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38 relations: Armistice of 11 November 1918, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Battle of Hong Kong, Battle of Singapore, Battle off Endau, Commander-in-Chief, China, Destroyer, Eastern Fleet, Endau, Gunboat, Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn, Hong Kong, Japanese cruiser Sendai, Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire, Jisaburō Ozawa, Land mine, Lantau Channel, Length overall, Lewis gun, Lockheed Hudson, Long ton, Malaya Command, Minelayer, No. 1 Squadron RAAF, No. 8 Squadron RAAF, Pennant number, QF 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII, Royal Navy, S-class destroyer (1917), Singapore, Smoke screen, Thomas C. Hart, Tom Phillips (Royal Navy officer), Torpedo, Vickers Vildebeest, World War I, World War II.
Armistice of 11 November 1918
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War I between the Allies and their last opponent, Germany.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, on the morning of December 7, 1941.
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Battle of Hong Kong
The Battle of Hong Kong (8–25 December 1941), also known as the Defence of Hong Kong and the Fall of Hong Kong, was one of the first battles of the Pacific War in World War II.
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Battle of Singapore
The Battle of Singapore, also known as the Fall of Singapore, was fought in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II when the Empire of Japan invaded the British stronghold of Singapore—nicknamed the "Gibraltar of the East".
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Battle off Endau
The Battle off Endau was a Second World War battle that took place off Endau on 26–27 January 1942.
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Commander-in-Chief, China
The Commander-in-Chief, China was a senior officer position of the British Royal Navy.
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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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Eastern Fleet
The British Eastern Fleet (also known after 1944 as the East Indies Fleet and the Far East Fleet) was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1971.
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Endau
Endau is a small town in Mersing District, Johor, Malaysia.
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Gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
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Hawthorn Leslie and Company
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Hebburn
Hebburn is a small town situated on the south bank of the River Tyne in North East England sandwiched between the towns of Jarrow and Gateshead and to the south of Walker.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.
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Japanese cruiser Sendai
was a light cruiser in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire
The declaration of war by the Empire of Japan on the United States and the British Empire was published on December 8, 1941 (Japan time; December 7 in the United States), after Japanese forces had executed an attack on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor and attacks on British forces in Malaya, Singapore, and Hong Kong.
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Jisaburō Ozawa
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II.
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Land mine
A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it.
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Lantau Channel
Lantau Channel is a channel south of Fan Lau Kok of Lantau Island in Hong Kong.
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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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Lewis gun
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War-era light machine gun of US design that was perfected and mass-produced in the United Kingdom, and widely used by British and British Empire troops during the war.
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Lockheed Hudson
The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter.
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Long ton
Long ton, also known as the imperial ton or displacement ton,Dictionary.com - "a unit for measuring the displacement of a vessel, equal to a long ton of 2240 pounds (1016 kg) or 35 cu.
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Malaya Command
The Malaya Command was a formation of the British Army formed in the 1920s for the coordination of the defences of British Malaya, which comprised the Straits Settlements, the Federated Malay States and the Unfederated Malay States.
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Minelayer
Minelaying is the act of deploying explosive mines.
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No. 1 Squadron RAAF
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No. 8 Squadron RAAF
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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 4 inch naval gun Mk IV, XII, XXII
The QF 4-inch gun Mk IVMk IV.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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S-class destroyer (1917)
The S class (initially known as the Modified Trenchant classMarch, op. cit. p.215.) was a class of 67 destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy in 1917.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia.
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Smoke screen
A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft or ships.
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Thomas C. Hart
Thomas Charles Hart (June 12, 1877July 4, 1971) was an admiral in the United States Navy, whose service extended from the Spanish–American War through World War II.
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Tom Phillips (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir Thomas Spencer Vaughan "Tom" Phillips (19 February 1888 – 10 December 1941) was a Royal Navy officer during the First and Second World Wars.
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Torpedo
A modern torpedo is a self-propelled weapon with an explosive warhead, launched above or below the water surface, propelled underwater towards a target, and designed to detonate either on contact with its target or in proximity to it.
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Vickers Vildebeest
The Vickers Vildebeest and the similar Vickers Vincent were two very large two- to three-seat single-engined British biplanes designed and built by Vickers and used as light bombers, torpedo bombers and in army cooperation roles.
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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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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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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Thanet_(H29)
