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Gross - Basenach Gross - Basenach or Groß - Basenach is the designation for a series of five so - called M - class German military semi - rigid airship s constructed by balloonist Nikolaus Basenach and Major Hans Georg Friedrich Groß ( 1860 – 1924 ) of the Royal Prussian Airship Battalion Nr 2 between 1907 and 1914 . They produced one experimental and four so - called military Groß - Basenach types , rebuilding each one several times . In all they were not as successful as Major Groß wished . He was one of the sharpest critics of the Zeppelin airship system . However the war and the ever increasing demands on airship performance left his own system in oblivion . Even his direct competitors , Parseval and the rigid airship maker Schütte - Lanz , did not fare differently after the war ' s end . " Versuchsluftschiff " . The " Versuchluftschiff " ( experimental airship ) had a volume of 1 , 800 cubic metres and had a keel directly under the balloon envelope . It was mostly constructed by the firm Siemens - Schuckert GmbH . The first flight took place at 1907 - 05 - 07 . The power plant was a 24 - 25 horsepower ( HP ) Gaggenau automobile engine and allowed a top speed of . Later the airship was rebuilt , including among other things the empennage . M I . On 21 September 1908 it set a flight endurance record of over 13 hours . In 1913 the hull was lengthened to 71 . 8 metres . In its lengthened state it first flew on 26 March 1913 . The keel was changed three times and the volume increased to 5600 m³ . Nevertheless the maximum speed remained unchanged at . M II . M II was built in 1909 and enlarged in 1911 . M III . M III was built in 1909 and first flew on 31 December 1909 M III was the fastest airship of its time . M IV achieved a top speed of . From 28 December 1914 until 3 November 1915 it performed 24 patrols over the Baltic Sea . On 1915 - 09 - 10 it attacked a U - Boat with 100 - kilogram bombs . References . " Unless otherwise cited , this article was sourced from "
Robert Sedgwick Major General Robert Sedgwick ( c . 1611 – 1656 ) was an English colonist , born 1611 in Woburn , Bedfordshire , England , and baptised on 6 May 1613 . Biography . He settled at Charlestown , Massachusetts Bay Colony , in 1635 , where he became a successful merchant and for many years represented the town in the General Court . He was active in organizing the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company , of which he became captain in 1640 . In 1652 he was appointed commander of all the Massachusetts militia . He ordered the building of Castle William , the first fort at Boston , and Oliver Cromwell promoted him to major general , making him the first Major General of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . With John Winthrop , Jr . and others , he established in 1643 - 1644 the first ironworks in North America . Under authority from Cromwell , in July 1654 Sedgwick raided Acadia by conquering the French at Fort Pentagouet , Maine ; Fort La Tour at the mouth of the St . John River ; and Port Royal . In 1655 he accompanied the expedition which captured Jamaica . Just before his death there , Cromwell gave him sole command as the first Governor General of Jamaica . He died on 24 May 1656 , and was buried halfway up the canyon to Spanish Town from Ocho Rios in a small Christopher Wren - styled chapel . He was the great - great - grandfather of Theodore Sedgwick ( 1746 – 1813 ) , the twice eighth great - grandfather of Edie Sedgwick and the twice ninth great - grandfather of Kyra Sedgwick and James Hamilton Geer , Jr . , Esq . . Sedgwick , Maine , was named in his honor .
Republic of Brescia The Republic of Brescia ( Italian : " Repubblica bresciana " ) was a temporary French client republic in Italy . Established March 18 , 1797 , in the wake of the French occupation of Brescia and Bergamo , it became part of the Cisalpine Republic November 20 , 1791 .
Luigi dal Verme Luigi dal Verme ( died 1449 ) was an Italian condottiero . The son of the condottiero Jacopo dal Verme , initially he followed the latter ' s campaigns , then fought in the company of Muzio Attendolo in the war against Joan II of Naples . Later he was hired by the Bolognesi and then by the Republic of Venice . He married Luchina Bussone , daughter of condottiero Carmagnola . After fighting in the war between the Republic of Florence and Filippo Maria Visconti , Duke of Milan , the latter give him the title of count and several fiefs . In 1437 he returned to Lombardy and , together with Niccolò Piccinino , defended Bellinzona but was defeated at Orzinuovi and Soncino . In 1446 , for Visconti , he besieged Cremona with Francesco Piccinino , but was pushed back by Scaramuccia da Forlì ' s Venetian troops . Later he was commander - in - chief of the Estensi army . He was defeated at Monte Brianza by Attendolo . When in 1447 the Ambrosian Republic was proclaimed , he joined Francesco Sforza in its defence , contributing to the latter ' s conquest of Milan . Finished the war , dal Verme obtained by him the confirmation of his fief in Lombardy . Dal Verme was wounded in the siege of Monza and died soon afterwards , most likely of plague .
