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The final cutlass approved for naval use was the 1900 Pattern. This retained the straight blade of the 1889 Pattern, but introduced a fuller running one-third of the blade length. The bowl-type hilt with upturned rim was also retained, though a concave insert was added to the inside where the guard joins the pommel.
The Cutlass class is a class of fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy. The two vessels of this class are a commercial HPB-1900 design, built to military specifications by Merseyside -based Marine Specialised Technology [ 2 ] at a cost of £9.9m for two (including 4 years support). [ 3 ]
The cutlass remained an official weapon in the United States Navy until it was stricken from the Navy's active inventory in 1949. The cutlass was seldom used for weapons training after the early 1930s. The last new model of cutlass adopted by the US Navy was the US M1917 cutlass, adopted during World War I; it was based on the Dutch M1898 klewang.
HMS Cutlass – name given to four ships of the Royal Navy – the first a battleship present at the Battle of the Nile; the second an ironclad sunk in World War I; the third a World War II destroyer, and the most recent ship a Cold War-era destroyer. All four ships appear in the Commando Comics story Bright Blade of Courage.
The North American Chevrolet Lumina was based on the mid-size GM10 platform, which was shared with the Pontiac Grand Prix, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, and Buick Regal. [5] Although the Lumina became a popular seller, GM was widely criticized in the motoring press for being late to the game in introducing a direct aero-designed competitor to the ...
SS Minneapolis was a British ocean liner of 13,401 gross register tons (GRT) in operation between 1900 and 1918. She was torpedoed by SM UC-35 195 nautical miles (361 km) east of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea on 23 March 1916 with the loss of 12 of her crew, while she was travelling from Marseille, France to Alexandria, Egypt in ballast.
The soaring popularity of Oldsmobile vehicles resulted in a major issue in 1977, as demand exceeded production capacity for the Oldsmobile V8, and as a result Oldsmobile quietly began equipping some full size Delta 88 models and the very popular Cutlass/Cutlass Supreme with the Chevrolet 350 engine instead (each division of GM produced its own ...
The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme is a mid-size car produced by Oldsmobile between 1966 and 1997. It was positioned as a premium offering at the top of the Cutlass range. It began as a trim package, developed its own roofline, and rose during the mid-1970s to become not only the most popular Oldsmobile but the highest selling model in its class.