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HMS Curzon
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Curzon'' : * was a built in the US during World War II and provided to the British under the Lend-Lease Agreement. * HMS ''Curzon'' (M1136) was a Ton-class minesweeper which carried this name between 1960 and 1975. References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Curzon, HMS Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Fittleton (M1136)
HMS ''Fittleton'', originally named HMS ''Curzon'', was a wooden-hulled of the Royal Navy which spent most of her career in the Royal Naval Reserve. She was sunk in a collision with HMS ''Mermaid'' on 20 September 1976 whilst en route to Hamburg for an official visit. Twelve naval service personnel (eleven from the Royal Naval Reserve along with one from the Royal Navy) lost their lives, making this the worst peacetime accident involving the Royal Naval Reserve. History The ship ran aground at the entrance to Shoreham harbour, West Sussex on 25 May 1954, but she was refloated the next day. ''Curzon'' was part of the Reserve Fleet based at Hythe from 1955 until 1959. In March 1959 she had her Mirrlees engines replaced with Napier Deltic engines at Portsmouth, prior to being commissioned into the Royal Naval Reserve as HMS ''Curzon'' on 16 November 1960. She replaced HMS ''Bickington'' and docked at Maxwell's Wharf, Shoreham, home of Sussex Division RNR. She was refitted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
