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River-class frigate of the Royal Navy
HMS Cam (K264) was a River-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN) from 1944–1945. She served in convoy defence duties in the North Atlantic during World
HMS_Cam
1941 class of frigates of the Royal Navy
is called "HMS Saltash Castle", and was played by the corvette HMS Portchester Castle.) HMCS New Glasgow played the fictional frigate "HMS Rockhampton"
River-class_frigate
Friedman 2008, p. 333. "HMS Itchen (K 227) (British Frigate) – Ships hit by German U-boats during WWII – uboat.net". www.uboat.net. "HMS Tweed (K 250) (British
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Topics referred to by the same term
K-264 may refer to: K-264 (Kansas highway), a state highway in Kansas HMS Cam (K264), a former UK Royal Navy ship This disambiguation page lists articles
K264
British merchant ships with onboard fighter aircraft
CAM ships were World War II–era British merchant ships used in convoys as a stop-gap until sufficient escort carriers became available. CAM ship is an
CAM_ship
Type of Royal Navy warship
(2009) [1984]. "The Development of the Catapult Armed Merchantman ( CAM Ships. ) – HMS Springbank". Ahoy – Mac's Web Log – Naval, Maritime, Australian History
Fighter_catapult_ship
Aspect of naval history
a US Navy cruiser. Seaplanes and seaplane tender support ships, such as HMS Engadine, followed. The development of flat top vessels produced the first
History of the aircraft carrier
History_of_the_aircraft_carrier
between the Irish and English crown at Dunboy Castle, a stronghold of Donal Cam O'Sullivan Beare. Polish–Swedish War Battle of Reval 30 June Polish break
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Ochoncar Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes (1765–1843) Robert Allaster Cam Forbes, Captain Royal Navy (d. HMS Dryad, 1795) Andrew Forbes (d. 1808) William Forbes (d.
James Forbes, 16th Lord Forbes
James_Forbes,_16th_Lord_Forbes
Westminster Abbey. Conductor: Martin Neary Arthur Sullivan "When I was a lad" (H.M.S. Pinafore) Performer: John Reed. Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra
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Icebreaker that served as the Royal Navy ice patrol ship
original on 23 May 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2011. MaritimeQuest photo gallery: HMS Endurance http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/friends/events/endurance/letter3/
HMS_Endurance_(A171)
services to points of delivery. In addition, escort carriers such as HMS Vindex and HMS Nairana played an important role in hunter-killer anti-submarine sweeps
List of escort carriers of the Royal Navy
List_of_escort_carriers_of_the_Royal_Navy
Large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns
torpedoes. HMS Formidable was sunk by a German U-boat in the English Channel in 1915. At the Dardanelles, HMS Majestic was sunk by a German U-boat, and HMS Goliath
Battleship
Settlement on King William Island
Radio Station – operating from Gjoa Haven Airport The discovery of HMS Terror and HMS Erebus shipwrecks from the Franklin's lost expedition is expected
Gjoa_Haven
Type of warship intended to escort other larger ships
shipbuilder: HMS Daring and HMS Decoy from John I. Thornycroft & Company, HMS Havock and HMS Hornet from Yarrows, and HMS Ferret and HMS Lynx from Laird
Destroyer
University Museum in Downing Street, Cambridge
About us". Museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 May 2019. "University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge: Collections". Museum.zoo.cam.asc.uk. Archived from the
Cambridge University Museum of Zoology
Cambridge_University_Museum_of_Zoology
Early 20th century battleship type
battleship in the early 20th century. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's HMS Dreadnought, had such an effect when launched in 1906 that similar battleships
Dreadnought
"Generique" from Providence from the original motion picture soundtrack Label: CAM CSE085. Neil Young "Like A Hurricane" (live) Neil Young Label: WARNERS 7599272332
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Royal Navy Admiral (1888–1970)
was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, at Bradfield College and HMS Britannia. In 1921 he married (Bertha) Margaret Hope, (1901–1995), who had
John_Henry_Godfrey
Battleships built from the 1880s to 1905
to the early 1900s. Their designs were conceived before the appearance of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 and their classification as "pre-dreadnought" is retrospectively
Pre-dreadnought_battleship
Uninhabited islet in the North Atlantic Ocean
