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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.
Farman F.61, a French reconnaissance aircraft; HMS Javelin (F61), a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy; 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
HMS Southampton was a 50-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, ordered to be built by commercial contract by John Winter at Chapel, Southampton [3] (ordered on the same day as the similar Portland from Woolwich Dockyard). The Southampton was launched on 10 June 1693. [1]
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.
HMS Llandaff was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the district of Llandaff in Cardiff, Wales. She was built by Hawthorn Leslie and Company at Hebburn on the River Tyne , being laid down on 27 August 1953 and launched on 30 November 1955.
In 1867 Southampton left Harwich and moved to Hull and, on 18 June 1867, began service as a certified industrial training ship.. Certificated industrial training ships [2] were special kinds of certified industrial schools which were set up to attempt to solve the problem of destitute children who, before the Elementary Education Act 1870, were largely neglected and consequently often drifted ...
George III in HMS Southampton reviewing the fleet off Plymouth, 18 August 1789. In 1772, Southampton – at the time commanded by the capable John MacBride, destined for a distinguished naval career – was sent to Elsinore, Denmark, to take on board and convey to exile in Germany the British Princess Caroline Matilda, George III's sister, who had been deposed from her position as Queen of ...
The type 79Y was an air-warning radar, capable of detecting aircraft at 10,000 ft (3,000 m), 53 mi (85 km) away. [6] In 1940 the set was replaced by a more powerful Type 279 air-warning radar, which could also be used as a barrage predictor for anti-aircraft fire with a range of 7 mi (11 km). [7]