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Raleigh (other)
Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh is the capital of the U.S. state of North Carolina, named after Sir Walter Raleigh. Raleigh may also refer to: Places Australia *Raleigh, New South Wales Canada *Raleigh, Newfoundland and Labrador United Kingdom *Raleigh, Pilton, a historic manor in North Devon United States * Raleigh, Florida * Raleigh, Georgia * Raleigh, Illinois * Raleigh, Indiana * Raleigh, Iowa * Raleigh, Mississippi * Raleigh, North Dakota * Raleigh, North Carolina * Raleigh, Memphis, a suburban community in Tennessee * Raleigh, West Virginia * Raleigh County, West Virginia Organizations * Raleigh Bicycle Company, a bicycle manufacturer * Raleigh International, a UK-based educational development charity * Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh, a Roman Catholic diocese that covers the eastern half of the U.S. state of North Carolina Ships *CSS Raleigh (1861), CSS ''Raleigh'' (1861), a gunboat *CSS Raleigh (1864), CSS ''Raleigh'' (1864), an ironclad ram *HMS Raleigh (1806), HMS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, List of United States cities by population, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak, oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Raleigh
The Diocese of Raleigh is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church that covers the eastern half of the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archbishop of Atlanta. On July 5, 2017, Pope Francis named Luis Rafael Zarama to be the 6th Bishop of Raleigh; Zarama was installed on August 29, 2017 at the recently consecrated Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral. History Pope Pius IX erected the Vicariate Apostolic of North Carolina, taking the entire state of North Carolina from the Diocese of Charleston and making it a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Baltimore, on 03 March 1868. Benedictine monks from St. Vincent's Archabbey arrived in the western part of North Carolina acquired land, and started a new foundation in 1876. Pope Leo XIII elevated the priory to an abbey, known as Belmont Abbey, on 19 December 1884, whereupon the monks elected Father Leo Haid as their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Raleigh (LPD-1)
USS ''Raleigh'' (LPD-1), the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport docks, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy named for the capital of North Carolina, which in turn honors the English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh, the first to attempt the establishment of an English settlement in the United States of America. Her keel was laid down by the New York Naval Shipyard of Brooklyn, New York, on 23 June 1960. She was launched on 17 March 1962 sponsored by Mrs. Terry Sanford, wife of the Governor of North Carolina, and commissioned on 8 September 1962. She was decommissioned in 1991 after deploying for the Gulf War. Service history 1962–1969 After fitting out through mid-December, ''Raleigh'' steamed to Norfolk, Virginia for the holiday season. In January 1963, she steamed for shakedown to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, but returned to the building yard in late February for the correction of design deficiencies in her aviation gasoline system. Returning to Guantánamo i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Raleigh (CL-7)
USS ''Raleigh'' (CL-7) was the fourth light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, built for the United States Navy. She was the third Navy ship named for the city of Raleigh, North Carolina. The first being , a 32–gun frigate built in 1776, during the American Revolution, and captured by the British in 1778. The second was the protected cruiser , commissioned in 1894, and decommissioned in 1919. ''Raleigh'' spent most of her pre-war career in the Atlantic. Her first duty was to assist in the USAAS's first aerial circumnavigation of the world in 1924. In 1936, ''Raleigh'' joined Squadron 40-T in neutrality patrols during the Spanish Civil War where she would serve until 1938, when she would be transferred to the Pacific. This led her to be fatefully moored in Pearl Harbor at berth F-12 on the morning of 7 December 1941, where she took a torpedo in her No.2 boiler room and claimed five victories with her anti-aircraft batteries with no loss of life. Constructio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Raleigh (C-8)
USS ''Raleigh'' (C-8) was a United States Navy protected cruiser of the ''Cincinnati'' class, commissioned in 1894 and in periodic service until 1919. The second ship named ''Raleigh'', was laid down on 19 December 1889 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; launched 31 March 1892; sponsored by Mrs. Alfred W. Haywood; and commissioned on 17 April 1894. The ship was named after the City of Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Pre-Spanish–American War Remaining in the yard for another five months, ''Raleigh'' shifted to Hampton Roads in early September, then conducted shakedown in Chesapeake Bay. In January 1895, she completed fitting out at the torpedo station at Newport, Rhode Island, and on the 25th put to sea to join the North Atlantic Squadron for battle practice in the Caribbean. In June, she put into New York, whence she moved south again for a cruise around the Florida peninsula; and in August, she returned to New York for voyage repairs before resuming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Raleigh (1776)
USS ''Raleigh'' was one of thirteen ships that the Continental Congress authorized for the Continental Navy in 1775. Following her capture in 1778, she served in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Raleigh''. The ship is featured on the flag and seal of New Hampshire. As USS ''Raleigh'' ''Raleigh'', a 32-gun frigate, was authorized by Continental Congress on 13 December 1775. Built by Messrs. James Hackett, Hill, and Paul under supervision of Thomas Thompson, the keel was laid on March 21, 1776, at the shipyard of John Langdon on what is now Badger's Island in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on May 21, 1776. With a full-length figure of Sir Walter Raleigh as figurehead, ''Raleigh'' put to sea under Captain Thomas Thompson, who also supervised her construction, on August 12, 1777. Shortly thereafter, she joined ''Alfred'' and sailed for France. Three days out they captured a schooner carrying counterfeit Massachusetts money. Burning the schooner and her cargo, except for samples, the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Raleigh (shore Establishment)
