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  Cryptid Descriptions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Inkhomi - A snake with the comb and waddles of a rooster sighted in tropical Africa.
Although the natives refer to it as a “short gray snake”, the animal is said to lack bones, and thus cannot be a snake.
The snake is fl in color, and according to one witness, up to 230 feet long (although this is most likely an exaggeration).
www.angelfire.com /sc2/Trunko/cryptolist.html   (10735 words)

  
 Model Boats From Nelsons Navy
HMS Diana, the second built in the Artois class was designed by Sir John Henslow.
The Snake kit has been designed with the novice / intermediate builder in mind and is ideal as a first or second model for the introduction to plank on frame building.
H.M. Chatham Yacht was launched in Chatham dockyard in 1741, for use as a pleasure craft for the more affluent members of Georgian society.
www.westbourne-model.co.uk /Nelson's-Navy.htm   (3270 words)

  
 HMS Warrior, Black Snake Among Rabbits
The British Battleship HMS Warrior never fired a shot in anger and never blockaded a hostile port, yet she played a famous part in naval history.
Built during the 'Pax Britannica,' she served at the beginning of a revolution in technology and, like the HMS Dreadnought and USS Nautilus, the Warrior brought existing ideas forward by leaps and bounds.
She and her sistership, the HMS Black Prince, commonly lay anchored at Spithead, their fl hulls in marked contrast to the old checkered sides of the now obsolete ships-of-the-line which shared their anchorage.
wtj.com /articles/warrior   (1005 words)

  
 The UnMuseum - Sea Serpents
It was a large sea snake, or sea serpent, that they estimated to be sixty feet long, 15 inches in diameter, and moved through the sea with it's head some four feet out of the water.
One theory that has been advanced to explain Chessie is that a vessel from South America had a giant anaconda, a snake capable of living in freshwater, on board.
The snake escaped and adapted to the brackish water.
www.unmuseum.org /seasnake.htm   (1164 words)

  
 Torpedo Gunboats
From 1861 to 1865 the “Griffon” was engaged in the suppression of west African slavery, and assisted in capturing eight slavers.
HMS Cuckoo, October 1955, shown near the end of her long service in various roles (as YC37 - Cable Lighter?).
HMS Cuckoo became a tender to HMS Vivid (gunnery school) along with HMS Snap and HMS Badger in 1907.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /r_n_gunboats.htm   (3730 words)

  
 SinkF69   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Hundreds of boats of all sizes arrived early on June 14 to ensure a good view of the sinking of the H.M.C.S. Saskatchewan, the fourth in a series of 366 foot long decommissioned destroyer escorts to be sunk in British Columbia waters.
Snake Island, a low-lying, treeless island a few miles east of Nanaimo, British Columbia, provided the backdrop and closed off the circle of vessels surrounding the slightly submerged Saskatchewan.
Snake Island is an easy run from Nanaimo and can be easily seen on the approach to Nanaimo from the decks of the BC Ferries, which pass near the site.
www.divewreck.co.nz /F69/Ships/HMCSSaskatchewan.html   (513 words)

  
 HMS Ocean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Six ships that were built for the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ocean.
The name seems blankly prosaic because the British generally usually use the word "sea", while the French the word "mer".
The French ship wasn't named for any of these, but for the Roman mythological giant river, or giant snake Oceanus, which encompassed the flat earth in their mythology.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Ocean   (456 words)

  
 HMBC - HMS Snake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The Snake class were direct copies of the Cruiser class, except they were ship rigged as opposed to brig rigged sloops.
Snake class were much more business like with a flush deck and nine cannons or carronades each side.
Snake was the first in the class and was launched in 1797.
www.hmbc.nl /cat/snake.html   (262 words)

  
 Ships of the World: An Historical Encyclopedia - - HMS Warrior   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Often called the world's first battleship and the first ironclad, the revolutionary HMS Warrior was a superlative ship—but she was neither the first battleship nor the first ironclad.
HMS Warrior was commissioned as part of the Channel Fleet on August 1, 1861, by Captain A. Cochrane.
In 1987, HMS Warrior 1860, as she is officially known, was towed to Portsmouth and put on permanent public display at the Portsmouth Naval Base.
college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_099000_hmswarrior.htm   (876 words)

