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Salamander of Leith, 1537, Flagship of James V of Scotland, gift of Francis I of France; Lamb of Glasgow 1690 - converted merchant ship [2] Pelican (hired 1689) 18 guns ship captured by the French 10 July 1689; re-captured 1690 by the English Navy and renamed Pelican Prize (as fireship), sunk as breakwater in 1692 off Sheerness. [3]
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
Scottish privateers took a number of English prizes and the Covenanters planned to fit out Dutch ships with Scottish and Dutch crews to join the naval war effort. [60] After the Covenanters allied with the English Parliament they established two patrol squadrons for the Atlantic and North Sea coasts, known collectively as the "Scotch Guard".
Scottish regiments are military units which at some point during their existence have had a form of connection with Scotland. Though the military history of Scotland dates back to the era of classical antiquity , the first organised Scottish military units were formed in the Middle Ages , mostly to serve in the Anglo-Scottish Wars or the ...
78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot; 79th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery; 80th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery; 87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders) 88th Regiment of Foot (Highland Volunteers) 91st (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
The List of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.
The regiment's territorial components formed duplicate second and third line battalions. As an example, the battalions of the 4th King's were numbered as the 1/4th, 2/4th, and 3/4th respectively. Many battalions of the Royal Scots were formed as part of Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener's appeal for an initial 100,000 men volunteers in ...
Pages in category "Ships of Scotland" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Afon Cefni (1892 ship) B.