Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Birkenhead, after the English town of Birkenhead.
HMS Birkenhead (1845) was an iron-hulled troopship launched in 1845 and notably wrecked in 1852.
HMS Birkenhead (1915) was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1915, in action at Jutland, and sold 1921.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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of the British Royal Navy have been named HMSBirkenhead, after the English town of Birkenhead. HMSBirkenhead (1845) was an iron-hulled troopship launched...
Birkenhead include HMS Achilles, HMS Affray, CSS Alabama, HMS Ark Royal, HMSBirkenhead, HMS Caroline, Huáscar, the pioneer submarine Resurgam, HMS Thetis...
concept include during the 1852 evacuation of the Royal Navy troopship HMSBirkenhead, the 1857 sinking of the ship SS Central America, and most famously...
Kipling's poem If—, first published in 1910. During the sinking of HMSBirkenhead in 1852, soldiers famously stood in ranks on board, allowing the women...
(18 June 1839 – 5 October 1903) was an Irish soldier and survivor of HMSBirkenhead after it was wrecked in 1852. McCluskey was born in Armagh. In 1843...
sold in 1802. HMS Vulcan was to have been an iron paddle frigate. She was renamed HMSBirkenhead in 1843 before being launched in 1845. HMS Vulcan (1849)...
disadvantaged. The actions of the captain and men during the sinking of HMSBirkenhead in 1852 prompted praise from many, due to the sacrifice of the men who...
helmet Digger, Doughboy and Poilu for the Allied counterparts G.I. HMSBirkenhead (1845) Jack Tar Jerry (WWII) Joe Bloggs Kraut Limey Squaddie Mehmetçik...
military transport aircraft. USS Agamemnon HMT Aquitania SS Belgenland HMSBirkenhead SS Cap Arcona (1927) RMS Carmania SS Dorchester HMT Dunera HMT Empire...
building a number of small steam warships including the armed tugs HMS Comet and HMS Monkey, and by the 1830s the navies of America, Russia and France...
established on the farm owned by John Barclay, who survived the shipwreck of HMSBirkenhead in 1852. The place became known as Bloemhof (flower court) because of...
Altruism Cadmean victory Half a Life (Star Trek: The Next Generation) HMSBirkenhead (1845) Human shield Martyr Pyrrhic victory Revolutionary Suicide Self-denial...
Biography portal Kipling Trail List of Nobel laureates in Literature HMSBirkenhead (1845) – ship mentioned in one of Kipling's poems The Times, (London)...
by Cammell Laird, a shipbuilding and repair company founded in 1828 in Birkenhead, England. The ships are listed in order of their launch, grouped into...
contains a chapel dedicated to the training ship HMS Conway. St Mary's Tower was originally part of Birkenhead's first parish church, opened in 1821 in the...
American military chaplains lost on the SS Dorchester during World War II HMSBirkenhead (1845) – British troopship disaster, the origin of the Birkinhead Drill...
troopship HMSBirkenhead was wrecked off Danger Point in 1852. A barely visible rock 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Danger Point (now aptly called "Birkenhead Rock")...
allowing Smith to lead sweeps across the frontier country. In 1852, HMSBirkenhead was wrecked at Gansbaai while bringing reinforcements to the war at...
signing of the Sand River Convention 26 February – The British troopship, HMSBirkenhead is wrecked near Gansbaai, Western Cape 16 March – Voortrekker leaders...
English. The Strandveld Museum in the village contains artefacts of HMSBirkenhead, which was wrecked in 1852 off Danger Point. The Uilenkraalsmond Resort...
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