HMS Nigeria (pennant number 60) was a Fiji-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy completed early in World War II and served during that conflict. She was...
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schools, shipyards and defence equipment production units. He visited HMS Nigeria (60) (later INS Mysore (C60)) which was being purchased by the Indian Navy...
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commanding officer of INS Mysore (C60). The Crown Colony-class cruiser HMS Nigeria (60) was being refitted and modernised in Birkenhead, Liverpool, to be...
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destroyer INS Ranjit (1942). In 1957, the Crown Colony-class cruiser HMS Nigeria (60) was being refitted and modernised in Birkenhead, Liverpool to be commissioned...
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lieutenant-commander on 18 March 1955. In 1956, the Crown Colony-class cruiser HMS Nigeria (60) was being refitted and modernised in Birkenhead, Liverpool, to be...
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India was in the process of acquiring the Crown Colony-class cruiser HMS Nigeria (60) which became the INS Mysore (C60). Apart from the Mysore which was...
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the cruiser INS Mysore (C60) (formerly Crown Colony-class cruiser HMS Nigeria (60). Soon after taking command, he led the Indian fleet in the Joint Commonwealth...
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HMS Nigeria, with the heavy cruiser HMS London and two destroyers and a Distant Covering Force (Admiral John Tovey), comprising the battleships HMS King...
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The history of Nigeria can be traced to the earliest inhabitants whose remains date from at least 13,000 BC through early civilizations such as the Nok...
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Falklands War (section Sinking of HMS Sheffield)
Navy personnel, 22 were lost in HMS Ardent, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Sheffield, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Coventry and 13 lost in HMS Glamorgan. Fourteen naval cooks...
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indirect rule in southeastern Nigeria, 1891–1929 (London: Longman, 1972) Resture, Jane. "TUVALU HISTORY – 'The Davis Diaries' (H.M.S. Royalist, 1892 visit to...
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mounts themselves using systems that were released by the cancellation of HMS Vanguard's 1955 long refit. Slightly improved new versions of the basic twin...
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München near Jan Mayen while covered by cruisers HMS Edinburgh, Manchester and Birmingham. HMS Nigeria made a similar capture of the weather ship Lauenburg...
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(Salisbury-class) air defence frigates HMS Lincoln and HMS Salisbury, and the first group of County-class destroyers. HMS Kent and HMS London updated to GWS22 in...
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training ship, but in fact was a RN move, to balance the INS purchase of HMS Nigeria as arranged by First Lord Mountbatten in 1955 She was sold to the Pakistan...
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Montenegro Myanmar: M1 Bofors Nepal: 2 L/60 guns Nigeria Biafra: captured from Nigerian Army Norway: L/60 built under license before WW2, Bofors M1...
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British ships of the line HMS Alexander under Captain Alexander Ball, HMS Culloden under Captain Thomas Troubridge and HMS Colossus under Captain George...
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with HMS Eskimo and HMS Somali to reinforce Force X. Nigeria and the other damaged ships turned back to Gibraltar, escorted by HMS Derwent, HMS Wilton...
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Calabar (redirect from Calabar, Nigeria)
Calbari, Cali and Kalabar) is the capital city of Cross River State, Nigeria. It was originally named Akwa Akpa, in the Efik language, as the Efik people...
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Saudi Arabia and India. In 2007, Camilla conducted the naming ceremonies for HMS Astute and the new Cunard cruise ship, MS Queen Victoria. In November 2007...
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24-pounder heavy frigates and two "spar-decked" frigates (the 60-gun HMS Leander and HMS Newcastle) and others. To counter the American sloops of war,...
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HMS Roebuck was an R-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was the fifteenth ship to carry this traditional...
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INS Gomati in Lucknow, India (Planned) HMS President in London, England. HMS Wellington in London, England. HMS Ambuscade in Glasgow, Scotland (planned)...
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RAF Regiment 1965/66? HMS Ashanti HMS Phoebe HMS Intrepid HMS Eagle HMS Bulwark HMS Albion HMS Minerva [ F45 ] HMS Centaur HMS Cambrian [D85] 40 Commando...
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overstepping their authority. Commodore Sir George Ralph Collier, with the 36-gun HMS Creole as his flagship, was the first Commodore of the West Africa Squadron...
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Lagos is the largest city of the West-African country of Nigeria, and its former capital; it is the largest city in Africa in terms of population with...
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significant navy was Britain's Royal Navy, which has usually used the prefix "HMS", standing for "His/Her Majesty's Ship". The Royal Navy also adopted nomenclature...
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HMS Eagle, Albion and Bulwark and France had the battleship Jean Bart and aircraft carriers Arromanches and La Fayette on station. In addition, HMS Ocean...
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East African campaign (World War II) (category Wars involving Nigeria)
light cruisers HMS Liverpool and HMAS Hobart (Liverpool was replaced by HMS Leander), was reinforced by the anti-aircraft cruiser HMS Carlisle, which...
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Grande Nigeria : "Libéré", un autre membre de l'équipage est rentré en Italie". "Il Gruppo Grimaldi Sulle Vicende Legate Alla Grande Nigeria, Ferma a...
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