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Training Ships
A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old Hulk (ship type), hulks used to house classrooms. As with receiving ships or accommodation ships, which were often hulked warships in the 19th Century, when used to bear on their books the shore personnel of a naval station (as under section 87 of the Naval Discipline Act 1866 (29 & 30 Vict. c. 109), the provisions of the act only applied to officers and men of the Royal Navy borne on the books of a warship), that were generally replaced by shore facilities commissioned as stone frigates, most ''"Training Ships"'' of the British Sea Cadets (United Kingdom), Sea Cadet Corps, by example, are shore facilities (although the corps has floating Training Ships also, including TS Royalist (2014), TS ''Royalist''). The hands-on aspect provided by sail training has also been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Port Bow View Of The Singapore Training Ship RSS PANGLIMA (P-68) Underway
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''English alphabet#Letter names, a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, ''English articles, a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Britannia
Six ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Britannia'', after Britannia, the goddess and personification of Great Britain: * was a 100-gun first rate ship of the line launched in 1682, rebuilt in 1719 and broken up in 1749. * was a 100-gun first rate launched in 1762. She was renamed HMS ''Princess Royal'' in 1812, HMS ''St George'' later in 1812, and HMS ''Barfleur'' in 1819. She was broken up in 1825. * was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line launched in 1820. She was a training ship after 1859, and broken up in 1869. * , a 120-gun first rate ship of the line renamed ''Britannia'' in 1869, as she replaced the previous vessel in the cadet training role. She was broken up in 1916. * was a ''King Edward VII''-class pre-dreadnought battleship Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built from the mid- to late- 1880s to the early 1900s. Their designs were conceived before the appearance of in 1906 and their classifi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type 679 Training Ship
''Zheng He'' is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy training ship. Its NATO reporting name is Daxin. The ship is a Naval Academy unit based with the North Sea Fleet. ''Zheng He'' was the first domestically designed and built oceangoing training ship. Its visit to Pearl Harbor in 1989 was the PLA's first port visit to the United States since 1949. The ship circumnavigated Earth between April to September 2012. When the ship left Dalian Dalian ( ) is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China (after Shenyang ... on 17 April, it was expected to be the first such voyage by a lone Chinese training vessel. References {{Authority control Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy Training ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy Auxiliary training ship classes Ships built in China 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type 680 Training Ship
The Type 680 training ship with NATO reporting name Dadu, otherwise known as ''Qi Jiguang'' is a training ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy. It joined the PLA Navy on 21 February 2017. Construction and career ''Qi Jiguang'' engaged in a number of training voyages around the Indo-Pacific Region in 2019, notably visiting Wellington in New Zealand between 22 and 26 October. Rear Admiral Yu Wenbing invited various New Zealanders to a courtesy reception scheduled for 29 October 2019. Victoria University of Wellington staff discussed whether it was appropriate to attend the reception; in the event, Assistant Vice-Chancellor Rebecca Needham, a former director of the VUW Confucius Institute, attended the event, along with several staff members of the university's Confucius Institute attended. The New Zealand Defence Force said the visit had been arranged through normal diplomatic channels. On September 26 2023 ''Qi Jiguang'' had a three day goodwill visit to Papua New Guinea. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Burrfish
USS ''Burrfish'' (SS/SSR-312) was a of the United States Navy named for the burrfish (''Chilomycterus schoepfi''), a swellfish of the Atlantic coast. The vessel entered service in 1943 and saw action during World War II and in the postwar era. In 1961 ''Burrfish'' was loaned to the Royal Canadian Navy where she served as HMCS ''Grilse'' (SS 71) and was used primarily as a training boat from 1961 until 1969. Construction and career ''Burrfish'' was launched on 18 June 1943 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, sponsored by Miss Jane Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Senator James J. Davis from Pennsylvania. The boat was commissioned 14 September 1943. ''Burrfish''s war operations extended from 2 February 1944 to 13 May 1945 during which period she completed six war patrols, sinking one 5,894-ton German tanker ''Rossbach'' in Japanese waters on 7 May 1944 and, along with , a 200-ton patrol boat on 17 November 1944. Her operating area extended from the Western Caroline ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cisne Branco
