High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kingston (F64) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 6 October 1937, launched on 9 January 1939 and commissioned on 14 September 1939. Joined 5th Destroyer Flotilla, Home Fleet, for convoy defence and anti-submarine duties in the North Sea. In company with the destroyers Kashmir and Icarus, Kingston attacked the German U-boat U-35 in the North Sea off Shetland on 29 November 1939, and sank her. All the crew of the U-boat were saved. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8047-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kandahar (F28) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the Afghan city of Kandahar. Kandahar was launched on 21 March 1939. On 21 February 1941, in company with HMS Kimberley and HMS Manchester, she captured the German blockade runner SS Wahehe off Iceland. On 19 December 1942, she was part of British Force K, tasked to intercept an Italian convoy bound for Tripoli when she was irreparably damaged by a newly laid Italian mine whilst attempting to rescue the stricken HMS Neptune. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7782-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kimberley was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She served in the Second World War and survived it, being one of only two of the K-class to do so. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Kimberley, after the town of Kimberley, Northern Cape, site of the Siege of Kimberley in the Second Boer War. She was adopted by the civil community of Eastwood, Kimberley and Selston, Nottinghamshire in 1942 after a successful Warship Week campaign for National Savings. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7961-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kenilworth Castle (K420) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy. She was built by Smiths Dock Company at South Bank-on-Tees, launched on 17 August 1943 and commissioned on 14 November 1943. In World War II she served as a convoy escort and participated in the sinking of two U-boats: U-744 was sunk by HMS Icarus, HMCS St. Catharines, HMCS Fennel, HMCS Chilliwack, HMCS Chaudiere, HMCS Gatineau and Kenilworth Castle on 6 March 1944; U-1200 was sunk south of Ireland by HMS Pevensey Castle, HMS Launceston Castle, HMS Portchester Castle and Kenilworth Castle on 11 November 1944 - all in 30th Escort Group under Commander Denys Rayner. She was scrapped at Llanelli in June 1956....

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7942-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kingfisher was a screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was a 1,130 ton training ship, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 16 December 1879. She was renamed HMS Lark on 10 November 1892, and then HMS Cruizer on 18 May 1893. She was sold in 1919. The Doterel class were a development of the Osprey-class sloops and were of composite construction, with wooden hulls over an iron frame. The original 1874 design by the Chief Constructor, William Henry White was revised in 1877 by Sir Nathaniel Barnaby and nine were ordered. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8017-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kashmir (F12) was a K-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Thornycroft in Southampton in October 1937, launched on 4 April 1939 and commissioned on 26 October 1939. In company with the destroyers Kingston and Icarus, Kashmir attacked the enemy German U-boat U-35 in the North Sea on 29 November 1939, forcing the U-boat to scuttle. Kashmir was bombed and sunk on 23 May 1941 by German Stuka dive bombers south of Crete. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8697-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kempthorne (K483) was a Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy and named after Captain (later Admiral Sir) John Kempthorne of HMS Mary Rose in 1669. Kempthorne was ordered from the Boston Navy Yard on 18 January 1942 as the Evarts-class destroyer escort Trumpeter (DE-279). She was not commissioned into the US Navy but was instead transferred to the Royal Navy under the Lend-Lease agreement and commissioned on 31 October 1943. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7923-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS K9 was a K class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. K9 was laid down on 28 June 1915. She was commissioned on 9 May 1917. In 1921, K9 was placed in reserve. K9 was sold in Charlestown on 23 July 1926. The K class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels which had the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety, and the nickname of Kalamity class, for being involved in many accidents. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7776-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS K10 was a K class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 28 June 1915. She was commissioned on 26 June 1917. K10 was sold on 4 November 1921. K10 foundered in tow on 10 January 1922. The K class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels which had the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety, and the nickname of Kalamity class, for being involved in many accidents. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8638-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS King Edward VII, named after King Edward VII, was the lead ship of her class of Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleships. HMS King Edward VII was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 8 March 1902. She was launched by King Edward VII on 23 July 1903, and completed in February 1905. Although King Edward VII and her seven sister ships of the King Edward VII-class were a direct descendant of the Majestic-class; they were also the first class to make a significant departure from the Majestic design, displacing about 1,000 long tons (1,000 t) more and mounting for the first time an intermediate battery of four 9.2 in (230 mm) guns in addition to the standard outfit of 6 in (150 mm) guns....

