The Bulwark class were the final class of wooden line-of-battle ships laid down for the Royal Navy. They were laid down after HMS Warrior. In March 1861...
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HMS Bulwark is the second unit of the Albion-class assault ships originally built for the Royal Navy. She was one of the United Kingdom's two landing platform...
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HMS Howe (category Royal Navy ship names)
gun ship of the line, built in 1815 and broken up in 1854. HMS Howe (1860), launched 1860, was a 121-gun steam line-of-battle ship, renamed Bulwark, and...
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two-deckers. The class consisted of HMS Duncan and HMS Gibraltar. The Bulwark class had identical hulls. HMS Gibraltar was the last wooden steam line-of-battleship...
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list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The list starts from 1660, the year...
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HMS Bulwark was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 April 1807 at Portsmouth. She was designed by Sir William Rule...
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the use of lightweight railings around the edges of the decks, replacing the old and heavy bulwarks. The ships also featured a single deck structure,...
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March 2025) Bulwark – extended readiness (available for reactivation if required; to be retired by March 2025) Landing platform helicopter ship Ocean Landing...
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have been incorporated into the Formidable class design, with inclined hull sides and bulwarks as well as concealment of ship boats and replenishment-at-sea...
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knuckle line compared to the Batch 1 ships, lack of the distinctive forward and aft bulwarks of the Batch 1 vessels). The class is also fitted with the Kelvin...
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HMS Albion (L14) (category Albion-class landing platform docks)
sister ship, Bulwark, was launched in November 2001, also from Barrow. Affiliated to the city of Chester and based in Plymouth, she is the ninth ship to carry...
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HMS Royal Oak (1862) (category Bulwark-class battleships (1859))
90-gun Bulwark-class ship of the line. She was ordered to be converted to an ironclad on 14 May 1861 and was launched on 10 September 1862. The ship was...
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HMS Howe (1860) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
three-deckers obsolete. The highest number of guns she ever actually carried was 12, when she finally entered service as the training ship Bulwark in 1885. Howe...
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November 1948. SS Schiedyk, cargo ship for Holland America Line, launched 10 June 1948, completed 19 February 1949. HMS Bulwark, aircraft carrier for British...
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RFA Mounts Bay (category Bay-class landing ships)
Bay-class auxiliary landing ship dock (LSD(A)) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She is named after Mount's Bay in Cornwall. As of 2024, Mounts Bay is the principal...
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HMS Ocean (category Royal Navy ship names)
originally ordered to be built as a Bulwark-class wooden screw line-of battle ship intended to carry 91 guns. However, the order was changed and she was eventually...
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The Gato class of submarines were built for the United States Navy and launched in 1941–1943. Named after the lead ship of the class, USS Gato, they were...
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HMS Triumph (category Royal Navy ship names)
screw propelled Bulwark-class second rate. She was renamed HMS Prince Consort (1862) before her launch in 1862 as a Prince Consort-class armoured frigate...
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anti-submarine operations, reduced the need for the class.[citation needed] The recommissioning of the carrier Bulwark and conversion of Hermes into a helicopter...
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HMS Lincoln (F99) (category Ships built on the River Clyde)
mounting two lengths of railway line protruding from the stern. This had the desired effect in protecting the stern of the ship. However, damage was caused...
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Prince of Wales (R09) is the second Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier and the Fleet Flagship of the Royal Navy currently under the command of Captain...
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on 30 June 1975, in the 1975 ship reclassification plan and their hull designation changed from 'DE' to 'FF'. The Knox class was the Navy's last destroyer-type...
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London, Bulwark, Venerable, Queen, and Prince of Wales. The ships of the London class were very similar to the preceding Formidable class, with the main...
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(converted from Bulwark class 2-decker) - Laid up 1871; sold for BU 1885 Royal Alfred (1864) central-battery ironclad (converted from Bulwark class 2-decker)-...
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HMS Caledonia (1862) (category Bulwark-class battleships (1859))
ironclad of the Prince Consort class. Originally laid down as a two-decker steam ship of the line of the Bulwark class, Caledonia was converted on the building...
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An opening in the bulwark of a ship to allow passengers to board or leave the ship. gantline A rope running through a block at or near the masthead, with...
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equipped with sails. The nine Comus-class corvettes and their later derivatives – the two Calypso-class corvettes – were ships of this type. Planning for...
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HMS Colossus (1803) (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched from Deptford Dockyard on 23 April 1803. She was designed by Sir John Henslow as one of the large class 74s...
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HMS Spey (P234) (category Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom)
River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy. Named after the River Spey in Scotland, she is the eighth Royal Navy ship to be named Spey and is the...
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Goalkeeper CIWS (category Military equipment introduced in the 1980s)
of ships against highly maneuverable missiles, aircraft and fast-maneuvering surface vessels. Once activated the system automatically undertakes the entire...
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