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The Ciara (formerly HMS Swallow) is an Irish Peacock Class patrol vessel of 712 tons displacement, fully loaded, launched in 1984 and bought by the Irish government in 1988. She is powered by two Crossley Pielstick 18 PA6V 280 diesels rated at 14000 hp providing a top speed of 25 knots and a range of 4000 km at 17 knots. She carries a crew of 29, including six officers. She is armed with one 76 mm/62 OTO Melara compact gun; two 12.7 mm machine-guns and four 7.62 mm machine-guns.
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HMS Cicala was a British River Gunboat of 625 tons displacement designed by the Yarrow company during the Great War and launched in 1915 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Cicala was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She carried a complement of between 54 and 65 and was armed with two 6 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and ten smaller guns.
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The Cigno was an Italian Climene Class destroyer of 652 tons displacement, launched in 1936. The Cigno was powered by two 3-drum type oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots, and carried a complement of 94. She was armed with three 3.9 inch guns; six 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge throwers and four 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Cincinnati was an American Omaha Class light cruiser of 7050 tons displacement launched in 1921. The USS Cincinnati was powered by twelve Yarrow oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and a range of 16000 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 458; four aircraft and was armed with twelve 6 inch guns; four 6 inch anti-aircraft guns; two 3 pounder saluting guns; eight anti-aircraft machine-guns and six torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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The Circe was a French Schneider-Laubeuf type Sirene Class submarine of 552 tons displacement surfaced launched in 1925. The Circe was powered by two sets of 2-cycle Schneider-Carels diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots surfaced and electric motors providing a top speed of 7.5 knots submerged and a range of 3200 km at 10 knots on the surface, and carried a complement of 40. She could dive to a depth of 45 fathoms. Armaments consisted of one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun; two machine-guns and seven 21.7 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Circe was an Italian Partenope Class torpedo boat of 679 tons displacement launched in 1938. She was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a complement of 94. Armaments consisted of three 3.9 inch guns; six 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge throwers and four 18-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Circe was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Circe was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and two depth charge throwers.
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The Cirene was a Japanese-built Italian gunboat of 383 tons displacement launched in 1912 as the Hoyu Maru and acquired by the Italian government in 1917. The Cirene had a top speed of 9 knots and was armed with two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns and one machine-gun.
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The Ciro Menotti was an Italian Santarosa Class coastal submarine of 815 tons displacement launched in 1929. The Ciro Menotti was powered by two Fiat diesel engines providing a top speed of 17.5 knots surfaced and two electric motors providing a top speed of 9 knots submerged. She was armed with one 4 inch gun; three 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Ciscar was a Spanish Churruca Class destroyer of 1536 tons displacement launched in 1933 and sunk in October 1937 during the Spanish Civil War, subsequently salvaged and refitted in 1938. The Ciscar was powered by four 3-drum type oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots and a range of 7200 km at 14 knots. She carried a complement of 175 and was armed with five 4.7 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; four machine-guns; two depth charge throwers and six 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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USS Cisco was an American submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched around 1943 and sunk during the Second World War. USS Cisco was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The City Line was an English steamship company plying between Glasgow and Liverpool, London and Bombay and Karachi. It was founded in 1839 by George Smith and Sons and sold in 1901 to J R Ellerman.
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HMS Clacton was a British Bangor Class minesweeper of about 640 tons displacement launched about 1941 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Clacton was powered by two 3-drum small tube type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 60 and was armed with one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; one 2 pounder anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four machine-guns.
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USS Clamagore was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1945 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Clamagore was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The USS Clamour was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Clamour was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Clan Line was a British steamship line begun in 1878 conducting a fortnightly service from Liverpool and Glasgow to Karachi and Bombay. In 1881 and 1882 the business was expanded and started calling also at south and east African ports, Colombo, Madras and Calcutta. In 1893 the service was further extended with a service from New York to south and east African ports.
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The USS Clarence K Branson was an American Improved Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Clarence K Branson was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; ten 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Clark was an American Porter Class destroyer of 1850 tons displacement launched in 1935. The USS Clark was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox high pressure oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 39 knots. She carried a complement of 175 and was armed with eight 5 inch guns; eight 1 pounder guns; two machine-guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Claxton was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Claxton was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; ten 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The Clemenceau was a French Richelieu Class battleship of 38500 tons displacement launched in 1939 and used during the Second World War before being wrecked before the evacuation of Brest in 1940. She was armed with eight 15 inch guns in two sets of four; fifteen 6 inch guns in sets of three; twelve 37 mm guns; twenty-four 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 13.2 mm machine-guns. She carried a complement of 1670 and four aircraft. Powered by four Parsons geared turbines she had a top speed of 32 knots.
