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40th Regiment Royal Artillery 40th Regiment Royal Artillery – The Lowland Gunners – was a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army . It supported 19 Light Brigade in the field artillery role . It was structured into Fire Support Team s equipped with MSTAR , and the regiment ' s three gun batteries , equipped with eighteen L118 Light Gun s . The Clan Home tartan is was by the regiment . The regiment was based at Home Lines , Thiepval Barracks , Lisburn , County Antrim . Following the SDSR review , it was announced in July 2011 that 40 Regt would disband along with elements of 19 Lt Bde . Batteries . 137 ( Java ) Battery re - subordinated to 26 regiment Royal Artillery 129 Battery previously served with the regiment but has now joined 4 Regiment RA . 49 Battery has be re - subodinated to the Joint Ground Based Air Defence unit . 38 Battery is subordinated to 19th Regiment .
Joseph Mitchell ( Medal of Honor ) Joseph Andrew Mitchell ( November 27 , 1876 – June 9 , 1925 ) was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery . Biography . Mitchell was born November 27 , 1876 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , and after entering the navy he was sent as a Gunner ' s Mate First Class to China to fight in the Boxer Rebellion . He died June 9 , 1925 , and is buried in Saint Pauls Cemetery Portsmouth , Virginia . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Gunner ' s Mate First Class , U . S . Navy . Born : 27 November 1876 , Philadelphia , Pa . Accredited to : Pennsylvania . G . O . No . : 55 , 19 July 1901 . Citation : In the presence of the enemy during the battle of Peking , China , 12 July 1900 , Mitchell distinguished himself by meritorious conduct .
Type 067 utility landing craft The Type 067 landing craft , utility ( NATO codename : Yunnan class ) , also known as " Yunnan " class , entered the People ' s Liberation Army Navy service from 1968 – 1972 . This class is the enlarged version of Yuch ' in class landing craft mechanized . Some Type 067 have been converted to buoy tender / cable layer s , designated as Type 911 , which includes two sub types , Type 911I and Type 911II , one for buoy tender , the other for cable layer . Armament . The ships of this class are fitted with three Type 61 dual - 25mm antiaircraft artillery guns . Some units are also fitted with Type 81H 122mm multiple rocket launchers .
Portuguese Naval School The Portuguese Naval School ( ) is a university - level naval academy in Alfeite , Portugal . The school is located at the Lisbon Naval Base , on the south bank of the Tagus river , in front of the city of Lisbon . History . In 1782 , the Company of Midshipmen ( " Companhia dos Guardas - Marinhas " ) was created to frame and train the midshipmen ( naval officer candidates ) of the Portuguese Navy . The Royal Academy of the Midshipmen ( " Academia Real dos Guardas - Marinhas " ) was created in 1792 , as an - university level naval academy , which integrated the Company of Midshipment as its student corps . With the invasion of Portugal by the Army of Napoleon and the transference of the Portuguese Royal Court to Colonial Brazil , the Royal Academy of the Midshipmen and its Company of Midshipment are also transferred there and installed in Rio de Janeiro , in 1808 . Following the independence of Brazil , in 1803 the professors and students of the Academy of Midshipmen have to chose either the Brazilian or the Portuguese nationality . Those that choose the Portuguese nationality return to Portugal . Then , two academies come into existence : the Imperial Academy of Midshipmen in the Empire of Brazil and the Royal Academy of Midshipmen in the Kingdom of Portugal . The Portuguese Royal Academy of Midshipment was reorganized in 1845 , becoming the Naval School ( " Escola Naval " ) .
Ernst Merk Ernst Merk ( 27 September 1903 – 12 June 1976 ) was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during World War II . He was also a recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
Billy Baxter ( motorcyclist ) Billy Baxter served with the 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery in Bosnia . Whilst serving in 1997 , he lost his sight after contracting a rare disease . On 2 August 2003 , he set the blind solo world land speed record on a motorbike with a speed of 164 . 87 mph ( 265 . 33 km / h ) . In 2004 , he was a guest on the BBC television programme " Top Gear " and drove a lap of their circuit as the " Star in a Reasonably Priced Car " , credited as the " Blind Man " . He was guided around the circuit by the slightly nervous host , Jeremy Clarkson , and his official lap time was 2 : 02 minutes , which is faster than two of the fully sighted contestants ( Terry Wogan and Richard Whiteley ) . Ex - Stig Ben Collins however stated in his autobiography that during practice sessions Baxter completed the lap in a time of 1 : 58 minutes . For the past few years , Baxter has been involved with various blind charities as a public speaker , educating groups of all ages about being blind as well as discussing his life experiences so far . He is currently enjoying life with full intensity , taking part in motorcycle riding , PSHE , learning to ski , and is now enjoying amateur dramatics . In 2007 he completed a Blind Solo Lap of Donington Park . " My biggest challenge yet , I rode my Ducati Monster around the hallowed circuit of Donington , the home of motorcycle racing , raising awareness for Vista , a charity helping blind people in the Midlands , an amazing experience and great fun . " Billy is a member and an employee of Blind Veterans UK References . www . vistablind . org . uk
The Great Pacific War The Great Pacific War was a 1925 novel by Hector Charles Bywater which discussed a hypothetical future war between Japan and the United States . The novel accurately predicts a number of details about the Pacific Campaign of World War II . Bywater was a naval correspondent for the " London Daily Telegraph " . In " The Great Pacific War " , the war begins with a Japanese invasion of Manchuria , Formosa and Korea . Japan then stages a surprise attack which results in the nearly complete destruction of the Panama Canal , by exploding a freighter full of explosives in the Gaillard Cut . The novel features numerous other accurate predictions , such as : In " Infamy " , John Toland states that Isoroku Yamamoto was in the U . S . in 1925 and might have read the New York newspapers ' reviews of this book . The book was translated into Japanese and read by senior officers of the Japanese Imperial Navy . Admiral James O . Richardson warned Franklin Roosevelt about the danger of too many ships of the Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor on 8 October 1940 , one month before election ; the President ignored his warning and replaced him early next year . Bywater died in August 1940 , before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor .
Siege of Balkh ( 1447 ) After the Battle of Nishapur and the peace treaty which gave the Chechektu valley to Ala - ud - Daulah Mirza , he placed in that out post a certain Mirza Saleh who was an enemy of Abdal - Latif Mirza . Furthermore , Ala - ud - Daulah Mirza kept hostages , certain men of importance , who were in the entourage of Abdal - Latif Mirza against the treaty . This forced Abdal - Latif Mirza ' s hand to take action which he did by attacking Mirza Saleh who then escaped to Herat . On this Ala - ud - Daulah Mirza marched from Herat with his army and besieged Balkh in the winter of 1447 C . E . Abdal - Latif Mirza sent a letter to his father Ulugh Beg for reinforcements . In response Ulugh Beg sent an envoy to Ala - ud - Daulah Mirza to admonish him and to let him know to address his grievances to Samarkand in the future rather than go to war . Finally , realizing his mistake Ala - ud - Daulah Mirza agreed to move his army back to Herat .
Battle of Mari The Battle of Mari , also called the Disaster of Mari , was a battle between the Mamluks of Egypt and the Armenians of Cilician Armenia on August 24 , 1266 . The conflict started when the Mamluk Sultan Baibars summoned the Armenian ruler Hetoum I to abandon his allegiance to the Mongols , and accept himself as a suzerain , and remit to the Mamluks the territories and fortresses Hetoum has acquired through his alliance with the Mongols . Following these threats , Hetoum I went to the Mongol court of the Il - Khan in Persia to obtain military support . During his absence however , the Mamluks marched on Cilician Armenia , led by Al - Mansur Ali and the Mamluk commander Qalawun . Hetoum I ' s two sons , Leo ( the future king Leo II ) and Thoros led the defense by strongly manning the fortresses at the entrance of the Cilician territory . The Mamluks , however , overtook the forts by going through the mountains , and encountered the Armenians at Mari , near Darbsak on August 24 , 1266 , where the Armenians were defeated . Leo was made a prisoner , and Thoros was killed in action . The Armeno - Mongol son of the Constable Sempad , named Vasil Tatar , was also taken prisoner by the Mamluks and was taken into captivity with Leo , although they are reported to have been treated well . Following their victory , the Mamluks invaded Cilicia , ravaging the three great cities of the Cilician plain : Mamistra , Adana and Tarsus , as well as the harbour of Ayas . Another group of Mamluks under Mansur took the capital of Sis . The pillage lasted 20 days , and 40 , 000 Armenians were made prisoners . When Hetoum I arrived with Mongol troops , the country was already devastated . Hetoum I had to negotiate the return of his son Leo by giving control of Armenia ' s border fortresses to the Mamluks . In 1269 , Hetoum I abdicated in favour of his son , and became a monk , but died a year later . Levon was left in the awkward situation of keeping Cilicia as a subject of the Mongol Empire , while at the same time he was paying tribute to the Mamluks .
Russian merchant cruiser Ural ( 1904 ) The Ural was an auxiliary cruiser of the Imperial Russian Navy during the Russo - Japanese War . She was originally a Rivers - class ocean liner for Norddeutscher Lloyd , launched in 1890 under the name Spree . She was renamed Kaiserin Maria Theresia in 1899 , before being sold to the Russians in 1904 . Commercial service . Built in 1890 as the " Spree " for Norddeutscher Lloyd of Bremen by the AG Vulcan shipyard of Stettin , Germany , she was 6 , 963 gross tons with a length of and a beam of and a speed of . She had two funnels , three masts , and a single screw , with accommodation for 244 first - class , 122 second - class and 460 third - class passengers . In 1899 she was completely rebuilt by AG Vulcan . She was lengthened to , her tonnage increased to , new engines were fitted joined to twin screws to give a speed of . The number of funnels was increased to three , though she was reduced to two masts . Her accommodation was altered to carry 405 first - class , 114 second - class and 387 third - class passengers , and she was renamed " Kaiserin Maria Theresia " ( some sources say " Theresa " . ) Wartime service . She was sold to the Imperial Russian Navy in 1904 for use in the Russo - Japanese War . The Russians rebuilt her as an auxiliary cruiser and renamed her " Ural " . In October she left Kronstadt to join Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky ' s fleet on its way to Vladivostok . In May 1905 , the " Ural " was used as a scout ship and was the first ship to sight Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō ' s fleet at the Battle of Tsushima . In an action with Japanese battleships , she was hit by a 12 - inch shell in the engine room and eventually torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer .
USS Henry M . Jackson ( SSBN - 730 ) USS " Henry M . Jackson " ( SSBN - 730 ) , is a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine that has been in commission since 1984 . She is the only U . S . Navy ship to have been named for United States Senator Henry M . " Scoop " Jackson ( 1912 – 1983 ) of Washington and the only " Ohio " - class submarine not named after a US state . Construction and commissioning . " Henry M . Jackson " originally was to have been named " Rhode Island " . The contract to build " Rhode Island " was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation at Groton , Connecticut , on 6 June 1977 and her keel was laid down there on 19 January 1981 . Shortly after Senator Jackson suddenly died in office on 1 September 1983 , " Rhode Island " was renamed " Henry M . Jackson " , and the name Rhode Island was transferred to another " Ohio " - class submarine , . " Henry M . Jackson " was launched on 15 October 1983 , sponsored by Senator Jackson ' s daughter , Ms . Anna Marie Jackson , and commissioned on 6 October 1984 , with Captain R . Tindal in command of the Blue Crew and Captain M . A . Farmer in command of the Gold Crew . Public affairs . The crew of " Henry M . Jackson " is very active in volunteer work , and has adopted a highway and donated time to the Salvation Army , among many other activities .