Air marshal ( Australia ) Air marshal is the second highest active rank of the Royal Australian Air Force and was created as a direct equivalent of the British Royal Air Force rank of air marshal , it is also considered a three - star rank . The rank is held by the Chief of Air Force ( CAF ) , and when the Vice Chief of the Defence Force ( VCDF ) , the Chief of Joint Operations ( CJOPS ) and / or the Chief of the Capability Development executive ( CCDE ) are Air Force officers . Air marshal is a higher rank than air vice marshal and is lower than air chief marshal . It is a direct equivalent of vice admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and lieutenant general in the Australian Army . The insignia is two light blue bands ( each on a slightly wider black band ) over a light blue band on a black broad band . The Australian Air Corps adopted the RAF rank system on 9 November 1920 and this usage was continued by its successor , the Royal Australian Air Force . However , the rank of air marshal was not used by the Australian Armed Forces until 1940 when Richard Williams , a RAAF officer , was promoted .
7th Kentucky Infantry The 7th Kentucky Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 7th Kentucky Infantry was organized in September 1861 , at Camp Burnett near Clinton , Kentucky , under the command of Colonel Charles Wickliffe . Early in the war , the regiment performed provost guard duty at Paducah , Kentucky . In February 1862 , the regiment was assigned to a brigade and moved south to Corinth , Mississippi . At the Battle of Shiloh , the regiment was brigaded with a battalion of the 1st Tennessee Infantry , 6th Tennessee Infantry , 9th Tennessee Infantry , and Smith ' s Battery ( Mississippi ) . On the second day of the battle , Colonel Wickliffe was mortally wounded when the regiment was ordered to reinforce the left flank of their brigade . Brigade commander Brigadier General George Maney stated , " I directed Colonel Wickliffe , of the Seventh Kentucky , who rendered me most efficient service by his activity and gallantry , the re - enforce [ ment of ] our left . He did as directed and received his fatal wound at the head of a charge , doing his whole duty as a devoted patriot and gallant soldier . " Wickliffe died ten days later near Jackson , Tennessee . ( Wickliffe was a nephew and namesake of Kentucky ' s 14th governor , Charles A . Wickliffe , a staunch Unionist . ) Following Shiloh , the 7th Kentucky Infantry moved south and participated in the Corinth Campaign and the Battle of Baton Rouge . The regiment then remained at Port Hudson , Louisiana until August 20 , 1862 , when it and the 3rd Kentucky Infantry and 8th Kentucky Infantry became part of the Army of Tennessee . The 7th Kentucky Infantry were en route to Bragg at Tullahoma , Tennessee when they were ordered to reinforce Lieutenant General John C . Pemberton in the defenses of Vicksburg , Mississippi . By early 1864 , the regiment ' s strength was severely depleted . The 7th Kentucky Infantry was ordered to report to General Nathan Bedford Forrest . Horses were unavailable , so the men followed Forrest on foot . The Kentucky troops that accompanied Forrest were divided into four brigades . The 7th Kentucky Infantry was in the third brigade with the 3rd Kentucky Infantry , 8th Kentucky Infantry , and 12th Kentucky Infantry , commanded by Colonel A . P . Thompson . On March 15 , 1864 Forrest moved north toward Paducah , Kentucky . Three miles from Paducah they encountered Union pickets and pushed them back to their camp on the outskirts of town . Under fire from a nearby fort , the Kentuckians moved through the streets of Paducah . The fort was discovered to be impenetrable , and a retreat was ordered . Colonel Thompson was killed by cannon fire while leading his troops . Forrest soon returned to Mississippi where the regiment was engaged at the Battle of Brice ' s Crossroads . At some point in the campaign to Kentucky , the regiment was mounted , becoming the 7th Kentucky Mounted Infantry . The regiment surrendered on May 4 , 1865 at Columbus , Mississippi .
