establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mersey after the River Mersey: Ships HMS Mersey (1814) was a Conway-class 26-gun sixth rate launched...
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HMS Mersey is a River-class offshore patrol vessel of the British Royal Navy. Named after the River Mersey, she is the fifth RN vessel to carry the name...
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The second HMS Mersey was commissioned in 1858, six years after the first Mersey had been broken up. She and her sister ship the Orlando were the longest...
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HMS Mersey was a Humber-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for the Brazilian Navy and christened Madeira, she was purchased by...
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HMS Mersey was a Mersey-class second class protected cruiser. They were relatively modern, in that they were the first cruisers that had discarded their...
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The first HMS Mersey was a Conway-class 20-gun sixth-rate post ship, launched in 1814; she was re-rated as 26 guns in 1817. She was launched too late to...
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from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 30 April 2010. "HMS Portland and HMS Mersey to visit Liverpool". Shipping Times. 2 April 2008. Archived from...
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first three Batch 1 River-class ships would be retained in service. HMS Tyne, Mersey and Severn are now part of the Offshore Division of the Coastal Forces...
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HMS Orlando was a Mersey-class wooden-hulled steam-powered (although fully rigged with sails) screw frigate built for the Royal Navy from 1856 to 1858...
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minimise risk they copied the hull design of the large wooden frigate HMS Mersey, modifying it for iron construction and to accommodate an armoured box...
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from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. HMS Chiddingfold is forward deployed as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron, operating from HMS Jufair in Bahrain. HMS Bangor...
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was present at the Rufiji river delta action when the monitors HMS Severn and HMS Mersey destroyed the German cruiser SMS Königsberg. She was sold for...
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oil platform protection. Her first command was HMS Mersey, on fisheries protection duties, her second HMS Clyde, based in the Falkland Islands. She headed...
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Evacuated". BBC. "Sefton to celebrate the spirit of Johnnie Walker by offering HMS Mersey freedom of the borough". Liverpool Echo. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 23...
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Logistic Corps (Volunteers): 13 April 2002 RAF Woodvale: 3 July 2011 HMS Mersey, RN: 17 November 2016. The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 20 June 2017...
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2016). "Sefton to celebrate the spirit of Johnnie Walker by offering HMS Mersey freedom of the borough". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 9 August 2024. "Worth...
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from HMS Jufair HMS Hurworth HMS Tyne – Fishery protection vessel HMS Severn – Fishery protection vessel HMS Mersey – Fishery protection vessel HMS Forth...
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87 m. This development of much longer frigates culminated in HMS Mersey of 1858. Mersey had 40 heavy shell guns, reached an overall length of over 100...
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July 2020. "Boats". BAE Systems. Retrieved 24 June 2020. "Naval Warfare: HMS Mersey gets Pacific 24 RIBs". Shephard Media. 18 May 2017. "Royal Navy's first...
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Battle of Rufiji Delta before it was sunk by two Royal Navy monitors, HMS Mersey and Severn on 11 July 1915. Looff was born on 2 May 1874 in Strasbourg...
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2008, this was HMS Kent. In 2009, HMS York (D98) was the visiting ship, HMS Mersey attended in 2010, 2012 and 2013, and her sister ship HMS Severn in 2011...
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Emerald 1856 HMS Melpomene 1857 HMS Immortalite 1859 Mersey class 1858 HMS Orlando 1858 HMS Mersey 1858 HMS Narcissus 1859 Bristol class 1860 HMS Newcastle...
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(Tweet). Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Twitter. "Vicadets". "Double celebration for HMS Mersey in British Virgin Islands | Royal Navy". "Vicadets". v t e...
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1915. Sold 17 September 1921 to F. Rijsdijk for use as a crane lighter. HMS Mersey (ex-Madeira); commissioned 1914, served in Dover Monitor Squadron and...
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in the Mediterranean - Wk34/2022". @NavyLookout (23 August 2022). ".@hms_mersey recently shadowed 🇷🇺Russian Northern Fleet support tanker Akademik Pashin...
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left-hand gun, with its breech opening to the left. The guns of HMS Severn and HMS Mersey wore out early in the war from continuous use first bombarding...
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joined the steam frigate HMS Mersey after which he attended the training ship HMS Illustrious and then the gunnery school HMS Excellent. Promoted to sub-lieutenant...
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HMS Vernon (1808); HMS Mersey (1820); HMS Alligator (1827); HMS Columbus (1837); HBM Sloop Pilot (1841); HMS Sydenham (1843); HMS Scourge (1848); HMS Edgar...
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m) from the hull on either side. Also Ferreira and Maria do Amparo Also HMS Carrick and Carrick Retroactively The disposable ship Columbus (108 m) was...
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The Mersey-class cruiser was a class of second class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in the late 1880s. They were the first cruisers that...
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