Table of Contents
44 relations: Anti-aircraft warfare, Anti-submarine weapon, Battle of the Barents Sea, Battle of the Cigno Convoy, British 21-inch torpedo, Convoy, Depth charge, Destroyer, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Flotilla leader, Fuze Keeping Clock, German submarine U-565, Italian Navy, J-, K- and N-class destroyer, John Brown & Company, John Cashmore Ltd, John I. Thornycroft & Company, Knot (unit), Length overall, Long ton, Marsala, Mediterranean Sea, Monmouthshire (historic), Nautical mile, Newport, Wales, Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, Oran, Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, QF 2-pounder naval gun, QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V, QF 4.7-inch Mk IX & XII naval gun, R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Royal Navy, Ship class, Sister ship, Tonne, Type 16 frigate, United Kingdom, Vickers .50 machine gun, Vickers-Armstrongs, War Emergency Programme destroyers, Water-tube boiler, William Denny and Brothers, World War II.
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Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).
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Anti-submarine weapon
An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war.
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Battle of the Barents Sea
The Battle of the Barents Sea was a World War II naval engagement on 31 December 1942 between warships of the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and British ships escorting convoy JW 51B to Kola Inlet in the USSR.
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Battle of the Cigno Convoy
The Battle of the Cigno Convoy (or Belluno Convoy) was a naval engagement between two British destroyers of the Royal Navy and two torpedo boats of the Regia Marina (Italian Royal Navy) south-east of Marettimo island to the west of Sicily, in the early hours of 16 April 1943.
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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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Convoy
A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection.
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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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Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow.
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Flotilla leader
A flotilla leader was a warship of late 19th century and early 20th century navies suitable for commanding a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships, typically a small cruiser or a large destroyer (known as a destroyer leader).
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Fuze Keeping Clock
The Fuze Keeping Clock (FKC) was a simplified version of the Royal Navy's High Angle Control System analogue fire control computer.
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German submarine U-565
German submarine U-565 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine for service during World War II.
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Italian Navy
The Italian Navy (Military Navy; abbreviated as MM) is one of the four branches of Italian Armed Forces and was formed in 1946 from what remained of the Regia Marina (Royal Navy) after World War II.
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J-, K- and N-class destroyer
The J, K and N class consisted of 24 destroyers built for the Royal Navy beginning in 1938. They were a return to a smaller vessel, with a heavier torpedo armament, after the that emphasised guns over torpedoes. The ships were built in three flotillas or groups, each consisting of eight ships with names beginning with "J", "K" and "N". O and P-class destroyer and j-, K- and N-class destroyer are destroyer classes and ship classes of the Royal Navy.
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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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John Cashmore Ltd
John Cashmore Ltd (also known as J Cashmore, or simply as Cashmore's or other derivations) was a company operating largely in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales.
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John I. Thornycroft & Company
John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft, was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick in 1866.
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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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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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Long ton
The 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 (about 1016 kg) or 35 cu.
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Marsala
Marsala (Maissala local; Lilybaeum) is an Italian comune located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily.
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Monmouthshire (historic)
Until 1974, Monmouthshire, also formerly known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy), was an administrative county in the south-east of Wales, on the border with England, and later classed as one of the thirteen historic counties of 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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Newport, Wales
Newport (Casnewydd) is a city and county borough in Wales, situated on the River Usk close to its confluence with the Severn Estuary, northeast of Cardiff.
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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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Oran
Oran (Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria.
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Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company
Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company was a British engineering company based on the River Tyne at Wallsend, North East 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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QF 4-inch naval gun Mk V
The QF 4 inch Mk V gunMk V.
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QF 4.7-inch Mk IX & XII naval gun
The 4.7 inch QF Mark IX and Mark XII were 45-calibre, naval guns which armed the majority of Royal Navy and Commonwealth destroyers in World War II,Campbell, Naval Weapons of World War Two, p48.
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R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
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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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Ship class
A ship class is a group of ships of a similar design.
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Sister ship
A sister ship is a ship of the same class or of virtually identical design to another ship.
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Tonne
The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
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Type 16 frigate
The Type 16 frigates were a class of British anti-submarine frigates of the Royal Navy. O and P-class destroyer and Type 16 frigate are ship classes of the Royal Navy.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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Vickers .50 machine gun
The Vickers.5 inch machine gun (officially "Gun, Machine, Vickers,.5-in") also known as the Vickers.50 was a large-calibre British automatic weapon.
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Vickers-Armstrongs
Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth & Company in 1927.
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War Emergency Programme destroyers
The War Emergency Programme destroyers were destroyers built for the British Royal Navy during World War I and World War II. O and P-class destroyer and War Emergency Programme destroyers are destroyer classes.
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Water-tube boiler
A high pressure watertube boiler (also spelled water-tube and water tube) is a type of boiler in which water circulates in tubes heated externally by fire.
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William Denny and Brothers
William Denny and Brothers Limited, often referred to simply as Denny, was a Scottish shipbuilding company.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
O and P-class destroyers
- HMS Obdurate (G39)
- HMS Obedient (G48)
- HMS Offa (G29)
- HMS Onslaught (G04)
- HMS Onslow (G17)
- HMS Opportune (G80)
- HMS Oribi (G66)
- HMS Orwell (G98)
- HMS Pakenham (G06)
- HMS Paladin (G69)
- HMS Panther (G41)
- HMS Partridge (G30)
- HMS Pathfinder (G10)
- HMS Penn (G77)
- HMS Petard (G56)
- HMS Porcupine (G93)
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References
Also known as O and P class destroyer, O class destroyer, O-class destroyer, P class destroyer, P-class destroyer.