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The scout cruiser was a smaller, faster, more lightly armed and armoured cruiser than the protected cruiser, intended for fleet scouting duties and acting as a flotilla leader. Essentially there were two distinct groups – the eight vessels all ordered under the 1903 Programme, and the seven later vessels ordered under the 1907-1910 Programmes.
Savinelli Pipes is an Italian smoking pipe maker headquartered in Milan and founded in 1876. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The company makes machine and carved pipes, and is recognized for its craftsmanship. [ 3 ]
The .320 Revolver was designed for the Webley Bull Dog pocket revolver in 1868 and similar revolvers made in Belgium that followed. The .320 can be viewed as a centerfire version of the .32 Rimfire, albeit less powerful. Certain types of .32 Short Colt cartridges had a slightly different-sized rim.
Beneteau Oceanis 321. The Oceanis 321 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb. It displaces 9,700 lb (4,400 kg) and carries 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) of ballast. [1] [3]
Despite having a heavy cruiser hull, she was classed as a light cruiser because her main armament of four 5 inch guns was smaller than the 8 inch guns usually found on heavy cruisers. The Des Moines-class cruiser was an entirely new heavy cruiser design that attempted to improve upon the Baltimore class. While the basic deck and machinery ...
The United States Navy deployed an iron-hulled paddle gunboat, USS Michigan, to the Great Lakes in 1844. Von der Tann became the first propeller-driven gunboat in the world. Conradi shipyards in Kiel built the steam-powered 120 long tons (120 t ) gunboat in 1849 for the small navy of Schleswig-Holstein .
The New Orleans-class design was a test bed for innovations in cruiser design, and there were three distinct designs within the class. Originally called the Astoria class, the class was renamed after USS Astoria was sunk and the surviving ships of the class underwent substantial reconstruction. Design #1: New Orleans, Astoria, and Minneapolis.
In 1946 she was the flagship of the 4th Cruiser Squadron and in 1951 she became the flagship of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron. [ a ] Swiftsure was updated for commonality with HMS Superb with three 'Glasshouse' Directors with Type 275 radar for the 4-inch guns, Type 960M Long Range Air Warning and a more powerful 40 mm light anti-aircraft armament ...