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Bristol Type 146 The Bristol Type 146 was a British single - seat , eight - gun fighter monoplane prototype built to a mid - 1930s Air Ministry contract . Powered by a radial engine , it was outclassed by Merlin - engined fighters and only one was built . Design and development . The Bristol 146 was built by Bristol to an Air Ministry order for a prototype single - seat eight - gun fighter meeting Air Ministry specification F . 5 / 34 issued in 1934 . The specification further called for an air - cooled engine for overseas use . The Type 146 incorporated the experience of metal - skinned monoplanes that Bristol had gained with the earlier Type 133 , but was quite different in detail . The Type 146 embodied a low - wing cantilever monoplane with tapering wings that carried moderate dihedral on the outer sections . The wings were stress skinned with aluminium with only the ailerons and tail control surfaces fabric - covered . The two pairs of four 0 . 303 in ( 7 . 7 mm ) Browning machine gun s were housed in the outer wing sections . The undercarriage was mounted about halfway along the centre section and retracted cleanly inwards into the wing root ; the tail wheel was also fully retractable . In contrast to the Type 133 , the entire fuselage was a monocoque structure . The cockpit was enclosed with a one - piece sliding canopy . The Type 146 was designed to be powered by a supercharged Bristol Perseus sleeve valve d radial engine , but this was not ready and Bristol ' s older design the Bristol Mercury IX radial was used instead . Testing . The Type 146 flew for the first time on 11 February 1938 in the hands of Cyril Uwins and was flight tested satisfactorily before going on to be assessed against the F . 5 / 34 specification by the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment at RAF Martlesham Heath in April 1938 . Its competitors there were the Gloster F . 5 / 34 , the Martin - Baker MB2 and the Vickers Venom . Though the Type 146 met the specification neither it nor any of the other competing designs was taken into production . The RAF believed that the future of British fighter design was with the emerging Rolls - Royce Merlin - engined aircraft ( Specification F . 36 / 34 ) which had more power and cleaner aerodynamics . The second Type 146 prototype was cancelled , while K5119 continued to fly . On 28 May 1938 , following an Empire Air Day display at Filton Aerodrome , the sole Type 146 while taxying , struck a " set - piece " display and was damaged beyond economic repair . It was the last single - engined fighter to be built by Bristol .
Siege of Ueda The siege of Ueda was staged in 1600 by Tokugawa Hidetada , son of the warlord Tokugawa Ieyasu , against Ueda castle in Shinano province , which was controlled by the Sanada family . Hidetada came across the castle as he marched his army along the Nakasendō ( central mountain road ) from Edo to rendezvous with his father ' s forces . When the castle did not fall as quickly as Hidetada had hoped and expected , he abandoned the siege and hurried to meet up with his father . As a result of this delay , Hidetada missed the battle of Sekigahara , the decisive victory in his father ' s unification of Japan .
Aerographer ' s mate Aerographer ' s mate ( abbreviated as AG ) is a United States Navy occupational rating . Duties . Aerographer ' s mates observe , collect , record and analyze meteorological and oceanographic data ; make visual and instrument observations of weather and sea conditions ; operate meteorological satellite receivers and interpret and apply satellite data ; interpret and brief radar imagery and data ; interpret meteorological and oceanographic codes ; verify meteorological and oceanographic products ; evaluate recent meteorological and oceanographic developments for integration into local routines and enter data on appropriate charts ; operate ancillary equipment for the processing , dissemination and display of environmental data ; perform preventive maintenance on meteorological and oceanographic equipment ; prepare warnings of severe and hazardous weather and sea conditions ; forecast meteorological and oceanographic conditions ; and prepare and present briefings concerning current and predicted environmental conditions and their effect on operations . Training . AG " A " and " C " Schools are currently located in Biloxi , Mississippi , on Keesler Air Force Base . AG " A " School concentrates on weather observing and lasts approximately 2 months . AG " C " concentrates on weather forecasting and lasts approximately 9 months . Upon graduating from " A " school , AGs work toward qualification as environmental observers through completion of personnel qualification standards and job qualification requirements . They also prepare for advanced training at " C " school by the four - to six - year career stage . Aerographer ' s mates are assigned to larger ships such as aircraft carriers , amphibious ships , and cruisers , to naval air stations , weather centers , and other shore facilities in the United States or overseas . During a 20 - year period in the Navy , AGs spend about 60 percent of their time assigned to fleet units and 40 percent to shore stations .