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HMS Cleopatra was a British Dido Class cruiser of 5450 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Cleopatra was powered by Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. Armaments consisted of ten 5.25-inch guns, six mounted in three twin super firing turrets and four aft; sixteen smaller guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples. One aircraft was also carried.
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HMS Cleopatra was a British Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement built by the HM Dockyard and launched in 1964. She was used as a training ship during 1967 then from 1968 as a patrol vessel before being decommissioned in 1992 and sold for scrap in 1993. She was armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles; three quad Seacat missile launchers; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triples . She carried a Wasp helicopter and carried a complement of 223.
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HMS Cleveland was a British No 1 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1000 tons displacement designed for escort duties and launched in 1940. HMS Cleveland was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27.5 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with four 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pounder gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Cleveland was an American Cleveland Class light cruiser of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1941. The USS Cleveland was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and carried a complement of 900 and three aircraft. She was armed with twelve 6 inch guns; twelve 5 inch dual-purpose guns arranged in pairs; twenty-four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and nineteen 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Climax was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Climax was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Climene was an Italian Climene Class destroyer of 652 tons displacement, launched in 1936. The Climene was powered by two 3-drum type oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots, and carried a complement of 94. She was armed with three 3.9 inch guns; six 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge throwers and four 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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Clinker-built, formerly clincher-built, was a term applied to a boat or ship built with the lower edge of each plank overlapping the one below it, like the tiles on a roof.
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The Clio was an Italian Partenope Class torpedo boat of 679 tons displacement launched in 1938. She was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a complement of 94. Armaments consisted of three 3.9 inch guns; six 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge throwers and four 18-inch torpedo tubes.
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A clipper is a sharp bowed fast sailing vessel.
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The Clive was an Indian escort sloop of 1748 tons displacement launched in 1919. The Clive carried a complement of 123 and was powered by two oil fuelled Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 14.5 knots. She was armed with two 4-inch guns; four 3-pdr guns and 12 smaller guns.
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In navigation, close-hauled is said of a sailing ship when the general arrangement or trim of the sails is such as to enable her to sail as nearly against the wind as possible.
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The clove hitch is a popular nautical knot used for attaching a rope to a ring or post. The clove hitch is very easy to undo, and unless there is even pull on both ends of the knot it can slip and work lose.
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Club-hauling is a method of tacking a sailing ship in dangerous situations by letting go the lee-anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails, her head being thus brought to the wind, and then cutting the cable and trimming the sails as soon as she pays off.
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In sailing, the clue is the lower corner of a square sail, and hence clue-lines and clue-garnets, are tackles to truss the clues up to the yard.
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HMS Clyde was a British Severn Class ocean-going submarine of 1850 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with one 4-inch gun; two machine guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow. She was powered by diesel engines providing a surfaced top speed of 22.25 knots and by electric motors which provided a submerged top speed of 10 knots. She carried a complement of 60.
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The Coahuila is an American-built Mexican frigate of 1400 tons displacement built in 1944 and originally launched as the USS Rednour, and bought by Mexico in 1969. The Coahuila is powered by General Electric turbo-electric steam turbines providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 8000 km at 15 knots. The Coahuila carries a crew of 204 and can also carry 162 troops as passengers. Armaments consist of one 5 inch calibre Mk 30 anti-surface gun, six Bofors 40 mm/60 anti-aircraft guns arranged in three twins and six Oerlikon 20 mm/80 anti-aircraft guns.
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On a ship, coamings are raised frames rather higher than the deck, about the edges of the hatch-openings, to prevent the water on deck from running down.
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A coaster is a ship which carries cargo around a country's coast.
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The British Coastguard Service was established in 1923 as a department of the Board of Customs and Excise for the protection of British shores. The Coastguard Service is involved with life-saving, providing aid to ships, the prevention of smuggling and certain customs services.
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The USS Coates was an American Rudderow Class escort destroyer of 1450 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Coates had a top speed of 26 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with two 5 inch guns; two 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a triple mount.
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USS Cobbler was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1945 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Cobbler was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The USS Cobia was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Cobia had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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A coble was a low, flat-bottomed boat with a square stern formerly used in the cod and turbot fishing industries. It weighed about one ton, was twenty feet long and five feet wide, rowed by three pairs of oars and fitted with a lug-sail. It was well adapted for encountering a heavy swell and were extensively used on the north-east coast of Britain in the early twentieth century. The term is also applied to a smaller boat used in salmon fishing.