HMS ''Raleigh'' is a stone frigate (shore establishment), serving as the basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is spread over several square miles, and has damage control simulators and fire-fighting training facilities, as well as a permanently moored training ship, the former HMS Brecon (M29), HMS ''Brecon''. Its principal function is the delivery of both New Entry Training & Basic Training. History HMS ''Raleigh'' was commissioned on 9 January 1940 as a training establishment for Ordinary Seamen following the Military Training Act 1939, Military Training Act which required that all males aged 20 and 21 years old be called up for six months full-time military training, and then transferred to the Military reserve force, reserve. During the Second World War, 44 sailors and 21 Royal Engineers were killed when a German bomb hit the air-raid shelter they were in at ''Raleigh'' on 28 April 1941. In 1944, the United States Navy took ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Raleigh (1919)
HMS ''Raleigh'' was one of five heavy cruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War, although the ship was not completed until 1921. She was assigned to the North America and West Indies Station when she commissioned and often served as a flagship. After visiting ports in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and both coasts of the United States and Canada in 1921–1922, ''Raleigh'' ran aground off Labrador in August 1922 with the loss of a dozen crewmen. The ship was partially salvaged in place and was demolished with explosives in 1926, although she remains a diveable wreck in very shallow water. Design and description The ''Hawkins''-class cruisers were designed to be able to hunt down commerce raiders in the open ocean, for which they needed a heavy armament, high speed and long range. The ships had an overall length of , a beam of and a draught of at deep load. They displaced at normal load and at deep load. Their crew consisted of 712 officers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Raleigh (1873)
HMS ''Raleigh'' was an unarmoured iron or "sheathed"-masted frigate completed in 1874. She was one of a series of three designed by Sir Edward Reed. The other two iron-hulled frigates of independent design were and . The Controller originally intended to build six of these big frigates, but only three were ordered in view of their high cost. They retained the traditional broadside layout of armament, with a full rig of masts and sails. Although widely believed to be named after Sir Walter Raleigh, the ship was in fact named for George of Raleigh. Building programme The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of ''Raleigh'' and the other two iron frigates. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. (Note that costs quoted by J.W. King were in US dollars.) *Date first commissioned. Design ''Raleigh'' displaced 5,200 tons and was long between perpendiculars by wide, and drew . She was designed as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fourth Rate
In 1603 all English warships with a compliment of fewer than 160 men were known as 'small ships'. In 1625/26 to establish pay rates for officers a six tier naval ship rating system was introduced.Winfield 2009 These small ships were divided into three tiers, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth rates. Up to the end of the 17th century the number of guns and the compliment size was adjusted until the rating system was actually clarified. A 'Fourth Rate' was nominally a ship of over thirty guns with a complement of 140 men. In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorize sailing warships in the 18th century, a fourth-rate was a ship of the line with 46 to 60 guns mounted. They were phased out of ship of the line service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as their usefulness was declining; though they were still in service, especially on distant stations such as the East Indies. ''Fourth-rates'' took many forms, initially as small two decked warships, later as larg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Raleigh (1845)
Six ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Raleigh'', after Sir Walter Raleigh: * HMS ''Raleigh'' was a 32-gun fifth rate, previously the American . She was captured in 1778 by and and was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS ''Raleigh''. She was sold in 1783. * was an 18-gun launched in 1806. She was used as a target from 1839 and was sold in 1841. * was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1845 and wrecked in 1857, due to striking an uncharted rock near Hong Kong. * HMS ''Raleigh'' was to have been a wood screw frigate. She was ordered in 1860, but was cancelled in 1863. * was an iron screw frigate launched in 1874 and sold in 1905. * was a heavy cruiser launched in 1919 and wrecked in 1922. * is the current basic training establishment of the Royal Navy, in Torpoint Torpoint ( kw, Penntorr) is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated opposite the city of Plymout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruizer Class Brig-sloop
The ''Cruizer'' class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged with three masts whereas a brig-sloop was rigged as a brig with only a fore mast and a main mast. The ''Cruizer'' class was the most numerous class of warships built by the British during the Napoleonic Wars, with 110 vessels ordered to this design (including two completed as ship sloops, and another 3 cancelled), and the second most numerous class of sailing warship built to a single design for any navy at any time, after the smaller 10-gun s. Of the vessels in the class, eight (8%) were lost to the enemy, either destroyed or taken. Another was taken, but retaken. Fourteen (13%) were wrecked while in British service. Lastly, four (4%) foundered while in British service. In all cases of foundering and in many cases of wrecking all the crew was lost. Many of the vessels in the class were sold, some into mercantil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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