Camber Castle Camber Castle is one of Henry VIII ' s Device Forts , also known as Henrician Castles , built to protect the huge Rye anchorage ( ) . It is approximately 2 km south of Rye and 2 km northeast of Winchelsea . History . Between 1512 and 1514 Sir Edward Guldeford built a circular tower to defend the harbour . This tower was incorporated into a new fort which was built between 1539 and 1544 . It was expanded to become a symmetrical artillery fort . The original tower was augmented with four outer towers linked by an octagonal wall concealing a covered passage . Part of this construction was directed by Stefan von Haschenperg . Finally , four large D - shaped bastions serving as gun platforms were placed in front of the earlier towers . As the shoreline receded south the height of the central tower was raised in order to maintain the range of the castle ' s cannon . However by the end of the 16th century the silting of the Camber made the castle largely obsolete and in 1637 it was abandoned . It is now owned by English Heritage after being taken over by the state in 1967 . It opened to the public in 1994 after the walls were re - pointed in order to stabilise them . There are guided walks round Rye Harbour Nature Reserve most months in the summer , which include the castle and local farm ; but it is best to call before visiting to check that it is open . It is managed by Rye Harbour Nature Reserve .
Vortex ( satellite ) Vortex , previously known as Chalet , was a class of spy satellite operated by the United States during the 1980s and 1990s to collect signals intelligence ( SIGINT ) from high Earth orbit . The Vortex satellites were operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Air Force and listened to radio transmissions originating from Earth or space . The intercepted data is believed to have been fed into and analyzed by the National Security Agency ECHELON system . The satellites each had a mass of approximately 1 , 800 kilograms and are operated from non - stationary geosynchronous orbit s . Each reportedly carried a 38 - meter - diameter umbrella - like reflecting dish to collect radio signals from Earth . At least six launch attempts were made of Chalet / Vortex satellites between 1978 and 1989 . The Chalet / Vortex satellites replaced the older generation of Canyon satellites , and were superseded by the larger , more capable Mercury satellites .
Fortification Upgrades Fortification Upgrades ( 1673 to 1675 ) was an re - organization of military forces and strengthening of the defenses of Norway . Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve , Count of Laurvig was statholder of Norway from 1664 to 1699 . In 1673 Ulrik Fredrik Gyldenløve conducted a tour of facilities , after which he recommended upgrades to both the fortresses and the military forces . During the summer of 1675 , 1800 men were kept at work on the fortresses at Akershus , Fredrikstad , and Fredrikshald . The Norwegian army in this period was much better prepared for conflict than in any of the previous Swedish wars . It numbered 12 , 000 men in five regiments of infantry , 6 companies of cavalry , and an artillery division with 76 field pieces . An additional Norwegian regiment was serving in Denmark .
KH - 10 Dorian The KH - 10 ( BYEMAN codename DORIAN ) was the classified designation for the reconnaissance mission and equipment of the experimental Manned Orbiting Laboratory ( aka MOL ) , also inaccurately referred to as Gemini B Mission . The system ' s mission was obviously optical ( regarding the presence of the mirrors ) , but also had a secondary signals intelligence collection mission . History . A single , unmanned launch of Gemini - B / MOL verified the feasibility of the system . Subsequently the program was cancelled , and no additional hardware flew in space . Disposition . After DORIAN was cancelled , " Project COLT " provided six ( 6 ) surplus 72 - inch optical mirrors to the Smithsonian Institute / University of Arizona ' s Multiple - Mirror Telescope . The mirrors were constructed by Corning and used honeycombed borosilicate to reduce the weight .