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The Cobra was a British torpedo-boat destroyer built in 1900. On September the 18th, 1901 on her voyage from Elswick to Portsmouth she was wrecked off the Lincolnshire coast, and almost immediately broke up, her shell not being strong enough to bear the weight of her machinery and armament and the force of the gale combined.
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USS Cochino was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1945 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Cochino was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The Cochrane (formerly HMS Antrim) is a British built Chilean County Class destroyer of 5440 tons displacement, launched in 1967. She has a top speed of 30 knots, a range of 3500 miles at 28 knots and carries a crew of 470 including 36 officers. She is armed with two Vickers 4.5 inch Mk 6 semi-automatic (twin) guns; two Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 9 guns; and 12.7 mm machine guns. She carries four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles. She is equipped with six 324 mm Mk 32 (arranged in two triple) torpedo tubes for the Honeywell Mk 44 Mod 1 torpedo and carries two NAS 332F Super Puma helicopters.
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The USS Cochrane is an American Charles F Adams Class guided missile destroyer of 3370 tons standard displacement launched in 1962. The USS Cochrane is powered by four boilers and two geared steam turbines providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carries a crew of 360 including 20 officers and is armed with McDonnell Douglas Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles; GDC Standard SM-1MR surface-to-air missiles; one Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher; two FMC 5 inch/54 Mk 42 guns; four 12.7 mm calibre machine-guns and two triple arrangements of 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mk 46 torpedo.
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HMS Cockade was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Cockade was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Cockatrice was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Cockatrice was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and two depth charge throwers.
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HMS Cockchafer was a British River Gunboat of 625 tons displacement designed by the Yarrow company during the Great War and launched in 1915. HMS Cockchafer was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She carried a complement of between 54 and 65 and was armed with two 6 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and ten smaller guns.
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Formerly in a man-of-war, the cockpit was the name given to the place where the wounded were dressed in battle or at other times, and where medicines were kept.
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The Cockswain or, colloquially cok'sn, is the officer who manages and steers a boat and has the command of the boat's crew.
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The USS Cod was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Cod had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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HMS Codrington was a British A class destroyer of 1540 tons built by Swan Hunter and launched in 1929. She was armed with five single 4.7in guns and carried a complement of 185. She served during the Second World War, and helped evacuate troops from the Dunkirk beaches in 1940, bringing back 5821 men; she assisted in the evacuation of Le Havre in 1940 when she saved 11000 men, bringing them back to England. She was sunk in Dover Harbour by German aircraft while alongside the depot ship Sandhurst having her boilers cleaned in July 1940.
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The USS Coffman was an American Bostwick Class escort destroyer of 1240 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Coffman had a top speed of 19 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with three 3 inch dual-purpose guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes in a triple mount.
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A cog was a medieval broadly-built sailing ship characterised by a rounded prow and stern. The Cog evolved through the years, the forecastle becoming smaller and the overall construction larger, the after castle giving way to a captains cabin and accommodation for passengers by the end of the 15th century. Cogs were widely used by the Genoese for trading with Britain and were the forerunners of the Venetian carrack.
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The USS Coghian was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Coghian was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 210 and was armed with four 5 inch guns; four 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; seven 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and five 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a quintuple arrangements.
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The USS Cogswell was an American Improved Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Cogswell was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; ten 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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In nautical terms, a coil is a series of loops. To coil a rope is to twist a rope into a series of loops, e.g. a coil.
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The Colbert was a French Suffren Class cruiser of 9938 tons displacement launched in 1928. The Colbert was powered by nine Guyot oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 8000 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 605. Armaments consisted of eight 8-inch guns; eight 3.5-inch anti-aircraft guns; six 37 mm guns; six 21.7 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples and three aircraft carried.
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The Colbert is a French cruiser of 8500 tons displacement, launched in 1956. She is powered by two sets of CEM-Parsons geared turbines providing a top speed of 31.5 knots and a range of 6400 km at 25 knots. She carries a crew of 560 including 24 officers. Armaments consist of four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles; an ECAN Ruelle Masurca twin launcher anti-air-missile system; two DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic guns; twelve DCN 57 mm/60 in six twin arrangements guns; several M2HB 12.7 mm machine-guns.
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The USS Cole was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1919. The USS Cole was powered by four oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple arrangements.
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The USS Cole is an American Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer of 8300 tons displacement. She is powered by four General Electric LM 2500-30 gas turbines producing 100000 total shaft horsepower and a top speed of over 30 knots. She is manned by a crew of 23 officers and 300 enlisted men and is armed with standard missiles; Harpoon; Tomahawk missiles; six Honeywell Mark-46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts); one 5 inch/54 calibre Mk-45 gun and two 20mm Phalanx CIWS.
