Search results for "Type 12 frigate" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • The term frigate has been used for warships of many sizes and roles ... The term "frigate" originated in the Mediterranean in the ...
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  • The 12,000 km² (4,633mi²) National Park was created by decree on ... In June 1816, the French frigate Méduse embarked from Rochefort in ...
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  • Keeling National Park, established on December 12, 1995. ... Least and great frigate birds, (Fregata ariel) and (F. minor), also ...
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  • in the process, including the Boston-built frigate USS Merrimack. However, ... Wilkes set fire to the powerful steam frigate USS Merrimack, a ship that ...
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  • quality. In his experiment, he divided 12 scorbutic sailors (suffering ... For example, a frigate with 240 men, equipped with stores for four ...
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  • It hosts one of the largest populations of frigate birds. It was formed from ... 730 meters (2395 ft). This islands hosts frigate birds, sea lions, giant ...
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  • is a type of multihulled boat or ship consisting of two hulls, or ... power in nearly any direction in waves as high as 12 meters ...
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  • | 12,458,257This figure is from ages 20 to 49. (2005 est.) ... the Sohn Won-yil (SS 072), an 1,800-ton Type 214 submarine with Air-Independent ...
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  • | Type = Natural | Criteria = vii, ix, x | ID = 764 ... Roger Harrabin. June 12, 2006. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/5064870 ...
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  • age of nine. In the War of 1812, when only 12-years-old, he was given command ... of the European Squadron, with the screw frigate Franklin as his flagship ...
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  • and greater load-bearing ability, this type of vessel was better suited ... the galleon—a longer, more maneuverable type of ship, with all the advantages ...
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  • and Sword Books, 2005, ISBN 978-1844151479), 12, 41-74, 84-89, 157-158. ... then put under arrest and sent back to the frigate Helderenberg. The next day ...
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  • Bells are usually cast from bell metal (a type of bronze) for its ... *Sigismund is a 12 tonne bell in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, Poland ...
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  • Cochrane launched kites from the 32-gun frigate HMS Pallas in order to drop ... On July 12, 1849, the Austrian Navy ship Vulcano launched a manned ...
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  • Bakufu, built Date Maru, a 500-ton galleon-type ship that transported the ... Japanese soldiers, 531 died of disease and 12 were killed in battle. Japanese ...
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  • On January 12, 1991, the United States Congress authorized the use ... by the U.S. Air Force estimated 10-12,000 Iraqi combat deaths in ...
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