HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was the Lead ship of the Norfolk-subclass of which only two were built: Norfolk...
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named HMS Norfolk, after the Duke of Norfolk or the county of Norfolk. The Norfolk motto is Serviens servo ("serving, I preserve"). HMS Norfolk (1693)...
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South Pacific on HMS Resolution. He named it after Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk. Sir John Call argued the advantages of Norfolk Island in that it...
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Norfolk (locally /ˈnɔːrfʊk/ NOR-fuuk) is an independent city in Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Norfolk had a population of 238,005, making...
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HMS Hood (pennant number 51) was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy (RN). Hood was the first of the planned four Admiral-class battlecruisers to be built...
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Mutiny on the Bounty (redirect from HMS Bounty mutineers)
The mutiny on the Royal Navy vessel HMS Bounty occurred in the South Pacific Ocean on 28 April 1789. Disaffected crewmen, led by acting-Lieutenant Fletcher...
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Pitcairn Islands (redirect from Cuisine of the Pitcairn Islands and Norfolk Island)
Thomas Staines, who commanded a Royal Navy flotilla of two ships, HMS Briton and HMS Tagus, which found the island at 25°04′S 130°25′W / 25.067°S 130...
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HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...
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battleships King George V and Rodney, supported by the heavy cruisers Norfolk and Dorsetshire. After about 100 minutes of fighting, Bismarck was sunk...
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HMS Ark Royal (R09) was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and, when she was decommissioned in 1979, was the Royal Navy's last remaining...
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First Fleet (section HMS Sirius)
– Golden Grove sets sail for Norfolk Island with a party of convicts, returning to Port Jackson 10 November, while HMS Sirius sails for Cape of Good...
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command of the patrol craft HMS Kingfisher, the frigate HMS Diomede, the frigate HMS Chatham, and the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible. He was appointed...
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cruiser HMS Norfolk in November. Promoted to sub-lieutenant on 1 May 1947, he joined the Submarine Service in 1948 and was posted to the submarine HMS Thule...
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County-class cruiser (redirect from Norfolk class cruiser)
to hunt her down after the sinking of HMS Hood. The class saw service in nearly every theatre of the war. Norfolk, Suffolk, and Dorsetshire were involved...
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Winterton-on-Sea (redirect from Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk)
village and civil parish on the North Sea coast of the English county of Norfolk. It is 8 miles (13 km) north of Great Yarmouth and 19 miles (31 km) east...
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despatch vessels to patrol the likely routes, including the heavy cruisers HMS Norfolk and Suffolk to cover the Denmark Strait between Greenland and Iceland...
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MTB 102 (redirect from HMS MTB-102)
acted as flagship for Rear Admiral Wake-Walker when his flagship, destroyer HMS Keith, was disabled. In 1943, she was transferred to the Army's 615 Water...
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HMS Perseus was a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The ship was initially named HMS Edgar, but...
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HMS Hermione was the lead ship of the Hermione class, a six-ship class of 32-gun fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 9 September...
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Cruiser Squadron (CS1), which consisted of the British cruisers HMS London and Norfolk, the American cruisers USS Wichita and Tuscaloosa, and four destroyers...
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USS Porter (DDG-78) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Porter is the fifth US Navy ship to be named after US Navy officers...
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well as Royal Navy warships-including HMS Ark Royal, HMS Cleopatra, and HMS Bacchante. After a return to Norfolk, America stood out of Hampton Roads on...
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HMS Archer was a Long Island-class escort carrier built by the United States in 1939–1940 and operated by the Royal Navy during World War II. She was...
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Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos) (redirect from Duke of Norfolk's Island)
the 7th Duke of Norfolk, or possibly both. It was later renamed Indefatigable Island in honor of the third-rate ship of the line HMS Indefatigable, which...
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List of air stations of the Royal Navy (redirect from RNAS Dundee (HMS Condor II))
Arm Officers' Association, FAAOA "H.M.S. MONARA". royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2020. "Norfolk". Royal Navy Research Archive -...
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carriers which operate the F-35 Lightning II. HMS Queen Elizabeth was commissioned in December 2017 and HMS Prince of Wales in December 2019. Queen Elizabeth...
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as a midshipman on the battleship HMS Ramillies from 1927 to 1929. As a lieutenant he served in the submarine HMS Olympus as part of the 4th Flotilla...
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artifacts USS Texas, the only extant WWI-era US Navy battleship remaining HMS Royal Oak, another battleship sunk in harbor by a surprise attack and now...
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The result was the construction of two Warrior-class ironclads; HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince. The ships had a successful design, though there were...
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Ralph H. Fowler (category Norfolk cricketers)
on anti-aircraft ballistics in the Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section of HMS Excellent on Whale Island. He made a major contribution on the aerodynamics...
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