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HMS Otter ( 1896 ) HMS " Otter " was a Vickers three funnel - 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates . She was the fourth ship to carry this name since it was introduced in 1782 for a fire ship , sold in 1801 . Construction . She was laid down on 9 June 1896 at the Barrow Shipbuilding Company shipyard at Barrow - in - Furness and launched on 23 November 1896 . During her builder ’ s trials she made her contracted speed requirement . In 1897 during the construction of these ships , the Barrow Shipbuilding Company was purchases by Vickers , Sons and Maxim and renamed as the Naval Construction and Armaments Shipyard . She was completed and accepted by the Royal Navy in March 1900 . Pre - War . After commissioning she was deployed to China Station being based at Hong Kong . She arrived on station after the Boxer Rebellion operations were completed . In July , 1904 , complaints from Vice - Admiral Noel of the China Station about the condition of his torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers prompted a review of his assets by First Lord of the Admiralty Admiral Selborne . It was noted that HMS " Otters " ' boilers had been re - tubed and her hull and machinery refitted in 1902 . On 30 August 1912 the Admiralty directed all destroyer classes were to be designated by alpha characters starting with the letter ' A ' . Since her design speed was 30 - knots and she had three funnels she was assigned to the C Class . After 30 September 1913 , she was known as an C Class destroyer and had the letter ‘ C ’ painted on the hull below the bridge area and on either the fore or aft funnel . World War I . In August 1914 she was slated for disposal but the outbreak of the First World War granted her a reprieve . On the 5th of January , 1915 General Officer Commanding ( GOC ) Hong Kong came on board HMS " Triumph to witness two night attacks made by the HMS " Whiting and HMS " Otter ; these were primarily designed for training of the searchlight crews of HMS " Triumph . Disposition . In 1916 she was paid off and laid - up in awaiting disposal . She was finally sold on 25 October 1916 for breaking in Hong Kong . She was not awarded a Battle Honour for her service . Pennant Numbers . It is unknown if she was assigned a pennant number as no record has been found . References . NOTE : All tabular data under General Characteristics only from the listed Jane ' s Fighting Ships volume unless otherwise specified
Victor II , Duke of Ratibor Victor II , Duke of Ratibor , Prince of Corvey , Prince of Hohenlohe - Schillingsfürst ( ; 6 September 18479 August 1923 ) was a member of House of Hohenlohe - Schillingsfürst and Duke of the Silesian duchy of Ratibor ( ) . Early life and family . Victor was born at Schloss Rauden , Kingdom of Prussia , eldest son of Victor I , Duke of Ratibor ( 1818 – 1893 ) , ( son of Franz Joseph , Prince of Hohenlohe - Schillingsfürst and Princess Constanze of Hohenlohe - Langenburg ) and his wife , Princess Amélie of Fürstenberg ( 1821 – 1899 ) , ( daughter of Karl Egon II , Prince of Fürstenberg and Princess Amalie of Baden ) . Ratibor studied Law in Bonn and Göttingen and was a member of the Corps Borussia ( 1867 ) and Saxonia ( 1890 ) . In Saxonia was also were his four brothers , Max , Karl Egon , Franz ( Colonel à la suite ) and Egon ( Lord Chamberlain ) . Military career . After making his Doctorate in Law he entered the Potsdamer Life Guards Hussar Regiment in which he fought during the Franco - Prussian War . Political career . Between 1873 and 1876 he worked at the German Embassy in Vienna . In 1893 he took over the dominions Kieferstädtel and Zembowitz in Upper Silesia . From 1897 to 1921 he was Chairman of the Silesia Province respectively of the Upper Silesian provincial parliament . As a member of the Free Conservative Party , he ran in 1885 and 1888 for the Prussian House of Representatives . Since 1893 , he was a member of the Prussian House of Lords . From 1896 to 1904 he was chairman of the New Coalition Party . In 1913 he became honorary citizen of Breslau . Marriage . Wilhelm married 19 June 1877 at Vienna to Countess Maria Breunner - Enkevoirth ( 1856 – 1929 ) , daughter of Count August Breunner - Enkevoirth , and his wife , Countess Agatha Széchényi de Sárvár - Felsövidék . They had four children :