FROM H.M.S. VIDAL. THE UNION FLAG WAS HOISTED AND POSSESSION OF THE ISLAND WAS TAKEN IN THE NAME OF HER MAJESTY. [Signed] R H Connell, CAPTAIN, H.M.S. VIDAL
Rockall
Sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy
HMS Sirius was a 10-gun sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy, launched in 1781 as the merchant ship Berwick. She was the flagship of the First Fleet, which
HMS_Sirius_(1786)
Device used to launch aircraft from ships
Hurricane) would sometimes be catapulted from "catapult-equipped merchant" (CAM) vessels for one-way sorties to repel enemy aircraft harassing shipping lanes
Aircraft_catapult
Topics referred to by the same term
Chinese TV series Untamed (TV series), a 2025 American TV series Untamed (Cam album), 2015 Untamed (Heather Myles album), 1995 Untamed (Yankee Grey album)
Untamed
HMAS Olive Cam was an auxiliary minesweeper operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She was launched in 1920 by Cook, Welton
HMAS_Olive_Cam
HMS Jumna 20 Apr: Cuxhaven May: HMS Albatross 18 Jul: HMS Belleisle 13 Sep: Ancon Oct: HMS Tyne 17 Nov: HMS Swallow 24 Nov: HMS Serapis 24 Dec: HMS Minotaur
SS_Ly-ee-Moon
carrier HMS Argus (I49) HMS Hermes (95) HMS Unicorn (I72) 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) HMS Audacity HMS Archer (D78) Avenger-class
List of classes of British ships of World War II
List_of_classes_of_British_ships_of_World_War_II
Type of warship
1805, HMS Pickle (a Bermuda sloop) brought back news of the British victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. In 1800 and 1801 Lord Cochrane commanded HMS Speedy
Sloop-of-war
College of the University of Cambridge
in the university. In 2007 the college built a new boathouse on the River Cam, in 2009 the Library and IT Centre was added and, in 2010, the college acquired
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam_College,_Cambridge
French cargo liner sunk in 1940
speed of 12 knots (22 km/h). The ship was named Camranh, after the city of Cam Ranh in French Indochina. Chargeurs registered her at Le Havre. Her code
MV_Brazza
The USS Carl Vinson, escorted by HMS Defender, USS Bunker Hill and FS Jean Bart in the Persian Gulf for strike operations in Iraq and Syria. 10 November
Timeline_of_the_war_on_terror
Warship that serves as a seagoing airbase
carriers which operate the F-35 Lightning II. HMS Queen Elizabeth was commissioned in December 2017 and HMS Prince of Wales in December 2019. Queen Elizabeth
Aircraft_carrier
German submarine
self-propelled torpedo. On 22 September, U-9 sank the armoured cruisers HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, and HMS Hogue. As a result, the British Grand Fleet had to withdraw
U-boat
King of Norway from 1905 to 1957
original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2019. "The Tragedy of HMS Glorious". cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 1 November
Haakon_VII
Attempt by Germany during World War II to cut supply lines to Britain
February, the old battleship HMS Ramillies deterred an attack on Convoy HX 106. A month later, SL 67 was saved by the presence of HMS Malaya. In May, the Germans
Battle_of_the_Atlantic
British statesman and admiral (1900–1979)
midshipman to the battlecruiser HMS Lion in July 1916 and, after seeing action in August, transferred to the battleship HMS Queen Elizabeth during the closing
Lord_Mountbatten
Small ironclad warship with large guns
the weight of masts and sails aloft made the ships less stable. One ship, HMS Captain, which combined turret and sails with a low freeboard, was lost in
Monitor_(warship)
Swiss businessman (born 1975)
the Prestige HMS and Logical One in 2013. Logical One is a reinvention of the chain-and-fusee constant force mechanism, with a snail cam replacing the
Romain_Gauthier
Steam-propelled warship protected by armor plates
The result was the construction of two Warrior-class ironclads; HMS Warrior and HMS Black Prince. The ships had a successful design, though there were
Ironclad_warship
Australian destroyer
HMAS Voyager Wandra Far South Coast Dureenbee George Iron Knight Ly-ee-Moon Olive Cam Scuttled vessels HMAS Adelaide HMAS Anzac HMAS Australia SS Balgowlah SS Bantam
HMAS_Tasmania
December 1941 naval engagement in the Pacific Theater of WW2
squadron known as Force Z, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers
Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse
Shipbuilding facility in Barrow-in-Furness, England
world upon completion. The first use of the DDH was for construction of HMS Triumph, followed by the Vanguard-class submarines nuclear-powered ballistic
Devonshire_Dock_Hall
Canada R9 CAM Camai Air AIR CAMAI United States Village Aviation K6 KHV Cambodia Angkor Air ANGKOR AIR Cambodia UY UYC Cameroon Airlines CAM-AIR Cameroon
