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    The Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) is a small, fast boat used by the Royal Marines for troop insertion, and patrols. The ORC is primarily used when undertaking...
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    470 or in short FC470 combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC), also known as the "combat rubber reconnaissance craft," is a specially fabricated rubber inflatable...
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    reported laid up as of 2023. The Commando Raiding Craft (CRC) is a recent upgrade from the previous Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) operated by the Royal Marines...
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  • Vehicle/Personnel, Offshore Raiding Craft, Commando Raiding Craft, Landing Craft Air Cushion (Light) and Inflatable Raiding Craft. 10 Squadron provide training...
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  • On 5 November 2019 the unit was renamed 539 Raiding Squadron and is a Squadron within 47 Commando (Raiding Group) Royal Marines. "Royal Marines raiders...
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  • Committee, verifies dragonflies in the UK Offshore Racing Congress, for maritime yacht racing Offshore Raiding Craft, a boat operated by the Royal Marines...
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    February 2023 Issue 823.pdf Page 21" (PDF). "Landing Craft | Royal Navy". "Rigid Raiding Craft | BAE Systems". www.baesystems.com. Retrieved 2023-08-24...
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    was commanded from Bulwark. The exercise included deployment of Offshore Raiding Craft by 539 Assault Squadron, including two of the then new gunboat variants...
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    Service. Other smaller amphibious craft such as the Offshore Raiding Craft, Rigid Raider and Inflatable Raiding Craft are in service in much greater numbers...
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    military aid package for Ukraine. Which included "60 boats with offshore raiding craft and dive boats; more than 1,600 strike and air defence missiles;...
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    The landing craft mechanized (LCM) is a landing craft designed for carrying vehicles. They came to prominence during the Second World War when they were...
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    stand or sit. With a beam of 17+1⁄2 feet, the craft has enough room to carry four Combat Rubber Raiding Crafts with six outboard motors (2 spares) and fuel...
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    Force in May 1940, the British started on the development of a substantial raiding force under the umbrella of Combined Operations Headquarters. This was...
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  • their CIO contact and the raiding party headed to their target while the raiding boats remained 50m offshore.: Ch5  The raiding party found Mugabe's home...
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    Fast Raiding Interception Special forces Craft (FRISC), with a speed of more than 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph). Beside these special forces crafts, the...
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    force. The raiding troops were picked up by landing craft, and transferred to several motor gunboats, which returned them to Britain. The raid was entirely...
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    An oil platform (also called an oil rig, offshore platform, oil production platform, etc.) is a large structure with facilities to extract and process...
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    unable to hold and command the lakes, or stop amphibious raiding into Canada, such as the many raids on York (now Toronto) during the conflict. Even though...
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    for the British raiding force to sink two obsolete cruisers in the canal mouth at Ostend and three at Zeebrugge, thus preventing raiding ships leaving Bruges...
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    around the globe. A fast attack craft of the Chilean Navy An Osa I class missile boat in 1983. INS Sunayna, an Indian Offshore Patrol Vessel Magdeburg, a German...
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    defensive position was established. In the morning, the raiding party embarked on several landing craft and returned to Voza. Throughout 31 October and 1 November...
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  • new Future Commando Force doctrine which emphasized lighter, more agile raiding operations for the Royal Marines. The navy's amphibious shipping was subsequently...
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  • include roughly three dozen patrol craft, two dozen harbor patrol craft, six coastal patrol craft, and numerous raiding and work boats. In 2010, the coast...
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    cars. In total the Royal Marines provided four LCVP Mk5 and one Offshore Raiding Craft. The Royal Navy is delighted to come to the aid of the civilian...
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    landing craft. Following the war, all active LCAs were crewed by the Royal Marines who were given the responsibility for all landing craft and raiding in the...
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    Offshore construction is the installation of structures and facilities in a marine environment, usually for the production and transmission of electricity...
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    mark channels with buoys, erect markers for the incoming craft, handle casualties, take offshore soundings, blow up beach obstacles, and maintain voice...
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  • of October 2012, the unit had 113 boats, ranging from rubber combat raiding craft to 53-foot command boats. It also had 2,657 active and 2,507 reserve...
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  • www.defensie.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-07-23. "LCU 3607 - Landing Craft Utility | Damen". www.damen.com. Retrieved 2024-07-23. Defensie, Ministerie...
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    while its modern foundations were created during the creation of the Offshore Patrol on February 9, 1939, the PN is currently responsible for naval warfare...
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