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    The Shoreham-class sloops were a class of eight sloops of the Royal Navy built in the early 1930s. Developed from the Bridgewater class, with a longer...
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  • construction and launched as HMS Salford in 1919. HMS Shoreham (L32) was a Shoreham-class sloop launched in 1930. She was sold into mercantile service...
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  • Royal Navy Shoreham-class sloop, eight warships of the Royal Navy built in the 1930s All pages with titles beginning with Shoreham New Shoreham (disambiguation)...
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  • Calliope in Greek mythology: HMS Calliope (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and broken up in 1829. HMS Calliope (1837) was a 28-gun...
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    Swan-class sloop: HMS Ibis Bittern-class sloop: HMS Enchantress Grimsby-class sloop: HMS Aberdeen Banff-class sloops: HMS Hartland & Walney Shoreham-class...
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  • Flower-class corvette Castle-class corvette 24-class sloop Bridgewater-class sloop[page needed] Hastings-class sloop Banff-class sloop Shoreham-class sloop[page needed]...
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    HMS Dundee (L84) (category Shoreham-class sloops)
    HMS Dundee was a Shoreham-class sloop of the Royal Navy. The ship was built at Chatham Dockyard, entering service in 1933. The ship saw service primarily...
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    HMS Bideford (L43) (category Shoreham-class sloops)
    Shoreham-class sloop. She was named after the town of Bideford in Devon and was launched on 1 April 1931. The British Admiralty ordered four sloops of...
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    War destroyer Shikari. In December 1933 Walker took command of the Shoreham-class sloop Falmouth based on the China Station. In April 1937 Walker became...
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    HMS Fowey (L15) (category Shoreham-class sloops)
    HMS Fowey was a Shoreham-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War. Fowey was ordered on 4 December 1929, under the 1929 Programme...
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    HMS Rochester (L50) (category Shoreham-class sloops)
    HMS Rochester (L50) was a Shoreham-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She served during the Second World War and was a successful anti-submarine warfare vessel...
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    USCGC Itasca (1929) (category Banff-class sloops)
    HMS Landguard and HMS Lulworth, Lend-Lease destroyer HMS Stanley and Shoreham-class sloop HMS Bideford. After escorting convoys OS 4, SL 87, OS 10, SL 93,...
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    The Grimsby class were a class of 13 sloops laid down between 1933 and 1940. Of these, eight were built in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy, four...
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    HMS Shoreham was the lead ship of the Shoreham-class of sloops built for the British Royal Navy. Completed in 1931, Shoreham served pre-war in the Persian...
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    HMS Weston (category Shoreham-class sloops)
    HMS Weston was a Shoreham-class sloop of the British Royal Navy. Weston was built at Devonport Dockyard in 1931–1933. Weston served in African waters and...
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    Calypso-class third-class cruiser HMS Calliope as its drill ship. She served until 1951, when she was sold for scrapping, and was replaced by the Shoreham-class...
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    HMS Falmouth (L34) (category Shoreham-class sloops)
    HMS Falmouth was a Shoreham-class sloop of the British Royal Navy. Falmouth was built at Devonport Dockyard in 1931–1932. The ship was used as a despatch...
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    HMS Milford (L51) (category Shoreham-class sloops)
    HMS Milford was a Shoreham-class sloop of the British Royal Navy built at Devonport Dockyard in 1931–1932. After peacetime operations on the Africa Station...
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    Sixth-rate, corvette, and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. During the Age of Sail, warships were divided into ranks or classes. The English Royal Navy adopted...
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    Hubbastone yard of PK Harris & Sons, in 1912. During World War II a Shoreham-class sloop was named HMS Bideford, also four sixth-rate ships of the line have...
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    French sloop Bougainville ordered the Redoutable-class submarine Poncelet to attack the Free French naval force. On 8 November, the Shoreham-class sloop HMS Milford...
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  • west. On 14 June HX 47’s Western Approaches escort arrived. These were the sloops HMS Sandwich, from escorting the outbound convoy OA 164, and HMS Fowey from...
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  • Parliamentarians in 1652 and expended in 1666. HMS Lizard (1673) was a 4-gun sloop launched in 1673 and captured by the Dutch in 1674. HMS Lizard (1694) was...
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  • HMS Falmouth (1910) was a Town-class cruiser launched in 1910 and sunk in 1916. HMS Falmouth (L34) was a Shoreham-class sloop launched in 1932. She was renamed...
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  • planned Hunt-class minesweeper. She was renamed HMS Forres in before being launched in 1918. HMS Fowey (L15) was a Shoreham-class sloop launched in 1930...
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    Shoreham, Rhode Island and is part of Washington County. The island is named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, and the town was named for Shoreham,...
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    The Hastings class, also known as the Folkestone class, was a class of sloop which were built for the Royal Navy and the Royal Indian Navy in the interwar...
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  • Rochester in 1800 and was broken up in 1810. HMS Rochester (L50) was a Shoreham-class sloop launched in 1931 and sold in 1951. HMS Rochester Prize This article...
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  • invasion of Vichy French North Africa. One of the convoy's escorts, the Shoreham-class sloop HMS Bideford, sighted No. 5 boat and at 11:00 rescued its 31 occupants...
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    eventually agreed to lend naval support. On 8 November 1940, the Shoreham-class sloop HMS Milford found and pursued a Vichy submarine, Poncelet. The Milford...
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