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unusual facts about Rajput-class destroyer


Rajput-class destroyer

They were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems.


Acheron-class destroyer

Three River-class destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy were laid down in British yards, with a further three built in Australia.

Alsedo-class destroyer

On 17 February 1915, the Spanish Cortes (Parliament) passed a navy law authorising a large programme of construction for the Spanish Navy, including three destroyers of British design, the Alsedo class, to be built in Spain at the Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval (SECN) dockyard at Cartagena.

Alwar district

During the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, Rao raja Bane Singh sent a force consisting mainly of Muslims and Rajputs, to relieve the British garrison in Agra.

Alwar State

The princely state of Alwar was founded by Pratap Singh, a Rajput of the Kachwaha lineage, in the second half of the 18th century.

Ayanami-class destroyer

The Ayanami class was a destroyer class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the late 1950s.The primary purpose was anti-submarine warfare, so this class was classified as "DDK" (hunter-killer anti-submarine destroyer) unofficially.

Bhattiana

This geographical area derives its name from the clan of Bhatis, who are Rajputs.

Bhopawar Agency

#* including the future independent petty states of : Jamnia, Kali-Baori, Nimkhera & Rajgadh ; which were then under administrative control of Dhar State, also known as rajputEstates.

Charles F. Adams-class destroyer

Although designed with cutting-edge technology for the 1950s, by the mid-1970s it was clear to the Navy that the Charles F. Adams-class destroyers were not prepared to deal with modern air attacks and guided missile.

Four ships of this class were transferred to the Hellenic Navy in 1992, but those have also been decommissioned.

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyers were the second class of ships to be produced in the Republic of Korea Navy's destroyer mass-production program named Korean Destroyer eXperimental, which paved the way for the navy to become a blue-water navy.

Daring-class destroyer

The Type 45 destroyers, launched from 2006 onwards, are also known as the Daring class.

Datia State

The ruling family were Rajputs of the Bundela clan; they descended from a younger son of a former raja of Orchha.

Dikhit

The Dikhit, also known as Kinwar, are a Hindu Rajput clan found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.

Do Saheliyaan

Set in Rajasthan, Do Saheliyaan focuses on the forbidden friendship between the daughter of a wealthy Rajput, Maithili, and a poor Rabari village girl, Bhavri.

Ehrensköld-class destroyer

In the early 1920s, the Royal Swedish Navy operated 10 destroyers and 29 first class torpedo boats.

Friesland-class destroyer

The Friesland Class destroyers were built for the Royal Netherlands Navy in the 1950s.

Gaj Singh

Singh belongs to the Suryavanshi (Origin from the Surya-Kula) family of Rajputs.

Gnevny-class destroyer

Four surviving ships from the Pacific Fleet were transferred to the People's Liberation Army Navy and served as the Anshan class destroyers.

Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer

It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy.

Halland-class destroyer

They were re-fitted in the 1960s and re-armed with Saab/Nord Aviation Robot 08 anti-shipping missiles (a missile derivative of the Nord Aviation CT20 drone).

History of Rajasthan

Following the Mughal tradition and more importantly due to its strategic location Ajmer became a province of British India, while the autonomous Rajput states, the Muslim state (Tonk), and the Jat states (Bharatpur and Dholpur) were organized into the Rajputana Agency.

Hunt-class

Hunt-class destroyer, escort destroyers which served in the Second World War

Hunt-class destroyer

They were named after British fox hunts.

Impetuoso-class destroyer

The Impetuoso class were the first post war destroyers built for the Italian Navy.

Jalaun

In early times Jalaun seems to have been the home of two Rajput clans, the Bhadaurias in the east and the Kachwahas in the west.

Khipro

However Kaim Khani, Hingora, chanihoon Shar Baloch, Mallah, Kumbhar Lohar, Bhatti, Rajput, Chohan, Arain, Shaikh, Kaimkhani Jatt, and Laghari communities are counted in majority of Khipro.

Kidd-class destroyer

All four have been transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan) Navy under the Kuang Hua VII program.

Laforey-class destroyer

L and M-class destroyer or Laforey class, a class of 16 Royal Navy destroyers launched from 1939 to 1941

M-class destroyer

L and M-class destroyer, a class of Royal Navy destroyers launched 1939–1942 and that served in World War II

Marcilio Dias-class destroyer, three ships of the Brazilian Navy that served in World War II

Mandore

The Sainik Kshatriyas Rajput Clans of Mandore (the Mandorva Rajputs) Major Mandorva Rajputs surnames are - Kachwaha, Bhati, Parihar (Pratihara), Gehlot, Tak, Deora, Chauhan, Parmar (Panwar), Solanki, Tanwar, Sankhla, Rathore etc.

Momo-class destroyer

In the movie "Run Silent, Run Deep" Run Silent, Run Deep the US submarine Nerka attacks and sinks a Japanese destroyer called  Momo.

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.

Myers College

It was founded by his grandson, Raja Yassir H. Sarfraz, and was named after a Rajput prince, Raja Mair, the first settler in this area and ancestor of the Mair-Minhas tribe, an offshoot of the Jamwal Dogra Rajputs.

Omega-class destroyer

This design bore similarities to Syd Mead's design of the Leonov, a fictional Russian space ship that appeared in the 1984 movie 2010: The Year We Make Contact.

Oriani-class destroyer

She was given to the French Navy as a war reparation, where she served as the D'Estaing until 1954

Pahari Rajputs

The first Rajput chiefs said to have embraced were those of the Khokhar tribe.

Pali district

Shershah Suri was defeated by Rajput rulers in the battle of Giri near Jaitaran, Mughal emperor Akbar's army had constant battles with Maharana Pratap in Godwad area.

Q and R-class destroyer

Three Q class ships were transferred to the Royal Australian Navy upon completion, with two further ships being handed over in 1945.

Religious liberalism in Rajput courts

Jain temples ornamenting the landscapes of Rajasthan and Gujarat (including those at Mount Abu, Palitana and Osian) bear testimony to the support extended by Rajput rulers to the Jain tradition.

S and T-class destroyer

The Hazemeyer design had been brought to Britain by the Dutch minelayer Willem van der Zaan that escaped German occupation in May 1940.

Sazanami

Japanese destroyer Sazanami (1898), a Ikazuchi-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy in Russo-Japanese War

Shirane-class destroyer

The Shirane class are also the first Japanese ships to be fitted with 3D radars, the NEC OPS-12.

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.

Shiratsuyu-class destroyer

Initially the shields were made from Duralumin to save weight, but these quickly corroded and had to be replaced.

U class

U and V-class destroyer, a class of destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1942–1943

W-class destroyer

V and W-class destroyer, a class of Royal Navy destroyers built late in World War I

Weapon-class destroyer

This problem proved fatal for Battleaxe, when she was unable to manoeuvre quickly enough to prevent herself being rammed by the frigate HMS Ursa in the Clyde in 1962.


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