HMS Hampshire (1903) - Wikipedia
HMS Hampshire was one of six Devonshire-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet upon completion.
HMS Hampshire - Wikipedia
Hampshire. Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hampshire after the English county: HMS Hampshire (1653) was a 46-gun ship launched in 1653 and sunk in 1697 in action with the French ship Pelican in Hudson Bay during the War of the Grand Alliance.
HMS Hampshire (D06) - Wikipedia
HMS Hampshire was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Laid down, in March 1959 a couple of weeks behind the class leader Devonshire, she was classified as a guided missile destroyer, as the Sea Lords regarded the concept of the cruiser and big gun ship as discredited by the perceived failure of the Tiger class and the obsolescence of ...
HMS Hampshire
HMS Hampshire. On 5 June 1916, HMS Hampshire left the Royal Navy’s anchorage at Scapa Flow, Orkney, bound for Russia. The Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, was on board as part of a diplomatic and military mission aimed at boosting Russia’s efforts on the Eastern Front.
HMS Hampshire – Loss Of Lord Kitchener - Naval Historical …
With the loss of 656 of HAMPSHIRE’s ship’s company, only 12 crew surviving, together with the General and his cortege, made it a major naval tragedy. However, it was also to become one of the world’s most intriguing mysteries induced by several unusual factors, namely,
Royal Navy marks centenary of sinking of HMS Hampshire
Jun 8, 2016 · The Royal Navy has marked the centenary of the sinking of HMS Hampshire in Orkney with the loss of 737 men, just days after she had survived the historic Battle of Jutland.
Hugh O’Beirne and the sinking of HMS Hampshire: a diplomat remembered
Jun 6, 2016 · HMS Hampshire was an armoured cruiser of the Devonshire class built by Armstrong Whitworth on the River Tyne and completed in 1905. She served in China and the Far East in 1914, on...
Royal Navy remembers HMS Hampshire - Naval Today
Jun 9, 2016 · The Royal Navy has marked the centenary of the sinking of the cruiser HMS Hampshire in Orkney with the loss of 737 men, just days after she had survived the historic Battle of Jutland.
Scotland, Orkney: Lord Kitchener and the sinking of the HMS Hampshire
May 26, 2015 · Scotland, Orkney: Lord Kitchener and the sinking of the HMS Hampshire. The story of the death at sea of the most recognisable figure in the British Army during World War One – and the campaign...
HMS Hampshire, Lord Kitchener and the Aghada Connection
04 Jun. On 5 June 1916, HMS Hampshire left the Royal Navy’s anchorage at Scapa Flow, Orkney, bound for Russia. The Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener, was on board as part of a diplomatic and military mission aimed at boosting Russia’s efforts on the Eastern Front.