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German Type Mittel U submarine Mittel U was a class of U - boat s built during World War I by the Kaiserliche Marine . Mittel U U - boats carried 16 torpedo es and had various arrangements of deck guns . Some had only one 88mm gun while others had a single 105mm gun - but most had both originally . In 1917 some of the boats were refitted with a single 105mm gun . They carried a crew of 39 and had excellent seagoing abilities with a cruising range of around 11 , 220 miles . Many arrangements from the Mittel U were also seen on the World War II Type IX U - boats when their design work took place 20 years later . Between 1915 and 1919 46 were built , amongst them " U - 88 " with Walther Schwieger as commander and " U - 103 " with Claus Rücker . List of Type Mittel U submarines . There were 46 Type Mittel U submarines commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine .
Shahriar Shafiq Shahriar Shafiq ( ; 15 March 1945 , Rabat , Morocco - 7 December 1979 , Paris , France ) was the son of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi , twin sister of the Shah of Iran , and Ahmad Shafiq . Early life and education . Shafiq was born in Rabat on 5 March 1945 . He was the son of Ashraf Pahlavi and Ahmad Shafiq , and brother of Azadeh Shafiq . Shafiq was educated at the Royal Navy College in Dartmouth , the United Kingdom . Career and activities . Shafiq was an Imperial Iranian Navy Captain . He and his cousin Prince Kamyar Pahlavi , son of Abdul Reza Pahlavi , were the only members of the Pahlavi Dynasty who chose military careers . In addition , Shafiq was the only highest ranking military officer in the Pahlavi family . He worked in the navy of Iran from 1963 to 1979 . He served as the commander of the Persian Gulf fleet of Hovercraft before the 1979 revolution . Shafiq served also as the head of judo and karate federation during the reign of Muhammad Reza . After the revolution of February 1979 , he was the only member of the Pahlavi dynasty to stay in Iran and keep fighting against the revolutionaries , up to the point when he had to flee in a small boat from the Persian Gulf to Kuwait , under heavy fire . He fled Iran in March 1979 . Personal life . In 1967 , Shafiq married Maryam Eghbal , the Christian daughter of Manouchehr Eghbal , who had married at age 18 to Mahmoud Reza Pahlavi in October 1964 , one of his uncles and a half - brother of the Shah . Shafiq and Eghbal had two sons : Later years and assassination . After leaving Iran , Shafiq firstly went to the United States . Then he joined his family in Paris , France , on 14 November 1979 , and began organizing a resistance movement against the Islamic Republic . He founded the group , Iran Azad ( Free Iran ) , which was later led by his sister Azadeh with whom he was living in Paris . They both acted as the Pahlavi family ’ s principal spokesmen . In Iran , Islamic judge Ayatollah Sadeq Khalkhali tried and sentenced him and other members of the Pahlavi family in absentia to death in a secret trial in spring of 1979 . He was assassinated in Paris on 7 December 1979 , being shot twice in the head by the agents of the Islamic Republic on the Rue Pergolese , outside his mother ' s home . He was at the age of 34 . The attack was carried out by a masked gunman . Ayatollah Khalkhali claimed that the assassination was carried out by one of his death squads and therefore , Shafiq was the first victim of the Iran ' s death squads . The militant Moslem Liberation Group announced that it was responsible for the assassination . Shahriar ' s body was not buried , but embalmed and moved to New York where it has been kept by his mother .
Edmund Poë Admiral Sir Edmund Samuel Poë GCVO KCB ( 11 September 1849 – 1 April 1921 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , East Indies station . Naval career . Educated at the Royal Naval Academy , Gosport , Poë joined the Royal Navy in 1862 . He was made Naval Advisor to the Inspector - General of Fortifications in 1889 and Commander of the Training Squadron in 1897 . In September 1901 he was promoted to Rear - Admiral . He went on to be Second in command of the Home Fleet in 1903 and Commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron in 1904 . He was appointed Commander - in - Chief , East Indies Station in 1905 , Commander - in - Chief , Cape of Good Hope Station in 1907 and Commander - in - Chief , Mediterranean Fleet in 1910 . Finally was appointed First and Principal Aide - de - Camp to the King in 1912 and retired in 1914 . Family . In 1877 he married Frances Catherine Sheil .
