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Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare or counter-air defence is defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action."AAP-6 They include ground-and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons).
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Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point as measured at the ship's nominal waterline.
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Bourrasque-class destroyer
The Bourrasque class was a group of twelve French Navy destroyers (torpilleur) laid down in 1923 and commissioned from 1926 to 1936.
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Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924
The Canon de 130 mm Modèle 1924 was a medium-caliber naval gun used as the primary armament on a number of French destroyers during World War II.
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Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925
The Canon de 37 mm Modèle 1925 was a widely used family of French anti-aircraft guns used by the French Navy during World War II.
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Ceremonial ship launching
Ceremonial ship launching is the process of transferring a vessel to the water.
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Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon.
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Displacement (ship)
The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight, expressed in long tons of water its hull displaces.
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained.
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Drive shaft
A drive shaft, driveshaft, driving shaft, propeller shaft (prop shaft), or Cardan shaft is a mechanical component for transmitting torque and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drive train that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them.
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Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde
Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde (literally translated Forges and dockyards of the Gironde) was a French shipbuilder at Lormont near Bordeaux on the Gironde estuary.
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French Navy
The French Navy (Marine Nationale), informally "La Royale", is the maritime arm of the French Armed Forces.
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Fuel oil
Fuel oil (also known as heavy oil, marine fuel or furnace oil) is a fraction obtained from petroleum distillation, either as a distillate or a residue.
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Keel laying
Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction.
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Length overall
Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.
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Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
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Superfiring
The idea of superfiring armament is to locate two (or more) turrets in a line, one behind the other, but with the second turret located above ("super") the one in front so that the second turret could fire over the first.
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Three-drum boiler
Three-drum boilers are a class of water-tube boiler used to generate steam, typically to power ships.
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Torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylinder shaped device for launching torpedoes.
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