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Zubr - class LCAC The Zubr " - class ( Project 1232 . 2 class , NATO reporting name Pomornik " ) is a class of air - cushioned landing craft of Soviet design . This class of military hovercraft is , as of 2012 , the world ’ s largest hovercraft . It is designed to sealift landing assault units ( such as marines or tank s ) from equipped / non - equipped vessels to non - equipped shore , as well as transport and plant mine s . There are currently nine ships in active service in the world . The " Zubr " is used by the Russian , Ukrainian , and Greek navies . The transfer of the Kefalonia ( L - 180 ) , the first of two Zubr hovercraft purchased by Greece , to the Hellenic Navy marked the first time that a Russia n - made ship was purchased by the navy of a NATO member . Configuration . High strength and buoyancy of the craft are provided by a rectangular pontoon , the main load - carrying part of the ship ' s hull . The superstructure built on the pontoon is divided into 3 compartments with two longitudinal bulkheads : combat material compartment in the midsection fitted with tank ramps , and outboard sections housing main and auxiliary propulsion units , troop compartments , living quarters , and NBC protection systems . To improve working conditions in the battle stations , troop compartments and living quarters are fitted with air - conditioning and heating - systems , sound / heat - insulating coatings , and structures made of vibration damping materials . The ship provides normal conditions for the crew to take meals and rest . Personnel are protected against the effects of weapons of mass destruction by airtight sealing of combat stations , crew and troop compartments , augmented with individual gas masks and protection suits . The ship is also protected from magnetic influence mines with an active system to compensate for the magnetic field s generated by the ship and transported materials . The central command post and MS - 227 device compartments are strengthened with alloy armor . Capacity . The Zubr landing craft has a cargo area of , and a fuel capacity of 56 tons . It can carry three main battle tank s ( up to 150 tonnes ) , or ten armoured vehicles with 140 troops ( up to 131 tonnes ) , or 8 armoured personnel carriers of total mass up to 115 tonnes , or 8 amphibious tanks or up to 500 troops ( with 360 troops in the cargo compartment ) . At full displacement the ship is capable of negotiating up to 5 - degree gradient s on non - equipped shores and 1 . 6m - high vertical walls . The Zubr remains seaworthy in conditions up to Sea State 4 . The vessel has a cruising speed of 30 - 40 knots .
Charles Mitchell ( governor ) Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell , G . C . M . G . , R . M . ( 1836 - 7 December 1899 ) was a lieutenant colonel in the Royal Marines , before joining the Colonial Service , in which he served in British Honduras , British Guiana , Natal . He then served as Governor of Fiji , British Colony of Natal & Zululand ( 1881 – 1882 ) , and the Straits Settlements ( 1 February 1894 to 7 December 1899 ) . He attended the Royal Naval School and joined the Royal Marines in 1852 . He served with them in the Baltic campaigns from 1854 - 1856 . He retired from the marines in 1878 . Mitchell ' s first wife Fanny Rice died in 1885 . He remarried to Eliza Weldon . He had a son , Colonel Hugh Mitchell , R . M . , Sir Charles died on 7 December 1899 . He was buried in St . Andrew ' s Cathedral , Singapore , his tombstone was erected " To the glory of God and in memory of His Excellency Lieutenant Colonel Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell Royal Marine Light Infantry , G . C . M . G . Governor of the Colony who died in Singapore on 7 December 1899 . This tablet is erected by the members of the Civil Service of the Straits Settlements . " Marines from the HMS Hermoine served as an honour guard and pallbearers for the Mitchell ' s funeral Mitchell Park Zoo in Durban , South Africa is named after Mitchell .
Battle of Xinfeng The Battle of Xinfeng was an offensive during the Second Sino - Japanese War . Battle . On July first 1938 the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Detachment of the New Fourth Army launched a surprise assault at the Japanese troops stationed at the Xinfeng Railway Station . This was the first battle that the Fourth Army fought at night with the assault being launched at 11 pm . The unit then set the railway station on fire and killed more than 30 soldiers that were in houses at the time . During the battle the train station was burned to the ground and the army forces managed to capture 6 rifles with bayonets . The unit after the battle was able to meet up with local resistance fighters and managed to destroy a section of the railway and tens of telephone stations .
