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Battle of Driefontein The Battle of Driefontein on 10 March 1900 followed on the Battle of Poplar Grove in the Second Boer War between the British Empire and the Boer republics , in what is now South Africa . Background . In the first half of 1900 , the British made an offensive towards the two Boer republic capitals of Bloemfontein and Pretoria .
Deperdussin TT The Deperdussin TT was a French monoplane built by " Société Pour les Appareils Deperdussin " , later to become S . P . A . D . Introduced in 1912 , the type was one widely used by the French Air Force ( then " Aviation Militaire " ) bfore the First World War . In February 1914 , an experiment was made to install a machine gun on the aircraft , but this did not see service . A number were used by the Naval Wing of the British Royal Flying Corps , one being fitted with floats and flown from Lake Windemere .
CITEFA AS - 25K The AS - 25K is an Argentine air - to - surface missile ( ASM ) under development by the CITEFA ( " Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas de las FFAA " - Armed Forces Scientific and Technical Research Institute ) in 2 versions : air - sea and air - land . The main user is the COAN ( COmando Aviación Naval - Naval Aviation Command ) of the Argentine Navy . It is propelled by a booster rocket and a solid propergol sustainer rocket , with a range of 25 km at a speed of Mach - 2 . Its total weight is less than 240 kg , and its warhead is composed by approximately 60 kg of Hexolite 50 . 50 . Variants . Four variants are being considered , differing basically in the guidance system : It has been reported that the IR version is already developed and ready for testing . Work is being done in a laser guidance system for the LS version . Research for the TV version is being commenced . Relation with " Martin Pescador " . The AS - 25K is a development of the Martin Pescador MP - 1000 Argentine air - to - surface missile , currently in use also by the Argentine Navy . The main differences are :
HMCS Protecteur ( AOR 509 ) HMCS " Protecteur " is a Canadian " Protecteur " - class auxiliary oiler replenishment ship . Built by Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Docks in Saint John , New Brunswick , she was commissioned in 1969 , the first ship of her class . She is the first Canadian naval unit to carry the name " Protecteur " ; however , there have been several units , including a base , named . The ship is assigned to the Royal Canadian Navy ' s Maritime Forces Pacific ( MARPAC ) in Esquimalt , British Columbia . Service . In 1991 , HMCS " Protecteur " was part of the Canadian contingent sent to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Desert Shield and later Operation Friction ( the Canadian name for its operations during the Persian Gulf War ) . The ship , part of a three - vessel force ( the other two being the destroyers and ) , saw extensive service in the Central Gulf . " Protecteur " was deployed to East Timor as part of the Australian - led INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce from 23 October 1999 to 23 January 2000 . On 19 September 2011 , " Protecteur " departed from CFB Esquimalt for a two - month deployment off southern California as part of the U . S . Navy ' s Carrier Strike Group Nine . " Protecteur " joined the destroyer and the frigate in Fleet Week activities in San Diego , California , between 26 and 30 September 2011 . On August 30 , 2013 , the ship was involved in a collision with the during towing exercises . There were no injuries to personnel , although the ship sustained damage to her bow . Future . The ship will continue to operate until the Joint Support Ship Project has been completed .
Espada ropera The espada ropera was a sword developed in the mid - 15th century in Spain . The name referred to swords worn by civilians , as opposed for those meant for battlefield use . Compared to earlier swords , the espada ropera was lighter , thinner , and more ornate . It was first mentioned in an inventory of Don Álvaro de Zúñiga in 1468 . Overview . The " espada ropera " ( lit . " dress sword " ) was the forerunner of , and in Spain a contemporary of , the rapier . The French term " espee rapiere " is a derivative of " espada ropera " . The espada ropera distinguishes itself from the rapier in that its blade , though thin , could be used to make effective cuts . Modern tests have shown it capable of cutting cleanly through a pig . These swords were manufactured in Toledo . It is a sword that stands between a Baroque period rapier and a late medieval arming sword and it is also considered to be the starting point of the light - blade lineage . The espada ropera has a cross - guard and despite the fact that the sword is narrowed it maintains an effective cutting edge . Dimensions . In comparison with other swords of the 15th century , the espada ropera is a narrow and long sword . They have a weight of , a blade width of about , and a blade length of . Origins . According to Claude Blair , the etymology of the term " espada ropera " probably comes from the , which means " wearing " ; or it may also be the word , which means " to scratch " . This is why experts consider the espada ropera to be more a clothing accessory than a weapon . Although its country of origin is Spain , the name was used through Europe . Although not in fashion during the Middle Ages , the wearing of swords became very popular in Europe during the 15th century .
