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Francis Ventris Major - General Francis Ventris CB ( 1857 – 1929 ) was Commander of British Forces in China . Military career . The son of Edward Favell Ventris , who was Vicar of West Mersea in Essex before becoming Rector of Church Aston , Newport , Shropshire , by his wife Rose ( née Fisher ) , he was educated at Adams ' Grammar School in Newport . Ventris was commissioned into the 44th Regiment of Foot in 1875 . He became an Adjutant of that Regiment in 1880 . In 1897 , having served as an Assistant Adjutant - General in India , he was given command of a district in that country . In 1903 he became a Brigadier commanding troops in North China . He retired in 1909 but was then recalled at the start of World War I to become General Officer Commanding 25th Division in September 1914 . In 1915 he was appointed Commander of British Forces in China , a post he relinquished in 1921 . He married Helen Maud Davies in 1883 , and was father to two sons and two daughters . His son Edward ( 1885 - 1938 ) was the father of Michael Ventris , who deciphered Linear B . References .
French ship Robuste ( 1806 ) The Robuste was an 80 - gun " Bucentaure " - class 80 - gun ship of the line of the French Navy , designed by Jacques - Noël Sané . She was commissioned under Captain Louis - Antoine - Cyprien Infernet , and was later captained by Julien Cosmao . From April 1809 , she was the flagship of a squadron . In late 1809 , Vice - Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume was organising shipment of reinforcements to Barcelona . " Robuste " became the flagship of a squadron under Julien Cosmao , along with " Donawerth " , " Génois " , " Borée " and " Lion " , as well as the frigates " Pauline " and " Pénélope " , and a dozen of transports . The fleet departed Toulon on 24 April 1809 , and returned on 1 May without incident . In October , the squadron attempted another ferry , under Rear - Admiral François Baudin . On 21 October the French were detected by HMS " Pomone " , which reported to Lord Collingwood ' s squadron . Collingwood sent his three frigates as a vanguard and sailed with 15 ships of the line to intercept the French . On the morning of 23 October HMS " Volontaire " detected and reported the French squadron ' s position . The British gave chase , but lost contact . HMS " Tigre " detected " Robuste " , " Borée " , " Lion " and " Pauline " at dawn on 24 October , but the fleets lost contact again . Contact was re - established in the morning of 25 October , the French sailing close to the shore , and the chase resumed . " Robuste " and " Lion " ran aground around noon near Frontignan . After two hours of fruitless attempts to save the ships , Baudin ordered them scuttled , and they were set on fire in the evening . They exploded at 10h30 .
HMS Audacious ( 1785 ) HMS " Audacious " was a 74 - gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy , launched on 23 July 1785 at Rotherhithe . She was the first ship to bear the name . She took part in the Battle of the Nile , under Captain Davidge Gould , where she engaged the French ship " Conquérant " and helped to force her surrender . She was finally broken up in August 1815 .
Lü Kuang Lü Kuang was a military general serving under the warlord Yuan Shao during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history . He was the brother of Lü Xiang , who also served under Yuan Shao . In fiction . In the historical novel " Romance of the Three Kingdoms " by Luo Guanzhong , Lü Kuang originally served under Yuan Shao . After Yuan Shao ' s death , the Lü brothers served under Yuan Shang , Yuan Shao ' s third son . During the conflict between Yuan Shang and his older brother Yuan Tan , Yuan Tan sent his best warrior Cen Pi to challenge Yuan Shang ' s men . Lü Kuang accepted the challenge and defeated and slew Cen after dueling for three rounds . Yuan Shang rewarded the Lü brothers by granting them official seals of generals . Even after Lü Kuang ' s display of might , Yuan Shang treated him poorly . When Yuan Shang told the Lü brothers to attack Yuan Tan , Yuan Tan reminded Lü Kuang of their friendship and his position on Yuan Shang ' s side . The Lü brothers then defected to Yuan Tan . Yuan Tan originally promised the Lü brothers good pay and treatment but he treated them as equally poor as Yuan Shang later . When Yuan Tan surrendered to the warlord Cao Cao , the Lü brothers accompanied him to meet Cao . Cao eagerly accepted them and rewarded them with silks and jewels . When Cao went to war with the Yuans again later ( Yuan Tan betrayed Cao Cao after his surrender ) , the Lü brothers served as his generals . However , they caused many losses and defections to the Yuans ' side . The Lü brothers requested to defend Runan instead after Yuan Tan was killed and Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were on the verge of defeat . From Runan , the Lü brothers led an attack on the warlord Liu Bei at Xinye . The Lü brothers led 10 , 000 troops to Xinye ' s fields and challenged Liu ' s generals to a duel . Zhao Yun accepted the challenge and dueled with Lü Kuang . The two fought for 20 rounds with neither side appear to be gaining an advantage . Zhao then lured Lü to chase him and speared Lü in the throat with a surprise attack , killing Lü instantly . Lü Xiang continued fighting Liu Bei ' s forces until he encountered Zhang Fei , who slew him after a brief fight .
