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The Duncan class of 101-gun two-decker steam line-of-battle ships are considered by Professor Andrew Lambert to have been the "final statement of the British design progress" for steam two-deckers. The class consisted of HMS Duncan and HMS Gibraltar. The Bulwark class had identical hulls.
The M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically, electrically, or pneumatically driven, six-barrel, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm × 102 mm (0.787 in × 4.016 in) rounds at an extremely high rate (typically 6,000 rounds per minute).
The Duncan class was a class of six pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1900s. The six ships—HMS Duncan, HMS Albemarle, HMS Cornwallis, HMS Exmouth, HMS Montagu, and HMS Russell—were ordered in response to Russian naval building, specifically the fast second-class battleships of the Peresvet class, which they were specifically to counter.
HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy and launched in 2010. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.
The threat caused by Duncan Lemp retrieving a rifle and pointing it at the officer, coupled with Lemp's apparent refusal to obey lawful commands, justified the shooting officer's use of deadly force. Accordingly, the Office of the State's Attorney for Howard County declines to file charges."
The victims are 49-year-old Jodie Hopcus, 73-year-old Sherri Duncan and 24-year-old Hailey Hopcus, the Kansas City Police Department said. Man arrested after 3 women found dead at Kansas City home ...
The M163 Vulcan Air Defense System (VADS), officially Gun, Air Defense Artillery, Self-Propelled 20-mm, M163, is a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) that was primarily used by the United States Army. The M163 provides mobile, short-range air defense protection for ground units against low-flying fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters.
A jury convicted Duncan last month following a five-day trial in connection with the Aug. 27, 2022, shooting death of 26-year-old Simmie Poetsema. Two of the Dutch man’s comrades were injured in ...