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LÉ Banba (CM11)
LÉ ''Banba'' (CM11) was a in the Irish Naval Service (INS) and was one of three purchased by the Irish government to replace the three Flower Class Corvettes purchased in 1946. The other two were and . LÉ ''Banba'' was named after Banba, a legendary queen of the Tuatha Dé Danann and also a poetic name for Ireland. The ship was the former Royal Navy vessel . Handover The name ''Banba'' was originally allocated to be borne by one of the six s ordered in 1946, but only three were delivered and the name was not used. On 22 February 1971, the former ''Alverton'' was handed over to the INS, and commissioned on 23 February by Lt. Cdr. Deasy at Gibraltar. Following her commissioning, ''Banba'', in company with ''Fola'', worked up in the Western Mediterranean so that they could complete Harbour Acceptance Trials and Sea Acceptance Trials. On 20 March both ships left the Mediterranean for home, however on the way a storm blew up forcing them to take refuge in Lisbon. The two newest a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alverton
:''Alverton can also be a variant of Alverston or Alton (other), Alton.'' Alverton is an English Hamlet (place)#United Kingdom, hamlet and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district of Nottinghamshire. It is joined by neighbouring Kilvington to form an area for a parish meeting. It contains 22 houses surrounded by farmland, and reported 61 residents in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. The River Devon, Nottinghamshire, River Devon and its tributary, the Winter Gill (stream), Beck, run along its eastern border. Amenities There is a Montessori nursery school at Staunton-in-the-Vale (1.6 miles, 2.6 km), primary schools at Orston (2.1 miles, 3.4 km) and Bottesford, Leicestershire, Bottesford (3.6 miles, 5.8 km), and secondary schools at Bingham, Nottinghamshire, Bingham (7.3 miles, 11.7 km), Bottesford and Newark-on-Trent (7.5 miles, 12.1 km). Alverton has no shops or places of worship. The nearest Anglican church is Staunton, Nottinghamshire#St Mary's Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |