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SS City Of Manchester
SS ''City of Manchester'' may refer to various ships, including: *, a 2,109-gross register ton passenger liner launched in 1851 and wrecked in 1876 *, a 534-ton wooden ship built in 1851 and sold 1860 and in again 1863 *, built in 1871 and lost off Ushant in 1885 *, built in 1903 and scrapped in 1933 *, built in 1935 and sunk 28 February 1942 by Japanese submarine '' I-153'' off Java *, built in 1950, sold in 1971, and renamed ''Kavo Yerakes'' *, so named from 1984 and 1985, named ''Hassel Werder'' before and afterwards References References cited * {{shipindex, City of Manchester, SS Ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shipwrecks In February 1942
The list of shipwrecks in February 1942 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1942. 1 February 2 February 3 February 4 February 5 February 6 February 7 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11 February 12 February 13 February 14 February 15 February 16 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 23 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27 February 28 February Unknown date References {{WWII shipwrecks 1942-02 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Submarine I-53 (1925)
''I-53'', later , later ''I-153'' , was an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser submarine of the KD3A sub-class commissioned in 1927. During World War II, she supported Japanese forces during the invasion of British Malaya in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies campaign in early 1942. She served as a training submarine until she was hulked in January 1944. She surrendered to the Allies at the end of the war in 1945. She was either scuttled in 1946 or scrapped in 1948. Background Following World War I, the Imperial Japanese Navy re-evaluated the use of submarine warfare as an element of fleet strategy due to the successful deployment of long-range cruiser-submarines for commerce raiding by the major combatant navies. Japanese strategists came to realize possibilities for using submarines for long-range reconnaissance and in a war of attrition against an enemy fleet approaching Japan.Peatty, pp. 212–14 The Japanese already had built two large, long-range submarines — and â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List of islands by population, most populous island, home to approximately 56% of the Demographics of Indonesia, Indonesian population. Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast. Many of the best known events in Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the centre of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies. Java was also the center of the History of Indonesia, Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s. Java dominates Indonesia politically, economically and culturally. Four of Indonesia's eight UNESCO world heritage sites are located in Java: Ujung Kulon National Park, Borobudur Temple, Prambanan Temple, and Sangiran Early Man Site. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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