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HMS Duckworth (K351) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy.She served during the Second World War as a convoy escort and anti-submarine warfare vessel in the Battle of the Atlantic and was an effective U-boat killer, being credited with the destruction of five U-boats during the conflict.
Robinson Duckworth CVO VD (4 December 1834 – 20 September 1911) was a British priest, who was present on the original boating expedition of 4 July 1862 during which Alice's adventures were first told by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson).
Duckworth was born on Christmas Day (hence Noel) at Goole, the son of the Reverend James Duckworth and his wife Nancy Sumner. He was educated at Lincoln School before he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge. At Cambridge University he coxed the winning Cambridge crews in the 1934, 1935 and 1936 Boat Races.
HMS Duckworth can refer to: . HMS Duckworth a destroyer escort under construction in the US but completed in May 1943 for the USN as USS Burden R. Hastings.; HMS Duckworth (K351) a destroyer escort laid down as USS Gary (DE-61) but transferred on completion in August 1943 to the RN as a Captain-class frigate
Duckworth may refer to: Duckworth (surname), people with the surname Duckworth; Duckworth , fictional butler from the television series DuckTales; Duckworth Books, a British publishing house; HMS Duckworth (K351), a frigate; Duckworth, West Virginia, an unincorporated community, United States; an earlier name of Bluff, Queensland, Australia
(The Center Square) – An Illinois legislator called U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s behavior during the Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday “embarrassing.” Duckworth, a disabled veteran ...
These operations continued uninterrupted until 8 February, when Duckworth sent boats from Acasta and Magicienne to the wrecks. Boarding unopposed, the boat parties removed the remaining French crewmen as prisoners and set both ships on fire to deny their potential use to the French, although Leissègues had in fact already issued orders for ...
Duckworth, a former Army National Guard member, lost both legs and partial use of her right arm during the Iraq War in 2004 after a rocket-propelled grenade struck her helicopter. She has credited ...