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William Codrington Rear Admiral William Codrington CB ( 21 February 1832 – 29 July 1888 ) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Junior Naval Lord . Naval career . Codrington appinted a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1855 . Promoted to Captain in 1869 , he was given command of HMS " Narcissus " , HMS " Lord Warden " and then HMS " Hercules " . He was appointed Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty in 1876 and Captain of the Steam Reserve at Portsmouth in 1880 . He went on to be Captain of the Gunnery School at Portsmouth in 1881 , Director of Naval Ordnance in 1882 , Captain - superintendent of Sheerness Dockyard in 1883 and Junior Naval Lord in 1885 . His last appointment was as Admiral - Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard in 1886 . Family . In 1879 he married Mary Auber Leach .
Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands ( 1501 ) An Ottoman raid on the Balearic islands occurred in 1501 under the Ottoman admiral Kemal Reis . This raid was combined with attacks on Sardinia and Pianosa ( near Elba ) . The 1501 raid on the Balearics follows some of the earliest interventions of the Ottomans in the western Mediterranean . These interventions were in response to the Fall of Granada and the help the last Muslim ruler there had requested to the Ottoman Empire in his fight against Castilla . Upon this request , the Ottoman sultan Bayezid sent a fleet under Kemal Reis to attack the Spanish coast . In 1487 and again in 1492 when Granada fell , the Ottoman fleet was used to rescue refugees and ferry them to the coast of North Africa . A side effect of the raid seems to have been that a Spanish sailor was captured in possession of an early map of Columbus .
BL 8 inch Mk VIII naval gun The 50 calibre BL 8 inch gun Mark VIII was the main battery gun used on the Royal Navy ' s County - class heavy cruiser s , in compliance with the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 . This treaty allowed ships of not more than 10 , 000 tons standard displacement and with guns no larger than 8 inches to be excluded from total tonnage limitations on a nation ' s capital ship s . The 10 , 000 ton limit was a major factor in design decisions such as turrets and gun mountings . A similar gun formed the main battery of Spanish " Canarias " - class cruisers . In 1930 , the Royal Navy adopted the BL 6 inch Mk XXIII naval gun as the standard cruiser main battery in preference to this 8 - inch gun . Description . These built - up gun s consisted of a wire - wound tube encased within a second tube and jacket with a Welin breech block and hydraulic or hand - operated Asbury mechanism . Two cloth bags each containing 15 kg ( 33 pounds ) of cordite were used to fire a 116 - kg ( 256 - pound ) projectile . Mark I turrets allowed gun elevation to 70 degrees to fire high - explosive shells against aircraft . Hydraulic pumps proved incapable of providing sufficient train and elevation speed to follow contemporary aircraft ; so simplified Mark II turrets with a maximum elevation of 50 degrees were installed in the " Norfolk " subgroup ships and and the " York " - class cruisers and . Each gun could fire approximately five rounds per minute . Useful life expectancy was 550 effective full charge s ( EFC ) per barrel . Naval service . The following ships mounted Mk VIII guns in 188 - tonne twin turrets . The standard main battery was four turrets , but " Exeter " and " York " carried only three to reduce weight and formed the separate " York " class . Coast defence guns . Six single guns capable of elevating to 70 degrees were installed as coastal artillery in the Folkestone - Dover area during the Second World War .
Alfred Franke Alfred Franke ( 20 September 1918 – 9 September 1942 ) was a German Luftwaffe ace and recipient of the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross during World War II . The Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership . On 9 September 1942 , Alfred Franke was killed north of Stalingrad after dog - fighting with a Soviet Il - 2 Shturmovik flown by " Kapitan " Pavel S . Vinogradov ( 694 IAP , 228 ShAD ) . He was posthumously awarded the Knight ' s Cross on 29 October 1942 and was also promoted to Leutnant . During his career he was credited with 60 aerial victories . 4 on the Western Front and 56 on the Eastern Front .
