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Union Jack Club The Union Jack Club is a residential London club for members and veterans of the British Armed Services ( and their families ) , including serving members of the Volunteer Reserve Forces , below commissioned rank . Located near Waterloo Station , the club has over 300 rooms for accommodation ( single , twin , double and small flats ) , a restaurant , bar , small library and function rooms . The idea in creating the club came from Ethel McCaul , a Royal Red Cross nurse who was served in field hospitals during the South African War at the start of the 20th century . The Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone of the club in July 1904 and later as King Edward VII with Queen Alexandra officially opened the club in July 1907 . The original Edwardian building was located at 91 Waterloo Road and was completed at the end of 1904 . During World War II , the area around Waterloo Station was heavily bombed and the club was damaged . In 1970 , it was decided to demolish the original building and to construct a completely new one . Demolition began in 1971 and building started in 1972 . The club ' s new premises opened on 16 October 1975 . It was formally opened by the Patron - in - Chief , Queen Elizabeth II , on 12 February 1976 . In more recent years , the Union Jack Club would make rooms available , at a reasonable cost , to members of the Civil Service who have business visiting or working within Government departments in Central London . The club ' s main entrance is now in Sandell Street off Waterloo Road , opposite Waterloo Station . There are spectacular views of London from the upper floors , where many of the accommodation rooms are located .
HMCS Chignecto ( J160 ) HMCS " Chignecto " ( J160 ) was a that served in the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II . The " Chignecto " was of the 1939 - 1940 construction period and was the first ship to bear this name . Built by North Van Ship Repair Ltd . , she was commissioned in October 1941 and served in the Royal Canadian Navy until she was paid off 3 November 1945 and sold to the Union Steamship Co . of British Columbia in 1946 , as was and .
First League of Armed Neutrality The first League of Armed Neutrality was an alliance of European naval powers between 1780 and 1783 which was intended to protect neutral shipping against the Royal Navy ' s wartime policy of unlimited search of neutral shipping for French contraband . Empress Catherine II of Russia began the first League with her declaration of Russian armed neutrality on 11 March ( 28 February , Old Style ) , 1780 , during the War of American Independence . She endorsed the right of neutral countries to trade by sea with nationals of belligerent countries without hindrance , except in weapons and military supplies . Russia would not recognize blockade s of whole coasts , but only of individual ports , and only if a belligerent ' s warship were actually present or nearby . The Russian navy dispatched three squadron s to the Mediterranean , Atlantic , and North Sea to enforce this decree . Denmark - Norway and Sweden , accepting Russia ' s proposals for an alliance of neutrals , adopted the same policy towards shipping , and the three countries signed the agreement forming the League . They remained otherwise out of the war , but threatened joint retaliation for every ship of theirs searched by a belligerent . By the time the Treaty of Paris ended the war in 1783 , Prussia , the Holy Roman Empire , the Netherlands , Portugal , the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Ottoman Empire had all become members . As the Royal Navy outnumbered all their fleets combined , the alliance as a military measure was what Catherine later called it , an " armed nullity " . Diplomatically , however , it carried greater weight ; France and the United States of America were quick to proclaim their adherence to the new principle of free neutral commerce . Britain — which did not — still had no wish to antagonize Russia , and avoided interfering with the allies ' shipping . While both sides of the Fourth Anglo - Dutch War tacitly understood it as an attempt to keep the Netherlands out of the League , Britain did not officially regard the alliance as hostile . Throughout the war most of the naval supplies of the Royal Navy continued to come from the Baltic Sea . It was followed in the Napoleonic Wars by the Second League of Armed Neutrality which was massively less successful and ended after the British victory at the Battle of Copenhagen .
