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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 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 ...
The surgeon and his mates were assisted by boys, who were called "loblolly boys", named after the gruel commonly served in the sick bay.[7] A small number of doctors with a prestigious medical education were ranked as physicians; they would supervise surgeons on ships or run hospitals on shore. [14] The Chaplain led the ship's religious services.
Name Class Built In Service Status Image Aurora: Diana class: 1903 1903-1945 Museum ship since 1956 Komintern: Bogatyr-class: 1905 1905-1942 Sunk 1942 Chervona Ukraina: Admiral Nakhimov-class: 1927 1927-1941 Sunk 1941, raised and used as a target Krasny Krym: Svetlana-class cruiser: 1928 1928-1959 Scrapped 1959 Krasny Kavkaz: Admiral Nakhimov ...
Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy: 13 in service plus more building, Bangladesh Navy: Unknown number; Mustang Island-class patrol boat. Builder: United States; Displacement: 160 tons; Armament: 1 × Mk 38 25 mm Machine Gun System; 2 × M2 .50 cal MG; Number in service: 37
This is a list of the oldest ships in the world which have survived to this day with exceptions to certain categories. The ships on the main list, which include warships, yachts, tall ships, and vessels recovered during archaeological excavations, all date to between 500 AD and 1918; earlier ships are covered in the list of surviving ancient ships.
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Incomplete at end of World War I, scrapped 1921 Sagami: 1898-05-19: Peresvet class: Pre-dreadnought Imperial Japanese Navy: Ex-Russian Peresvet, captured after the Siege of Port Arthur 1905 – sold back to Russia 1916, regained old name, sunk off Port Said 1917 Saint Louis: 1896: Charlemagne class: Pre-dreadnought French Navy: São Paulo: 1909 ...