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    HMS Shropshire was a Royal Navy (RN) heavy cruiser of the London sub-class of County-class cruisers. She is the only warship to have been named after Shropshire...
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    and sport at HMS Victory (1935–1937) before command of HMS Shropshire (1937–1939) and HMS Formidable (1940–1942). 1942 brought a mention in despatches...
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  • editor SS Shropshire, a passenger ship that became the armed merchant cruiser HMS Salopian HMS Shropshire, a County-class cruiser Shropshire sheep, a breed...
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  • HMS Salopian was a motor ship that was built in 1926 as the passenger ship Shropshire. She belonged to Bibby Line, which ran passenger and cargo services...
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    battleship HMS Ramillies, protecting convoys of the Australian Expeditionary Force in the Indian Ocean, followed by shorter postings on HMS Kent, on HMS Shropshire...
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    trip (Russian Convoy QP1) with the destroyer Active, cruisers HMS London and HMS Shropshire, and 11 merchantmen starting on 26 September, and arriving in...
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    same time, the British government announced that the heavy cruiser HMS Shropshire (a sister ship to Canberra, but of the London subclass) would be transferred...
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    entered the Indian Ocean from the South Atlantic. 10 February 1941: HMS Shropshire, Hermes, Hawkins, Capetown, Ceres and Kandahar formed Force T supporting...
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    station, petrol tanks at Ras Sip and the customs shed. The cruisers HMS Shropshire, Ceres and Colombo blockaded Kismayo and in the Red Sea, Pantera, Tigre...
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  • Naval Intelligence before returning to the sea as Commanding Officer of HMS Shropshire. Made Rear Admiral, Tait was Naval Aide-de-camp to King George VI in...
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