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7971-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Keith (H06) was a B-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. Keith was a flotilla leader, and was larger than her class sisters as a result. She was sunk off the coast of Dunkirk during Operation Dynamo. The B class was a class of nine destroyers of the British Royal Navy, ordered as part of the 1928 Naval Estimates, launched in 1930 and that commissioned in 1931. The class was similar to the preceding A class, with minor modifications. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7831-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Knaresborough Castle (K389) was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy, built under the 1943 War Programme, and named after Knaresborough Castle in Yorkshire, England. She was ordered on 19 January 1943, launched at Blyth Shipyard in Blyth, Northumberland on 29 September 1943 and completed on 5 April 1944. She was scrapped at Glasgow in March 1956. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7994-0
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kent was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 17 January 1798 at Blackwall Yard. She became a sheer hulk in 1856, and was broken up in 1881. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces (and is therefore known as the Senior Service). From the beginning of the 18th century until well into the 20th century it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7483-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Kangaroo was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow-on-Tyne on 29 December 1899, launched on 8 September 1900 and completed in July 1901. It was sold for scrap to M. Yates on 23 February 1920 but was resold to Thomas W. Ward and broken up at Milford Haven in June 1920. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7791-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS K16 was a K class submarine built by William Beardmore and Company, Dalmuir. She was laid down in June 1916 and commissioned on 13 April 1918. The only incident that occurred with K16 was a sudden dive in Gare Loch after her hydroplanes failed. She surfaced successfully. K16 paid off on 12 December 1920. She was sold on 22 August 1924. She was resold in September 1924 in Charlestown. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8648-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS K15 was a K class submarine built by Scotts, Greenock. She was laid down on 19 April 1916 and was commissioned on 30 April 1918. K15 sank due to an accident, when moored alongside the light cruiser Canterbury at Portsmouth Harbour on 25 June 1921. She was then salved in July 1921. K15 was sold in August 1924 in Upnor. The K class submarines were a class of steam-propelled submarines of the Royal Navy designed in 1913. Intended as large, fast vessels which had the endurance and speed to operate with the battle fleet, they gained notoriety, and the nickname of Kalamity class, for being involved in many accidents. Данное издание не является оригинальным....

ISBN: 978-6-1329-7760-1
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS L10 was a British L class submarine commissioned in June 1918 and destroyed by enemy action in October of the same year. Built at Dumbarton by William Denny, L10 was a modern and advanced boat with six torpedo tubes and a 4-inch gun. She was assigned to serve in the North Sea against German surface units counteracting German efforts to sow mines in British waters. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8066-3
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Lance was a Laforey-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched a few months before the outbreak of the First World War and attached to the Harwich Force, Lance took part in several engagements during the war, including the sinking of the Konigin Luise and the Battle of Texel. Lance was constructed by the John I. Thornycroft Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8276-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Laforey was the lead ship of the her class of destroyer built for the Royal Navy. Launched a year before the First World War began, she was attached to the Dover Patrol. Laforey saw action in several engagements with German torpedo boats, including the Battle off Noordhinder Bank and the Action of 17 March 1917. Laforey was sunk in 1917 in an explosion after convoying several freighters to France. She was named for Francis Laforey, captain of HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8199-8
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Lassoo was a Laforey-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built during the First World War as part of an emergency program of naval construction, to an Admiralty design by William Beardmore Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8330-5
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Ladybird was an Insect-class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched in 1916. This class are also referred to as "Large China Gunboats". Originally built to patrol the River Danube during World War I, she was later shipped to China to serve on the Yangtze River. On 12 December 1937, Ladybird, along with Bee became involved in the Panay incident and came under fire from a Japanese artillery unit near Wuhu on the Yangtze River. Ladybird was hit by six shells and Bee dodged a shell as she came upon the scene. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8175-2
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Lance was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She entered service during World War II, and had a short but eventful career, serving in Home waters and the Mediterranean Sea. She was damaged in two consecutive air attacks at Malta in 1942. She was towed back to Britain, declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped. She had been adopted by the civil community of Bexley and Welling, Kent in November 1941. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8307-7
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Laertes was a Laforey-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched from the yards of Swan, Hunter Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8812-6
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS L71 was a L-class submarine built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Greenock. She was laid down on 29 August 1917 and was commissioned on 23 December 1919. HMS L71 was sold on 25 March 1938 at Milford Haven. The British L class submarine were originally planned under the emergency war programme as an improved version of the British E class submarine. The scale of change allowed the L class to become a separate class. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8134-9
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Lightning was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 22 April 1940 and sunk on 12 March 1943 by German Motor Torpedo Boat S-55. Ordered under the 1937 Programme and laid down as Job No J4502, Hawthorn Leslie Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.

ISBN: 978-6-1329-8778-5
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