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  • Thumbnail for Third-rate
    In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two...
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  • The Hawk class were a minesweeper class of the United States Navy during World War II. All three vessels were originally fishing trawlers acquired by requisition...
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  • Thumbnail for Lapwing-class minesweeper
    The Lapwing-class minesweeper, often called the Bird class, was an early "AM-type" oceangoing minesweeper of the United States Navy. Seven ships of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Loch-class frigate
    The Loch class was a class of anti-submarine (A/S) frigate built for the Royal Navy and her Allies during World War II. They were an innovative design...
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  • RAF El Amiriya RAF El Amiriya is a former Royal Air Force military airfield in Egypt, located approximately 16 km south-southwest of Alexandria; 180 km...
    4 KB (435 words) - 20:54, 26 January 2022
  • RAF El Daba El Daba is a village and rail station about 180 km West of Alexandria by road. RAF El Daba (otherwise Desert Landing Ground 105) is a former...
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  • Thumbnail for British M-class submarine
    The British Royal Navy M-class submarines were a small class of diesel-electric submarines built during World War I. The unique feature of the class design...
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  • Thumbnail for P-class sloop
    The P class, nominally described as "patrol boats", was in effect a class of British coastal sloops. Twenty-four ships to this design were ordered in May...
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  • The Prestonian-class ocean anti-submarine escort frigate was a class of 21 frigates that served with the Royal Canadian Navy from 1953–1967 and with the...
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  • Thumbnail for Mirka-class frigate
    The Mirka class was the NATO reporting name for a class of light frigates built for the Soviet Navy in the mid to late 1960s. The Soviet designation was...
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  • Thumbnail for Passaic-class monitor
    The Passaic-class ironclad monitors of the U.S. Navy saw service in the U.S. Civil War and the Spanish–American War. The class was an improved version...
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  • Thumbnail for Sarancha-class missile boat
    The Sarancha class is the NATO reporting name for a hydrofoil missile boat built for the Soviet Navy. The Soviet designation was Project 1240 Uragan (Серия...
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  • The Yurka class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy and export customers between 1963 and 1970. The Soviet designation was Project 266...
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  • Thumbnail for Muravey-class patrol boat
    The Muravey-class is the NATO reporting name for a class of hydrofoil patrol boats built for the Soviet Navy between 1983 and 1989. The Soviet designation...
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    Autobahnpolizei is the term in Germany for the highway patrol. Heavy traffic and high-speed accidents resulted in the creation of special police units...
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  • Thumbnail for Accentor-class minesweeper
    The Accentor-class minesweeper, sometimes called the Accentor/Acme-class minesweeper, was a small minesweeper used by the United States Navy during World...
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  • Thumbnail for Aggressive-class minesweeper
    The Aggressive-class minesweepers are a class of US-built minesweepers. They are designated as MSO (Mine Sweeper Ocean), distinguishing them from the smaller...
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  • Royal Air Force Skellingthorpe or more simply RAF Skellingthorpe is a former Royal Air Force station which was operational during the Second World War...
    8 KB (638 words) - 16:47, 2 February 2023
  • No. 42 Squadron is an active transport squadron of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF). It was formed at Rongotai Airport (Wellington) in December...
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  • Thumbnail for Swiftsure-class ship of the line
    The Swiftsure-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir John Henslow. HMS Swiftsure Builder: Adams...
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