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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.
Egypt. Multi-purpose & Guided missile frigate 4 active [4] 3,700 tons Alexandria (Oliver Hazard Perry-class) United States: Multi-purpose & Guided missile frigate 4 active [4] 4,200 tons Damyat United States: Guided missile frigate 2 active [4] 4,130 tons
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 ...
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.
Southampton was later damaged on 16 October 1939 whilst lying at anchor off Rosyth, Scotland, when she was struck by a 500 kg bomb in a German air raid. The bomb was released from only 150 metres (490 ft) height by a Ju 88 of I/KG.30, and hit the corner of the pom-pom magazine, passed through three decks at an angle and exited the hull ...
While at Hull Southampton was moored off Sammy's Point. [1] Sammy's Point is on the east bank of the River Hull at the confluence with the Humber. It takes its name from the Martin Samuelson Shipyard, [3] which once occupied the site. Southampton, moored on the River Humber at Hull, was established as a training ship in 1866. On 31 July 1868 ...
HMS Flora III, Coastal Forces MLs, Invergordon, Scotland; HMS Flycatcher, HQ of Mobile Naval Air Bases during World War II, Ludham then Middle Wallop. RNAS Kai Tak from 1947. [25] HMS Flowerdown, Y-station at RAF Flowerdown; HMS Foliot I, Landing craft accounting base, Plymouth; HMS Foliot III, Combined Operations holding base, Buckleigh, Plymouth