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HMS Norfolk was a British Type 23 frigate, the sixth in the Royal Navy to use this name, laid down in 1985 by Yarrow Shipbuilders. She was launched on the Clyde by Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon in July 1987 and named for the Dukedom of Norfolk .
HMS Norfolk was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. The ship was the Lead ship of the Norfolk-subclass of which only two were built: Norfolk and Dorsetshire. She served throughout the Second World War. During 1939-41 she operated in the Atlantic against German raiders and blockade runners.
Although the Type 23 is officially the "Duke" class, and includes such famous names as HMS Iron Duke (which had been the name of the battleship HMS Iron Duke, Admiral Jellicoe's flagship at the Battle of Jutland), five of the names had previously been used on classes known as the "County class": Kent and Norfolk were names given both to 1960s ...
HMS Norfolk (78) was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1928 and was scrapped in 1950. HMS Norfolk (D21) was a County-class destroyer launched in 1967. She was sold to Chile in 1982, and renamed Capitán Prat. She was decommissioned in 2006 and sold for scrap. HMS Norfolk (F230) was a Type 23 or 'Duke'-class frigate launched in 1987
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"Society of the Snow" is earning raves for its a ccurate depiction of the terrifying 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains that involved a Uruguayan rugby team.. The new Netflix drama, directed ...
Museum ship in Beppu from 1987 to 1995. Floating hotel in Shanghai from 1999 to 2002. Tourist attraction in Dalian from 2002 to 2004. Damaged in a storm in 2004, scrapped in 2005. Was known as “The Queen of the Sea” Okinoshima: Japan: Fukuoka: Tsuyazaki: Russian Empire: 1896 Coastal defense ship: Scrapped in 1939 after being damaged by storms
A "group of very experienced technical divers" determined the site where they believe the Hawke sank, Lost in Waters Deep said. They dove to the wreck, which is about 360 feet underwater, on Aug. 11.