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HMS Cicero, ex-Empire Arquebus. Empire Arquebus was a 7,177 GRT landing ship laid down as Cape St Vincent for United States War Shipping Administration and completed in 1944 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington as Empire Arquebus. Managed by Donaldson, Brothers and Black Ltd., To Royal Navy in 1944 and renamed HMS Cicero.
After the Normandy Landings, Empire Arquebus was laid up in the Clyde. [7] Empire Arquebus later served in the Pacific. [8] In January 1945 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty and commissioned as HMS Cicero, under which name she served out the remainder of the war, [4] although it would appear that she remained named as Empire Arquebus.
The Handboogdoelen civic guard was armed with longbows, while the Voetboogdoelen civic guard wielded crossbows and the Kloveniersdoelen civic guard used an early type of musket, the arquebus. The Kloveniersdoelen was the oldest of the three. [1] Amsterdam's militia guilds were formed in the Middle Ages to defend the city against attack.
4 May 1900 1 October 1901 12 March 1903 December 1903 Deleted 1 October 1920; still for sale at Toulon in January 1922. Arquebuse: 1 August 1900 1900 15 November 1902 May 1903 Sold for scrap 1 March 1921 at Bizerte. Arbalète: 1 August 1900 23 November 1900 28 April 1903 August 1903 Sold for scrap 10 May 1921 at Toulon. Mousquet: 14 November 1900
The engines were designed to produce a total of 6,300 indicated horsepower (4,700 kW) [1] for a designed speed of 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph), [3] all the ships exceeded their contracted speed during their sea trials [1] with Arquebuse reaching a speed of 30.8 knots (57.0 km/h; 35.4 mph).
The Obice da 105/14 modello 17 was a howitzer used by Italy during World War II. The howitzer was designed by Schneider in 1906. [ 1 ] It was chosen by the Italian Regio Esercito to serve as their new field gun, but licence production by Ansaldo was slow.
In England, in 1629, a harquebusier's armour cost one pound and six shillings, that of a cuirassier four pounds and ten shillings. [11] A more wealthy harquebusier may have worn a buff coat (the finest quality buff coats were often more expensive than an iron cuirass) under his armour and a metal gauntlet to protect his bridle hand and forearm ...
1-105 was occupying Obie's Ridge when it was ordered to move up to 3-105's position and join the left flank of the 165th Infantry, and the right flank of the 106th Infantry, however, this required crossing 1,700 yards of open terrain. [6] On 2 July, 1-105 marched at double time across the open ground and dug in at their objective.