USS Macon ( PF - 96 ) USS " Macon " ( PF - 96 ) was a United States Navy authorized for construction during World War II but cancelled before construction could begin . " Macon " originally was authorized as a patrol gunboat with the hull number PG - 204 , but she was redesignated as a patrol frigate with the hull number PF - 96 on 15 April 1943 . She was assigned the name " Macon " on 30 August 1943 . Plans called for " Macon " to be built under a Maritime Commission contract by the American Shipbuilding Company at Lorain , Ohio , as a Maritime Commission Type T . S2 - S2 - AQ1 hull . However , the contract for her construction for the U . S . Navy was cancelled on 31 December 1943 prior to the laying of her keel .
Leonard Monk Isitt ( RNZAF officer ) Air Vice - Marshal Sir Leonard Monk Isitt ( 27 July 1891 – 21 January 1976 ) was a New Zealand military aviator and senior air force commander . At the close of World War II , he was the New Zealand signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender . After the War he worked as chairman of Tasman Empire Airways . Early and family life . Leonard Monk Isitt was born on 27 July 1891 in Christchurch , New Zealand , the son of the Methodist minister , member of parliament and prohibitionist Leonard Monk Isitt and Agnes Martha Caverhill . Leonard Monk Isitt junior was educated at Mostyn House , Cheshire , England and Christchurch Boys ' High School . He had one brother , Willard Whitmore Isitt ( 1894 – 1916 ) who was a Rifleman in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade in World War I and was killed in France on 31 October 1916 . World War I and air force service . In World War I he served in the New Zealand Army in the New Zealand Rifle Brigade and then transferred to the Royal Air Force where he became a pilot and flew bombers over French battlefields . Between the wars one of his responsibilities was pilot flight training and he served in the Air Ministry , the New Zealand Permanent Air Force ( NZPAF ) and the RNZAF . World War II . In May 1942 Isitt was sent to London to establish the RNZAF ' s Overseas Headquarters , receiving a promotion to air commodore at the same time . Having accomplished his task , under a year later Isitt was back in New Zealand and on 19 July 1943 he was appointed Chief of Air Staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force in the rank of air vice - marshal , replacing Victor Goddard , an RAF officer . He was the first New Zealander to hold his Service ' s senior appointment . He represented New Zealand at conferences in London , Washington and Ottawa during World War II . He was the New Zealand signatory to the Japanese Instrument of Surrender marking the formal surrender of Japan ese forces , so ending World War II . Isitt retired in 1946 as Chief of the Air Staff and he became chairman of Tasman Empire Airways ( TEAL ) in 1947 . Honours . In 1935 , he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal . He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( CBE ) in 1940 and a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ( KBE ) in 1945 . External links .
USS Moose ( IX - 124 ) USS " Moose " ( IX - 124 ) , an " Armadillo " - class tanker designated an unclassified miscellaneous vessel , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the moose , a large ruminant animal of the deer family , found in Canada and the northern United States . Originally named " Mason L . Weems " , she was renamed " Moose " 27 October 1943 . Her keel was laid down on 1 November 1943 by Delta Shipbuilding Company in New Orleans , Louisiana ( T . 2 . ETI . S . C3 ) . She was launched on 17 December 1943 sponsored by Mrs . Douglas E . Schultheiss , acquired by the Navy on a bareboat charter from the War Shipping Administration on 27 January 1944 , and commissioned on 28 January 1944 with Lieutenant Gerald E . Spencer in command . After shakedown , " Moose " departed Balboa , Panama Canal Zone , on 15 March 1944 for the South Pacific . Upon arrival New Caledonia in November , she reported to Commander , Southern Pacific , for duty as a mobile floating oil storage ship . From May to August 1945 " Moose " served as a fuel supply ship supporting the effort to end the war against Japan , calling at Ulithi , the Palau Islands , Leyte Gulf , Okinawa , and Kerama Retto , discharging her one - millionth barrel of fuel at Buckner Bay , Okinawa , on 21 August . With the end of the war in the Pacific , " Moose " reported to the Atlantic Fleet at Norfolk , Virginia , on 4 February 1946 . She decommissioned there 19 April 1946 , was returned to the War Shipping Administration on 27 April 1946 , and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 8 May 1946 . She entered the National Reserve Defense Fleet as " Mason L . Weems " . In 1948 she was sold to Tramp Shipping & Oil Transportation Corporation for service as " Yankee Pioneer " . Resold to Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company in 1951 , the ship was renamed " Y . L . McCormick " .