Hector François Chataigner de Cramahé Captain Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé , Chevalier , Seigneur de Cramahé et des Rochers was a Huguenot officer who assisted William of Orange in the taking of the British throne . Originating from the area of La Rochelle on the French western coast where his family owned the Château de Cramahé , after the Revocation of the edict of Nantes he and his brothers fled , himself as a soldier in William of Orange ' s army and the others Henry Augustus and Alexandre Thésée , Sieur de Lisle to South Carolina . At first Captain of a regiment of Foot , he then became Captain of Horse of Galway ' s regiment , becoming aide de camp to Henri de Massue , 1st Earl of Galway . Along with numerous other Huguenot officers he settled in Dublin where he received a pension of 4 shillings per day . He married Marianne , daughter of Jacques de Belrieu , Baron de Virazel , by whom he had numerous children . His son Hector Theophilus de Cramahé was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec , and titular Lieutenant Governor of Detroit . His daughter Jeanne married the son of Salomon Blosset de Loche , from whom descended Colonel John Blossett and the actors Tyrone Power , Sr . and Tyrone Power .
USS Raritan ( LSM - 540 ) The third USS " Raritan " ( LSM - 540 ) was a in the United States Navy following World War II . She was named for a river in New Jersey . Service history . " Raritan " was laid down on 10 May 1945 at Brown Shipbuilding Company , Houston , Texas , launched in August 1945 , commissioned as USS " LSM - 540 " on 6 December 1945 , Lieutenant Roy T . Rector , USNR in command . She was decommissioned on 29 May 1946 , at Green Cove Springs , Florida and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet , Florida Group , Green Cove Springs . Recommissioned on 4 November 1957 , she was renamed USS " Raritan " ( LSM - 540 ) on 14 October 1959 , then decommissioned on 1 December 1959 at Norfolk , Virginia , and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 January 1960 .
Château de Brax The Château de Brax is a ruined castle in the " commune " of Brax in the Haute - Garonne " département " of France . Originally constructed in the 13th century , there were alterations and additions in the 16th and 18th centuries . Privately owned , it has been listed since 1946 as a " monument historique " by the French Ministry of Culture .
27th United States Infantry Regiment ( Civil War ) The 27th United States Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . This regiment was organized by Col . Henry W . Slocum at Elmira , New York , and accepted by the State on May 21 , 1861 . The regiment mustered June 15 , 1861 , and left New York for Washington , D . C . , on July 10 , 1861 . They were attached to Porter ' s Brigade , Hunter ' s Division , McDowell ' s Army of Northeast Virginia until August 1910 . Next they were attached to Heintzelman ' s Brigade , Division of the Potomac , to October 1861 . Slocum ' s Brigade , Franklin ' s 1st Division , 1st Army Corps , Army of the Potomac , to May 1862 . And 2nd Brigade , 1st Division , 6th Army Corps , to May 1863 . Advance on Manassas , Va . , July 16 – 21 , 1861 . First Battle of Bull Run , Va . , July 21 . Duty in the Defenses of Washington , D . C . , until March , 1862 . Expedition to Pohick Church October 3 , 1861 . Advance on Manassas , Va . , March 10 – 15 , 1862 . McDowell ' s advance on Fredricksburg April 4 – 12 . Ordered to the Peninsula , Virginia , April 22 . Siege of Yorktown , Va . , April 24 - May 4 , on transports . West Point May 7 – 8 . Near Mechanicsville May 20 . Seven days before Richmond June 25 - July 1 . Gaines ' Mill and Chickahominy June 27 . White Oak Swamp and Glendale June 30 . Malvern Hill July 1 . At Harrison ' s Landing until August 16 . Movement to Fortress Monroe , thence to Centreville August 16 – 28 . In works at Centreville August 28 – 31 , and cover Pope ' s retreat to Fairfax Court House September 1 . During the Maryland Campaign from September 6 – 22 , they were at Crampton ' s Gap , South Mountain , September 14 . Battle of Antietam September 16 – 17 . Duty in Maryland until October 29 . Movement to Falmouth , Va . , October 29 - November 19 . Battle of Fredericksburg , Va . , December 12 – 15 . " Mud March " January 20 – 24 , 1863 . At Falmouth until April . Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 - May 6 . Operations about Franklin ' s Crossing April 29 - May 2 . Maryes Heights , Fredericksburg , May 3 . Salem Heights May 3 – 4 . Banks ' Ford May 4 . Mustered out May 31 , 1863 , expiration of term . Three years ' men transferred to 121st Regiment New York Infantry . Regiment lost during service 2 Officers and 72 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 70 Enlisted men by disease . Total 146 . Total strength and casualties . It was mustered out at Elmira May 31 , 1863 , having lost during its term of service 74 members by death from wounds and 74 by accident , im - prisonment or disease . The 27th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment was reformed following the Civil War to replace the 3rd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment that was disbanded .
