• HMS Papua (K588) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States Navy...
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  • as Papua Region up to 2011 Papua Beach, on the south Atlantic island of South Georgia Papua Island, off the north tip of the Antarctic Peninsula HMS Papua (K588)...
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  • while under construction which served in the Royal Navy as the frigate HMS Papua (K588) from 1944 to 1945 This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    1946 HMS Nyasaland (K587) : 15 April 1946 HMS Papua (K588) : 13 May 1946; sold to Egypt and sank in Gulf of Suez 1953 HMS Perim (K593), (ex-HMS Sierra...
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    His Majesty's Ship (redirect from HMS/M)
    His (or Her) Majesty's Ship, abbreviated HMS and H.M.S., is the ship prefix used for ships of the navy in some monarchies. Derivative terms such as HMAS...
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  • HMS Waveney. For his service on the Arctic convoys, he was awarded the Arctic Star and Ushakov Medal. In 1943, he was transferred to K588 HMS Papua....
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    ex-PG-192 to UK as HMS Papua (K588) USS Pilford (PF-85) ex-PG-193 to UK as HMS Pitcairn (K589) USS St. Helena (PF-86) ex-Pasley to UK as HMS St. Helena (K590)...
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    USS Greensboro (PF-101) HMS Anguilla (K500) HMS Antigua (K501) HMS Ascension (K502) HMS Caicos (K505) HMS Dominica (K507) HMS Somaliland (K594) HMS Tortola (K595)...
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  • 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 February 1945 HMS Loch Scavaig, HMS Nyasaland, HMS Papua & HMS Loch Shin U-1015 1944 VIIC/41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sunk...
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    HMS Dominica (K507) HMS Labuan (K584) HMS Tobago (K585) HMS Montserrat (K586) HMS Nyasaland (K587) HMS Papua (K588) HMS Pitcairn (K589) HMS St. Helena (K590) HMS Sarawak (K591)...
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  • wrecked on Bellows Rock, Cape Point on 18 April 1911 HMS Lusitania, the badly-damaged sloop HMS Chanticleer, was a base ship at Horta, Azores from 1943...
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  • census-designated place Gazelle District, Papua New Guinea Gazelle Peninsula, Papua New Guinea Cape Gazelle, Papua New Guinea Gazelle Valley, an open space...
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    Samarai is an island and former administrative capital in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The island is historically significant as the site of a trading...
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    attached to the training establishment HMS Vernon and in the next year served on the Ton-class minesweeper HMS Pollington. Laurence then served briefly...
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    Morobe Province is a province on the northern coast of Papua New Guinea. The provincial capital and largest city is Lae. The province covers 33,705 km2...
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    Conflict Group (category Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea)
    an atoll in Papua New Guinea. The group was sighted in 1879 by HMS Cormorant, by moonlight; it was named in 1880 by Bower, captain of HMS Conflict. Irai...
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    in the D'Entrecasteaux Islands group. It is part of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The island has an irregular and elongated shape measuring 73km...
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  • (surname) Places Milne Bay, large bay in Milne Bay Province Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea Milne Inlet, Nunavut, Canada Milne Land, large island in eastern...
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  • Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMS Lae for the town of Lae in New Guinea. HMAS Lae (L3035), a Mark III Tank Landing Ship acquired...
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    Fly River (category Rivers of Papua New Guinea)
    when Francis Blackwood, commanding the corvette HMS Fly, surveyed the western coast of the Gulf of Papua. The river was named after his ship and he proclaimed...
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  • a form of non-monogamy HMS Swinger, six ships of the Royal Navy Swinger Bay, a bay on the north west shore of Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea Fender Swinger...
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  • commanding officer of HMS Brazen (F91); aviation writer Bill Sweetman, and Commander Patrick Walker, commanding officer of HMS Trafalgar (S107) a Royal...
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  • HMS Nyasaland (K587) was a Colony-class frigate of the United Kingdom that served during World War II. She originally was ordered by the United States...
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    D'Entrecasteaux Islands (category Archipelagoes of Papua New Guinea)
    the eastern tip of New Guinea in the Solomon Sea in Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The group spans a distance of 160 km (99 mi), has a total land...
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    part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia. It is directly adjacent to Papua New Guinea to the west, Australia to the southwest, New Caledonia and Vanuatu...
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  • Islands, an island of Papua New Guinea Renard Isle, a man-made island in the lower Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, ten ships of...
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  • Mottoes in South African Universities". "Home". sggs.co.za. Naval History: HMS Venetia (D 53) – V & W-class Destroyer Additional references Adeleye, Gabriel...
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    1915. E8 – Launched 30 October 1913. AE1 – Built for the RAN. Lost near Papua New Guinea, 14 September 1914. AE2 – Built for the RAN. Scuttled on 28 April...
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  • Gloucester Road, Hong Kong Gloucester Rural LLG, New Britain Cape Gloucester (Papua New Guinea), New Britain (by state) Gloucester, Massachusetts Gloucester...
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  • Mount Victory is an active volcano on the north east coast of Oro Province, Papua New Guinea with a height of 1,884 metres (6,181 ft). It is bounded by the...
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