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Assail may refer to: * Assail (Malazan), a continent in the ''Malazan Book of the Fallen'' series * HMAS ''Assail'' (P 89), an ''Attack''-class patrol boat * USS ''Assail'' (AM-147), an ''Admirable''-class minesweeper See also * Assail Bank * Assailant An assault is the act of committing physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in crim ...
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Assail (Malazan)
Ian Cameron Esslemont (born 1962) is a Canadian writer. He was trained and has worked as an archaeologist. He is best known for his series ''Novels of the Malazan Empire'', which is set in the same world as the '' Malazan Book of the Fallen'' epic fantasy series written by his friend and collaborator, Steven Erikson. Esslemont is the co-creator of the Malazan world. Biography Ian Cameron Esslemont was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He has lived and worked in Southeast Asia, including four years spent in Thailand and Japan. He is currently working on a new trilogy set in the Malaz world. He lives in Alaska with his wife, novelist Gerri Brightwell, and their three sons. Works Esslemont and Erikson co-created the Malazan world in 1982 as a backdrop for role-playing games. In 1991 they collaborated on a feature film script set in the same world, entitled ''Gardens of the Moon''. When the script did not sell, Erikson greatly expanded the story and turned it into a novel. The ...
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HMAS Assail (P 89)
HMAS ''Assail'' (P 89) was an of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Design and construction The ''Attack'' class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats (based on lessons learned through using the s on patrols of Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft. Initially, nine were ordered for the RAN, with another five for Papua New Guinea's Australian-run coastal security force, although another six ships were ordered to bring the class to twenty vessels. The patrol boats had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were in length overall, had a beam of , and draughts of at standard load, and at full load.Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946'', p. 86Blackman (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69'', p. 18 Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied to the tw ...
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USS Assail (AM-147)
''T-120'' was a minesweeper of the Soviet Navy during World War II and the Cold War. She had originally been built as USS ''Assail'' (AM-147), an , for the United States Navy during World War II, but never saw active service in the U.S. Navy. Upon completion she was transferred to the Soviet Union under Lend-Lease as ''T-120''; she was never returned to the United States. ''T-120'' was sunk by in the Kara Sea in September 1944. Because of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy was unaware of this fate and the vessel remained on the American Naval Vessel Register until she was struck on 1 January 1983. Career ''Assail'' was laid down on 1 November 1942 at Tampa, Florida, by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 27 December 1942; sponsored by Miss M. T. Hicks; and completed on 5 October 1943. She was transferred to the Soviet Union on the day she was completed under the lend-lease program, and she served the Soviet Navy as T-120 until she was torpedoed and sunk 24 September 1944 in the ...
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Assail Bank
Assail Bank is a bank in South Passage of the Houtman Abrolhos, in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th .... It is nominally located at .'' Gazetteer of Australia'' (1996). Belconnen, ACT: Australian Surveying and Land Information Group. References Houtman Abrolhos {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub ...
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