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  Hunt Class MCMVs
The Hunt Class was envisaged as a sophisticated minesweeper designed principally to work in coastal and shallow water areas, such as the approaches to the River Clyde, where many of Britain's nuclear submarines are based.
Each Hunt Class ship has a displacement of 685 tons and is 57 metres long, with a breadth of 10 metres and a draught of 3 metres.
Hunt Class vessels were deployed to the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq war, to ensure allied shipping lanes remained clear of mines.
www.btinternet.com /~warship/Today/hunt.htm   (1463 words)

  
 Modern Edition - Hunt Class Mine Sweeper
The Hunt Class Minesweepers were ordered to replace the aging Ton Class vessels and were designed principally to work in coastal and shallow water areas, such as the approaches to the River Clyde, where many of Britain's nuclear submarines are based.
The Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels (MCMVs) combine the roles of minehunting and minesweeping.
Three Hunt Class vessels, Cottesmore, Brecon and Dulverton, were assigned to the Northern Ireland Squadron in 1998 to patrol the province's waterways and participate in counter terrorist operations in support of British Forces and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC).
www.triangminicships.com /modern_edition/rn/p765_main.htm   (329 words)

  
 East Carolina University
Class French is an account of experiences en route to Guadalcanal and his tour of duty on the island.
The U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) Class of 1941 is comprised of individuals concerned with preserving the history of their USNA graduating class and the naval history of the United States.
The collection is comprised of correspondence and specifications (1986-1991) concerning the Class of 1941 50th Anniversary memorial project, which was the construction of a new observatory at the USNA and the restoration of an 1857 refractor telescope.
www.history.navy.mil /sources/nc/ere.htm   (16751 words)

  
 Hunt class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Three ship classes of the Royal Navy have been known as the Hunt class.
The Hunt class of 20 minesweepers launched in 1916 that served in World War I.
The Hunt class of 13 minesweepers (also known as Hunt Class Mine Countermeasure Vessels) launched from 1978 to 1988.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hunt_class   (129 words)

  
 Yoga Class - Information
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Rail 55 Class 55 no. Rail Class 86 Class 86 no. Rail 121 Class 121 unit ship classes of M : The M class destroyer 1913 M, built M class destroyer L M class, launched ship classes of Hunt class.
The Hunt minesweeper 1916 Hunt of 20 Hunt minesweeper 1978 Hunt of 13 Aylwin.
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 John Lambert Plans , Warship Drawings, Equipment, Fittings & Boats
HUNT CLASS MINESWEEPING SLOOP HMS SALTASH of 1918
ADMIRALTY ISLES CLASS A/S M/S TRAWLER, HMT LINDISFARN of 1942
She was to be built as a wire minesweeper, but as the steam minesweeping winch was not completed she went to sea with only the winch bed fitted.
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 South African Navy - Unlikely Ambassadors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The minesweepers SAS Kaapstad (the former HMS Hazleton) and SAS Pretoria (HMS Dunkerton) and the seaward defence boat SAS Nautilus (HMS Glassford) left Portsmouth on 4 October 1955 and sailed via Lisbon, Las Palmas, Dakar, Abidjan, Pointe Noire, Walvis Bay, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and East London to Durban (22 November).
Meanwhile the minesweepers SAS Johannesburg, Walvisbaai and Windhoek, as well as the diving support and torpedo recovery vessel, SAS Fleur, visited Durban and Lourenço Marques at the end of May 1972, and in November 1972, SAS Johannesburg and Mosselbaai visited Lobito.
Meanwhile, for the first time since 1978, the SAN was able to obtain ships from abroad, namely, six "Lindau" Class (Type 351) minesweepers (built in 1958-1959) from the German Navy - four to be commissioned, while the remaining two would be used for spare parts.
www.navy.mil.za /about_san/history/ambassadors.htm   (8842 words)

  
 Swedish Navy
T 32 class MTBs Displacement: 38.5t standard Armament: 2-533mm TT, 1-40mm Complement: 16
PLEJAD class fast attack craft (torpedo) Displacement: 155t standard; 170t full load (Perseus 145t standard) Armament: 2-40mm, 6-533mm TT, 4-103mm and 12-57mm RFL Complement: 33
HUGIN class for attack craft (missile) Displacement: 120t standard (Jagaren 115t); 150 full load (Jagaren 140t) Armament: 6 penguin Mk 2 SSM, 1-57mm/70, 103mm RFL, 24 mines or 2 DC racks instead of missiles Complement: 18
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /swedish_navy.htm   (350 words)

