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31County class cruiser — For the pre–World War I armoured cruisers, see Monmouth class cruiser. Canberra passing under the Sydney Harbour Bridge in 1930 Class overv …
32reach — reachable, adj. reachability, n. reacher, n. /reech/, v.t. 1. to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore. 2. to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: Your letter never reached …
33boom — boom1 [bo͞om] vi. [ME bummen, to hum; like Du bommen, Ger bummen, orig. echoic] to make a deep, hollow, resonant sound vt. to speak or indicate with such a sound: usually with out [the clock boomed out the hour] n. 1. a booming sound, as of… …
34HMS Conqueror (1881) — HMS Conqueror was an ironclad battleship of the Victorian Royal Navy, whose main armament was an armoured ram.She was the first ship of the Conqueror class to be laid down, her only sister ship being HMS|Hero|1885|6, who was completed some two… …
35reach — I. /ritʃ / (say reech) verb (t) 1. to get to, or get as far as, in moving, going, travelling, etc.: the boat reached the shore. 2. to come to or arrive at in some course of progress, action, etc.: his letter reached me. 3. to succeed in touching… …
36reach — [rēch] vt. [ME rechen < OE ræcan, akin to Ger reichen < IE * rēiĝ , to stretch out, extend the hand, akin to base * reĝ , straight, stretch, direct > RIGHT] 1. to thrust out or extend (the hand, etc.) 2. to extend to, or touch, by… …
37USS Vigilance (AM-324) — was an , USS|Fortune|IX 146, and USS|Boreas|AF 8 to Majuro which they reached on 25 May. Vigilance departed Majuro at 0800 on the 26th to return to Hawaii, intercepted USS|Megrez|AK 126 en route, and relieved PC 548 of escorting that cargo ship… …
38reach — I. verb Etymology: Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣcan; akin to Old High German reichen to reach, Lithuanian raižytis to stretch oneself Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to stretch out ; extend b. thrust …
39HMS Glatton (1871) — HMS Glatton was a breastwork monitor which served in the Victorian Royal Navy.She was designed by Sir Edward Reed to a specific formula determined by the Board of Admiralty, and her purpose was never made wholly clear. Reed himself said there is… …
40HMS Belleisle (1876) — HMS Belleisle was one of the four ships currently under construction for foreign navies in British shipyards which were purchased by the British government for the Royal Navy in 1878, at the time of the Russian war scare.She was one of the two… …
