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	C class cruiser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The C-class were light cruisers of the Royal Navy, and were built in a number of sub-classes known as the Caroline (six ships), Cambrian (six ships), Centaur (two ships), Caledon (four ships), Ceres (five ships) and Carlisle (five ships) classes.
		In the mid-1930s it was decided to modernize and refit the C class cruisers for anti-aircraft work.
		The aim was to convert all 13 cruisers of the late C-classes, the Caledons, Ceress and Carlisles.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/C_class_cruiser (1420 words)

	Argentina - LoveToKnow 1911
		The great plains are covered with edible grasses, divided into two classes, pasto duro (hard grass) and pasto blando, or tierno (soft grass) - the former tall, coarse, nutritious and suitable for horses and cattle, and the latter tender grasses and herbs, including clovers, suitable for sheep and cattle.
		According to the official returns,' the over-sea immigration for the forty-seven years1857-1903aggregated 2,872,588, while the departure of emigrants during the same period was 1,066,480, showing a net addition to the population of 1,806,108.
		The results of these first experiments were not encouraging, owing mainly to the poor class of animals, but the exporters persevered, and the business steadily grew in value and importance, until in 1898 the number of live cattle shipped was 359,296, which then decreased to 119,189 in 1901, because of the foot-and-mouth disease.
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		Cruisers as a distinct type date from the mid-1880s, when the conflicting trends in battleship evolution were crystallising into the pre-Dreadnought.
		Armoured cruisers, designed to form part of the battle fleet, were rendered obsolete by the advent of the battle cruiser in 1907, as were older battleships by the appearance or the Dreadnought.
		Pegasus (Cape Squadron), was sunk by the Koenigsberg at Zanzibar in Sept. 1914.
	users.telenet.be /tree/db/specification/british_cruisers_ww1.html (3813 words)

	Cambrian Class Cruiser - HMS Cambrian, Canterbury, Castor, Constance
		Cambrian herself was completed with a single 6 inch in stead of the forward pair of 4 inch guns, a modification later applied to the rest of the class.
		The class had a uniform 6 inch main armament by the end of the war after the Royal Navy decided early in the war that a single 6 inch gun was of more value than a pair of 4 inch guns.
		The inability of German 4.1 inch guns to penetrate the armour of light cruiser armour at the Battle of Heligoland bight is thought to have had an influence on this.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /light-cruiser/hms-Cambrian.html (275 words)

	HMS Calliope (1914) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Calliope was a British C class light cruiser of the Royal Navy under construction at the outbreak of World War I.
		She was one five ships in the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
		She survived the war but was badly damaged by a fuel oil fire while at sea in November 1919.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Calliope_(1914) (197 words)

	HMS Cairo (D87) - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		HMS Cairo (D87) was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Egyptian city of Cairo.
		She was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead on 28 November 1917, launched on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 24 September 1919.
		She was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Cairo (205 words)

	HMS Cambrian
		Cambrian then participated in the blockade of Beira (Mozambique) in 1966 to enforce economic sanctions imposed on Rhodesia.
		Cambrian off to more wild weather exercises, but I think we were pretty well trained and toughened up by now.
		Cruising the Malacca Strait during the first watch, I think we were close to the Port of Malacca but not certain.
	www.e-wire.net.au /~ml_halst/navy/cambrian.htm (5924 words)

	CHAPTER 1 Genesis of Royal New Zealand Navy \| NZETC
		She sailed with her first entry of recruits at the end of July on a ‘shake-down’ cruise but was recalled to Wellington on the eve of the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914.
		By January 1935 British cruiser strength, including that of Australia and New Zealand, had been reduced to fifty ships; the fleets of the United States, France, Italy, and Japan showed increases in cruisers, those of Italy having doubled; while Germany was completing her three ‘pocket battleships’, which were essentially large armoured cruisers.
		Moreover, sixteen of the fifty British cruisers had already passed the age limit and by the end of 1935, in which year six new cruisers were due for completion, six others had reached the age limit.
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		The theory was that the six-inch guns were to be used defensively to ward off German cruisers and the quicker firing four-inch battery to be used offensively to engage German destroyers.
		The bow retained the same flare as the earlier classes except once the bow hull height reached 23-feet 6-inches, the bow went straight up, rather than to continue to flare outward.
		Entitled Cruisers in Action 1939-1945, this volume, which was published in 1981 by William Kimber and Co., features many of the line drawings of Mr.
	www.steelnavy.com /LaterCClass.htm (1203 words)

