The Sunfish-class destroyers, also referred to as Opossum-class destroyers, was a group of three torpedo boat destroyers which served with the Royal Navy...
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sold for breaking up 29 April 1920. Sunfish-class destroyer; all built by Hawthorn, Newcastle upon Tyne. Sunfish, launched 9 August 1895, sold for breaking...
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Sunfish was one of three Sunfish-class destroyers built by Hawthorns and laid down in 1894. She was sold for scrap in 1920. HMS Sunfish, along with sister ships...
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named HMS Sunfish: HMS Sunfish (1895), a Sunfish-class destroyer launched on 23 May 1895 and sold on 7 June 1920. HMS Sunfish (81S), an S-class submarine...
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The first USS Sunfish (SS-281), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, a plectognath...
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USS Sunfish (SSN-649), a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the ocean sunfish (Mola mola)...
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This is a list of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, organised chronologically by entry into service. In 1913, the surviving members...
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HMS Ranger (1895) (category Sunfish-class destroyers)
scrap in 1920. HMS Ranger, along with sister ships Sunfish and Opossum, was one of three destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy from Hawthorn Leslie on...
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HMS Ranger (1895) was a Sunfish-class destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1920. HMS Ranger was to have been a C-class destroyer. She was renamed HMS Caesar...
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HMS Opossum (1895) was a Sunfish-class destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1920. HMS Opossum (U33) was a Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1944 and...
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HMS Opossum (1895) (category Sunfish-class destroyers)
scrap in 1920. HMS Opossum, along with sister ships Sunfish and Ranger, was one of three destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy from Hawthorn Leslie on...
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launched Sunfish-class destroyer. He was promoted to Commander on 6 November 1901 and was given a series of short-lasting commands of destroyers. He was...
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HMS Eskimo (F75) (category Tribal-class destroyers (1936) of the Royal Navy)
HMS Eskimo was a Tribal-class destroyer, Eskimo served throughout the Second World War, seeing action in Norway, the Mediterranean, the English Channel...
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HMS Isis (D87) (category I-class destroyers of the Royal Navy)
one of nine I-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. The I-class ships were improved versions of the preceding H-class. They displaced...
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Rocket-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. Under the 1893–1894 Naval Estimates, the British Admiralty placed orders for 36 torpedo-boat destroyers,...
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Guadalcanal) 1 of 8 Bagley-class destroyers 1935 USS Henley – (attack on Pearl Harbor – Guadalcanal campaign) 31 of 65 Evarts-class destroyer escorts 1942 USS Brennan (DE-13)...
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Type C escort ship (redirect from No.1 class escort ship)
ever issued. Hiburi-class escort ship Shimushu-class escort ship Type D escort ship Destroyer escort Tacoma-class frigate Flower-class corvette Worth P....
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Three Handy-class destroyers served with the Royal Navy. Handy, Hart and Hunter were all built by Fairfield. As part of the 1893–1894 Naval Estimates,...
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Hokaze (帆風, Sail Wind) was a Minekaze-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy immediately following World War I. Advanced for their time...
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Destroyers for Bases Agreement USS Kalk (DD-170) (1919) Destroyers for Bases Agreement 10 of 156 Clemson class USS Belknap (DD-251) (1919) Philippines campaign...
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including Operations Sunfish, Bishop, and Dukedom, the latter an attempt to ambush and destroy a Japanese heavy cruiser and destroyer in May that resulted...
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"Jade Wave") was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Yūgumo class was a repeat of the preceding Kagerō class with minor improvements...
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HMAS Swordsman (category S-class destroyers (1917) of the Royal Australian Navy)
HMAS Swordsman (H11) was an Admiralty S-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built for the Royal Navy during World War I, the ship was...
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HMS Verulam (R28) (category U and V-class destroyers of the Royal Navy)
was a V-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War. Verulam was one of eight V-class destroyers ordered under...
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machine transmissions to U-boats (Shark cypher) and blockade-runners (Sunfish cypher). At the west end of the Bay of Biscay, Royal Navy and Allied ships...
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HMS Hornet (1893) (category Havock-class destroyers)
Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched in 1893 and sold in 1909 for scrapping. Although the Daring-class torpedo...
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USS Bluegill (category Gato-class submarines)
1951 to 1952, and from 1953 to 1969. She was named for the bluegill, a sunfish of the Mississippi Valley. During World War II, Bluegill completed six...
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twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Construction of the advanced Fubuki-class destroyers was authorized...
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USS Guardfish (SS-217) (category Gato-class submarines)
wolf pack on 23 August 1944, Guardfish and the submarines, Thresher and Sunfish, had a 40-minute surface gun battle with sampans on 2 September. On 25...
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for the destroyer USS Lawrence (DD-8). The yard also built early submarines for Electric Boat, including USS Octopus (SS-9) and USS Sunfish (SSN-649)...
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