Kōyō Gunkan The is a record of the military exploits of the Takeda family , compiled largely by the Takeda vassal Kōsaka Danjō Masanobu , and completed in 1616 by Obata Kagenori . It provides some of the most detailed descriptions and statistics of warfare in the Sengoku period available today . The chronicle describes each of the Takeda ' s major battles , chronicling not only strategy and tactics but the outcomes as well . It describes the Chinese matchlock arquebus es used at Uedahara in 1548 , making that the first field battle in Japan to see the use of firearms . And the chronicle tells of the famous one - on - one skirmish fought by Takeda Shingen against Uesugi Kenshin at the fourth battle of Kawanakajima in 1561 . Having broken through Takeda ' s forces , Uesugi Kenshin found his way to Shingen ' s command tent , where he engaged Shingen directly , slashing at him with his sword . Shingen deflected the attack with his iron war fan , and reached for his own sword . A Takeda retainer then speared Kenshin ' s horse , forcing him to retreat . In one section , the chronicle gives a detailed breakdown of the entire Takeda army in 1573 , counting everything from pages and banner bearers to kitchen staff , horse doctors , and finance commissioners . According to the document , the 33 , 736 members of the Takeda army included 9121 horsemen , 18 , 242 followers for the horsemen , 884 ashigaru ( foot - soldiers ) within the " hatamoto shoyakunin " ( personal attendants to the lord ) , and 5489 other ashigaru . The detailed breakdown of the army also provides an interesting look into the hierarchy of retainers or allies within such a force . The " Heihō Okigusho " , contained within the chronicle , and attributed to general Yamamoto Kansuke , is one of Japan ' s earliest treatises on martial arts , along with tactics and strategy . It provides practical advice towards the wielding of sword , spear , gun and bow for the individual warrior rather than for the strategy of an entire troop . Sections by Kosaka Masanobu express his views on the warrior code in relation to the connection between lord and vassal . He compares Shingen to the ideal lord , and contrasts him to his son Takeda Katsuyori , whose poor leadership quickly led to the downfall of the clan .
