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54 relations: Admiralty, Air compressor, Armistice, Bedford, Beeching cuts, Birmingham, Brentford, British Rail, Bulkhead (partition), Cobh, Draper, Feltham, Float (nautical), General strike, George Cohen, Sons and Company, German Empire, Gutter Sound, GWR 6000 Class, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, High Seas Fleet, Hoy, Imperial German Navy, Isle of Sheppey, Isle of Wight, Krupp armour, Leamington Spa, London, Luftwaffe, Lyness, Manchester, Manchester Ship Canal, Marine salvage, Mauretania, Metal Industries, Limited, Ministry of Supply, Neath, Park Royal, Queenborough, River Thames, Ryde, Scapa Flow, Scotland, Scrap, Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow, Sheffield, South Wales, Taranto, Thorn Electrical Industries, White Star Line, Willard Bascom, ..., Wishaw, World War I, World War II, YouTube. Expand index (4 more) »
Admiralty
The Admiralty, originally known as the Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs, was the government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy firstly in the Kingdom of England, secondly in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1964, the United Kingdom and former British Empire.
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Air compressor
An air compressor is a device that converts power (using an electric motor, diesel or gasoline engine, etc.) into potential energy stored in pressurized air (i.e., compressed air).
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Armistice
An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting.
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Bedford
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England.
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Beeching cuts
The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.
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Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Brentford
Brentford is a town in west London, England, historic county town of Middlesex and part of the London Borough of Hounslow, at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west-by-southwest of Charing Cross.
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British Rail
British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was the state-owned company that operated most of the rail transport in Great Britain between 1948 and 1997.
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Bulkhead (partition)
A bulkhead is an upright wall within the hull of a ship or within the fuselage of an aeroplane.
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Cobh
Cobh, known from 1849 until 1920 as Queenstown, is a tourist seaport town on the south coast of County Cork, Ireland.
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Draper
Draper was originally a term for a retailer or wholesaler of cloth that was mainly for clothing.
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Feltham
Feltham is a large town in the London Borough of Hounslow, west London, England, west of Twickenham, south-west of Hounslow and north of Walton-on-Thames.
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Float (nautical)
Floats (also called pontoons) are airtight hollow structures, similar to pressure vessels, designed to provide buoyancy in water.
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General strike
A general strike (or mass strike) is a strike action in which a substantial proportion of the total labour force in a city, region, or country participates.
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George Cohen, Sons and Company
George Cohen, Sons and Company was a scrap metal merchant with offices in Commercial Road, London.
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German Empire
The German Empire (Deutsches Kaiserreich, officially Deutsches Reich),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people.
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Gutter Sound
Gutter Sound is a location in Orkney, Scotland, part of the vast anchorage of Scapa Flow.
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GWR 6000 Class
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class or King is a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed for express passenger work and introduced in 1927.
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Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Hamilton is a town in South Lanarkshire, in the central Lowlands of Scotland.
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High Seas Fleet
The High Seas Fleet (Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War.
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Hoy
Hoy (from Norse Háey meaning high island) is an island in Orkney, Scotland measuring — ranked largest in the archipelago after the Mainland.
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Imperial German Navy
The Imperial German Navy ("Imperial Navy") was the navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire.
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Isle of Sheppey
The Isle of Sheppey is an island off the northern coast of Kent, England in the Thames Estuary, some to the east of London.
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Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight (also referred to informally as The Island or abbreviated to IOW) is a county and the largest and second-most populous island in England.
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Krupp armour
Krupp armour, later supplanted by the improved Krupp cemented armour, was a type of steel armour used in the construction of capital ships starting shortly before the end of the nineteenth century.
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Leamington Spa
Royal Leamington Spa, commonly known as Leamington Spa or Leamington, is a spa town in Warwickshire, England.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.
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Lyness
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland.
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.
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Manchester Ship Canal
The Manchester Ship Canal is a inland waterway in the North West of England linking Manchester to the Irish Sea.
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Marine salvage
Marine salvage is the process of recovering a ship and its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty.
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Mauretania
Mauretania (also spelled Mauritania; both pronounced) is the Latin name for an area in the ancient Maghreb.
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Metal Industries, Limited
Metal Industries, Limited was a conglomerate of mostly British engineering companies.
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Ministry of Supply
The Ministry of Supply (MoS) was a department of the UK Government formed in 1939 to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to all three British armed forces, headed by the Minister of Supply.
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Neath
Neath (Castell-nedd) is a town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales with a population of 19,258 in 2011.
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Park Royal
Park Royal is an area in northwest London, England.
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Queenborough
Queenborough is a small town on the Isle of Sheppey in the Swale borough of Kent in South East England.
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River Thames
The River Thames is a river that flows through southern England, most notably through London.
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Ryde
Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, with a population of 23,999 at the 2011 Census.
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Scapa Flow
Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern end in June 2009 Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.
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Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Scrap
Scrap consists of recyclable materials left over from product manufacturing and consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials.
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Scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow
The scuttling of the German fleet took place at the Royal Navy's base at Scapa Flow, in Scotland, after the First World War.
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Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England.
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South Wales
South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.
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Taranto
Taranto (early Tarento from Tarentum; Tarantino: Tarde; translit; label) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy.
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Thorn Electrical Industries
Thorn Electrical Industries Limited was an electrical engineering business.
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White Star Line
The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British shipping company.
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Willard Bascom
Willard Newell Bascom (November 7, 1916, New York City – September 20, 2000, San Diego, California), was an engineer, adventurer and scientist, as well as a writer, photographer, painter, miner, cinematographer, and archeologist, who first proposed using Neoprene for wetsuits to fellow scientist Hugh Bradner.
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Wishaw
Wishaw is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the edge of the Clyde Valley, south-east of Glasgow city centre.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Cox
