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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
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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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    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...
    6 KB (605 words) - 14:28, 26 April 2024
  • 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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    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...
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  • 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...
    27 KB (3,393 words) - 18:10, 2 December 2023
  • 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
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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
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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...
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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
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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 (9,881 words) - 11:34, 6 May 2024
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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 (16,950 words) - 23:19, 10 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 (3,782 words) - 22:15, 28 April 2024
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    The engines of Empress of Ireland were then stopped (and put full speed astern) and her whistle blown three short blasts signifying that this had been...
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  • Guard cutter USCGC Legare (WSC-144), which was about 2,000 yards (1,830 m) astern of her — the U.S. Navy submarine USS Mackerel (SS-204) fired two torpedoes...
    241 KB (32,053 words) - 11:15, 9 May 2024
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    was sighted approaching on her port side. The engines were thrown in full-astern and the helm was turned hard-a-starboard, but it was too late to avoid the...
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