Franklin W . Lutes Franklin W . Lutes ( 1840 – April 6 , 1915 ) was a soldier in the Union Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his actions in the American Civil War . Lutes enlisted in the Army from Geddes , New York in March 1864 . Serving with the 111th New York Infantry , he was captured at the Second Battle of Ream ' s Station , but later paroled and promoted to Corporal . When his regiment disbanded in 1865 , he was transferred to the 4th US Artillery Regiment . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Corporal , Company D , 111th New York Infantry . Place and date : At Petersburg , Va . , March 31 , 1865 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Oneida County , N . Y . Date of issue : April 3 , 1865 . Citation : Capture of flag of 41st Alabama Infantry ( C . S . A . ) , together with the color bearer and one of the color guard .
Sir William Napier , 3rd Baronet Lt Col Sir William Lennox Napier , 3rd Baronet of Merrion Square , ( 12 October 1867 – 13 August 1915 ) , was a British baronet and soldier . He joined the Sussex Artillery Volunteers in 1888 . He was commander of the 7th Battalion , Royal Welch Fusiliers , as part of the Territorial Army . He retired in 1912 , but offered his services on the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 , and was commissioned as Major , 4th South Wales Borderers , on 24 September 1914 in command of " A " Company . He was killed by a sniper on 13 August 1915 in the Battle of Gallipoli , Turkey , aged 47 , and is buried in 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery . He was married to Lady Mabel E . G . Napier ( née Forster ) . He succeeded to the Baronetage of Merrion Square in 1884 on the death of Sir Joseph Napier , 2nd Baronet ( 1841 – 1884 ) , and was succeeded by Sir Joseph William Lennox Napier , 4th Baronet ( 1895 – 1986 ) .
USS McMinnville ( PCS - 1401 ) USS " McMinnville " ( PCS - 1401 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . Originally known only by her designation , as USS " PCS - 1401 " , she was renamed later in her career after towns in Oregon and Tennessee , and is the only U . S . Navy ship to have been named " McMinnville " . History . " McMinnville " was laid down as " YMS - 452 " by South Coast Co . of Newport Beach , California on 3 March 1944 . She was redesignated " PCS - 1401 " on 23 June 1944 ; launched 22 July 1944 ; and commissioned at Newport Beach 21 February 1945 , Lt . R . P . Gray in command . After shakedown training out of San Diego , California , " PCS - 1401 " reported for duty with the West Coast Sound Training Squadron at San Diego 25 March 1945 . During the closing months of World War II she operated off southern California training men in antisubmarine warfare sonar techniques . She had similar duty out of San Diego over the next decade , joining Service Squadron 1 in November 1954 . On 31 March 1955 she left San Diego for Panama , New Orleans , Louisiana , and Chattanooga , Tennessee , where she decommissioned 1 June 1955 , was placed in an " in service " status , and began training naval reservists of the Chattanooga area . Renamed " McMinnville " on 15 February 1956 , she continued service in maintaining reserve readiness until struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 August 1962 . She was sold to Marine Exploration Co . of Miami , Florida on 28 May 1963 .
Roger M . Kyes Roger Martin Kyes ( March 6 , 1906 - February 14 , 1971 ) was a General Motors executive who served as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense in 1953 . Biography . Roger M . Kyes was a native of Cleveland . Kyes got his start in farm implements , running a Cleveland firm that supplied implements to the Ferguson Company . In 1940 , Harry Ferguson persuaded Kyes to join the Ferguson Company and Kyes relocated from Cleveland to Dearborn , Michigan . As Ferguson ' s Executive Vice President , Kyes was responsible for overseeing the firm ' s day - to - day business operations . Kyes left the Ferguson Company in the 1940s , joining General Motors . There , he was responsible for the transit bus division of General Motors Diesel Division . Kyes was responsible for GM ' s bus division in the period in which transit buses overtook streetcars as the primary form of public transport in most large American cities ; as such , Kyes features prominently in the well known conspiracy theory known as the General Motors streetcar conspiracy . In 1953 , President of the United States Dwight D . Eisenhower named GM president Charles Erwin Wilson as United States Secretary of Defense . Wilson asked to be allowed to bring Kyes along , so , at Wilson ' s request , Eisenhower nominated Kyes as United States Deputy Secretary of Defense . Kyes was sworn in on February 2 , 1953 , and served as Deputy Secretary of Defense until May 1 , 1954 . Upon becoming Deputy Secretary of Defense , Kyes criticized the United States military - defense establishment as dominated by " unrealistic requirements , poor planning and inefficient execution . . . waste of money , poor utilization of manpower , unnecessary drain of materials from the civilian economy , and the inefficient use of tools , equipment and facilities . " He slashed the defense budget in an attempt to improve efficiencies , in the process gaining himself the nickname of " Jolly Roger " because of his piratical ruthlessness . As Deputy Secretary , Kyes was a member of the Committee on International Information Activities . Kyes agreed to come to Washington , D . C . for only a year , although Defense Secretary Wilson convinced Kyes to stay a few months longer to help explain the administration ' s " New Look " defense concept to the United States Congress . When some editors speculated that Kyes was leaving because he was afraid of being called before the McCarthy hearings , the tough minded Kyes said he was not afraid of a fight . President Eisenhower awarded Kyes the Medal of Freedom for his service to the country . Upon leaving government , Kyes returned to General Motors . In the 1960s , he clashed with John DeLorean . In 1969 , Kyes left General Motors to become chief executive officer of the American Steamship Company . Kyes died of a heart attack in 1971 in Columbus , Ohio . An American Steamship Company vessel was christened the " Roger M . Kyes " in his honor on July 28 , 1973 at Toledo , Ohio . This boat was renamed the " Adam E . Cornelius " in 1989 .
