Alice Royal Navy...
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the UK, using £43,000 garnered from crowdfunding. From 30 May to 3 June, HMY Britannia hosted 65 former crew members for Yotties Week. Celebrations included...
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in September 1916 Shipwrecks 8 Sep: Tellus 15 Sep: Foucault 26 Sep: HMY Conqueror II Unknown date: Bremen, USS Stockton, SM UB-7 1915 1916 1917 August 1916...
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1921, pp. 252-3 "Benguela". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 October 2012. "HMY Conqueror Ii". Uboat.net. Retrieved 9 October 2012. "Dania". Uboat.net. Retrieved...
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in September 1916 Shipwrecks 8 Sep: Tellus 15 Sep: Foucault 26 Sep: HMY Conqueror II Unknown date: Bremen, USS Stockton, SM UB-7 1915 1916 1917 August 1916...
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greeted in Southampton Water by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on board HMY Britannia. Peter Jackson, the captain of the ocean liner, responded to the...
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in September 1916 Shipwrecks 8 Sep: Tellus 15 Sep: Foucault 26 Sep: HMY Conqueror II Unknown date: Bremen, USS Stockton, SM UB-7 1915 1916 1917 August 1916...
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1921. Eger, Christopher L. (March 2021). "Hudson Fulton Celebration, Part II". Warship International. LVIII (1): 58–81. ISSN 0043-0374. Sieche, Erwin F...
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King Charles III, who ascended the throne on the death of Queen Elizabeth II, his mother. The monarch and their immediate family undertake various official...
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a visit while Britain was being conquered and was honoured with the agnomen Britannicus as if he were the conqueror; a frieze discovered at Aphrodisias...
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became an imposing symbol of the monarch's power. The Conqueror was succeeded by his sons, William II (r. 1087–1100) and Henry I (r. 1100–1135). The latter...
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paintings worth the not inconsiderable sum of 80,000 guilders, and the yacht HMY Mary, like the yacht on which he was comfortably transported home to England...
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– the First Gulf War. On 1 March 1997 she collided with the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia while carrying out a replenishment at sea (RAS) off Karachi. In...
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Mark 900th Anniversary of Death : Charles Hails Ancestor: William the Conqueror". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 27 September 2022....
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of Edinburgh, First Lady Nancy Reagan, Queen Elizabeth II and President Ronald Reagan aboard HMY Britannia, 1983 President Ronald Reagan and First Lady...
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unfeasible. The ship was towed from Vittoria Dock, Birkenhead, by the tug Amber II, on 20 August 2014 to be scrapped in Turkey. HMS Plymouth was scrapped at...
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Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. HMY Iolaire sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen...
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1967 and is now in Long Beach California as a hotel and tourist attraction. HMY Brittania was the name given to two yachts owned by the British royal family...
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Charles II as England's "astronomical observator", in effect, becoming the first Astronomer Royal. March 25 – England's first royal yacht, HMY Mary, strikes...
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Salvageman, Irishman and Yorkshireman. The Royal Navy had no hospital ships. HMY Britannia had been built to allow its conversion into a hospital ship, but...
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submitted to Queen Victoria for consideration for appointment to the royal yacht HMY Victoria and Albert. This carried with it automatic promotion to commander...
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Battle of the Falklands to the Entry of Italy Into the War in May 1915. Vol. II. London: Longmans, Green & Co. OCLC 924170059. Erickson, Edward J. (2003)...
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Duncan personally, and on 30 October set out for Sheerness in the royal yacht HMY Royal Charlotte before strong winds and waves forced him back to port on...
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"Mary Slessor". Uboat. Retrieved 24 February 2012. "Norwegian Homefleet - WW II, Ships starting with N". Warsailors. Retrieved 10 February 2012. "Robert E...
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New Year's Day at the close of the First World War. The Admiralty yacht "HMY Iolaire" sank within sight of Stornoway's harbour, killing over 200 naval...
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Britain's King Edward, who had arrived at Helsingør the day before on his yacht, HMY Osborne. Dr. Charles McBurney, leader of the team of doctors overseeing President...
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purpose-built fireship design. One ship, HMY Suadadoes built in 1670 for Catherine of Braganza -Charles II wife as yacht, had an approximate tonnage...
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