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List Of Ship Names Of The Royal Navy (B)
This is a list of Royal Navy ship names starting with B. B * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Bahama'' * * ''Bala'' * * * * * * ''Ballarat'' * * * ''Balsam'' * ''Baltic'' * * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Bantum'' * * * * * * ''Barbette'' * * * * * ''Bark of Bullen'' * ''Bark of Murlesse'' * ''Barle'' * ''Barlight'' * * * * * * * * * ''Basing'' * * ''Bastion'' * * ''Batavia'' * * ''Bathgate'' * ''Bathurst'' * ''Batman'' * * * * * * * * * * * * ''Beagle'' * ''Bear'' * * * * * * ''Beauly Firth'' * ''Beaumaris'' * ''Beaumont'' * * * ''Beccles'' * * ''Beckwith'' * * * * * * * ''Beehive'' * * * * * ''Belem'' * * ''Belfast'' * * ''Belle Isle'' * * * * * ''Bellisarius'' * * * * * * * ''Belzebub'' * ''Ben Lomond'' * ''Ben Meidie'' * ''Ben Nevis'' * * ''Bend Or'' * * ''Bengal'' * * ''Benjamin & Ann'' * * * * ''Berberis'' * * * ... [...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] |
Belisarius (1781 Ship)
''Belisarius'' was launched in Massachusetts in 1781. The British Royal Navy captured later that year and took her into service as HMS ''Bellisarius''. She captured several American privateers, including one in a single ship action, before the Navy sold her in 1783. Her new owners sailed her as a merchantman between London and British Honduras. In 1787 she carried emigrants to Sierra Leone for the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor, before returning to trading with Honduras. She was wrecked in September 1787. Privateer ''Belisarius'' was a privateer built by "Mr. Paul", launched in 1781, and fitted at Boston. She was a fast, miniature frigate or quarterdeck sloop. On 6 May 1781 she sailed on her first cruise. In July ''Belisarius'' sailed in company with ''Aurora'', but the two ships separated. ''Belisarius'' was under the command of Captain James Munro, when captured her on 7 August 1781, off the Delaware River. She was described as "a very fast-sailing Frigate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ships Named HMS Belfast
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Belfast'' after the capital city of Northern Ireland: * The first is a light cruiser launched in 1938 preserved as a museum ship A museum ship, also called a memorial ship, is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public for educational or memorial purposes. Some are also used for training and recruitment purposes, mostly for the small numb ... in London. * The second will be the third planned Type 26 frigate. Battle honours * Arctic 1943 * North Cape 1943 * Normandy 1944 * Korea 1950–52 {{DEFAULTSORT:Belfast, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
