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Eclipse - class cruiser The " Eclipse " class cruisers were a class of nine second - class protected cruiser s constructed for the Royal Navy in the mid - 1890s . Design and description . These ships were enlarged and improved versions of the preceding " Astraea " class . The " Eclipse " - class ships were long overall , had a beam of and a draught of . They displaced at normal load . To reduce biofouling , the hulls of the ships were sheathed with wood and copper . Their crew consisted of 450 officers and enlisted men . Their metacentric height was approximately . The " Eclipse " - class ships were powered by two inverted triple - expansion steam engines using steam generated by eight cylindrical boilers at a pressure of . Using normal draught , the boilers were intended to provide the engines with enough steam to generate and to reach a speed of ; using forced draft , the equivalent figures were and a speed of . During their sea trials , all of the lightly loaded ships exceeded their specifications and reached a top speed of . They carried a maximum of of coal . The ships carried five 40 - calibre quick - firing ( QF ) guns in single mounts protected by gun shield s . One gun was mounted on the forecastle , two on the quarterdeck and one pair was abreast the bridge . They fired shells at a muzzle velocity of . The secondary armament consisted of six 40 - calibre guns ; three on each broadside . Their shells were fired at a muzzle velocity of . Defense against torpedo boat s was provided by eight QF 12 - pounder 12 cwt guns and six three - pounder Hotchkiss gun s . Four of the 12 - pounders were mounted in the sides of the hull fore and aft while the remaining four guns were interspersed between the 4 . 7 - inch guns . The three - pounders were mounted in the fighting tops , three in each one . The 12 - pounders fired , projectiles at a muzzle velocity of . The ships also equipped with three 18 - inch torpedo tube s , one submerged tube on each broadside and one above water in the stern . The ammunition supply consisted of 200 six - inch rounds per gun , 250 shells for each 4 . 7 - inch gun , 300 rounds per gun for the 12 - pounders and 500 for each three - pounder . Each ship also carried ten torpedoes , presumably four for each broadside tube and two for the stern tube . Between 1903 and 1905 , all of the ships in the class except for " Eclipse " had their mixed armament replaced with a more uniform armament of 11 six - inch , nine 12 - pounders and seven 3 - pounder guns . The primary protection of the " Eclipse " class was its sloping armoured deck . This ranged in thickness from , with its slopes being thick . It covered an area six inches above the waterline to below it . The engines were protected by a six - inch armoured hatch that extended above the armoured deck . The gun shields for the six - inch guns were three inches thick and the conning tower ' s armour was six inches thick . < br style = " clear : left ; " >
Willard Warner Willard Warner ( September 4 , 1826 – November 23 , 1906 ) was a brevet brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War . He was a U . S . senator from the state of Alabama after the war . Early life and career . Warner was born in Granville , Ohio , and graduated from Marietta College . He founded the Newark Machine Works in Newark , Ohio . He was the brother - in - law of future Civil War general Charles R . Woods of Newark . Civil War . In December 1861 , Warner joined the volunteer army as major of the 76th Ohio Infantry . He served in several battles in the Western Theater , including the Battle of Fort Donelson , the Siege of Corinth , and the Vicksburg Campaign . In 1863 he became lieutenant colonel of the regiment , which he led from Vicksburg to Chattanooga . He served on the staff of William T . Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign as the inspector general . On October 1864 , he was named as colonel of the 180th Ohio Infantry . He received the brevet ranks of brigadier general and major general of volunteers to rank from March 13 , 1865 and mustered out in July of that year . He served one term in the Ohio state senate immediately after the war , removed to the South in 1867 , where he engaged in cotton - planting and was a member of the Alabama legislature in the succeeding year . Elected upon readmission of Alabama to the Union , the Republican served as a Senator from July 13 , 1868 , to March 3 , 1871 . He did not win reelection , turned down Grant ' s tendered appointment as Governor of New Mexico , and returned to Alabama and later to Tennessee to pursue various business interests . He was collector of customs at Mobile , Alabama , from July 1871 until February 1872 , when he declined the appointment of Governor of New Mexico , as he did the diplomatic post of Minister to Argentina . He was a member of the Republican National Convention of 1868 . In 1873 he organized the Tecumseh Iron Company , and in 1887 he was elected president of the Nashville Iron , Steel , and Charcoal Company . He died in Chattanooga , Tennessee , and was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery in Newark , Ohio .
