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On 18 October 1949, she was towing aircraft carrier HMS Albion in company with tugs Hendon and George V from Jarrow to Rosyth when Albion was in collision with Maystone 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) from the Longstone Lighthouse. Maystone sank, Albion had a 225 square feet (20.9 m 2) hole in her stern and started to sink.
[citation needed] The first recorded use of the abbreviated form HMS was in 1789, in respect of HMS Phoenix. [1] From 1707 to circa 1800 HBMS (for His Britannic Majesty's Ship) was also used. [2] [3] Submarines in His Majesty's service also use the prefix HMS, standing for His Majesty's Submarine, though this is sometimes rendered HMS/m. [4]
HMS Nottingham (1794), was a 3-gun gunvessel, formerly a barge. She was purchased in 1796 and sold in 1800. HMS Nottingham (1913) was a Town-class cruiser launched in 1913 and sunk in 1916. HMS Nottingham (D91) was a batch two Type 42 destroyer launched in 1980, decommissioned in 2010 and scrapped from 2011.
HMS 1 is the term for heavier scrap which has a density of at least 0.7 tons per cubic meter, whereas HMS 2 would be lighter steel scrap Because both grades guarantee a minimum piece thickness – at least 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.35 mm) for HMS 1, and 1 ⁄ 8 inch (3.175 mm) for HMS 2 – consignments have a high density. Both also have defined maximum ...
25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) Draught: 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward; 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft; Propulsion: Two shafts; Twin diesel engines 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each; Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each; Speed: 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h) surfaced; nine knots (20 km/h) submerged; Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 11 knots (8,330 km at 20 km/h) surfaced: Test ...
1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun; 2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns [26] 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) [27] 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns; Aircraft carried: 1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with: Martlet multirole missiles, or
126 sorties, 4 lost. Vulcan B.2 5 sorties: 1, 3 May and 12 June; 21x1,000 lbs bombs – 31 May and 3 June; 4 [10] x AGM-45 Shrike. Victor K.2 375 sorties; 14 sorties per Vulcan raid, 12 sorties per extended Nimrod patrol, 6 sorties per Hercules long-range drop, 6 sorties per Harrier GR.3 staging (4), 3 radar reconnaissance sorties to South ...
HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy and launched in 2010. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.