German Naval Yards Kiel GmbH is a German shipyard at the Kieler Förde. The group is a 100% subsidiary of Privinvest, a European shipyard group which also...
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Sa'ar 6-class corvette (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
needed] All four vessels were constructed in Germany in a joint project by German Naval Yards Holdings and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The first...
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subcontracted to ADM Kiel GmbH shipyard (later owned by German Naval Yards Holdings) in Kiel, Germany. Erradii was launched on 5 December 2014. The ship went...
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subcontracted to ADM Kiel GmbH shipyard (later owned by German Naval Yards Holdings) in Kiel, Germany. El Moudamir was launched on 11 December 2015. The ship...
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ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (category Holding companies of Germany)
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems of Germany (often abbreviated TKMS) is a group and holding company of providers of naval vessels, surface ships and submarines...
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mile": 62 at Trafalgar 30 yards was "close range" "most naval battles were fought at musket shot (100 yards) or pistol shot (50 yards)" In 1812 US Constitution...
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Iskandar Safa (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
May 2020 saw the announcement that the German naval yards in Kiel, owned and run by Safa's Privinvest Holding SAL group, were entering into a long-term...
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Meyer Wismar (redirect from Nordic Yards Wismar)
VEB Mathias-Thesen-Werft Wismar, Aker MTW Werft, Wadan Yards MTW, Nordic Yards Wismar) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Wismar. After...
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Manning the rail (category Naval ceremonies)
of saluting (or rendering honors) used by naval vessels. The custom evolved from that of "manning the yards", which dates from the days of sail. On sailing...
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Battles of Narvik (redirect from First Naval Battle of Narvik)
World War. The two naval battles in Ofotfjord on 10 April and 13 April were fought between the British Royal Navy and the German Kriegsmarine, while...
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the German 38 cm SK C/34 naval gun (15 inch) mounted on the contemporary Bismarck-class battleships, the immunity zone was from 21,500 to 36,600 yards over...
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Baltic Shipyard (redirect from Baltiysky Naval Shipyard)
(1991). "Submarine building yards". Submarines of the Russian and Soviet Navies, 1718-1990 (Google Books) (illustrated ed.). Naval Institute Press. pp. 325–326...
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Harland & Wolff (redirect from Methil Yard)
February 2021, InfraStrata acquired two BiFab yards, the £850,000 deal was struck for the Methil and Arnish yards, (but not the Burntisland facility). These...
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Omaha Beach (category Battles of World War II involving Germany)
sandbars 50 to 100 yards (50 to 90 m) out. To reach the beach they had to wade through water sometimes neck deep, and they still had 200 yards (180 m) or more...
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preservation, analysis, and dissemination of U.S. naval history and heritage located at the historic Washington Navy Yard. The NHHC is composed of 42 facilities...
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Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation (redirect from Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd)
parent company is Boustead Holdings. BHIC was known for its subsidiary Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) which is specialised in naval shipbuilding and ship repair...
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Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and...
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Dreadnought (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
firing until the range had closed to 4,300 yards (3,900 m), and most of the fighting occurred at 2,200 yards (2,000 m). At these ranges, lighter guns had...
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Franco-Prussian War (redirect from Franco-German war)
or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation...
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RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) (redirect from Naval Air Radio Installation Unit, RNAS Lee-on-Solent)
orientation were: 18/00 975 yards (892 m), 24/06 1,420 yards (1,300 m) and 11/29 1,100 yards (1,000 m), all by 50 yards (46 m) wide. Construction of...
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The chief of naval operations (CNO) is the highest-ranking officer of the United States Navy. The position is a statutory office (10 U.S.C. § 8033) held...
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Chester W. Nimitz (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander...
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Battle of the Caribbean (category Naval battles of World War II involving Germany)
Caribbean refers to a naval campaign waged during World War II that was part of the Battle of the Atlantic, from 1941 to 1945. German U-boats and Italian...
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United States Navy (redirect from U.S. Naval)
of land, or approximately one-third of the U.S. Navy's total land holdings. Naval Base San Diego, California is the main homeport of the Pacific Fleet...
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33,000 yards (30,000 m) at a German howitzer battery to calibrate her guns and fire control system, which provoked a response from the German 380-millimetre...
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352nd Infantry Division (redirect from German 352nd Division)
The 352nd Infantry Division (‹See Tfd›German: 352. Infanterie-Division) was an infantry division of the German Army during World War II. Deployed on the...
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water. The Naval Station had existed in Pearl Harbor since 1898, but in 1908 the United States Congress allocated $3 million to build Navy Yard Pearl Harbor...
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yards as laborers "to the exclusion of white people and free persons of color." Another writer noted that the employment of slaves at the naval yards...
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RUR-5 ASROC (category Naval guided missile launch systems of the United States)
Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Greece, Pakistan and others. ASROC started development as the Rocket Assisted Torpedo (RAT) program by Naval Air Weapons...
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Ted Briggs (section Naval service)
dispatched with HMS Prince of Wales to intercept the German battleship Bismarck in the Denmark Straits. The German ship was 20 years newer and slightly larger...
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