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Caffè Ritazza is a chain of coffee shops owned by the British multinational company SSP Group. It provides a range of coffees, pastries, ciabattas, panini and alcoholic drinks at many sites internationally. The brand was developed specifically for the travel market. [1]
The first USS Jamestown was a sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Jamestown was launched in 1844 by the Gosport Navy Yard , Virginia ; and commissioned there on 12 December, with Commander Robert B. Cunningham in command.
USS Jamestown (1844), was a sloop that served from 1844 until 1892; USS Jamestown (PG-55), was a patrol gunboat that served from 1941 until 1946; USS Jamestown (AGTR-3), was originally a Liberty ship (AG-166) completed in 1945, converted and renamed in 1963, and then redesignated in 1964 to AGTR-3. Scrapped in 1970.
Painting of John Smith and colonists landing in Jamestown. On 4 May [O.S. 14 May] 1607, 105 to 108 English men and boys (surviving the voyage from England) established the Jamestown Settlement for the Virginia Company of London, on a slender peninsula on the bank of the James River.
USS Jamestown (PG-55) was a patrol gunboat and after 13 January 1943 a Jamestown-class motor torpedo boat tender acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II.Her task in her final classification was to provide a "home base" for torpedo boats in remote parts of the ocean during the war, and to provide them with necessary services, such as fuel, food, and repairs.
SSP is an operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations. The company, headquartered in London, England, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a ...
1865 picture of Wreckage of CSS Jamestown in the James River. (Photograph by Mathew Brady) On the night of May 5, Jamestown and Patrick Henry proceeded to Norfolk and returned the following night with CSS Richmond, CSS Hampton and ordnance store boats, passing the Federal battery at Newport News, Virginia unobserved on both occasions. A second ...
The James Fort c. 1608 as depicted on the map by Pedro de Zúñiga. Jamestown, also Jamestowne, was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as the capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg.