HMS Juno (1844)
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HMS Juno was a 26-gun Spartan-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1844 at Pembroke. As HMS Juno, she carried out the historic role in 1857 of annexing the Cocos Islands to the Briti
HMS Atalanta in 1880
A Royal Navy service record from the last completed training mission before Atalanta's loss
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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The Cocos Islands, officially the Territory of Cocos Islands, are an Australian external territory located in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia an
HMS Juno (1844)
…Spartan-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1844 at Pembroke. As HMS Juno, she carried out the historic role in 1857 of annexing the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the British Empire. She was renamed HMS Mariner in January 1878 and then HMS Atalanta two weeks later. Atalanta was serving as a training ship when…
Home Island Beach
A landing party from the German Navy cruiser Emden leaves the Cocos (Keeling) Islands via this jetty on Direction Island on 9 November 1914.
Aerial view of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport (ICAO code: YPCC).
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