Bento Manuel Ribeiro Bento Manuel Ribeiro ( Sorocaba , 1783 – Porto Alegre , 1855 ) was a Brazilian military officer , who participated in some key military campaigns of the history of Brazil such as the Cisplatine War ( " Guerra del Brazil " ) and the Ragamuffin War . Biography . Bento Manuel Ribeiro was the son of Manuel Ribeiro de Almeida , a " tropeiro " ( Brazilian for cowboy ) and Ana Maria Bueno . On December 1 , 1800 he enlisted in the Rio Pardo militia regiment . He fought in the War of 1801 against the Spaniards as a soldier , accompanied by his brother Captain Gabriel Ribeiro de Almeida . Under the leadership of Colonel Patrick Camera Strap , he participated in the expulsion of the Spanish troops from Batovi and from the fortress of Santa Tecla . He participated in the First Cisplatine Campaign ( 1811 - 1812 ) , such as quartermaster , being promoted to lieutenant in 1813 . In the War against Artigas he served under the command of General Joaquim Xavier Curado . During the Ragamuffin War he switched sides twice , ending on the Imperial one ; he was described as " faithful " at the balance of the conflict . In the " Guerra Grande " ( Great War ) , also during the Ragamuffin War , he lead the " Farroupilha " that supported Fructuoso Rivera . Personal life . He married in South Cacapava on September 15 , 1807 with Maria Manso da Conceição , daughter of Antonio Manso Monteiro and Ana Maria Martins . Grandfather was Bento Manuel Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro , mayor of the city of Rio de Janeiro and military commander . Bento Manuel Ribeiro died in Porto Alegre in 1855 , being a rich rancher . His grave is at the entrance of the cemetery in Uruguayana .
Genzan Air Group History . The Genzan Air Group was founded on 15 November 1940 at Genzan , Korea , then a part of the Empire of Japan . It was initially a mixed - unit equipped with 33 Type 96 Mitsubishi G3M 1 bombers and 25 Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M 4 fighters under the command of the Second Air Fleet . On January 15 , 1941 , it was reassigned to the 22nd Kōkū Sentai and deployed to Hankou in central China . Operations in China . While based at Hankou , the bombers of the Genzan Air Group was primarily assigned to strategic bombing missions in Sichuan Province , while the fighters were assigned to combat air patrol and ground support missions in support of Imperial Japanese Army operations . The Genzan Air Group was withdrawn from China in September , 1941 , returning to its home base at Genzan for training , and at the end of October , 1941 was forward deployed to Takao in Taiwan . Operations in Southeast Asia . With the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of the Pacific War , the Genzan Air Group was deployed to Saigon , French Indochina . The group was a key participant in the sinking of the British capital ship s and off the coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941 , losing one aircraft and its crew during the battle . On January 22 , 1942 , bombers from the Genzan Air Group attacked Kallang Airport in Singapore , and subsequently provided air support for Japanese offensives in Malaya including the landings at Endau . At the end of February , the unit was transferred to Bangkok and assigned to patrols over the Indian Ocean ; however , facilities at Bangkok were not satisfactory and the unit was soon reassigned to Palembang in Sumatra in the Netherlands East Indies , with some aircraft dispersed to Kuching in Sarawak . On May 1 , 1942 , Genzan ' s flying unit was redeployed to Rabaul , New Britain to support the Japanese campaign in New Guinea . The group participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea , without success , and made numerous bombing attacks against Port Moresby . In July , after the cancellation of Operation Mo , the unit was withdrawn to Japan and was based at Misawa , Aomori for training . Its fighter unit was detached and redesignated as the 252 Kōkūtai in September . The Genzan ' s flying unit was disbanded by being redesignated as the 755 Kōkūtai on 1 November 1942 .