	Ship Descriptions - P-Q
		Built by Caird and Co, Greenock as the SILESIA for the Hamburg America Line, she was a 3,142 gross ton ship, length 339.9ft x beam 40ft, one funnel, two masts (rigged for sail), iron construction, single screw and a speed of 12 knots.
		Used for cruising until Oct.1974 when she was laid up at Piraeus until 1977 when she was sold to Saudi Arabia and renamed SAUDI PHIL I. She was moored at Jeddah as an accommodation ship for Phillipine stevedores working at the port.
		At the outbreak of war, she was converted to an Armed Merchant Cruiser, but was sunk on 26/11/1939 near the mouth of the River Humber by a mine laid by German destroyers, while on passage from the Tyne to Australia.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/descriptions/ShipsP-Q.html (17389 words)

	Cougars’ Tales Issue 7
		When it was learned the Classes of ’65 and ’66 hadn’t had a reunion since their thirtieth it was decided to include them as well.
		Once again, a group of class members met, this time with the principal, Dean Chamberlain, and explained that if we were not going to be able to graduate at our own school we would appreciate it if our diplomas were mailed to us and we would just skip having any kind of ceremony.
		Cambrian students recalled having to “freeze” in place when the recess bell rang, not moving until instructed by the teacher serving yard duty.
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	Pitcairn Islands Study Center
		CAMBRIAN One of the merchant ships which Bligh commanded while in the employ of his wife’s uncle, Duncan Campbell.
		The Director was an old ship, rated 4th class, with 64 guns and 491 men.
		Bligh was in command of the Director for over five years (from January 4, 1796, to March 13, 1801), during the mutiny at the Nore as well as at the Battle of Camperdown when Admiral Duncan defeated the Dutch under Admiral de Winter.
	library.puc.edu /pitcairn/bounty/encyclopedia.shtml (6431 words)

	Astraea Class Cruisers
		HMS Astraea, HMS Bonaventure, HMS Cambrian, HMS Charybdis, HMS Flora, HMS Forte, HMS Fox and HMS Hermione.
		These second class cruisers were built in the early 1890's at Devonport, Pembroke, Sheerness and Chatham dockyards.
		The tenth “FLORA” was a small coastguard cruiser of 40 tons, which had been launched in 1863, and taken over by the Navy in 1869 on the abolition of the Coastguard Department.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /astraea_class.htm (1288 words)

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		The chief officer plunged into the water from the flying-bridge, and was hauled on to some wreckage by the captain and second officer.
		the cruiser was alongside the raft, and it was seen that several of its occupants were alive.
		At the time of launching she was a first rate ship of her class, and was placed on the British Admiralty list as a reserve cruiser.
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	RN Photos
		Ceres class, she was sunk 2 October 1942 in a collision with the famous liner Queen Mary.
		Cambrian class: 3,750 tons displacement; originally armed with 4-6" guns and 6 21" torpedo tubes.
		Originally the Imperator Aleksandr III of the Imperatritsa Maria class of Russian dreadnoughts (24,000 tons, 12 12" guns, 21 knots) she was became the Volya after the 1917 revolution.
	www.gwpda.org /naval/w0200000.htm (656 words)

	HM Ships from As extracted from Jane's Fighting Ships © for 1919
		But additional Light Cruisers had been approved, and the opportunity was taken to design these two ships as " Large Light Cruisers." They were designed about January, 1915, and it was intended that they should be finished in a year.
		Against a small and rapidly-moving target, like an enemy Light Cruiser (continually altering her course), two 15-inch guns have only a fair chance of securing hits - but one salvo on the target would probably be decisive.
		These vessels are abnormal in type - so abnormal they have been dubbed the " Outrageous Class." In 1919, they were laid up in reserve, as their cost of maintenance is very high.
	www.pbenyon1.plus.com /Janes_1919/Cruisers/Couragious_Cl.html (871 words)