William Ledyard William Ledyard ( December 6 , 1738 , Groton , Connecticut – September 6 , 1781 , Groton ) was a lieutenant colonel in the Connecticut militia who was killed in the American Revolutionary War . Fort Griswold . Ledyard was in command of Fort Trumbull and Fort Griswold on September 6 , 1781 , when the latter fort fell to the British under Benedict Arnold in the Battle of Groton Heights . Ledyard had refused a British demand to surrender the fort . According to American accounts of the battle , in Fort Griswold , with 157 hastily collected and poorly armed militia , Ledyard resisted for nearly an hour the attack of a British force of 800 men led by lieutenant colonel Eyre . This attack was made on three sides , and , although there was a battery between the fort and the river , the Americans could spare no men to work it . The British made their way into the fosse and scaled the works in the face of a severe fire from the garrison . Eyre was wounded , and died twelve hours afterward on shipboard , and his successor , Major Montgomery , having been killed while mounting the parapet , the command devolved upon Major Bromfield , a Tory , who effected an entrance into the fort after nearly 200 of his men had been disabled , including 48 killed , the Americans having lost only about twelve men . After the British stormed Fort Griswold , Ledyard ordered his men to cease firing and to lay down their arms . Bromfield demanded to know who commanded the fort . Ledyard replied " I did , sir , but you do now , " and offered his sword . The British officer took the sword and stabbed Ledyard to death , initiating a massacre of some eighty captive Americans . Arnold , in a despatch to Henry Clinton two days afterward the following account of the battle : “ I have inclosed a return of the killed and wounded , by which your excellency will observe that our loss , though very considerable , is short of the enemy ' s , who lost most of their officers , among whom was their commander , Col . Ledyard . Eighty - five men were found dead in Fort Griswold , and sixty wounded , most of them mortally . Their loss on the opposite side ( New London ) must have been considerable , but cannot be ascertained . ” The town of Ledyard , Connecticut , is named for William Ledyard . William Ledyard ' s nephew was noted explorer John Ledyard .
Ottoman return of Mecca 1813 Ottoman return of Mecca 1813 ( also known as the Battle of Mecca ) happened several days after the recapture of Jeddah during the Ottoman - Saudi war . Diriyah ' s army and its 1 , 000 men in Mecca surrendered to Muhammad Ali of Egypt and Tusun Pasha , who recaptured the city for the Ottoman Empire .
T58 - class minesweeper The T58 class were a group of minesweepers built for the Soviet Navy in the 1950s The Soviet Designation was Project 264 Design . The specification for these ships was issued in 1949 and the lead ship was completed in 1957 . These ships were larger than the previous T43 class and had increased sweep capacity and were fitted with more advanced mechanical , acoustic and magnetic sweeps . Heavier self - defence weapons were also fitted . The ships had steel hulls and were powered by 3 diesel engines ( which were located on two levels to minimise length ) . No special provision was made to minimise acoustic or pressure signature . The ships were also fitted to operate in an NBC environment . Ships . 45 Ships were built between 1957 and 1962 . All were scrapped by the early 1990s . References . Also published as
Canon de 75 modèle 1912 Schneider The Canon de 75 modele 1912 Schneider was a French World War I piece of 75 mm artillery , designed and manufactured by Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot . It entered service with the French horse - mounted artillery in 1912 and a number was sold to the army of Serbia . Until the end of the war all guns in French service were replaced with more successful and standarised Canon de 75 modèle 1897 . Тhe remaining guns were then sold to Poland , where they were used in the Polish - Bolshevik War .
Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre The Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre is a museum and interpretive centre in New Denver , British Columbia , Canada , dedicated to the history of the Japanese Canadian s that were relocated to internment camp s during World War II by the Canadian government ( see Japanese Canadian internment ) . The site consists of five buildings , of which three are original shacks built to house the interred people . Many artifacts such as stoves and furnishings are preserved , as are some personal effects of the displaced people . It also features a Japanese garden designed by Roy Sumi , a former supervisor of the Nitobe Memorial Garden at the University of British Columbia . The centre was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 2007 . Affiliations . The Museum is affiliated with : CMA , CHIN , and Virtual Museum of Canada .
