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The Egyptian Navy (Arabic: القوات البحرية المصرية, romanized: Al-Quwwāt Al-Bahareya Al-Masriyya, lit. 'Egyptian Navy Forces'), also known as the Egyptian Naval Forces, [2] is the maritime branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
The Yasen class, Russian designations Project 885 Yasen and Project 885M Yasen-M (Russian: Ясень, lit. 'ash tree', NATO reporting name: Severodvinsk), also referred to as the Graney class, are a series of nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines designed by the Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau and built by Sevmash for the Russian Navy ...
K-573 Novosibirsk is a Yasen-class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine of the Russian Navy. It is the second boat of the project Yasen-M. Considerable changes were made to the initial Yasen design. [5] Differences in the project have appeared sufficient to consider it as a new upgraded version Yasen-M (Russian: Ясень-М). [6]
The Russian navy declared that the submarine will be improved in comparison to Severodvinsk, the first of the Yasen / Graney class. [2] Compared to the first-of-class, Kazan is some 40 feet (12 m) shorter than Severodvinsk, resulting from the deletion of a sonar array from the former's bow. According to one naval analyst, the intention was ...
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) was the first to assemble many carriers into a single task force, known as the Kido Butai. This task force was used with devastating effect in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The Kido Butai operated as the IJN's main carrier battle group until four of its carriers were sunk at the Battle of Midway.
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PS Sudan is a passenger-carrying side-wheel paddle steamer on the River Nile in Egypt. [1] Along with PS Arabia, she was one of the largest river steamers in Thomas Cook's Nile fleet. [4] The steamer was built in 1885 for the Egyptian royal family. It was transformed into a cruise liner in 1921. [5]