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 | HMS Duncan is the sixth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) planned to be built for the Royal Navy. HMS Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1 July 1731 - 4 August 1804) who, as Admiral Duncan, defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. The C... |  | 10/28/2009 | 19 | 
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 | HMS Duncan is the sixth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) planned to be built for the Royal Navy. HMS Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1 July 1731 - 4 August 1804) who, as Admiral Duncan, defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11 October 1797. This victory is considered one of the most significant actions in naval history. The C... | | 10/28/2009 | 23 |
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 | HMS Defender is the fifth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy.
Defender's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships (now part of BVT Surface Fleet) yard at Govan on the River Clyde in July 2006. The launch date was 21 October 2009. | | 10/28/2009 | 23 |
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 | HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyers that has been built for the Royal Navy.
Dragon's construction began at the then BAE Systems Naval Ships (later BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions) yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in December 2005, and by December 2007 the bow section was in place on the Govan slipway for mating with the othe... | | 10/28/2009 | 18 |
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 | Many ships are based at the port, known as the Devonport Flotilla. This includes the Navy's assault ships HMS Ocean, HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark. It also serves as home port to most of the hydrographic surveying fleet of the Navy, the Trafalgar-class submarines and a substantial number of Type 22 and Type 23 frigates. | | 10/25/2007 | 537 |
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 | H.M. Submarine Ocelot was the last warship built for the Royal Navy at Chatham and served the Royal Navy during the Cold War she was a Diesel / Electric submarine HMS Cavalier The Royal Navy’s last operational Second World War destroyer, HMS Cavalier was built in 1944 and served with the Home Fleet, in the Western Approaches and with the British Pacific Fleet until 1946. Awarded the ‘Arctic 194... |  | 02/13/2006 | 328 |
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 | The term 'Reserve' in this case is a bit misleading. Many of these ships are awaiting destruction and are not truly able to be restored to active service in a reasonable time frame. This set includes:
James River Reserve Fleet
Beaumont, TX Reserve Fleet
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet
Bremerton Reserve Fleet
Philadelphia Reserve Fleet
Bay Bridge Enterp... |  | 06/07/2007 | 1,561 |
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 | One of Six HMS Invincible's, this ship is an Invincible class air craft carrier...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Invincible_%28R05%29
Lots more information and pictures inside. | | 04/17/2006 | 303 |
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 | This airfield was originally known as Marlow Airport and was requisitioned by the Air Ministry in 1939 and opened in 1941 as RAF Booker. Later, it was developed as the civilian Wycombe Air Park. In 1965 the airfield was used for the making of "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" and in 1975 "Aces High" was also filmed here. Since then it has been the backdrop to many a film seque... | | 02/17/2006 | 343 |
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 | RAF Keevil is a former World War II airfield in England. The field is located 4 miles E of Trowbridge in Wiltshire.
The airfield was built on a site previously ear-marked for the purpose in the mid 1930s. Consisting of 3 long concrete runways the airfield was used by the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Force Eighth and Ninth Air Forces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RA... | | 08/23/2005 | 245 |
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 | The airfield was founded in 1936, initially for recreational purposes. At the beginning of World War II German forces attempted to capture the airfield, in 1940, via an airborne landing during the Battle for The Hague. This failed however and Dutch forces recaptured the airfield. After the Netherlands eventually surrendered to Germany, the Luftwaffe made no use of the airfield during the remain... |  | 09/19/2008 | 277 |
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 | Dauntless (HMS Dauntless once commissioned) is the second ship of the Type 45 class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy (also known as the Daring or 'D' class).
Dauntless’s construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan in August 2004 on the River Clyde. Dauntless was launched on 23 January 2007 at 3.25 pm by Lady Burnell-Nugent, wife of... | | 10/28/2009 | 101 |
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