USS LST - 794 USS " LST - 794 " was an built for the United States Navy during World War II . Late in her career , she was renamed " Gibson County " ( LST - 794 ) — for counties in Indiana and Tennessee , the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name — but saw no active service under that name . Originally laid down as " LST - 794 " by the Dravo Corporation , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania on 12 July 1944 ; launched 16 September 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . B . H . Gommel ; and commissioned 16 October 1944 with Lieutenant W . C . Cain , USCGR , in command . Service history . Following shakedown , " LST - 794 " departed New Orleans 15 November , en route to the Pacific . After embarking Army and Navy passengers at Pearl Harbor , she steamed to the New Hebrides , arriving Espiritu Santo on 16 January 1945 . Proceeding to the Russell Islands she debarked passengers and cargo before sailing to Guadalcanal for assignment . During the next four weeks she transported troops and cargo between Guadalcanal and the Russell Islands . As the invasion of Okinawa approached , " LST - 794 " engaged in intensive amphibious exercises in the Solomons , then steamed for the Ulithi staging area . After embarking men and vehicles of the 1st Battalion 4th Marines , the landing ship departed Ulithi on 25 March , and a week later arrived off Okinawa . On 1 April the troops stormed ashore in small boats and LVT s as the Marines established a beachhead . She remained in the assault area until 11 April when she sailed to Saipan for reinforcements . For the rest of the war , " LST - 794 " transported troops and cargo between Okinawa and the Philippines . Following the surrender of Japan , she remained in the Far East , assisting the occupation forces in Japan , Korea , and Okinawa . Returning to the United States in early 1946 , " LST - 794 " decommissioned on 9 July 1946 and joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet , berthed in the Columbia River . Named USS " Gibson County " ( LST - 794 ) on 1 July 1955 , she was used as a target and sunk by the submarine on 22 May 1958 . The ship was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 November 1958 . " LST - 794 " received one battle star for World War II service .
Battle of Åland Islands The Battle of Aland Islands , or the Battle of Gotland , which occurred in July 1915 , was a naval battle of World War I between the German Empire and the Russian Empire , assisted by a submarine of the British Baltic Flotilla . It took place in the Baltic Sea off the shores of Gotland , Sweden , a country neutral in World War I . The German mine - laying cruiser — screened by the armored cruiser , the light cruiser s and , and seven torpedo boat s , under " Kommodore " Johannes von Karpf — was laying mines off the Åland Islands . On the morning of 2 July , they were intercepted by a Russian squadron consisting of the armored cruisers and with the light cruisers and , under Rear Admiral Mikhail Bakhirev . In the artillery duel that followed , " Albatross " was badly damaged and beached on the Swedish coast . In the second phase of the battle , German armoured cruiser " Roon " and Russian " Bayan " fought each other at distance without damaging seriously . Reinforcements on both sides sailed to join the engagement . The Russian armored cruiser joined the fight as the German force retreated and was encountered by the old light cruiser " Lübeck " , which took her for the destroyer " Novik " . " Lübeck " managed to escape in the short but fierce fighting when " Roon " intercepted " Rurik " . Both sides duelled each other at far distance , but there was no harm inflicted by any side . As the German armored cruisers and sailed to reinforce the German squadron , " Prinz Adalbert " was torpedoed by the British submarine and limped to shore .
1st Regiment New York Dragoons The 1st New York Dragoons was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . Originally mustered into service as the 130th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment it was converted to cavalry on July 28 , 1863 and designated as the 19th Regiment New York Volunteer Cavalry . The men were recruited from Allegany , Livingston , and Wyoming counties . The 19th Cavalry was officially re - designated as the 1st Regiment of Dragoons on September 10 , 1863 . The term dragoon generally refers to mounted infantry or light cavalry . Originally assigned to the Cavalry Corps , Army of the Potomac the Dragoons moved to the Army of the Shenandoah with General Philip Sheridan . During its service , the 1st New York Dragoons fought in 64 battles , captured 19 pieces of artillery and four Confederate battle flags . After marching in the Grand Review at Washington D . C . at the close of the Civil War , the Dragoons were mustered out of service at Cloud ’ s Mills , Virginia on June 30 , 1865 . Medals of Honor . Two enlisted men and one officer of the 1st New York Dragoons were awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 4 officers and 127 enlisted men who were killed in action or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 142 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 274 fatalities ; of whom 36 enlisted men died in Confederate prisons .
