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  2. Hearts of Iron IV - Wikipedia

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    The New Order: Last Days of Europe, a mod set in an alternate 1962 after the Axis Powers won World War II, where there is a three-way Cold War between America, Germany, and Japan. The mod has received praise for its rich storytelling and esoteric atmosphere. [48] The mod was first released into Steam Community on March 27, 2021. [49]

  3. ORP Piorun (G65) - Wikipedia

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    ORP Piorun was an N-class destroyer operated by the Polish Navy in World War II.The word piorun is Polish for "Thunderbolt".Ordered by the Royal Navy in 1939, the ship was laid down as HMS Nerissa before being loaned to the Poles in October 1940 while still under construction.

  4. All or nothing (armor) - Wikipedia

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    Traditionally, a warship's armor system was designed both separately from, and after, the design layout. The design and location of various component subsystems (propulsion, steering, fuel storage and management, communications, range-finding, etc.) were laid out and designed in a manner that presented the most efficient and economical utilization of the hull's displacement.

  5. Reserve fleet - Wikipedia

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    The British Reserve Fleet was a repository for British decommissioned warships from about 1800 until 1960. [5]The United States National Defense Reserve Fleet (NDRF), consisted of about fifty World War II ships that were moored in Suisun Bay (Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet) near San Francisco since the 1950s or '60s. [6]

  6. Blockade runner - Wikipedia

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    Blockade runner USS Banshee, 1863. A blockade runner is a merchant vessel used for evading a naval blockade of a port or strait.It is usually light and fast, using stealth and speed rather than confronting the blockaders in order to break the blockade.

  7. HMS Argus (I49) - Wikipedia

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    HMS Argus was a British aircraft carrier that served in the Royal Navy from 1918 to 1944. She was converted from an ocean liner that was under construction when the First World War began and became the first aircraft carrier with a full-length flight deck that allowed wheeled aircraft to take off and land.

  8. Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon - Wikipedia

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    The ship's captain, Moreau, ordered the scuttling charges in the main turrets lit with shortened fuses and when they exploded and fires took hold, ordered a final evacuation. French and Germans alike fled the vessel. Explosions from the ship's torpedo stores destroyed the vessel, which burned for ten days. [30] Panzertruppen watch the burning ...

  9. David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty - Wikipedia

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    Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 – 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the Battle Cruiser Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive approach was contrasted with the ...