Shorland armoured car The Shorland is an armoured car that was designed specifically for the Royal Ulster Constabulary by a police support officer Ernie Lusty during the sixties for patrolling the border to prevent organised smuggling . They were reallocated to the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1970 . The Royal Ulster Constabulary soon replaced the Shorland with an armoured Land Rover with more conventional profiles and no machine gun turret . This being the original Shorland Armoured Car , which quickly became known in Land Rover Circles as the boat tail Shorland . The vehicles were built by Short Brothers and Harland of Belfast using a chassis from a Series two Land Rover , from which the name was derived . By the nineties the Land Rover Tangi , designed and built by the Royal Ulster Constabulary ' s own vehicle engineering team , was by far the most common model . Shorts and Harland continued to develop the original Boat tail Shorland from an armoured patrol car with a crew of 3 to armoured personnel vehicle , capable of carrying two up front and six in the rear and a small number of these were used on the streets in Northern Ireland as late as 1998 . In 1996 the Short Brothers sold the complete Shorland design to British Aerospace Australia . Design . The Shorland is a long wheelbase Land Rover with the turret of a Mk 2 Ferret armoured car . The vehicle has upgraded suspension to deal with the extra weight of the armour .
Camp Monteith Camp Monteith was a military base near Gnjilane , Kosovo and located about east of Camp Bondsteel . A former Serb artillery outpost and 79 parcels of private land , the area was taken over by U . S . Marines and used as a base of operation during the Kosovo War of 1999 . The camp was named after Jimmie W . Monteith , who received the Medal of Honor for heroism in France during World War II . At its peak , the camp housed 2000 soldiers and civilian contractors . Established in June 1999 to be used as a staging point for the bulk of US forces stationed in the Multi National Brigade - East . Initially occupied by U . S . Marines , over the past seven years successive rotations of U . S . Army forces have used the camp as part of NATO ’ s KFOR . The base camp originally consisted of one main building , used as a command post and makeshift interrogation center , as well as a few small outbuildings that had been stripped by retreating Serb forces . The other buildings were destroyed previously by bombing during Operation Allied Force . Initially U . S . Marines occupied the land during Operation Joint Guardian setting up camp around the main building in tents and in their vehicles , patrolling Gnjilane and the surrounding villages from Camp Monteith . In July 1999 , Seabee s , along with Kellogg Brown & Root ( KBR ) , began construction of more permanent structures , with plumbing and electricity including a vast number of semi - permanent barracks known as South East Asia huts ( SEAhuts ) . The camp continued to be used by peacekeeping forces up until early 2006 when the remaining soldiers relocated to Camp Bondsteel . The camp was closed in March 2007 to U . S . personnel and as of July 2007 has been transferred to the Kosovo Protection Corps ( KPC ) . Notes and references . Notes : References :
HMS Snowdrop ( K67 ) HMS " Snowdrop " was a of the Royal Navy . She served during the Second World War . She was built at Smiths Dock Co . , Ltd . South Bank on Tees and launched on 12 May 1941 . She was sold on 17 May 1947 and scrapped on the Tyne in September 1949 .
Yarrow Later M - class destroyer The Yarrow Later M class were a class of seven destroyers built for the Royal Navy that saw service during World War I . They were based on the preceding and successful Yarrow M class with minor alterations ; notably reduced beam to compensate for increased displacement and a sloping stern . They were sometimes described as the Yarrow R class of destroyers . Ships . Four vessels were ordered in July 1915 : Three vessels were ordered in March 1916 :
Beagle - class sloop The " Beagle " class was a two - ship class of 8 - gun screw steel sloop s built for the Royal Navy in 1889 . Design . " Beagle " and " Basilisk " were constructed of copper - sheathed steel to a design by William White , the Royal Navy Director of Naval Construction . They were powered by a twin - screw three - cylinder horizontal triple - expansion steam engine developing and carried a barquentine sail rig . They were essentially the same design as the preceding " Nymphe " class , but built of steel rather than of composite wood - and - steel . Operational use . In common with other designs of Royal Navy sloop of the period , the " Beagle " class were not intended or designed to fight a modern fleet action ; they were intended to patrol Britain ' s extensive maritime empire , and this is how they were employed . " Beagle " conducted three foreign commissions between 1890 and 1900 , at least two of which were on the South Atlantic Station . She was refitted in 1900 , during which her breech - loading guns were replaced with quick - firing gun s . " Basilisk " also spent all or part of her career on the South Atlantic Station .
