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2. HMS Edinburgh (16) - Wikipedia

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   HMS Edinburgh was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, which served during the Second World War. She was one of the last two Town class cruisers, which formed the Edinburgh sub-class. Edinburgh saw a great deal of combat service during the Second World War, especially in the North Sea and the Arctic Sea, where she was sunk by torpedoes ...

3. SS Oregon (1883) - Wikipedia

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   She had nine transverse watertight bulkheads, five iron decks, and a strong turtle-back deck forward and aft as a protection from the heavy seas. [ 3 ] The compound steam engine built for Oregon had a 70-inch-diameter (1,800 mm) high-pressure cylinder flanked by two 104-inch-diameter (2,600 mm) low-pressure cylinders.

4. Indefatigable-class battlecruiser - Wikipedia

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   Indefatigable was the successor to the Invincible-class battlecruisers.A number of options for large cruisers were considered for the 1906 Naval Programme, including the X4 design of 22,500 long tons (22,861 t) with 11-inch (280 mm) armour and 25-knot (46 km/h; 29 mph) speed, but in the end this programme consisted only of three ships of the Dreadnought type.

5. HMCS Rainbow (1891) - Wikipedia

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   The Apollo-class cruisers were enlarged versions of the preceding Marathon class. Rainbow displaced 3,600 long tons (3,700 t), which made the ship heavier than some of her sister ships. This was due to being among the ten vessels in the class sheathed in wood and copper for tropical service. This added 200 long tons (200 t) to their displacement.

6. Boatswain's mate (United States Navy) - Wikipedia

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   The United States Navy occupational rating of boatswain's mate (abbreviated as BM) is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to enlisted members who were rated or "striking" for the rating as a deck seaman. The colloquial form of address for a boatswain's mate is "Boats".

7. HMS Birmingham (1913) - Wikipedia

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   HMS Birmingham was lead ship of the Birmingham group of three ships of the Town-class of light cruisers built by the Royal Navy. Her sister ships were Lowestoft and Nottingham. The three ships were virtually identical to the third group of Town-class ships, but with an additional 6 in (150 mm) gun worked in on the forecastle.

8. List of fictional ships - Wikipedia

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   Argonaut – Mike Nelson's boat in Sea Hunt, 1950s series; USS Appleby – U.S. Navy destroyer in the series Ensign O'Toole, 1962–1963; USS Avington – U.S. Navy Nimitz class carrier in the series Justice League (TV series), episode 34 (october 18, 2003) Batboat – Batman; RMS Queen of Scots (based on the RMS Queen Mary) in The Triangle, 2001

9. HMS Suffolk (55) - Wikipedia

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   HMS Suffolk, pennant number 55, was a County-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, and part of the Kent subclass. She was built by Portsmouth Dockyard, Portsmouth, UK, with the keel being laid down on 30 September 1924. She was launched on 16 February 1926, and commissioned on 31 May 1928.