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unusual facts about HMS ''Montagu''



Acteon

HMS Actaeon or HMS Acteon, one of several warships of the Royal Navy by that name

Alexandre Colonna-Walewski

He married Lady Catherine Caroline Montagu (1808–1833), daughter of George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich, and Lady Louisa Mary Anne Julia Harriet Lowry-Corry, on 1 December 1831.

Banksia sphaerocarpa

The earliest known botanical collection of B. sphaerocarpa occurred in December 1801, during the visit of HMS Investigator to King George Sound.

Baron Montagu of Boughton

Ralph Montagu, 3rd Baron Montagu of Boughton (1638–1709), created Earl and then Duke of Montagu

Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu

Beaulieu Abbey houses the former Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu's wall hangings which depict the abbey's history.

Benjamin Charles Stanley Martin

Shortly afterwards he was given command of the landing force aboard HMS Bulolo of the Eastern Fleet in 1945.

Birkenhead Peak

--1846?--> in honour of the crew of HMS Birkenhead; nearby Seton Lake was named in honour of one of its crew who was his school-friend.

Cherokee-class brig-sloop

The best known of the class was HMS Beagle, converted in 1825 into a three-masted exploration vessel for its first survey voyage, then considerably modified for the second voyage with Charles Darwin on board as a gentleman naturalist.

Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton

He married at Hackney, Middlesex, on 8 May 1630, Elizabeth (died 1672), eldest daughter and coheiress of Sir Charles Montagu, of Boughton, Northamptonshire.

Churchill Barriers

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

Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor

Montagu Borgoyne was the original chair person, but after a few weeks his business interests took him away from London and he was replaced by Benjamin Johnson, who in turn suffered ill-health and was replaced by Jonas Hanway.

Cuniberti

Vittorio Cuniberti, an Italian military officer who envisioned the concept of the all big gun battleship, best exemplified by HMS Dreadnought.

Dover House

Dover House was designed by James Paine for Sir Matthew Fetherstonhaugh, Bart., MP, in the 1750s and remodelled by Henry Flitcroft, as "Montagu House", for George Montagu, created 1st Duke of Montagu, who had removed from Bloomsbury.

Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu

From 1758 to 1762, he was Whig Member of Parliament for Tiverton and on his retirement was raised to the Peerage as Baron Beaulieu, of Beaulieu in the County of Southampton, and later Earl Beaulieu, of Beaulieu in the County of Southampton, in 1784.

Elie and Earlsferry

An unusual feature is the periscope from the submarine HMS Excalibur.

Ernest Martin Jehan

He was posted to HMS Duke of Wellington on 2 December HMS Raven on 9 December and back to Duke of Wellington I on 26 March 1901.

Felicity Montagu

Montagu's reputation in comedy character parts was enhanced by her film performance alongside Renée Zellweger and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones's Diary as Perpetua, Bridget's unpleasant colleague.

French ship Jean Bart

On the morning of 1 September 1809, HMS Nassau was escorting a convoy of East Indiamen in the English Channel when she sighted a strange sail.

Harry Pennell

Pennell was promoted to Commander and assigned to HMS Queen Mary in the summer of 1914, and died 31 May 1916 in the Battle of Jutland, when the ship was sunk by the German ships SMS Seydlitz and SMS Derfflinger.

Her Majesty's Australian Ship

This prefix is derived from HMS (Her/His Majesty's Ship), the prefix used by the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, and can be equally applied to warships and shore bases (as Australia follows the British tradition of referring to naval establishments as ships or stone frigates).

HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport (formerly HMS Drake), is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth).

HMS A5

The town virtually closed down for the funeral as a mark of respect, and bands and pipers from HMS Emerald, the Gordon Highlanders and that of Rear Admiral McLeod, the commanding officer of Haulbowline Naval Base.

HMS Goliath

HMS Goliath (submarine) is the name of a fictional Royal Navy submarine in the radio series Deep Trouble.

HMS Iron Duke

HMS Duke of Wellington, a 131 gun first-rate ship of the line also named after the first Duke of Wellington

HMS K13

HMS K5 was lost with all hands in January 1921, also due to problems with the air intakes that ventilate the boiler rooms.