*''For the similarly named official march of the Brazilian Navy, see Cisne Branco (march)'' ''Cisne Branco'' is a tall ship of the Brazilian Navy, based at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, used for diplomatic and public relations operations worldwide. The name means "white swan." It is a full-rigged ship built in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Damen Shipyard. Her keel was laid on 9 November 1998, and she was christened and launched on 4 August 1999, delivered to the Brazilian Navy on 4 February 2000. The vessel was commissioned as a Brazilian naval vessel on 9 March 2000. Its sister ship is . Previous vessels of the same name ''Cisne Branco'' is the third Brazilian Navy sail-training yacht to carry this famous name. The first ''Cisne Branco'' was the classic wooden yacht ''Tritonia'', which was designed by the legendary naval architect Alfred Mylne, and built by Alexander Robertson & Sons in 1910. The yacht arrived in Brazil in 1978, and after extensive repairs undertook an extended 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BNS Shaheed Ruhul Amin (1994)
BNS ''Shaheed Ruhul Amin'' was an offshore patrol vessel of the Bangladesh Navy used as a training ship. She was built and served as a Royal Navy Island-class patrol vessel HMS ''Jersey'' (P295) from 1977 to 1993. History British service was built at Aberdeen, being launched in 1976 by Princess Anne and subsequently commissioned into the Royal Navy later that year. She was the first ship of the class to be commissioned; six more followed her. As part of the Fishery Protection Squadron, along with her sister ships, ''Jersey'' patrolled the waters around the UK (sometimes also Gibraltar) providing protection for Britain's fishing grounds, as well as providing oil and gas platform protection. In 1993 she became involved in the Cherbourg incident, when ''Jersey'' captured the French trawler ''La Calypso'' in the Channel Islands waters on 2 April 1993. She was decommissioned in 1993. All of the Island class were decommissioned by January 2004, being replaced by the modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV 3508 - JDS Kashima BB 2
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. The medium is capable of more than "radio broadcasting", which refers to an audio signal sent to radio receivers. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Americo Vespucio Em Veneza
Americo (or Américo) is a Portuguese- and Spanish-language given name, occasionally used as a surname and in other cultures. It is a variant of the name Henry. English diminutives or hypocorisms include Rico & Eric. People with the name include: Arts and entertainment * Américo (born 1977), a Chilean singer * Americo Boschetti (born 1951), a Puerto Rican musician * Américo Castilla, an Argentine artist *Americo Garcia, member of the electronic music duo Boombox Cartel * Américo Hoss (1914–1990), a Hungarian-Argentine cinematographer * Americo Makk (1927–2015), a Hungarian-American artist * Americo Paredes (1915–1999), a Mexican-American author * Americo Sbigoli (died 1822), an Italian singer * Pedro Américo (1843–1905), a Brazilian painter, politician, and scientist Pseudonyms *Américo Elísio, literary pseudonym of Brazilian statesman and scientist José Bonifácio de Andrada Politics and government * Américo Boavida (1923–1968), an Angolan physician and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Die Burg Mit Der Präsenten Gorch Fock Davor (Flensburg-Mürwik Juli 2015), Bild 04
Die, as a verb, refers to death, the cessation of life. Die may also refer to: Games * Die, singular of dice, small throwable objects used for producing random numbers Manufacturing * Die (integrated circuit), a rectangular piece of a semiconductor wafer * Die (manufacturing), a material-shaping device * Die (philately) * Coin die, a metallic piece used to strike a coin * Die casting, a material-shaping process ** Sort (typesetting), a cast die for printing * Die cutting (web), process of using a die to shear webs of low-strength materials * Die, a tool used in paper embossing * Tap and die, cutting tools used to create screw threads in solid substances * Tool and die, the occupation of making dies Arts and media Music * ''Die'' (album), the seventh studio album by rapper Necro * Die (musician), Japanese musician, guitarist of the band Dir en grey * DJ Die, British DJ and musician with Reprazent * "DiE", a 2013 single by the Japanese idol group BiS * die!, an inactive Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAP Unión (Callao)
BAP ''Unión'' (BEV-161) is a training ship of the Peruvian Navy built in 2012–2015 by Shipyard Marine Industrial Services of Peru, known as SIMA. It is a four-masted, steel- hulled, class "A" barque, composed of 38 steel modules. It has a total length (including bowsprit) of ; a beam of ; a draft of ; an air draft of ; a displacement of 3,200 tonnes; a speed of and a crew of 250 officers and trainees. The ship's name honors a Peruvian corvette that took part in the first stage of the 1879–1883 War of the Pacific as part of a naval squadron under the command of Miguel Grau, a hero of the Peruvian Navy. Like other similar ships, ''Unión'' has been conceived not only for training purposes, but also to be a sailing ambassador for its home country. Due to its features and dimensions, it has been considered (as of the date it was commissioned) the largest sail vessel in Latin America. History For a long time, the Peruvian Navy desired a training ship for instruction of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
