At this stage only individual photographs of sailors are being added and not group photographs. . This was achieved by both decreasing the thickness of hangar walls from 41 to 11 inches and by raising the flight deck by 14 feet. In July 1945 they would have been involved in flying missions against targets in Japan. Boatswain [2], About a year later, on 19 October 1806, Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante captured the chasse marees Achille, Jenny, and Marianne. The British lost six men killed, 36 wounded and 21 missing. [24] Upon her return, Indefatigable embarked the Supermarine Seafire fighters of 887 Squadron and the Barracudas of 820 Squadron, completing No. [29], Ten days after that, Indefatigable captured the privateer Hyne after a chase of eight hours. As the world's first battle cruiser, HMS Invincible was by any measure a revolutionary and important warship. Mate [16], On 3 November 1914, Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, ordered the first British attack on the Dardanelles following the commencement of hostilities between Ottoman Turkey and Russia. H.M.S. Share by: . She was four weeks out of Saint-Malo and was waiting to enter Brest when captured. HMS INDEFATIGABLE The fates would not give him a second chance On 28th October 1914, at the time Turkey entered the 1st World War my grandfather, Rowland Lickbarrow Randle, a Royal Navy petty officer, was 'serving the pinnace' at the British Embassy in Constantinople (now Istanbul). With our small band of volunteers from around the world, and with the help of many archivists, we have: We have now completed all the transcription projects that we manage. Displacement (loaded) 22,110t. Smoke and flames gushed from the forward part of the ship and large pieces were thrown 200 feet (61.0m) into the air. However, it was at this time that the carronade was becoming more popular in the Navy, and her intended armament was altered on 5 December 1794 with the addition of four 42-pounder carronades to go on her quarterdeck and two on her forecastle. Her Seafire squadrons lacked 13 of their authorised strength of 50 pilots and could not sustain the pace of the first day of operations, when they flew 72 sorties. [31] The first mission took place on the morning of 22 August when Indefatigable launched 12 Barracudas, 11 Fireflies, 8 Hellcats, and 8 Seafires against the German battleship and nearby targets. The original intention was to retain her twenty-six 24-pounder guns on her gundeck, and to mount eight 12-pounder guns on her quarterdeck and a further four on her forecastle, which would have rated her as a 38-gun vessel. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Seeing that she was outnumbered, Virginie struck.[13]. [22] The next day, Pellew and Indefatigable captured the privateer schooner Ariel of Boston off Corunna. [18], On 31 May 1916, the 2nd BCS consisted of New Zealand (flagship of Rear-Admiral William Pakenham) and Indefatigable. Lively had two killed and four wounded. All the crew were thrown into the sea. [13] The Royal Navy took Virginie into service as Virginie. His most famous humanitarian endeavour while captain of HMS Indefatigable was the rescue of hundreds of souls from the wreck of the Dutton East Indiaman, which ran aground beneath the citadel in Plymouth in January 1796. Indefatigable's outline design was prepared in March 1908, and the final design, slightly larger than Invincible with a revised protection arrangement and additional length amidships to allow her two middle turrets to fire on either broadside, was approved in November 1908. Hugh Leigh Norris. [32], On 28 January, Indefatigable and Cambrian captured the privateer Heureuse Nouvelle. HMS Indomitable in 1946 (Maritime Quest, click to enlarge) return to Contents List. Each hangar had a height of only 14 feet which precluded storage of Lend-Lease Vought F4U Corsair fighters as well as many post-war aircraft and helicopters. [42] Venus was armed with twelve 4-pounder guns and two 9-pounders, and carried a crew of 101 men. Unlike the Illustrious-class ships, the roofs of the gun turrets were flat and flush with the flight deck. Both were merchant seamen of some experience at the time they joined the . [58][e], In October 1805 Indefatigable, now under Captain John Tremayne Rodd (1809), was part of the blockade of Brest. