Dates: 1877 - 1905
Construction IRON
Type SHIP
Date 1877
Official Number 77437
Description Rig: SHIP
Launched 16th July 1877 by Miss Ann Duthie and built for the Australia trade under the command of Captain Davidson.
Renamed: Nostra Signora del Carmine (1905)
This vessel was sold to Italy in 1905 and renamed ’Nostra Signora del Carmine’. On 25 August 1916, this was sunk by a submarine in the Gulf of Lyons, en route from Norfolk, Virginia to Genoa.
Builder DUTHIE
Dimensions length 267’ x breadth 39’9" x depth 24’
1700 tons
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Brilliant
" Does anybody know whatever happened to a WrenRO Sharon Goodwin? she was one of the first Wrens on ship (1989 HMS Brilliant for those un-educated of you)I was Ships Bootneck then(1989-1990). They called me SLAG and Sharon was the wren that brought me a cup of tea on the bridge in scotland, I would love to hear from her again, Please Please if you can help, contact me Cheers Ex-Mne Slag HOAR: "
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"I did have the pleasure of wandering around the upper deck of HMS Brilliant at 2am during BOST in Portland harbour throwing king Edwards over the side and shouting BANG very loudly .....anti terrorist diver deterant...apparently! "
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" John, I subscribe to that sentiment of Catherine The Great! For the last 20 years while in harness I was in management and for 9 of those years was at the helm and all the criticism I developed while in subordinate positions transpired to be true. I can enter any establishment and within a few ..."
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" Dear all During the Conflict I got around a lot more than most. I was on the Sir Tristram, HMS Fearless, Intrepid, Argonaut, Antrim, Plymouth and a few more. "What was I? Some sort of gypsy?" Well yes, sort of. I was with the MCD (Mine Clearance Divers). I wrote a 60 page diary whilst down ..."
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"tony green hms brilliant remember me si poole "
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