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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Alderney, named after the Island of Alderney.

  • HMS Alderney (1735) was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1735 and hulked in 1741.
  • HMS Alderney (1743) was a 24-gun sixth rate, originally built as HMS Squirrel but renamed in 1742 and launched in 1743. She was sold in 1749.
  • HMS Alderney (1757) was a 12-gun sloop launched in 1757 and sold in 1783. She may have become the whaler Alderney, taken by the Spanish in 1797.
  • HMS Alderney (P416) was an Amphion-class submarine launched in 1945 and broken up in 1972.
  • HMS Alderney (P278) was an Island-class patrol vessel, launched in 1979 and decommissioned in 2001. She was sold to the Bangladesh Navy in 2002 and renamed Karotoa.


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HMS Alderney

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called HMS Alderney, named after the Island of Alderney. HMS Alderney (1735) was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1735 and hulked in 1741. HMS Alderney (1743)...

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Fortifications of Alderney

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trained artillery men were sent to Alderney. The loss of HMS Amethyst, a 38-gun frigate wrecked in 1795 off Alderney, gave the island a number of cannon...

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BNS Karotoa

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(COMKHUL). List of active ships of the Bangladesh Navy Image as HMS Alderney "Alderney". Aberdeen Built Ships. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011...

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List of postage stamps of Alderney

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Alderney forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and since 1969 when Royal Mail relinquished authority to Guernsey Post has relied on postal services provided...

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HMS Amethyst

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and wrecked off Alderney in 1795. HMS Amethyst (1799) was a Penelope-class 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1799 and wrecked in 1811. HMS Amethyst (1844)...

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HMS Squirrel

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to have been a 24-gun sixth rate. She was renamed HMS Alderney in 1742, and launched in 1743. HMS Squirrel (1755) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in...

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List of Royal Navy vessels active in 1981

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Dumbarton Castle Island-class - HMS Anglesey, HMS Alderney, HMS Jersey, HMS Guernsey, HMS Shetland, HMS Orkney, HMS Lindisfarne Resolution-class – Resolution...

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6th Submarine Division

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provided training for the Royal Canadian Navy from 1954 to 1967. In 1954 HMS Alderney was sent to Canada to provide submarine training on the Canadian Atlantic...

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HMS Argus

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1926. Renamed Riduna and sold to the Alderney Steam Packet Company in 1926. Sent for break-up at Plymouth in 1931. HMS Argus (I49) was an aircraft carrier...

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Sarah Oakley

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gunnery officer in HMS Alderney, a fishery protection vessel. From there she was posted as Communications Officer in the Type 23 frigate HMS Kent, and then...

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List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy

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HMS Greyhound 1741 HMS Blandford 1741 1741 Establishment 20-gun sixth rates 1742–1746: HMS Lowestoffe 1742 HMS Aldborough 1743 HMS Alderney 1743 HMS Phoenix...

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USS Jallao

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New London in July 1955 and she got underway with British submarine HMS Alderney 7 August to take part in Joint Exercise "New Broom IV". Following this...

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Nick Tindal

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interests in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. He also had command of HMS Alderney, an offshore patrol vessel based in the UK to support the policing of...

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German occupation of the Channel Islands

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150mm German artillery emplacement in Alderney, opened fire on American troops on the Cherbourg peninsula. HMS Rodney was called up on 12 August to fire...

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Alderney Steam Packet Company

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The Alderney Steam Packet Company provided shipping services between Alderney and Sark, Guernsey and Cherbourg from 1897 to 1931. The origins of the company...

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Les Casquets

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centuries that the loss of HMS Victory in 1744 was attributable to wrecking on the Casquets, the lightkeeper of Alderney even being court-martialled...

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Outline of the British Royal Navy at the end of the Cold War

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HMS Kellington, HMS Soberton, HMS Upton Castle-class patrol vessel: HMS Dumbarton Castle Island-class patrol vessels: HMS Anglesey, HMS Alderney, HMS...

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