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John Anthony Flanagan (born 22 May 1944) is an Australian fantasy author best known for his medieval fantasy series, the Ranger's Apprentice series, and its sister series, the Brotherband Chronicles. Some of his other works include his Storm Peak duology, as well as the adult novel The Grey Raider.
HMS Heron (1897), an 85-ton river gunboat equipped with two 2-pounder guns and constructed at Yarrow. Transferred to the Nigerian Government on 1 January 1899. HMS Heron was a 100-ton War Department tender originally called Empress. Following her transfer to the Royal Navy in 1906 she was renamed Heron. Sold in September 1923.
HMS Heron was originally the merchant vessel Jason, launched at Newcastle in 1803, that the Admiralty purchased in 1804 for the Royal Navy for use as 16-gun ship-sloop under the name HMS Heron. During the Napoleonic Wars she served as a convoy escort on the Leeward Islands station.
Brothers (1815 ship) was built in Whitby, England in 1815. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC), and two transporting convicts to Australia. Afterwards she traded across the Atlantic, primarily to Quebec, and was last listed in 1837. Brothers (1816 ship) was an Australian schooner of 40 tons wrecked in 1816.
Originally named Heron, she was renamed Auckland when launched on 30 June 1938. She was designed as a general-purpose vessel, and intended for use as a survey ship around New Zealand. However, with the approach of war, Auckland was modified during her construction for service as a convoy escort and anti-submarine warfare ship. She was completed ...
The final fragment in the collection of stories that were contained in the chest puzzled Professor Macfarlane, as they referred to a legend even more singular than the Ranger Corps: the Brotherband - led by a boy who was half Araluen and half Skandian and who had revolutionized the design of the Skandian wolfship.
USS Heron (AM-10) was a Lapwing-class minesweeper acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing. Heron was named by the U.S Navy after the heron , a long-necked, long-legged wading bird indigenous to Louisiana and the vast coastal marshes .
USCGC Shamal (WPC-13), a former USN Cyclone-class patrol ship. Cyclone-class patrol ships on loan from the United States Navy. ... USCGC Heron (WPB-87344)