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Grover is a surname found with people in India as well as with people of English ancestry. The two names, however, are distinct in formation and share no common origins. In India, the Grovers are a clan among the Punjabi Khatris and the word is the anglicized version of "Guruwara". [1]
When writing about civilian ships, consider omitting common prefixes (e.g. "MS") from the article body, as italicizing the ship's name is often enough to identify it as a ship. Do not use the definite article the before a prefix or when introducing a ship for the first time; e.g., at the beginning of the lead section:
The Juniper class ships, launched in the late 1990s, are the second class of purpose-built Coast Guard seagoing buoy tenders. They are designed and operated as multi-mission platforms. While the 180s also performed other Coast Guard missions, they lacked the speed, communications, navigation and maneuverability of the new Junipers.
The current Juniper is much larger at 225 feet and 2000 tons, and was the first cutter to fully leverage and implement many technological advances such as electronic charting, position keeping, and remote engineering monitoring and control. Juniper is also designed to skim and recover oil in the event of an oil spill.
This category is for pages about names used by more than one ship of the Indian Navy.Only shipindex pages should be included in this category. Individual ships (including those that are the only one to bear the name) should instead be categorised in Category:Ships of the Indian Navy, or the relevant subcategory for the type of vessel.
Grover first became popular as a given name in the United States during the presidencies of Grover Cleveland, in part of a long-standing American trend of naming babies after presidents. [1] Cleveland's official given name was Stephen; he was named after Stephen Grover, a former minister at the church his parents attended.
Grover is a tall, gangly, dark-blue monster who speaks in a variety of Indian accents. Grover owns a dhaba which is the best and the most hygienic dhaba in the Galli. Grover is associated with disruptive fun and learning. Grover's over enthusiasm to help others gets in the way at times.
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...