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  2. HMS C24 - Wikipedia

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    HMS C24 was built by Vickers, Barrow. She was laid down on 12 February 1908 and was commissioned on 5 May 1909. The boat was used in the first successful U-boat trap. The tactic was to use a decoy trawler to tow a submarine. When a U-boat was sighted, the tow line and communication line was slipped and the submarine would attack the U-boat.

  3. HMS Sheffield (C24) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Sheffield was the third of ten Town-class light cruisers of the Royal Navy.The ship was laid down in January 1936, launched in July 1936, and commissioned in August 1937. . She was active in all major naval European theatres of the Second World War, in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and the Arctic Oc

  4. C24 - Wikipedia

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    C24 Gallery, an art gallery in New York City; C24 road (Namibia) Bishop's Opening, a chess opening; Caldwell 24, a Seyfert galaxy; Classical 24, an American syndicated radio service; Gallbladder cancer; Special Committee on Decolonization of the United Nations

  5. Christiansburg, Virginia - Wikipedia

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    New streets were laid out during the early 1800s, and additional construction included a number of churches and a public well and pumps, which were placed just north of the Courthouse in 1826. Ten years later, a public privy was built near the public square, and a new courthouse was constructed in March 1836 in the east corner of the public square.

  6. J/24 - Wikipedia

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    The J/24 is an international One-Design and Midget Ocean Racing Club trailerable keelboat class built by J/Boats and defined by World Sailing. [1] The J/24 was created to fulfill the diverse needs of recreational sailors such as cruising, one design racing, day sailing, and handicap racing.

  7. Craig, Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    During the 19th century the land near Craig was inhabited by the Pawnee, Otoe-Missouria, and Omaha people. American Indian inhabitants were numerous when white settlement began in the 1860s. [4]: 1, 54

  8. Douglas C-124 Globemaster II - Wikipedia

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    The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service.

  9. List of compounds with carbon number 24 - Wikipedia

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    Chemical formula Synonyms CAS number C 24 F 50: perfluorotetracosane: 1766-41-2 C 24 H 12: coronene: 191-07-1 C 24 H 12 N 4: anthracene tcnb: 747-42-2 C 24 H 15 N 3 O 7: triphenylene picric acid: 72454-49-0