Dates: 1898 - 1901
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Condor after the condor, the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere.
Condor, was a steam-powered gunboat launched in 1876 and sold in 1889. She took part in the bombardment of Alexandria during the 1882 Urabi Revolt in Egypt, winning popular admiration for her captain, a well-known public figure, Lord Charles Beresford.
Condor, was a sloop launched in 1898 and lost off Cape Flattery on the North-West corner of the Continental United States during a storm in December 1901 whilst travelling from Esquimalt in Canada to Honolulu.
A former Royal Naval Air Station, HMS Condor at Arbroath, near Dundee became RM Condor in 1971. It is the base for 45 Commando Royal Marines.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Condor
" Dough, Just reread your post of the storms and found another question that you asked. Naval air stations that I served on. 1958 HMS Seahawk. Helston Cornwall. 1964 HMS Ariel. Lee On Solent, Hants. 1965 HMS Condor. Arbroath, Scotland 1966 HMS Ariel. Lee on Solent ..."
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" We were going to wait for the end of the month to do this, but felt in the end that this might be too long to wait. Here’s our present updating list with our deepest apologies to the Silent Service for allowing a typo to slip through in the case of the Ton Class Minesweeper HMS ..."
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" Quoting: Jim Pritchard We were going to wait for the end of the month to do this, but felt in the end that this might be too long to wait. Here’s our present updating list with our deepest apologies to the Silent Service for allowing a typo to slip through in the case of the Ton Class ..."
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" Quoting: Arthur Rowsell Geez Alan M, You ask a lot of awkward questions for this time of night. We will start with where did I live in UK. Born 1941 Edinburgh, bombed out from Inverkiething. Move to Arbroath, Bombed out by my mates the Germans so moved to Portsmouth, bombed on the way ..."
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" Doug, Yes mate I have done a Edinburgh festival as a performer... That was in 1959 I think. Took the oppurtunity to visit my Uncles and Aunts in Rosyth Dumfermline. Even drank my way around the Pitrieve golf course. My uncle Malcolm was a good golfer and he could go round the 19 holes on some sort ..."
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