Air Force Graham Eric Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, KG, GCB, AFC, FRAeS, FCMI (born 4 December 1949), informally known as Jock Stirrup, is a former senior Royal...
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Marathon, Florida (redirect from Marathon Key)
of Key Colony Beach. Among the islands within the city limits are Boot Key, Knight's Key, Hog Key, Vaca Key, Stirrup Key, Crawl Key, Little Crawl Key, East...
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departed New Castle, Delaware, bound for New Orleans, Louisiana. Off Stirrup Key on 24 June, Vixen came under the fire of a British ship, HMS Moselle...
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A stirrup jar is a type of pot associated with the culture of Mycenaean Greece. They have small squat bodies, a pouring spout, and a second nonfunctioning...
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The Great Stirrup Controversy is the academic debate about the Stirrup Thesis, the theory that feudalism in Europe developed largely as a result of the...
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A stirrup spout vessel (so called because of its resemblance to a stirrup) is a type of ceramic vessel common among several Pre-Columbian cultures of...
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were extensively damaged or destroyed. On Boot Key, Fat Deer Key, Stirrup Key, Tingler Island, and Vaca Key – five of the islands which comprise the city...
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Berry Islands (redirect from South Stirrup Cay)
the chain and is known as "the billfish capital of the Bahamas." Little Stirrup Cay is leased by Royal Caribbean International, which calls it CocoCay...
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Heavy cavalry (section Advent of the stirrup)
tactics of mounted warfare were significantly altered by the stirrup. A rider supported by stirrups was less likely to fall off while fighting, and could deliver...
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Technological determinism (section The stirrup)
According to White, the superiority of the stirrup in combat was found in the mechanics of the lance charge: "The stirrup made possible- though it did not demand-...
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Industrial Revolution. Manufacturing in the area consisted of bridle bits, stirrups, keys, cabinet locks, plane irons, buckle tongues, chains and saddles. Its...
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word comes from the Middle French sautoir, Medieval Latin saltatoria ("stirrup"). From its use as field sign, the saltire came to be used in a number...
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would take place April 20–23, leaving from Miami, sailing to Key West and to Great Stirrup Cay. Originally, the cruise was supposed to take place on the...
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to operate cruises to Havana with Key West Florida, and to the Bahamas to either Freeport or Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay. Between 9 September and 14 October...
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dynasty Song dynasty cavalry wielding crossbows with stirrups Fifteenth century crossbowman using a stirrup along with a belt hook and pulley Detailed illustration...
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Great Isaac Cay Great Ragged Island Great Sale Cay Great Seal Cay Great Stirrup Cay - a private island of Norwegian Cruise Line Green Cay Green Turtle...
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46 mi) west of Stirrup Key (24°44′30″N 81°02′32″W / 24.7418°N 81.0423°W / 24.7418; -81.0423 (Adam W. Spies)) in the Florida Keys. All 10 people on...
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Northumberland. William and Mary United States The barque was wrecked on the Stirrup Key, Bahamas with the reported loss of about 170 lives. She was on a voyage...
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Bouches-du-Rhône, France. J. L. Gerrity United States The schooner was wrecked on Stirrup Key. Crew saved. Jupiter United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Ruma Bay...
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during the cruise both on the ship and on the private island of Great Stirrup Cay.[citation needed] In January 2016, Norwegian Pearl took to the Caribbean...
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schooner was stranded 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Stirrup Key in the Florida Keys. All 10 people on board survived. Addie United States The...
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ladder – Ladder to facilitate egress from the water by divers Boarding stirrup – A suspended step to help divers lift themselves from the water into a...
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November 2020 Conservative Life peer Advocate General for Scotland Lord Stirrup 28 January 2011 Crossbench Life peer Former Chief of the Defence Staff...
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Dive boat (redirect from Boarding stirrup)
fitting. Open sided rigid "hook" stirrups allow the foot to be positioned on a rigid stirrup without removing the fin. Stirrup steps have the same ergonomic...
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Ship State Description Æolus United States The ship was wrecked on the Stirrup Key. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to New Orleans, Louisiana. Helen...
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hundreds of old Slavic hrivnas (semifinished iron products), tools, stirrups, keys and further artifacts. Weapons except axes are nearly missing what led...
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USCGC Cape Shoalwater (redirect from HMBS Fenrick Stirrup (P06))
Panamanian motor vessel Seven Seas from 32 nmi (59 km) from southeast of Sombrero Key following mutiny aboard the vessel in which three of the crew of Seven Seas...
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December 19, 2007. "Spacewalking astronauts conquer stiff bolt, install key power unit on 2nd trip outside". Associated Press. 2012. Archived from the...
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Access equipment Boarding stirrup Diver lift Diving bell Diving ladder Diving platform (scuba) Diving stage Downline Jackstay Launch and recovery system...
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Exchanged October 13, 1863. Died after fall from a horse due to a broken stirrup, February 19, 1864, near Dog River Factory, Alabama. Barksdale, William...
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