Haubits m / 40 The 10 , 5 cm Haubits m / 40 is a Swedish 105 mm howitzer , which was manufactured by Bofors during World War II . The howitzer was license manufactured both in Finland and in Switzerland . Today , the gun is mainly used as a training gun by the Estonian army .
Vickers 50 . machine gun The Vickers 50 . machine gun ( also known as the Vickers 50 . ) was a scaled up version of the Vickers machine gun . If fired the larger 0 . 5inch ( 12 . 7mm ) round . History . The gun was considered a good weapon for the 1930s but quickly became outdated during the 1940s . During the early stages of World War II it was mounted on British ships and used as a close range anti - aircraft weapon . In combat the Vickers 50 . proved ineffective and was replaced on land by the 15mm Besa Machine Gun . The Royal Navy replaced the gun with the Oerlikon 20mm .
Cecil John Kinross Cecil John Kinross VC ( 17 February 1896 – 21 June 1957 ) was a Canadian 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 . Early life . Kinross was born on 17 February 1896 at Dews Farm , Harefield , Middlesex . His father ' s family originated in Perthshire . He moved to Lougheed , Alberta with his parents and siblings in 1912 . Military career . Kinross was inducted voluntarily into the army at Calgary , Alberta , October 21 , 1915 as a private in the 49th ( Edmonton ) Battalion , Canadian Expeditionary Force . On 30 October 1917 , at the Battle of Passchendaele during the First World War , Kinross performed an act of bravery for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross . Kinross was wounded in the arm and head in 1917 and hospitalised at Orpington , England . He was subsequently presented with the Victoria Cross by King George in March 1918 . Later life . Kinross died at the Lougheed Hotel on 21 June 1957 , and he is buried at Lougheed Cemetery , Alberta , Canada in the Soldier ' s Plot . Legacy . Mount Kinross , 2560m , 24 km NW of Jasper , Alberta in the Jasper National Park was named after him in 1951 . His Victoria Cross medal is held by his family while the miniature is on display at The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Military Museum in Edmonton , Alberta .
17th Brigade ( Australia ) The 17th Brigade was an infantry brigade in the Australian Army . First formed in 1917 during World War I , it did not see any action . Reformed during World War II it took part in fighting in Libya , Greece and New Guinea before being disbanded in 1946 . Today , its name is perpetuated by the 17th Combat Service Support Brigade , which was raised as a logistics formation in May 2006 . History . World War I . The 17th Brigade was formed in England , on the Salisbury Plain , as part of the 6th Division on 25 April 1917 . The formation did not see any action and was disbanded on 26 September 1917 . World War II . The 17th Brigade was reformed on 13 October 1939 , again as part of the 6th Division , recruited from Victoria . The 17th Brigade fought in the Western Desert Campaign in Libya , the Battle of Greece , the Battle of Wau , the Salamaua - Lae campaign in Papua , and in the Aitape - Wewak campaign in New Guinea .
Battle of Tinchebray The Battle of Tinchebray ( alternate spellings Tinchebrai or Tenchebrai ) was fought 28 September 1106 , in the town of Tinchebray ( in today ' s Orne " département " of France ) , Normandy , between an invading force led by Henry I of England , and his older brother Robert Curthose , the Duke of Normandy . Henry ' s knights won a decisive victory , capturing Robert and imprisoning him in England ( in Devizes Castle ) and then Wales until Robert ' s death ( in Cardiff Castle ) . The previous year Henry had invaded Normandy , taking Bayeux and Caen . He was forced to break off his campaign owing to political problems arising from the Investiture Controversy . With these settled , he returned to Normandy in the spring of 1106 . After quickly taking the fortified abbey of Saint - Pierre sur Dives ( near Falaise ) , Henry turned south and besieged the castle of Tinchebray , on a hill above the town . Tinchebray is on the border of the county of Mortain , in the southwest of Normandy , and was held by William , Count of Mortain , who was one of the few important Norman barons still loyal to Robert . Duke Robert then brought up his forces to break the siege , and , after some unsuccessful negotiations , decided that a battle in the open was his best option . Henry ' s army was organized into three groups . The main two were commanded by Ranulf of Bayeux , Robert de Beaumont , 1st Earl of Leicester , and William de Warenne , 2nd Earl of Surrey . In addition he had a reserve , commanded by Elias I of Maine , out of sight on the flank . Also on Henry ' s side were Alan IV , Duke of Brittany , William , Count of Évreux , Ralph of Tosny , Robert of Montfort , and Robert of Grandmesil . On Robert Curthose ' s side were William , Count of