818th Strategic Aerospace Division The 818th Strategic Aerospace Division ( 818th SAD ) is an inactive United States Air Force organization . Its last assignment was with Strategic Air Command , assigned to Second Air Force , being stationed at Lincoln Air Force Base , Nebraska . It was inactivated on 25 March 1965 . Activated in 1954 as an intermediate command echelon of Strategic Air Command , supervising and directing the combat training of its subordinate units in the Central Midwest . Upon activation , the Division immediately assumed responsibility for training B - 47 Stratojet wings capable of long range offensive bombardment and worldwide air to air refueling operations . The division participated in numerous tactical training exercises such as Chuck Wagon , Pace Setter , Cobra Killer , and Sky Shield , and countless others until March 1965 . Designated as a Strategic Aerospace Division in 1961 when assumed command and control of SM - 65 Atlas ICBM wings . Inactivated as part of the phaseout of B - 47s and Atlas ICBMs in 1965 . History . Components . Wings Squadrons
Mu ' nis al - Fahl Mu ' nis , surnamed al - Fahl ( " the Stallion " ) and also known as al - Khazin ( " the Treasurer " ) , to distinguish him from his contemporary Mu ' nis al - Khadim , was a senior general of the Abbasid Caliphate in the reigns of al - Mu ' tadid , al - Muktafi and al - Muqtadir . After distinguished career under the first two caliphs , he played a decisive role in the suppression of the palace coup that briefly deposed al - Muqtadir in favour of Abdallah ibn al - Mu ' tazz . He was then named treasurer ( " khazin " ) and chief of security ( " sahib al - shurta " ) to the Caliph . He died in 914 .
Earl of Pembroke ' s Armour The Earl of Pembroke ’ s Armour is one of the pieces in the Royal Ontario Museum ’ s European Collection . This suit of armour belonged to the Earl of Pembroke , William Herbert ( 1501 - 1570 ) . History . William Herbert , 1st Earl of Pembroke . William Herbert was a noble and courtier during the Tudor Period and served as a guardian to King Edward VI following the death of King Henry VIII . After King Edward ' s death he served Queen Mary I . The Earl had 3 children surviving to adulthood who also served the House of Tudor . William Herbert died on March 17 , 1570 and is buried in St . Paul ’ s Cathedral next to his first wife , Anne ( Parr ) Herbert . The armour . The armour on display at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is the torso and upper leg portion of the full suit that was created for William Herbert , 1st Earl of Pembroke . This piece is a rare example of armour made by master armourer Erasmus Kirkener at the Royal Armoury Workshops at Greenwich , England in the 1550s . The Greenwich workshops were founded by King Henry VIII in 1525 to provide tailoured armour for nobles of England . This piece , originally from the ancestral estate of the Earls of Pembroke , was kept in the Armoury of Wilton House near Sailsbury in Wiltshire , England . After the First World War , as with many large country houses , the contents of Wilton House were sold . The selling of estates and their contents have an interesting history of their own tied in with the social and financial changes brought on by the war . Charles Currelly acquired this piece for the Royal Ontario Museum in 1930 . It is on display in the Weston Family Gallery of the Samuel European Galleries . Description . The armour is composed of overlapping horizontal lames of steel that are held together by internal leather straps and sliding rivets . This Italian influenced design of armour found on the breastplate and backplate is known as " anime . " Kirkener designed " animes " between 1550 and 1560 . The ROM ' s " anime " is one of only three surviving " animes " made at Greenwich in public collections . " Animes " formed the core parts of armour garnitures . Garniture armour is a collection of interchangeable pieces which could be rearranged for various combat situations . Pembroke ' s armour forms what is known as a " small garniture " that would be used for infantry and light or heavy cavalry use . In addition to serving as protection for the wearer , armour is reflective fashion styles during the 1550s . The shape of the shoulders and sides of this piece reflect the cut of the doublet worn by civilians during the reign of Mary I . The custom made piece also reflects the physical dimensions of the Earl of Pembroke .
