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HomeStreet, Inc., d.b.a HomeStreet Bank, together with its subsidiaries, provides various financial services primarily in Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii.The company was founded as Continental Mortgage and Loan Company in 1921 by W. Walter Williams. [2]
On 1 July, she was beached and moved to a safer position two days later. Her back broke on 4 July, with her engines and boilers smashed. She was declared a total loss but considered floatable as her holds were watertight. Her guns and equipment were salvaged, an operation which was completed on 25 September. The aft section was salvaged at this ...
[citation needed] The first recorded use of the abbreviated form HMS was in 1789, in respect of HMS Phoenix. [1] From 1707 to circa 1800 HBMS (for His Britannic Majesty's Ship) was also used. [2] [3] Submarines in His Majesty's service also use the prefix HMS, standing for His Majesty's Submarine, though this is sometimes rendered HMS/m. [4]
A new type of 4.5 inch gun with a longer 55-calibre barrel, it was designed in the 1960s for the Royal Navy's new classes of frigates and destroyers.The weapon, built by Vickers Ltd Armament Division, was developed by the Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment using the Ordnance, QF 105 mm L13 of the Abbot self-propelled gun as a starting point (it used electrical primers).
[1] From the reign of Henry VII up until the 1990s, the Royal Navy had a policy of establishing and maintaining its own dockyard facilities (although at the same time, as continues to be the case, it made extensive use of private shipyards , both at home and abroad).
Notable differences include the 90.5 metres (296 ft 11 in) long hull, [1] a top speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), [1] a flight deck that can take an AgustaWestland Merlin helicopter, [1] a displacement of around 2,000 tonnes [3] [4] and greatly expanded capacity for accommodating troops. [1]
HMS Montagu was a Duncan-class pre-dreadnought battleship of the British Royal Navy.Built to counter a group of fast Russian battleships, Montagu and her sister ships were capable of steaming at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), making them the fastest battleships in the world.
1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun; 2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns [26] 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) [27] 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns; Aircraft carried: 1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with: Martlet multirole missiles, or