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Indefatigable. [29] She was armed with twenty-four 9-pounder guns and had a crew of 230 men. We enjoy dealing with awkward questions; we don't think there is such a thing as a silly question, and we often They arrived on 7 March and exercised together before sailing for Ulithi on 18 March. The most significant consequence was that the attention of the Turks was drawn to strengthening their defences, and they set about expanding the mine field. [1][2][3] She was broken up in 1816. photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. She departed three days later for Manus en route to Sydney. Grimshaw, Edmund Gunther, Reginald Haigh, Wilfred Hardie, Archibald Hardwick, Cyril John Hargreaves, Samuel Harris, William Harry, William Thomas Winstone Hedges, Charles Ivor Colin Herbert, Frederick William Hill, John Isaac Hodgkinson, Harry Simms Holman, Edwin Holt, James Hurley, Denis Jay, Francis Alfred Jelly, Henry Jenkinson, Ernest The Cabinet rejected this proposal in favour of two outmoded armoured cruisers but finally acceded to a request for one battlecruiser instead, after the Admiralty pointed out the need to match the recently published German naval construction plan and to maintain the heavy gun and armour industries. Indefatigable rescued the survivors. Patrick J. Research Status. Rear Admiral Royer Dick hoisted his flag aboard the carrier in September until she began a short refit at Devonport in January 1952.[53]. [10], She received a fire-control director between mid-1915 and May 1916 that centralised fire control under the director officer who now fired the guns. Trois Couleurs carried 10 guns and a crew of 70. Each of the pages has its own set of notes (linked from a button top-right) to explain where the data came from and any points to look out for when using it. The British formation was echeloned to the right with Indefatigable in the rear and furthest to the west, and New Zealand ahead of her and slightly further east. [69] On 1 and 9 September 1808 Indefatigable captured two American ships, Sally and Peggy. Please note that the 'Rank/Rate' and 'From and To' dates only reflect those held actually at the Battle of Jutland. Acting Sub-Lieut. John Gray. C. F. Sowerby was appointed captain on 24 February 1913. The next month, she was placed in reserve and Captain MacIntyre retired on 7 January 1947. Amphion had five men wounded, one badly. If you have any unwanted Indefatigable was sold for scrap in September 1956 and subsequently broken up at Faslane.[55]. data is focussed on tracking down crew lists, but we provide other resources, such as indexed images of the Mercantile Navy List, as well as a comprehensive set of links to other sites. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Captain Charles F. Sowerby. Charles P. Tanner. On 9 August 1804 Indefatigable was in sight when HMSNautilus recaptured the West Indiaman William Heathcote off Bayonne. Register with your email address now, we can then send you an alert as soon as we add a record close matching the one you were searching for. The vessel's propulsion consisted of two steam turbines and 31 coal-fired boilers. [44] Then on 7 November Nymphe, Indefatigable and Diamond shared in the recapture of the ship Brailsford. A destroyer of the Royal Navy, HMS Badger was able to rescue just six of the 1021 crew members, after surviving 20 minutes in the freezing waters of the North Sea. Her two consorts Sagesse and Eclatant escaped into the river. Pellew signalled to Rvolutionnaire to cut her off from the shore. Keyed at New Zealand, Wellington. Abraham, Charles: 14/05/1884: 31/05/1916: Gunner RMA: 24/02/1911: [12] The Royal Navy took the frigate into service as HMS Unite. [b] Each was under the command of an ensign de vaisseau and both vessels had left Brest two days earlier for a six-week cruise, but had not yet taken any prizes. She returned to Portsmouth on 29 November and began a brief refit in preparation for her final trooping voyage. Indefatigable then sailed to Auckland, arriving on 12 December, and was again opened for tours. [23] Of her crew of 1,019, only three survived. Made the first complete record of British registered ships, from 1855 to the 1950s, with 200,000 entries from the Appropriation Books at RSS in Cardiff. Ranger was armed with 14 guns and carried a crew of 70 men. William N. Eden. Designed to stow 48 aircraft in their hangars, the use of a permanent deck park allowed the Implacable class to accommodate up to 81 aircraft. [citation needed], In 1794, she was razed; her upper gun deck was cut away to convert her into a large and heavily armed frigate. Fleet Paymaster Duncan B Served from 1951 - 1953 Served in HMS Indefatigable Robin David Rogers Medusa and Lively brought in Clara. [9], On 20 March 1796, Indefatigable and her squadron chased three French corvettes, of which the Volage of 26 guns ran ashore under a battery at the mouth of the Loire. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Eng. Warrant Electrician On 22 October Indefatigable, took the French 28-gun frigate Vnus off the Portuguese coast. [14], The ship was also fitted with 55 Oerlikon 20 mm autocannon in 17 single and 19 twin-gun mounts. The bomb it carried did not detonate and this limited casualties to 21 men killed and 27 wounded. 