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Vigilant (1794 Baltimore Schooner)
Vigilant can refer to: Ships * Vigilant (1790s Baltimore schooner), ''Vigilant'' (1790s Baltimore schooner), an American schooner that carried the mail and passenger traffic in the Danish West Indies for 130 years * Vigilant (S 618), ''Vigilant'' (S 618), a French Navy ballistic missile submarine * Vigilant (yacht), ''Vigilant'' (yacht), an American yacht, the winner of the 1893 America's Cup yacht race * CGS Vigilant, CGS ''Vigilant'', a Canadian armed third-class cruiser and Great Lakes fisheries protection vessel * HMC Vigilant, HMC ''Vigilant'', a British customs cutter of HM Customs and Excise * HMRC Vigilant, HMRC ''Vigilant'', two ships and a number of cutters of the British HM Customs and Excise * HMS Vigilant, HMS ''Vigilant'', a number of ships of the British Royal Navy * HSV ''Vigilant'' (JHSV-2), a ship of the United States Navy-led joint high-speed vessel program, later renamed * , more than one ship of the United States Coast Guard * , more than one ship of the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (1790s Baltimore Schooner)
''Vigilant'' was a Baltimore schooner, possibly originally launched in 1794 as ''Nonsuch''. She appeared in the Danish West Indies as ''Vigilant'' from 1824. She carried the mail and passenger traffic between St. Croix and St. Thomas in the 19th and the first decade of the 20th century. A storm sank ''Vigilant'' on 12 September 1928. Career American service In her early career she carried flour and cotton down to the West Indies and returned to Baltimore with coffee and sugar. Captain Thomas Boyle commanded her in 1803–1804 under the American flag. The Danish West Indies Circa 1824 ''Nonsuch'' was sold to Danish West Indies' authorities, who renamed her ''Vigilant'' and used her for coast guard duties. Most famously, while under the command of Danish Captain Irmminger, with thirty soldiers on board, she captured a Spanish pirate ship that had been cruising and harassing merchant vessels in the narrow passage between St. Thomas and Puerto Rico. After her coast guard ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (S 618)
''Le Vigilant'' is a strategic nuclear submarine in service with the French Navy. See also *List of submarines of France * HMS Vigilant (S30) HMS ''Vigilant'' is the third of the Royal Navy. ''Vigilant'' carries the Trident ballistic missile, the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent. Construction ''Vigilant'' was built at Barrow-in-Furness by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering L ... - British ''Vanguard''-class ballistic missile submarine, commissioned in 1996 References Triomphant-class submarines Ships built in France 2003 ships Submarines of France {{France-mil-ship-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (yacht)
''Vigilant'' was the victorious United States defender of the eighth America's Cup in 1893 against British challenger ''Valkyrie II''. ''Vigilant'' was designed by Nathanael Greene Herreshoff and built in 1893 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. She was Herreshoff's first victorious America's Cup defender design. Design ''Vigilant'' was a centerboard sloop with all-metal (steel and bronze) construction. She was owned by a syndicate led by Charles Oliver Iselin and which included Edwin Dennison Morgan, August Belmont Jr., Cornelius Vanderbilt Cornelius Vanderbilt (May 27, 1794 – January 4, 1877), nicknamed "the Commodore", was an American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping. After working with his father's business, Vanderbilt worked his way into lead ..., Charles R. Flint, Chester W. Chapin, George R. Clark, Henry Astor Carey, Dr. Barton Hopkins, E.M. Fulton Jr. and Adrian G Iselin. She was skippered b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CGS Vigilant
CGS ''Vigilant'' was a Fisheries Protection patrol vessel employed on the Canadian Great Lakes. Completed in 1904, the vessel remained in service on the Great Lakes until 1924. The vessel was then chartered by the Canadian Customs Preventive Service until 1929 for service on the East Coast of Canada. The ship was sold to private interests and converted to a barge. She remained in service until 1956 when the vessel was broken up. Description ''Vigilant'', designed as an armed patrol vessel for service on the Great Lakes, was of steel construction and fitted with a ram bow. The vessel was long with a beam of and a draught of . ''Vigilant'' had a tonnage of . The ship was powered by two triple expansion steam engines driving two screws creating (nominal) or . This gave the vessel a maximum speed of . The vessel was armed with two QF 3-pounder guns. Service history ''Vigilant'', described as the "first modern warship to be built in Canada", was acquired for patrol service o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMC Vigilant
HMC ''Vigilant'' is a Border Agency (customs) cutter of the United Kingdom. She was launched by Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands in 2003 and is one of four cutters operated by the UK Border Force. History ''Vigilant'' entered service for the British Government by the then HM Customs and Excise in 2004. In 2008, the fleet of customs cutters was transferred, along with border control duties, from HM Revenue and Customs to the newly formed UK Border Agency. She now operates as part of the UK Border Force fleet of five cutters. Prefix The Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments merged to form HM Revenue and Customs on 18 April 2005, and from this time customs cutters changed their prefix from "HMRC" (Her Majesty's Revenue Cutter) to "HMCC" (Her Majesty's Customs Cutter). Following transfer to the UK Border Agency this was shortened to the current "HMC" (Her Majesty's Cutter) and a new livery applied to the fleet of cutters.As referenced and illustrated in thiPo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMRC Vigilant
A number of vessels of the British revenue services, at times known as the Inland Revenue, HM Customs and Excise, HM Revenue and Customs, and most recently UK Border Agency, have been named ''Vigilant'': * was a customs cutter built in 1901 and converted into a houseboat in 1920. She is currently laid up awaiting preservation. * was the former , acquired in 1921 and the sole Revenue vessel during the 1920s. * was the former , acquired in 1947. * is a customs cutter built in 2003, and in service as of 2009 (previously HMRC ''Vigilant'', and HMCC ''Vigilant''). Notes The Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise Departments merged to form HM Revenue and Customs His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (commonly HM Revenue and Customs, or HMRC, and formerly Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) is a department of the UK government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of stat ... on 18 April 2005, and from this time customs cutters changed their pref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Vigilant