1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash The 1946 Antarctica PBM Mariner crash occurred on December 30 , 1946 on Thurston Island , Antarctica when a United States Navy PBM Mariner crashed during a blizzard . The aircraft , designated " George 1 " , was supporting Operation " Highjump " . The crash killed crewmembers Aviation Radiomen Wendell K . Hendersin and Fredrick W . Williams and Ensign Maxwell A . Lopez . Six surviving crewmembers , including Aviation Radioman James H . Robbins and co - pilot William Kearns , were rescued 13 days later by an aircraft from . Hendersin , Williams , and Lopez were buried at the crash site and their remains have not been recovered . A two - expedition recovery mission was planned but subsequently cancelled for November 2008 and November 2009 to recover the three fatalities of the crash from their 150 - foot deep 61 - year old temporary grave .
SS Laurentic ( 1908 ) SS Laurentic was a British ocean liner of the White Star Line . The Dominion Line steamship company operated a successful passenger service on their Liverpool - Canada route in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . Their ships had become outdated , so in 1907 two new liners were ordered from Harland and Wolff , the SS " Alberta " and SS " Albany " . However , during their construction they were transferred to the White Star Line and with them the White Star Line itself began the process of entering the Canadian passenger trade . The " Alberta " was renamed the " Laurentic " and her sister " Albany " became the " Megantic " . At the time , the two were the largest ships yet built for Canadian service and they were used as a form of full - scale experiment to decide on the machinery for the White Star Line ' s future Olympic - class liner s . The " Megantic " was built as a conventional twin - screw ship with conventional quadruple expansion engines , while the " Laurentic " , with the same hull and boiler power , was given an experimental configuration consisting of three screws : The two wing propellers were driven by triple expansion engines , while the third centre propeller was driven by a low pressure steam turbine , utilising the exhaust steam from the first two engines . This arrangement was found to produce significant improvements in efficiency and economy over the conventional engines of " Megantic " , and was chosen for use in the three Olympic - class liners " Laurentic " was launched in 1908 and entered service between Liverpool and Quebec City on 29 April 1909 . She normally served on the Liverpool - Canada route , and gained notoriety in the capture of murderer Hawley Harvey Crippen , in which Chief Inspector Walter Dew of the Metropolitan Police used the " Laurentic " ' s speed to arrive in Canada before the fleeing suspect on the . Being in Montréal when the Great War began , Laurentic was immediately commissioned as a troop transport for the Canadian Expeditionary Force . After conversion to armed merchant cruiser service in 1915 , she struck two mines off Lough Swilly in the north of Ireland on 25 January 1917 and sank within an hour . Only 121 of the 475 aboard survived . In addition to her passengers and crew , the ship was carrying about 43 tons of gold ingots stowed in its second class baggage room . At the time the gold was valued at £5 million , approximately £250 million in 2007 . Royal Navy divers made over 5 , 000 dives to the wreck between 1917 and 1924 and recovered all but about 1 % of the ingots . Still to this day 22 bars of gold remain on the sea bed , perhaps under parts of the hull , the last of the gold recovered by the Royal Navy was some 10 metres ( 33 . 8 feet ) under the sea bed , thus the remaining gold would be difficult to reach .
Naval Hospital Corps School Naval Hospital Corps School was the United States Navy ' s only basic hospital corpsman school . It was located within Lake County , Illinois , at 601 D St . , Bldg 130H , Naval Station , Great Lakes , Illinois 60088 , for nearly a century . History . It was established in January 1913 . It is an " A " School . Its mission is to field Basic Hospital Corpsmen into the fleet . The mission of Naval Hospital Corps School is to develop , teach , and put forward Hospital Corpsmen into the fleet : aboard ships , aboard Naval Hospitals , Department of Defense medical facilities , with United States Marine Corps units , or elsewhere . Previously there were hospital corps schools located in San Diego , CA and Orlando , FL . The Great Lakes A - School closed the after the last class graduated on July 28 , 2011 . Its last class was Class 11 - 125 . The school has relocated to the Medical Education and Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston , Joint Base San Antonio , Texas .
