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"Nasty Nick" – USS Nicholas, name given by crew due to the proclivity of the ship's AC units to break down in hot weather. "Nelly" – HMS Nelson – also "Nelsol" – from fleet oilers with names ending in "ol" that the Nelson class looked similar to in silhouette. "Niffy Jane" – HMS Iphigenia "NO Boat" – USS New Orleans
The National Guards Unit of Bulgaria on parade The Guard Battalion during the Estonia 100 parade in 2018 This is a list of past and present army units whose names include the word guard . Border guards , coast guards , civil guards , home guards , national guards , honor guards , republican guards , imperial guards and royal guards are listed ...
The original 1920s edition of the H. P. Gibson naval board game Dover Patrol used a number of real RN ship names, but generally attached them to different ship classes. Thus the " Flagships " were H.M.S. Nelson and Drake , and the " Super Dreadnoughts " were H.M.S. Australia , New Zealand , Canada and India , but few of these resembled the ...
Lists of military units and formations of World War II (60 P) Pages in category "Lists of military units and formations" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total.
Lists of ships operated by or in support of His Majesty's Naval Service. List of active Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships; List of active Royal Marines military watercraft; List of ships of Serco Marine Services; Related articles. List of Royal Navy shore establishments (the "stone frigates") List of ship names of the Royal Navy; Active Royal Navy ...
The European Corps (Eurocorps) is an army corps whose headquarters numbers approximately 1,000 soldiers, and is stationed in Strasbourg, France. The Franco-German Brigade is associated with the corps. [19] The I. German/Dutch Corps is a multinational formation consisting of units from the Dutch and German armies.
United States Sixth Fleet (HQ Naples, Italy) – Europe, including Mediterranean Sea & Black Sea. United States Seventh Fleet (HQ Yokosuka, Japan) – West Pacific; United States Tenth Fleet (HQ Fort Meade, Maryland) – Reactivated as Fleet Cyber Command. Formerly anti submarine warfare coordinating organization.
The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ship's crew as pirates. Since the decline of piracy, various military units have used the Jolly Roger, usually in skull-and-crossbones design, as a unit identification insignia or a victory flag to ascribe to themselves the proverbial ferocity and toughness of pirates.