Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The current HMS Manchester (D95) is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer in the 5th Destroyer Squadron of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was laid down in 1978 at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering, launched in 1980 and commissioned in 1982. Her nickname is the "Busy Bee", from the bee emblem on the ship's crest. This emblem is taken from the crest of the city of Manchester and is also depicted in local industry, such as the Strangeways Brewery of Boddingtons. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Meteorite was an experimental U-boat developed in Germany, scuttled at the end of World War II, subsequently raised and commissioned into the Royal Navy. The submarine was originally commissioned into the Kriegsmarine in March 1945 as U-1407. It was built around a Walter engine fuelled by high test peroxide. The three completed German Type XVIIB submarines were scuttled by their crews at the end of the Second World War, U-1405 at Flensburg, and U-1406 and U-1407 at Cuxhaven, all in the British Zone of Occupation. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
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Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Monarch was the first sea-going warship to carry her guns in turrets, and the first British warship to carry guns of 12-inch (300 mm) calibre. She was designed by Sir Edward Reed, at a time when the basic configuration of battleship design was undergoing major change simultaneously in many aspects. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1328-7481-8
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Mariner was the name-ship of the Royal Navy Mariner-class composite screw gunvessel of 8 guns. Designed by Nathaniel Barnaby, the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction, her hull was of composite construction; that is, iron keel, frames, stem and stern posts with wooden planking. She was fitted with a 2-cylinder horizontal compound expansion steam engine driving a single screw, produced by Hawthorn Leslie. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Mashona (pennant number L59, later F59) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II. She was built by Vickers Armstrong and her machinery was supplied by Parsons. She was authorised in the Program year 1936; laid down 5 August 1936, launched on 3 September 1937 and completed 30 March 1939. In September 1939 she was serving with the sixth Destroyer Flotilla at Scapa. She took part in operations resulting in the sinking of the Bismarck on 27 May 1941 but on the following day during heavy Luftwaffe air attacks Mashona was hit and sunk off the coast of Galway, with the loss of 48 men. The Tartar took survivors to Greenock. Данное издание...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Medway was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Deptford Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment, and launched on 14 February 1755. In 1787 Medway was converted to serve as a receiving ship, and remained in this role until 1811, when she was broken up. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces (and is therefore known as the Senior Service). From the beginning of the 18th century until well into the 20th century it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s. Данное издание не...
ISBN: 978-6-1330-0701-7
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Owen (K640) a Bay-class frigate of the British Royal Navy. She was named for the explorer and naval officer William Fitzwilliam Owen. She was originally laid down as the Loch-class vessel Loch Muick, and re-ordered as Thurso Bay while building. She was completed as Owen, a survey vessel for dealing with the large numbers of uncharted wrecks and mines around the British Isles as a result of World War II. For this purpose she was fitted for minesweeping. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-8919-2
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Otway (originally HMAS Otway) was an Odin class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal Navy (RN). Otway was laid down by Vickers Limited of Barrow-in-Furness in England in March 1925. She was launched on 7 September 1926, and commissioned into the RAN on 15 June 1927. Otway was paid off into Reserve on 10 May 1930, before the submarine was transferred to the RN on 9 April 1931 and commissioned as HMS Otway on 10 April 1931. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-8889-8
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Otranto was a First World War Royal Navy armed merchant cruiser. She was originally the SS Otranto and was built in 1909 by the Belfast yard of Workman Clark for the Orient Steam Navigation Company. It took two attempts — on 23 March 1909 and again on 27 March 1909 — to launch Otranto. She was delivered to her owners on 30 June 1909. Although she was intended for the London-Australia run as a passenger and mail carrier, she spent the summer of 1909 cruising in Northern European waters. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-8706-8
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Ottringham was one of 93 ships of the Ham-class of inshore minesweepers. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Ottringham in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The Ham class was a class of inshore minesweepers (IMS), known as the Type 1, of the British Royal Navy. The class was designed to operate in the shallow water of rivers and estuaries. It took its name from the fact that all the ship names were British place names ending in -"ham". The parent firm who were responsible for supervising construction was Samuel White of Cowes, Isle of Wight. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-8896-6
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Owl was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, launched in 1913 and sold for scrap in 1921. The Acasta class (in September 1913 redesignated the K class) was a class of twenty destroyers built for the Royal Navy under the Naval Programme of 1911 - 1912 that saw service during World War I. They were the last class of Royal Navy destroyers to have mixed names with no systematic theme. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-8985-7
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Oxford Castle (K692) was a Castle-class corvette, of United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Oxford Castle in England. She was built at Harland and Wolff in Northern Ireland and launched on 11 December 1943. She survived the Second World War and was scrapped at Briton Ferry in September 1960. The Castle-class corvettes were an updated version of the much more numerous Flower-class corvettes of the Royal Navy, and started appearing during late 1943. They were equipped with radar as well as asdic. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-8939-0
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Perseus (N36) was a British Parthian-class submarine built in 1929 and lost in 1941 during the Second World War. This class were the first to be fitted with Mark VIII torpedoes. At the start of the war, she was operating under the command of Commander Peter Bartlett on the China Station as part of the 4th Submarine Flotilla, along with all of the other members of the class. This continued until August 1940 when the class was reassigned to the Mediterranean, where part of the duties were the ferrying of supplies between Alexandria and the besieged island of Malta. She underwent a refit at Malta from October until April 1941. Данное издание не является...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9364-9
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Penn (Pennant G77) was an escort destroyer of the P Class. Penn was ordered by the United Kingdom under the Wartime Emergency Programme, in the early part of the Second World War and was laid down at the Newcastle-on-Tyne yard of Vickers Armstrong on 26 December 1939. HMS Penn was launched on 12 February 1941. She was commissioned into the fleet on 10 February 1942. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9312-0
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Princess was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She had briefly sailed as the Princesa for the Spanish Navy, until her capture off Cape Finisterre in 1740 during the War of the Austrian Succession. After being chased down and captured by three British ships, she was acquired for service by the Royal Navy. Her design and fighting qualities excited considerable interest, and sparked a series of increases in the dimensions of British warships. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии...