Johann Sailer Johann Sailer was an Obersturmfuhrer ( First Lieutenant ) in the Waffen - SS during World War II . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross , which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Johann Sailer was awarded the Knight ' s Cross near the end of World War II on 4 May 1945 , while in command of the 4th Battery , 9th SS Panzerjager ( Tank Hunter ) Battalion , 9th SS Panzer Division " Hohenstaufen " . There is some dispute over the award as it was authorised by Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich in his position as commander of the German Sixth SS Panzer Army , who claimed to have been given the authority by Adolf Hitler in person .
Aircraft Research BT - 11 The Aircraft Research XBT - 11 was to have been a basic trainer constructed from Weldwood , a " plastic " material made of resin and wood similar to the Duramold process . The Duramold and Haskelite processes were first developed in 1937 , followed by Gene Vidal ' s Weldwood . A production contract , proposed in 1940 , was cancelled before any were built .
George Burlton Rear - Admiral Sir George Burlton KCB ( died 21 September 1815 ) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars . Naval career . Burlton was commissioned as a Lieutenant on 15 September 1777 and in 1783 was in command of HMS " Camel " , 24 . He was made Commander on 5 July 1794 . In March 1795 he was acting captain of the 32 - gun frigate " Lively " when she captured the French " Tourtourelle " , and he was promoted to post captain on 16 March that year into the 74 - gun . Towards the end of 1796 he travelled to Capetown . There in November he received command of the Dutch frigate " Castor " , which the British had captured at the battle of Saldanha Bay and renamed HMS " Saldanha " . Burlton sailed her to Britain where she was paid off . Subsequent commands included " Success " , 32 ; " Adamant " , 50 ; and " Resolution " , 74 , the last of which he commanded at the Battle of the Basque Roads in April 1809 . In 1812 Burlton was captain of the 110 - gun HMS " Ville de Paris " and in March 1813 he was given command of HMS " Boyne " , 98 . On 4 December 1813 he was made a Colonel of Marines . On 13 February 1814 " Boyne " engaged the French ship - of - the - line " Romulus " , for which Burlton was commended by Vice - Admiral Sir Edward Pellew . On 4 June 1814 Burlton was raised to flag rank as a Rear - Admiral of the White and on 2 January 1815 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath . On 24 December 1814 Sir Samuel Hood died . He had been Commander - in - Chief on the East Indies Station and when the vacancy became known in England Sir George Burlton was appointed to succeed him . He hoisted his flag in HMS " Cornwallis " , Captain John Bayley , on 10 January 1815 . On the voyage out the American sloops - of - war USS " Peacock " and USS " Hornet " mistook the 74 - gun " Cornwallis " for a merchant ship . " Cornwallis " pursued " Hornet " between 28 and 30 April without success , though " Hornet " was obliged to jettison all her guns and arms in order to escape . Burlton took over the East Indies command from acting - Commodore George Sayer in June 1815 , but died at Madras on 21 September . Sayer resumed command until the arrival of Sir Richard King in 1816 .
