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HMS Venturer (P68)
HMS ''Venturer'' was a Second World War British submarine of the V class that sank two German U-boats and five merchant ships during the war. Following the war, the boat was sold to Norway and was renamed HNoMS ''Utstein''. She was discarded in 1964. She is the only submarine in history to have sunk another while both were submerged. Construction ''Venturer'' was the lead boat of the British V-class submarine, a development of the successful U class. She was built at the Vickers Armstrong yard in Barrow-in-Furness. Construction commenced in August 1942 and she was launched eight months later in May 1943. ''Venturer'' was commissioned on 19 August 1943. Service history On completing trials and working-up, ''Venturer'' commenced operations patrolling the Norwegian coast for coastal traffic and U-boats leaving or entering base. She was successful on several occasions, sinking three Axis vessels during 1944. She also sank the on 11 November 1944 east of Andenes, Norway, of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Venturer (P68) (IWM FL 004031)
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Venturer'', with an eighth announced: * HMS ''Venturer'' was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1787 and named . She was captured by the French in 1794, recaptured in 1797, then briefly retaken but finally recaptured. She was recommissioned as HMS ''Venturer'' and was sold in 1803. * was a 10-gun schooner, previously the French privateer ''Nouvelle Enterprise''. captured her in 1807. She was renamed HMS ''Theodocia'' in 1808 and sold in 1814. She then became the mercantile ''Theodosia''. She traded with Rid de Janeiro and was last listed in 1822. * was a V-class submarine launched in 1943 and sold to the Norwegian Navy in 1946. She was renamed HNoMS ''Utstein'' and was scrapped in 1964. * HMS ''Venturer'' has been a name allocated to three tenders of , the Bristol Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Division: ** Motor minesweeper ''261'' was HMS ''Venturer'' between 1948 and 1956 ** was HMS ''Venturer'' in 1962 ** was HMS ''Venturer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HM Submarine Venturer, Latest Submarine To Be Commissioned
HM or hm may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''HM'' (magazine), a Christian hard rock magazine * Hidden Machine, a type of item in Pokémon Businesses * H&M, a Swedish clothing company * Hindustan Motors, an automobile manufacturer of India * Air Seychelles (IATA airline code) Other uses * Heard Island and McDonald Islands (ISO 3166 digram and FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code) ** .hm, the Internet country code top-level domain ostensibly for the above * Hectometre, hm, an SI unit of length * Henry Molaison, aka Patient H.M., a man with anterograde amnesia * His or Her Majesty, a form of address for various monarchs * Hindley–Milner type system, in mathematics * Hospital corpsman, in the United States Navy * Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary The Sisters of the Humility of Mary is a Roman Catholic religious congregation, founded at Dommartin-sous-Amance, France, in 1855. The community immigrated to the United States in 1864, and established themselves near New Bedford, Pennsylva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Displacement (ship)
The displacement or displacement tonnage of a ship is its weight. As the term indicates, it is measured indirectly, using Archimedes' principle, by first calculating the volume of water displaced by the ship, then converting that value into weight. Traditionally, various measurement rules have been in use, giving various measures in long tons. Today, tonnes are more commonly used. Ship displacement varies by a vessel's degree of load, from its empty weight as designed (known as "lightweight tonnage") to its maximum load. Numerous specific terms are used to describe varying levels of load and trim, detailed below. Ship displacement should not be confused with measurements of volume or capacity typically used for commercial vessels and measured by tonnage: net tonnage and gross tonnage. Calculation The process of determining a vessel's displacement begins with measuring its draft.George, 2005. p.5. This is accomplished by means of its "draft marks" (or "load lines"). A mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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