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HMS Palliser (F94). HMS Palliser (F94) was one of a dozen Blackwood class frigates (also known as the Type 14-class) of second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s. She was named for Hugh Palliser, who served during the Seven Years' War and was First Naval Lord during the American War of Independence

Description
The Blackwood class displaced  at standard load and  at deep load. They had an overall length of , a beam of  and a draught of . The ships were powered by one English Electric geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The turbine developed a total of  and gave a maximum speed of . The Blackwoods had a range of  at . Their complement was 140 officers and ratings.

The ships were armed with three Bofors 40 mm guns in single mounts. The mount on the quarterdeck was later removed as it was unusable in heavy seas. The first four ships to be completed, including Blackwood, were fitted with two above-water twin mounts for  anti-submarine homing torpedoes, but these were removed in the early 1960s. They were equipped with two triple-barrelled Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars. The Blackwood-class ships had the same sonar suite as the larger s where the Limbo mortars were controlled by three sonars, the Type 174 search set, Type 162 target-classification set and the Type 170 'pencil beam' targeting set to determine the bearing and depth of the target.

Construction and career
Palliser was laid down at Alexander Stephen and Sons' Linthouse, Glasgow shipyard on 15 March 1955. She was launched on 10 May 1956 and completed on 13 December 1957. On commissioning, Palliser joined the Fishery Protection Squadron, serving with the squadron until April 1967. As such she took part in the Cod Wars of the late 1950s and 1960s.

On 10 July 1960, the Icelandic gunboat  fired on the British trawler Grimsby Town, which was claimed to be fishing within Iceland's 12 mile territorial waters, with two shots hitting Grimsby Towns funnel. Palliser came up and prevented Óðinn from arresting Grimsby Town.
On 22 January 1971, Palliser was recommissioned into the 2nd Frigate Squadron based at Portland Harbour. In May 1973 she was paid off and laid up for disposal. In 1983 Palliser was to be scrapped at S Dean and Sons at Briton Ferry, Neath. Initial attempts to tow the frigate from Portsmouth were delayed by fog, and when on 9 February 1983, the tug Alnwick took Palliser in tow, Alnwick collided with Palliser, damaging the tug and forcing the two ships into Plymouth for repairs. When the tow recommenced, fog caused it to be stopped when the ships reached Swansea Bay, forcing the ships to miss the correct tide, causing a further delay of a week. When the ships finally reached Neath on 27 March 1983, Palliser ran aground before finally making it to the breakers.

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Blackwood-class frigates
1956 ships
Ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron of the United Kingdom
HMS Pellew (F62). HMS Pellew (F62) was one of a dozen Blackwood-class frigate (also known as the Type 14 class) of second-rate anti-submarine frigates built for the Royal Navy in the 1950s. She was named for Israel Pellew, who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He was brother to Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth

Description
The Blackwood class displaced  at standard load and  at deep load. They had an overall length of , a beam of  and a draught of . The ships were powered by one English Electric geared steam turbine that drove the single propeller shaft, using steam provided by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers. The turbine developed a total of  and gave a maximum speed of . The Blackwoods had a range of  at . Their complement was 140 officers and ratings.

The ships were armed with three Bofors 40 mm guns in single mounts. The mount on the quarterdeck was later removed as it was unusable in heavy seas. They were equipped with two triple-barrelled Limbo Mark 10 anti-submarine mortars. The Blackwood-class ships had the same sonar suite as the larger s where the Limbo mortars were controlled by three sonars, the Type 174 search set, Type 162 target-classification set and the Type 170 'pencil beam' targeting set to determine the bearing and depth of the target.

Construction and career
The ship was named after Captain Sir Edward Pellew, later Viscount Exmouth. In 1965 Pellew was part of the 2nd Frigate Squadron based at Portland.  Her peacetime role was the training of officers and ratings in anti-submarine warfare. Between 1964 and 1965 the ship visited Calais, Kiel, Flushing, Cherbourg and Jersey.  She took part in Portsmouth 'Navy Days' in 1965.

She was adopted by the town of Teignmouth.

