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31HMS Somali (F33) — HMS Somali (pennant number L33, later F33) was a Tribal class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service in World War II.She was built by Swan Hunter Wigham Richardson, in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear.She was laid down on August 26, 1936,… …
32HMS Cobra (1899) — HMS Cobra , named after the cobra snake, was a steam turbine powered destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Armstrong Whitworth, although her turbines were ordered by the Admiralty. She was launched on 28 June 1899, and… …
33HMS Conway — Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conway after the town of Conwy in Wales, formerly known by its English name of Conway .The most famous Conway was school ship HMS Conway established in 1859. She occupied several ships, all… …
34HMS Arethusa (1913) — HMS Arethusa was the name ship of the Arethusa class of light cruisers. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard in October 1912, launched on 25 October 1913, and commissioned in August 1914 as flotilla leader for the Harwich Destroyer flotillas.She …
35Viper class destroyer — The Viper class was a group of two Torpedo Boat Destroyers (TBD) built for the British Royal Navy in 1899. They were notable for being the first warships to use steam turbine propulsion. They had Parsons turbines on four shafts, with two… …
36literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
37environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …
38Norwegian Campaign — Part of the Second World War German forces advancing near Bagn in Va …
39United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
40Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
