Faster access than browser!
27 relations: Anti-submarine warfare, Beam (nautical), Blackwood-class frigate, Bofors 40 mm gun, Displacement (ship), Draft (hull), Drive shaft, English Electric, Frigate, Guy Grantham, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, HMNB Portsmouth, Inverkeithing, J. Samuel White, Length overall, Limbo (weapon), Londonderry Port, Naval rating, Northern Ireland, Pennant number, Portland Harbour, Quarterdeck, Royal Navy, Ship commissioning, Steam turbine, Water-tube boiler, 2nd Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom).
Anti-submarine warfare
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Anti-submarine warfare · See more »
Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at the widest point as measured at the ship's nominal waterline.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Beam (nautical) · See more »
Blackwood-class frigate
The Type 14 Blackwood class were a ship class of minimal "second-rate" anti-submarine warfare frigates.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Blackwood-class frigate · See more »
Bofors 40 mm gun
--> The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Bofors 40 mm gun · See more »
Displacement (ship)
The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight, expressed in long tons of water its hull displaces.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Displacement (ship) · See more »
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.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Draft (hull) · See more »
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.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Drive shaft · See more »
English Electric
The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and English Electric · See more »
Frigate
A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Frigate · See more »
Guy Grantham
Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (9 January 1900 – 8 September 1992) was a senior Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Guy Grantham · See more »
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (28 September 16639 October 1690) was the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton · See more »
HMNB Portsmouth
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Portsmouth (HMNB Portsmouth) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the British Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Devonport).
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and HMNB Portsmouth · See more »
Inverkeithing
Inverkeithing is a town and a royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Inverkeithing · See more »
J. Samuel White
J.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and J. Samuel White · See more »
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.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Length overall · See more »
Limbo (weapon)
Limbo, or Anti Submarine Mortar Mark 10 (A/S Mk.10), was the final British development of a forward-throwing anti-submarine weapon originally designed during the Second World War.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Limbo (weapon) · See more »
Londonderry Port
Londonderry Port, now operating as Foyle Port, is a port on Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Londonderry Port · See more »
Naval rating
A naval rating is an enlisted member of a country's navy, subordinate to warrant officers and officers, and hence not conferred by commission or warrant.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Naval rating · See more »
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland, variously described as a country, province or region.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Northern Ireland · See more »
Pennant number
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called before 1948).
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Pennant number · See more »
Portland Harbour
Portland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Portland Harbour · See more »
Quarterdeck
The quarterdeck is a raised deck behind the main mast of a sailing ship.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Quarterdeck · See more »
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Royal Navy · See more »
Ship commissioning
Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service, and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Ship commissioning · See more »
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.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Steam turbine · See more »
Water-tube boiler
A high pressure watertube boiler (also spelled water-tube and water tube) is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by the fire.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and Water-tube boiler · See more »
2nd Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom)
The 2nd Frigate Squadron was an administrative unit of the Royal Navy from 1947 to 2002.
New!!: HMS Grafton (F51) and 2nd Frigate Squadron (United Kingdom) · See more »
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Grafton_(F51)
