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HMS Belfast - Warship converted into a tourist attraction moored on the Thames. Includes history of the ship, details of what's on, visitors' information and corporate hospitality.
HMS Bristol - Unofficial site showing the life onboard HMS Bristol, the Royal Navy's one and only Type 82 Destroyer.
HMS Firedrake - Documents the construction, exploits and destruction of HMS Firedrake during World War II.
HMS Hollyhock - Provides ship's history, and other material on HMS Calendula, RFA Athelstane and the destruction of the ships by Japanese forces.
HMS Prince of Wales - Historical and reference information on ill-fated KGV class battleship HMS Prince of Wales. Includes photo galleries and details of the crew, the ship's specifications and its prematurely terminated history.
HMS Victory - Ship history, facts, and images.
Britsub - Reference guide to vessels of the Royal Navy Submarine Service from 1901 to the present day.
Swiftsure Royal Navy Site - A site concentrating on the ships and history of the Royal Navy: past, present and future!
HMS SPARTAN - Site dedicated to the crew of Submarine HMS SPARTAN.
H.M.S. HOOD - Dedicated to British battlecruiser.
HMS Nelson - A site dedicated to the battleship HMS Nelson. Photos, history, ex-shipmates.
HMS Nelson battleship 6 - A collection of photographs of battleships from around the world. From the famous to the more obscure.
HMS Rodney Home Page - Site devoted to the HMS Rodney and Clifford Woolley, who served aboard her during WW2. The site contains numerous photos and ship information.
HMS Ganges Association - Royal Navy Veterans organisation to foster comradeship between all who served at HMS Ganges, Shotley, Suffolk, England, 1905/1976.
HMS Maxton M1165 - Suez Canal Clearance - The Role of HMS MAXTON (Royal Naval TON-Class Minehunter) during the operation to clear the Suez Canal of explosives/mines in 1974
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