John H . Foley Sergeant John H . Foley ( 1839 – November 18 , 1874 ) was an Irish - born soldier in the U . S . Army who served with the 3rd U . S . Cavalry during the Indian Wars . He was one of four men received the Medal of Honor for gallantry in leading an attack against the Sioux Indians near Loupe Fork of the Platte River in Nebraska on April 26 , 1872 . Biography . John H . Foley was born in Cork , Ireland in 1839 . He later emigrated to the United States and enlisted in the U . S . Army in Boston , Massachusetts . Joining Company B of the 3rd U . S . Cavalry , he served on frontier duty in Nebraska during the early 1870s and eventually reached the rank of sergeant . On April 23 , 1872 , Foley was among the cavalry troopers under Captain Charles Meinhold who left Fort McPherson to pursue a band of hostile Miniconjou Sioux . Upon reaching the South Loup River ( near present - day Stapleton , Nebraska ) the following day , Meinhold ordered Foley and civilian scout William F . " Buffalo Bill " Cody to take 10 men and search the south bend of the river while the main force crossed to the north side . Cody managed to take Foley and his men within 50 yards of the Sioux camp , located near Loupe Fork of the Platte River , before their presence was discovered . Foley then led a charge into the enemy camp followed by fellow Sergeant Leroy H . Vokes , Private William H . Strayer and William Cody . In the ensuing shootout , Cody killed one Indian while another two were killed by Foley ' s men . Six other Sioux , who were hunting away from the camp , heard the gunfire and were able to escape . His commanding officer , Captain Meinhold , noted in his report that Foley had " charged into the Indian camp without knowing how many enemies he might encounter " . All four men , including Foley , were recommended for the Medal of Honor for " gallantry in action " and received the award a month later . Foley died in Benicia , California on November 18 , 1874 , at the age of 35 . He was interred at the Benicia Arsenal Post Cemetery . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Sergeant , Company B , 3d U . S . Cavalry . Place and date : At Loupe Fork , Platte River , Nebr . , 26 April 1872 . Entered service at : - - - - - - . Birth : Ireland . Date of issue : 22 May 1872 . Citation : Gallantry in action . External links . city
Battle of Montserrat In the Battle of Montserrat ( 29 July 1811 ) a force of Spanish irregulars led by Joaquín Ibáñez , Baron de Eroles defended Montserrat Mountain against two Imperial French divisions under the command of Marshal Louis Gabriel Suchet . The minor action occurred during the Peninsular War , part of the Napoleonic Wars . The battle was fought near the Santa Maria de Montserrat Monastery , which is located on the mountain northwest of Barcelona , Spain . Suchet ' s successful Siege of Tarragona wiped out the bulk of the Spanish regular forces in northeast Spain . After the siege , the newly promoted marshal took the divisions of Louis François Félix Musnier and Bernard - Georges - François Frère to clear the Catalan militia or miquelets away from the Lleida – Barcelona road . Overlooking the road , the guerilla base of Montserrat had defied the French after three years of war . Suchet sent the soldiers of Louis Jean Nicolas Abbé ' s brigade scrambling up one mountain track while his remaining troops watched other possible escape routes . The French overran the guerilla base and seized its artillery but most of the Spanish irregulars evaded capture . Suchet installed an Italian garrison on the mountain , but after the capture of Cervera in mid - October by Luis Roberto de Lacy ' s Spanish forces , the Imperial troops were withdrawn . Background . On 15 July 1811 , Marshal Suchet reported 43 , 783 troops present for duty in the Army of Aragon . Including the men sick or on detached service , the total was 51 , 088 . Commanding the five infantry divisions , one infantry brigade , and one cavalry brigade were Generals of Division Musnier , Frère , Jean Isidore Harispe , Pierre - Joseph Habert , Luigi Gaspare Peyri , Claude Antoine Compère , and General of Brigade André Joseph Boussart .
Udo Cordes Udo Cordes ( 22 July 1921 – 7 March 2007 ) was a highly decorated Oberleutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II , and 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 .
Kosmos 2457 Kosmos 2457 ( meaning " Cosmos 2457 " ) is one of a set of three Russia n military satellites launched in 2009 as part of the GLONASS satellite navigation system . It was launched with Kosmos 2456 and Kosmos 2458 . This satellite is a GLONASS - M satellite , also known as Uragan - M , and is numbered Uragan - M No . 733 . Kosmos 2456 / 7 / 8 were launched from Site 81 / 24 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan . A Proton - M carrier rocket with a Blok DM upper stage was used to perform the launch which took place at 10 : 38 UTC on 14 December 2009 . The launch successfully placed the satellites into Medium Earth orbit . It subsequently received its Kosmos designation , and the international designator 2009 - 070B . The United States Space Command assigned it the Satellite Catalog Numbers 36112 . It is in the first orbital plane of the GLONASS constellation , in orbital slot 6 . It started operations on 24 January 2010 .
RFA Sea Centurion ( A98 ) RFA " Sea Centurion " ( A98 ) was a fast sealift ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary built for Stena Line by Societa Esercizio Cantieri . She was one of five 2700 lane metre capacity roll - on / roll - off sister ships which were to have been built for Stena Ro - Ro , and one of the last built by SEC at Viareggio before the yard closed due to bankruptcy in 2002 . Her sister ships include the Stena Freighter ( planned to be the RFA " Sea Chieftain ) and the Aronte " . The remaining two ships were not completed .
