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    Line of battle (redirect from Line astern)
    ISBN 978-02530-0-351-5. Wilson, Ben (2014). Empire of the Deep: the Rise and Fall of the British Navy. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-07538-2-920-2...
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    ship of the Russian formation. She was hit fairly quickly and began to fall astern of the other two ships. Jessen turned southeast in an attempt to open...
    40 KB (5,078 words) - 22:20, 19 November 2023
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    ship of the Russian formation. She was hit fairly quickly and began to fall astern of the other two ships. Jessen turned southeast in an attempt to open...
    29 KB (3,986 words) - 13:58, 1 February 2023
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    of the propeller, directing the thrust forwards and thus creating motion astern. In addition to the "jaws" of the cone being controlled the direction of...
    6 KB (614 words) - 06:48, 12 November 2022
  • for 2 hours 35 minutes, after which time, the British frigate began to fall astern, having lost the top portion of her mainmast. By this time Stirling,...
    10 KB (1,236 words) - 00:15, 28 March 2024
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    encouraged him but the spurt did not last long and by Finch's he had begun to fall astern. At Rose Bank, Kelley was more than a length ahead and he increased his...
    7 KB (869 words) - 18:42, 21 April 2024
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    cross-section and causing the torpedoes to miss and explode harmlessly astern. Three F-class destroyers escorting the carrier began to depth charge U-39...
    69 KB (8,183 words) - 10:54, 29 February 2024
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    ship of the Russian formation. She was hit fairly quickly and began to fall astern of the other two ships. Jessen turned southeast in an attempt to open...
    36 KB (4,761 words) - 17:46, 13 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Japanese destroyer Asashimo
    aircraft of Task Force 58, from the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto after falling astern of the Yamato task force due to engine trouble, 150 miles (240 km) southwest...
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    all 326 hands 150 nautical miles (280 km) southwest of Nagasaki after falling astern of Yamato's task force with engine trouble. 326 Navy 1941  Italy Sebastiano...
    194 KB (1,063 words) - 12:35, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Russian cruiser Rossia
    ship of the Russian formation. She was hit fairly quickly and began to fall astern of the other two ships. Admiral Jessen turned southeast in an attempt...
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  • columns of ships. From this position it could observe damaged ships falling astern of the convoy and quickly rendezvous to transfer survivors. The rescue...
    12 KB (1,687 words) - 01:28, 20 December 2022
  • Thumbnail for Japanese cruiser Iwate
    ship of the Russian formation. She was hit fairly quickly and began to fall astern of the other two ships. Jessen turned southeast in an attempt to open...
    34 KB (4,456 words) - 14:41, 28 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Russian cruiser Gromoboi
    ship of the Russian formation. She was hit fairly quickly and began to fall astern of the other two ships. Jessen turned southeast in an attempt to open...
    28 KB (3,585 words) - 18:10, 2 December 2023
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    consisted of high-pressure ahead and astern turbines driving an outboard shaft and low-pressure ahead and astern turbines, housed in the same casing,...
    43 KB (5,883 words) - 14:39, 2 February 2024
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    Boeing B-29 Superfortress to strike at the Japanese home islands. After the fall of Saipan, the Japanese High Command predicted that the Allies would try...
    81 KB (9,880 words) - 03:24, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Naval battle off St. John (1696)
    Newport, under the command of Captain Paxen, dismasting her. The prize falling astern, came almost aboard the bow of the Envieux, and lowered her flag. M...
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    of the White Star Line's captains, ordered her engines to be put "full astern". The two ships avoided a collision by a distance of about 4 feet (1.2 m)...
    127 KB (16,945 words) - 18:40, 22 May 2024
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    Officer Boxhall testified that Murdoch set the ship's telegraph to "Full Astern", but Greaser Frederick Scott and Leading Stoker Frederick Barrett testified...
    30 KB (3,787 words) - 16:24, 24 May 2024
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    93 mi) astern and 450 m (1,480 ft) below the bombers, they pulled up sharply to reduce speed. On levelling off, they were one km (1,100 yd) astern and overtaking...
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