Kaiman Mk IV
Kaiman may refer to: *''Kaiman'', lead ship of the ''Kaiman''-class torpedo boats *''Kaiman'', lead ship of the ''Kaiman''-class submarines * Moisés Kaiman (1913–2012), Polish-born Mexican rabbi *Jonathan Kaiman American journalist See also *Caiman (other) In biology, the caiman is a reptile in the subfamily Caimaninae. * ''Caiman'' (genus), a more restrictive sense for the genus within the Caimaninae Caiman may also refer to: *, a US Navy submarine that served in World War II and beyond *BAE Caim ...

Kaiman-class Torpedo Boat
The ''Kaiman'' class were high-seas torpedo boats built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy between 1904 and 1910. A total of 24 boats were built by three shipbuilding companies. Yarrow Shipbuilders built the lead ship, Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino of Trieste built 13 boats, and Ganz-Danubius constructed the remaining 10 boats at their shipyards at Fiume. The class was considered to be a successful design, and all boats saw extensive active service during World War I, undertaking a range of tasks, including escort duties, shore bombardments, and minesweeping. All survived, although several were damaged by naval mines and collisions. One was torpedoed and badly damaged by a French submarine, and two sank an Italian submarine. All the boats were transferred to the Allies and scrapped at the end of the war, except for four that were allocated to the navy of the newly created Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. These were discarded and broken up between 1928 and 1930. Design and co ...
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Kaiman-class Submarine
The ''Kaiman'' class were a class of submarines built for the Imperial Russian Navy before World War I. They were designed by Simon Lake and built at the W:m Crichton & C:o Okhta shipyard in Saint Petersburg. The boats had numerous defects resulting in a legal battle between Lake and the Russian Government. The boats were impounded in 1910 and rebuilding work took place to remedy some of the defects. The boats finally commissioned in 1911 and served in the Baltic Fleet. Ships All four ships were built by Crichton Yard, Saint Petersburg, served in the Baltic Fleet and were scuttled in Reval Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ''m ... in February 1918 to prevent capture by the Germans. Notes Bibliography * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaiman class submarine Submarine class ...
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Moisés Kaiman
Rabbi Moisés (Moshe) Kaiman (1913 – 22 January 2012) was the rabbi for the Jewish community of Monterrey, Mexico, from 1944 until his death in 2012. Besides his rabbinical duties, he acted as a liaison between the local Jewish community and the city's religious and political figures. He was a contributor to several newspapers and published six books. Biography Born in Szczuczyn, Poland, in an observant Jewish family, he became known for his knowledge and oratory. At 13, he left his home to study at the Rabbinical Seminary in Bialystock. According to anecdotes, his teachers and classmates used to call him "Moshe the sage". At 18, he graduated and received the title of rabbi. Kaiman fled Europe during World War II. His parents and siblings, and his wife's family, were murdered by the Nazis at the Auschwitz concentration camp. In 1941, Kaiman arrived in Cuba, where he was hired as a rabbi. His children were born while he worked there. In 1944 he moved to Monterrey in Mexico, af ...
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Jonathan Kaiman
Jonathan Kaiman is a journalist specializing in East Asia, especially China. He has also reported on Chinese activity in Africa as a grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, and has written for ''The New York Times'', The Atlantic, ''Foreign Policy'', and ''Reason'' magazine. A 2001 graduate of The Hudson School in New Jersey, he went on to graduate from Vassar College in 2009 after which he spent a year as a Fulbright scholar investigating the impact of modernization on ethnic folk music in China. From September 2012 to February 2015, he was the China correspondent for ''The Guardian''. From March 2015 through August 2016, he was the Asia correspondent for the ''Los Angeles Times''. In early 2017, ''National Public Radio'' noted that Kaiman was "Granted Rare Access To Pyongyang Celebration." In 2017, he was elected President of the Foreign Correspondents Club of China; that same year, he was a Foreign Press Center Japan fellow. From August 2016 until September 2018, ...
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