HMS Devonshire, originally in honour of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, and later after the county of Devonshire (now called Devon). HMS Devonshire (1692)... 2 KB (305 words) - 14:36, 15 December 2021 |
HMS Devonshire, pennant number 39, was a County-class heavy cruiser of the London sub-class built for the Royal Navy in the late 1920s. The ship spent... 24 KB (2,840 words) - 01:28, 28 October 2023 |
cruisers of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters; Sussex, Shropshire, and Devonshire differed from the earlier group of Counties, (known as the Kent class)... 10 KB (944 words) - 12:32, 5 January 2024 |
Diary of a Devonshire Squire, John Were Clarke and William Percival Authers, Authers Publishing, 1982, p. 28 "Sidgwick, John Benson (1835–1927) clergyman... 10 KB (1,232 words) - 21:59, 14 April 2024 |
HMAS Australia (D84) (redirect from HMAS Australian (1927)) unsuccessfully attacked by high-altitude bombers. On 25 September, Australia and HMS Devonshire shelled French ships anchored at Dakar. They damaged a destroyer and... 71 KB (9,128 words) - 03:27, 16 October 2023 |
Royal Marines from HMS Renard. Much larger numbers of troops of the 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment of the Foot arrived on troopship HMS Vulcan in January... 14 KB (1,231 words) - 20:19, 2 March 2024 |
with the cruisers HMS Newcastle and later HMS Dunedin and HMS Devonshire. For a while they were joined by the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle. Their task was... 41 KB (5,741 words) - 02:27, 25 April 2024 |
the Devonshire-class cruiser HMS Argyll from May 1912 to June 1914. Bernard saw active service in World War I. In August 1914, he took command of HMS Venerable... 10 KB (1,004 words) - 18:39, 28 April 2023 |
Blackpool (redirect from Devonshire, Blackpool) 1961. HMS Penelope RN: 1990. 12th Regiment Royal Artillery: 2005. The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment: 2017. The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. HMS Triumph... 205 KB (18,663 words) - 14:50, 21 April 2024 |
Nancy (1789 ship) (redirect from HMS Nancy (1789)) Navy took over the Provincial Marine in 1814 and so acquired Nancy. After HMS Nancy was blocked in by an American fleet near the mouth of the Nottawasaga... 18 KB (2,191 words) - 11:23, 26 January 2024 |
unseen to starboard. Kelly became commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Devonshire in the Grand Fleet in March 1916 and was appointed a Commander of the... 16 KB (1,617 words) - 23:00, 14 November 2023 |
USS Wasp (1807) (redirect from HMS Peacock (1812)) she captured HMS Frolic, but was immediately herself captured. The British took her into service first as HMS Loup Cervier and then as HMS Peacock. She... 15 KB (1,417 words) - 13:57, 3 March 2024 |
Castle Line". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 15 August 2021. "HMS Devonshire". Retrieved 15 August 2021. Moore 1977, p. 490 Maund, TB (1991). Mersey... 96 KB (4,577 words) - 00:03, 4 November 2023 |
RMS Empress of France (1913) (redirect from HMS Alsation) Islands as part of the Northern Patrol maintaining the blockade of Germany. HMS Alsatian became flagship for Rear-Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair. Later, Alsatian... 17 KB (1,088 words) - 04:36, 30 January 2024 |
SS Arandora Star (category 1927 ships) Arandora, was a British passenger ship of the Blue Star Line. She was built in 1927 as an ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship, converted in 1929 into a cruise... 32 KB (3,554 words) - 17:49, 18 April 2024 |
and other structures, the most famous being HMS Warrior. The last ship built there was the dreadnought HMS Thunderer in 1912 and the yard shut soon after... 180 KB (16,014 words) - 17:41, 21 April 2024 |
1986 - Devonshire Dock Hall is completed 1990 - Barrow A.F.C. win the FA Trophy 1992 Commercial operations cease at Barrow/Walney Island Airport HMS Vanguard... 12 KB (1,099 words) - 01:34, 7 December 2023 |
"HMS Devonshire". SERVICE HISTORIES of ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS in WORLD WAR 2. Naval-History.Net. Retrieved 10 August 2008. Mason, Geoffrey (1997). "HMS Cockchafer"... 46 KB (464 words) - 22:49, 8 November 2023 |
up to 300 tons. The second group, the four ships of the London class (Devonshire, London, Shropshire and Sussex), closely followed the design of the Kents... 32 KB (3,133 words) - 11:47, 6 April 2024 |
with the Royal Navy decommissioning its last three (HMS London, HMS Cumberland, and HMS Devonshire) by the early 1950s. Some existing US heavy cruisers... 29 KB (4,066 words) - 11:39, 21 April 2024 |
never again threatened the capital. From 1758 until 1929 the Dukes of Devonshire owned Chiswick House, and their legacy can be found in street names all... 83 KB (7,719 words) - 12:05, 13 March 2024 |