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The USS Colhoun was an American Improved Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement launched in 1943 and sunk during the Second World War. The USS Colhoun was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; ten 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Collett was an American Allen M Sumner Class destroyer of 2200 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Collett was powered by four boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 350 and was armed with six 5 inch guns; twelve 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eleven 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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A collier is a medium-sized bulk carrier ship normally operated on coastal and short-sea routes carrying coal. English collier brigs were uncomfortable flat-bottomed ships of the 17th and 18th centuries designed to sit on the beach at low tide while the coal they carried was shovelled out or they were loaded before sailing along the coast. The English collier brig had a displacement of about 180 tons, had two masts and was manned by a crew of between eight and ten.
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The Collins is an Australian Collins Class submarine of 2450 tons displacement surfaced. She is powered by three Hedemora VB 210 18-cylinder diesel engines and a 3.5 mega watt Jeumont-Schneider motor, giving a top speed of over 20 knots submerged and 10 knots on the surface. She is armed with a sub harpoon ship-to-ship missile system, and six 21 inch forward torpedo tubes. She carries a crew of 42 plus five trainees.
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HMS Colombo was a British Ceres Class cruiser of 4200 tons displacement launched in 1918 that saw action during the Second World War. HMS Colombo was armed with five 6-inch guns; two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-pounder guns; ten smaller guns and eight torpedo tubes arranged in four double mountings. HMS Colombo was powered by eight Yarrow oil boilers providing a top speed of 29 knots and carried a complement of between 400 and 437.
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The USS Colorado was an American Maryland Class battleship of 32500 tons displacement launched in 1921. The USS Colorado was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 21 knots. She carried a complement of 1407 and three aircraft. She was armed with eight 16 inch guns; twelve 5 inch guns; eight 5 inch anti-aircraft guns; four 6 pounder saluting guns; two 1 pounder guns; two machine-guns and eleven anti-aircraft machine-guns. When built she was fitted with torpedo tubes, these being removed prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.
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HMS Colossus was a British-built aircraft carrier of 13190 tons displacement launched in 1943 and lent to the French navy in 1946 for naval flying training. HMS Colossus was powered by four 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 25 knots. She carried a complement of 1350 and between 39 and 44 aircraft depending upon their type. She was armed with twenty-four 2 pounder pompom guns and nineteen 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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In nautical terms, a colt was a piece of knotted rope eighteen inches long (about 45 cm long) used as a whip for punishing ships boys.
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The Columbia was a Canadian Annapolis Class destroyer of 1060 tons displacement launched in 1919 as the USS Haraden and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy from the USA in 1940. The Columbia was powered by four Yarrow oil fuelled boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She was armed with four 4-inch guns; two anti-aircraft machine-guns and twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Columbia was an American Cleveland Class light cruiser of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1941. The USS Columbia was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and carried a complement of 900 and three aircraft. She was armed with twelve 6 inch guns; twelve 5 inch dual-purpose guns arranged in pairs; twenty-four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and nineteen 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMS Columbine was a British Flower Class corvette of 980 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Columbine was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 85 and was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
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The USS Columbus was an American Baltimore Class heavy cruiser of 13600 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Columbus was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and carried a complement of 1700 and four aircraft. She was armed with nine 8 inch guns; twelve 5 inch guns; forty-four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and twenty-eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Comandante Cappellini was an Italian Cappellini Class ocean-going submarine of 951 tons displacement launched in 1939. She was powered by Fiat diesel engines providing a top speed of 17 knots surfaced, could dive to a depth of 58 fathoms, and was armed with two 3.9 inch guns; four machine-guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The Comandante Faa Di Bruno was an Italian Cappellini Class ocean-going submarine of 951 tons displacement launched in 1939. She was powered by Fiat diesel engines providing a top speed of 17 knots surfaced, could dive to a depth of 58 fathoms, and was armed with two 3.9 inch guns; four machine-guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Comet was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Comet was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The Commandant Amiot D'Inville was a French Chevreuil Class minesweeper of 647 tons displacement launched in 1941. The Commandant Amiot D'Inville was powered by two sets of Sylzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 100. She was armed with two 4.1 inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft gun; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers.
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The Commandant Azouggarh is a Spanish-built Moroccan Lazaga Class fast attack craft of 425 tons displacement commissioned in 1981. The Commandant Azouggarh is powered by two MTU-Bazan 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4800 km at 15 knots. She carries a crew of 41 and is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 cruise missiles; one OTO Melara 3 inch/62 compact dual-purpose gun; one Breda Meccanica 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm/90 GAM-BO1 anti-aircraft guns.