Broken up at Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom

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Blackwood-class frigates
1954 ships
Ships built by Swan Hunter
Ships built on the River Tyne
Bauernroulette. Bauernroulette is a game that was apparently invented in Germany, where several companies sell it. The name Bauernroulette indicates it is a "poor man's roulette", since Bauer is German for peasant, farmer or agricultural laborer.

In the game, a spinning top is spun in the middle of a wooden circular playing surface that contains six wooden balls. The balls bounce off the top in random directions and sometimes land within one of several hollow indentations within the surface, or pass through a small hole into chambers that are located outside the spinning surface area. Typically, the most points are scored by landing balls within these outer chambers. Skilled players are often able to spin the top such that it remains in motion for more than thirty seconds.

Rules 
 Place the 6 balls (4 white, 1 red, and 1 green) in the center of the playing field.
 Set the whipping top near them and spin it.
 The balls will be shot into the small hollows or bowls.
 Each hollow or bowl in which the balls come to rest have a point value associated with them. Add up the points of each of the hollows in which a ball has come to rest.
 If the red ball is in a hollow, double the number of points for that ball.
 If the green ball is in a hollow, the points are subtracted from the sum obtained by the other 5 balls.
 Sometimes balls will fly out of the playing surface. These balls are out for that round and can not be replaced while the top is still spinning.
 A player scoring with all 6 balls gets to spin the top again.
 The winner is the player who first reaches a point total that is agreed upon before the game. Normally this total is 1000 points.

Alternative rule 
The players can also stipulate that the score reached by the green and white balls is valid only if the red one also scores.

References 

Roulette and wheel games
Spinning tops
Wooden toys
Wright Pulsar. The Wright Pulsar was a single-decker bus body built on the VDL SB200 single-decker bus chassis by Wrightbus between 2006 and 2014.

A total of 639 Pulsars were built. Arriva was the main customer, with large numbers entering service at its Kent Thameside, North West, Midlands, North East, and Yorkshire divisions. First London purchased eight hydrogen-powered Pulsars. Additionally a number of independent operators also purchased Pulsars. A double-decker version of the Pulsar was also produced as the Pulsar Gemini.

First generation (2006–2013)

The Pulsar was launched at the 2006 Euro Bus Expo as the replacement for the Commander. It was also intended to replace the VDL SB120 based Cadet midibus; however, no shorter Pulsars were built. Of the 114 produced, all bar eight entered service with Arriva.

First London purchased eight hydrogen-powered Pulsar bodied VDL SB200s for use on route RV1 between 2010 and 2013. The hydrogen fuel pods are fitted to the whole length of the roof on top of the buses.

Second generation (2009–2014)
The second generation Pulsar, known as the Pulsar 2, was launched in 2009. The Pulsar 2 features facelifted front and rear ends to match the new Eclipse 2. 

The first examples were delivered to Arriva's North East and North West divisions in 2009. Of the 525 produced, Arriva purchased 462. The final two Pulsar 2s were delivered to Claribels Coaches of Birmingham in April 2014.

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External links

Fuel cell buses
Low-entry buses
Low-floor buses
Vehicles introduced in 2006
Pulsar
Jetalliance. Jetalliance Flugbetriebs GesmbH was a chartered airplane provider based in Oberwaltersdorf (near Vienna), Austria. It was established and started operations in 1996 and used to operate an extensive business jet network. Its main base was Vienna International Airport.

History 
The airline operated under JAR OPS 1 in Europe, but was also FAA part 129 certified, allowing it to fly commercially in the US and Canada.

In December 2005, a Dassault Falcon 2000 joined the growing fleet of Jetalliance when it was delivered new from the manufacturer  In 2006 it announced orders for an Airbus A319 Corporate Jet and an Airbus A318 Elite aircraft. In January 2006 the airline announced an order for 28 jets from the Cessna Citation family. Jetalliance has ordered two further Airbus A318 Elite aircraft (following the initial order for a single aircraft in June 2006) and will configure them with a 14-seat interior.