9. She was towed to Gareloch in June 1955 where she was listed for disposal. Hence the captains and crew shared a relatively small ex gratia payment of 160,000 for the bullion, plus the proceeds of the sale of the hull and cargo. While still in the water, two survivors, Able Seaman Frederick Arthur Gordon Elliott and Leading Signalman Charles Farmer, found Indefatigable's captain, C.F. Hubert J. Clegg. [70] Theseus and Impeteuex were in company with Indefatigable at the time. She sank on 31st May 1916, during the Battle of Jutland, the largest Naval Battle of the war. She was recommissioned in 1950 as a training ship for service with the Home Fleet Training Squadron, participating in exercises and making several port visits overseas. We've divided them into three sections: People, Ships and Documents, For more detail on our data and the sources we have used, please click here: Crew List (Photographs) Directory of Names. Over the last twenty years we have worked with hundreds of people and many archives around the world to make the largest database of . Transcribed 57,000 entries of foreign-going masters and mates from the records in BT 124 at TNA. 7in-3in - turret faces The aim of CLIP is simple - to improve access to the records of seafarers on British registered ships of the late 19th and early 20th century. [30], Indefatigable returned to the Channel. CLIP is run by Pete and Jan Owens as a not-for-profit volunteer project. [8] The turbines were designed to produce a total of 148,000 shaft horsepower (110,000kW), enough to give the Indefatigable-class ships a maximum speed of 32.5 knots (60.2km/h; 37.4mph). Survived the War. [Note 1] The ends of the hangars were protected by 2-inch bulkheads[7] and the armour of the hangar deck ranged from 1.5 to 2.5 inches (38 to 64mm) in thickness. British seafarers of the late 19th and early 20th century are the best documented workers that there have ever been - millions of documents survive, recording The brig from Bristol, however, had made it into the port of Ferrol, where Pellew had earlier chased two French frigates.[23]. [56] The Royal Navy took Medea into service as Iphigenia and Clara as Leocadia. [60] The vessels claiming prize money included Pilchard and the hired armed lugger Nile, in addition to the various ships of the line and frigates. Indefatigable shared this with Amazon, Rvolutionnaire, Concorde, and Argo. We are delighted to help with advice about finding records (that's what CLIP and this web site is all about) but please do not ask us On the morning of 20 April 1796, Indefatigable sighted the French 44-gun frigate Virginie off the Lizard. Set up a site giving access to images of 70 editions of the Mercantile Navy List - both our own images and sets from the Maritime History Archive in Newfoundland, (with their kind permission). She contributed 23 Barracudas and 12 Fireflies to the mission; the former attacked the battleship while the Fireflies strafed the flak positions defending her. [21] She was launched on 8 December 1942 by Victoria of Hesse, Dowager Marchioness of Milford Haven. We add around 200,000 new records each month. On 12 March 1951 she sortied from Portland, flying Micklethwaite's flag, to exercise with the Home Fleet before beginning a brief refit at Devonport in May. [24], Indefatigable's first mission was a brief sortie on 1 July 1944 to provide air cover for the ocean liner RMSQueen Elizabeth that was ferrying American troops to Britain. . This greatly increased accuracy since the ship's roll no longer dispersed the shells as each turret fired on its own; also, the fire-control director could more easily spot the fall of the shells. She was indefatigable. [80], Then in June 1812, under Captain John Fyffe, Indefatigable was on the South American station, where she visited the Galpagos Islands. None of what CLIP has achieved would have been possible without the kind assistance of many people. i just see wiki . [12] Upon commissioning, Indefatigable served in the 1st Cruiser Squadron, which in January 1913 was renamed the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron (BCS). A new Liberal Government had taken power in January 1906 and demanded reductions in naval spending, and the Admiralty submitted a reduced programme, requesting dreadnoughts but no battlecruisers. He commanded her until early 1799. [31], Five days later, in the evening of the 16th, Pellew's squadron captured the French privateer Inconcevable. J10641 John Williams, born 19th May 1894. The ship suffered a loss of 98 of her crew and 55 were wounded. Ship Interest Groups. Casualty list for HMS Indefatigable. Robert Roxburgh. Two minutes later, he ordered a course change to east south-east to position himself astride the German's line of retreat and called his ships' crews to action stations. [73], Indefatigable arrived at the Basque Roads on 25 February. Thomas W. Steggles. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Indefatigable was ordered on 3 August 1780 (long after Slade's death), and her keel was laid down in May 1781 at the Bucklers Hard shipyard in Hampshire owned by Henry Adams. The waterline armour belt was 4.5 inches (114mm) thick, but only covered the central portion of the ship. [8] During a pre-war refit, a 9-foot (2.7m) rangefinder was added to the rear of the 'A' turret roof, and this turret was equipped to control the entire main armament as an emergency backup for the normal fire-control positions. Eng.-Sub-Lieut. Hind also recaptured a sloop that the privateer had captured. Fleury, presumably among others, was drowned. I'm doing this for a friend she's the daughter of this man who served on HMS Indefatigable, Vincent Peter Kehoe. [8] In October, the Dutch East Indiaman Zeelilee was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of 25 of her 70 crew. Thus, Pellew reported that, on 30 April 1797, "we" captured the French brigantine privateer Basque. [61] This cutting out expedition resulted in the participants qualifying for the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "16 July Boat Service 1806". Pellew sent Virginie into Plymouth under the escort of Concorde, and followed the next day with Amazon, which had sustained some damage. While Indefatigable was still conducting builder's trials,[24] a de Havilland Mosquito landed aboard on 25 March, piloted by Lieutenant Eric Brown (this is often cited as the first landing by a twin-engined aeroplane on an aircraft carrier,[25] but in fact a Potez 565 had landed on and taken off from the French carrier Barn in 1936). & Home. Her initial role during the Second World War was to accompany a convoy to Capetown from December 1940 to January 1941. She had a crew of 737 officers and ratings. [5] On 31 May she captured the brig Vnus. [5], On 9 March 1795, Indefatigable, Concorde, and Jason captured numerous French prizes: Temeraire, Minerve, Gentille, Regeneration, and a brig and sloop of unknown names. A further attack could not be mounted until 24 August because of bad weather; for this mission the carrier contributed 12 Barracudas, 11 Fireflies and 4 Seafires, all of which returned. The fore part of the ship simply drifted on under its own momentum, still under fire, until it foundered. Indefatigable joined Implacable for her annual winter visit to Gibraltar after completing her refit in February 1952. [3] Indefatigable was 766feet 6inches (233.6m) long overall and 730 feet (222.5m) at the waterline. . Victorious, one of the Illustrious-class ships upon which Indefatigable's design was based, also carried Type 279 and Type 281B early-warning radars. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. Master, R.N.R. The Germans opened fire first at 15:48, followed by the British. [5] On 17 February 1795, a further two 12-pounder guns were added to her quarterdeck, though her official rating remained unchanged. INDEFATIGABLE. [13] She had 14 or 15 men killed, 17 badly wounded, and 10 slightly. We'd welcome any feedback and suggestions - there's a link to our contact details on the menu bar above. Modified ILLUSTRIOUS-Class Fleet Aircraft Carrier ordered under the 1937 Estimates from Vickers Armstrong, Barrow in Furness on 6th July 1937. She was armed with 22 guns and had a crew of 130 men. [11], The ship's main armament consisted of sixteen quick-firing (QF) 4.5-inch (114mm) dual-purpose guns in eight twin-gun turrets, four in sponsons on each side of the hull. To remain within the 23,000 long tons (23,000t) limit allowed by the Second London Naval Treaty, these improvements could only be made by reducing armour protection. The attacks were repeated the next day, sinking two warships and numerous small merchantmen and destroying numerous railroad locomotives and parked aircraft.[49]. Sidney Punch. Only three of the crew of 1,019 survived. H.M.S. "[16] Milne still did not believe that Souchon was heading for the Dardanelles, and so he resolved to guard the exit from the Aegean, unaware that the Goeben did not intend to come out. HMS Indefatigable was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th Century. She was built as P315 by Vickers Armstrong. Brown 2009, pp. first read carefully through the details on this site. [39], On 14 January 1799, Indefatigable recaptured Argo, Rich, master, which had been sailing from Gothenburg for Boston when a French privateer had captured her. CLIP data. 894 Squadron, equipped with Seafires, landed aboard after the attack on 24 July to complete No. The upper hangar was 458 feet (139.6m) long and the lower hangar was 208 feet (63.4m) long; both had a maximum width of 62 feet (18.9m). The following month, Indefatigable exercised with the Home Fleet in Scottish waters and visited Aarhus again. The privateer was the Heureux, of 16 guns and 112 men. - HMS Indefatigable during the Second World War -. 