Henry Ramsay ( Indian Army officer ) General Sir Henry Ramsay , KCSI , CB . ( 1816 – 1893 ) was a general in the Indian Army , Commissioner of the Kumaon and Garwhal districts . He is regarded as one of the great soldier - administrators of British India . General Hon . Sir Henry Ramsay was born on 25 August 1816 . He was the son of Lt . - Gen . Hon . John Ramsay and Mary Delise . He married Laura Lushington ( daughter of the previous Commissioner of the Kumaon ) in 1850 and together they had five children . He died on 16 December 1893 at the age of 77 . Career . In 1840 , Ramsay was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Kumaon , when a colonel in the Bengal Army . Ramsay was amongst the most able of the British officials posted to the Kumaon district , and came to enjoy the respect and support of the people . His modest and genial approach ensured the region remained loyal to the British . In 1856 Ramsay became Commissioner and worked another 28 years in the Garhwal and Kumaon . Residences . The Commissioner was based in Almora , but moved the administration 23 km to the cooler Binsar during the summer . In 1866 , Ramsay bought land measuring about at Binsar from Sri Jai Sah of Almora . It was known as Binsar Estate , situated in Pargana Baramandal District , Almora ( formerly called Kumaon District ) , now a heritage property named The Grand Oak Manor . Here he built his residential bungalow having a ball room , a private chapel and staff quarters from which he used to administer the region . The civil and criminal courts were also held here . He also bought another property near Binsar known as ‘ Khali ’ , meaning empty , where a bungalow was built along with orchards though he never lived there . Khali is now a resort . After retiring in 1884 , Ramsay had hoped to live in Binsar , but had to return to England . In the 1930s Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit , Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ’ s sister lived in the house at Khali . Honours . For his services in the Kumaon Ramsay was invested as Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of India ( K . C . S . I . ) and later as a Companion of the Order of the Bath ( C . B . ) . According to P Whalley , " Henry Ramsay not only consolidated the earlier gains ( of previous Kumaon Commissioners ' Traill , Gardner , Batten & Lushington ) but propelled Kumaon - Garwhal into the mainstream of modern India " .
Astraea - class cruiser The " Astraea " class was an eight ship class of protected cruiser s built for the Royal Navy during the 1890s . The ships served on a number of foreign stations during their careers , particularly in the waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans , and around the Cape of Good Hope . Already obsolete by the outbreak of the First World War , most continued to see service in a variety of roles , though rarely in a front line capacity . By the end of the war the majority were being used as training or depot ships , and they were soon sold out of the service and scrapped . However one ship , , was bought by the Marine Society and used as a training ship until 1940 . Design and construction . The eight ships were ordered under the provisions of the 1889 Naval Defence Act as an improved design of the preceding s . They were to displace 1000 tons more than the " Apollo " s , and were to have improved sea - keeping abilities , and heavier and better placed armament . The result was a design with a full length deck that gave a higher freeboard amidships , and placed the main armament higher on the superstructure . Though this made them drier ships , the design was criticised for being a larger and more expensive development of the " Apollo " s , but without offering any substantial increase in armament , speed or endurance . The increased weight did however make them more seaworthy , and the design provided the basis for the development of future protected cruisers . The ships were built at several of the principal navy dockyards : three at Devonport , two at Pembroke , and one each at Sheerness , Chatham and Portsmouth . Service . All eight ships spent at least some time on foreign stations , particularly in the Indian and Pacific Oceans , and despite their obsolescence , all but went on to see service in a variety of roles during the First World War . was the first ship to be launched , in late 1892 . She served on the Pacific Station during the early part of her career , but was converted into submarine depot ship in 1907 . She spent the First World War serving in this role , and was sold for scrapping in 1920 . The nameship of the class , , was the third of the class to be launched , on 17 March 1893 , behind " Bonaventure " and . " Astraea " served on the China Station and in the Indian Ocean , before joining the Grand Fleet at the Nore in 1912 . She moved to the Cape of Good Hope and West African Station in 1913 , and spent the war there , bombarding Dar es Salaam and taking part in the blockade of . She was paid off after the war and was sold in 1920 . " Cambrian " served on the Australia Station and in the Indian Ocean , before returning to Britain in 1913 to be paid off and put up for sale . The outbreak of the First World War led to the navy retaining her and commissioning her as a stoker ' s training ship named " Harlech " in 1916 . She was renamed " Vivid " in 1921 and was sold in 1923 .