Fritz Burkhardt Fritz Burkhardt ( 22 March 1920 – 26 December 2002 ) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant 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 .
Fort Gibraltar Fort Gibraltar was a fort built in 1809 by the North West Company in present - day Manitoba , Canada . In the early 19th century fur - trading was the main industry of Western Canada . Two companies had an intense competition over the trade . The first , the Hudson ' s Bay Company was a London , England - based organization . The second , the North West Company was based in Montreal . Hudson ' s Bay Company was distinctly English in its culture and flavour while the North West Company was a mix of French , Scottish and First Nations cultures . The voyageurs of the North West Company were a highly mobile group of fur traders . They established temporary encampments in the forks region that later became Winnipeg . In 1809 the North West Company built Fort Gibraltar . The fort was erected in the vicinity of the Hudson ' s Bay Company ' s continental headquarters of Fort Douglas . It proved an irritant to the HBC for ten years . There were many conflicts between the mostly Scottish employees of the HBC and the NWC employees , who were mostly French - Canadians and Métis . On March 17 , 1816 , Fort Gibraltar was captured and destroyed by Colin Robertson , a former NWC employee who became a leader of the Red River Colony . The capture was ruled illegal by British authorities and the North West Company was given permission to rebuild the fort in 1817 . Before eventually amalgamating with the Hudson ' s Bay Company , North West Company had 97 trading posts compared to the 84 in Manitoba that flew the Hudson ' s Bay Company standard . On March 26 , 1821 , The North West Company was merged with its rival under the name of the Hudson ' s Bay Company . The site of the fort was designated a National Historic Site in 1924 as part of the " Forts Rouge , Garry , and Gibraltar National Historic Site of Canada " . Fort Gibraltar Museum . A reconstructed Fort Gibraltar located in Whittier Park in St . Boniface , Winnipeg was built in the late 1970s for the Festival du Voyageur , the largest winter festival in Western Canada . In the summer , the museum operates living history demonstrations of life in the fur trading post as in 1815 .
Yahya Skaf Yahya Skaf , also spelled Yehia Skaff , from the Bhanine ( Menyeh ) district of Lebanon , is a person claimed to have been arrested by Israel on 11 March 1978 for participation in the Coastal Road massacre . Israel claims he was killed during battle with his body never found . It ' s claimed by the Khiam Center that his family and some released detainees have borne witness to his imprisonment . Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah suggested Skaf be a part of a prisoner exchange during the 2006 Lebanon War . However , he was not included in the July 2008 prisoner exchange .
Ukita Hideie Rise to prominence . Hideie ' s father Naoie was daimyo of Bizen province and initially opposed , but later sided with Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi . Naoie died in 1581 , and in 1582 Hideie became the head of the Ukita clan . As Hideie was still young , it was Hideie ' s uncle [ Tadaie ] who acted as leader of the Ukita army ( under Toyotomi Hideyoshi ) during the siege of Bitchu Takamatsu Castle in 1582 . Nobunaga was assassinated on June 2 of that year , but the siege continued until the castle fell two days later . Hideyoshi raced back to Kyoto , leaving the Ukita clan in charge of Bizen , Mimasaka and newly taken parts of Bitchu provinces . The Ukita were also to keep watch on Mōri Terumoto to the west . In 1586 , Hideie was married to Hideyoshi ' s adopted daughter , Gohime . ( She had been adopted by Hideyoshi from Maeda Toshiie . ) Hideie joined Hideyoshi ' s military campaigns in Shikoku ( 1585 ) , Kyushu ( 1586 ) and the Siege of Odawara ( 1590 ) . Following the unification of Japan under Hideyoshi , Hideie joined the Korean campaigns , returning in 1598 to serve as one of Hideyoshi ' s five counselors , along with Maeda Toshiie , Uesugi Kagekatsu , Mōri Terumoto , and Tokugawa Ieyasu . Battle of Sekigahara . Hideyoshi died in 1598 , leaving his five - year - old son Hideyori as his successor and Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to take control . Hideie