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The Commandant Birot is a French D'Estienne D'Orves (Type A 69) class frigate of 950 tons displacement launched in 1982. She is crewed by 83 ratings and 7 officers and has a top speed of 23 knots and a range of 7200 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four fixed torpedo tubes taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Creusot Loire 375 mm Mk 54 6-tubed trainable anti-ship mortar launcher.
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The Commandant Blaison is a French D'Estienne D'Orves (Type A 69) class frigate of 950 tons displacement launched in 1981. She is crewed by 83 ratings and 7 officers and has a top speed of 23 knots and a range of 7200 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four fixed torpedo tubes taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Creusot Loire 375 mm Mk 54 6-tubed trainable anti-ship mortar launcher.
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The Commandant Bory was a French Elan Class minesweeper of 630 tons displacement launched in 1939. The Commandant Bory was powered by two sets of Sylzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 100. She was originally armed with two 3.9 inch anti-aircraft guns and eight machine-guns, this being changed to two 3.5 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 40 mm anti-aircraft gun; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers during the Second World War.
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The Commandant Bory is a French Commandant Riviere Class frigate of 1750 tons displacement launched in 1958. She carries a crew of 150 ratings and nine officers and is powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 25 knots and a range of 12000 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles; two DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 1953 automatic dual purpose guns; two Hispano Suiza 30 mm/70 guns; six 550 mm torpedo tubes arranged in two triple arrangements taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Mortier 305 mm 4-barrelled anti-ship mortar.
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The Commandant Bouan is a French D'Estienne D'Orves (Type A 69) class frigate of 950 tons displacement launched in 1983. She is crewed by 83 ratings and 7 officers and has a top speed of 23 knots and a range of 7200 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four fixed torpedo tubes taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Creusot Loire 375 mm Mk 54 6-tubed trainable anti-ship mortar launcher.
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The Commandant Boutouba is a Spanish-built Moroccan Lazaga Class fast attack craft of 425 tons displacement commissioned in 1982. The Commandant Boutouba is powered by two MTU-Bazan 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4800 km at 15 knots. She carries a crew of 41 and is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 cruise missiles; one OTO Melara 3 inch/62 compact dual-purpose gun; one Breda Meccanica 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm/90 GAM-BO1 anti-aircraft guns.
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The Commandant D'Estienne D'Orves was a Built-built French Lobelia Class corvette of 925 tons displacement launched in 1942 as HMS Lotus. The Commandant D'Estienne D'Orves was powered by two oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 15.5 knots and carried a complement of 85. She was armed with one 4 inch anti-aircraft gun; two 57 mm anti-aircraft guns; one 40 mm anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers.
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The Commandant De Pimodan was a French Chevreuil Class minesweeper of 647 tons displacement launched in 1941. The Commandant De Pimodan was powered by two sets of Sylzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 100. She was armed with two 4.1 inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft gun; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers.
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The Commandant de Pimodan is a French D'Estienne D'Orves (Type A 69) class frigate of 950 tons displacement launched in 1976. She is crewed by 83 ratings and 7 officers and has a top speed of 23 knots and a range of 7200 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four fixed torpedo tubes taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Creusot Loire 375 mm Mk 54 6-tubed trainable anti-ship mortar launcher.
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The Commandant Delage was a French Elan Class minesweeper of 630 tons displacement launched in 1939. The Commandant Delage was powered by two sets of Sylzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 100. She was originally armed with two 3.9 inch anti-aircraft guns and eight machine-guns, this being changed to two 3.5 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 40 mm anti-aircraft gun; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers during the Second World War.
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The Commandant Detroyat was a Built-built French Lobelia Class corvette of 925 tons displacement launched in 1941 as HMS Coriander. The Commandant Detroyat was powered by two oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 15.5 knots and carried a complement of 85. She was armed with one 4 inch anti-aircraft gun; two 57 mm anti-aircraft guns; one 40 mm anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers.
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The Commandant Domine was a French Elan Class minesweeper of 630 tons displacement launched in 1940. The Commandant Domine was powered by two sets of Sylzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 100. She was armed with two 3.9 inch anti-aircraft guns and eight machine-guns six depth charge throwers being also fitted during the Second World War.
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The Commandant Drogou was a Built-built French Lobelia Class corvette of 925 tons displacement launched in 1941 as HMS Chrysanthemum. The Commandant Drogou was powered by two oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 15.5 knots and carried a complement of 85. She was armed with one 4 inch anti-aircraft gun; two 57 mm anti-aircraft guns; one 40 mm anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers.
