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    HMS Moresby was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the previous...
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    lieutenant on 10 April 1806, Moresby was appointed to the first-rate HMS Ville de Paris and, after transferring to the third-rate HMS Kent in 1807, took part...
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  • HMAS Moresby, for Captain (later Admiral) John Moresby: HMAS Moresby (1918), a 24-class sloop serving with the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1925 as HMS Silvio...
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    Basilisk, under the command of Moresby, visited the Ellice Islands in July 1872. On 29 September 1876, Moresby took command of HMS Endymion, remaining in this...
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    HMAS Moresby (formerly HMS Silvio) was a 24-class (also known as Racehorse class) "Fleet Sweeping" sloop that served in the Royal Navy and Royal Australian...
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    Loftus William Jones † HMS Ophelia: Cdr Lewis Gonne Eyre Crabbe (Admiralty M class) HMS Christopher: Lt Cdr Fairfax Moresby Kerr HMS Acasta: Lt Cdr John...
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    commanded HMS Onslow (from 7 May 1916) at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May. Onslow and another destroyer, HMS Moresby, had escorted the seaplane carrier HMS Engadine...
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    At 18:22, the ship briefly fired her secondary guns at the destroyer HMS Moresby at extreme range, without scoring a hit. At the same time, Grosser Kurfürst...
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    Islands were surveyed in 1837 by Commander Robert Moresby of the Indian Navy on HMS Benares. Moresby's survey produced the first detailed map of this atoll...
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    hold. Amazon sank stern first in 15 minutes. The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Moresby rescued all her passengers and crew, sank U-110 with depth charges and...
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