Mortain , and Robert of Bellême , 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury . The battle itself only lasted an hour . Notably , Henry ordered much of his force of knights to dismount , as he did himself : unusual for Norman battle tactics , infantry played a decisive role . The count charged the front line , comprising troops of Bayeux , Avranches and the Cotentin . The intervention of Henry ' s reserve proved decisive . Most of Robert ' s army was captured or killed . Besides Robert himself , those captured include Edgar Atheling ( uncle of Henry ' s wife ) , and William , count of Mortain . Robert de Bellême , commanding the Duke ' s rear guard , turned his back on the duke and led the retreat saving himself from capture or death . Most of the prisoners were released , but Robert Curthose and William of Mortain were to spend the rest of their lives in captivity . But Robert Curthose had a legitimate son , William Clito , whose claims to the dukedom of Normandy let to several rebellions that continued through the rest of Henry ' s reign . In fiction . The battle is depicted in Rosemary Sutcliff ' s 1960 historical fiction novel " Knight ' s Fee " . < br >
Alphonse Girandy Alphonse Girandy ( January 21 , 1868 – April 3 , 1941 ) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America ' s highest military decoration , the Medal of Honor . Biography . Girandy , of Pennsylvania , joined the Navy and served during the Spanish - American War in 1898 . On March 31 , 1901 , he was working as a Seaman on the when a fire broke out on the ship . For his actions on that occasion , Seaman Girandy was awarded the Medal of Honor one year later , on March 22 , 1902 . His official Medal of Honor citation reads : " Serving on board the U . S . S . " Petrel " , for heroism and gallantry , fearlessly exposing his own life to danger for the saving of others , on the occasion of the fire on board that vessel , March 31 , 1901 . " He continued to serve in the Navy into World War I . Girandy died at age 73 and was buried in Philadelphia National Cemetery , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Medal of Honor citation . Rank and organization : Seaman , U . S . Navy . Born : January 21 , 1868 , Guadaloupe , West Indies . Accredited to : Pennsylvania . G . O . No . : 85 , March 22 , 1902 . Citation : Serving on board the U . S . S . Petrel , for heroism and gallantry , fearlessly exposing his own life to danger for the saving of others , on the occasion of the fire on board that vessel , March 31 , 1901 .
Robert Tilney Brigadier Robert Adolphus George Tilney , was a British Army officer who served during the Second World War . Brigadier Robert Tilney was a Territorial Army officer formerly of the Leicestershire Yeomanry . On 5 November 1943 Tilney was appointed to command the British forces on the Greek island of Leros , replacing Major - General Brittorus . He had under his command the 234th Infantry Brigade and an assortment of RAF and Italian Army troops . The island of Leros was invaded by German forces on 12 November 1943 and Tilney surrendered on 16 November . Tilney spent the rest of the war as a POW .
Canon de 75 M ( montagne ) modele 1928 The Canon de 75 M ( montagne ) modèle 1928 ( 75 mm mle . 28 ) was a French mountain gun . The guns were also sold to Poland . After 1940 , these weapon s were used by the Germans as 7 . 5 cm GebK 283 ( f ) . The French used this weapon to equip the artillery batteries of the 4th Moroccan Mountain Division during 1944 and 1945 .
Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation was a coastal defense site located in Dartmouth , Massachusetts . History . The Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation was built on private land . Its mission was to protect the Cape Cod Canal from possible air and naval attack . It never did have to fire its guns though but it did play an important part in the defense of the canal . The Site Now . Nothing remains of the site today except for some concrete foundations and wells , it is presently a grassy field next to the ocean .
William H . DeBevoise William H . DeBevoise ( 1826 – October 2 , 1886 ) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He served a lieutenant colonel of the famed 14th Brooklyn ( New York State Militia ) . Biography . DeBevoise enlisted in the 14th Brooklyn on April 18 , 1861 , in Brooklyn , for a term of three years . He was 35 years of age at the time of his enlistment , and was mustered in as captain of Company H . He was promoted on October 1 , 1862 , and then commissioned as a lieutenant colonel on October 24 , 1862 , when Col . Edward B . Fowler was wounded . DeBevoise led the 14th at the battles of South Mountain and Antietam during the Maryland Campaign . He was discharged for disability on May 11 , 1863 . Following the war , DeBevoise became the colonel of the 14th Regiment , New York National Guard , 1869 – 1878 .
