HMS Ulysses

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Attempted thermonuclear detonation, most of output from the secondary, but disappointing small yield overall. On 18 October 1955 she re-commissioned and formed part of the 6th Frigate Squadron, as part Mediterranean and Home Fleet. She also formed part of the Royal Navy's force used during the Suez Operation. In 1958 she was part of Operation Grapple, witnessing nuclear tests off Christmas Island. On 27 October 1958 she collided with sister ship Undine off Ushant. [2] In 1960 she became a training ship as part of the Plymouth local squadron and in December 1960 was placed into the Devonport reserve.

Dawson, R.; Rosecrance, R. (1966). "Theory and Reality in the Anglo-American Alliance". World Politics. 19 (1): 21–51. doi: 10.2307/2009841. ISSN 0043-8871. JSTOR 2009841. S2CID 155057300. He turned to the door and had taken only two steps when Vallery’s voice stopped him dead, poised on one foot. a b c d e f g h i j Yang, Xiaoping; North, Robert; Romney, Carl (August 2000). CMR Nuclear Explosion Database (Revision 3) (Technical report). SMDC Monitoring Research.HMS Ulysses was a U-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F17. [1] Service history [ edit ] Second World War service [ edit ] HMS Ulysses by Arnold Barlow – Officers Cook. "Polyarno" (Polyarny), Russia, May 1944.

Able Seaman Kenneth Atkinson, 72 Monte Bello. Daughter 1957, six toes on one foot. Son 1955, hyperactive - had to be sedated at birth. Grandson 1989, hyperactive and mental problems. The use of ship names derived from classical mythology is a well-established practice of the Royal Navy. However, commentator Bill Baley [4] suggests that the choice of Ulysses might have been less than accidental. "Unlike in Joyce's famous book, there are here no specific scenes clearly reminiscent of specific ones in Homer's Odyssey; but overall, it was Homer's Ulysses who gave Western culture the enduring template of a long and harrowing sea voyage where peril waits at every moment and of which few of the crew would survive to see the end." Nonsense, sir,’ Nicholls said briskly. ‘Just a slight malaise. Now, if you’ll let me prescribe a suitable tonic…’ Easy, boy, easy,’ the Commander chided. ‘You can’t call three dead men and the bunch of wounded heroes lying outside there a massacre. The marines were only doing their job. As for the Cumberland—well, you’ve got to face it. We’re the only ship in the Home Fleet equipped for carrier command.’Gowing, Margaret; Arnold, Lorna (1974b). Independence and Deterrence: Britain and Atomic Energy, 1945–1952, Volume 2, Policy and Execution. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-16695-6. OCLC 946341039.