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9936-8
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Pike (1804) was a Royal Navy Ballahoo-class schooner of 4 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel was Goodrich Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS P36 was a British U class submarine, a member of the third group of that class to be built. She was sunk at the quayside in Malta in 1942, and some of her survivors were shipwrecked again in another submarine less than six weeks later. 26 November 1941: While on patrol in the Bay of Biscay HMS P36 (Lt. H.N. Edmonds, DSC, RN) attacked a German submarine with torpedoes south-west of Belle-Ile island in position 47°16'N, 03°20'W. All torpedoes missed their target. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9091-4
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Pembroke was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 June 1812 at Blackwall Yard. She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1855, transferred to the Coastguard in 1858, and used as a base ship from 1887. She was renamed HMS Forte as a receiving hulk in 1890, and was eventually sold out of the Navy in 1905. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of HM Armed Forces (and is therefore known as the Senior Service). Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9284-0
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Prince was a Royal Navy storeship hired in 1854 and lost in a storm off Balaklava in November that year during the Crimean War. She was owned by the General Screw Steam Shipping Company and carried 150 persons and a cargo of much needed winter uniforms. The loss of the ship and its cargo caused a public outcry in Britain because of the severe winter conditions being endured by troops in unsuitable clothing. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9806-4
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Popham was a Ham-class minesweeper for the Royal Navy. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. The minesweeper was named after Popham, Hampshire. HMS Popham was laid down in 1954 as HMS Hatterley at Vospers (the Ley class was similar to the Ham class, but only 10 ships were built). Following completion she remained in operational reserve at Hythe on Southampton Water until 1956. She was then land-cradled at Rosneath on the Clyde until 1963, and transferred to the Royal Australian Navy on 9 June 1966. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Admiralty purchased HMS Pigeon on 28 May 1805 for use as a despatch cutter. She was then fitted for foreign service at Deptford between 25 May and 10 August. She was commissioned in May under Lieut. John Luckraft. One of his first tasks was to pick up Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby from Tribune and to convey him up the Elbe River to Hamburg on a diplomatic mission. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Palliser (F94) was a Blackwood or Type 14 class second-rate anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy. AA.AS Frigate Along with HMS Duncan, HMS Russell,and HMS Exmouth used for fishery protection off Iceland in 1962. The Type 14, Blackwood, class were a twelve ship class of "second rate" anti-submarine warfare (A/S) frigates of the Royal Navy, designed and built during the increasing threat from the Soviet Union's large fleet of submarines that roamed the Atlantic Ocean. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9059-4
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Pembroke was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford on 22 November 1694. Pembroke was captured in 1709, recaptured in 1711, and finally sold to Spain in Genoa in 1713 and renamed Lanfranco. She saw action in the siege of Barcelona under D. Andres del Pez and participated in the expeditions to Genoa in 1714, to Majorca in 1715, and to South America in 1716. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Poseidon (P99) was a Parthian-class submarine designed and built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering in Barrow-in-Furness for the United Kingdom Royal Navy, launched on 22 August 1929. She spent most of her short career assigned to the Yellow Sea region. At about 12:45 on 9 June 1931, whilst exercising on the surface with the submarine tender Marazion 20 mi (32 km) north of the vessels' base at Weihai, China and despite excellent visibility Poseidon collided with the Chinese merchant steamer SS Yuta. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после...
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Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Pincher was a coal fired Beagle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by William Denny and Brothers and launched on 15 March 1910. Pincher spent the early part of the First World War in the Aegean Sea. On 15 May 1918, Pincher was reassigned to the 4th Destroyer Flotilla at HMNB Devonport. Pincher was wrecked on 24 July on the Seven Stones (the same reef that later claimed the Torrey Canyon). Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1329-9566-7
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