526th Bombardment Squadron The 526th Bombardment Squadron is an inactive United States Air Force unit . It was last assigned to the 4042d Strategic Wing . It was last stationed at K . I . Sawyer Air Force Base , Michigan , and was inactivated on 1 February 1963 . History . Established in late 1942 as a B - 17 Flying Fortress heavy bomb squadron ; trained under Second Air Force . Deployed to the European Theater of Operations ( ETO ) in May 1943 , being assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England . Engaged in long range strategic bombing attacks on enemy targets over occupied Europe and Nazi Germany , such as industries , oil refineries , storage plants , submarine pens , airfields and communications centers in Germany , France , the Netherlands , Belgium , Norway and Poland . During the Battle of Northern France , the squadron bombed enemy positions to assist ground troops at St Lo during the breakthrough , 24 – 25 July 1944 , attacked German communications and fortifications during the Battle of the Bulge , December 1944 - January 1945 , and bombed bridges and viaducts in France and Germany to aid the Allied assault across the Rhine , and the Western Allied invasion of Germany , February – April 1945 . After the German Capitulation , was reassigned to Air Transport Command in June 1945 as part of Operation Green . Used B - 17s as transports , flying demobilized personnel to from airfields in France , Germany and Italy to ATC sites in Morocco and Azores . Aircraft turrets were removed and re - skinned , the bomb racks removed , flooring and seating installed to accommodate 30 passengers . The flight crew was reduced to pilot , co - pilot , navigator , flight engineer and radio operator . In addition the engineer and radio operator would act as stewards , to assist and calm the many first time fliers . Inactivated in July 1945 . Was reactivated in 1955 as a Strategic Air Command B - 47 Stratojet squadron at Homestead AFB , Florida . Trained in air refueling and strategic bombardment operations with the B - 47 . in October 1960 , the squadron began transferring its B - 47s to other SAC wings and became non - operational . In 1961 was reassigned to SAC provisional 4042d Strategic Wing , being re - equipped with B - 52H Stratofortress intercontinental heavy bombers . Was reassigned to K . I . Sawyer AFB , Michigan by SAC to disperse its heavy bomber force . Conducted worldwide strategic bombardment training missions and providing nuclear deterrent . Was inactivated in 1963 when SAC inactivated its provisional Strategic Wings , redesignating them permanent Air Force Wings . Squadron was inactivated with aircraft / personnel / equipment being redesignated 644th Bombardment Squadron in an in - place , name - only transfer .
HMS K9 HMS " K9 " was a K class submarine built by Vickers , Barrow - in - Furness . " K9 " was laid down on 28 June 1915 . She was commissioned on 9 May 1917 . In 1921 , " K9 " was placed in reserve . " K9 " was sold in Charlestown on 23 July 1926 .
South Cowton Castle South Cowton Castle is a 15th - century fortified dwelling house in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire , England . It is situated on the land that was once the medieval village of South Cowton . The castle was built by Sir Richard Conyers in 1470 and it is the oldest surviving building in any of the Cowtons . The castle was built at the time of the Wars of the Roses , which gives an indication of why what is a country gentleman ' s house is so heavily fortified . The castle is a Grade I listed building ; it situated near the 15th - century St Mary ' s Church , and overlooks the field markings from the abandoned village of South Cowton . The building is rectangular in plan , with two towers at the south western and north eastern corners . It is three storeyed with four - storey towers . The castle was altered in the 19th century and repaired in 1980 . The castle is now used as a private farmhouse , it can be found just off the B1263 road near Atley Hill .
9th ( Secunderabad ) Cavalry Brigade The 9th ( Secunderabad ) Cavalry Brigade was a brigade of the British Indian Army formed in 1903 , following the reforms of the Indian Army by the then Commander - in - Chief , India General Herbert Kitchener . It retained this title until 1929 when it was renamed 4th ( Secunderabad ) Cavalry Brigade . It was disbanded in July 1940 . History . The brigade was originally the cavalry formation of the 9th ( Secunderabad ) Division , but in 1914 it was sent to the Western Front in France as part of the 1st Indian Cavalry Division landing at Marseilles 13 October 1914 . Later the brigade was transferred to the 2nd Indian Cavalry Division . Following the standard practise at the time , the brigade was formed with one British and two Indian cavalry regiments and a British artillery battery . Among the brigades engagement were the First Battle of Ypres , the Battle of La Bassée , the Battle of Armentières , the Battle of Neuve Chapelle , the Battle of Festubert , the Battle of the Somme , the Battle of Bazentin Ridge , the Battle of Flers - Courcelette and the Battle of Cambrai .