contributed 17 , 000 men to the Toyotomi army at the Battle of Sekigahara but they were defeated after many of their " allies " defected to the Tokugawa side . One of these defectors was Kobayakawa Hideaki , who was granted Okayama Castle and surrounding Ukita territories as the spoils of war . Hideie escaped from the confusion of the battlefield , but was later found and exiled to the island of Hachijōjima , along with several supporters , including his two sons and their nurse ( s ? ) . Hideie ' s wife sought refuge with the Maeda clan and was able to correspond and send gifts ( rice , sake , clothing ) to her husband and sons from there . Hideie eventually outlived his wife and all of the sengoku ( warring states ) era samurai . He was offered a conditional pardon after Ieyasu ' s death , but declined and never returned to the mainland . His wife had died , the Toyotomi were defeated , there was no place to return to , his sons had fathered children on Hachijo , and the Shogunate was to be inherited by members of the Tokugawa clan . There is no evidence to suggest that Hideie fathered any further children himself , but many of his sons ' descendants emigrated back to the Japanese mainland when a full pardon was granted at the end of the Tokugawa era .
Dorin Dănilă " Viceamiral " Dorin Dănilă ( born June 29 , 1953 , in Braşov ) was the Chief of the Romanian Naval Forces Staff from 3 November 2006 to 3 July 2010 , when he was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral and discharged from active duty . Personal life . Dorin Dănilă is married and has one daughter .
HMS Havock ( 1893 ) HMS " Havock " was a " Havock " - class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy built by the Yarrow shipyard . She was one of the very first destroyers ordered by the Royal Navy , and the first to be delivered . Design and construction . She had a full load displacement of 275 tons and a speed of . She differed from her sister ship in having 2 locomotive boilers placed end - to - end , while " Hornet " had 8 water tube boilers . This resulted in an obvious external difference , since " Hornet " had 4 funnels ( with the centre pair close together ) while " Havock " had 2 closely - spaced funnels . She was launched on 12 August 1893 . Armament . " Havock " was armed with a single 12 - pounder gun mounted on a pedestal at the conning position , an exposed location that was extremely wet in even moderately rough weather . Three 6 pounder QF gun s were mounted , with two either side of , and slightly abaft of , the conning position , and the third placed near the stern just aft of the torpedo tubes . Three 18 - inch ( 450mm ) torpedo tube s were fitted , with two in a turntable towards the stern , and able to fire on either side . The third torpedo tube was fitted at the bow , with the torpedo ejected from the tube by a gunpowder charge . This fitting was later removed , as it was found that the fitting was extremely exposed , and the boat had a tendency to outpace its own torpedo when running at high speed . Career . " Havock " " behaved well " on trials in late 1893 , with her top speed indicating that she was capable of keeping up with battleship s . It was noted that her trial demonstrated better fuel efficiency than her sister , " Hornet " . In 1889 - 1900 she was re - boilered with conventional ship water tube boilers , changing her silhouette to have three funnels , with the centre one somewhat thicker than the others . By this period such a layout was considered standard for torpedo boat destroyers . " Havock " ' s career was spent entirely around the British Isles . Fate . " Havock " was sold on 14 May 1912 and was broken up .
John Maitland ( British Army officer ) Lieutenant - Colonel John Maitland ( 1732 – 25 October 1779 ) was a British military officer who was the tenth son of Charles Maitland , 6th Earl of Lauderdale and Lady Elizabeth Ogilvie . He was the younger brother of Frederick Maitland . He served as an officer of the Royal Marines before transferring as Lieutenant Colonel to the 71st Regiment of Foot , Fraser ' s Highlanders in 1778 . He had lost a hand while fighting in the East Indies . Maitland fought at the Battle of Stono Ferry , where he commanded the British redoubt , and helped lift the Siege of Savannah during the American Revolutionary War . He died of a fever shortly after the siege was lifted .