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The Commandant Duboc was a French Elan Class minesweeper of 630 tons displacement launched in 1940. The Commandant Domine was powered by two sets of Sylzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 100. She was armed with two 3.9 inch anti-aircraft guns and eight machine-guns six depth charge throwers being also fitted during the Second World War.
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The Commandant Ducuing is a French D'Estienne D'Orves (Type A 69) class frigate of 950 tons displacement launched in 1981. She is crewed by 83 ratings and 7 officers and has a top speed of 23 knots and a range of 7200 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four fixed torpedo tubes taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Creusot Loire 375 mm Mk 54 6-tubed trainable anti-ship mortar launcher.
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The Commandant El Harty is a Spanish-built Moroccan Lazaga Class fast attack craft of 425 tons displacement commissioned in 1982. The
Commandant El Harty is powered by two MTU-Bazan 16V 956 TB91 diesel engines providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4800 km at 15 knots. She carries a crew of 41 and is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 cruise missiles; one OTO Melara 3 inch/62 compact dual-purpose gun; one Breda Meccanica 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft gun and two Oerlikon 20 mm/90 GAM-BO1 anti-aircraft guns.
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The Commandant L'Herminier is a French D'Estienne D'Orves (Type A 69) class frigate of 950 tons displacement launched in 1981. She is crewed by 83 ratings and 7 officers and has a top speed of 23 knots and a range of 7200 km at 15 knots. She is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM automatic dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four fixed torpedo tubes taking the ECAN L3 anti-submarine torpedo; one Creusot Loire 375 mm Mk 54 6-tubed trainable anti-ship mortar launcher.
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The Commandant Riviere was a French Elan Class minesweeper of 630 tons displacement launched in 1939. The Commandant Riviere was powered by two sets of Sylzer diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 100. She was armed with two 3.9 inch anti-aircraft guns and eight machine-guns.
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The Commandant Teste was a French seaplane carrier of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1929 as a tender for the Bearn and as a reserve from which aircraft supplies could be drawn by aircraft carrying cruisers. The Commandant Teste was powered by four Yarrow-Loire mixed firing boilers providing a top speed of 22 knots and a range of 9600 km at 10 knots. She carried a complement of 686 and 26 aircraft. Armaments consisted of twelve 3.9 inch anti-aircraft guns; eight 1 pounder anti-aircraft guns and twelve machine-guns. The Commandant Teste was attacked by the British, heavily shelled and set on fire while at Mers-el-Kebir on July the 3rd 1940 during the Second World War. After the war she was salvaged and returned to service.
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The USS Commencement Bay was an American Commencement Bay Class light fleet aircraft carrier of 12000 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Commencement Bay had a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 1000 and 34 aircraft. She was armed with two 5 inch guns; twenty-six 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and thirty 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Commonwealth was a British first-class battleship of the King Edward class.
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The Comodoro Py was an Argentinean minesweeper of 450 tons displacement that saw service during the Second World War launched in 1938. The Comodoro Py was powered by two sets of MAN 2-cycle diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 4800 km. She carried a complement of 62 and was armed with two 3.9 inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and two depth charge dischargers.
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The Comox was a Canadian trawler of 460 tons displacement launched in 1938 and employed as a minesweeper during the Second World War. The Comox carried a complement of 33 and had a top speed of 12.5 knots. She was armed with one 4-inch gun.
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On a merchant vessel, a companion is a raised hatch or cover to the cabin stair.
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On a sailing ship, the companion ladder was the ladder leading from the poop to the main deck.
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The USS Compel was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Compel was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Competent was an American Auk Class minesweeper of 890 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Competent was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Compton was an American Allen M Sumner Class destroyer of 2200 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Compton was powered by four boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 350 and was armed with six 5 inch guns; twelve 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eleven 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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HMS Comus was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1945. HMS Comus was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Concise was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Concise was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMS Concord (formerly Corso) was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1945. HMS Concord was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Concord was an American Omaha Class light cruiser of 7050 tons displacement launched in 1921. The USS Concord was powered by twelve White-Forster oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and a range of 16000 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 458; four aircraft and was armed with twelve 6 inch guns; four 6 inch anti-aircraft guns; two 3 pounder saluting guns; eight anti-aircraft machine-guns and six torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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The USS Concord is an American Mars Class combat stores ship of 9200 tons light displacement. The USS Concord is powered by three Babcock & Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 10000 miles at 18 knots. She carries a crew of 428 including 25 officers and has five cargo holds, one of which is refrigerated, carrying about 2625 tons of dry stores and 1300 tons of refrigerated stores, varying with the load carried. Armaments consist of two twin USN 3 inch/50 Mk 33 guns and two General Electric/General Dynamics 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx Mk 15 guns which were added after she was originally built.
