HMS Manica was a merchant steamship that was built in England in 1901 and was scrapped in Japan in 1931. She was built as a dry cargo ship but spent the...
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Lepidoptera genitalia Manica (armguard), armguards used by Roman legionaries and gladiators Manica (ant), a genus of ants HMS Manica, kite balloon ship of...
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Marines and 55 Zanzibar Rifles to attack the town. A kite balloon flown by HMS Manica directed a naval bombardment of German positions ashore. A seaplane from...
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Archived from the original on 21 October 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2022. "HMS Manica – February to December 1916, UK out, German East Africa Campaign". Royal...
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Gallantry Medal. Early on the morning of 22 July 1916 the kite balloon ship HMS Manica suffered a small fire in Zanzibar harbour. Helmuth came alongside, with...
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as well as the seaplane carrier Ark Royal and the kite-balloon ship, HMS Manica, from which a tethered balloon was trailed to provide artillery spotting...
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Battle of Tanga, 1914". www.firstworldwar.com. Retrieved 2016-01-21. "HMS Manica – February to December 1916, UK out, German East Africa Campaign". Royal...
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civilian service in 1922 and scrapped in 1933. She was renamed HMS Wyandra in 1915, Manica in 1916, Kyokuto Maru in 1922 and Shinsei Maru No. 1 in 1925...
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HMS Europa HMS Euryalus HMS Grafton HMS Talbot HMS Theseus HMS Ark Royal HMS Manica HMS Dublin HMS Goliath (Sunk) HMS Louis (Wrecked) HMAS AE2 (Scuttled) HMS B11...
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in the Firth of Forth 5 November 1918, after a collision with HMS Royal Oak. HMS Manica, a converted tramp steamer equipped with the Navy's first kite...
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SS Himalaya (1892) (redirect from HMS Himalaya (1892))
flotilla included the auxiliary ship HMS Manica, which carried both a kite balloon and a seaplane. But Manica's seaplane suffered an engine fault, so...
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based at Dar es Salaam. On 31 July 1914, the British protected cruiser HMS Pegasus sighted Königsberg leaving Dar es Salaam, but was unable to keep...
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The Royal Navy charters the cargo ship SS Manica for conversion into the first British balloon ship, HMS Manica. The Royal Navy will be the only navy during...
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East Africa 1888-1906." The Practical Imperialist. Brill, 2006. 21-40. "HMS Manica – February to December 1916, UK out, German East Africa Campaign". Royal...
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stations on the national railway network. Railway stations in Tanzania "HMS Manica – February to December 1916, UK out, German East Africa Campaign". Royal...
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were saved. The Royal Navy converted cargo ship Manica into the first British balloon ship, HMS Manica, the only navy during World War I to design ships...
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late July. On 12 August, UB-8 fired a torpedoe at HMS Manica from 500 yards, which passed under Manica's shallow draught, the submarine was then sighted...
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World War in August and September 1915, involving the Royal Navy Q-ship HMS Baralong and two German U-boats. Baralong sank U-27, which had been preparing...
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Lindgreen, S.; Metspalu, M.; Jombart, T.; Kivisild, T.; Zhai, W.; Eriksson, A.; Manica, A.; Orlando, L.; de la Vega, F. M.; Tridico, S.; Metspalu, E.; Nielsen...
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S.; Lomitashvili, D.; Ochir-Goryaeva, M.; Sizonov, G. V.; Soyonov, V.; Manica, A. (2012-05-07). "Reconstructing the origin and spread of horse domestication...
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Deleagoa Bay. On 5 November 1861, Royal Navy Captain Bickford, of the frigate HMS Narcissus, occupied Inhaca Island and Elephant Island, and declared them...
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1916–1922 Requisitioned as a Q-ship in WW1 as HMS Baralong. Renamed HMS Wyandra. Returned 1916 and renamed Manica. Sold and renamed Kyokuto Maru and later...
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were executed. During the Gallipoli campaign, the Royal Navy balloon ship Manica lofted her observation balloon for the first time in combat. The air observer...
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services in Southern Rhodesia. Benjamin Robert Cohen, General Manager, Manica Trading Company, Beira. For services to Southern Rhodesian interests at...
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