1923. [36] 887 Squadron sank seven seaplanes at their moorings at Banak during the operation. The gun had a maximum range of 20,760 yards (18,980m). [35] The two separated, with the prize heading directly for Bayonne. Mate (E) Depending on your point of view, the project either grew a life of its own, or got out of hand. Want to know what life was like during the War? Sorry, we do not carry out privately commissioned research. Then Indefatigable captured Mede, and Lively captured Clara. Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. She had 12 guns and a crew of 75 men. More direct hits were aimed at her forecastle which ultimately ignited some magazine stores. HMS INDEFATIGABLE - Implacable-class Fleet Aircraft Carrier. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active service took place after her conversion to a 44-gun razee frigate. She became Vian's flagship on 22 November and sailed to New Zealand to show the flag. She embarked six photoreconnaissance Hellcats of 888 Squadron for the attack; her only contribution to the attack itself was the Fireflies of 1770 Squadron, which used RP-3 rocket projectiles on their targets. Rvolutionnaire then captured the French frigate Unit after having fired two broadsides into her. [29] Indefatigable and several escort carriers attacked targets in Norway on 10 August, destroying 6 Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighters and sinking a minesweeper. Read; View source; . Its armament was made up of: 4 x 2 - BL 12-inch; Mk X guns; 16 x 1 - BL 4-inch; Mk VII guns; 2 x 1 submerged 17.72-inch torpedo tubes. The German fire was accurate from the beginning, but the British overestimated the range as the German ships blended into the haze. 2nd row left to right Front row left to right HMS Indefatigable Crew List (Photographs) A combination of bad weather, refuelling requirements and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima delayed the resumption of air operations until 9 August. Elliott and Farmer were later rescued by the German torpedo boat S16, but by then Sowerby had died of his injuries. [6], The Indefatigables were protected by a waterline 46-inch (102152mm) armoured belt that extended between and covered the end barbettes. [25] This action resulted the award of the Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Indefatigable 13 Jany. Terms and Conditions | [42] After a break at the end of the month to refuel, Indefatigable became the first British carrier to be hit by a kamikaze the day after flying operations resumed, when one of the Japanese planes evaded the CAP and struck the base of the carrier's island on 1 April. It's said 310 crews. Her magazines exploded at 16:03 after more hits, one on the forecastle and another on the forward turret. [27] Her first combat mission was an attack on the battleship Tirpitz in Kaafjord on 17 July with two other Home Fleet carriers (Operation Mascot). Although many of the young gentlemen who served aboard the Indefatigable during the Droits de l'Homme engagement in 1797 went on to have distinguished naval careers, only two served at the Battle of Trafalgar and, curiously, it was the two Scots, John McKerlie form Glen Luce, Wigtonshire and Alex McVicar from Leith. Douglas B. Bucham Brown. Her beam was 95feet 9inches (29.2m) at the waterline,[4] and she had a draught of 29feet 4inches (8.9m) at deep load. [7][12] Indefatigable's light anti-aircraft defences included five octuple mounts for QF 2-pounder ("pom-pom") anti-aircraft (AA) guns, two on the flight deck forward of the island, one on the aft part of the island, and two in sponsons on the port side of the hull. Statistics compiled by the BPF staff showed that 61 Seafires were lost or damaged beyond repair during both phases of the operation due to deck-landing accidents. [39] She was armed with 16 guns and carried a crew of 140 men. [41] Her Seafires were again retained to defend the fleet and only her Avengers and Fireflies attacked the airfields. The Japanese fighters shot down one Seafire on their first pass and crippled an Avenger. [68], On 19 August Indefatigable, still in company with Conflict, captured Adele. [48] After replenishing, airstrikes resumed on 28 and 30 July, the British sinking the escort Okinawa near Maizuru. Ultra decrypts revealed that the Japanese believed the deception, with operatives including Malcolm Muggeridge and Peter Fleming supplying disinformation for more than a year, sufficient to make the enemy believe the vessel had gone to the Far East and returned to the Clyde for a refit, by which time she was actually finished. HMS Barham. HMS Indefatigable was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th Century. 