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The tank could place demolition charges at heights up to 12 feet. The tank was driven against a wall, and the framework was lowered into the ground against the wall. The tank then backed up 100 feet, laying out an electric detonating cable. The explosives were then detonated by the tank driver. It was the successor to the single-charge device ...
Boyer [1] Royal Australian Navy RNT104: Cape Peron (Westamar) [1] Royal Australian Navy RNT104: Tacoma (Maydeena (1)) 1950: America: Converted to fishing boat: 1950- Swiftness (Temp. Plover) 1920: Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland: Burnt and Scuttled Storm Bay, Tasmania 1979: Diesel: 1959–1970s Kallista: Belize: 36m: 8m: 1963- Maydeena (2 ...
View of the bridge as it stood in 2006 The Tasman Bridge after the collision. The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when the bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, travelling up the River Derwent, collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge and caused a large section of the bridge deck to collapse ...
SS Lake Illawarra was a handysize bulk carrier of 7,274 tons in the service of the Australian National Line.This ship is known for causing the Tasman Bridge disaster when she collided with pylon 19 of Hobart's giant high concrete arch style Tasman Bridge on the evening of 5 January 1975 at 9.27 pm, [1] [2] [3] resulting in the deaths of 12 people.
The yachts ranged in size from the 24.1-metre (79 ft 1 in) Sayonara to the 10.1-metre (33 ft 2 in) Berrimilla. [5] A favourable current running south at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) with strengthening north-to-northeasterly winds of generally 25–35 knots (46–65 km/h; 29–40 mph) prevailing off the New South Wales southern coast allowed a ...
The Hobart Corporation is an American mid-market provider of commercial grocery and foodservice equipment. The company manufactures food preparation machines for cutting, slicing and mixing , cooking equipment, refrigeration units, warewashing and waste disposal systems , and weighing , wrapping, and labeling systems and products.
As a sealift ship, Largs Bay is capable of carrying up to 1,150 linear metres of vehicles; equivalent to 24 Challenger 2 tanks, 32 M1A1 Abrams tanks, or 150 light trucks. [ 4 ] [ 7 ] The cargo capacity is equivalent of 200 tons of ammunition, or 24 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers. [ 4 ]
Hobart was one of three Perth-class guided missile destroyers built for the RAN. [1] Based on the United States Navy's Charles F. Adams class, Hobart had a displacement of 3,370 tons at standard load, and 4,618 tons at full load, a length of 440 feet 3 inches (134.19 m) overall and 420 feet (130 m) between perpendiculars, a beam of 47 feet 1 inch (14.35 m), and a maximum draught of 15 feet 3 ...