Fort Verde State Historic Park Fort Verde State Historic Park in the town of Camp Verde , Arizona is a small park that attempts to preserve parts of the Apache Wars - era fort as it appeared in the 1880s . The park was established in 1970 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places a year later . Settlers in the mid - 19th century near the Verde River grew corn and other crops with the prospect of getting good prices from nearby Prescott , which was the territorial capital , and from nearby miners . The rapid increase in population for the mining economy disrupted the hunting and gathering environments of the local native American tribes , the Dilzhe ' e Apache and Yavapai . In turn , they raided the farmers ' crops for food . The farmers requested military protection from the United States Army and , in 1865 , although Arizona was still only a territory , the infantry arrived . They set up a several posts over the next few years : After approximately 1 , 500 local natives were placed on a reservation by 1872 , the army ' s role changed from protecting the settlers to ensuring that the Indians stayed on the reservation . The last major military engagement with uprising natives took place in 1882 at the Battle of Big Dry Wash . The fort was never enclosed by walls or stockades and it never saw fighting on site . At its height , it consisted of twenty - two buildings , only four of which survived until 1956 , when local citizens created a small museum in the administration building . They later donated the buildings and ten acres ( 40 , 000 m² ) as a State Park . Some of the buildings were built with pice , which is large adobe slabs cast within wooden frames rather than assembled from the more familiar individual adobe bricks . References . " Fort Verde State Historic Park " brochure ( 1995 )
Greben Cossacks The Greben or Skoi Cossack host was a group of Cossacks formed in the 16th century from Don Cossacks who left the Don area and settled in the northern foothills of the Caucasus . The Greben Cossacks are part of the Terek Cossacks . They were influenced by Chechen and Nogai culture and most were bilingual in the Russian language and the Nogai language .
Günther Burstyn Gunther Adolf Burstyn ( 6 July 1879 in Bad Aussee , Steiermark - 15 April 1945 in Korneuburg , Lower Austria ) was an inventor , technician , and officer of the Austro - Hungarian Army . In 1911 , he designed the first cross - country tank with swiveling turret , based on American agricultural tractor s , which he called the " Motorgeschütz " ( literally motor - gun ) . The draft design , more advanced than some of the tank designs of the First World War , was rejected both by Austria - Hungary and by the German Empire . He later sought to patent his design , but was told that it might infringe existing patents , so he dropped all plans . In 1941 Günther Burstyn was awarded with the War Merit Cross . At the end World War II ( April , 1945 ) he committed suicide because he feared Soviet captivity , as endured by other German inventors like Ferdinand Porsche . Name . Burstyn was christened " Günther , " but in later life chose to drop the umlaut and use the name " Gunther . "
Takeo Takagi Biography . Takagi was a native of Iwaki city , Fukushima prefecture . He was a graduate of the 39th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy , ranking 17th of 148 cadets in 1911 . As a midshipman , he served on the cruiser and battleship , and after his commissioning as ensign , on the cruiser and battleship . As a lieutenant , he served on submarine , and following advanced coursework in navigation and in torpedo warfare , he became executive officer and then captain of the submarine . After graduation from Naval Staff College in 1923 , he was promoted to lieutenant commander , and assumed command of the submarine , followed by in 1926 . He was promoted to commander in 1928 , and held a number of staff positions . He was sent to the United States and Europe in 1931 , and promoted to captain in 1932 . In 1933 , Takagi was assigned command of the cruiser , followed by in 1936 and the battleship in 1937 . Takagi was promoted to rear admiral on 15 November 1938 , and was Chief of the 2nd Section of the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff in 1939 . At the start of the Pacific War , Takagi was commanding the naval forces supporting the invasion of the Philippine Islands in late 1941 , Takagi headed the task force covering the Java landings in Dutch East Indies . He was senior Japanese commander in the Battle of the Java Sea , sinking two cruisers and three destroyers for only the damage of a single Japanese destroyer . Takagi was promoted to vice admiral on 1 May 1942 . He was commander of the carrier task force ( and ) in " Operation Mo " . Thus he was also senior Japanese commander at the Battle of the Coral Sea . In November 1942 , Takagi was reassigned to be commander of the Mako Guard District , and was reassigned in April 1943 to be commander of the Takao Guard District . On 21 June 1943 , he was again given a front line assignment , when he was made commander of the IJN 6th Fleet ( submarines ) , based in the Mariana Islands . Takagi was killed in action during the Battle of Saipan in 1944 . He was posthumously promoted to full admiral .