Ebenezer McJunkin Ebenezer McJunkin ( March 28 , 1819 – November 10 , 1907 ) was a Republican member of the U . S . House of Representatives from Pennsylvania . Biography . Ebenezer McJunkin was born at Center Township , Butler County , Pennsylvania . He graduated from Jefferson College ( now Washington & Jefferson College ) in Canonsburg , Pennsylvania , in 1841 . He studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1843 , and commenced practice in Butler , Pennsylvania . He served as deputy attorney general for Butler County , Pennsylvania , in 1850 , and was a delegate to the 1860 Republican National Convention . He served during the American Civil War as first lieutenant of militia . McJunkin was elected as a Republican to the Forty - second and Forty - third Congresses . He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy during the Forty - third Congress . He resigned January 1 , 1875 , serving a president judge of the seventeenth judicial district of Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1885 . He resumed the practice of his profession until 1900 , when he retired . He died in Butler in 1907 . Interment in North Cemetery .
Battle of Aong The Battle of Aong took place on July 15 , 1857 , during the Indian rebellion of 1857 , between the East India Company forces and Nana Sahib ' s forces . The East India Company forces under the command of General Sir Henry Havelock were advancing to Kanpur ( Cawnpore ) , which had been besieged by Nana Sahib , supported by the rebel Company sepoys . Nana Sahib had earlier sent an army to check the advance of General Havelock to Kanpur , but it was defeated by Havelock ' s forces at Fatehpur on July 12 . Nana Sahib then sent another force under the command of his brother , Bala Rao . On July 15 , the British forces under General Havelock defeated Bala Rao ' s army in the Battle of Aong , just outside the Aong village . During the battle , Havelock was able to capture some of the rebel soldiers , who informed him that there was an army of 5 , 000 rebel soldiers with eight artillery pieces further up the road . This enabled Havelock to decide his further strategy .
Felix Raquilliet Félix Raquilliet ( 1778 – 1863 ) became a staff general in the Polish insurgent army during the uprising of 1830 - 1831 . Sources state that he was Polish and " emigrated to France , " but Raquilliet is established as a French surname predating this emigration . In 1849 took part in the Baden - Palatinate uprising . For a while , he was acting as the commander - in - chief of the Palatinate forces .
Sir John Sebright , 6th Baronet Lt - Gen Sir John Saunders Sebright , 6th Baronet , ( 19 October 1725 – 23 February 1794 ) , was the sixth Sebright baronet , and an officer in the British Army . Sir John was the son of Sir Thomas Sebright , 4th Baronet and Henrietta Dashwood . In 1766 , he married Sarah Knight , daughter of Edward Knight and Elizabeth James . Their eldest son , John , inherited the baronetcy . Their daughter Henrietta Sebright ( d . 1840 ) married Henry Lascelles , 2nd Earl of Harewood . He was a close friend of the Irish statesman and writer Edmund Burke . In 1765 , on a visit to Sebright ' s home at Beechwood in Hertfordshire , Burke came across a considerable number of medieval Irish manuscripts in the library . The manuscripts had been given to Sebright ' s father by the antiquary and philologist Edward Lhuyd who had acquired them on a tour of Ireland in 1700 . In 1786 , these were bequeathed to the library of Trinity College Dublin and formed the foundation of the Irish manuscript collections there . The manuscripts presented by Sebright included the Yellow Book of Lecan and the Book of Leinster . Sir John was Colonel of the 83rd Regiment of Foot from 1758 to 1760 , and then the 52nd Regiment of Foot , from 1760 to 1762 . In 1762 he was promoted to the Colonelcy of the 18th ( Royal Irish ) Regiment of Foot . He remained colonel of the 18th until his death .