Botswana Ground Force The Botswana Ground Force is the army of the country of Botswana , and the land component of the Botswana Defence Force . History . The Botswana Defence Force was raised in April 1977 by an Act of Parliament called the ' BDF Act NO 13 of 1977 . At its formation , Lieutenant General Mompati Merafhe ( now retired and Vice President of the Republic of Botswana ) became its first Commander . The current President of the Republic of Botswana , Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama , then Brigadier , was the Deputy Commander . Unusually for an African military force , and chiefly attributable to its being founded after Botswana ' s independence , the Botswana Ground Force was not formed from colonial units formed by a colonising power , but rather were formed from the remains of the Botswana Mounted Police Unit , previously known as the Bechuanaland Mounted Police , a unit of the British South Africa Police . The contemporary roles of the Defence Force are broad for a conventional military , suggesting that the government of Botswana and the BDF subscribe to a wide view of ‘ security ’ and consider the Defence Force an appropriate agency for attaining much of it , an issue that has been discussed even in the BDF ’ s own internal media . It is expected that the BDF in general is meant to be an apolitical instrument of the state . The current stated mission of the Botswana Ground Force is : To defend the country and provide for the security of Botswana , participate in external security cooperation activities , and contribute in domestic support operations , with the aim of : Structure and organisation . The commander - in - chief of the BGF is Ian Khama , the current President of Botswana . Answering to him are the Minister of Defence , Justice , and Security , Dikgakgamatso Seretse , and the Defence Council , and the Commander of the Botswana Defence Force , Lieutenant General Tebogo Masire . The various units of the Botswana Ground Force are as follows : Ranks and insignia . The BGF and the Botswana Air Force maintain the same rank system , which is loosely based on British or Commonwealth rank systems . The ranks are as follows : Enlisted : Officers : Equipment and vehicles . The BGF uses a wide array of modern weapons and vehicles . Its suppliers are Russia and Western nations , including Israel , Switzerland , the United States , France , Germany , the Netherlands , Austria , Belgium , Italy , and the United Kingdom . Armoured vehicles . Note : 50 Leopard 1 tanks were apparently under negotiation for purchase from the Netherlands in 1996 , but the deal never went through and no tanks were delivered .
United States special operations forces The United States of America has many military and intelligence organizations popularly known as Special Operations Forces ( SOF ) . Many but not all of the military units are components of the Department of Defense ' s United States Special Operations Command ( USSOCOM ) . When in the Continental United States , most special operations forces answer to the administration of their assigned branch of the military . List of SOF units . Joint Special Operations Command . Joint Special Operations Command
Shirane - class destroyer The " Shirane " class destroyers are a class of Japan ese destroyer originally built during the late 1970s and still in active service . They are built around a large central hangar which houses up to three helicopters and they are the natural successor of the s . Design . The " Shirane " Class incorporates an improved design based on the Haruna Class destroyers . The " Shirane " class is also the first Japanese ships to be fitted with 3D radars , the NEC OPS - 12 . The ships propulsion include two steam boilers with two shafts that produce 70 . 000 hp and gives a maximum speed of 32knots . Its armament includes two 42 - mk 127mm guns , two 20 - mm Phalanx close - in weapon systems , one Surface - to - air RIM - 7 Sea Sparrow launcher , torpedos and anti - submarine rockets . The ships are expected to be replaced by the new Izumo - class helicopter destroyer . Operational use . On December 15 , 2007 , a fire broke out on board the " Shirane " near the rudder house as it was anchored at Yokosuka . It took seven hours to extinguish and injured four crew members . On 27 October 2009 , the JS " Kurama " collided with a South Korean container ship under the Kanmonkyo Bridge in the Kanmon Straits off the coast of Japan . While neither ship sunk , the bow of the " Kurama " was badly damaged and burned for hours . Three " Kurama " crew members were reported injured .
