The United Kingdom Naval Support Facility is a Royal Navy base established in Bahrain on 13 April 1935, as part of the port at Mina Salman. In 1950, the...
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Two Minas Geraes-class battleships were built for the Brazilian Navy in the early twentieth century. Named Minas Geraes and São Paulo, these "dreadnought"...
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Mina Anna Maria Mazzini OMRI (born 25 March 1940) or Mina Anna Quaini (for the Swiss civil registry), known mononymously as Mina, is an Italian singer...
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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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capable of operating heavier naval aircraft. She was commissioned into the MB as Minas Gerais (named after the state of Minas Gerais) in 1960; the first...
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construction and igniting a naval arms race between Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Two months after its completion in January 1910, Minas Geraes was featured in...
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Mina Spiegel Rees (August 2, 1902 – October 25, 1997) was an American mathematician. She is known for her assistance to the US Government during WWII,...
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anniversary of Naval Aviation, the São Pedro da Aldeia Naval Air Base (BAeNSPA) was officially created. FORAERNAV was composed of Minas Gerais, the 1st...
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Mina Salman (Arabic: ميناء سلمان ) is a seaport located in Manama, Bahrain. Mina Salman was a natural harbour prior to the establishment in 1962 of the...
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in 2022. Bahrain Eyes French-Origin Egypt-Built Gowind Corvettes Mina Salman Naval Base is a facility currently shared with the United States Navy and...
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Mina Chang (born October 29, 1984) is an American singer, activist, and former government official. She served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the...
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the Brazilian desire for naval preeminence in Latin America was quelled, though this proved to be short-lived. Although the Minas Geraes class remained in...
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ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (V-2) (category Falklands War naval ships of Argentina)
pieces of equipment, which were used as spares for the Brazilian carrier Minas Gerais, another Colossus-class ship which had been heavily modified in the...
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corvettes and offshore patrol vessels developed since 2006 by France's Naval Group, formerly known as DCNS, to conduct missions in the littoral zone...
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Gondor (redirect from Minas Anor)
bridge across the Anduin behind them. Minas Tirith then faced direct land attack from Mordor, combined with naval attack by the Corsairs of Umbar. The...
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Brazilian Navy (section Naval revolts)
dreadnoughts, Minas Geraes and São Paulo, would be delivered in 1910. The third dreadnought was redesigned multiple times in response to advancing naval technology...
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Mina "Margery" Crandon (1888–November 1, 1941) was an American psychic medium who said that she channeled her dead brother, Walter Stinson. Investigators...
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before World War I. Elswick supplied its 12-inch 45-calibre guns for the Minas Geraes-class battleships completed by itself and Vickers in 1910 for Brazil...
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Brazilian Marine Corps (redirect from Corps of naval fusiliers)
Marine Corps (CFN; Portuguese: Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, lit. 'Corps of Naval Riflemen'), is the land combat branch of the Brazilian Navy. The Corps is...
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officially Aeropuerto Internacional General Francisco Javier Mina (General Francisco Javier Mina International Airport) (IATA: TAM, ICAO: MMTM) is an international...
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Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) (redirect from List of naval terms)
privateer. See also letter of marque. action stations admiral A senior naval officer of flag rank. In ascending order of seniority in the Royal Navy:...
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Vargas was supported by the people, the military and the political elites of Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul and Paraíba. The movement grew out of local resentment...
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Prestwich (Burberrys Ltd.), Farnworth, Lancashire. James Richard Hickish, MINA, Naval Constructor, Admiralty. Arthur Laurence Higham, Engineer and Manager...
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included the acquisition of the Minas Geraes-class battleships and several other vessels. This naval expansion sparked a naval arms race between Brazil, Argentina...
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USS Whipple (FF-1062) (redirect from ARM Mina)
to 1995. In 2002, Whipple was donated to the Mexican Navy and renamed ARM Mina (F-214). Whipple was the third ship of the United States Navy named in honor...
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(1905–1997); Florence van Straten (1913–1992); Grace Murray Hopper (1906–1992); Mina Spiegel Rees (1902–1997). Ignotofsky, Rachel (2017). Women in Science: 50...
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symbol of national power, the arrival of these new warships renewed the naval arms race between the United Kingdom and Germany. Dreadnought races sprang...
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at sea. Special Boat Team 22 inserted SEAL Teams 8 and 10 to capture the Mina Al Bakr Oil Terminal and Polish GROM commandos captured the Khor Al-Amaya...
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Kenitra (redirect from Mina Hassan Tani)
capital of the similarly named Kénitra Province. During the Cold War, the US Naval Air Station Port Lyautey served as a stopping point in North Africa. The...
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461 128.59 299.1 50 Mun Iloilo Miagao 68,115 156.80 434.41 119 Mun Iloilo Mina 24,042 43.40 553.96 22 Mun Iloilo New Lucena 24,314 44.10 551.34 21 Mun Iloilo...
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