In November 2012, the company filed for bankruptcy, the claims amounted to approximately €28.9 mio. In October 2013, it was decided to close down and liquidate the company.

Fleet
The Jetalliance fleet included the following aircraft (as of 10 September 2008):

2 Bombardier Challenger 850
1 Bombardier Learjet 60
3 Cessna CitationJet
1 Cessna Citation Ultra
3 Cessna Citation X
3 Cessna Citation XLS
1 Dassault Falcon 50EX
1 Dassault Falcon 900B
2 Dassault Falcon 2000
2 Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy
1 Gulfstream G550
1 Gulfstream GIV
1 Raytheon Beechjet 400A

On order 
3 Airbus A318 Elite
1 Airbus A319CJ
2 Cessna Citation X

Previously operated
The airline operated the following aircraft in 2005: 
1 Bombardier Learjet 45
1 Dornier 328JET
1 Gulfstream V
1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83
2 Raytheon Beechjet 400A

See also
JetAlliance Racing

References

External links 

Jetalliance

Defunct airlines of Austria
Airlines established in 1996
Airlines disestablished in 2013
2013 disestablishments in Austria
Austrian companies established in 1996
Economy of Lower Austria
ND-COSMOS. ND-COSMOS was the proprietary computer networking system developed by Norsk Data as the second generation NORDNET system.

It offered very tight integration with the ND-NOTIS applications, as well as the SINTRAN III operating systems. In many ways, it was a strong parallel to DEC's DECnet Phase IV system.

The network system was peer-to-peer, and the NOTIS document storage system could also have redundant servers, which made for very good service reliability.

The name was internally a pun on its recently released small computer, known as the ND Satellite.

It could function on a wide variety of different link layers, including Ethernet, X.25, HDLC, Bisync, and asynchronous serial ports.

Sources

Proprietary software
Internet Protocol based network software
Norsk Data software
HMS Jaguar (F37). HMS Jaguar (F37), was a  Type 41 anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named after the jaguar. Jaguar was the last frigate built by William Denny & Brothers for the Royal Navy. Unlike the rest of her class, she was fitted with controllable pitch propellers.

Royal Navy service
The main armament originally consisted of two twin 4.5 in guns Mark 6 plus one twin STAAG mounting, which was soon replaced by a 40 mm gun. She was refitted in the mid-1960s, replacing the Type 960 long-range air warning radar with Type 965. The lattice mainmast was replaced by a plated structure to support the heavier AKE1 aerial used by the Type 965. The Type 293Q target designation radar on the foremast was replaced by a Type 993. New ESM and SCCM equipment was installed on the foremast. It was intended that Seacat missile would replace the 40 mm gun but this was not done to save money.

Jaguar sailed from Chatham Dockyard in January 1969 and undertook a world cruise calling at Gibraltar, South Africa, Mombasa, Singapore, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, Fiji, Tonga, Raratonga, Tahiti, Pitcairn, Panama and Florida. During this cruise she provided medical aid at Astove, in the Seychelles. She arrived back in the UK in December 1969 and was deployed to Icelandic waters for the Second Cod War in 1973. On 10 September 1973, she collided with the Icelandic gunboat Thor (Þór), and had her bows damaged. She spent the rest of the month on dry dock for repairs at Chatham. She was then assigned to the standby squadron but was recommissioned in 1976 for service in Icelandic waters again for the Third Cod War. To protect her bows and stern from damage from collisions with Icelandic gunboats, she was fitted with heavy wooden sheathing.

Bangladesh Navy service
After a spell in reserve, she was sold on 6 July 1978 to the Bangladesh Navy for £2 million and commissioned in 1978 as BNS Ali Haider (F17). Ali Haider was decommissioned during a ceremony held in her home port of Chittagong on 22 January 2014. Name and number were taken by one of the two former Chinese Jianghu III-class frigates which reportedly had already begun their transfer voyage.

See also
List of ships built by William Denny and Brothers

References

Publications

See also
List of ships of the Bangladesh Navy

Leopard-class frigates
Ships built on the River Clyde
Maritime incidents in 1973
1957 ships
HMS Puma. HMS Puma (F34), was a Leopard-class anti-aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy, named after the puma (Puma concolor).  Envisioned in late World War II, the class was designed to provide anti-aircraft escort to convoys and light fleet aircraft carriers and to act as light destroyers on detached duties.

Armament
Puma was fitted with four QF Mark VI 4.5 guns in two unarmoured twin turrets for anti-aircraft and surface use with remote power control where the guns train and elevate the target following the director. The rate was 24 rounds per minute when power-loaded and 12-18 (in burst mode), when hand-loaded.

Anti-submarine armament was a Squid mortar.  Defence against aircraft was initially provided by a STAAG (Stabilised Tachymetric Anti-Aircraft Gun), consisting of twin Bofors 40 mm L/60 guns, and a fire control system, in a stabilised, powered-operated mounting.  This weapons system was ahead of the limits of technology at the time, was overweight and complex. Ultimately STAAG would be replaced by a single Bofors 40 mm gun on a Mark 9 mount.

Operational service
In 1958 Puma began her third commission from Portland.  During this commission, she visited ports in Europe, Africa and South America as well as Diego Suarez. Between 1958 and 1960 she was commanded by Richard Clayton. She was paid off at Plymouth in 1961. During this commission, she took part in naval exercises and served on the Iceland Patrol. In October 1962, Puma visited Tristan da Cunha, to help to prepare the island for the return of its residents, who had been evacuated as a result of the eruption of the volcano Queen Mary's Peak in 1961. Puma struck a submerged rock while off Tristan da Cuhna, damaging her port propeller, which resulted in the ship being docked down in Cape Town and then in Gibraltar for permanent repairs.

A major refit of Puma took place in Portsmouth Dockyard between 1963 and 1964 and the ship eventually re-commissioned for service in 1965, where she spent the year touring the UK recruiting. In 1966 she sailed for a foreign leg of her commission travelling to West and South Africa, as well as the South Atlantic, and South America, before returning to Plymouth in 1967. She was in refit from early 1967 for a few months before undertaking a round the world deployment taking in South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and Australia before visiting San Francisco and Monterey then transiting the Panama Canal to head back across the Atlantic to the UK.
In 1971 she undertook a Fishery Protection patrol in the Arctic and Barents Seas, using the northern Norwegian town of Honningsvag as a base, before paying off in Chatham in early 1972.  Her badge is still on display at the Selborne dry dock wall.

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Leopard-class frigates
1954 ships
Pappmine. The Pappmine, or Cardboard Mine in English, was an anti-tank mine that was developed by Germany and used by the Wehrmacht during World War II.

Design 
The Pappmine was designed to be a low cost, and easy to produce cardboard anti-tank mine which could relieve pressure on the overstretched metalworking industry. The Pappmine was made entirely of non-metallic materials to prevent detection by electric mine detectors.  The Pappmine was a close copy of the Soviet TMB series of cardboard mines except the Pappmine was better waterproofed to resist moisture and rotting.  The Pappmine was black in color and consisted of a container with a lid.  The lid covered the full diameter of the container and both the top and bottom edges of the container were rounded and held together by a band of cardboard.  In the center of the lid, there was a  pressure plate of thick green glass which resembled a glass stopper.  In the center of the mine, the pressure plate sat on top of a glass igniter that was embedded in  of TNT.  Only pressure on the plate caused an explosion and pressure on the cardboard side of the mine would not set it off.   of pressure on the plate crushed the igniter creating a flash which then passed to the priming charge which exploded the TNT filling.  A 3-second delay could also be incorporated in the igniter.  The Pappmine relied on blast effect to destroy enemy tanks and it did not have a shaped charge warhead.

References

Anti-personnel mines
World War II weapons of Germany
Land mines of Germany
Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1944
Anderson Tower (University of Kentucky). Anderson Tower, more commonly referred to as F-PAT or officially as F. Paul Anderson Tower, is a building at the University of Kentucky. The seven-level structure was completed in 1966 as Anderson Hall which replaced a former structure with the same name. It was named after F. Paul Anderson, the first dean of the College of Engineering. The structure, located in central campus in the engineering quadrangle, is connected to the Raymond Building and the Robotics Building. It is home to numerous classrooms, laboratories and offices related to the college.

See also
 Buildings at the University of Kentucky
 Cityscape of Lexington, Kentucky
 University of Kentucky

References

External links
 College of Engineering
 F. Paul Anderson Tower at University of Kentucky Campus Guide

Buildings at the University of Kentucky
University and college academic buildings in the United States
Towers completed in 1966
University and college buildings completed in 1966
Skymaster. Skymaster may refer to:

Airlines
Skymaster Airlines, a defunct Brazilian airline
Skymaster Air Taxi, a defunct American airline

Aircraft
Cessna Skymaster, an American  civil aircraft design
Cessna O-2 Skymaster, an American  military aircraft design
Douglas C-54 Skymaster, an American  military aircraft design (a variant of Douglas DC-4, which was sometimes also known as Skymaster.)

Other uses
Skymaster (ride), a pendulum amusement ride
Skymaster Powered Parachutes, an American powered parachute manufacturer

Characters with the name
Skrullian Skymaster, a member of Marvel Comics' Squadron Supreme
Ocean 1 Tower. Ocean One was a proposed skyscraper intended for construction at Jomtien Beach, located near Pattaya, Thailand. The planned structure was designed to reach a height of  with 91 floors and a total of 587 residential units. The proposed site lies just 250 meters from one of Asia's most popular beaches. If completed, Ocean One would have claimed the title of the tallest building in Thailand.

The architectural firm, Woods Bagot, known for designing the Q1 in Australia, which was once the tallest residential building worldwide, was responsible for the overall design of Ocean One. Noteworthy challenges related to wind engineering and earthquake engineering were to be addressed by the structural engineer firm Connell Wagner before any construction could commence. K-TECH was intended to be the contractor for the project.

The vision for Ocean One included cutting-edge technology and luxury amenities, with a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability. The building was designed to feature high security measures, a 24-hour medical clinic, and 13 high-speed elevators capable of waiting no longer than 18 seconds. The ninth floor was dedicated to recreational activities, including swimming pools, saunas, spas, gymnasiums, and a running track. Additionally, a two-level shopping plaza was planned for the building's rear.

The developer, Siam Best Enterprises Co. Ltd., estimated that the construction of Ocean One would take four years, starting in 2006 and concluding by 2009. However, delays arose due to a court case against the developers. Despite the initiation of sales for apartments within the tower, construction had remained on hold since November 2015.

See also 
 List of tallest buildings in Thailand

References

External links 
 Official website
 

Proposed skyscrapers
Skyscrapers in Thailand
Proposed buildings and structures in Thailand
London Underground engineering stock. Over the years, London Underground has acquired various types of engineering stock to help with the construction of new lines and maintenance of existing lines. Some of these wagons were inherited from its predecessors, many were built new and some were acquired second-hand from the main-line railways. Several types of specialist wagons have been used, which are described below.

Overview 
London Underground uses a numbering system comprising the wagon number prefixed with a letter which designates the wagon's type. These are summarised below.

Brake vans 

The London Underground has used various designs of brake van. They were used for the guard's accommodation and for braking purposes (when wagons in the train were not fitted with automatic brakes).

Two brake vans of interest were numbers FB578 and FB579. These were 'flat' brake vans, converted from flat wagons. The conversion consisted of building a small guard's compartment on one end of the flat wagon. Therefore, these wagons could be used for carrying small items, such as sleepers, in addition to their role as a brake van.

Six brake vans numbered B580–5 were built for London Transport by British Railways (BR) at the latter's Ashford Works in the early 1960s. They were built to a design which had been produced for BR since 1950 (BR Diagram 1/506 and 1/507), totalling  units, and were the final examples of that design to be constructed.

Stock list 

All data from London Underground Rolling Stock, 1st through 15th editions.

Preserved units

Gallery

References

External links 

Engineering stock