HMS Ajax - HMS Ajax HMCS Ajax (1912) HMS Ajax was a King George V class battleship (one of four ships of the class), built at Scotts' shipyard at Greenock on the River Clyde. She was completed in 1913 and saw action at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and in the Mediterranean and Black Seas in 1919, before being sold for scrap in 1924. Laid Down: 27 February 1911 Launched: 21 March 1912 Completed: 31 October 1913 Displacement: 23,000 tons Dimensions: 598 (overall length) x 89 (breadth) x 27.5 (depth) ft. Machinery: Turbine (Parsons) 4 screws, S.H.P. 31,000 = 21.5 knots Armour: Main belt 12 in., turrets 11 in. Armament: 10 13.5 in. guns (5x2 gun turrets), 16 4 in. guns (16x1 gun turrets); 3 21 in. torpedo.
HMS Vanguard - HMS Vanguard At least ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vanguard, meaning the forefront of an action or movement. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 HMS Vanguard (1586) 2 HMS Vanguard (1631) 3 HMS Vanguard (1678) 4 HMS Vanguard (1748) 5 HMS Vanguard (1787) 6 HMS Vanguard (1835) 7 HMS Vanguard (1869) 8 HMS Vanguard (1909) 9 HMS Vanguard (1946) 10 HMS Vanguard (1992) HMS Vanguard (1586) The first HMS Vanguard, 32, was a galleon launched in 1586 from Woolwich. She played a key part in the action against the Spanish Armada in 1588. She was commanded by Martin Frobisher in 1594 and by Sir Robert Mansell in 1596. During actions against Algerian pirates Vanguard flew the flag of Sir Richard Hawkins.
HMS Exeter - HMS Exeter Five Royal Navy warships have been named HMS Exeter. HMS Exeter ( - 1691) The first HMS Exeter was a 70-gun Third rate. She was involved in the Battle of Beachy Head against France in 1690 but was broken up as a hulk in 1691. HMS Exeter (1697-1763) The second HMS Exeter was a 60-gun Fourth rate. She was built in 1697 and survived until 1763, making her the longest serving ship to carry the name so far. She was involved in repeated actions against the French, in 1702 off Newfoundland, in 1705 when she captured the frigate Thétis, in 1711 in the Mediterranean and at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, and in 1748 at the Siege of Pondicherry. Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood.
HMS King George V - HMS King George V There has been been two warships to bear the name King George V, both were battleships, and both were named after King George V, each taking their place in the history of the Royal Navy. HMS King George V (1911-1926) The first HMS King George V was a King George V-class dreadnought, with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of 10 x 13.5-inch guns in twin turrets and 16 x 4-inch guns and had a crew complement of 870, though this increased substantially by 1916 to 1,110, and had a length of 597 feet. She took part in the infamous Battle of Jutland, being the lead 'ship of the 1st Division of the 2nd Battle Squadron. Her sister-ships were Centurion,.
Ajax, Ontario - Ajax, Ontario Ajax (2003 population 76,000) is a town located in the Golden Horseshoe of south central Ontario, Canada. The town was first incorporated in 1941 when a Defence Industries Limited shell plant was constructed and a townsite grew around the plant. The town was named Ajax after the British light cruiser HMS Ajax. Streets in the town are named after the ship's crew. Although the plant closed when the war ended in 1945, the town survived. Today, Ajax is a suburb of Toronto and is part of the Greater Toronto Area. External Links Town of Ajax North: Pickering West: Pickering Ajax East: Whitby South: Lake Ontario.
Hans Langsdorff - given command of the Graf Spee in October 1938. On 21 August 1939 the Graf Spee left port with orders to raid enemy commercial shipping in the South Atlantic following the outbreak of the Second World War. For the first three weeks of the war the ship hid in the open ocean east of Brazil while the German government determined how serious Britain was about the war. On 20th September, Graf Spee was released to carry out its orders. Over the next ten weeks, Langsdorff and the Graf Spee were extremely successful, stopping and sinking nine British merchant ships, totalling over 50,000 tons, while avoiding killing anyone. However Langsdorff's luck ran out on the morning of 13 December when his lookouts reported sighting a British cruiser and two destroyers. It was.
HMNZS Achilles - 1936, Improved Leander class), built in Birkenhead, England and launched (as HMS Achilles) on 1 September 1932. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 10 October 1933. She was transferred to the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy on 31 March 1937 and recommissioned as HMNZS Achilles, with a crew approximately 60% from New Zealand and 40% Imperial. She was paid off from the Royal New Zealand Navy at Sheerness, Kent, England on 17 September 1946 and returned to the Royal Navy. She was then sold to the Indian Navy and recommissioned on 5 July 1948 as INS Delhi. She remained in service until decommissioned for scrap at Bombay on 30 June 1978. On the outbreak of the Second World War, Achilles started patrolling the west coast of South.
Admiral Graf Spee - in the Indian Ocean to look for her, totalling three battleships, four aircraft carriers, and 16 cruisers. More groups were assembled later. On December 13 1939, she was found by the British Hunting Group G - the 8-inch gunned cruiser HMS Exeter, and 6-inch gunned light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles - in the Battle of the River Plate. After taking relatively superficial damage and retreating to the neutral port of Montevideo, the ship was scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff to avoid risking the crew in what he thought would be a losing battle..
Battle of Jutland - doom Hipper's flagship, but about 18.30 abruptly appeared as a clear target before Lützow and Derfflinger. A series of 12" shells struck Invincible which blew up and split in two, taking with her all but 6 of 1,032 crew, including Rear-Admiral Hood. By 18.30 the main fleet action was joined for the first time, with Jellicoe effectively crossing Scheer's 'T'. Jellicoe's flagship Iron Duke quickly scored a series of hits on the lead German dreadnought, Konig, but in all as few as 10 of the Grand Fleet's 24 dreadnoughts actually fired shots in this brief exchange lasting only minutes. The Germans were hampered by poor visibility in addition to being at an unfavorable tactical position. Realizing he was heading into a trap, Scheer ordered his fleet to perform a 180 degree.
Battle of the River Plate - - heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee by scuttling, ending her successful three-month campaign against British merchant shipping. The British force, comprising the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter (six 8" guns) and light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles (both eight 6" guns), engaged the German cruiser close to the estuary of the Rio de la Plata, or Silver River, between Argentina and Uruguay. Following intense gunnery action where the German cruiser had the advantage of longer range and heavier guns, while the British were able to divide fire, the Graf Spee eventually headed for Montevideo harbour in Uruguay. Exeter had been severely damaged in the battle, and British propaganda efforts were made to convince Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee that an overwhelming British force was being assembled, when in fact.
The Battle of the River Plate (movie) - directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. It portrays the eponymous naval battle of 1939, between a Commonwealth force of three cruisers (HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles) and the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. Unlike most British war movies of the time, The Battle of the River Plate is notable in treating the German sailors as honourable opponents rather than as cardboard cut-out "Huns". The ships engaged in the battle were portrayed by: HMS Cumberland portrayed herself and Exeter HMS Sheffield portrayed Ajax INS Delhi (formerly HMNZS Achilles) portrayed herself USS Salem portrayed Admiral Graf Spee. HMS Birmingham was used by the production as a camera ship..
Phony War - a debate in the House of Commons during which the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was under constant attack. A vote of confidence in his government was won by 281 to 200, but 41 of Chamberlain's Conservative colleagues had voted against him whilst 60 had abstained. The humiliated Chamberlain found it impossible to continue to lead a Conservative government or form a government of national unity (in Britain called a "national government") around him. On May 10 Chamberlain resigned his premiership whilst retaining his leadership of the Conservative Party. The King, George VI, appointed Winston Churchill, who had been a consistent opponent of Chamberlain's policy of appeasement, as his successor and Churchill formed a new coalition government which included Conservative, Labour and Liberal representatives. Later that same day, German troops marched.
List of Naval Vessels of World War II - Spee Royal Navy Cruisers Light Cruisers Emerald-class HMS Enterprise Leander-class HMS Ajax HMNZS Achilles Heavy Cruisers HMS Devonshire York-class HMS Exeter.