Defence Food Research Laboratory The Defence Food Research Laboratory ( DFRL ) is an Indian defense laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization ( DRDO ) . Located in Mysore , Karnataka , it conducts research and development of technologies and products in the area of food science and technology to cater the varied food challenges for the Indian Armed Forces . DFRL is organized under the Life Sciences Directorate of DRDO . The present director of DFRL is A . S . Bawa . History . " The Defence Food Research Laboratory ( DFRL ) came into being on 28th December 1961 under the aegis of Defence Research and Development Organization ( DRDO ) , Ministry of Defence , Government of India , at Mysore especially to cater to the varied food challenges of Indian Army , Navy , Airforce and other paramilitary forces . " Projects and products . Technologies for civilian use . Many of the DFRL foods , born out of innovative state - of - the - art technologies , lend themselves eminently suitable to industrial scale commercial exploitation by enterprising entrepreneurs of different genre . Some of the technologies that have been transferred to entrepreneurs are :
USCGC Spar ( WLB - 403 ) USCGC " Spar " ( WLB - 403 ) was a sea going buoy tender . An " Iris " class vessel , she was built by Marine Ironworks and Shipbuilding Corporation in Duluth , Minnesota . " Spar ' s " preliminary design was completed by the United States Lighthouse Service and the final design was produced by Marine Iron and Shipbuilding . On 13 September 1943 the keel was laid , she was launched on 2 November 1943 and commissioned on 12 June 1944 . The original cost for the hull and machinery was $ 865 , 941 . " Spar " was one of 39 original seagoing buoy tenders built between 1942 - 1944 . All of the seagoing buoy tenders were build in Duluth except . " Spar ' s " most notable accomplishment was a mission to be the first vessels to circumnavigate North America along with sister ship and the larger from 18 May to 24 September 1957 . " Spar " was decommissioned in 1997 and sold at auction . After changing hands several times , she ended up being transferred to the Northeastern Maritime Historical Foundation , who evaluated her and determined their best use of the ship was to sell her , or parts of her , to raise money to support their other projects . " Spar " s main engines , generators , and other equipment were removed and sold to re - power another vessel . The remains of the vessel were scuttled in October 2004 in 108 feet of water , off Morehead City , North Carolina , where she now serves as an artificial reef .
Astravahini - class torpedo recovery vessel Astravahini class of torpedo recovery vessel are series of naval auxiliary watercraft built by Goa Shipyard Limited and P . S . & Company for the Indian Navy . They are intended to recover practice torpedoes and mines , fired and laid by ships , submarine s and aircraft . The vessels can stow two full - sized torpedoes on deck and two on a recovery ramp .
Army ranks and insignia of Mexico This is a table of the ranks and insignia of the Mexican Army . Spanish language ranks are in italics , with English translation . Rank insignia of the Mexican Air Force and Mexican Army are identical , as are the ranks , with the exception of two general ranks . Nowadays the ranks are now supported with the " Fuerza Aerea " ( " Air Force " ) ranks for the Air Force itself only . Branches . Rank badges have a band of colour indicating branch :
Deputy Chief of Navy ( Australia ) The Deputy Chief of Navy ( DCN ) is the second most senior appointment in the Royal Australian Navy , responsible to the Chief of Navy ( CN ) . The rank associated with the position is Rear Admiral ( 2 - star ) . Rear Admiral Trevor Jones , the current Deputy Chief of Navy , assumed this position in February 2011 after Rear Admiral Davyd Thomas stood down . Appointees . The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Deputy Chief of Navy or its preceding positions . Rank and honours are as at the completion of the individual ' s tours .
John Morrow Simms John Morrow Simms ( 23 November 1854 – 29 April 1934 ) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland . Born in Newtownards , Simms studied at the Old Academy , Belfast , the Coleraine Academical Institution , Queen ' s University , Belfast , the University of Edinburgh and Leipzig University . In 1882 , he was ordained as a Church of Ireland clergyman , becoming a British Army chaplain in 1887 . He was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party at the North Down by - election , July 1922 , and when the seat was abolished later in the year , won a seat in UK Parliament constituency , serving until the 1931 UK general election . From 1914 to 1920 , he was Principal Chaplain to the Forces , and held the rank of Major - General . He subsequently became Honorary Chaplain to George V of the United Kingdom .
