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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Minos, after the Minos of Greek mythology.

  • The first HMS Minos (1840) was an early steam vessel, operating on the Great Lakes from 1840 to 1852.
  • The second HMS Minos (1914) was an Admiralty M-class destroyer in service from 1914 to 1920.

In the Second World War, HMS Minos was a shore base at the Port of Lowestoft.

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HMS Minos

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Minos, after the Minos of Greek mythology. The first HMS Minos (1840) was an early steam vessel, operating...

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List of Royal Navy shore establishments

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Petersfield, Hampshire HMS Midge, Great Yarmouth HMS Minos, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lowestoft, (5 May 1942 – 1 October 1945) HMS Monck, Combined Training...

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Henry Hugh Gordon Stoker

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Matthew King, commander at Belfast-based HMS Caroline. In August 1940, Stoker was given command of HMS Minos, an onshore base at the Port of Lowestoft...

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Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy

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War II (1939–1945), the first Coastal Forces headquarters was set up at HMS Vernon in 1940 under Rear Admiral Piers Kekewich, Flag Officer Coastal Forces...

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List of gunboat and gunvessel classes of the Royal Navy

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Cockchafer (1881) Starling (1882) Stork (1882) Raven (1882) Albacore class HMS Albacore HMS Mistletoe HMS Watchful Bramble class Rattler (1886) Wasp (1886) Lizard (1886)...

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Britomartis

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The third hymn to Artemis by Callimachus tells how she was pursued by Minos and, as Diktynna, "Lady of the Nets", threw herself into fishermen's nets...

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Navy Island Royal Naval Shipyard

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Newash - schooner 1815 (1) Minos - steam vessel 1840 (1) (1) - built in Chippawa Battle of Lake Erie Provincial Marine HMS Tecumseth Canadian Historical...

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Repair ship

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wartime needs: HMS Adventure HMS Alaunia (F15) HMAS Albatross HMS Artifex RMS Ausonia HMS Deer Sound HMS Kelantan (F166) SS Ranpura HMS San Giorgio (formerly...

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Niobe

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the seven youths and seven maidens who were sent every year to the king Minos of Crete as an offering sacrifice to the Minotaur. Niobe was transformed...

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List of retired Spanish Navy ships

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X205 y X221 Tipo BDK BDK-1 renamed LCT-1. Ex-HMS LCT(4) 1253, ex- Foca (1948–1978) BDK-2 renamed LCT-2. Ex-HMS LCT(4) 1323, ex- Morsa (1948–1983) BDK-3 renamed...

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Harwich Force

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Turbulent; in repairs or refit: Melpomene, Medea, Meteor, Trident, Mansfield, Minos. The Harwich Force sortied to join the Grand Fleet on the initiative of...

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Selene

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epithet of Selene, instead of referring to the daughter of Helios and wife of Minos. Pausanias also described seeing two stone images in the market-place of...

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List of ships of the line of Spain

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at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 14 February 1797, renamed HMS San Josef, BU 1849 Miño 54 (launched 1 February 1779 at Ferrol) - BU 1814 Castilla (or...

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Romaniote Jews

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Matsas, an author and holocaust survivor Minos Matsas, of the Matsas family from Ioannina, music producer (see Minos EMI) Savas Matsas, is a Greek intellectual...

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SS Heraklion

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to offer assistance due to lack of equipment. Unfortunately, the ferry Minos, which was 24 kilometres (15 mi) away from the scene, did not receive the...

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Battle of Cape Spartel

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Killed Wounded Total HMS Goliath Third rate 74 Captain Hyde Parker 4 16 20 HMS Ganges Third rate 74 Captain Charles Fielding 6 23 29 HMS Royal William First...

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Battle of Mount Tumbledown

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obstacle before Stanley. The attack was supported by naval gunfire from HMS Active's 4.5 inch gun. At the time of the battle, Marine Teniente de Navio...

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List of destroyed heritage

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wrecks of cruiser HNLMS Java, HNLMS De Ruyter, HMS Exeter, destroyer HNLMS Kortenaer, HMS Electra, HMS Encounter and USS Pope which are located in the...

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Military dictatorship of Chile

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considered the purchase of the British Centaur-class light fleet carrier HMS Bulwark. The enormous amount of weaponry purchased by Peru caused a meeting...

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