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HMS Southampton (1693) was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. The ship was rebuilt in 1700, hulked at Jamaica in 1728 and finally broken up in 1771. HMS Southampton (1757) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1757, and wrecked in 1812. HMS Southampton (1820) was a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1820. In 1867 the ship was lent to the Hull ...
HMS Southampton was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She was a member of the Chatham sub-class of the Town class. The ship survived the First World War and was sold for scrap in 1926.
HMS Tormentor, Landing craft operational base, Hamble, Southampton; HMS Tormentor II Training camp, Cowes, Isle of Wight; HMS Tullichewan (previously HMS Spartiate II), Holding base for Combined Operations, Tullichewan Castle Camp, Balloch, Loch Lomond, Scotland [37] HMS Turtle, Combined Operations training, Poole, Dorset; HMS Uva, Diyatalawa ...
HMS Teazer did just over 40 knots on her trials in 1917, making her the fastest destroyer in the world at the time. [43] HMS Rosalind was sold for scrap in 1926 and HMS Radiant was sold to the Thai Navy in 1920 and became Phra Ruang, serving until the middle of the 1960s. HMS Retriever was sold in 1927, HMS Taurus in 1930 and HMS Teazer in 1931 ...
The Eastern Fleet was a World War II formation of the British Royal Navy.It was formed from the ships and installations of the East Indies Station and the China Station (which are included in this list), with headquarters at Singapore, moving between Trincomalee and Kilindini after the Japanese advances in south east Asia made Singapore untenable as a naval base.
Mk XXII turret with rounded contours mounted on the Southampton sub-class. Like their US and Japanese counterparts of that era, the Town-class cruisers were "light cruisers" in the strict terms of the London Treaty, which defined a "light cruiser" as one having a main armament no greater than 6.1 in (155 mm) calibre.
The Sri Lanka Navy set a medium-term fleet expansion goal targeting ten new vessels in its 'Sri Lanka Navy 2025' plan as part of its expansion of blue water operations. [ 64 ] According to the Maritime Doctrine of Sri Lanka (MDSL) published in 2020, the establishment of Naval Aviation consisting of helicopters and drones have been proposed and ...
HMS Llandaff (F61), a Salisbury-class frigate of the Royal Navy HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) an ocean liner requisitioned for the Royal Navy Northrop F-61 Black Widow , an American fighter aircraft