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unusual facts about Tango-class submarine


U-434

Soviet submarine B-515, (now known as U-434), a Tango-class submarine built in 1976; currently a museum ship in Hamburg


Alberto Morán

Alberto Morán (born Remo Andrea Domenico Recagno, Strevi, Alessandria, Italy, 15 March 1922 - Buenos Aires, 16 August 1997) was an Argentine tango musician.

Argo-class submarine

After refit at La Spezia, Velella sailed on 25 November 1940 and passed the Strait of Gibraltar on 1 December for an Atlantic patrol to Bordeaux on 25 December.

Bust Your Windows

Chris Hollins and Ola Jordan performed an Argentine tango to the song in the semi-final of the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing.

Chang Bogo-class submarine

A science documentary by EBS has revealed that Chang Bogo-class submarines undergo major generational overhaul and refit every eight to twelve years.

In early 2012, the Korean defense firm LIG Nex1 exhibited its latest suite of indigenously developed submarine sensors, submarine combat systems, and heavy-weight torpedoes and wire-guided torpedoes in Indonesia for potential use by the Indonesian navy's submarine forces.

Chyetverikov SPL

After successful trials by the Royal Navy, with submarine borne aircraft, using the Parnall Peto and the M-class submarines, the V-MF (Voenno-morskoj flot - Naval Fleet") wanted to deploy aircraft from cruiser submarines for open sea reconnaissance.

Contra body movement

Contra body movement (CBM) is a term used in ballroom dances, such as Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep.

Delta III-class submarine

In February 1973, State Rocket Center Makayev began development of a new two-stage liquid-fueled ballistic missile R-29R (3M40, RSM-50, SS-N-18).

Douglas Chaffee

Chaffee has also worked as head of IBM's Art Department, has done paintings for NASA, the military, the book and the gaming industry, and did the official program painting for the Trident submarine.

Edmundo Rivero

His three-year tenure there left no recordings (with his Bartók influences, Salgán was too "far out" for the general tango audience) but earned Rivero the respect of avant-garde and jazz musicians.

Eduardo Arolas

Eduardo Arolas (February 24, 1892 – September 29, 1924) was an Argentine tango Bandoneon player, leader and composer.

Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport

On June 24, 1935, internationally renowned Argentinian tango singer Carlos Gardel and a group of his musicians were killed in a collision between two small airplanes at the Olaya Herra Airport.

Evaristo Carriego

"A Evaristo Carriego" is a world famous tango written by Eduardo Rovira, and recorded by Orquesta Osvaldo Pugliese in 1969, which made it an all time hit.

Foca-class submarine

Atropo and Zoea, the second and third vessels of the class, were used after Italy's 1943 surrender by the Allies for supply runs to British garrisons in Samos and Leros in the Aegean.

Forever Fabulous

Forever Fabulous is a 1999 comedy starring Jean Smart, Jennifer Elise Cox, Robert Wagner, Emily Proctor and Jorja Fox, which was written and directed by Werner Molinsky and initially screened at the under the title Tiara Tango at the 1999 Austin Film Festival.

George Washington-class submarine

On 12 February 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized funding for three ballistic missile submarines.

Harry Waldau

He was a Jewish pianist, composer and lyricist and part of the 1920s cabaret scene in Berlin, writing songs like Savannah Tango, Mensch komm mal rüber, Warum kiekste mir denn immer uff die Beene and Die Tausend-Kronen-Note for singer Claire Waldoff.

Heroine-class submarine

In 2008, the Sunday Times reported that Ferrostaal allegedly gave former president Thabo Mbeki R30 million in bribes, some of which was allegedly shared with current president Jacob Zuma.

José Fidalgo

In 2007 he appeared in the film Heart Tango, made for Intimissimi, directed by Gabriele Muccino and with Monica Bellucci.

Jukka Ammondt

1993 he recorded the first record Surun Siivet, Latin versions of tangos by songwriter Toivo Kärki, and later the same year another album, Tango Triste Finnicum, for which he gained international recognition.

Kicho Díaz

Díaz, widely known by his nickname Kicho, was born in the city of Avellaneda in the Province of Buenos Aires, and had two older brothers, David, who became a tango violinist and José (aka Pepe) who became a tango double bass player.

Kriminaltango

Describing scenes from tavern, the song juxtaposes the appearance of shady figures ("dunkle Gestalten") and their mysterious dealings with dancing tango ("Und sie tanzen einen Tango").

Lito Vitale

In the 1990s, Vitale recorded several tango standards with Juan Carlos Baglietto, and was awarded a Latin Grammy for their collaboration in 2000.

