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34 relations: Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom), Axis powers, BL 4.7-inch 45-calibre naval gun, British 21-inch torpedo, Calais, Clydebank, Depth charge, Destroyer, Dunkirk evacuation, E-boat, Harwich, Hedgehog (weapon), Horsepower, John Brown & Company, Knot (unit), Kriegsmarine, Length between perpendiculars, Length overall, Milford Haven, Nautical mile, Naval trawler, North Africa, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Operation Torch, Oran, Pennant number, Portsmouth, QF 2-pounder naval gun, Royal Navy, Steam turbine, Ton, Troopship, V and W-class destroyer, Yarrow boiler.
Atlantic Fleet (United Kingdom)
The Atlantic Fleet was a naval fleet of the Royal Navy.
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Axis powers
The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies.
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BL 4.7-inch 45-calibre naval gun
The BL 4.7-inch, 45-calibre gun (actually a metric 120 mm gun) was a British medium-velocity naval gun introduced in 1918 for destroyers, intended to counter a new generation of heavily armed destroyers that Germany was believed to be developing.
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British 21-inch torpedo
There have been a number of 21-inch (53.3cm) torpedoes in service with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom.
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Calais
Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.
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Clydebank
Clydebank (Bruach Chluaidh) is a town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
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Depth charge
A depth charge is an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) weapon designed to destroy submarines by detonating in the water near the target and subjecting it to a destructive hydraulic shock.
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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 carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats.
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Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
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E-boat
E-boat was the Western Allies' designation for the fast attack craft (German: Schnellboot, or S-Boot, meaning "fast boat"; plural Schnellboote) of the Kriegsmarine during World War II; E-boat could refer to a patrol craft from an armed motorboat to a large Torpedoboot. The name of E-boats was a British designation using the letter E for Enemy.
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Harwich
Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast.
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Hedgehog (weapon)
The Hedgehog (also known as an Anti-Submarine Projector) was a forward-throwing anti-submarine weapon that was used primarily during the Second World War.
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Horsepower
Horsepower (hp) is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors.
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John Brown & Company
John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a Scottish marine engineering and shipbuilding firm.
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Knot (unit)
The knot is a unit of speed equal to one nautical mile per hour, exactly (approximately or). The ISO standard symbol for the knot is kn.
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Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
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Length between perpendiculars
Length between perpendiculars (often abbreviated as p/p, p.p., pp, LPP, LBP or Length BPP) is the length of a ship along the summer load line from the forward surface of the stem, or main bow perpendicular member, to the after surface of the sternpost, or main stern perpendicular member.
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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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Milford Haven
Milford Haven (Rivers Cleddau) is both a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Nautical mile
A nautical mile is a unit of length used in air, marine, and space navigation, and for the definition of territorial waters.
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Naval trawler
Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars.
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North Africa
North Africa (sometimes Northern Africa) is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of the Western Sahara in the west, to Egypt and Sudan's Red Sea coast in the east.
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Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons based on an original German Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon 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.
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Operation Torch
Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942) was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War.
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Oran
Oran (Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria.
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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Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.
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QF 2-pounder naval gun
The 2-pounder gun, officially the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, was a British autocannon, used as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
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Steam turbine
A steam turbine is a machine that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam and uses it to do mechanical work on a rotating output shaft.
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Ton
Ton is any of several units of measure of mass, volume or force.
Troopship
A troopship (also troop ship or troop transport or trooper) is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime.
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V and W-class destroyer
The V and W class was an amalgam of six similar classes of destroyer built for the Royal Navy under the 9th, 10th, 13th and 14th of fourteen War Emergency Programmes during the First World War and generally treated as one class.
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Yarrow boiler
Yarrow boilers are an important class of high-pressure water-tube boilers.
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References
Also known as HMS Verity.