Henry H . Bell Henry Haywood Bell ( 13 April 1808 – 11 January 1868 ) was an admiral in the United States Navy during the American Civil War . Biography . Bell was born in Orange County , North Carolina . Appointed a Midshipman on 4 August 1823 , during the next two decades he served afloat in U . S . Atlantic waters , the Mediterranean Sea and the West Indies as an officer of the frigate s and ; the sloops of war , , and ; and the schooner . In March 1831 , while in " Vincennes " , Bell was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant . He was assigned to special service on a vessel named " Hunter " ( apparently not part of the U . S . Navy ) during the mid - 1840s , then was off Africa and in the Mediterranean as an officer of the frigate " United States " and as commanding officer of the schooner . Between early 1849 and mid - 1855 , Bell served ashore at the Philadelphia , Norfolk and New York Navy Yards . Promoted to the rank of Commander in August 1854 , Bell went to the East Indies in 1855 - 1858 as commanding officer of the steamer . He spent the late 1850s and early 1860s as a member of the Board of Examiners at the U . S . Naval Academy and on ordnance duty at both Cold Spring , New York and the Washington Navy Yard . During the Civil War he served as Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Admiral David Farragut . He served in the series of campaigns that captured New Orleans and gradually opened the Mississippi River for exploitation by Federal forces . In July 1862 , while so - engaged , he attained the rank of Commodore . After completing his Gulf assignment in 1864 , he was assigned to the New York Navy Yard as Inspector of Ordnance . With the Civil War at an end , in July 1865 Commodore Bell was sent to the Far East to command the East India ( later Asiatic ) Squadron . He was advanced to Rear Admiral a year later and placed on the Retired List in April 1867 , but remained active as the Asiatic Squadron ' s commander . In the summer of 1867 Rear Admiral Bell led the Formosan Expedition , a punitive expedition in response to the Rover Incident . The expedition ended in a failure , but led to a second Chinese expedition the same year that established safety for shipwrecked sailors stranded on the island . However , the crew of a Japanese merchant ship was massacred in 1871 , and this resulted in a Japanese intervention and occupation against the same Paiwanan enemy . From late 1867 to early 1868 , his squadron including screw sloops of war , ( flag ship ) , and , with warships of other western countries , anchored in Osaka Bay to increase pressure on the Japanese government ( Bakufu ) to open Hyogo Port on 1 January 1868 as committed . On 11 January 1868 , while en route to shore at Hyogo , his boat was overturned by heavy seas . Rear Admiral Bell and all but three of the craft ' s other occupants perished in this accident . Namesakes . Two ships , , have been named for him .
SS Söderhamn Söderhamn was a 1 , 499 GRT Cargo ship that was built in 1899 by Helsingørs Jernskib - og Maskinbyggeri A / S , Denmark for German owners . She was seized by the Allies at Kiel in May 1945 , passed to the Ministry of War Transport ( MoWT ) and renamed Empire Congham . In 1947 , she was returned to her previous owners and renamed " Söderhamn " . She served until 1958 when she was scrapped in Hamburg , Germany . Description . The ship was built in 1899 by Helsingørs Jernskib - og Maskinbyggeri A / S , Helsingør , Denmark . The ship was long , with a beam of a depth of . She had a GRT of 1 , 499 and a NRT of 945 . The ship was propelled by a triple expansion steam engine , which had cylinders of , and diameter by stroke . The engine was built by Helsingørs . History . " Söderhamn " was built for H . M . Gehrckens , Hamburg . Originally built for Gehrckens ' baltic liner - service , from 1900 " Söderhamn " was deployed to Walvis Bay , bringing troop - supplies to German South West Africa . During World War I she was trading in the baltic again . In 1915 " Söderhamn " was torpedoed , but did not sink because of her cargo of timber . At the end of hostilities " Söderhamn " was delivered to England , but bought back from Gehrckens in 1921 . By 1930 , " Söderhamn " was owned by Nautik GmbH but sold to H . M . Gehrckens , Hamburg in 1937 . Her port of registry was Hamburg and she used the Code Letters RBSP . In 1934 , her Code Letters were changed to DHVW . " Söderhamn " had a collision with a larger cargovessel in November 1944 . Her stern was ripped from the railings to the doublebottom , but once again she didn ' t sink . After repairs in Danzig she took part in Operation Hannibal . Beginning on 30 January 1945 until 8 April 1945 " Söderhamn " made nine voyages under the command of Captain Kurt Timm , in which she rescued 19 , 350 refugees from East Prussia and Pomerania via the baltic . In May 1945 , " Söderhamn " was seized by the Allies at Kiel . She was passed to the MoWT and renamed " Empire Congham " . Her port of registry was London . She was placed under the management of William Robertson Ltd . The Code Letters GTFX and United Kingdom Official Number 180762 were allocated . In 1947 , " Empire Congham " was returned to the H M Gehrckens , Hamburg and was renamed " Söderhamn " . She was then the largest merchant ship that Germany possessed . She served until 1958 when she was scrapped at Hamburg .