Luis Aguirre Pinto

Four years later he began his first continental tour with Angela Ferrari, European tango performer, and in Lima, composed one of his first popular songs, the waltz Reminiscencia.

Morzh-class submarine

They had to be replaced by severely underpowered engines from the Amur River gunboats Vikhr, Vyuga and Uragan, each of which delivered only 250 horsepower.

November-class submarine

In 1975, K-21 was given to 17th submarine division which was a part of 11th submarine flotilla based in Gremikha.

K-60 entered service with the Northern Fleet (given to 3rd division of nuclear submarines which was a part of 1st submarine flotilla, based in Malaya Lopatka of Zapadnaya Litsa Fjord) on 6 August 1964.

Osetr-class submarine

The boats were designed by American Engineer Simon Lake and had wheels fitted for moving around on the sea bed as well as wet/dry chambers for divers.

Pablo Goldstein

In 2011, Pablo Goldstein, together with poet Karina Galvez and painter Luis Burgos Flor, was one of the only three non-Mexican artists to be invited to conmemorate the 125th anniversary of the opening of the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles, where he performed Franz Schubert's Ave Maria (Schubert) and several tango pieces for bandoneón.

Pedro Maffia

Pedro Mario Maffia (August 28, 1899 – October 16, 1967) was an Argentine tango bandoneonist, bandleader, composer and teacher, as well as starring in several tango films.

Permit-class submarine

In "Project Nobska," the Committee on Undersea Warfare of the United States National Academy of Sciences considered the lessons learned from various prototypes and experimental platforms.

Portotango

The ensemble's objective is to approach the tango repertoire ranging from its earliest manifestations ("guardia vieja") to contemporary pieces, such as those of Piazzolla, Blázquez, Pujol, etc.

Quebec-class submarine

Other incidents caused oxygen-fueled flames to burst out from the boats, which led to their crews to nickname them zazhigalka ("lighters") or Zippos after the well-known cigarette lighter.

R-class submarine

Italian R-class submarine, a group of submarines built for the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina Italiana) during World War II

Resolution-class submarine

To address this problem, in May 1960 the British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan arranged a deal with US President Eisenhower to equip the V bombers with the US-designed AGM-48 Skybolt.

Richie Ray

It included hits such as Joan Manuel Serrat's "Señora", the bolero version of the Gardel/Lepera tango "Volver", and the Rubén Blades composition "Guaguancó Triste", as well as the salsa version of James Taylor's "Fire And Rain".

Roberto Firpo

He was one of the few tangueros to play in a cafe in Avenida de Mayo in Buenos Aires and he was the first person to play the tango La Cumparsita in the cafe La Giralda in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Soviet K-class submarine

K51 to K56 were trapped in Leningrad during the Blockade and were completed after the war and transferred to the Arctic

Svetlana Gorokhovich

This performance included a debut of "Tango Suite" by Astor Piazzolla, originally written for guitar duo Odair and Sergio Assad and arranged for four hands by Clarice Assad.

TANGO

EPICS—Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Tangophobia Vol. 1

It contains tracks from different neo-tango and electronic artists from Buenos Aires, including NeoShaft, B.A. Jam, Hybrid Tango and Tanghetto.

Trafalgar-class submarine

The name Trafalgar refers to the Battle of Trafalgar fought between the Royal Navy and the combined fleets of France and Spain.

The Trafalgar-class was to be replaced by the Future Fleet Submarine, however this project was effectively cancelled in 2001 and replaced by the Maritime Underwater Future Capability.

UK Polaris programme

"Polaris" itself was an operational system of four Resolution-class submarines, each armed with 16 UGM-27 Polaris A-3 ballistic missiles, with each missile able to deliver three ET.317 thermonuclear warheads around a single target.

United States B-class submarine

The B class submarines were three United States Navy submarines built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company.

United States G-class submarine

Decommissioned 2 April 1919 and used as a target; sank at her moorings in Two Tree Channel, Niantic, Connecticut 30 July 1919.

United States H-class submarine

In 1915 the Imperial Russian Navy had ordered 17 H-class submarines from the Electric Boat Company, to be built in Canada at a temporary shipyard near Barnet, Vancouver, British Columbia to avoid US neutrality concerns, which had derailed the delivery of ten similar submarines to the British.

Uri Nakayama

Nakayama's music is introduced as blended world accordion music, Gypsy Jazz, Musette, Tango etc. and her voice is advertised as "miracle voice" by record label.

Zoilo Canavery

Other musical artists that mention Canavery in his notes was Juan Sarcione, composer of the lyrics and the music of the tango Largue esa Mujica, this theme was interpreted by Carlos Gardel and recorded in 1929 for the Odeon label.


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