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Vigilant'': * ex-French ''Le Vigilant'' captured 19 May 1745, sold 1759. * was a schooner that served on the Canadian lakes. The French captured her in 1756. * was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line, built in 1774. She was converted to a prison ship in 1799, and sank in 1806. She was raised several months later, and broken up in 1814. * was an armed ship purchased in 1777, formerly ''Empress of Russia''. She was burnt as unfit in 1780. * was a schooner, purchased in 1803 and sold in 1808. * HMS ''Vigilant'' (1806) was previously the French schooner ''Impériale'', that the packet ''Duke of Montrose'' and captured in 1806. The Royal Navy initially named her ''Vigilant'', and later that year, renamed her ''Subtle''. She was wrecked off Bermuda in 1807. * was a cutter built in 1821 and sold in 1832. * was a wood screw frigate, ordered in 1846, but cancelled in 1849. * was a wood screw gunvessel, built in 1856 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (Alexandria Fireboat)
Vigilant can refer to: Ships * ''Vigilant'' (1790s Baltimore schooner), an American schooner that carried the mail and passenger traffic in the Danish West Indies for 130 years * ''Vigilant'' (S 618), a French Navy ballistic missile submarine * ''Vigilant'' (yacht), an American yacht, the winner of the 1893 America's Cup yacht race * CGS ''Vigilant'', a Canadian armed third-class cruiser and Great Lakes fisheries protection vessel * HMC ''Vigilant'', a British customs cutter of HM Customs and Excise * HMRC ''Vigilant'', two ships and a number of cutters of the British HM Customs and Excise * HMS ''Vigilant'', a number of ships of the British Royal Navy * HSV ''Vigilant'' (JHSV-2), a ship of the United States Navy-led joint high-speed vessel program, later renamed * , more than one ship of the United States Coast Guard * , more than one ship of the United States Revenue-Marine and United States Revenue Cutter Service * , more than one ship of the United States Navy * Vigilan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria Fire Department
The Alexandria Fire Department (AFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the city of Alexandria, Virginia. Established in 1866, the department is responsible for with a population of over 159,000. History The first fire company in Alexandria was the Friendship Fire Company, founded in 1774. George Washington is reported to have been a part of it, but no records remain to prove that, however he did purchase a fire engine for the company in 1775. The first paid firefighters were hired in 1855 and the Alexandria Fire Department was established in 1866. Before that the City of Alexandria was served by multiple volunteer departments. By the end of the Civil War, many of the volunteer companies were under staffed so, in 1866, the City Council passed an act to combine the remaining fire companies into the Alexandria Fire Department. In 1977, the department announced they were no longer hiring firefighters who smoked and anyone hired "signed a contract that i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (novel)
''Vigilant'' is a science fiction novel written by the Canadian author James Alan Gardner, published in 1999 by HarperCollins Publishers under its various imprints.HarperCollins, Avon, SFBC/Avon-Eos; paperback edition 1999, Eos Books. The book is the third volume in Gardner's "League of Peoples" series, after ''Commitment Hour'' (1998). Backstory By the mid-25th century, humanity is integrated into a pan-galactic civilization called the League of Peoples, dominated by species of intelligent life evolved far beyond the human level. The benefits of this association are major advanced technologies, including effective interstellar travel, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and terraforming. The League's cardinal rule is that sentient beings who do not sufficiently respect life are not allowed to travel between solar systems. Synopsis Faye Smallwood lives on the colony planet of Demoth, which humans share with the flying squirrel-like Oolom. During her adolescence, the Oolom popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vigilant
''The Vigilant'' was an English-language newspaper published from Khartoum, Sudan.Akol, Lam. Southern Sudan: Colonialism, Resistance, and Autonomy'. Trenton, NJ .a. Red Sea Press, 2007. p. 47 The first issue was published on March 23, 1965. It was an organ of the Southern Front. It functioned as a relatively well-written informative newsletter, and became the mouthpiece of the Southern movement in general and the Southern Front in particular. Effectively it was the sole press outlet for Southern opinions. Bona Malual Madut Ring (the general secretary of the Southern Front) was the editor of ''The Vigilant''.University of Durham. UKIRA - The vigilant' Darurs Beshar was the registered proprietor of the publication.Deng, Francis Mading. War of Visions: Conflict of Identities in the Sudan'. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1995. p. 536 Publication of ''The Vigilant'' was interrupted between July 1965 and January 1966. The suspension was issued on July 15, 1965, following the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vigilant (behavior)
Vigilant can refer to: Ships * ''Vigilant'' (1790s Baltimore schooner), an American schooner that carried the mail and passenger traffic in the Danish West Indies for 130 years * ''Vigilant'' (S 618), a French Navy ballistic missile submarine * ''Vigilant'' (yacht), an American yacht, the winner of the 1893 America's Cup yacht race * CGS ''Vigilant'', a Canadian armed third-class cruiser and Great Lakes fisheries protection vessel * HMC ''Vigilant'', a British customs cutter of HM Customs and Excise * HMRC ''Vigilant'', two ships and a number of cutters of the British HM Customs and Excise * HMS ''Vigilant'', a number of ships of the British Royal Navy * HSV ''Vigilant'' (JHSV-2), a ship of the United States Navy-led joint high-speed vessel program, later renamed * , more than one ship of the United States Coast Guard * , more than one ship of the United States Revenue-Marine and United States Revenue Cutter Service * , more than one ship of the United States Navy * Vigilant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