Eustathios Kymineianos Eustathios Kymineianos ( , ) was a senior Byzantine eunuch official and admiral under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos ( r . 1081 – 1118 ) . Biography . Eustathios ' life is known only through the " Alexiad " of Alexios I ' s daughter , Anna Komnene . He first appears in 1087 , when Alexios was hosting the Seljuq emir of Nicaea , Abu ' l Qasim in Constantinople . Despite the peace treaty between the two , Alexios decided to use the emir ' s absence to erect a new fortress to counter the Turks ' recent conquest of Nicomedia . Eustathios was sent with a small fleet laden with materials and builders to construct it . To prevent the Turks from reacting , he treated them with every courtesy and claimed that Abu ' l Qasim himself was allowing this work to proceed , all the while impeding any ships to sail from the coasts of Bithynia and notify the emir . Through this ruse , Eustathios was successful in his task . He next appears in 1095 at Tzouroulos , when he took custody of the captured rebel who claimed to be Leo Diogenes , the son of Romanos IV Diogenes ( r . 1068 – 1071 ) , and had invaded Byzantium with the aid of the Cumans . Before leading him on to Constantinople , Eustathios had him blinded . A few years later , in 1101 / 1102 , during Alexios ' war with Bohemond I of Antioch and his nephew Tancred , while Tancred was besieging Laodicea , Eustathios was sent with a fleet to seize and refortify the island of Korykos and the port of Seleucia on his rear . It is probably at this time , that he was raised from the post of " kanikleios " ( keeper of the imperial inkpot , usually a confidante of the emperor ) to that of admiral ( " megas droungarios tou ploïmou " ) . Eustathios accomplished his task swiftly , and after leaving strong garrisons on both places , returned to Constantinople . He appears for the last time in 1107 , when Alexios named him , along with Nikephoros Dekanos , governor of Constantinople while the emperor was on campaign against Bohemond in the western Balkans .
Ernest William Sansom Ernest William Sansom , ( December 18 , 1890 – October 18 , 1982 ) was a Canadian Lieutenant - General who was the 3rd ranking commander of Canadian troops in Europe in 1944 during World War II . World War I military career . Born in Stanley , New Brunswick , he joined the 71st York Regiment of the Canadian Militia in 1906 and was appointed a Lieutenant in 1907 . During World War I , he fought in the 12th Infantry Battalion and with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps of the Canadian Expeditionary Force . He would command the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Machine Gun Corps . He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order in 1919 . After the war , in 1920 , he joined the Permanent Force and went to the Army Staff College in England from 1924 to 1925 . He would hold various staff positions in Canada and eventually was promoted to the rank of Colonel . World War II military career . At the start of World War II , in 1939 , he was the Director of Military Training . From 1939 to 1940 , he was Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General for the 1st Canadian Infantry Division in England . After being promoted to Major - General in 1940 , he commanded the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division . In 1941 , he commanded the 5th Armoured Division . He was promoted to Lieutenant - General and was appointed the first Commander - in - Chief of II Canadian Corps effective on January 15 , 1943 . In 1944 , he returned to Canada for medical reasons . In 1945 , he was appointed Inspector General , Canadian Army Overseas . He was made a Companion of Order of the Bath in 1945 . He retired in 1945 . Post war . After the war , he worked for various fund - raising organizations , including the Canadian March of Dimes and the Combined Appeal for the Handicapped . In the 1945 election , he ran unsuccessfully as the Progressive Conservative candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the New Brunswick riding of York — Sunbury . He lost again in a 1947 by - election . He died in Fredericton , New Brunswick in 1982 .