  
 Paxman History Pages - Paxman and the Royal Navy
Redpole was originally Seal Class 'Sea Otter' until becoming Bird Class in 1985 when she was renamed (see note in previous section).
The other four in class were built by Richard Dunston of Hessle, Humberside and completed between 1975 and 1977.
RSC (Range Safety Craft) Alfred Herring VC (built 1978) and RSC Michael Murphy VC (built 1983) were the two boats of the 24 metre Honours Class, similar to the RAF Spitfire Class.
www.nelmes.fsnet.co.uk /paxman/paxmanRN.htm   (2609 words)

  
 Shane's Shiplist
HMAS Obereon class SS conversion APMA 3/1980 pp 2 1980
HMS Fernie Hunt I DD Doc-Modell 1/700 resin
HMS Hunt class DD Warship Vol 44 pp 217 1987
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 SHIPWRECKS OF FLORIDA
This barge sits in 80 feet of water and was deployed on the 31st Dec 1978.
USS Amesbury a Buckley Class Destroyer of 306 feet in length lies in 40 feet of water..
USS Curb was a 300-foot naval salvaging tug that was sunk on November 24th 1983 as an artificial reef.
www.electricbluefishing.com /shipwrecks_of_florida.htm   (3116 words)

  
 Doug Ross @ Journal
On October 16, 1978, at age 58, he succeeded Pope John Paul I, fulfilling a prophecy made to him decades earlier by Padre Pio that he would become Pope.
The submarine is from the I-400 Sensuikan Toku class of subs, the largest built before the nuclear-ballistic-missile submarines of the 1960s.
Ostensibly the class was for would-be government employees, because the civil-service exam had a minimum typing speed requirement.
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 Pearl Tom: ZoomInfo Business People Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Tom's next venture into fictionalized Irish history, The Tenants of Time (Dutton, 1988), covered the period from the failed Fenian insurrection of 1867 to the aftermath of Parnell fall in 1891.
In 1994, he concluded his trilogy with The End of the Hunt (Dutton), which probed the grievances, valor, and personal ambitions that motivated Irish revolutionary nationalism during the Anglo-Irish and Civil Wars.
Tom's fictional and scholarly journey through key phases of Ireland's difficult, often frustrating, journey to political independence exhibit vast research, judicious and perceptive analysis, a keen sense of time and place, and clear and elegant prose.
www.zoominfo.com /people/tom_pearl_259721218.aspx   (550 words)

  
 My Life With Computers
My first exposure to computers where I got any hands on experience was when I was just near the end of my junior year of high school (in the USA this is 11th of 12 grades) in 1973.
The other 40 weeks of the year I had been in an advanced math class with seniors (a grade ahead of me) and they had just graduated.
The S-3A's mission is to hunt submarines and kill them, as well as carrier based delivery of supplies (when the weapons system is removed).
home.pacbell.net /dmccord/computers.html   (1657 words)

  
 Nautical Books
PD FP 1997 Lady commander in her stealth destroyer hunts Chinese submarine, runs up Yangtze river, and raids into the heart of China, all in attempt to stop holocaust.
WWII FP 1989 Tiny 230-ft minesweeper Rob Roy fights E-boats, subs and planes to clear sea lanes for convoys.
1970s FP 1978 Hijacked supertanker and crew of terrorists attacks enormous oil rig in North Sea, in the midst of monstrous storm.
www.bazillionbooks.com /nautical.html   (12197 words)