James William Boyd James William Boyd ( 1822 – after 1865 ) was a Confederate States of America military officer who was alleged in a conspiracy theory to have been killed in the place of John Wilkes Booth , the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln . Boyd born in Hopkinsville , Kentucky , in 1822 , and lived in Jackson , Tennessee where he married Caroline A . Malone in 1845 , and had seven children . Boyd was a captain in the 6th Tennessee Infantry Regiment of Confederate States Army , Company F , during the American Civil War . Boyd was captured at Jackson in 1863 and held as a prisoner of war by the Union . In December 1864 , while a prisoner of war , he requested permission to be released so he could return home to take care of his seven motherless children . Boyd ' s wife Caroline had died while he was incarcerated . Edwin M . Stanton , the United States Secretary of War , approved Boyd ' s petition on February 14 , 1865 . Boyd ' s official whereabouts following his release remain a mystery . His son James received a letter to meet Boyd in Brownsville , Texas , for a trip to Mexico , but Boyd never showed up for the rendezvous and no further contact was ever received from him . According to a theory put forth by the 1977 book and subsequent film " The Lincoln Conspiracy " , Boyd was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth and killed on April 26 , 1865 , at Richard Garrett ' s farm , near Bowling Green , Caroline County , Virginia . The theory adds that the U . S . government was aware of the error , but covered it up and , thus , enabled Booth to escape to freedom . James L . Swanson counters this claim by stating , " The survival myth of John Wilkes Booth , roaming across the land , evokes the traditional fate of the damned , of a cursed spirit who can find no rest . There is no doubt that Booth was the man who died at Garrett ' s farm . "
Battle of Koljonvirta The Battle of Koljonvirta ( ) ( ) i . e . the Battle of the Virta Bridge was fought between Swedish and Russia n troops on October 27 , 1808 . The Swedish force consisted of troops from Savolax and Östergötland . After the main Swedish army had been defeated at the Battle of Oravais the army under Johan August Sandels in Savonia had to retreat in order not to be outflanked by the Russians . Sandels found a good defensive position north of Iisalmi and decided to resist the Russian advance there . Between September 29 and October 27 a cease - fire was in effect . Sandels was heavily outnumbered but had a good defensive position between two lakes connected by the Koljonvirta river and he had prepared his position well during the cease - fire . On October 27 the cease - fire was to end at 1 PM , but Russians started their attack a little earlier , perhaps because of the time difference between Sweden and Russia . Sandels pulled back the forces on the south side of the river and the Russians attacked over the partially demolished bridge . The Swedish counter - attacked and literally pushed the Russian troops into the river . The Russians pulled up fresh troops on the south side of the river , but they didn ' t try to attack again . The battle was the last Swedish victory on Finnish soil .
Naval Service The Naval Service is the naval branch of the British Armed Forces , which alongside the Royal Navy and Royal Marines , includes civilian agencies under the control of the Navy Board . It consists of : The term Naval Service should be distinguished from the " UK Naval Services " , which include the Naval Service and the British Merchant Navy . The April 2005 regular strength of the Naval Service ( Royal Navy and Royal Marines ) was 36 , 320 . The Naval Service is dominated by the Royal Navy , which accounts for over 80 % of Naval Service personnel . The Naval Service as a whole comes under the command of the Navy Board , which is headed by the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff .
Erwin Laskowski Erwin Laskowski ( 27 May 1914 – 13 October 1983 ) 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 . During his career Erwin Laskowski was credited with 46 aerial victories in 300 + missions .
SS Pierre L ' Enfant SS " Pierre L ' Enfant " ( Hull Number 1001 ) was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II . She was named after Pierre L ' Enfant , a French - born American architect who designed what is today Washington D . C . The ship was laid down on 17 May 1943 , and launched on 11 June 1943 . The ship survived the war , even shooting down three enemy aircraft , and was sold into private ownership in 1947 . However , in 1970 , the ship was wrecked and subsequently abandoned .