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    HMS Teredo was a British submarine of the third group of the T class. She was built as P338 at Vickers Armstrong, Barrow and launched on 27 April 1945...
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  • Coleophora teredo, a moth of family Coleophoridae Teredo tunneling, a protocol in computer communications for transmission of IPv6 datagrams HMS Teredo (P338)...
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    is Teredo navalis. The tunneling habit of species in the genus inspired the name of the Teredo network tunneling protocol. The submarine HMS Teredo may...
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    The shipworms, also called Teredo worms or simply Teredo (from Ancient Greek τερηδών (terēdṓn) 'wood-worm', via Latin terēdō), are marine bivalve molluscs...
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  • officer. Tait was made commanding officer of the submarine HMS Teredo in 1947 and the submarine HMS Solent in 1948, before becoming Aide-de-camp to Lieutenant...
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    provided as built due to weight restrictions, except on Tabard, Talent, and Teredo. Many other T-class boats received improvised gun shields manufactured by...
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    arose a little over a month later, mistakenly attributing the damage to HMS Teredo. On 18 December 1950, she rescued Roi Wilson, later captain of the Royal...
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    beach at Ardrossan in 1999. They were riddled with tubes made by burrowing teredo worms. A section of this wood featured in the "Flotsam and Jetsam" exhibition...
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    taken from the recently raised hull, which was completely riddled with Teredo worm. A Margate beer shop was named the Northern Belle in 1858. The tragedy...
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    Vasa (ship) (redirect from HMS Wasa)
    waters of the Baltic because, he reasoned, they were free from the shipworm Teredo navalis, which usually destroys submerged wood rapidly in warmer, saltier...
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    of fungi, bacteria and wood-boring crustaceans and molluscs, such as the teredo "shipworm", began to break down the structure of the ship. Eventually the...
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    Firstly it was intended to reduce the considerable damage caused by the teredo woodworm, and secondly the well-established toxic property of copper was...
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    Maritime Events from 5,000 B.C. until the Present Day, Brighton, Sussex: Teredo Books, ISBN 978-0-903662-10-9. Hernon, Ian (2003), Britain's Forgotten Wars:...
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  • the problem of galvanic corrosion. Copper sheathing prevented fouling and teredo worm, but could not be used on iron hulls. The iron framework of composite...
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    which were firmly embedded in silt and heavily damaged by the shipworm Teredo navalis. It was found that these ships could only be removed by the use...
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    the problem of galvanic corrosion. Copper sheathing prevented fouling and teredo worm, but could not be used on iron hulls. The iron framework of composite...
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    Teme Temeraire Tempest Templar Temple Tenacious Tenacity Tenby Tenedos Teredo Termagant Tern Terpsichore Terrapin Terrible Terror Test Tetcott Tetrarch...
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    the hull of the frigate HMS Alarm with copper sheet to reduce the growth of marine biofouling and prevent attack by the Teredo shipworm. The drag from...
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    description by experienced ship-masters and other experts. Brighton, Sussex: Teredo Books. pp. 34–36. OCLC 8953950. Some of the above information is extracted...
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    via Crew List Index Project. Williams, David; de Kerbrech, Richard (1982). Damned by Destiny. Brighton: Teredo books. ISBN 0-903662-09-4. OCLC 10284842....
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    to the danger of collapse. The cyclone of 1897 and being eaten away by teredo navalis, a salt water clam also known as the naval shipworm, eventually...
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    Williams, David L.; De Kerbrech, R. P. (1982). Damned by Destiny. Brighton: Teredo Books. ISBN 978-0-90366209-3. Streater, Les. "NORMANDIE Vols 1–5: The complete...
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    sheathing of ships' hulls with copper to try to prevent the damaging effects of Teredo worm infestations. Experiments were conducted into converting seawater into...
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    ISBN 978-1470155605. Stammers, Michael (1978). The Passage Makers. Brighton, East Sussex: Teredo Books. ISBN 090366206X. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Champion...
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    greater organic activity than freshwater, and in particular, the shipworm, teredo navalis, lives only in salt water, so some of the best preservation in the...
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    the hull of the British Royal Navy's HMS Alarm frigate was fully sheathed in copper to prevent attack by Teredo worms in tropical waters. The copper reduced...
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    in Rabaul Harbour in October 1973, due to the hull being eaten away by teredo worms. Waipu 1916 1916 - 1935 John McGregor, Dunedin 205 Steamer Waitangi...
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  • Southeast Alaska for the winter to four dolphins that had been weakened by teredos, the 733-ton, 160-foot (48.8 m) scow was blown ashore and wrecked when...
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    Reprinted in NRJ Vol. 25, pp 33–35. Michael K. Stammers: The Passage Makers. Teredo Books, Brighton, 1978; ISBN 0-903662-06-X Media related to James Baines...
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