Western Squadron was a squadron or formation of the Royal Navy based at Plymouth Dockyard. It operated in waters of the English Channel, the Western Approaches...
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preventing a French invasion of Britain. He developed the concept of a Western Squadron, keeping an almost continuous blockade of the French coast throughout...
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The Birmingham Squadron are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Birmingham, Alabama, and are affiliated with the New...
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The Mississippi River Squadron was the Union brown-water naval squadron that operated on the western rivers during the American Civil War. It was initially...
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The West Africa Squadron, also known as the Preventative Squadron, was a squadron of the British Royal Navy whose goal was to suppress the Atlantic slave...
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the Western Approaches, where on 24 May he took his first prize a 16-gun Spanish privateer, Eagle was sent to join the Western Squadron. The Western Squadron...
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Channel Fleet (redirect from Channel Squadron)
different squadrons stationed in home waters. One of the earliest known naval formations to be based at Plymouth was called the Western Squadron which was...
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and to vice-admiral of the blue in July 1745, he took command of the Western Squadron, with his flag in the third-rate HMS Yarmouth, in July 1746. "Sir,...
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Union blockade (redirect from Western Gulf Blockading Squadron)
Blockading Squadron was tasked primarily with preventing Confederate ships from supplying troops and with supporting Union troops along the western half of...
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organized list of all of the active aircraft squadrons that currently exist in the Indian Air Force. Squadrons might have changed names and designations...
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remaining squadrons in the Home Fleet were disbanded. In 1967 the Home Fleet was amalgamated with the Mediterranean Fleet and redesignated the Western Fleet...
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sailing to join the East Indies Station in 1747. There she served in the squadron of Rear-Admiral Edward Boscawen, taking part in an aborted invasion of...
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blockade. When the Gulf Blockading Squadron was split 20 January 1862, Itasca was assigned to the Western Squadron under Flag Officer David Farragut,...
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1st Lancashire Engineers (redirect from 55 (Thames and Mersey) Signal Squadron)
Regiment's squadrons were changed, 59 becoming 59 (City of Liverpool) Signal Squadron and HQ Squadron becoming 55 (Merseyside) HQ Squadron. 33 (L&C) Signal...
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Controlling the seas off Dunkirk they joined the main British fleet (the 'Western Squadron') near Calais on 6 August, adding about a third to the total size....
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53 (Wales & Western) Signal Squadron is an Army Reserve squadron in the Royal Corps of Signals in the British Army. The only Reserve Royal Signals unit...
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was appointed Commander-in-Chief, English Channel in charge of the Western Squadron between October 1758 and May 1759). He took command of the fleet tasked...
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"naval" application the RNAS also maintained several crack fighter squadrons on the Western Front, as well as allocating scarce resources to an independent...
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Desert Air Force (redirect from AHQ Western Desert)
(USAAF) and other Allied air forces. In October 1941, the Western Desert Air Forces had 16 squadrons of aircraft (nine fighter, six medium bomber and one tactical...
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eventually by the Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station. The squadron was formed in 1745 to counter French forces in North America, with the...
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A destroyer squadron is a naval squadron or flotilla usually consisting of destroyers rather than other types of vessel. In some navies other vessels,...
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commanding was in charge of the Northern Patrol Force. Admiral Commanding Western Squadron (1650-1849) Admiral of Patrols, (1912-1916) Admiral Superintendent...
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An aggressor squadron or adversary squadron (in the US Navy and USMC) is a squadron that is trained to act as an opposing force in military wargames. Aggressor...
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VFA-147 (redirect from Attack Squadron 147 (U.S. Navy))
Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147), also known as the "Argonauts," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron based at Naval Air Station Lemoore...
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the 13th Aero Squadron' on 14 June 1917 at Camp Kelly (later Kelly Field), Texas. The squadron deployed to France and fought on the Western Front during...
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No. 5 Squadron (Tuskers) is a fighter squadron and is equipped with Jaguar IS and based at Ambala Air Force Station under the Western Air Command. The...
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No. 303 Squadron RAF, also known as the 303rd "Tadeusz Kościuszko Warsaw" Fighter Squadron, was one of two Polish squadrons that fought during the Battle...
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following is a list of all active aircraft squadrons of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), sorted by type. Squadrons are listed by their current names and roles...
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INAS 316 (category Aircraft squadrons of the Indian Navy)
March 2022. The squadron is currently operational under the Western Naval Command. The squadron is equipped with P-8I Neptune and was commissioned on 29...
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hh No. 200 Squadron is a unit of the Indian Air Force assigned to Western Air Command based out of Bathinda AFS, Punjab. The squadron participates in electronic...
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