are also known as motor launches. Motor launches were slower than motor torpedo boats and motor gun boats Although small by naval standards, it was larger...
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launch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Launch or launched may refer to: Launch (boat), one of several different sorts of boat Motor launch (naval)...
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War, Britain fielded a variety of motor launches (MLs), motor torpedo boats (MTBs), motor gunboats (MGBs) and motor anti-submarine boats (MASBs), which...
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high standard. In naval use, the launch was introduced as a ship's boat towards the end of the 17th century. On each warship, the launch was usually the...
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maintained by Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust Motor launch Harbour defence motor launch Fairmile C motor gunboat Steam gun boat Motor torpedo boat Coastal...
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Masula boat Missile boat Monitor Motorboat Motor Launch (naval) Mini Gascogna Top of page Narrowboat Naval ship Nordland Norfolk wherry Top of page Oiler...
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leaving formation to turn into the wind for launch or recovery of aircraft. The speed of the carrier during launch effectively decreased the takeoff distance...
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linear induction motor (LIM), which uses alternating current (AC) to generate magnetic fields that propel a carriage along a track to launch the aircraft...
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Standard for post-quantum cryptography Mom Luang, a Thai royal title Motor launch (naval), a type of small Royal Navy vessel used by British Coastal Forces...
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A naval ship (or naval vessel) is a military ship (or sometimes boat, depending on classification) that is used by a navy. Naval ships are differentiated...
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PT boat (redirect from PT-103 class motor torpedo boat)
A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive...
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underwater vehicles and unmanned surface vehicles. As a naval vessel, a drone carrier is capable of launching and picking up combat drones without the need for...
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designs built by the UK and US and by different manufacturers. The British motor landing craft (MLC) was conceived and tested in the 1920s and was used from...
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criticism that the British, by launching HMS Dreadnought, threw away a strategic advantage. Most of the United Kingdom's naval rivals had already contemplated...
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Egyptian Navy, the Republic of Korea Navy (South Korea) and the Turkish Naval Forces. The term amphibious assault ship is often used interchangeably with...
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AOE class at Naval Technology AOE class at US Navy Military Sealift Command Archived 2005-11-19 at the Wayback Machine AOE class at US Naval Vessel Register...
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expenditures in light of the increasing cost of keeping up with German naval production and in part because he felt the type to be outdated, Fisher authorized...
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A replenishment oiler or replenishment tanker is a naval auxiliary ship with fuel tanks and dry cargo holds which can supply both fuel and dry stores...
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while carrying powerful weapons. Previously, increasing the potency of naval artillery required larger projectiles, which required larger and heavier...
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Naval Submarine Base Bangor is a former submarine base of the United States Navy that was merged with Naval Station Bremerton into Naval Base Kitsap in...
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many as five hundred vertical launch bays for large-sized missiles, most likely cruise missiles. In current U.S. naval thinking, such a ship would initially...
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The Fairmile B motor launch (often abbreviated to 'ML') was a very numerous class of motor launch produced in kit form by British boatbuilder Fairmile...
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single ballistic missile launch tube in its sail. This submarine launched the world's first SLBM, an R-11FM (SS-N-1 Scud-A, naval modification of SS-1 Scud)...
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During the 1930s and World War II, the French Navy and later the Free French Naval Forces operated the submarine tender Jules Verne. Unable to operate a significant...
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Japanese Navy seaplane carrier Wakamiya conducted the world's first naval-launched air raids from Kiaochow Bay. The four Maurice Farman seaplanes bombarded...
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cruiser turned out to be an unsuccessful design. The rapid development of naval aircraft in the 1930s quickly rendered the vessels obsolete, and they were...
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Battlecruiser (section Naval rearmament)
Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-790-9. Halpern, Paul G. (1995). A Naval History of World War I. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press...
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In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle...
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Naval Support Activity Bahrain (or NSA Bahrain) is a United States Navy base, situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central...
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Brazilian navy. Three Mihail Kogălniceanu-class river monitors were launched by the Romanian Naval Forces in the 1990s and remain in service. The turret, steam...
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