Fort Boonesborough State Park Fort Boonesborough was a frontier fort in Kentucky , founded by Daniel Boone and his men following their crossing of the Kentucky River on April 1 , 1775 . The settlement they founded , known as Boonesborough , Kentucky , is Kentucky ' s second oldest European - American settlement . The first form of representative government in Kentucky was held here in May of 1775 . By that summer , Boonesborough consisted of 26 one - story log cabins and four blockhouses . The fort was the scene of much action during the western theater of the American Revolutionary War . In September 1778 , the fort withstood an attack by American Indians in what would later be called " The Great Siege . " The settlement was later moved to Henderson , Kentucky . State park . Located in what is now Madison County , Kentucky , Fort Boonesborough State Park has a recreation of Fort Boonesborough rebuilt as a working fort , containing cabins , bunkhouses and furnishings . During the in - season , the fort also houses resident artisans such as blacksmiths and potters who do open demonstrations to give visitors a taste of what pioneer life in Kentucky was like . The Kentucky River Museum is located in the park , at the home of a former lock operator . The museum focuses on the impact of the river on area families and commerce and tells about the locks and dams in the 1900s .
USS Nakarna ( YTM - 393 ) USS " Nakarna " ( YTB - 393 / YTM - 939 ) was laid down in September 1944 by Consolidated Shipbuilding Corp . , Morris Heights , New York ; named on 16 May ; launched on 28 October ; delivered 6 February 1945 and assigned duties in the 3rd Naval District . Her primary function was to support the Navy in the New York area . There she provided assistance in the vicinity of anchorages and piers for berthing and docking evolutions . She also provided towing services and waterfront fire protection , and served as an inner harbor patrol craft . At the end of hostilities she was placed out of service and berthed with reserve units of the 16th Fleet at Green Cove Springs , Florida . She was reactivated in August 1946 and assigned to 6th Naval District duties in the immediate area of Charleston , South Carolina . Reclassified YTM – 393 in February 1962 , she continued to serve in support of the active forces of the Navy into 1970 .
Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence The Confederate Soldiers Martyrs Monument in Eminence , Kentucky , notes the burial spot of three Confederate prisoners who were shot while imprisoned . The names of the victims were William Datbor , William Tighe , and R . W . Yates . It was done in retaliation for the deaths of two African - Americans and authorized by Union General Burbridge ' s Order 59 , which allowed for the execution of Confederate soldiers . It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 17 , 1997 , one of sixty Kentucky Civil War monuments placed on the Register on the same day .
Zou Jing Zou Jing ( ; birth and death dates unknown ) was a Colonel ( 校尉 ) who lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty . Liu Bei once led his militia to assist Zou Jing in suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion , which broke out in the final years of the reign of Emperor Ling of Han .
List of United States Coast Guard cutters The List of United States Coast Guard Cutters is a listing of all cutters to have been commissioned by the United States Coast Guard during the history of that service . It is sorted by length down to 65 ' , the minimum length of a USCG cutter . 269 ' Wind class Icebreaker ( WAGB ) . Wind class icebreaker 213 ' Medium Endurance Cutter ( WMEC ) . 213 ' Diver Class Cutter ( WAT ) 189 ' - USCG Seagoing Buoy Tenders . USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender s 180 ' - USCG Seagoing Buoy Tenders . USCG Seagoing Buoy Tender s 179 ' Patrol Coastal ( WPC ) . Cyclone class Coastal Patrol Ships on loan from the United States Navy from 2004 - 2011 165 ' Algonquin class Patrol Boat ( WPG ) . Also known as 165 - Foot " A " Patrol Craft 165 ' Thetis class Patrol Boat ( WPC ) . Also known as 165 - Foot ( B ) Patrol Craft 123 ' Patrol Boat ( WPB ) . Island class Patrol Boat 110 ' Island class patrol boat ( WPB ) . Island Class 110 - foot patrol boat 95 ' Cape class patrol boat . 95 ' Cape class patrol boat 87 ' Marine Protector Class coastal patrol boat ( WPB ) . Marine Protector class 87 - foot coastal patrol boat 82 ' Point class patrol boat ( WPB ) . USCG Point class cutter