	Naval Actions and losses 1940
		A class destroyers Ardent, and Acasta and the carrier Glorius sunk by German naval gunfire in action with the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
		C class Cruiser HMS Calypso torpedoed and sunk by the Italian submarine Bagnolini.
		Cruiser HMS Kent damaged by a torpedo drpped by a bomber and towed into Alexandria 19th September.
	www.wolftree.freeserve.co.uk /Naval/Naval_Actions_WW240.html (1763 words)

	Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - Light Cruisers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The first eight are known as the Fiji class, while the last three to be built are commonly referred to as the Ceylon class and were modified slightly.
		They were built due to the limitations that the Washington Treaty imposed on cruisers, that they should not exceed 10,000 tons, and were basically smaller derivatives of the Town-class cruiser, though only slightly.
		Due to the size of the Crown Colony class, a number of the ships had to have one of their main turrets removed to allow 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns to be added.
	www.royal-navy.org /shiplist/content/section/41/26 (512 words)

	JOE HOLBROOKE - BRITISH COMPOSER by Rob Barnett MusicWeb(UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		They were written for the leading soloists of the day and also for his pupils: the sons and daughters of the aristocracy and for the rising middle and upper classes.
		He was a working class man from a common background and the class system was still strong in Britain at that time.
		Famously Holbrooke was a guest during De Walden's honeymoon cruise of the Mediterranean in the late 1900s.
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	IANTD Nitrox Diver Scuba Diving Magazine ean eanx trimix rebreather cave wreck decompression
		Moving on to the urinary tract, a major class of medications used here are the antispasmotics (the anti-cholinergic class) which, as stated before, can cause a dry mouth, blurred vision, increased heart rate, and sensitivity of the eyes to light.
		There is another class of drugs that are used for stimulation of the male urinary tract, specifically for male sexual dysfunction (objective dysfunction, not just a feeling of inadequacy).
		In particular, the class of drugs called steroids can have some nasty side effects, to include fluid retention, electrolyte loss, and avascular necrosis of the femoral head (cellular death of the head of the upper leg where it joins the hip socket).
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	HMS Cairo, HMS Nubian, HMS Auckland
		This class was a progressive development from the earlier Arethusa class, and their follow ons, the Caroline/Calliope/Cambrian class.
		Originally, to improve the poor sea-keeping of the bows (any sort of sea had the bows awash in the preceding classes), a "trawler bow", a large raised bulwark for'ard, was fitted, and a planned hanger and catapult replacing the conning tower was only carried for a short time in Carlisle.
		On the outbreak of war she remained Simonstown-based until November 1939 when she went north to Freetown and escorted convoy SLF 9 to the United Kingdom, arriving at Portsmouth on the 30th November 1939.
	www.royal-naval-reserve.co.uk /cairo-and-nubian.htm (1204 words)

	cambrian - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Cambrian : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
		Cambrian : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Phrases that include cambrian: cambrian period, cambrian park, pre cambrian, cambrian class cruiser, cambrian coast express, more...
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	USS Discovery - NCC92454
		With 25 new vessels being turned out a year since 2365, the pride of the Fleet is the Akira Class Heavy Cruiser.
		In 2362 the Idaho Variant of the Eagle Class was developed, which can carry over twice the fighter compliment and delivers Starfleet planetary assault ships.
		The Akira Class was one of the first ships to be fitted with the new systems being tested.
	ussdiscovery.planetaclix.pt /vessels/akira.htm (926 words)

	McCollum's Reflection Lake Resort - Fishing North America - Lake Nipigon, Ontario (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Fish caught on a cruiser trip are cleaned and preserved as a part of that service.
		It is necessary however, to bring along a cooler for transporting your catch on the return trip home.
		Our resort is surrounded on three sides by water and faces the 500 ft. bluffs of a Pre Cambrian mountain range.
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		The consensus of opinion of witnesses is that two explosions took place within five seconds of each other, and that the first explosion was the lesser of the two.
		However, all damage to buildings may be classified as Class "C" damage except the Recreation Building, which was Class "B", and the Joiner Shop, which was Class "A".
		General Class "C" damage from the blast was suffered in e town of Port Chicago and adjacent communities, including Pittsburgh, Concord, Walnut Creek, and Martinez.
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