  
 Battle Cruiser Hood - Remembering Hood: The Story of Crewman George Donnelly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Training was at its full height in the month of May and on the 24th we were shocked by the news of the loss of "HMS Hood" and her fine crew.
With the serious duty that we were on and on an island where you do not know friend from foe and you have no contact with home as letters were not permitted, a visit by a friendly warship was welcome with news from home.
HMS dispatch called in on one occasion but we kept under cover for security reasons.
www.hmshood.com /crew/remember/GDonnelly.html   (3643 words)

  
 Antique Boats Kits from Scale-RC Models
The Snake kit has been designed with the novice/intermediate builder in mind and is ideal as a first or second model for the introduction to plank on frame building.
H.M. Brig Supply was launched in 1759 as a Deptford yard transport.
H.M. Brig Supply is now known as the ship from which Australia was founded.
www.scalercmodels.com /antiqueboats.html   (1346 words)

  
 news.mod.uk - Latest News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
As if HMS Argyll does not face enough challenges while patrolling dangerous Iraqi waters on deployment in extreme heat, she has also had to fight off unwanted guests from the ocean.
Having left Kuwait to begin the last patrol in the Northern Arabian Gulf of her deployment, HMS Argyll has been coping with some of the highest ever levels of fishing vessels and coastal traffic.
HMS Argyll is now on her way home, having handed over Operation Telic guardship duties to fellow Devonport warship HMS Campbeltown.
news.mod.uk /news_headline_story2.asp?newsItem_id=3482   (607 words)

  
 One Order of Snake Legs, Please :: Astrobiology Magazine :: Search for Life in the Universe
The mystery of where Earth's first snakes lived as they were evolving into limbless creatures from their lizard ancestors has intrigued scientists for centuries.
Now, the first study ever to analyze genes from all the living families of lizards has revealed that snakes made their debut on the land, not in the ocean.
The discovery resolves a long-smoldering debate among biologists about whether snakes had a terrestrial or a marine origin roughly 150 million years ago--a debate rekindled recently by controversial research in favor of the marine hypothesis.
www.astrobio.net /news/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=824&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0   (730 words)

  
 planetFear / Articles / High Equipment Notes / The Snake Cord
The difference was that instead of being formed from a loop of sewn tape, the Sling was a single length with a loop sewn into each end, the loop being formed by clipping both loops together with a karabiner (or two karabiners so that you could instantly extend a piece).
The strength of the karabiner is important because the HMS design is far weaker than a D-shaped karabiner, as the loading isn't down the spine of the krab.
For this reason the HMS must have the maximum gate open strength (which is around 10kN for the best designs) just in case the gate is open in the worst case scenario.
www.planetfear.com /article_detail.asp?a_id=274   (1715 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
However, Walter Willett, the Fredrick John Stare professor of epidemiology and nutrition at HSPH and a professor of medicine at HMS, contends that the scientific community's knowledge regarding the relationship between dietary factors and disease is still largely underdeveloped.
The protagonist Sonalal is a seventh generation snake charmer whose already less-than-perfect life is made forever worse when, in a fit of greed-inspired rage, he bites his snake in half.
Coedited by Ivo Janecka, associate professor of otology and laryngology at HMS and director of the Longwood Skull Base Program at Children's Hospital, this text discusses skull base anatomy and its importance to surgical aspects of skull base disorders.
focus.hms.harvard.edu /1998/Oct2_1998/book.html   (1773 words)

  
 The Black Snake
Here is a series of shots of HMS Warrior I took at the Portsmouth yard.
The first ironclad battleship, she was described as a "Black Snake amongst the rabbits", moored amongst the old Wooden Walled warships of the navy.
HMS Warrior: 68 Pounders and Crew's Living Quarters between the guns.
www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00C1Qr&unified_p=1   (1375 words)

  
 The UnMuseum - Sea Monster that Weren't
Only two months before the HMS Daedulus had reported seeing a sea serpent in that very same region.
Sprague de Camp suggested the owners of the canoe may have harpooned a large sea animal, like a whale shark, and they were either spilled into the sea when the animal surfaced under the boat, or jumped in panic when they could not cut the line dragging the canoe.
More likely the "snake" was the arm of a large squid in battle with the whale.
www.unmuseum.org /seamist.htm   (1165 words)