Sonar 2076 Sonar 2076 is a submarine sonar detection system designed by Thomson Marconi Sonar Thales for the Royal Navy . The system comprises an integrated suite of active and passive sonar systems including bow , fin , flank and towed array s . Known components include : Support systems include command consoles , upgraded radio communications , upgraded signature reduction , and new flexi couplings to reduce self noise . Sonar 2076 is designed to be fitted into both the new and the existing , allowing the Royal Navy ' s entire submarine fleet to have a common sonar system . BAE claims that the 2076 represents a " step change " over previous sonars and is the world ' s most advanced and effective sonar system . It is said to have 13 , 000 hydrophones , many times the number fitted in previous Royal Navy systems and more than any other submarine sonar in the world . The processing power of the system is said to be equivalent to 60 , 000 home PCs . Swiftsure and Trafalgar Update manager , Captain Ian Hughes said , " A good analogy for the performance of Sonar 2076 is that if the submarine was in Winchester it would be able to track a double decker bus going round Trafalgar Square " ( a distance of 60 miles ) .
Simon Grascher Simon Grascher was a Unterscharführer , in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight ' s Cross of the Iron Cross . This was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War II . Biography . Simon Grascher was born in Klagenfurt ( Austria ) on the 18 December 1920 in Austrian - Carinthian Slovene family . He volunteered to join the SS and was posted to the " Das Reich " , he was promoted to Unterscharführer and made a platoon commander in the 9th Company , SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment " Der Führer " . He was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class for actions in the battles around Moscow and in 1943 he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st class . He was awarded the Knight ' s Cross posthumously in July 1943 , when his platoon attacked a strong Russian position near Belgorod . His unit was under heavy fire from Infantry weapons , mortars and anti tank guns which eventually defeated the German assault with the assistance of two T - 34 Tanks . Grascher , despite the heavy fire , managed to destroy the two tanks ; the first - one with an anti tank charge and the second - one with a hand grenade He then took over command of the company and led another attack which achieved all there targets , but lead to the death of Graascher .
Hydra - class minelayer The " Hydra " class were two minelayer s of the Royal Netherlands Navy , built to serve in the Dutch East Indies and Dutch territorial waters in Europe . The construction of the ships began in 1910 and was completed in 1912 . The ships were built by the navy yard ( " Rijkswerf " ) in Amsterdam . Both ships were still in service during the Second World War . Only the " Medusa " escaped to the United Kingdom , however . The " Hydra " was lost after it was fired on by an anti - tank weapon . It sank in the waters off Zeeland .
Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal The Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal was established in 1976 by Admiral Owen W . Siler , USCG and is awarded to any member of the United States Coast Guard who performs twenty one days of consecutive duty afloat or ashore north of the Arctic Circle . The medal depicts a polar bear under the North Star , while the reverse side carries the Coast Guard Shield . Eligibility requirements . Awarded to any person who meets the qualifications of any of the subparagraphs below : ( 1 ) Any member of the Coast Guard who , during summer operations ( 1 May to 31 October ) , serves in any Coast Guard mission north of the Arctic Circle ( 66o33 ’ N ) ; or any member of the Coast Guard who , during winter operations ( 1 November to 30 April ) , serves or has served aboard a Coast Guard vessel operating in polar waters north of latitude 60 degrees North , specifically in the Bering Sea , Davis Strait , or Denmark Strait . Minimum time requirement is 21 consecutive days under competent orders . Only one award per deployment is authorized . ( 2 ) Any member of the Coast Guard who participates in or has participated in flights as a member of the crew of an aircraft flying to or from stations listed in subparagraph ( 3 ) below or any shore locations north of the Arctic Circle ( 66o33 ’ N ) in support of Coast Guard missions . Minimum time requirements , 21 non - consecutive days under competent orders , receiving no more than one day ’ s credit for flights in and out during any 24 - hour period . Only one award per year and / or per deployment is authorized . ( 3 ) The decoration is also authorized for personnel who serve on the remote stations of : ( a ) CG Loran Station , Cape Atholl , Greenland ( b ) CG Loran Station , Cape Christian , Baffin Island , Canada ( c ) CG Loran Station , Port Clarence , Alaska ( d ) CG Loran Station , Barrow , Alaska ( e ) CG Loran Station , Bo , Norway ( f ) CG Loran Station , Jan Mayen Island , Norway Recommendations for civilians . Recommendations concerning civilians nominated for the award while serving with the Coast Guard on expeditions must be forwarded to Commandant ( CG - 1221 ) for adjudication . Subsequent awards . A 3 / 16 - inch bronze star is authorized for subsequent awards of the Arctic Service Medal . A 3 / 16 - inch silver star denotes the sixth award . See also . Awards and decorations of the United States military The United States Navy equivalent to the Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal is the Navy Arctic Service Ribbon .