HMS Penelope was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Harland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland); her keel was laid down...
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British Royal Navy have been named HMS Penelope, after the faithful wife Penelope of Greek mythology. The first HMS Penelope (1778) was a 24-gun sixth rate...
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wrecked off Alderney in 1795. HMS Amethyst (1799) was a Penelope-class 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1811. HMS Amethyst (1844) was a Spartan-class...
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1915, he was appointed to the super-dreadnought battleship HMS Canada and then to HMS Penelope in August 1916. He was promoted to the rank of sub-lieutenant...
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HMS Arethusa was the name ship of her class of light cruisers built for the Royal Navy. She was built by Chatham Dockyard, with the keel being laid down...
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HMS Aurora was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, with the keel being laid down on 27 July 1935...
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Kriegsmarine (category 1935 establishments in Germany)
Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar...
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to be transported 200 feet (61 m) along the ship to reach the guns. In Penelope and Aurora eight QF 4-inch Mark XVI on four twin mountings HA/LA Mark XIX...
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(from The Ship by C. S. Forester; inspired by Arethusa-class cruiser HMS Penelope) Colony, River, and Saltash (River and Colony-class frigates in H M Frigate...
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launched 26 September 1935, completed 20 December 1935. HMS Penelope, cruiser for British Admiralty, launched 15 October 1935, completed 15 November...
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