  
 Tekken Zaibatsu Forums - Lee/Violet Thread Volume 2
Unlike the "Snake Dash", a perfect version of this step should cancel the f,n as fast as possible but both the sway and his ss should be lagged to maximise there full potential.
To use correctly try pitbulling then all of a go into hms and wait for the opponent to attack or bait him even furthur, to be extra saf keep ss'ing to decrease the chance of the opponent hitting you.
When a move is cancelled into hms this is usually the what is used to punished the whiffed attacks, to be safe its best to ss before doing the scatterblow.
www.tekkenzaibatsu.com /forums/showthread.php?postid=1254816   (4960 words)

  
 1st Royal Dragoons in Malaya
Our sailing on the HMS Nevasa was a quiet departure from Southampton, with the 11th Hussars Band playing us off, and a dozen families and girl friends.
The snake charmer chap was a card, with a hundred interested fools standing for an hour whilst he put all new pads on his flute.
They, the snakes, reminded me of the snake in the Wizard of Id, and the grounds were a bright red, from people chewing betel nuts, and hawking it.
www.britains-smallwars.com /malaya/Rod.htm   (2261 words)

  
 NSMC - Caldercraft - Nelson's Navy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The kit of H.M. Brig Supply has been designed with the Novice builder in mind.
The kit is extremely prefabricated with all the wooden parts CNC cut for extreme accuracy to ensure a perfect fit.
Also, as these vessels were very fast sailoer, yachts were commissioned as despatch vessels or packet yachts.Chatham yacht was rebuilt in 1794, again at Chatham dockyard and was not broken up until 1867, after a very long life.
www.webrighter.co.uk /modelkit/jotika/nelsonsnavy.htm   (1341 words)

  
 charlie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
She told us about the HMS Perseus which was sank by a German mine.
The snake was still withering in agony, was still deadly.
The arrows, swords and spears, were dipped into the poisonous glands of the snake.
www.tech.port.ac.uk /staffweb/zhangz/Anthology.htm   (5177 words)

  
 Half Mad (ex-)Spinster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
This is not unusual at all: we have tons of snakes in our yard, which we find kind of cool.
Um...hope it did.) So seeing the baby snake wasn't surprising today, except that it appeared to be wriggling in place, when usually at a human's approach they slither away as quickly as possible.
But before he reached the door, I suddenly realized what was going on: I'd actually surprised the baby snake in the middle of eating a large brown earthworm, and in its panic to get away from me it was backing up and regurgitating the 7/8 of worm it had already swallowed.
halfmadspinster.com /2004/09/two-weird-things-last-night-we-went.html   (662 words)

  
 Ecology Group - Hanford History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Systematic meteorological observations have been performed by staff of the Hanford Meteorology Station (HMS) from 1946 to the present.
The record is supplemented with precipitation and temperature data taken by U.S. Weather Bureau cooperative observers at a site about 10 miles east-northeast of the HMS during the period from 1912 to 1943, thus covering over 70 years.
Studies on water balance modeling (discussed in Chapter 4) and experimental microclimate modification (Chapter 6) have drawn on both the HMS data base and ancillary data developed by the research staff (Thorp and Hinds 1977, Rotenberry et al.
www.pnl.gov /ecology/shrub/ALE/ALE_cl.htm   (191 words)

  
 Cobra Health -- Recommendations and Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The King Cobra (''Ophiophagus hannah'') is a large venomous snake of the family Elapidae.
The King Cobra is one of the few snakes that builds a nest and lays eggs and sits there until just before they hatch.
Since King Cobras are natural snake eaters, nature makes the mother King Cobra leave the young before they hatch, so as to prevent her from eating them.
www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/33/cobra-health.html   (1390 words)