9 Naval Torpedo-Bomber Reconnaissance Wing, Armoured aircraft carrier action and damage reports, 1940-1945, Maritimequest HMS Indefatigable photo gallery, Darrell V. Bumby RN Collection on MaritimeQuest, List of aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Indefatigable_(R10)&oldid=1120025152, World War II aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom, Cold War aircraft carriers of the United Kingdom, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0. Under the command of Enseigne de vausseau provisorie Fleury, she had sailed from Pasajes with despatches for le de France. [79], On 15 January 1811, Dryad captured Matilda and her cargo. Our Privacy Policy - please read | 1911 Indefatigable-class battlecruiser of the Royal Navy, Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in May 1916, "Charles FitzGerald Sowerby - the Dreadnought Project", "John Bowyer WW1 memorial and Life Story", "Statutory Instrument 2006 No. Flight operations resumed on the morning of the 15th after an operational pause to refuel. Archibald A. Morison. Indefatigable and the BPF joined the Americans in attacking the Japanese Home Islands in July and August. Most of the crew survived and. The squadron claimed to have shot down a Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar", for the loss of a Firefly that ran out of fuel and had to ditch next to the ship. [23] Her consort, the schooner Vengeur, was of the same strength, and Pellew yet hoped to catch her, too. When he died his son Ian discovered a photo album with pictures of when the ship was in Australia. HMS Indefatigable (aircraft carrier) 07.1948-(07.1948) Commanding Officer, HMS Thermopylae: 17.01.1949-(05. [71] On 20 February Statira captured the French schooner Matilda. Most of the RN personnel disembarked at Colombo and most of the war brides did the same at Fremantle. Gunner She had only 19 officers and men wounded, with most of those not being serious. In this action, Amazon had four men wounded. The British captured the French corvette Csar (or Caesar), which the Royal Navy took into service as HMS Cesar. Wastage of Seafires to all causes was very heavy during the operation with 25 out of 40 lost or damaged beyond repair and only 5 replacements received. 15354, Hobbs 2011, pp. Over the last twenty years we have worked with hundreds of people . Harold O. 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Indefatigable. He served from the 21st October 1910 as a Boy Sailor and his subsequent postings don't appear to include the Indefatigable, Date-wise, at the time of Jutland he appears to have been a Leading Seaman aboard HMS Juno. She carried enough fuel oil to give her a range of 6,900 nautical miles (12,800km; 7,900mi) at 20 knots (37km/h; 23mph). This battleship is the stuff of legend. HMS Indefatigable was an Implacable -class aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. [68] She was six years old, had a burthen of 482 tons (bm), was armed with fourteen 9 and 6-pounder guns, and had a crew of 68 men. Please note that we do not do privately commissioned research, not at any price - we'd like you to have the fun. Arthur Beales. By April 1946 these had been reduced to 11 Bofors guns, 6 twin and 7 single Oerlikon guns. The site provides information about the records of British seafarers and ships, and access to the CLIP maritime database: The CLIP site provides information and data about the records of British merchant seafarers, mainly from 1863 to 1913. The Bofors gun had a maximum range of 10,750 yards (9,830m). [62] On 5 December 1807 Indefatigable captured the Pamelia. email info @ jutlandcrewlists.org (remove spaces). Indefatigable alone lost two killed and 11 wounded. Able Sea. The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. Fleet Surgeon [26] The ship was assigned to the Home Fleet and was working up over the next several months while the Fairey Fireflies of 1770 Squadron flew aboard on 18 May. [31] She was armed with eight guns and had a crew of 55 men. A Yokosuka D4Y "Judy" dive bomber attacked the carrier after the ceasefire went into effect, but its two bombs missed. [24] On 7 January, Indefatigable and Amazon captured the Emanuel. [47] The next day Bordelais (or Bourdelois) captured the Phoenix. [7], Indefatigable was unique among British battlecruisers in having an armoured spotting and signal tower behind the conning tower, protected by 4 inches (102mm) of armour. For the capture of Neptunus, Indefatigable was in company with the sloops Foxhound and Goldfinch. She returned to Sydney for the holidays and visited Melbourne on 22 January 1946 before departing for home nine days later. 21213, 253; McCart, p. 156, No. HMS Indefatigable was one of two Implacable-class aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy (RN) during World War II. [31] Vengeur was a new vessel of 12 guns and 72 men. Gordon's 820 Squadron shipmates - HMS Indefatigable - BPF Ron Taplin - Fleet Air Arm Ron with friend in Australia 1946 Ron Taplin, who was a Dubliner who served on the ship during WW2. 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