Cyril Ridley Flight Lieutenant Cyril Burfield Ridley , DSC ( 1895 – 1920 ) was a British World War I flying ace . He served with the Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 / 1918 , flying Sopwith Triplane s and Sopwith Camel s . Early life . Cyril Burfield Ridley was born in Esher , Surrey on 15 January 1895 , the son of Douglas and Victoria Ridley . He attended Arundel House School in Surbiton , where he became a keen member of the school ' s Aero Club . In addition to building model aeroplanes , in 1910 when aged 15 he designed and built a man - carrying Chanute - type biplane glider , with a wingspan of 18 feet . First World War . Captain Ridley served on the Western Front with No . 1 Squadron , RNAS , initially flying the Sopwith Triplane . On 29 April 1917 he gained the first of 11 victories , with a share in the downing of an Albatros D . III . After he had scored three further victories the squadron re - equipped with the Sopwith Camel in December 1917 . With the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 Captain Ridley became a Flight Lieutenant with No . 201 Squadron , and later that month he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross . Ridley ' s 11th and last victory occurred on 4 July 1918 , with the shooting down of a Fokker D . VII near Foucaucourt . On 10 July his aircraft suffered engine failure over enemy lines , he glided down and became a Prisoner of War . Death . After the war Cyril Ridley resumed flying with the RAF , serving with No . 12 Squadron in the occupied Rhineland . During a flight at Lindenthal , near Cologne on 17 May 1920 his aircraft collided with that flown by Flying Officer J D De Pencier . Both aircraft crashed from 450 feet and Ridley and De Pencier were both killed . Ridley was buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery .
Siege of Weinsberg Siege of Weinsberg , within the then - Holy Roman Empire , was a decisive battle between Welfs and Hohenstaufen . During it the Welfs for the first time changed their war cry ' Kyrie Eleison ' for their party cries . The Hohenstaufen used the ' Strike for Gibbelins ' war cry . On the death of Lothar II in 1137 , the Welf Henry the Proud , heir of the patrimony of his deceased father - in - law , and possessor of the crown jewels , stood boldly forward as a candidate for the imperial dignity . But the local princes , opposing him , elected the Hohenstaufen Conrad III in Frankfurt , on February 2 , 1138 . When Conrad gave the Duchy of Saxony to Count Albert the Bear , the Saxonians rose in defence of their young prince , and Count Welf of Altorf , the brother of Henry the Proud , began the war . Exasperated at the heroic defence of Welfs , Conrad III had resolved to destroy Weinsberg and imprison its defenders . He however suspended the last assault , permitting the Weinsberg women to leave , and to save their husbands by carrying them . This became known as the " Loyal Wives of Weinsberg " ( " Treue Weiber von Weinsberg " ) episode . The castle ruins are today known as " Weibertreu " ( " wifely loyalty " ) in commemoration of the event .
