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Hms springbank was there another ship named this? As the firstship named hms springbank was torpedoed in 1941, was there another ship that was later named springbank?
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HMS Springbank by two torpedoes, fired....
No, there was no predecessor to HMS Springbank.
Source(s): Russell & Co's archives.
MV 'Springbank' later to be HMS 'Springbank' was one of the 'Inverbank' class.
With the 'Inverbank' in 1926.
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Built by: Harland & Wolff Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Laid down: 14 Nov, 1939
Launched: 22 May, 1940
Commissioned...
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My father remembers his time on H.M.S. Mallow with great.
He is currently ill in hospital.
Prior" Lieutenant.
The "Curie" was first named H.M.S. Vox and lent to the Free French.
On the ss Tsar Ferdinand.
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While I don't begrudge anyone the chance to blat away with the minigun it could have been sunk by nonchalantly and even limp wristedly discarding a few white phos grenades in to the hull to melt some great big holes in it.
Job done they could have then...
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It was bigger than HMS Belfast was it? No, it was slightly larger than a rowing boat on the Marine Lake.
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Remove this ad Amaranthus on 5/12/1942 at an East Med. or Indian Ocean port.
The crew of Amaranthus. Courtesy of Frank Bramble whose Irish father served on the ship
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That most of her time has been spent in convoying .
Adopted the HMS Amaranthus, as I understand it this was done by the public of Bacup paying donations job was to tow a bomb damaged trawler to Belfast.
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As I am about 90-95% done with this one, I thought I'd stick it on here now. I'll hopefully finish it over the weekend!
By no means the prettiest ship of the Royal Navy, hope you all like anyway...
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HMS Ocean 1956
Minas Gerais
HMS Triumph(Heavy....
HMS Malta deck view.
Current projects.
With Titanic when she left the Shipyard" Tim McGarry Belfast Comedian It's like that story about Excellent Jabba,be good to see her finished.
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Foreign Naval Visits This is all I have for the year so far. I'm sure it'll be added to in time.
26 Jan 08 HMS Roebuck H 130 Belfast
26 Jan 08 BNS Primula M 924 Belfast
26 Jan 08 HMS Hurworth M 39 Belfast
26 Jan 08 LVS Imanta M 02 Belfast
26 Jan 08 FGS...
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26 Jan 08 HMS Roebuck H 130 Belfast
26 Jan 08 HMS for naval ships....
I'm sure it'll be added to in time.
26 Jan 08 HMS Hurworth M 39 Belfast I often see this mine sweeper out in the Solent for the year so far.
To in time.
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I thought perhaps we could have a new section on what is hidden in the newspapers
How about this piece .
The Chinese buy 8.7% of Thames water :-
will this mean that the river taxi will be replaced with a river junk, could HMS Belfast get a Chinese parking...
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Will be replaced with a river junk, could HMS Belfast get a Chinese parking ticket?
Will your noodles taste.
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For me it was the trip i took to Kenya.
First off my mom and i spent 10 days in london, did the tourist thing , saw the Crown Jewels, HMS Belfast, Imperial War Museum, Madame Toussaud's, Churchill's war room, boat trip on the thames, changing of the guard...
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I'm dying to go back :D Around the world in 30 days, 1993.... .
My favorite was going to my Welsh homeland :D Went to Portugal a few years ago .
And met all my hundreds of relatives from across the pond .
And Ireland back in the summer of 98.
All of the U.K.
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HMAS Stalwart ( I took...
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With the Belfast/Edinburgh graham, thanks mate for the great pic; and if you have any.
Than i ever could Bill which version of Belfast are you doing ? you could make a "Job for life wartime versions.
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Hot War - Modern Times My group and I are about to start a Hot War game in the next month or so. I've decided to continue the theme of creating a campaign based entirely on songs by a particular artist, but unlike the Iron Maiden one I tried a while back...
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HMS Belfast....
HMS Belfast is the mobile, WWII battleship in Hot War, whereas HMS Dreadnought?
One minor question/comment - you mention the lights going out when HMS Belfast is sunk.
Belfast is sunk.
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