Semey Airport Semipalatinsk Airport ( also given as Semey ) is an airport in Semipalatinsk , Kazakhstan located southwest of the city . It services large airliners . The airfield contains two groups of alert fighter pads . A overrun exists at each end of runway 08 / 26 . The Tupolev Tu - 128 and MiG - 31 were based here at various times .
Christiaan du Toit Lieutenant - General Christiaan ( ' Matie ' ) Ludolph de Wet du Toit DSO ( born 23 September 1901 , date of death 14 August 1982 ) was a South African military commander . He joined the South African Army as an artilleryman in 1924 , and during World War II he commanded divisional artillery in East Africa and North Africa , before commanding an infantry brigade and an armoured brigade . He served as Director - General of Land Forces , i . e . head of the army , from 1948 to 1950 , and as Chief of the General Staff , i . e . head of the Union Defence Force , from 1950 to 1956 .
9th Cavalry Division ( German Empire ) The 9th Cavalry Division ( " 9 . Kavallerie - Division " ) was a unit of the German Army in World War I . The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 . The division was dissolved in March 1918 . Combat chronicle . Initially assigned to II Cavalry Corps preceding 1st and 2nd Armies on the Western Front until 27 November 1914 , then to Russia . Dismounted in October 1916 and dissolved on 3 March 1918 . A more detailed combat chronicle can be found at the German - language version of this article . Order of Battle on mobilisation . On formation , in August 1914 , the component units of the division were : See : Table of Organisation and Equipment
George Byron , 7th Baron Byron Admiral George Anson Byron , 7th Baron Byron ( 8 March 1789 – 1 March 1868 ) , was a British naval officer , and the seventh Baron Byron , in 1824 succeeding his cousin the poet George Gordon Byron in that peerage . As a career naval officer , he was notable for being his predecessor ' s opposite in temperament and lifestyle . He was the only son of George Anson Byron and Charlotte Henrietta Dallas , and grandson of the admiral and explorer The Hon . John Byron , who circumnavigated the world with George Anson in 1740 - 44 . He married Elizabeth Mary Chandos Pole on 18 March 1816 . She was the daughter of Sacheverell Pole Esq . , of Radbourne Hall , b . 16 June 1769 . " During this man ' s lifetime , he became of representative of the great Sir John Chandos , K . G . , and by Sign Manual , or Deed Pole assumed the additional surname of Chandos . " Elizabeth was descended from a well documented long line of the Pole family , including Cardinal Pole , who at the time of Henry VIII , was the last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury . Elizabeth ' s mother , Mary , was the daughter of the Rev . Henry Ware , D . D . , Rector of Balrothey . The couple had eight children : Naval career . Byron joined the Royal Navy as a volunteer in December 1800 , serving in the Napoleonic Wars , and attaining the rank of captain in 1814 . In 1824 Byron was chosen to accompany homewards the bodies of Hawaiian monarchs Liholiho ( known as King Kamehameha II ) and Queen Kamāmalu , who had died of measles during a state visit to England . He sailed on the in September 1824 , accompanied by several naturalists and , amongst his lieutenants , Edward Belcher . He toured the islands and recorded his observations . With the consent of Christian missionaries to the islands , he also removed wooden carvings and other artifacts of the chiefs of ancient Hawaii from the temple ruins of Puuhonua O Hōnaunau . On his return journey in 1825 , Lord Byron discovered and charted Malden Island , which he named after his surveying officer , Mauke , and Starbuck Island . Starbuck was named in honour of Capt . Valentine Starbuck , an American whaler who had sighted the island while carrying the Hawaiian royal couple to England in 1823 – 1824 , but had probably been previously sighted by his cousin and fellow - whaler Capt . Obed Starbuck in 1823 . Malden may have been the island sighted by another whaling captain William Clark in 1823 , aboard the " Winslow " . Lord Byron retired as Admiral in 1862 .
