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RFA Olwen (A122)

Index RFA Olwen (A122)

RFA Olwen (A122) was an ''Ol''-class "fast fleet tanker" of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. [1]

13 relations: Alang, Chaff (countermeasure), Cyclone, East Pakistan, Hawthorn Leslie and Company, HMS Olympus (S12), Ol-class tanker (1965), Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Replenishment oiler, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Westland Sea King, Westland Wessex, 1970 Bhola cyclone.

Alang

Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.

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Chaff (countermeasure)

Chaff, originally called Window by the British and Düppel by the Second World War era German Luftwaffe (from the Berlin suburb where it was first developed), is a radar countermeasure in which aircraft or other targets spread a cloud of small, thin pieces of aluminium, metallized glass fibre or plastic, which either appears as a cluster of primary targets on radar screens or swamps the screen with multiple returns.

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Cyclone

In meteorology, a cyclone is a large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure.

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East Pakistan

East Pakistan was the eastern provincial wing of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, covering the territory of the modern country Bangladesh.

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Hawthorn Leslie and Company

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HMS Olympus (S12)

HMS Olympus was an that served in the Royal Navy, and later in the Canadian Forces as a submarine trainer.

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Ol-class tanker (1965)

The Ol-class tankers were Royal Fleet Auxiliary "fast fleet tankers" tasked with providing fuel, food, fresh water, ammunition and other supplies to Royal Navy vessels around the world.

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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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Replenishment oiler

A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores during underway replenishment (UNREP) at sea.

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Royal Fleet Auxiliary

The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a civilian-manned fleet owned by the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, whose purpose is to support the Royal Navy to maintain operations around the world.

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Westland Sea King

The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters.

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Westland Wessex

The Westland Wessex was a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34.

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1970 Bhola cyclone

The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on November 12, 1970.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Olwen_(A122)

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