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HMS Tumult (R11)
HMS ''Tumult'' was a S and T-class destroyer, T-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Description ''Tumult'' displaced at Displacement (ship), standard load and at deep load. She had an length overall, overall length of , a beam (nautical), beam of and a deep draft (hull), draught of . She was powered by two Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company, Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Admiralty three-drum boilers. The turbines developed a total of and gave a maximum speed of . ''Tumult'' carried a maximum of of fuel oil that gave her a range of at . Her complement was 170 officers and naval rating, ratings. The ship was armed with four 45-caliber (artillery), calibre 4.7 inch QF Mark XII, 4.7-inch (120 mm) Mark XII guns in dual-purpose gun, dual-purpose mounts. For Anti-aircraft warfare, anti-aircraft (AA) defence, ''Tumult'' had one twin mount for Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60, Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius ( ; it, Vesuvio ; nap, 'O Vesuvio , also or ; la, Vesuvius , also , or ) is a somma-stratovolcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Campania, Italy, about east of Naples and a short distance from the shore. It is one of several volcanoes forming the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a large cone partially encircled by the steep rim of a summit caldera, resulting from the collapse of an earlier, much higher structure. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, Stabiae, and several other settlements. The eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ashes and volcanic gases to a height of , erupting molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of per second. More than 1,000 people are thought to have died in the eruption, though the exact toll is unknown. The only surviving eyewitness account of the event consists of two letters by Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus. Vesuvius has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