USS Mesa Verde ( LPD - 19 ) USS " Mesa Verde " ( LPD - 19 ) is the third " San Antonio " - class amphibious transport dock and the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado . The ship is designed to deliver a fully equipped battalion of up to 800 Marines . The contract to build her was awarded on 29 February 2000 to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of Pascagoula , Mississippi , and her keel was laid down on 25 February 2003 . She was launched on 19 November 2004 , and christened on 15 January 2005 with Linda Price Campbell , wife of former Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado , serving as the ship ’ s sponsor . The ship was commissioned on 15 December 2007 in Panama City , Florida with its first commanding officer being Commander Shawn W . Lobree of Miami , Florida .
Mil Mi - 22 The Mil Mi - 22 was a single - engined helicopter project of the 1960s . It was similar in size and shape to the Mil Mi - 2 and had problems with planned engine configuration ( first W - 2 config . ) . Later schematics interested the Russia n military by illustrations of higher - capacity engine configuration , 10A GTD - 940 kW to be precise , ( next W - 20 config . ) and had an improved fuselage , unlike the earlier Mil Mi - 2 . It was also planned to have a four - bladed main rotor , a two - bladed tail rotor , a larger cabin than that in the Mil Mi - 2 , and a skid undercarriage . The Mi - 22 lost out to the larger Mi - 24 , which had better assault / transport abilities .
1st Sustainment Command ( Theater ) The 1st Sustainment Command ( Theater ) ( 1st TSC ) is a major subordinate unit of US Army Central at Fort Bragg , North Carolina . The 1st Logistical Command was activated in October 1950 as a planning headquarters at Fort McPherson , Georgia . It was deployed to Poitiers , France in September – October 1951 , during the Berlin Crisis of 1951 . It operated under the Communications Zone , United States Army - Europe . In 1962 , the Command returned to the United States and was assigned to III Corps , stationed at Fort Hood , Texas . On April 1 , 1965 , the 1st Logistical Command was deployed to Vietnam . Its mission was to act as the logistics headquarters for all units in the theater . In Vietnam the command parented the U . S . Army Support Command , Da Nang , U . S . Army Support Command , Qui Nhon , U . S . Army Support Command , Cam Ranh Bay , and U . S . Army Support Command , Saigon , as well as other smaller commands . Lieutenant General Walter Woolwine was commanding grneral from 1970 . The Command served five years in Southeast Asia . Formerly known as COSCOM it was designated for the support of the XVIII Airborne Corps . The command ' s mission dictates that they maintain the command ' s headquarters in Fort Bragg , North Carolina , while sustaining an enduring mission forward , based in Kuwait . Subordinate units serving under the 1st TSC in Southwest Asia include :
Tross The ' ( sometimes spelled ' ) was the camp follower contingent of the Landsknecht mercenary regiments which originated at the end of the fifteenth century and were the dominant form of infantry mercenary force throughout the sixteenth century . Each unit traveled with a contingent , which followed behind . They carried the military and fighting necessities , the food and the belongings of each " soldat " ( " soldier " ) and his family . Members of the were made up of women , children , craftsmen and day laborers . The term " support staff " can be used to give the German word a clearer meaning , although its true English translation is " unit train " or " baggage train " . Many women of the were wives of the soldiers , or other family members such as sisters , nieces , or daughters . Some of the women were betrothed to a member of the military unit . Very few single , unattached women were permitted into the ranks of the in fear that their possible turn to prostitution would cause unrest in the baggage train by disrupting family relationships . Unattached women allowed into the were those who possessed a skill or trade which made them a valuable asset not only to the unit but to the military unit as well . However , they were closely watched until they took a legitimate husband . The custom of a regiment being followed by the continued beyond the period of the . During the Thirty Years ' War , it could occur that a 1 , 000 - man regiment would be accompanied by 500 women and 300 children . The was indispensable for supply purposes , although it limited the freedom of movement of the army . At times , the fell prey to the opposing army . Notes . " Portions of this article were translated from the German Wikipedia . "
Walter Neumann - Silkow Walter Neumann - Silkow ( 10 April 1894 – 9 December 1941 ) was a highly decorated Generalleutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded several divisions . 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 . Walter Neumann - Silkow died of wounds on 9 December 1941 at a military hospital in Derna , Libya . He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant .