England considers Pendennis to be "one of the finest examples of a post-medieval defensive promontory fort in the country". Pendennis Castle was built as a...
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successful sea trials Pendennis Castle was delivered to Union-Castle by Harland and Wolff on 14 November 1958. RMS Pendennis Castle embarked on her maiden...
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GWR 4073 "Castle" Class No. 4079 Pendennis Castle is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1924 for the Great Western Railway (GWR) at Swindon Works to a...
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GWR 4073 Class (redirect from Castle class locomotive)
GWR 4073 Class locomotives On 4 March 1967, Nos. 7029 Clun Castle and 4079 Pendennis Castle hauled specials from Banbury and Oxford respectively to Chester...
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The Governor of Pendennis Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Pendennis Castle, part of the defences of the River Fal and...
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Armada, the defences at Pendennis were strengthened by the building of angled ramparts. During the Civil War, Pendennis Castle was the second to last fort...
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Line's Andes; Shaw, Savill & Albion's Southern Cross; Union-Castle's RMS Pendennis Castle; P&O's Canberra; and Hamburg-America's SS Amerika of 1905. Harland...
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ships RMS Arundel Castle, RMS Carnarvon Castle and RMS Winchester Castle. The Transvaal Castle was preceded by the RMS Pendennis Castle (delivered in 1958)...
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Device Forts (redirect from Henrician castle)
the castle was invited to retreat to the stronger fortress of Pendennis, but he surrendered immediately without putting up resistance. Pendennis was bombarded...
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against enemy shipping, operating in partnership with its sister castle of Pendennis on the other side of the estuary. During the English Civil War, St...
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England to be known as castles, long before architectural historians began to argue that they should not be. One of them, Pendennis Castle, was one of the last...
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Brown & Company, Clydebank. Oswestry Castle – ordered 4 May 1943 from John Crown & Sons, Sunderland. Pendennis Castle – ordered 4 May 1943 from John Crown...
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Carnarvon Castle and Winchester Castle. Windsor Castle was preceded by Pendennis Castle (delivered in 1958) and followed by Transvaal Castle (delivered...
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Pendennis may refer to: Pendennis, a novel by the English author Thackeray. Pendennis Castle, a castle in Cornwall. RMS Pendennis Castle, a ship. GWR 4073...
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beaches before passing around the headland beneath Pendennis Castle to enter bustling Falmouth. The castle was built, along with its twin at St Mawes, to...
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two types from which the Great Western emerged triumphant with 4079 Pendennis Castle. The LNER learned valuable lessons from the trials which resulted in...
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the descent of Wellington Bank in Somerset. Preserved classmate 4079 Pendennis Castle, which worked the Paddington to Westbury leg of the tour before melting...
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The Union-Castle Line was a British shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and cargo ships between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977...
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Falmouth, Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom, and is west of Pendennis Castle. It is to the south of Falmouth town centre, but was an essentially...
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was spent supporting coastal operations. These included an attack on Pendennis Castle, one of the last Royalist holdouts in Cornwall; in a letter dated 30...
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Railway steam locomotive Pendennis Castle that had been purchased by Hamersley Iron. Until its October 1994 withdrawal, Pendennis Castle' operated charter services...
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php/67/4079-pendennis-castle 4079 Pendennis Castle https://didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk/article.php/70/5051-drysllwyn-castle-earl-bathurst 5051 Drysllwyn Castle "Home"...
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of the Castle Class in 1923. In connection to an event taking place at Didcot Railway Centre involving resident engines 4079 Pendennis Castle and 5051...
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Eindhoven), Netherlands Pivka Military History Park, Pivka, Slovenia Pendennis Castle, Cornwall, UK Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson, Hampshire, UK Muckleburgh...
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allowed to leave the house. He was sent, in January 1644, a prisoner to Pendennis Castle, in 1645 being removed to St Michael's Mount, where he was liberated...
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original on 25 September 2011. Pendennis Castle for Western Australia The Railway Magazine issue 911 March 1977 page 149 Castle goes down under Railway Gazette...
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every nine defenders was not unknown in extreme cases, such as near Pendennis Castle. The growth in the number and size of siege artillery favoured those...
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List of GWR 4073 Class locomotives (redirect from Tenby Castle (locomotive))
Below is a list of all 171 GWR Castle Class engines, built between August 1923 and August 1950. Five of these were converted to burn oil for a short period...
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carried out under the direction of John Killigrew, the captain of Pendennis Castle in Falmouth. Tresco was in need of modern defences, but Killigrew also...
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Falmouth, taking over St Mawes and Pendennis respectively. The regiment was then disposed as follows: HQ – Pendennis Castle 108 Coast Bty – St Anthony Battery...
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