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HMAS Condamine was an Australian frigate of 1544 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMAS Condamine was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 177. She was armed with four 4 inch dual-purpose guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; one Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar and four depth charge throwers.
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The Condell is a British built, Chilean Leander Class frigate of 2500 tons displacement launched in 1972. She is powered by two geared turbines of 30000 shp providing a top speed of 29 knots and a range of 4500 miles at 12 knots. She carries a crew of 263 and is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 surface-to-surface missiles; a Short Bros Seacat GWS 22 quad launcher surface-to-air missile system; two Vickers 4.5 inch/45 Mk 6 twin semi-automatic guns and two Oerlikon 20 mm Mk 9 guns; six (arranged in two triple arrangements) 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mk 44 Mod 1 torpedo. She also carries an Aerospatiale SA 319B Alouette III helicopter.
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The condor was a British gunboat, which, under Lord Charles Beresford, engaged alone the Marabout fort at the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882.
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The Condorcet was a French Battleship of 17597 tons displacement launched in 1909. She had a top speed of 16 knots and was armed with four 12-inch guns; twelve 9.4 inch guns and two 3 inch anti-aircraft guns. She was later demilitarised and was in use as a training ship at the outbreak of the Second World War.
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The USS Cone was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Cone was powered by four boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 350 and was armed with six 5 inch guns; twelve 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eleven 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The Confienza was an Italian Confienza Class torpedo boat of 862 tons displacement launched in 1920. The Confienza was powered by four Thornycroft oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 32 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with four 4-inch guns; two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns; four machine-guns; four 18-inch torpedo tubes in twin deck mountings and ten mines for mine laying.
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USS Conger was an American Corsair Class submarine of 1570 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Conger was armed with one 5 inch gun; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Conklin was an American Rudderow Class escort destroyer of 1450 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Conklin had a top speed of 26 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with two 5 inch guns; two 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a triple mount.
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The USS Connecticut is an American Seawolf class submarine with a submerged displacement of 8060 tons dived, and 7,700 tons surfaced. It is 107.6 metres long by 12.9m by 10.9m. Full acoustic cladding has been installed and it has a maximum speed of 35 knots dived, and a 'silent' speed of 20 knots. It can accommodate 134 personnel, including 14 officers. The Seawolf Class has greater manoeuvrability than the 57-strong Los Angeles Class fleet, space for later upgrades and weapons developments, and better sonar. With a diving depth of 610 meters, it has been designed with a sub-ice capability, with retractable bow planes.
The USS Connecticut is driven by nuclear power, it has GE PWR S6W reactor system, two turbines, of 52,000hp, a pump jet propulsor, a single shaft, and one Westinghouse secondary propulsion submerged motor. The USS Connecticut does not have any external weapons, but is armed with Raytheon Tomahawk missiles (TLAM-N), guided by a Tercom Aided Inertial Navigation System (nuclear warheads are not usually carried); GDC/Hughes Tomahawk missiles, a Boeing Harpoon, Gould Mk-48 ADCAP wire-guided torpedoes in 660m tubes; torpedo decoys, with a WLY-1 system, and a WLQ-4(V) 1 intercept. Combat data systems are run by a Lockheed Martin BSY-2 system with a network of some 70 or so 68030 Motorola processors. Weapons control is managed by the system's own FCS. The submarine's sonar suite employs TB-16 and TB-29 towed arrays, one surveillance and one tactical, and the navigation radar is a BPS 16, I-band.
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The USS Conner was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Conner was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; ten 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Connole is an American Knox Class frigate of 3011 tons standard displacement launched in 1968. The USS Connole is powered by two Babcock & Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 6400 km at 22 knots running on one boiler. She carries a crew of 288 including 17 officers and is armed with eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles; a Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple anti-ship launcher; one FMC 5 inch/54 Mk 42 Mod 9 dual-purpose gun; a General Electric/General Dynamics 20 mm/76 6-barrelled Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx gun and two pairs of 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mk 46 and Mk 50 torpedoes. A SH-2F LAMPS I helicopter is also carried.
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The USS Connolly was an American Evarts Class escort destroyer of 1150 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Connolly was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 19 knots and carried a complement of 200. She was armed with three 3 inch dual-purpose guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight depth charge throwers.
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The Conquerante was a French patrol vessel of 374 tons displacement built under the 1916 War Programme launched in 1917. The Conquerante was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 17 knots and a range of 4800 km at 10 knots. She carried a complement of 54 and was armed with two 3.9 inch guns and depth charges.
