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27 relations: Anti-aircraft warfare, Autocannon, Beam (nautical), British 21 inch torpedo, Caliber (artillery), Cammell Laird, Depth charge, Displacement (ship), Draft (hull), Drive shaft, Fuel oil, Indian Navy, Length overall, Naval rating, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Pennant number, Q and R-class destroyer, QF 2-pounder naval gun, Romford, Royal Navy, Sea Cadets, Steam turbine, Three-drum boiler, Warship Week, World War II, 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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Autocannon
An autocannon or automatic cannon is a large, fully automatic, rapid-fire projectile weapon that fires armour-piercing or explosive shells, as opposed to the bullet fired by a machine gun.
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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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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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Caliber (artillery)
In artillery, caliber or calibredifference in British English and American English spelling is the internal diameter of a gun barrel, or by extension a relative measure of the length.
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Cammell Laird
Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company.
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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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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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Indian Navy
The Indian Navy (IN; IAST: Bhāratīya Nau Senā) is the naval branch of the Indian Armed Forces.
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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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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.
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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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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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Q and R-class destroyer
The Q and R class was a class of sixteen War Emergency Programme destroyers ordered for the British Royal Navy in 1940 as the 3rd and 4th Emergency Flotilla.
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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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Romford
Romford is a large town in East London and the administrative centre of the London Borough of Havering.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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Sea Cadets
Sea Cadets are members of a Sea Cadet Corps, a formal uniformed youth organisation for young people with an interest in water borne activities and or the national Navy.
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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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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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Warship Week
Warship Weeks were British National savings campaigns during the Second World War, with the aim of a Royal Navy warship being adopted by a civil community.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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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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INS Rana (1942), INS Rana (D115).
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Raider_(H15)
