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33 relations: Anti-aircraft warfare, Beam (nautical), Bridge (nautical), British 21 inch torpedo, Crete, Depth charge, Destroyer, Displacement (ship), Draft (hull), Drive shaft, Flotilla leader, Fuel oil, J-, K- and N-class destroyer, John I. Thornycroft & Company, Junkers Ju 87, Kashmir, Keel laying, Length overall, Minesweeping, North Sea, Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Pennant number, QF 2-pounder naval gun, Royal Navy, Sonar, Southampton, Steam turbine, Superstructure, Three-drum boiler, Torpedo tube, United Kingdom, Vickers .50 machine gun, 4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII.
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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Bridge (nautical)
The bridge of a ship is the room or platform from which the ship can be commanded.
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British 21 inch torpedo
There have been several British 21-inch (533 mm) diameter torpedoes used by the Royal Navy since their first development just before the First World War.
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Crete
Crete (Κρήτη,; Ancient Greek: Κρήτη, Krḗtē) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
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Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare weapon.
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Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.
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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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Flotilla leader
A flotilla leader was a warship suitable for commanding a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships, typically a small cruiser or a large destroyer (known as a destroyer leader).
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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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J-, K- and N-class destroyer
The J, K and N class was a class of 24 destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1938.
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John I. Thornycroft & Company
John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick in 1866.
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Junkers Ju 87
The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Sturzkampfflugzeug, "dive bomber") is a German dive bomber and ground-attack aircraft.
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Kashmir
Kashmir is the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.
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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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Minesweeping
Minesweeping is the practice of the removal of explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes also with an aircraft made for that purpose.
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North Sea
The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
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Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based in Wallsend, North East England, on the River Tyne.
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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).
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QF 2-pounder naval gun
The 2-pounder gun,British military of the period traditionally denoted smaller guns in terms of the approximate weight of the standard projectile, rather than by its bore diameter, which in this case was 40 mm.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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Sonar
Sonar (originally an acronym for SOund Navigation And Ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels.
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Southampton
Southampton is the largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England.
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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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Superstructure
A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline.
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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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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Vickers .50 machine gun
The Vickers.50 machine gun, also known as the 'Vickers.50' was basically similar to the Vickers machine gun but scaled up to use a larger-calibre round.
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4.7 inch QF Mark IX & XII
The 4.7 inch QF Mark IX and Mark XIIMark IX.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kashmir_(F12)