List_of_airline_codes
Type of WWII aircraft carrier
German aircraft, convoys were supplied first with fighter catapult ships and CAM ships that could carry a single (disposable) fighter. In the interim, before
Escort_carrier
City in Hampshire, England
flagship, HMS Victory (the world's oldest naval ship still in commission), and HMS Warrior, the Royal Navy's first ironclad warship. The former HMS Vernon
Portsmouth
World War II merchant ship of the United Kingdom
MV Empire Day was a 7,241 GRT cargo ship that was built in 1941 as a CAM ship by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland, Co Durham, United Kingdom for
MV_Empire_Day
Faidherbe 2 Nov: Olive Cam 14 Nov: ROCS Tai Ping Other incidents 17 Jan: RFA Wave Victor 1 Mar: USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington
Pajtás
Submarine of the Royal Navy
HMS Talent was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P337(S37) by Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow, and launched on 13 February
HMS_Talent_(P337)
British ship built in 1941
Empire Darwin was a British 6,765 GRT CAM ship built in 1941 by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport
SS_Empire_Darwin
Cruiser – HMS Argonaut Association". Retrieved 14 August 2021. "HMS Badsworth, escort destroyer". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021. "HMS Beaufort
List of ships built by Cammell Laird
List_of_ships_built_by_Cammell_Laird
Uncontrolled fire in forests or open spaces
emitted more than 140 megatons of carbon dioxide, according to an analysis by CAMS. To put that into perspective this amounts to the same amount of carbon emitted
Wildfire
Hurricane mk IA was a catapult only aircraft that was carried and launched from CAM ships. These ships only had the facilities to launch the aircraft so that
List of Fleet Air Arm aircraft in World War II
List_of_Fleet_Air_Arm_aircraft_in_World_War_II
29 November 1939 HMS Kingston, HMS Icarus and HMS Kashmir U-36 1936 VIIA Klaus Ewerth 0 0 0 0 3 4,181 0 0 0 0 Sunk 4 December 1939 HMS Salmon U-37 1938
List of German U-boats in World War II (1-599)
List_of_German_U-boats_in_World_War_II_(1-599)
Boat that services aircraft landing on water
Neuenfels in 1922) HMS Ark Royal (UK, 1914, renamed Pegasus in 1934) HMS Ben-my-Chree (UK, a ferry converted in 1915 used in WWI) HMS Engadine (UK, 1911
Seaplane_tender
1926 cargo ship converted to catapult ship
HMS Springbank was a Royal Navy fighter catapult ship of the Second World War. Originally a cargo ship built in 1926 for Bank Line it was acquired by
HMS_Springbank
Prelude Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No. 2 - Second Movement Luis Bacalov - Cam Srl Esterno Mediterraneo Il Postino Theme from the film soundtrack Il Postino
List of Private Passions episodes (2005–2009)
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Ship that transports and launches drones
Vixen, and General Atomics has proposed its Gambit 5. It is reported that HMS Prince of Wales’ flight deck would require an overhaul to deploy bigger combat
Drone_carrier
Type of warship
Albion and Bulwark into "commando carriers" in the 1950s. Their sister ship HMS Hermes was converted to a commando carrier in the early 1970s, but was restored
Amphibious_assault_ship
Type of warship
Kingdom HMS Hermes HMS Unicorn 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier Colossus class HMS Colossus HMS Glory HMS Ocean HMS Venerable HMS Vengeance HMS Pioneer
Light_aircraft_carrier
Ship lost at sea in 1816
5 Mar: HMS Liverpool 25 Jun: The Brothers 29 Jun: Archduke Charles June (unknown date): Edwin, Recovery 2 Jul: Méduse 23 Jul: Whale 28 Jul: HMS Révolutionnaire
Whale_(ship)
British Antarctic explorer (1868–1912)
Scott's ship, HMS Albemarle. Scott was cleared of blame. HMS Albemarle, a battleship commanded by Scott, collided with the battleship HMS Commonwealth
Robert_Falcon_Scott
Heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry
610-ton HMS Chatsgrove (X85) ex-Royal Navy P-class sloop PC-74 built 1918 5,072-ton HMS Maunder (X28) ex-King Gruffyd built 1919 4,443-ton HMS Prunella
Q-ship
British Royal Navy minesweeper, sunk in a collision in 1976
HMS Fittleton, originally named HMS Curzon, was a wooden-hulled Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy which spent most of her career in the Royal Naval
HMS_Fittleton
American naval base in Bahrain
Occupying the original territory of the British Royal Navy base known as HMS Jufair, U.S. Navy presence was established on-site during World War II. Transferred
Naval Support Activity Bahrain
Naval_Support_Activity_Bahrain
English explorer (born 1944)
"Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge » 'Polar Bytes' no. 48". spri.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