Epameinondas Kavvadias Epameinondas Kavvadias ( , 1886 – 1965 ) was a Greek admiral who served thrice as Chief of the Navy General Staff and led the Greek fleet in the first years of World War II . Life . Born in Athens in 1886 to a family hailing from Cephalonia , Kavvadias entered the Hellenic Naval Academy in 1902 and graduated in 1906 , and served in the Royal Hellenic Navy in the Balkan Wars as a Sub - lieutenant in the destroyer " Nafkratousa " . During the Asia Minor Campaign , he commanded the destroyers " Thyella " and " Niki " . He was dismissed from the Navy in 1922 , dollowing the September 1922 Revolution , due to his royalist convictions , but reinstated by the Theodoros Pangalos dictatorship in 1925 . As Captain , he served his first tenure as Chief of the Navy General Staff in 1933 – 1934 . In 1935 he was appointed to the post of Commander of the submarine fleet , and served again for a short period at the head of the Navy General Staff in December 1936 – January 1937 . He subsequently served as Chief of the Royal Naval Base at Salamis until 1939 , including another short term at the head of the General Staff in August – September 1938 . Promoted to Rear Admiral in the meantime , in September 1939 he was appointed Chief of the Fleet Command . He led the operations of the Greek fleet during the Greco - Italian War of 1940 – 1941 , and following the German invasion of Greece in April 1941 , led the fleet to its exile in the British - held Middle East . He remained Chief of the Fleet until 2 May 1942 , when he was appointed Vice Mnister of Naval Affairs in the Greek government in exile , a post he held until 25 March 1943 . In 1946 , he was sent to London as naval attache . In 1950 , he published his war memoirs under the title " The naval war of 1940 as I experienced it " ( " Ο ναυτικός πόλεμος του 1940 όπως τον έζησα " ) . He died in Athens in 1965 . Honours . Among other Greek and foreign medals , Kavvadias received : He was also named honorary aide de camp to then - Crown Prince Paul in 1942 , and Honorary Chief of the Fleet in 1963 .
James Henry Gillis James Henry Gillis ( 14 May 1831 – 6 December 1910 ) was an Rear Admiral in the United States Navy . His active - duty career extended from the 1850s through the 1890s , including service in the American Civil War . Biography . Born in Ridgway , Pennsylvania , Gillis graduated from the Naval Academy in 1854 . Three years later , while serving in store ship he rescued the crew of a foundered Argentine ship during a violent storm . During the Civil War he served with Union Squadrons blockading the Confederacy , and subsequently commanded , , the flagship of the European Squadron , , , and , the flagship of the Pacific Squadron . Gillis served on the frigate USS " St . Lawrence " at the beginning of the civil war , he participated in the defeat of the rebel privateer " Petrel " on July 28 , 1861 off South Carolina . Appointed Rear Admiral in 1888 , he retired on 14 May 1893 . Known as the " Sailor with a charmed life " because he never lost a man at sea , Rear Admiral Gillis died at Melbourne Beach , Florida . Namesake . The destroyer was named for him and Commodore John P . Gillis .
HMS Troubridge ( R00 ) HMS " Troubridge " ( R00 ) was an T - class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War . Second World War Service . In 1943 , she was sent to the Mediterranean , where she performed screening duties for major naval units . HMS " Troubridge " was one of the units that performed as a screen for HM Cruisers , , , and , in conjunction with Mediterranean Fleet destroyers and Motor Torpedo Boat s for the surrender of Pantellaria on 10 May 1943 . She provided support to offensives on Italian warships , provided anti - aircraft support , and was involved in the Allied effort to land in Sicily , Calabria , and Salerno . Other notable events involving HMS " Troubridge " was the sinking of the German submarine " U - 407 " . " U - 407 " was sunk in the Mediterranean south of Milos , in position 36º27 ' N , 24º33 ' E , destroyed by depth charges dropped from HMS " Troubridge " , , and the Polish destroyer ORP " Garland " . " U - 407 " s sinking also marked the disbandment of the 29th U - boat Flotilla . In 1944 Troubridge transferred to the far east and operated under US control . Amongst other engagements , she took part in the battle for Truc . She returned to Portsmouth in 1946 . Post War Service . After the Second World War , she was converted into a Type 15 fast anti - submarine frigate in 1955 , with the new pennant number F09 . In 1959 " Troubridge " took part in ' Navy Days ' in Portsmouth during that year . Following this she was deployed to the West Indies . She recommissioned on 7 September 1964 and was part of the 27th Escort squadron along with " Galatea " , " Agincourt " and " Carysfort " . " Troubridge " was the punning inspiration for the fictional " HMS " TrouTbridge " " in the long - running Radio Comedy " The Navy Lark " . ( The September 1967 episode is entitled " Troutbridge ' s Silver Jubilee " , which exactly accords with " Troubridge ' s " own September 1942 launch date ) . " Troubridge " also supplied the landing crew which rescued the marooned children at the end of the 1963 film version of William Golding ' s " Lord of the Flies " . In a very different role , HMS " Troubridge " was used to depict the interior of the fictional " USS " Bedford " " in the 1965 cold - war film drama " The Bedford Incident " . British military equipment is visible in several shots , including a rack of Lee - Enfield rifles . " Troubridge " ' s novel forward - sloping bridge windows are also to be seen in the Bridge shots . ( The Type 15 frigate used for the opening scenes is F159 : HMS " Wakeful " ) .
