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unusual facts about Majestic-class battleship


Brown powder

Some Royal Navy ships like the Royal Sovereign-class battleships were commissioned with the already obsolete SBC-based guns, but the subsequent Majestic and Canopus-class battleships were the first to adopt Cordite Mk I.


6 inch 35 caliber naval gun 1877

The 6 inch 35 caliber gun formed the standard secondary battery of Imperial Russian Navy pre-dreadnought battleships from mid-1880s to mid-1890s and was used on Ekaterina II and Imperator Aleksandr II-class battleships along with Gangut, Dvenadsat Apostolov and Navarin battleships.

Agano-class cruiser

As completed, the main armament was the same type of 152 mm (6 inch) gun as used on the Kongō-class battlecruisers, some of these weapons having been removed from the Fusō and Kongō classes during their modernizations in the early and late 1930s, respectively.

Anton Heiller

A few years before the first of them, he had released an astonishing set of recordings for Vanguard of many of Bach's larger organ works on a majestic Marcussen instrument in Sweden.

Armenian Dances

# Alagyaz (mm. 186–223), a folk song named for a mountain in Armenia, is a broad and majestic song; it serves as a contrast to the fast, upbeat songs that come both before and after.

Arsenal ship

Some concept artwork of the Arsenal Ship was produced, some images bearing the number "72," possibly hinting at an intent to classify the arsenal ships as a battleship, since the last battleship ordered (but never built) was USS Louisiana (BB-71).

BL 12 inch naval gun Mk VIII

During World War I guns removed from the obsolete Majestic class were mounted in Lord Clive-class monitors for shore bombardment.

BL 9.2 inch Mk XI naval gun

Lord Nelson-class battleships laid down 1905 & completed 1908 : 4 twin mounts and 2 single mounts.

Braunschweig-class battleship

Braunschweig was laid down at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel in 1901, was launched on 20 December 1902, and commissioned into the fleet on 15 October 1904.

Canon de 138 mm Modèle 1910 naval gun

It was carried by the dreadnoughts of the Courbet and Bretagne classes as their secondary armament and planned for use in the Normandie-class battleships.

Dalhart Windberg

Much of his art reflects his travels around Texas, Louisiana, the Rocky Mountains, many National Parks such as Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons,and Glacier National Park as well as the majestic Monument Valley.

Erzherzog Karl-class battleship

The Erzherzog Karl-class, like the Habsburg-class before them and the Radetzky-class after them were named after archdukes of the Austro-Hungarian Royal Family, specifically Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Maximilian I of Mexico and Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen.

España-class battleship

Following disastrous losses in the Spanish-American War of 1898, Spain lacked the money to rebuild its navy, so it was not until the Navy Law of 7 January 1908 that a new program authorizing three new battleships—España, Alfonso XIII, and Jaime I—along with other ships, was passed.

Fanzz

Fanzz has vendor relationships with companies like Reebok, Nike, Adidas, Spalding, Majestic, New Era, Top of the World, Zephyr, and over 60 others, selling licensed team and player gear from teams in the NBA, NFL, MLB, NCAA, and NHL sports leagues.

Francesco Caracciolo-class battleship

Marcantonio Colonna was laid down on 3 March 1915 at the Odero Shipyard in Sestri Ponente.

Great

Greatness, being superior, majestic, transcendent, or divine

Huaman

Huaman means a "divine bird", referring to the majestic Andean Condor; in the popular belief it was the representation of peace and war (Ying Yang).

If I Should Fall from Grace with God

Also prominent were the ballads "Thousands Are Sailing", "The Broad Majestic Shannon", and the Christmas hit, "Fairytale of New York", a duet with Kirsty MacColl.

Imperatritsa Mariya-class battleship

The Germans captured four of these 12-inch and some 130 mm guns in transit in Narvik harbor when they invaded Norway in April 1940.

Ise-class battleship

Hyūga, for example, mounted a complement of 14 Yokosuka D4Y dive-bombers and 8 Aichi E16A seaplanes.

Juan de Ávalos

Author of Los amantes de Teruel (The Lovers of Teruel) in Teruel, Monumento a Luis Carrero Blanco (Monument to Luis Carrero Blanco) in Santoña, Cantabria, his most important works are those of the Valle de los Caídos ("The Valley of the Fallen"), a majestic monument in Madrid where Francisco Franco's body lies.

Karl Kerschl

Karl Kerschl is a Canadian comic book artist, best known for his work on DC Comics books, including Adventures of Superman, Majestic, All-Flash and Teen Titans: Year One.

Kasperi Heikkinen

As a touring musician, Kasperi Heikkinen has played on part of the German Power Metal band Gamma Ray's Majestic tour in 2006 following an injury to Henjo Richter.

Kids of the Majestic

Kids of the Majestic is a documentary by filmmaker Dylan Verrechia and Dr. Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of such orphans: Rafik, a smiling young drug addict; Mental Manja, nicknamed "mental" because he didn't speak until he was 10; Arun-Badur, the artist and the writer; Baba, who at 8 has travelled throughout India alone; and Joti, mother-to-be at 16, who was abused at 9.

It was directed by Dylan Verrechia, and co-produced by Suhas Radhakrishna that follows a group of orphans in the Majestic railway station of Bangalore.

King Edward VII-class battleship

On 6 January 1916 she struck a mine off Cape Wrath; her engine rooms flooded and she capsized nine hours later and sank without loss of life.

Lala, Lanao del Norte

It is located about 14 kilometers from the municipality of Tubod, the seat of the Provincial Government and 67.5 kilometers southwest of Iligan City, the industrial city of the south and the city of majestic waterfalls.

Lance Robertson

During this time, he met Scott Schultz of the Orange County indie pop band Majestic, and they eventually played a couple of shows together.

Lyon-class battleship

The first two were named for cities in France, while the rest honored French admirals Abraham Duquesne and Anne Hilarion de Tourville.

Manning Kimmel

On July 3, 1944, Robalo received an Ultra communiqué, and attempted to intercept a Fuso-class battleship.

Maraguda

circuit area having excellent religious institutions, magnificent residential apartments, massive fortification and efflorescent palace complex, as the majestic imperial metropolis with acropolis and seat of cultural culmination of Kosal kingdom.

Mass of Paul VI

In his 1962 apostolic constitution Veterum sapientia on the teaching of Latin, Pope John XXIII spoke of that language as the one the Church uses: "...the Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular."

Mister Majestic

Volume 3: Final Cut (with Neil Googe, Diego Olmos, Kevin West and others, collects Majestic #13-17 and Wildstorm Winter Special, Wildstorm, January 2007)

During the Wildstorm Rising event, Majestic met Union and after fighting each other, they worked together along with all the other Wildstorm heroes in a fight against the Daemonites over a space ship.

Mount Kongō

The mountain has lent its name to a series of naval ships and ship classes: the Imperial Japanese Navy's 1877 ironclad Kongō; the 1912 battleship Kongō, the name ship of her class; and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's current destroyer Kongō (DDG-173), also the name ship of her class.

Peril at End House

Transposed from Devon to Cornwall, the Majestic Hotel of the book is based on the Imperial Hotel in Torquay.

Pozzuoli

The Macellum includes three majestic columns in cipolin marble, which show erosion from marine Lithophaga molluscs when, at an earlier time, the ground level was much lower due to Bradyseism, and sea-water could flow in.

Puckane

The songwriter Shane MacGowan spent much of his childhood in the neighbouring townland of Carney and has immortalised a number of local places in his songs such as "The Broad Majestic Shannon".

Reina Victoria Eugenia-class battleship

The class, as well as the lead ship, were named for King Alfonso XIII's English queen consort.

Robert Swain Gifford

He, along with Victorian contemporaries from the White Mountain and Hudson River Schools, helped immortalize the majestic cliffs of Grand Manan in the Bay of Fundy.

Russian 12 inch 40 caliber naval gun

They were installed on seventeen battleships starting with Sissoi Veliky and Tri Sviatitelia and ending with the Andrei Pervozvanny class.

San Cristóbal Volcano

Located near to the northwest corner of the country, it forms a majestic backdrop to the city of Chichigalpa, Chinandega.

Sinugra

Some of the old buildings, temples, Chabutro have been since re-constructed but the majestic houses with fine workmanship have been lost.

The Family from One End Street

Jo Ruggles Jr., a Mickey Mouse fan, spends his fourpence allowance at the local Majestic Theater to see cartoons.

The Someloves

Although The Someloves only released one album and remain virtually unknown on an international level Both Mather and Mariani did remain active in the Australian rock scene, Mather going on to The Orange Humble Band, and Mariani to DM3 and the instrumental group the Majestic Kelp, also recording a solo album in 2004.

Theth

Visiting Theth in the early 20th century, the traveller Edith Durham said:I think no place where human beings live has given me such an impression of majestic isolation from all the world.

United States v. Ross

It attempts to preclude arguments that certain types of containers are more or less "worthy" of privacy protection than others, poetically stating that "... the most frail cottage in the kingdom is absolutely entitled to the same guarantees of privacy as the most majestic mansion" (derived from an earlier Supreme Court quote which was in turn attributed to William Pitt).


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