HMS Ramillies (07) Her particular task was to silence the batteries at the entrance to Toulon harbour. "Ramillies" was put in reserve on 31 January 1945 at Portsmouth and was used as an accommodation ship. John Egerton Broome was captain from 1945 to 1946. She was sold in 1946 and scrapped in 1949. One of "Ramillies" 15-inch (381 mm) guns has been preserved and can be seen at the Imperial War Museum in London. The ship's bell is preserved at HMCS "Star", a Naval Reserve Division at Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. HMS Ramillies (07) HMS "Ramillies" (pennant number: 07) was one of five s
HMS Amethyst (1799) HMS Amethyst (1799) HMS "Amethyst" was a Royal Navy 36-gun "Penelope"-class fifth-rate frigate, launched in 1799 at Deptford. "Amethyst" served in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, capturing several prizes. She also participated in two boat actions and two ship actions that won her crew clasps to the Naval General Service Medal. She was broken up in 1811 after suffering severe damage in a storm. "Amethyst" was commissioned in May 1799 under the command of Captain John Cooke. She then operated on the Dutch coast later that year. During the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland, "Amethyst" conveyed the Duke