Fort Wint Fort Wint ( Grande Island , the Philippines ) was part of the harbor defenses of Manila and Subic Bays built by the Philippine Department of the United States Army between 1907 and 1920 in response to recommendations of the Taft Board prior to the non - fortification clause of the Washington Naval Treaty . Fort Wint was located on Grande Island at the entrance of Subic Bay , approximately 35 miles ( 56 km ) north of Manila Bay . The fort was named for Brigadier General Theodore J . Wint . As specified in the National Defense Act of 1935 , this was one of the locations where coastal artillery training was conducted . A battery of the 60th Coast Artillery ( AA ) was stationed here . Armament . Fort Wint was armed with fourteen Taft - Endicott period coast artillery pieces mounted in five batteries . Battery Warwick contained the fort ' s most powerful weaponry , two 10 - inch M1895MI disappearing gun s on Buffington - Crozier carriages . Batteries Hall and Woodruff each mounted two 6 - inch M1905 guns also on disappearing carriages . Batteries Flake and Jewell were armed with 3 - inch M1903 guns on pedestal mounts . As with other forts of the same period , the weaponry of Fort Wint was obsolete at the outbreak of hostilities with Japan in 1941 . World War II . Within weeks of the U . S . entry into World War II , Fort Wint was ordered abandoned and its crews reassigned to other American positions in Manila Bay . Consequently the fort played no part in the subsequent siege of the island forts . Fort Wint was recaptured by U . S . forces in March 1945 . Fort suffered substantial damage during the campaign to retake the Philippines . Post - war . Grande Island and the remains of Fort Wint were incorporated into the U . S . Naval Base Subic Bay . The two 10 - inch ( 25 - cm ) disappearing guns of Battery Warwick were dismantled by the United States Navy in the 1960s and shipped to Fort Casey for renovation and display . The four 3 - inch guns of Batteries Flake and Jewell were removed and divided between Forts Flagler and Casey in Washington state where they remain on display . The 6 - inch guns of Battery Hall remain in place ( pictures right ) . Grand Island was developed into a resort following the closure of the Subic Naval Base in 1992 .
Battle of Do Ab The Battle of Do Ab took place in Nuristan province , Afghanistan on 25 May 2011 . In the battle , a scout platoon from the 1st Battalion , 133rd Infantry Regiment , United States Army , 20 Afghan soldiers , and two United States Air Force forward air controllers ( FAC ) , and one Law Enforcement Professional ( LEP ) were ambushed by over 300 Taliban near the village of Do Ab . With assistance from close air support , the coalition forces repulsed the ambush , killing approximately 270 Taliban . The coalition forces suffered no casualties . Battle . After receiving reports of Taliban fighters massing to attack Forward Operating Base Kalagush , a scout platoon from the 1st Battalion , 133rd Infantry Regiment , plus 20 Afghan soldiers and two US Air Force FAC , and one Law Enforcement Professional ( LEP ) was airlifted by a pair of Chinook helicopters to a small landing zone in a canyon near the village of Do Ab . Unknown to the coalition troops , several hundred Taliban had ringed the small landing zone and prepared an ambush . That morning , as soon as the helicopters landed the troops were attacked from all sides . The troops returned fire while the two FAC radioed for air support . Throughout the day , airstrikes by US Air Force F - 16s , F - 15s , and AC - 130 gunships , US Navy Super Hornets , and US Army AH - 64 Apaches and OH - 58 Kiowas prevented the Taliban from overrunning the coalition forces . An MC - 12 aircraft provided command and control support and relayed the air support requests from the FAC , as the high canyon walls interfered with radio communications from the ground . Later in the day , Chinooks delivered a team of US special operations forces and Afghan commandos to support the surrounded Coalition troops . When night fell , the surviving Taliban halted the attack and attempted to retire from the battlefield . Two AC - 130s , equipped with infrared equipment , hunted the retreating Taliban and attempted to kill them all . In total , the United States estimated that 270 of the Taliban were killed . Aftermath . After the battle in May 2011 , Afghan and Coalition forces did not attempt to regain control of Nuristan province , which remained under Taliban control . Instead , Coalition forces conducted periodic sweeps or raids in the province to cull the numbers of occupying Taliban militants . A joint Afghan / Coalition operation in the Barg - e - Matal district of Nuristan in September 2011 , for example , killed an estimated 70 Taliban fighters .
Robert Prendergast Admiral Sir Robert John Prendergast KCB ( 9 July 1864 – 14 May 1946 ) was a British Royal Navy officer . Career . Prendergast entered the Royal Navy as a Cadet in 1877 . He served in the Anglo - Egyptian War of 1882 as a Midshipman aboard the broadside ironclad HMS " Achilles " . In 1885 he transferred to the gunboat HMS " Grappler " at Gibraltar . He was promoted Lieutenant in June 1887 and joined the corvette HMS " Volage " in the Training Squadron in 1888 . In 1889 he went to HMS " Excellent " to train as a gun nery officer and was then posted to the battleship HMS " Collingwood " and then to the frigate HMS " Raleigh " , flagship of the Training Squadron . In 1899 he was promoted Commander and posted to HMS " Northampton " , a seagoing training ships for boys . In 1901 he was posted to HMS " Excellent " , where he was promoted Captain . In 1904 he went to the Naval Ordnance Department at the Admiralty , and then commanded in succession the cruiser s HMS " Essex " and HMS " Carnarvon " and the battleship HMS " Implacable " . In 1911 he was appointed Captain - Superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard . In November 1914 he was promoted Rear - Admiral , but remained at Sheerness . In May 1916 he was appointed Rear - Admiral Commanding Scapa Flow , hoisting his flag in the depot ship HMS " Imperieuse " and then the dockyard repair ship HMS " Victorious " . In March 1919 he was appointed Rear - Admiral Commanding Orkneys and Shetlands . He was promoted Vice - Admiral later that year and appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ( KCB ) in the 1920 New Year Honours , having been appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath ( CB ) the previous year . He retired in February 1920 when Scapa Flow was reduced to a peace footing , and was promoted Admiral on the retired list in 1924 . Death . Prendergast moved to Eastbourne , where he lived at Meads House . By 1946 he was senile and developed a bladder infection , for which he was treated by society doctor and suspected serial killer Dr John Bodkin Adams . Adams would visit twice a day and prescribed morphine . On the morning of 14 May 1946 , Prendergast slipped into a coma and died at 7 . 30 p . m . that evening . Adams certified the death as a ) uraemia and b ) chronic nephritis . His nurse , Anne Masters , later told police , " I am quite convinced that the injections of morphia hastened Sir Prendergast ' s [ sic ] death " . Adams was tried for the murder of Edith Alice Morrell in 1957 but acquitted , though police suspected him of a total of 163 murders .
General Dynamics Electric Boat General Dynamics Electric Boat ( GDEB ) is a division of General Dynamics Corporation . It has been the primary builder of submarine s for the United States Navy for over 100 years . The company ' s main facilities are a shipyard in Groton , Connecticut , a hull - fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point , Rhode Island and a design and engineering facility in New London , Connecticut . History . The company was founded in 1899 by Isaac Rice as the Electric Boat Company to build John Philip Holland ' s submersible designs , which were developed at Lewis Nixon ' s Crescent Shipyard in Elizabeth , New Jersey . The first submarine this shipyard built was " Holland VI " , which was later renamed . On 11 April 1900 it became the first submarine to be purchased and commissioned into the United States Navy . The success of " Holland VI " ushered in the demand for follow - up models ( A - class or ) that began with the prototype submersible " Fulton " built at the same shipyard as " Holland " . Some overseas navies were interested in John Holland ' s latest submarine designs , and so purchased the rights to build them under licensing contracts through the Electric Boat Company ; and these included Great Britain ' s Royal Navy , Japan ' s Imperial Japanese Navy , Russia ' s Imperial Russian Navy and the Netherlands ' Royal Netherlands Navy . During World War I , the company and its subsidiaries built 85 submarines and 722 submarine chaser s for the US Navy . After the war , the US Navy did not order another submarine from the company until in 1931 . During World War II , the company built 74 submarines . Electric Boat ranked 77th among United States corporations in the value of World War II military production contracts . In 1952 , Electric Boat was reorganized as General Dynamics Corporation . When General Dynamics acquired Convair the following year , the holding company assumed the " General Dynamics " name , with the submarine building operation reverting to the " Electric Boat " name . Electric Boat built the first nuclear submarine , , which was launched in January 1954 , and the first ballistic missile submarine , , in 1959 . Submarines of the - , - , - and es were also constructed by Electric Boat . In 2002 , Electric Boat conducted preservation work on the " Nautilus " , preparing her for her berth at the US Navy Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton , Connecticut , where she now resides as a museum . Electric Boat ' s first submarine , " Holland " was scrapped in 1913 . Electric Boat overhauls and undertakes repair work on fast attack class boats . Electric Boat built the " Ohio " - class ballistic missile submarines and " Seawolf " - class submarines as well as others . However , most of the work done in the shipyard today is focused on construction of the " Virginia " class , notably the new Block III evolution . In Nov 2013 , the USS North Dakota ( SSN - 784 ) was christened . Motto : Strength from the Soil , Reapers of the Deep .