Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aster after the flowering plant: HMS Aster (1915) was an Acacia-class sloop, launched in 1915 and sunk in 1917; HMS Aster (K188) was …

Aug 29, 2018 · A hundred and fifty years ago, in early November 1868, HMS Topaze was anchored off Easter Island, now more commonly known as Rapa Nui. Led by Commodore …

1 day ago · Commanding Officer of HMS Dauntless, Commander Ben Dorrington, said: “The realism of the exercise and training delivered provided a unique opportunity for the ship’s …

Feb 14, 2020 · Rapa Nui is a remote patch of land many thousands of kilometres away from the coast of South America, in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean. Commonly known as Easter …

HMS Severn (Lt.Cdr. A.N.G. Campbell, RN) departed Freetown for a few days of exercises together with the destroyer HMS Vansittart (Lt.Cdr. R.L.S. Gaisford, RN), the corvettes HMS …

Hoa Hakananai'a is a moai, a statue from Easter Island. It was stolen from Orongo, Easter Island (Rapa Nui) in 1868 by the crew of a British ship and is now in the British Museum in London. It …

Apr 8, 2014 · A digital survey, combining photogrammetry and reflectance transformation imaging (RTI), offers significant new insights into the British Museum's Easter Island statue called Hoa …

May 6, 2009 · In 1868, Hoa Hakananai’a was discovered on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Polynesia. From there it was shipped to England on board HMS Topaze, and then offered to Queen …

Jun 4, 2019 · In 1868 Commodore Richard Powell and the crew of the British ship HMS Topaze took a 9,000 pound statue, called Hoa Hakananai'a, from Easter Island (Rapa Nui) and give it …

She was the former Royal Navy ship HMY Helga and was involved in shelling Liberty Hall in Dublin from the River Liffey with her pair of 12-pounder naval guns [3] during the Easter Rising …