He was posted to the battlecruiser HMS Renown in March 1920 and accompanied Edward, Prince of Wales, on a royal tour of Australia in her.

He was appointed Vice-Admiral commanding the Atlantic Fleet on 20 December 1910 and hoisted his flag in HMS Prince of Wales.

* December 10 – WWII: The British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse are sunk by Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea north of Singapore.

* HMS Black Prince, for Royal Navy ships named in his honour

The British naval vessel HMS Calypso evacuated Prince Andrew's family, with Philip being carried to safety in a cot made from a fruit box.

The Battle of the Gabbard, 12 June 1653 by Heerman Witmont, shows the Dutch flagship Dutch ship Brederode | Brederode, right, in action with the English ship Resolution, the temporary name during the Commonwealth of HMS Prince Royal.

* HMS Invincible was to have been the world's second ocean-going iron-hulled armoured frigate, and sister to HMS Warrior, but she was renamed HMS Black Prince before her launch.

It was announced in November 1978 that Prince Andrew would join the Royal Navy the following year, and in December he underwent various sporting tests and examinations at the Aircrew Selection Centre, at RAF Biggin Hill, along with further tests and interviews at HMS Daedalus, and interviews at the Admiralty Interview Board, HMS Sultan.

After passing out from Dartmouth, the Prince went on to elementary flying training with the Royal Air Force at RAF Leeming, and later, basic flying training with the Navy at HMS Seahawk, where he learned to fly the Gazelle helicopter.

Though he had brief assignments to HMS Illustrious, RNAS Culdrose, and the Joint Services School of Intelligence, Prince Andrew remained with Invincible until 1983.

Prince Andrew then went on to serve aboard HMS Brazen as a flight pilot until 1986, including deployment to the Mediterranean Sea as part of Standing NRF Maritime Group 2, and undertook the Lieutenants ' Greenwich Staff course.

From 1993 to 1994, Prince Andrew commanded the Hunt-class minehunter HMS Cottesmore.

HMS Royal Charles and HMS Royal Katherine indeed were grounded but managed to get free in time, HMS Prince Royal got stuck however.

Originally called The Prince of Wales, the building was rebuilt from timbers reclaimed from HMS Donegal in 1926.

" On 10 December HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were both sunk by Japanese bombers off the Malayan coast.

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Prince of Wales, after numerous holders of the title the Prince of Wales.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( 1765 ) was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1765.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( 1794 ) was a 90-gun second-rate launched in 1794 and broken up in 1822.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( 1795 ) was a 38-gun transport purchased in 1795, and still on the records in 1801.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( 1805 ) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1805.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( 1860 ) was a 121-gun screw-propelled first-rate launched in 1860.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( 1902 ) was a Formidable class battleship launched in 1902 and sold for scrap in 1920.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( 53 ) was a King George V class battleship launched in 1939 and sunk in a Japanese airstrike in 1941.

* HMS Prince of Wales ( R09 ) will be the second of two Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers and is scheduled to enter service in 2018.

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* 1939 – World War II: Battle of the River Plate – Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland class cruiser ( pocket battleship ) Admiral Graf Spee engages with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.

The first person to reveal his thoughts is Captain Kinross ( Coward ), who thinks back to the summer of 1939 when the Royal Naval destroyer HMS Torrin is being rushed into commission as the possibility of war becomes a near certainty.

Built as a fishing trawler in 1936, the HMS Bradman was taken over by the Admiralty in 1939, but was sunk by German aircraft the following year.

Promoted to Captain, he was given command of HMS Iron Duke in 1939.

* HMS Queen Emma ( 1939 – 1969 ) formerly Koningin Emma

Three Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Atherstone for the town: Commissioned in 1916, 1939, and most recently, 1985.

* HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship launched in 1914 and sunk at anchor in 1939, in Scapa Flow.

The military site was transferred to Naval command in 1939 and renamed HMS Raven, and subsequently spent most of the war in a ground and air training role for the Royal Navy.

The camp opened in 1936 but was taken over for military use in 1939, and known as HMS Royal Arthur.

On 14 October 1939, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak was sunk at her moorings within the natural harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German U-boat U-47 under the command of Günther Prien.

On 14 October 1939, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak was sunk at her moorings within the natural harbour of Scapa Flow, by the German U-boat U-47 under the command of Günther Prien.

After his training he was delighted to be assigned to HMS Hood which he joined on 29 July 1939.

The submarine HMS Thetis sank on 1 June 1939 during sea trials with the loss of 99 lives.

Among the many famous ships made by the companies were the world's first steel ship, the Ma Roberts, built in 1858 for Dr. Livingstone's Zambezi expedition, CSS Alabama that was built in 1862 for the Confederate States of America, HMS Caroline ( 1914 ) that holds the record fastest build time of any significant warship ( nine months from her keel being laid till her launch ), the first all-welded ship, the Fullagar built in 1920, Cunard's second Mauretania of 1939, the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal ( 1937 ) and the largest vessel to have been built for the Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal ( 1950 ).

She was sold in 1923 but returned to service in 1939 and was renamed HMS Surprise.

Promoted to lieutenant on 1 October 1936, he attended the gunnery course at the shore establishment HMS Excellent in 1939.

1939 and contained 18 merchant ships, escorted by HMCS St Laurent and HMCS Saguenay to an Atlantic rendezvous with Royal Navy ships HMS Berwick and HMS York.

This apparently related to an alleged manifestation of the spirit of a dead sailor on HMS Barham, although Duncan appeared unaware that after 1939 sailors did not wear hat-bands identifying their ship.

HMS Ark Royal in 1939, with Swordfish of 820 Naval Air Squadron passing overhead.

Fraser joined the Royal Navy in 1939, serving on the submarine HMS Sahib in 1943.