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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scimitar, after the scimitar, a curved sword:

  • HMS Scimitar (H21) was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1947.
  • HMS Scimitar (P271) was a Scimitar-class fast training boat launched in 1969 and sold in 1983.
  • HMS Scimitar (P284) is a Scimitar-class patrol vessel, formerly MV Grey Fox. She entered service in 1993, was transferred to the Royal Navy in 2002 and renamed Scimitar, and as of 9 March 2022 is decommissioned, no longer in service and up for disposal.

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HMS Scimitar

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name HMS Scimitar, after the scimitar, a curved sword: HMS Scimitar (H21) was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1947. HMS Scimitar (P271)...

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Supermarine Scimitar

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The Supermarine Scimitar is a single-seat naval strike aircraft that was designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Supermarine. Operated...

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Gibraltar Squadron

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enhanced and the unit received yet another new pair of patrol boats, HMS Sabre and HMS Scimitar, as well as three new RHIBs, in September 2002. The unit has played...

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Exercise Tiger

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target to the E-boats. The second ship that was supposed to be present, HMS Scimitar, a World War I destroyer, had been in a collision with an LST, suffered...

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Gibraltar

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network in the Mediterranean and North Africa. Merlin HC3 of 846 NAS with HMS Scimitar The Royal Navy's base in Gibraltar Historically, Gibraltar was one of...

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H21

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Vegetation Classification Highway H21 (Ukraine) HMS H21, a Royal Navy H-class submarine HMS Scimitar (H21), a Royal Navy S-class destroyer Mata Hari (1876–1917)...

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HMS Sabre

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Squadron at Portland Harbour. The boat was sold in 1983. HMS Sabre (P285) is a 16-metre Scimitar-class fast patrol boat. It was commissioned into the Gibraltar...

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Standing Royal Navy deployments

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during the regional summer by the Royal Navy's Icebreaker and survey ship, HMS Protector, in the South Atlantic Ocean. Its primary mission is "surveying...

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HMS Cutlass

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completion. HMS Cutlass (P274), a Scimitar-class fast training boat launched in 1968 and disposed of in 1982. HMS Cutlass (P295) is the first of the...

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Convoy HX 112

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consisted of two destroyers, HMS Walker and HMS Vanoc and two corvettes, and was led by Commander Donald Macintyre of HMS Walker. 5th Escort Group was...

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Paul Haddacks

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specialised in navigation. He commanded successively the frigates HMS Cleopatra and HMS Naiad. He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 1 February 1977...

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Operation Ambassador

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operation. At 17:45 the raiding force embarked upon the two destroyers, HMS Scimitar and HMS Saladin and accompanied by six Royal Air Force air-sea rescue launches...

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Spanish patrol boat Atalaya

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did not have jurisdiction over those waters. The British patrol boat HMS Scimitar was dispatched to the area and escorted Atalaya away. In August 2015...

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Outline of Gibraltar

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Security Unit Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron - two Scimitar class patrol boats, HMS Scimitar and HMS Sabre, and three rigid hulled inflatable boats. RAF...

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List of ships at Dunkirk

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generally displayed on the ship's hull, though not on destroyer leaders such as HMS Montrose pennant D1. In May–June 1940 the Royal Navy was in the process of...

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Timeline of the Gallipoli Campaign

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Admiralty, Winston Churchill, confiscates two Ottoman battleships (i.e. HMS Agincourt and HMS Erin) under construction in the United Kingdom. 10 – German warships...

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Gibraltar Diamond Jubilee Flotilla

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joining the parade. It was anticipated that the flotilla would be led by HMS Scimitar of the Royal Navy. The flotilla was to leave the marina at noon on 4...

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