Empire Duke was a 7,067 GRT cargo ship that was used during the Second World War in investigations into the metallurgical problems that Liberty ships...
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Mecklenburg-Schwerin and a member of the Waffen-SS. He was born in Schwerin, the eldest child of the reigning Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Frederick Francis...
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Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS)
main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy...
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RFA Wave Duke (A246) was a Wave-class fleet support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built at Sir J. Laing & Sons Ltd at Sunderland. She saw service...
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& Storry 2002, pp. 11–14 Cavendish, Richard (June 1998). "Arrival of SS Empire Windrush". History Today. Vol. 48, no. 6. Retrieved 11 March 2023. "Pathe...
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List of rulers of Austria (redirect from Duke of Austria)
House of Babenberg. At that time, those states were part of the Holy Roman Empire. From 1246 until 1918, the duchy and its successor, the Archduchy of Austria...
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serving with the Waffen-SS tank corps. In May 1943, Friedrich Franz was passed over as heir in favour of his younger brother Duke Christian Louis. (Abolished...
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claims on the Holy Roman Empire. In 1251, he married Adelaide of Burgundy (c. 1233 – October 23, 1273), daughter of Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy and Yolande...
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Edward VIII (redirect from Edward, Duke of Windsor)
May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20...
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Totenkopf (section German Empire)
universal cap badge of the SS, the SS-TV also wore this insignia on the right collar tab to distinguish itself from other SS formations. The Totenkopf...
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with SS Theomitor at 57°58′N 20°38′W / 57.967°N 20.633°W / 57.967; -20.633. Taken in tow by a Royal Navy ship but sank on 22 November 1941. Empire Doreen...
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RFA Wave Chief (redirect from SS Empire Edgehill)
support tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary that was built in 1946 as SS Empire Edgehil by Harland & Wolff, Govan, Glasgow, United Kingdom. She saw service...
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Otto the Great (redirect from Otto I (Holy Roman Empire))
repeated battles with German dukes, most recently with Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, and Burchard II, Duke of Swabia, had weakened the position and resources of the...
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Order of Saint Stanislaus (House of Romanov) (redirect from Order of St. Stanislaus (Russian Empire))
with the cypher "SS". The single-headed eagle on the Polish order's cross was replaced with the double-headed eagle of the Russian Empire. All administration...
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the army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty Prince Eugene may also refer to: Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish...
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Generaloberst (section Waffen-SS)
Kriegsmarine – Generaladmiral Waffen-SS – SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS Schutzstaffel (SS) – Oberst-Gruppenführer Sturmabteilung...
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Empire Darwin was a British 6,765 GRT CAM ship built in 1941 by William Gray & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport...
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Conrad II (February/March 1172 – 15 August 1196), was Duke of Rothenburg (1188–1191) and Swabia from 1191 until his death. He was the fifth son of Frederick...
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British prince, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900...
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Sunk Torpedoed SS Empire Adventure was a 5,787-ton steamship built in 1920 as the Eastney. She was sold to France in 1924 and renamed Germaine L D. In...
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was salvaged and shipped to Canada. It was installed in SS Captain C D Secord in 1954. Empire Meteor was a 7,457 GRT cargo ship which was built by J L...
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Bernard of Septimania (redirect from Bernard, Duke of Septimania)
(795–844), son of William of Gellone and cousin of Charlemagne, was the Duke of Septimania and Count of Barcelona from 826 to 832 and again from 835 to...
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SS Empire Advocate was a 5,787 ton steamship which was built in 1913 as the Solfels. She was taken as war reparations in 1919 and renamed Bowes Castle...
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(27 September 1275 – 27 October 1312), also called John the Peaceful, was Duke of Brabant, Lothier and Limburg (1294–1312). He was the son of John I of...
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– 23 April 2019) was the Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 until his abdication in 2000. He was the first Grand Duke of Luxembourg of French agnatic...
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was one of Mussolini's biggest business deals. However, the duke resigned soon after SS Rex broke down at Gibraltar. According to him, "My reason is...
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List of shipwrecks in the Great Lakes (redirect from SS Hiram W. Sibley)
Worldpress Blog. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2017. Shipwrecks - SS Milwaukee "Shipwrecks". Retrieved 4 April 2011. "Chequamegon". Historical...
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Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (category SS and Police Leaders)
the throne of the Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont and a general in the SS. From 1946 until his death, he was the head of the Princely House of Waldeck...
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Empire Conveyor was a 5,911 GRT shelter deck cargo ship that was built in 1917 as Farnworth by Richardson, Duck and Company, Thornaby-on-Tees, England...
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Ferdinand of Habsburg-Lorraine and Maria Beatrice d'Este, only daughter of the Duke of Modena, Ercole III d'Este. After the death of Ercole III in 1803, the...
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