  
 The Voyage Of The Beagle
Of reptiles there are many kinds: one snake (a Trigonocephalus, or Cophias [18]), from the size of the poison channel in its fangs, must be very deadly.
The extremity of the tail of this snake is terminated by a point, which is very slightly enlarged; and as the animal glides along, it constantly vibrates the last inch; and this part striking against the dry grass and brushwood, produces a rattling noise, which can be distinctly heard at the distance of six feet.
The expression of this snake's face was hideous and fierce; the pupil consisted of a vertical slit in a mottled and coppery iris; the jaws were broad at the base, and the nose terminated in a triangular projection.
www.infidels.org /library/historical/charles_darwin/voyage_of_beagle/Chapter5.html   (8656 words)

  
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Victory to the One who is without beginning or end) } \medskip {\obeylines ## \HMS jaya jaya sha.nkara hara hara sha.nkara hara hara sha.nkara mahaadeva hara OM hara OM hara OM hara OM hara OM hara OM sadaashiva aadi kaaraNa aana.nda lolaa ## } {\rm \SCRS (Victory to Shankara, Hara Shankara (Shiva).
Glory to You!) } \medskip {\obeylines ## \HMS shambho shiva sha.nkara ga.ngaa dhara hara gaurii shiva shambhuu shiva sha.nkara hara hara mahaadeva kailaasa naatha paramesha paratiisha paahi prabhu ## } {\rm \SCRS (Worship Lord Shambhoo, Shiva, Shankara and Lord of Gauri.
} \medskip {\obeylines ## \HMS shiva shiva shiva shiva shivaaya namaH OM hara hara hara hara haraaya namaH OM shivaaya namaH OM haraaya namaH OM shiva shiva shiva shiva shivaaya namaH OM shivaaya namaH OM haraaya namaH OM hara hara hara hara haraaya namaH OM ## } {\rm \SCRS (I bow to Lord Shiva.
www.bhajans.org /saibhajans/txt/sai-shiva.txt   (2147 words)

  
 HMS Warrior: 'A black snake among rabbits'? - The working Thames - Port Cities   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The launch of HMS Warrior at the Thames Ironworks, Blackwall.
HMS Warrior was launched on 29 December 1860 during the coldest winter for 50 years.
In 1864 the Warrior was paid-off for refitting and her guns were upgraded to four 8-in and 27 7-in muzzle loading rifled cannon.
www.portcities.org.uk /london/server.php?show=ConNarrative.58&chapterId=1014   (500 words)

  
 MuggleNet | Madam Puddifoot's | Ship List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Known in fandom as HMS Orange Crush, named for Ginny's crush on Harry and her hair color, HMS Chocolate Orange or HMS Chocolate, deeming Ginny's crush over and replacing it with the chocolate moment, and Emerald Flame, after Harry's eyes and Ginny's hair.
Known in fandom as HMS Harmony, a blending of their names and their harmonious relationship, and HMS Pumpkin Pie, named for a work of fanfiction that had Hermione kiss Harry after he ate a piece of pumpkin pie.
Also known in fandom as HMS Heron, a blending of their names, and I Believe in Trees, a name depicting the belief that a relationship is as obvious as the existence of trees.
www.mugglenet.com /editorials/madampuddifoot/shiplist.shtml   (3925 words)

  
 Fleet Air Arm 826 squadron profile. Squadron Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
In November 1940 the squadron embarked on HMS Formidable for convoy duties via Capetown to Egypt, and in February 1941 the squadron attacked Mogadishu, Somalia, and Massawa, Eritrea before joining the Mediterranean Fleet.
In June 1944 it embarked on HMS Indefatigable for the 17 July Operation Mascot against the German battleship Tirpitz at Kaa Fjord, North Norway, and subsequent patrols off the Norwegian coast.
The squadron later embarking on HMS Formidable for further strikes against the Tirpitz in the Operations Goodwood in August 1944, followed by strikes against enemy shipping and shore targets in Norway.
www.fleetairarmarchive.net /squadrons/826.html   (677 words)

  
 HMBC - Caldercraft catalog
HMS Agamemnon : 64 gun ship of Royal Navy 1781, static model, scale 1 : 64, length : 1300 mm.
HMS Cruiser : Brigg Rigged Sloop 1797, static model, scale 1 : 64, length : 850 mm.
HMS Diana : 38 Gun Heavy Frigate 1794, static model, scale 1: 64, length : 1180 mm.
www.hmbc.nl /merk/caldercraft.html   (654 words)

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