Frank Larken Vice Admiral Sir Frank Larken KCB CMG ( 1875 – 1953 ) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary . Naval career . Larken served in World War I and , as Captain of the cruiser HMS " Doris " , he led a successful raid cutting the railway line between Adana and Alexandretta in December 1914 thereby impeding the progress of the Turkish invasion of North Africa . He also saw action at Gallipoli in 1915 . After the War he was made Captain of the Fleet , Mediterranean Fleet before being given command of the battleship . Following his promotion to Rear Admiral , he became Naval Secretary in 1925 and Commander of the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in 1927 , and , following his promotion to Vice Admiral , he went on to command the Reserve Fleet in 1930 before retiring in 1932 .
John Paton ( VC ) John Paton VC ( 23 December 1833 – 1 April 1914 ) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces . Details . Paton was 23 years old , and a sergeant in the 93rd Regiment of Foot ( later The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders , British Army during the Indian Mutiny when the following deed took place at the Siege of Lucknow for which he was awarded the VC : He emigrated to Australia in 1861 becoming a prison governor . The medal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Museum , Stirling Castle , Scotland .
USS Foote ( DD - 169 ) The second USS " Foote " ( DD – 169 ) was a in the United States Navy following World War I . She was transferred to the Royal Navy as and later to the Soviet Navy as " Zhyostky " ( or " Doblestny " ; sources vary ) . As USS " Foote " . Named for Admiral Andrew Hull Foote , she was launched 14 December 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company , Quincy , Massachusetts ; sponsored by Mrs . Lelia F . Cady , daughter of Admiral Foote ; and commissioned 21 March 1919 , Lieutenant Commander D . H . Stuart in command . " Foote " sailed from Boston 3 May 1919 to take up an observation station off Newfoundland for the historic first aerial crossing of the Atlantic , made later that month by Navy seaplane s . She returned to Boston 22 May to complete her interrupted fitting out , then took part in training operations until sailing from Newport 27 August bound for a tour of duty with Naval Forces European Waters . From September through December , she served in the Adriatic , and then called at Italian and French ports homeward bound . Arriving at Boston 12 February 1920 , she was placed in reserve 24 February for repairs there and at Charleston . In the summer of 1921 , " Foote " operated with 50 percent of her complement during summer target practice in Narragansett Bay , and returning to Charleston , she lay there and at Boston for alterations and repairs until decommissioned at Philadelphia 6 July 1922 . Recommissioned 2 July 1940 , " Foote " operated on patrol out of Charleston , until sailing 7 September for Halifax , Nova Scotia . There , on 23 September 1940 , she was decommissioned and transferred to the Royal Navy in the destroyers for land bases exchange . As HMS " Roxborough " . Commissioned as HMS " Roxborough " 23 September 1940 , the destroyer crossed the Atlantic to join the Western Approaches Command , guarding convoys during the dangerous last leg of their voyages into British ports . In March 1942 , " Roxborough " took up western Atlantic escort duty out of Halifax , Nova Scotia . " Roxborough " was modified for trade convoy escort service by removal of three of the original 4 " / 50 caliber gun s and one of the triple torpedo tube mounts to reduce topside weight for additional depth charge stowage and installation of hedgehog . While with convoy HX222 " Roxborough " met with such heavy weather that the entire bridge structure was crushed , with eleven dead , including the Commanding Officer and 1st Lieutenant . The sole surviving executive officer managed to regain control of the ship , and under hand steering from aft , she made St . Johns , Newfoundland . Returning to the Tyne 10 January 1944 , " Roxborough " lay in reserve there until transferred to the Soviet Navy on 1 August 1944 . In Soviet service . On 1 August 1944 " Roxborough " was transferred to the Soviet Navy . She was renamed ( sources vary ) either " Zhyostky " ( rus . " Rigid " ) or " Doblestny " ( rus . " Glorious or Valiant " ) . She was returned to Great Britain 7 February 1949 and was scrapped on 14 May 1949 .