List of Royal Navy ship names - 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 Q 18 R 19 S 20 T 21 U 22 V 23 W 24 X 25 Y 26 Z A HMS Abdiel HMS Abercrombie HMS Acasta HMS Achates HMS Acheron HMS Achilles HMS Acorn HMS Active HMS Activity HMS Adventure HMS Aeneas HMS Affleck HMS Affray HMS Africa HMS Afridi HMS Agamemnon HMS Agincourt HMS Airedale HMS Ajax HMS Alacrity HMS Alaric HMS Alarm HMS Albacore HMS Albatross HMS Albermarlee HMS Albion HMS Alcantara HMS Alcide HMS Aldenham HMS Alderney HMS Alert HMS Alliance HMS Alnwick Castle HMS Alynbank HMS Amazon HMS Ambuscade HMS Ambush HMS Ameer HMS.
List of battleships of the Royal Navy - included, is a list of Battlecruiser's of the RN. Battleships Devastation-class - two ships Dreadnought-class - one ship (note, this is the 1870 HMS Dreadnought) Inflexible-class - one ship Ajax-class - two ships Colossus-class - two ships Conqueror-class - two ships Admiral-class - six ships Victoria-class - two ships Trafalgar-class - two ships Barfleur class - two ships Royal Sovereign-class - eight ships Renown-class - one ship Majestic-class - nine ships Canopus-class - six ships Formidable-class - eight ships Duncan-class - six ships King Edward VII class battleship - eight ships Swiftsure-class - two ships Lord Nelson-class - two ships Dreadnought-class - one ship Bellerophon-class - three ships St Vincent-class - three ships Neptune-class - three ships Orion-class - four ships King George V-class - four ships (Note, this is the.
HMS Hood - HMS Hood There have been three HMS Hoods, named after members of the Hood family. This family produced several notable Royal Navy officers in the 18th and 19th century. The first HMS Hood, 80 was an Edgar class warship commissioned in 1859. She was named after Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley. Constructed of wood and sail-powered, she later had a steam engine fitted. She was decomissioned in 1888. The second HMS Hood was a Royal Sovereign class battleship built at Chatham, England and commissioned in 1891. She was named after the Admiral Sir Arthur Hood, Viscount Hood's eldest son. In its day, the Royal Sovereign class were the largest warships ever built. She was mostly based in home waters although there was a.
HMS Beagle - HMS Beagle HMS Beagle was a British Royal Navy ship, made famous for the second voyage she made with Charles Darwin aboard. On May 11, 1820, HMS Beagle was launched as a 10 gun brig from the Woolwich Dockyards on the River Thames. There was no immediate need for Beagle so she was kept in reserve for five years. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 First Voyage 2 Second Voyage 3 Third Voyage 4 See also 5.
HMS Dreadnought - HMS Dreadnought Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought but God." As quarantine ship, mid-1800s Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 HMS Dreadnought (1801-1857) 2 HMS Dreadnought (1875-1908) 2.1 General characteristics 3 HMS Dreadnought (1906-1922) 3.2 General characteristics 4 HMS Dreadnought (1960-1980) 4.3 General characteristics HMS Dreadnought (1801-1857) The first HMS Dreadnought, 98, was launched from Portsmouth on midday Saturday, 13 May 1801, after 13 years on the stocks. She was the first man of war launched since the 1801 Act of Union created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and at her head displayed a lion couchant on a scroll bearing the Imperial arms as emblazoned on the Standard. The launching.
HMS Resolution - HMS Resolution Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution: An early Resolution was the vessel of Captain James Cook in his explorations. Resolution (09) was a World War II battleship. Resolution (S22) was the lead ship of the Resolution-class ballistic missile submarines. This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix that link to point to the appropriate specific page..
HMS Dunraven - HMS Dunraven HMS Dunraven was a Q-Ship of the British Navy during World War I. On August 8, 1917, 130 miles southwest of Ushant in the Bay of Biscay, disguised as the collier Boverton and commanded by Captain Gordon Campbell V.C., Dunraven spotted UC-71, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel. Saltzwedel believed the disguised ship was a merchant vessel. The U-boat submerged and closed with Dunraven before surfacing astern at 11:43am and opening fire at long range. Dunraven made smoke and sent off a panic party (a small number of men who "abandon ship" during an attack to continue the impersonation of a merchant). Shells began hitting Dunraven, detonating her depth charges and setting her stern afire. Her crew remained hidden letting the fires burn..