Ranulph_Fiennes
British joint-stock company (1600–1874)
Mornington became HMS Drake. Other examples include: HMS Calcutta HMS Glatton HMS Hindostan (1795) HMS Hindostan (1804) HMS Malabar HMS Buffalo Their design
East_India_Company
Shipwreck in Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, United States
Faidherbe 2 Nov: Olive Cam 14 Nov: ROCS Tai Ping Other incidents 17 Jan: RFA Wave Victor 1 Mar: USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington
MV_Prins_Willem_V
Maritime land warfare force of the United Kingdom
(HMS Nelson) Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth (HMS Raleigh) Band of HM Royal Marines, Scotland (MoD Caledonia, Rosyth) Band of HM Royal Marines, HMS Collingwood
Royal_Marines
Flower-class corvette
Port Glasgow in Scotland. On 20 September 1941, HMS Honeysuckle picked up 51 survivors from the CAM ship Empire Burton, which was torpedoed by the German
HMS_Honeysuckle_(K27)
Ship used to train seafarers
1933. Boscawen, a series of training ships from 1860 to 1906 (the original HMS Boscawen (1844) went on to serve as TS Wellesley from 1873 to 1914). Britannia
Training_ship
Russian Navy admiral (1878–1945)
Yellow Sea. After recovering in hospital in Qingdao, he made his way to Cam Ranh Bay in French Indochina, joining up with the Second Pacific Squadron
Mikhail_Kedrov_(admiral)
1803 Australian ship
1805 Shipwrecks 21 Jan: HMS Doris 30 Jan: HMS Raven 31 Jan: Fame January (unknown date): Duke of Clarence 4 Feb: HMS Acheron, HMS Arrow 5 Feb: Earl of Abergavenny
Nancy_(1803_ship)
Transport ship for carrying and landing amphibious forces
(577 ft) 28.9 m (95 ft) 7.1 m (23 ft) 19,560 Ex-British Albion class ship HMS Bulwark sold to Brazil and renamed NDM Oiapoque in 2025. Chile Sargento
Amphibious_transport_dock
Watercraft capable of independent underwater operation
Navy, the designation HMS can refer to "His Majesty's Ship" or "His Majesty's Submarine", though the latter is sometimes rendered "HMS/m". Submarines are
Submarine
Small, fast naval ship designed to carry torpedoes into battle
development led to the dreadnought class of all-big-gun battleship, starting with HMS Dreadnought. At the same time, the weight of armour slowed the battleships
Torpedo_boat
Jan: HMS Orpheus 12 Feb: HMS Atalante 13 Feb: HMS Wagtail, HMS Woodcock 14 Feb: HMS Ajax 18 Feb: HMS Snipe 28 Feb: Contest February (unknown date): HMS Blenheim
Contest_(1804_ship)
Island in the South Atlantic Ocean
potential source of meat for future mariners.[citation needed] In February 1701, HMS Roebuck, commanded by William Dampier, sank in the common anchoring spot
Ascension_Island
Condor aircraft, which it chased off. The Hurricane pilot was rescued by HMS Broke after ditching his aircraft. The convoy reached Liverpool on 5 November
Convoy_HX_156
Indefatigable-class battlecruiser
Jutland, as she was undergoing repairs following a collision with sister ship HMS New Zealand. Australia fired in anger twice: at a German merchant vessel
HMAS_Australia_(1911)
Type of small to medium-sized warship
small steam-powered cruisers were built for the British Royal Navy with HMS Mercury launched in 1878. Such second and third class protected cruisers
Light_cruiser
1813 British ship transporting convicts to Australia
non-commissioned officers and privates. Three Bees left in convoy under the escort of HMS Niger and Tagus. They parted after about a month and Three Bees continued
Three_Bees
British ship (built 1793)
Group, Matthew Flinders undertook a survey of the islands. She accompanied HMS Lady Nelson to Newcastle in 1801 and collected 75 tons of coal. In June 1801
Francis_(1793)
1808 ship wrecked in Australia
Bristol Packet, HMS Tang 23 Mar: HMS Astraea 24 Mar: HMS Milbrook 25 Mar: HMS Electra, HMS Milbrook 20 Apr: HMS Widgeon 22 Apr: HMS Bermuda 28 Apr: Adventure
Dundee_(ship)
spurred the creation of highly unconventional aircraft carriers, such as the CAM ships.[page needed] The List of ships of World War II contains major military
List of aircraft carriers of World War II
List_of_aircraft_carriers_of_World_War_II
Merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes
By coincidence, Cap Trafalgar was disguised as Carmania. In World War II, HMS Jervis Bay, the sole escort for convoy HX 84 in November 1940, stood off
Armed_merchantman
Type of aircraft carrier
substantial part of the deck, which can extend the full length of the ship like HMS Ocean of the Royal Navy (RN), or extend only partway, usually aft, as in
Helicopter_carrier
1905 naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War
that ended the race, bought the Chilean battleships (which became HMS Swiftsure and HMS Triumph), and brokered the sale of Argentine cruisers to Japan.
