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The Arethusa-class cruisers were intended to lead destroyer flotillas and defend the fleet against attacks by enemy destroyers. The ships were 456 feet 6 inches (139.1 m) long overall, with a beam of 49 feet 10 inches (15.2 m) and a deep draught of 15 feet 3 inches (4.6 m).
HMS Undaunted was previously HMS Arethusa, a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1793. She was renamed HMS Undaunted in 1795 and was wrecked in 1796. HMS Undaunted (1799) was a schuyt captured from the Dutch in 1799 by HMS Pylades, turned into a temporary gunvessel, and sold in 1800. HMS Undaunted (1807) was a 38-gun fifth rate ...
Battle off Texel Part of the First World War A sketch of the battle by one of the participants. Date 17 October 1914 Location 50 nautical miles (58 mi; 93 km) off Texel, the Netherlands, North Sea 53°17′21″N 3°28′27″E / 53.28917°N 3.47417°E / 53.28917; 3.47417 Result British victory Belligerents United Kingdom Germany Commanders and leaders Cecil Fox Georg Thiele ...
HMS Undaunted was a wooden screw frigate, the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy. She was the last of the Bristol -class, (which included Bristol , Glasgow ' and Newcastle , as well as Undaunted ; other ships ordered to the same design were cancelled). [ 1 ]
6th Destroyer Division HMS Ivanhoe, HMS Impulsive, HMS Intrepid, HMS Icarus [21] 1954 Home Fleet HMS St. Kitts; 4th Destroyer Flotilla: (1910–1940) 1939 Mediterranean Fleet HMS Afridi (F) 7th Destroyer Division HMS Afridi, HMS Gurkha, HMS Mohawk, HMS Sikh [21] 8th Destroyer Division HMS Cossack, HMS Maori, HMS Nubian, HMS Zulu [21]
F53 may refer to: . F53 (classification), a disability sport classification English Electric Lightning F.53, a British fighter aircraft; Franklin County Airport (Texas) HMS Ausonia (F53), a Cunard ocean liner requisitioned for the Royal Navy
The HMS Hawke was torpedoed by a German U-boat on Oct. 15, 1914, according to Lost in Waters Deep, a U.K. agency that memorializes naval losses from World War I.
He was born 27 May 1873 in Dublin, Ireland, and joined the Royal Navy 15 January 1886. [1] He was promoted to the rank of captain on 31 December 1911.. He was made Captain D of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla on 3 April 1913 [2] commanding the flotilla from HMS Boadicea and from August of that year from HMS Forward. [3]