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HMAS Penguin
Three ships and two shore installations of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS ''Penguin'' after the aquatic, flightless bird: * , a composite sloop originally commissioned by the Royal Navy, before being transferred to the RAN in 1913 as a depot ship * HMAS ''Penguin'', a second-class protected cruiser, , was renamed ''Penguin'' in 1923 when it was converted to accommodations * HMAS ''Penguin'', a submarine depot ship HMS ''Platypus'' built for the Royal Navy before being transferred to the RAN as in 1919 and renamed ''Penguin'' in 1929. The ship was renamed ''Platypus'' in 1941. * HMAS ''Penguin'', the Royal Australian Navy's primary naval base on the east coast of Australia, located on Garden Island in Sydney, was known as HMAS ''Penguin'' until it was renamed in January 1943. * , one of the RAN's major training establishments, is located in Balmoral, New South Wales. Three other bases were established as subordinate to the Garden Island base. These were also give ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy, naval branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The professional head of the RAN is Chief of Navy (Australia), Chief of Navy (CN) Vice admiral (Australia), Vice Admiral Mark Hammond (admiral), Mark Hammond. The Chief of Navy is also jointly responsible to the Minister for Defence (Australia), Minister for Defence (MINDEF) and the Chief of the Defence Force (Australia), Chief of the Defence Force (CDF). The Department of Defence (Australia), Department of Defence, which is a part of the Australian Public Service, administers the ADF, and ergo, the Royal Australian Navy. In 2023, the Surface Fleet Review was introduced to outline the future of the Navy. The navy was formed in 1901 as the Commonwealth Naval Forces (CNF) through the amalgamation of the colonial navies of Australia following the federation of Australia. Although it was originally intended for local defence, it became increasingly responsible for regional defence as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early Middle Ages, medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Kingdom of France, France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the English Navy of the early 16th century; the oldest of the British Armed Forces, UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the early 18th century until the World War II, Second World War, it was the world's most powerful navy. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Depot Ship
A depot ship is an auxiliary ship used as a mobile or fixed base for submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, fast attack craft, landing craft, or other small ships with similarly limited space for maintenance equipment and crew dining, berthing and relaxation. Depot ships may be identified as tenders in American English. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose. Function Depot ships provide services unavailable from local naval base shore facilities. Industrialized countries may build naval bases with extensive workshops, warehouses, barracks, and medical and recreation facilities. Depot ships operating within such bases may provide little more than command staff offices,Lenton (1975) pp.391-394 while depot ships operating at remote bases may perform unusually diverse support functions. Some United States Navy submarine depot ships operating in the Pacific during World War II included sailors with Construction Battalion rating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penguin (other)
A penguin is a flightless bird from the Southern Hemisphere. Penguin or penguins may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Penguin'' (album), by Fleetwood Mac * ''Penguin'' (book), a children's picture book by Polly Dunbar *Penguin (character), a villain in the ''Batman'' comic books * ''Penguin'' (film), a 2020 Indian film * ''Penguins'' (film), a 2019 Disney nature documentary film *'' The Penguin King'', a 2012 nature documentary, also released as ''Penguins'' and ''Penguins 3D'' * ''The Penguin'' (TV series), a TV series on Max *The Penguins, an American doo-wop band *''The Penguins of Madagascar'', or simply ''Penguins!'', an animated television series *"Penguins", an episode of the television series ''Teletubbies'' *Nickname for the nun who ran the Catholic orphanage in ''The Blues Brothers'' (film) *Opus the Penguin, from the comic strip ''Bloom County'' by Berkeley Breathed *"Penguin", a 2011 song by Christina Perri from ''Lovestrong'' Businesses * Penguin (rest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