Joseph Pannell Taylor Joseph Pannell Taylor ( May 4 , 1796 – June 29 , 1864 ) was a career United States Army officer and Union general in the American Civil War . Early life . He was born in Louisville , Kentucky to Richard Taylor and Sarah Dabney Strother . His brother was President Zachary Taylor . He married Evelyn A . McLean ( 1811 - ? ) from Ohio , daughter of John McLean , a justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and the U . S . Supreme Court . Army service . He joined the army during the War of 1812 , and was commissioned a third lieutenant , Mary 20 , 1813 , second lieutenant , August 1 , 1813 , and first lieutenant July 15 , 1814 . After discharge June 15 , 1815 and reinstatement as second lieutenant , May 17 , 1816 , Taylor again was promoted to first lieutenant on November 24 , 1817 . Taylor was promoted to captain July 25 , 1825 . He was appointed Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence with the rank of captain on March 10 , 1829 and promoted to major with essentially the same assignment ( commissary , subsistence ) on July 7 , 1838 and again promoted to lieutenant colonel and Assistant Commissary General of Subsistence on November 30 , 1841 . He was appointed to the brevet grade of Colonel , USA , with the same assignment on May 30 , 1848 . Taylor assisted Commander John Gardner when he requested provisions for his men at Fort Moultrie , a fort that was being setup to fall into the hands of the Confederates . Taylor was promoted to full colonel , USA , and appointed Commissary General of Subsistence , September 29 , 1861 . On February 9 , 1863 Taylor was promoted to brigadier general , USA ( regular army ) . Taylor died of diarrhea and partial paralysis at Washington , D . C . on June 29 , 1864 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery , Georgetown , Washington , D . C . Relatives in military service . His nephew , Richard Taylor , was a Confederate Lieutenant General in the American Civil War . His two oldest surviving sons , John McLean Taylor and Joseph Hancock Taylor , also served in the US Army during the Civil War , rising to the ranks of lieutenant colonel & brevet colonel respectively . His brother - in - law , Nathaniel McLean , was a brigadier general of volunteers .
David M . Brahms David M . Brahms ( born 1938 ) is a retired Brigadier General who served in the United States Marine Corps . Military career . Brahms , a 1959 Harvard College graduate ( B . A . Psychology ) , had taken a Platoon Leaders Course , while a student at Harvard Law School , and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1961 . Brahms graduated from Harvard Law School in 1962 . He completed Basic Officer training , and training in military law in 1963 , and then served as a military lawyer in the 2nd Marine Division from November 1963 to June 1965 , during which time he served in the Dominican Republic during an incursion there . By 1969 , he had been promoted to major and was sent to serve with the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in Da Nang , Vietnam . In 1976 and 1977 he attended the National Law Center George Washington University , where he studied law psychiatry and criminology , and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel . Brahms was promoted to Brigadier General in 1985 , prior to serving as Director , Judge Advocate Division , for the final three years of his active military career . In 1988 he retired from active military service . Post - military career . Since his retirement from the Marine Corps , Brahms has been in private practice of law in Carlsbad California . Brahms is also on the board of directors of the Judge Advocates Association . Brahms served as a technical consultant for the Hollywood movie " A Few Good Men " . Open letter to President Bush of September 7 , 2004 . On September 7 , 2004 Brahms and seven other retired officers wrote an open letter to President Bush expressing their concern over the number of allegations of abuse of prisoners in U . S . military custody . In it they wrote : Scalia recusal . On March 28 , 2006 Brahms , and five other retired officers , called on US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from considering Hamdan v . Rumsfeld . On March 27 , 2006 comments Scalia had made on the Guantanamo detainees and whether they were entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions were widely republished . The officers felt that Scalia ' s comments showed he had already prejudged the merits of Hamdan ' s case before hearing the arguments in court . The Washington Post observed that , while a Justice was required to recuse himself or herself when they had a conflict of interest , the decision as to whether recusal was necessary was left to the discretion of the Justice in question . Representation in Haditha Incident . Mr . Brahms is currently representing one of the seven Marines accused of a war crime in the Iraqi city of Haditha . Brahms has argued that the conditions his client has been held in are subpar to even Saddam Hussein ' s prison conditions in Iraq , and likened the situation to that of a federal Supermax prison facility . " Urinating on Corpses " Video . Brahms was one of 27 retired military lawyers to sign a letter calling for congressional inquiry into potential unlawful command influence by Commandant of the Marine Corps James F . Amos in relation to a video of U . S . Marines urinating on Taliban fighters .