Battle_of_Tsushima
British paddle steamer
incidents 2 Jan: HMS Thunderer 16 Jan: USS Constitution 27 Jan: USS Supply 4 Feb: HMS Duke of Wellington Feb: HMS Active Feb: Republic 10 Mar: HMS Thetis 21
Agnes_Irving
Type of cruiser in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
for British morale. Six weeks earlier, the armored cruisers HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue and HMS Aboukir had all been sunk on the same day by the German submarine
Armored_cruiser
Brazilian racing driver (born 1975)
GOI 5 SAO Ret GUA NP LON 7 CAM C CUR 2 TAR 8 BSB Ret 14º 25 2007 RMC-Volkswagen CAS 7 TAR 5 SAO 1 FOR 1 CAR 1 GOI Ret CUR 1 CAM 2 BSB 5 1º 156 2008 RMC-Volkswagen
Felipe_Giaffone
Amphibious assault ship of World War II
Of these ships, HMS FDT 216 was stationed off Omaha and Utah beaches, HMS FDT 217 was allocated Sword, Juno, and Gold beaches. HMS FDT 13 was used for
Landing_Ship,_Tank
Boc island area, about 0.5 nautical miles (930 m) from the coast of Thien Cam in thunderstorms and whirlwinds. All 30 passengers and four crew were rescued
List_of_shipwrecks_in_2025
World War II British CAM ship
SS Primrose Hill was a British CAM ship that saw action in World War II, armed with a catapult on her bow to launch a Hawker Sea Hurricane. She was completed
SS_Primrose_Hill
Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War
13 April). The convoy's protection was enhanced by armed merchants— the CAM ships Empire Eve and Empire Heath, and the rescue ship Toward. OG 82 left
Convoy_OG_82
Large capital warship
built battlecruiser, that would carry 20-inch (508 mm) guns, which he termed HMS Incomparable; this never got beyond the concept stage. It is often held that
Battlecruiser
News. BBC. Retrieved 25 May 2026. "Met police to release more body-worn cam footage". BBC News. BBC. 25 May 2026. Retrieved 25 May 2026. "UK endures
2026_in_the_United_Kingdom
Battleship that emphasizes speed without undue compromises in armor or armament
predominant means of sinking capital ships, including modern designs such as HMS Prince of Wales and Yamato. Further demonstrating this was the US Navy's
Fast_battleship
1948–1954 Japanese train ferry
Faidherbe 2 Nov: Olive Cam 14 Nov: ROCS Tai Ping Other incidents 17 Jan: RFA Wave Victor 1 Mar: USS Bairoko, Daigo Fukuryū Maru 25 May: HMS Curzon 26 May: USS Bennington
Tōya_Maru
Australian sloop wrecked in 1809
1809 Shipwrecks 5 Jan: HMS Pigeon 9 Jan: HMS Morne Fortunee 11 Jan: HMS Magnet 14 Jan: Caroline 20 Jan: HMS Claudia 22 Jan: HMS Primrose 25 Jan: Admiral
Argument_(ship)
passengers met him and their donations fed him. Tiddles, Born on HMS Argus and served aboard HMS Victorious during the 1940's as the Captain's cat. He sailed
List_of_individual_cats
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