Christopher Deverell Lieutenant - General Christopher Michael Deverell MBE is a senior British Army General officer who currently serves as Chief of Materiél ( Land ) and Quartermaster - General of HM Armed Forces , posts he succeeded in June 2012 . Military career . Educated at Mansfield College , Oxford , Deverell was commissioned into the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment in 1979 . He went on to command of the Joint Chemical , Biological , Radiation and Nuclear Regiment . He commanded 4th Armoured Brigade in Iraq and Germany from January 2005 , became Director Equipment Capability ( Ground Manoeuvre ) from April 2007 and was made Director General Logistics Support and Equipment at HQ Land Forces in December 2008 . He became Chief of Materiel ( Land ) and Quartermaster General from May 2012 .
USS Accentor ( AMc - 36 ) The first USS " Accentor " ( AMc - 36 ) was the lead boat of the " Accentor " - class of coastal minesweepers in the service of the United States Navy , named after the accentor bird . She was laid down on 21 January 1941 by W . A . Robinson , launched on 10 May 1941 , sponsored by Mrs . W . A . Robinson , and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard on 24 July 1941 with Lt . ( jg ) Gordon Abbott in command . Pre World War II . Following outfitting there and shakedown training in nearby waters and off the Virginia capes , the coastal minesweeper arrived at Portland , Maine on 26 September and reported to the commanding officer of Mine Division 26 for duty in the inshore patrol . For almost one year — but for a month of availability at the Boston Navy Yard from 18 March to 17 April 1942 — she performed her duties of streaming and sweeping for mines . During this time , the United States entered World War II on 7 December 1941 . World War II . In mid - August 1942 , orders arrived directing " Accentor " to proceed via Boston to Annapolis , Maryland for minesweeping tests in the Chesapeake Bay . She departed Portland on 22 August and reached the United States Naval Academy six days later . She was decommissioned there on 1 September and simultaneously placed in service . She spent the remainder of her naval career operating in the Chesapeake Bay region , for the most part under the auspices of the Naval Mine Warfare Proving Ground at Solomons Island , Maryland . Post World War II . After World War II ended and most postwar minesweeping tasks had been completed , " Accentor " was placed out of service on 14 June 1946 and , a week later , declared surplus to the Navy needs . Struck from the Navy list on 3 July 1946 , she was transferred early in October 1946 to the Maritime Commission for disposal and sold to Higgins , Inc . , of New Orleans , Louisiana . She was delivered to that company at Lake Charles , Louisiana on 9 October 1946 .
Sonuk Mikko Sonuk Mikko ( unknown — ca . 1864 ) , commonly known as Billy Bowlegs and also known as So - Nuk - Mek - Ko , was a Seminole who gained recognition as a captain in the American Civil War . Mikko adopted the name of Chief Billy Bowlegs from ( Holato Micco ) , who had fought in the Second and Third Seminole wars , following Holato Micco ' s death in 1859 . Civil War . With the secession of eleven Southern states in 1861 , both the Union and Confederacy vied for control of the Indian Territory . Old tribal rivalries were renewed , with some aligning with the North and others with the South . Sonuk Mikko sided with the Union . When a Confederate force under Col . Douglas H . Cooper attacked Unionist tribes in the Indian Territory , Mikko aligned his followers with Opothleyahola ’ s Upper Creeks and resisted . Together , they fought Cooper in a series of losing battles in the winter of 1861 – 62 that led to the withdrawal of the Union sympathizers to Kansas in a bitter trek known as the " Trail of Blood on Ice . " Mikko ' s band covered the rear after the Battle of Chustenahlah against Cherokee chief Stand Watie . They eventually settled near Fort Belmont , where a number of his Seminoles perished of exposure and starvation during the winter . Mikko formally enlisted in the Union Army as a captain in May 1862 and was assigned command of Company A of the First Indian Home Guards . He saw action in a number of battles that year and was commended by Col . William Cloud , commander of the Third Brigade , Army of the Frontier , for his actions at the Battle of Cane Hill in December . The First Indian Home Guards arrived on the battlefield , dismounted , and entered a patch of woods on the left - center , flanked by two white regiments from Kansas and Iowa . When the Iowans gave way under a heavy volley , the entire Union line wavered and fell back . Rallying , the Indians and Kansans pushed forward and gained the position . Colonel Cloud wrote , “ Of the Indian officers , Captain Jon - neh , of the Uches , and Captain Billy Bowlegs , of the Seminoles , and Captain Tus - te - nup - chup - ko , of Company A ( Creek ) , are deserving of the highest praise . ” Eventually being reassigned to command of Company F , Billy Bowlegs remained prominent in the fighting in Kansas and Indian Territory . At a skirmish with Confederates at Rhea Mills , he lost two revolvers , saddle , bridle and his horse , but emerged unscathed . Mikko died in 1864 of smallpox and was buried in the Fort Gibson National Cemetery . Indian Agent G . C . Snow lamented , “ His loss is very much regretted , as he was an influential man among ( the Seminoles ) and I believe generally beloved by all . ”
Louis Schmeisser Louis Schmeisser ( 5 February 1848 , Zöllnitz – 23 March 1917 ) was one of the best - known weapon technical designers of Europe . He is associated with the development and production of the Bergmann machine guns used during the first World War . Additionally , he designed the Dreyse 1907 Pistol which saw use in both World Wars . Schmeisser was born in Zöllnitz , Thuringia . He was the father of Hugo Schmeisser ( 1884 – 1953 ) , who was also a famous designer of infantry weapons , including the StG 44 . His other son , Hans Schmeisser , was also a well - known weapons designer .
List of United States Coast Guard four - star admirals This is a complete list of four - star admirals in the United States Coast Guard . The rank of admiral ( or " full admiral " , or " four - star admiral " ) is the highest rank in the U . S . Coast Guard . It ranks above vice admiral ( " three - star admiral " ) . There have been 16 four - star admirals in the history of the U . S . Coast Guard . Of these , 15 achieved that rank while on active duty and one was promoted upon retirement in recognition of combat citations . All were commissioned via the United States Coast Guard Academy or its predecessor , the School of Instruction of the United States Revenue Cutter Service . List of admirals . The following list of four - star admirals is sortable by last name , date of rank , number of years on active duty at four - star rank ( Yrs ) , year commissioned and source of commission , and number of years in commission when promoted to four - star rank ( YC ) . Tombstone admirals . The Act of Congress of March 4 , 1925 , allowed officers in the Navy , Marine Corps , and Coast Guard to be promoted one grade upon retirement if they had been specially commended for performance of duty in actual combat . Combat citation promotions were colloquially known as " tombstone promotions " because they conferred the prestige of the higher rank but not the additional retirement pay , so their only practical benefit was to allow recipients to engrave a loftier title on their business cards and tombstones . The Act of Congress of February 23 , 1942 , enabled tombstone promotions to three - and four - star grades . Tombstone promotions were subsequently restricted to citations issued before January 1 , 1947 , and finally eliminated altogether effective November 1 , 1959 . Any admiral who actually served in a grade while on active duty receives precedence on the retired list over any tombstone admiral holding the same retired grade . Tombstone admirals rank among each other according to the dates of their highest active duty grade . The following list of tombstone admirals is sortable by last name , date of rank as vice admiral , date retired , and year commissioned . Timeline . The first full admiral in the United States Coast Guard was Russell R . Waesche , who served as commandant from 1936 to 1945 and was promoted to that rank on April 4 , 1945 . His successor as commandant , John Farley , also inherited the rank of admiral . After Farley retired on December 31 , 1949 , the commandant ' s rank was reduced to vice admiral , although Farley ' s successor , Merlin O ' Neill , was promoted to full admiral upon retirement in recognition of combat citations . O ' Neill ' s successor , Alfred C . Richmond , remained a vice admiral until the commandant ' s rank was again elevated to admiral on June 1 , 1960 , where it has remained ever since .