  
 The Nautical Fiction List: Page 15 of 15
Kelso is captured but he is released because of his new wife's ability to turn a fate worse than death to an advantage.
Lady Susan wants to make money out of India, much to her husbands disgust, so while she exploits the natives he attempts to eliminate the pirate threat.) Fair Wind to Malabar, 1978 [9] (After the defeat of France and Holland two French warships ally themselves to the Mahrattan pirates and threaten the prosperity of India.
Penhaligon is assigned the task of destroying the French 74 GIRONDE, which is preying on British shipping in the Med.) Clear for Action, 1978 [2] (The daughter of the admiral commanding Minorca elopes with Penhaligon.
www.boat-links.com /books/nfl/nautfic-15.html   (2875 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Animal People Obituaries
Dietz enjoyed his greatest success, however, when in 1975 he teamed with his longtime friend Harry Goodridge, the Rockport harbormaster, to coauthor A Seal Called Andre, about the successful rescue and rehabilitation of a young harbor seal who was orphaned by a fishnet.
Richard A. Baker, 18, of St. Peters, Missouri, was electrocuted on June 6, the day after he graduated from high school as class president, when he lifted a 30-foot aluminum irrigation pipe to free a rabbit who had become trapped inside and one end of it touched a power line.
Morris I made 58 commercials for 9 Lives cat food between 1969 and his death at age 19 in 1978; was featured in two books; was reputed model for the cartoon cat Garfield, drawn by Jim Davis; and traveled 200,000 miles making appearances.
www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/misc/animalpeople.htm   (10640 words)

  
 Japanese Minesweepers
W5 class Displacement: 620t standard; 706t trial Armament: 2-4.7in/45, 1-3in/40 AA, 1 MG Complement: 87
ATADA class, class minesweepers Displacement: 240t standard; 260t full load Armament: 1-20mm
Was extant as MST 426, a mother ship for the MSB inshore minesweeper 1995
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /japanese_minesweepers.htm   (187 words)

  
 Uruguayan Navy
The class consisted of three ships, Armed with two 20mm Guns and One 37mm Guns.
Built by Bath Iron Works in the US for the US navy, This was the first escort Frigate to be built after World war two.
and the was not modified compared to the rest of the class.
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /uruguayan_navy.htm   (653 words)

  
 TI-92 Plus Assembly Games - ticalc.org
They are originally written mainly by Scott Adams and Brian Howarth between 1978 and 1987, first for TRS-80, then for Apple II, BBC B, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.
A demo program of an algorithm where a Chess horseman tries to go over all the squares of the board of an arbitrary size, and each square only once.
A treasure hunting text adventure (ported from Commodore 64) with rich descriptions, in which you explore an underground cave system, full of treasures (and daemons too).
www.ticalc.org /pub/92plus/asm/games   (7253 words)

  
 Tri-ang Minic Ship Models
1 x P 700 Invincible Class Carrier (6.8")
Set 2 - Type 42 Batch 3 "Manchester" Class Destroyers
Set 4 - Type 42 Batch 2 "Exeter" Class Destroyers
www.collectableships.com /models/Tri-ang.htm   (748 words)

  
 World Navies Today: United Kingdom
A new class of two larger carriers is being planned.
These will be civilian-manned ships built to commercial standards, but with the general appearance and configuration of LPDs.
Displacement: 1,280 tons full load Dimensions: 61.10 x 11 x 4.27 meters (200 x 36 x 14 feet) Propulsion: 2 diesels, 1 shaft, 4,380 bhp, 16.5 knots Crew: 35 Armament: 1 40 mm, 2 7.62 mm (P297, P300: 1 30 mm) Patrol vessels, primarily meant for fisheries and oil field duties.
www.hazegray.org /worldnav/europe/uk.htm   (2272 words)

  
 Naval Ship Covers & US Navy Postal History (A - M Ship Names)
USS CALVERT (APA 32) clear AUG 26 1957 cancel on 3-c Liberty, violet patriotic cachet with anchor design, FIRST CLASS handstamp on front, violet The / IMPORTANCE / of the / NAVY / is / INCREASING handstamp on backflap.
Clear JAN 26 1974 cancel ties 8-c Lyndon Johnson stamp with selvedge franking #6 cover to Ohio, large well-struck violet cachet with eagle marks its commissioning earlier.
Clear 20 MAY 1978 cancel on 13-c Pony Express / railroad #6 postal stationery to Ohio, large fl fancy cachet for her 'FIRST DAY IN COMMISSION', neatly addressed, small V8 and T1 routing marks on back.
www.judnick.com /LotsOfCovers/NavalShips.htm   (13910 words)

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