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    HMS Neptune was a dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century, the sole ship of her class. She was the first...
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  • naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean: HMS Neptune (1683) was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1683...
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  • rate HMS Neptune (1878), an ironclad battleship acquired by the Royal Navy in 1878 HMS Neptune (1909), an early dreadnought launched HMS Neptune (20)...
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    served as the flagship of the Home Fleet until being replaced by HMS Neptune (1909) in March 1911. Dreadnought was then assigned to the 1st Division...
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  • being wrecked in 1897. HMS Foudroyant was to have been a battleship. She was renamed HMS Neptune shortly before her launch in 1909. HMS Trincomalee was renamed...
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    the fleet at Spithead for the Review of the Fleet. In the centre is HMS Neptune (1909), the flagship of Sir Francis Bridgeman, Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet...
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  • Operation Neptune, a phase of the European Theatre of World War II, was an undertaking by the Allies to invade the Northern coast of Nazi-occupied France...
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    to HMS Hercules. Despite her reuse as a school, Victory continued to deteriorate at her mooring. In 1903 she was accidentally rammed by HMS Neptune, a...
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    laid down 1907 HMS Neptune, laid down 1909 Colossus-class battleships, laid down 1909 Indefatigable-class battlecruisers, laid down 1909 Orion-class battleships...
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    (1912–1914) deployments -1940 Mediterranean Fleet HMS Gloucester, HMS Neptune, HMS Orion, HMAS Sydney, and HMS Liverpool. On 21 June 1940, Bardia was bombarded...
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    commissioned 1910 HMS Neptune laid down 1909, commissioned 1911 Mk XII guns were mounted on: Colossus-class battleships laid down 1909, commissioned 1911...
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    Colossus class and were improved versions of the preceding battleship, HMS Neptune. On 19 November 1908, Rear-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, the Third Sea Lord...
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  • HMS Audacity was a British escort carrier of the Second World War and the first of her kind to serve in the Royal Navy. She was originally the German...
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  • theory D2, deuterium, an isotope of hydrogen D2, an almond-shaped cloud on Neptune D2, the code for permission to use specific land or premises for leisure...
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    HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship, the design of which revolutionised naval power. The ship's entry into service in 1906 represented such an...
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    Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, with his flag in the battleship HMS Neptune and with the acting rank of admiral in November 1911. Following an inspection...
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    HMHS Britannic (redirect from HMS Britannic)
    and was received by several other ships in the area, among them HMS Scourge and HMS Heroic, but Britannic heard nothing in reply. Unknown to either Bartlett...
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    while the single battleship planned for the 1908–1909 Naval Programme was later authorised as HMS Neptune. The design of the St Vincent class was derived...
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    USS Utah (BB-31) (category 1909 ships)
    Utah was built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, laid down in March 1909 and launched in December of that year. She was completed in August 1911,...
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    The design of the Colossus class was derived from that of the earlier HMS Neptune with redistributed armour and more powerful torpedoes. Colossus had an...
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  • Mayo. The Argentine Naval Aviation Lockheed SP-2H Neptune which tracked the British destroyer HMS Sheffield. Argentine Air Force Douglas A-4C Skyhawk...
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    The design of the Colossus class was derived from that of the earlier HMS Neptune with redistributed armour and more powerful torpedoes. Hercules had an...
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    of Type 23 frigates as well as Overseas Patrol Squadron. HMNB Clyde (HMS Neptune) – This is situated in Central Scotland along the River Clyde. Faslane...
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    Before her conversion to a repair ship, she had served as a collier since 1909. Vestal served in both World Wars. She was damaged during the Japanese attack...
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    configuration did not reappear in Royal Navy capital ships until HMS Neptune launched in 1909. Each turret weighed 750 tons and was protected by an outer layer...
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    Commander to the Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, first in HMS Neptune from March 1911 and then in HMS Iron Duke from March 1914. Backhouse served in the First...
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  • (1978) and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) Neptune – in Gray Lady Down, 1978 HMS Nereid – Royal Navy submarine, Virus, 1980 Nerka – submarine...
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    Admiral William Cornwallis, with his flag in the 98-gun second-rate HMS Neptune. He went on to be governor and commander-in-chief of Newfoundland Station...
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    Flotilla. HMS Victory HMS Queen Elizabeth HMS Prince of Wales HMS Daring – completing refit, scheduled to return to the fleet in 2024 HMS Dauntless HMS Diamond...
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    battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, had such an effect when launched in 1906 that similar battleships...
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