Bell XH - 15 The Bell XH - 15 ( Bell Model 54 ) was an American four - seat utility helicopter designed and built by Bell Helicopter to meet a requirement for a liaison and utility helicopter for the United States Army and United States Air Force . Development . The Model 54 was a conventional pod - and - boom four - seat helicopter with a wheeled , fixed tricycle landing gear and was powered by a single 275 hp Continental XO - 470 - 5 piston engine located in the rear cabin driving a single two - bladed rotor . The United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) ordered three in February 1946 as the XR - 15 . First flight was made in March 1948 with the new designation XH - 15 but no orders were forthcoming following evaluation by the United States Air Force ( USAF ) and the project ended in 1950 .
HNLMS Witte de With ( 1928 ) HNLMS " Witte de With " ( ) was an , named after a famous Dutch admiral of the 17th century . She served during World War II . Service history . The ship was laid down on 28 May 1927 at the shipyard of " Fijenoord " in Rotterdam and launched on 11 September 1928 . The ship was commissioned on 20 February 1930 . 16 November 1935 " Witte de With " her sister and the cruiser made a visit to Saigon . On 23 August 1936 " Sumatra " , her sister and the destroyers " Van Galen " , " Witte de With " and where present at the fleet days held at " Surabaya " . Later that year on 13 November both s and the destroyers " Evertsen " , " Witte de With " and " Piet Hein " made a fleet visit to Singapore . Before the visit they had practiced in the " Chinese Sea " . World War II . The ship took part in the Battle of the Java Sea on 27 February 1942 . was damaged in the battle and escorted back to Surabaya by " Witte de With " . A few days later " Witte de With " was attacked and damaged by Japanese planes on 1 March 1942 . The next day she was scuttled . References .
102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion The 102nd SS Heavy - Panzer Battalion 102 ( German : Schwere SS - Panzer - Abteilung 102 ) was a heavy - tank battalion of the Waffen SS during World War II . It fought as part of the II SS Panzer Corps during the Battle of Normandy and was nearly destroyed . Renamed as 502nd SS Heavy - Panzer Battalion , ( German : Schwere SS - Panzer - Abteilung 502 ) the unit was destroyed by the Russians in the Halbe Pocket in Spring 1945 . Formation . In April 1943 , the Waffen - SS ordered the creation of a series of Heavy Panzer Battalions — equipped with the new Tiger I tanks — for use in offensive actions on the Eastern Front . Each of the heavy tank battalions would be attached to a Corps of the Waffen SS . Upon formation , the 102nd was attached to the II SS Panzer Corps . Originally , each heavy tank battalion was composed of a single company of Tiger I ' s , attached to each respective SS Panzer Division in the Panzerkorps . By July 1943 , the predecessor of the 102nd — SS Panzer Regiment 2 of the 2nd SS Panzer Division " Das Reich " — was equipped with 14 Tiger I ' s . Normandy . The battalion was sent to Normandy after the D Day landings , and took part in the fighting for Point 112 . The Battalion was almost completely destroyed during the fighting in Normandy and in September 1944 , was pulled back to Germany to reform . Stationed in Sennelager . the Battalion was renamed the 502 SS Heavy Panzer Battalion . The Eastern Front ( 1945 ) . Renamed as " Schwere SS - Panzer - Abteilung 502 " and equipped with Tiger II Tanks ( Königstiger ) , the Battalion took part in the defense against the Russians at the Oder - Front . During the Russian offensive to take Berlin , the Battalion was forced to retreat and was surrounded in the Halbe - Pocket where the Battalion was nearly destroyed . Only a few men could escape into American captivity . Commanding officers . The 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was commandet by the following SS officers : Notable crew . The following men were also awarded the Knight ' s Cross when serving with the battalion . Combat History . The 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion over its history lost 76 tanks destroyed 600 enemy tanks a kill ratio of 6 . 89 .