544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group The 544th Aircraft Control and Warning Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was assigned to the 27th Air Division , and last stationed at Norton Air Force Base , California . It was inactivated on 6 February 1952 . This command and control organization was responsible for the organization , manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning ( Radar ) units . It was dissolved with the units being assigned directly to the 27th AD . Lineage . Stations Components
William Proby , Lord Proby William Allen Proby , Lord Proby ( 19 June 1779 – 6 August 1804 ) was a British Royal Navy officer and Whig politician . Background and education . Proby was the eldest son of John Proby , 2nd Baron Carysfort ( later 1st Earl of Carysfort , and his first wife Elizabeth ( née Osbourne ) . He was educated at Rugby School , Warwickshire , England from 1788 . Royal Naval service . Proby was commissioned into the Royal Navy and was promoted quickly , probably due to the influence of his family ; by 1798 , at the age of 19 , he had been promoted to post - captain and had commanded the fireship and the sloop " Peterel " . He became the captain of " Danae " and in her suffered a mutiny on 14 March 1800 ; forty of the crew seized the ship off Le Conquet , Brest . The mutiny seems to have been caused by " Danae " being overburdened with French and American sailors conscripted unwillingly , and possibly a rather lax approach to discipline . Having secured the loyal crew below decks , the mutineers gave up the ship to the French 16 - gun brig - corvette " Colombe " , which sent over a boarding party . Lord Proby surrendered the ship with the words " " To the French nation , but not to mutineers . " " He and the loyal members of his crew were exchanged on parole , having received favourable treatment from the French authorities . He took command of " Amelia " in April 1802 , and in May sailed to Cork , Waterford and Dublin to land 150 discharged seaman . The summer was spent combatting smugglers between Berry Head and Mount ' s Bay , and by the end of August , " Amelia " had sailed for Den Helder with Dutch troops discharged from the British service . " Amelia " was based in Portsmouth for most of 1803 , sailing to Jersey and the Downs , and blockading Dutch ports . Proby captured as prizes a French chasse - marée in ballast on 23 May , and on 11 August the French privateer lugger " Alert " . " Amelia " deployed to the Leeward Islands station , notorious at the time for disease ; Lord Proby died from yellow fever in Surinam in August 1804 , aged 25 , while in command of the frigate . He was buried in a vault in St Michael ' s Cathedral , Bridgetown , Barbados , where a tablet records his death . Member of Parliament . He represented Buckingham as a Whig in the House of Commons from 1802 until his death in 1804 . His younger brother John succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Buckingham . Title . From 1789 , when his father was created Earl of Carysfort in the Peerage of Ireland , William Proby was styled as " Lord Proby " . He died unmarried and his younger brother John succeeded to the earldom when his father died in April 1828 .
German submarine U - 274 German submarine " U - 274 " was a Type VIIC U - boat of the Nazi German " Kriegsmarine " during World War II . The submarine was laid down on 9 January 1942 at the " Bremer Vulkan " yard at Bremen - Vegesack as ' werk ' 39 . She was launched on 19 September 1942 and commissioned on 7 November under the command of " Oberleutnant zur See " Günther Jordan . Service history . " U - 274 " served with the 8th U - boat Flotilla for training from November 1942 to July 1943 and operationally with the 7th U - boat Flotilla from 1 August 1943 . She carried out two patrols , but sank no ships . She carried out short voyages between Kiel in Germany and Bergen and Trondheim in Norway over August 1943 . 1st patrol . The boat departed Trondheim on 1 September 1943 and returned to the Norwegian port twelve days later on the 13th . 2nd patrol and loss . For her second sortie , the boat headed toward the Atlantic Ocean , via the ' gap ' between Iceland and the Faroe Islands . She was sunk by Hedgehog and depth charge s dropped by the British destroyers HMS " Duncan " and " Vidette " and a B - 24 Liberator of No . 224 Squadron RAF . The pilot of the Liberator was a Swiss national serving in the RAF . The intercom in the aircraft had been inadvertently left connected to the radio . As a result , ships of the nearby convoy escort heard an improvised commentary which was a great encouragement .
Vishnya - class intelligence ship The Vishnya class ( also known as the Meridian class ) are a group of intelligence collection ships built for the Soviet Navy in the 1980s . The ships continue in service with the Russian Navy . The Soviet designation is " Project 864 " . Design . These ships are large , purpose built ships designed for SIGINT and COMINT electronic intelligence via an extensive array of sensors . The data could be transmitted to shore via satellite link antennas housed in two large radomes . The ships are armed with two AK - 630 close - in weapon system s and SA - N - 8 SAM launchers .
Jean - Jacques de Marguerie Jean - Jacques de Marguerie ( Mondeville , 12 April 1742 – Grenada , 1779 ) was a French naval officer and mathematician . Life . He began his studies at the collège at Caen , discovering Euclid ' s Elements aged around 18 and soon moving to study mathematics alone . He made such progress in this area that the geometer Alexis Fontaine , whom he met in Paris , offered to become his patron . They edited several papers for the Académie des sciences .