HMS M27

M27 next saw service, along with five other monitors (M23, M25, M31, M33 and HMS Humber), which were sent to Murmansk in May 1919 to relieve the North Russian Expeditionary Force.

HMS M33

M33 next saw service, along with five other monitors (M23, M25, M27, M31 and HMS Humber), which were sent to Murmansk in 1919 to relieve the North Russian Expeditionary Force.

HMS Prometheus

She was used for harbour service from 1819, renamed HMS Veteran (fireship) in 1839 and broken up in 1852.

HMS Sultan

HMS Sultan is the Marine Engineering training establishment and school of aircraft handling at Gosport, and is also home to the Defence College of Electro-Mechanical Engineering.

HMS Windsor Castle

She was renamed HMS Duke of Wellington a month after being launched as a screw propelled ship in 1852.

Honour of Clitheroe

In 1827,the 5th Duke of Buccleuch inherited the Honour through his grandmother, the 3rd Duchess, but this was entailed upon his uncle, Henry James Montagu-Scott, 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton.

Lord Henry Douglas-Scott-Montagu, great-nephew of the 2nd Baron Montagu of Boughton, and second son of the 5th Duke of Buccleuch, inherited the Honour in 1845.

Japanese battlecruiser Ibuki

She escorted a convoy of 10 troop transports crossing the Tasman Sea with HMS Pyramus to Albany, Western Australia in November.

John Quilliam

Captain John Quilliam RN (born Marown, Isle of Man 29 September 1771 - died Michael, Isle of Man 10 October 1829) was a Royal Navy officer and the First Lieutenant on HMS Victory at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Lord Andrew Montagu Douglas Scott

He was also a paternal uncle of HRH Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, previously Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott, and thereby a maternal granduncle to HRH Prince William of Gloucester and HRH Prince Richard, The Duke of Gloucester.

Mary Bruce, Countess of Elgin

The pair were distantly related via the Montagus and were considered a good match by both families.

Monmouth Regimental Museum

Wales during war, the HMS Monmouth, and the role of the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers in recent wars are also covered.

Murray Hill, Christmas Island

This was an effort by a small group of people from HMS Egeria.

Norman Augustus Finch

On 22/23 April 1918 at Zeebrugge, Belgium, Sergeant Finch was second in command of the pom-poms and Lewis gun in the foretop of HMS Vindictive.

Patrick Keohane

Served with Edward "Teddy" Evans on HMS Talbot.

Roy Halliday

There followed several postings to naval units: commander of 813 Naval Air Squadron on HMS Eagle; commander of HMS Diligence (a base at Hythe, Hampshire); senior officer of the 104th Minesweeping Squadron in the Far East.

Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton

His younger son, John, was the father of Belinda Douglas-Scott-Montagu, Baroness Montagu of Beaulieu.

Spectemur agendo

In Ireland, the motto also appear emblazoned upon the crest of the Edward Hussey-Montagu, 1st Earl Beaulieu, McAleer, Donnelly, Shannon and Mott family crest.

Thomas Anstis

On their southward course they encountered the Grand Caymans, where the Morning Star ran aground and, as the survivors were being rescued by the Good Fortune, the pirates were sighted and pursued by HMS Hector and HMS Adventure.

Thomas Simson Pratt

In the attacks on Canton from 24 May to 1 June, he was in command of his regiment, and was present also at the demonstration before Nanking, and at the signing of the Treaty of Nanking on board HMS Cornwallis.

Tongues of Serpents

Dropping by Van Dieman's Land to resupply, the Allegiance discovered William Bligh, late of the HMS Bounty, exiled there after being deposed in a military coup, and have since borne him to Sydney.

Victoria Embankment

Ships permanently moored by Victoria Embankment include HMS President, HMS Wellington and PS Tattershall Castle.

Weapon-class destroyer

This problem proved fatal for Battleaxe, when she was unable to manoeuvre quickly enough to prevent herself being rammed by the frigate HMS Ursa in the Clyde in 1962.

William Edward Sanders

Sanders' Victoria Cross was won while commanding the HMS Prize during the First World War.


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