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HNoMS Eidsvold

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HNoMS Eidsvold was a coastal defence ship and the lead ship of her class, serving in the Royal Norwegian Navy. [1]

30 relations: Armour, Armstrong Whitworth, Battles of Narvik, Battleship, Bjørgvin-class coastal defence ship, Captain (naval), Cementation (metallurgy), Coastal defence ship, Colt's Manufacturing Company, Constitution of Norway, Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, Dreadnought, Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship, Eidsvoll, German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp, HNoMS Norge, Horsepower, International maritime signal flags, Krigsseilerregisteret, Krupp, Narvik, Newcastle upon Tyne, Odd Isaachsen Willoch, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Operation Weserübung, Royal Navy, Royal Norwegian Navy, Signal lamp, Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship, World War I.

Armour

Armour (British English or Canadian English) or armor (American English; see spelling differences) is a protective covering that is used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or vehicle by direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or activity (e.g., cycling, construction sites, etc.). Personal armour is used to protect soldiers and war animals.

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Armstrong Whitworth

Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century.

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Battles of Narvik

The Battles of Narvik were fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940 as a naval battle in the Ofotfjord and as a land battle in the mountains surrounding the north Norwegian city of Narvik as part of the Norwegian Campaign of the Second World War.

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Battleship

A battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of large caliber guns.

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Bjørgvin-class coastal defence ship

The Bjørgvin-class coastal battleships were ordered by Norway in 1912 to supplement the older and s. The two ships laid down were compulsorily purchased by the Royal Navy when World War I broke out, and classified as monitors.

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Captain (naval)

Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships.

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Cementation (metallurgy)

Cementation is a type of precipitation, a heterogeneous process in which ions are reduced to zero valence at a solid metallic interface.

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Coastal defence ship

Coastal defence ships (sometimes called coastal battleships or coast defence ships) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during the period from 1860 to 1920.

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Colt's Manufacturing Company

Colt's Manufacturing Company, LLC (CMC, formerly Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company) is an American firearms manufacturer, founded in 1855 by Samuel Colt.

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Constitution of Norway

The Constitution of Norway (complete name: the Constitution of the Kingdom of Norway; official name in Danish: Kongeriget Norges Grundlov; Norwegian Bokmål: Kongeriket Norges Grunnlov; Norwegian Nynorsk: Kongeriket Noregs Grunnlov) was first adopted on 16 May and subsequently signed and dated on 17 May 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll.

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Dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden

The dissolution of the union (Unionsoppløsningen; Unionsoppløysinga; Landsmål: Unionsoppløysingi; Unionsupplösningen) between the kingdoms of Norway and Sweden under the House of Bernadotte, was set in motion by a resolution of the Norwegian Parliament (the Storting) on 7 June 1905.

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Dreadnought

The dreadnought was the predominant type of battleship in the early 20th century.

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Eidsvold-class coastal defence ship

The Eidsvold class was a class of coastal defence ships, two of which were built for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1899 by Armstrong Whitworth.

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Eidsvoll

(sometimes written as Eidsvold) is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway.

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German destroyer Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp

Z21 Wilhelm Heidkamp was one of six Type 1936 destroyers built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in the late 1930s.

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HNoMS Norge

HNoMS Norge was a coastal defence ship of the ''Eidsvold''-class in the Royal Norwegian Navy.

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Horsepower

Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power (the rate at which work is done).

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International maritime signal flags

International maritime signal flags refers to various flags used to communicate with ships.

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Krigsseilerregisteret

Krigsseilerregisteret (English: The War Sailor Register, established on 19 January 2016) is a Norwegian website whose purpose is to create a register of all Norwegian sailors and ships that sailed in the period 1939 to 1945 for the neutral countries, for Nortraship, the Norwegian Domestic Fleet, the Royal Norwegian Navy, Allied and neutral merchant ships and in Allied navies.

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Krupp

The Krupp family (see pronunciation), a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, became famous for their production of steel, artillery, ammunition, and other armaments.

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Narvik

(Norwegian) or Áhkanjárga (Northern Sami) is the third-largest town and municipality in Nordland county, Norway by population.

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Newcastle upon Tyne

Newcastle upon Tyne, commonly known as Newcastle, is a city in Tyne and Wear, North East England, 103 miles (166 km) south of Edinburgh and 277 miles (446 km) north of London on the northern bank of the River Tyne, from the North Sea.

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Odd Isaachsen Willoch

Odd Isaachsen Willoch (26 February 1885 – 9 April 1940) was a Norwegian naval officer who commanded one of the two coastal defence ships defending Narvik during the German invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940.

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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon

and --> The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original German 20 mm Becker design that appeared very early in World War I. It was widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others, with various models employed by both Allied and Axis forces during World War II, and many versions still in use today.

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Operation Weserübung

Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Royal Norwegian Navy

The Royal Norwegian Navy (Norwegian: Sjøforsvaret, "the naval defence (forces)") is the branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces responsible for naval operations of the state of Norway.

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Signal lamp

A signal lamp (sometimes called an Aldis lamp, after Arthur Cyril Webb Aldis who invented a widely used design, or a Morse lamp) is a visual signaling device for optical communication, typically using Morse code.

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Tordenskjold-class coastal defence ship

The Tordenskjold class of coastal defence ships was ordered by Norway as part as the general rearmament in the time leading up to the events in 1905 - when Norway broke out of the union with Sweden - the two ships in the class (and) remained the backbone (alongside the slightly newer) of the Royal Norwegian Navy until they were considered 'unfit for war' in the mid-1930s.

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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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Argonaut 781, Eidsvold (Ship).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HNoMS_Eidsvold

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