They returned home on the HMS Beagle, along with a traveler named Charles Darwin.
It was arranged for the stone to be passed to HMS Collingwood in Fareham.
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The piece of granite was then flown to the South Atlantic and handed to HMS Protector.
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The investigation at Ardrossan Cemetery aims to establish if casualties from HMS Dasher are buried there.
The first ship in the new Daring class, HMS Daring, was launched in February 2006.
Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is the first of two 65, 000-tonne ships under construction in Scotland.
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It is believed he spent two years in civil practice before joining HMS Victory.
The Royal Navy has insisted HMS Turbulent was in Devonport Naval Base throughout the day.
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Also on sale currently are three Type-42 destroyers - HMS Exeter, HMS Southampton and HMS Nottingham.
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The latest Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer, HMS Defender, has been formally commissioned into the fleet.
However, HMS Prince of Wales will be mothballed and kept as a reserve vessel.
The Rosyth yard is also currently assembling the Royal Navy's largest ever warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Two tugs helped pull the HMS Cumberland away from dock in Gibraltar on Tuesday.
The Royal Navy insisted HMS Turbulent was in Devonport Naval Base throughout the day.
Two lifeboats have been at the scene with HMS Lancaster and the navy vessel HMS Severn.
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Captain Peter Sparkes said HMS Protector was "the Royal Navy's equivalent of a Swiss army knife".
Chris Purcell, now chairman of the HMS Sheffield Association, was one of the survivors.
Royal Navy warship HMS Illustrious has sailed from Hampshire for a three-month training deployment in the Mediterranean.
Details of the sinking of HMS Dasher were sealed in top-secret Royal Navy Files after the war.
Commanding Officer Cdr George Tabeart said it was a "privileged step change" from HMS Scott's usual work.
Work on the Queen Elizabeth's sister ship, HMS Prince of Wales, is also under way at Govan.
The Type 45s will replace the Navy's ageing fleet of Type 42 destroyers, such as HMS Glasgow.
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They were joined by personnel from HMS Richmond, RAF Odiham and the 4 General Support (Medical) Regiment.
On Wednesday, HMS Campbeltown will visit the Argyllshire town she is named after for the last time.
Sister ship HMS Invincible was also sold for scrap last year to a Turkish scrap metal firm.
The National Museum of the Royal Navy have said they are planning to move HMS Caroline to Portsmouth.
Tracie Simonin, director of the HMS Bounty Organization LLC, which owns the ship, couldn't be reached for comment.
Located on the bank of the Thames between the HMS Belfast and City Hall, it is easily accessable.
Mr Hammond later visited Rosyth where he saw work being carried out on aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth.
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The Coast Guard still has an active search on for the missing captain off of the HMS Bounty.
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