HMS Frobisher

HMS Frobisher

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Frobisher", after the Elizabethan explorer and adventurer Martin Frobisher:

*HMS "Frobisher" was renamed HMS "Parker" in 1915, before being launched the following year as an Improved "Marksman" class destroyer leader.
*HMS "Frobisher" was a "Hawkins"-class heavy cruiser launched in 1920. She served in the Second World War and was broken up in 1949.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • HMS Frobisher (D81) — HMS Frobisher was a Hawkins class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 20 March 1920.Interwar career Frobisher was commissioned on 20 September 1924, and entered service with the Mediterranean Fleet …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Danae (1918) — HMS Danae (D44) ORP Conrad (D44) Schiffsdaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Frobisher — ist der Name von: Personen: Benjamin Frobisher (1742–1787), kanadischer Fellhändler Martin Frobisher (1535–1594), englischer Seefahrer Schiffe: HMS Frobisher, Leichter Kreuzer der britischen Marine (Baujahr 1920) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • HMS Revenge (1577) — HMS Revenge , built at a cost of £4,000 at the Royal Dockyard of Deptford in 1577 by Mathew Baker, Master Shipwright, was to usher in a new style of ship building that would revolutionize naval warfare for the next three hundred years. A… …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Vanguard (1586) — HMS Vanguard was a 32 gun galleon of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1586 from Woolwich, and was the first ship of the navy to bear the name.She played a key part in the action against the Spanish Armada in 1588. She was commanded by Martin… …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Effingham (D98) — HMS Effingham was a Hawkins class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned at Portsmouth in 1925, having had her construction halted for several years following the end of the First World War in 1918. She was named after Lord Howard… …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Danae (D44) — For other ships of the same name, see HMS Danae. HMS Danae underway, August 1943 Career (United Kingdom) …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Dragon (D46) — For other ships of the same name, see HMS Dragon. Career …   Wikipedia

  • HMS Gambia (48) — Лёгкий крейсер «Гамбия» HMS Gambia (48) Лёгкий крейсер «Гамбия» …   Википедия

  • HMS Revenge (1577) — Para otros buques del mismo nombre, véase HMS Revenge. Revenge El Revenge combatiendo en las Azores Banderas …   Wikipedia Español

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”