HMS Quentin was a Q-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 25 September 1940, launched on...
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the engagement intact. On the following day, the German Air Force sank HMS Quentin westward of Cap Serrat. On 14 December 1942, Argonaut was heavily damaged...
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Quentin is a primarily male given name. Quentin or Quentins may also refer to: Quentin (surname) HMS Quentin (G78), a Second World War destroyer Quentin...
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victory: Axis losses amounted to 5 ships and over 2000 men, for the loss of HMS Quentin (G78) at dawn to Luftwaffe dive bombers. Sirius then joined the 12th...
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HMAS Quiberon (G81) (redirect from HMS Quiberon (G81))
of the escort of another convoy. While returning to port, sister ship HMS Quentin was torpedoed by a German aircraft: Quiberon evacuated most of the other...
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HMS P311 was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy, the only boat of her class never to be given a name. She was to have received the name Tutankhamen...
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the age of 16, he joined HMS Diomede as a midshipman. The next two ships that he served with, HMS Ithuriel and HMS Quentin, were sunk by enemy action...
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by mine HMS Quentin (G78) off North Africa 2 December 1942 Sunk by German aircraft HMS Swift (G46) off Normandy 24 June 1944 Sunk by mine HMS Glowworm...
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Sinking Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine HMS Barham Association Website HMS Barham Archived 21 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine, British...
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Edward Albert Gibbs (section HMS Fortune)
submarine was rammed and sunk by HMS Ithuriel. The following month, HMS Pathfinder helped HMS Vimy and HMS Quentin sink the German submarine U-162 with...
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HMS Achates was an A-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the late 1920s. Completed in 1930, she initially served with the Mediterranean Fleet...
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the British destroyer HMS Wolverine Dessiè Tosi 22 November 1936 sunk on 28 November 1942 by destroyers HMS Quiberon and HMS Quentin, near Bona, Algeria...
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HMS Bramble was a Halcyon-class minesweeper (officially, "fleet minesweeping sloop") of the Royal Navy, which was commissioned in 1939, just before the...
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Harcourt) consisted of the light cruisers HMS Aurora (flagship), Argonaut and Sirius with the destroyers HMS Quentin and HMAS Quiberon. Convoy H comprised...
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HMS Porcupine was a P-class destroyer built by Vickers Armstrong on the River Tyne. She was ordered on 20 October 1939, laid down on 26 December 1939...
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Shipwrecks 1 Dec: HMAS Armidale 2 Dec: Lupo, HMS Quentin 3 Dec: Empire Dabchick, HMS Penylan 4 Dec: Muzio Attendolo, HMS Traveller 6 Dec: USS Grebe 7 Dec: Ceramic...
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Shipwrecks 1 Dec: HMAS Armidale 2 Dec: Lupo, HMS Quentin 3 Dec: Empire Dabchick, HMS Penylan 4 Dec: Muzio Attendolo, HMS Traveller 6 Dec: USS Grebe 7 Dec: Ceramic...
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Shipwrecks 1 Dec: HMAS Armidale 2 Dec: Lupo, HMS Quentin 3 Dec: Empire Dabchick, HMS Penylan 4 Dec: Muzio Attendolo, HMS Traveller 6 Dec: USS Grebe 7 Dec: Ceramic...
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convoy was approaching Gibraltar, and the destroyer HMS Quentin and the corvettes HMS Samphire and HMS Pentstemon were sent out to reinforce the escorts...
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radioed a distress signal, which was received by the Emerald-class cruiser HMS Enterprise. The crippled liner stayed afloat and her complement abandoned...
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HMS Fidelity (D57) was a Special Service Vessel of the British Royal Navy during World War II, originally the French merchant vessel Le Rhin. The 2,456-ton...
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Science. Retrieved February 18, 2022. "Submarine goes down, in collision with HMS Hazard". The Daily News. No. 20, 562. London. 3 February 1912. p. 1. Retrieved...
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HMS Blean was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Blean Beagles Hunt at the village of Blean just north of Canterbury...
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HMS Holcombe was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the Holcombe Hunt in Lancashire. She was the first and thus far...
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Wattenberg 0 0 0 0 14 82,027 0 0 0 0 Sunk 3 September 1942 HMS Vimy, HMS Pathfinder and HMS Quentin U-163 1941 IXC 1 2,000 0 0 3 15,011 0 0 0 0 Sunk 13 March...
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Gaetano Arezzo della Targia, sighted and attacked British aircraft carrier HMS Furious with three torpedoes, but attack was unsuccessful. She was then depth...
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Shipwrecks 1 Dec: HMAS Armidale 2 Dec: Lupo, HMS Quentin 3 Dec: Empire Dabchick, HMS Penylan 4 Dec: Muzio Attendolo, HMS Traveller 6 Dec: USS Grebe 7 Dec: Ceramic...
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His Honour Quentin Tytler Edwards QC (16 January 1925 – 19 December 2010) was a British barrister and circuit judge. A specialist in ecclesiastical law...
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North Cape, Norway. After sinking the minesweeper HMS Bramble, Eckoldt mistook the British light cruiser HMS Sheffield for the German heavy cruiser Admiral...
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HMS Traveller (N48) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Scotts, Greenock and launched in August 1941. Traveller spent most...
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