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Amesbury arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 23 February, was redesignated APD-46 on that day, and remained there until 16 May 1945 while undergoing conversion to a Charles Lawrence-class high speed transport. Amesbury got underway from Norfolk for the west coast and, after proceeding via the Panama Canal, reached San Diego on 17 June.
Amesbury finds and attacks the Essen, scoring a major torpedo hit on the Essen’s bow, but is sunk with the loss of all but two hands, Petty Officer Wheatley and Signalman Andrew 'Canada' Brown. Brown is the son of a mother keen on the navy and thus knows more about naval tactics, strategy and gunnery than most of his rank.
Amesbury, Cambridge, and Stratford, (from the 1953 Michael Rennie film Single-Handed or Sailor of the King, based on the novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester; portrayed by Dido-class cruiser: HMS Cleopatra, Abdiel-class minelayer HMS Manxman, and Town-class cruiser HMS Glasgow)
HMS Dacres, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship; HMS Durban (light cruiser used as a blockship in "Gooseberry" breakwater) HNLMS Flores, Dutch gunboat; HMS Hilary, H.Q. ship for Juno Beach carrying tri-service commanders and staff; HMS Kingsmill, Captain class frigate converted to act as a headquarters ship
RN auxiliary ships Survey Class Ship No. Commissioned Displacement Type Homeport Note — HMS Scott: H131: 1997: 13,500 tonnes: Ocean survey: Devonport [77] — HMS Protector: A173: 2011: 5,000 tonnes: Icebreaker & survey [78] [N 16] Sea class 18 m variant: HMS Magpie: H130: 2018: 37 tonnes: Survey motor launch [80] Non-commissioned vessels ...
The first Alliance of the United States Navy (which served as part of the Continental Navy) was a 36-gun sailing frigate of the American Revolutionary War.. Originally named Hancock, she was laid down in 1777 on the Merrimack River at Amesbury, Massachusetts, by the partners and cousins, William and James K. Hackett, launched on 28 April 1778, and renamed Alliance on 29 May 1778 by resolution ...
His (or Her) Majesty's Ship, abbreviated HMS and H.M.S., is the ship prefix used for ships of the navy in some monarchies. Derivative terms such as HMAS and equivalents in other languages such as SMS are used. Seal of the Imperial German Navy (1871–1919) - (Mirrored) - Kommando S.M.S. Braunschweig
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