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The Conqueror was a British third-class battleship of 6,200 tons launched in 1881. The name has been used in the Navy since 1756.
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HMS Conqueror is a British Churchill Class fleet submarine of 4800 tons displacement dived launched in 1969. HMS Conqueror is powered by a pressurised water-cooled PWR 1 nuclear reactor driving English Electric geared steam turbines providing a top speed of 28 knots. She carries a crew of 116 including 13 officers and is armed with McDonnell Douglas UGM-84B Sub-Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles and six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes taking the Marconi Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2 torpedo or mines can be carried in place of torpedoes. HMS Conqueror was the first nuclear -powered submarine, of any nation, to fire in anger, controversially sinking the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano while she steamed away from the Falkland Islands exclusion zone in May 1982 .
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The Console Generale Liuzzi was an Italian Liuzzi Class ocean-going submarine of 1031 tons displacement launched in 1939. She was powered by Tosi diesel engines providing a top speed of 18 knots surfaced, could dive to a depth of 60 fathoms, and was armed with two 3.9 inch guns; four machine-guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Consort was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Consort was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Constance was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Constance was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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USS Constellation is an American Kitty Hawk Class aircraft carrier of 60100 tons standard displacement launched in 1960. USS Constellation is powered by eight Foster-Wheeler boilers driving four Westinghouse geared turbines providing a top speed of 32 knots and a range of 6400 km at 30 knots. She carries a crew of 4782 including 1782 aircrew and is armed with three Raytheon GMLS Mk 29 octuple surface-to-air missile launchers taking the NATO Sea Sparrow missile and three General Electric/General Dynamics 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx 6-barrel MK 15 guns. She typically carries twenty F14 Tomcat; twenty FA-18 Boeing Hornet; four EA-6B Prowler; twelve A-6E Intruder; four E-2 Hawkeye and ten S-3A/B Viking aircraft in addition to six SH-3G/H/SH 60F Sea King helicopters.
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The Constituicao is a British built, Brazilian Niteroi Class, modified Vosper Thornycroft Mark 10 frigate. The ship has a displacement 0f 3800 tons, fully loaded. The ship is armed with two twin Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 launchers; two Short Bros Seacat triple anti-air launchers and six 324 mm Plessey STWS-1 (two triple) torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mark-46 Mod 5 torpedo; two Vickers 4.5 inch/55 Mk 8 (GP version) guns, two Bofors 40 mm/70; one Bofors 375 mm trainable rocket launcher (twin-tube) anti-ship mortar and one rail carrying 5 depth-charges. The ship carries a single Westland Lynx Mk 21 helicopter. A combined propulsion system of two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines of 56000 shp and four MTU 16V956 TB92 diesels of 19600 hp give a top speed of 30 knots on gas; and 22 knots on diesel. The range is 5300 miles at 17 knots on two diesel engines; 4200 miles at 19 knots on four diesel engines; and 1300 miles at 28 knots on gas. The
Constituicao carries a crew of 209 including 22 officers.
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The USS Constitution (known as 'Old Ironsides') is an American, three mast, square rigged frigate of 2200 tons displacement. The Constitution was armed with twenty 32 pounder guns; thirty-four 24 pounder guns and carried a crew of 450. The Constitution was the flagship of the Mediterranean fleet and later from 1809 served in the North Atlantic Squadron, seeing action in the War of 1812 between Britain and America. She returned to the Mediterranean in 1821 and served there until 1828. In 1830 she was listed for breaking up, but as a result of a public outcry was refitted and in 1844 set off to circumnavigate the globe, returning in 1846. During the American Civil War she was used as a training vessel, was rebuilt in 1991, and was finally retried from active service in 1897, but remained a commissioned vessel and was preserved in Boston Harbour.
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The constrictor knot is a sailing knot used to make a temporary whipping in a frayed rope and as a binding. The constrictor knot is very secure, and also very hard to undo.
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The Conte Di Cavour was an Italian dreadnought of 22000 tons displacement launched in 1911 and rebuilt in 1937 as a Cavour Class battleship of 23622 tons displacement. The Conte Di Cavour was powered by eight 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and carried a complement of 957, increased to 1198 after being modified. She was originally armed with thirteen 12-inch guns; eighteen 4.7-inch guns; fourteen 3-inch guns and three 18-inch torpedo tubes. After reconstruction prior to the Second World War she was armed with ten 12.6 inch guns; twelve 4.7 inch guns; eight 3.9 inch anti-aircraft guns; thirty-six anti-aircraft machine-guns and carried four aircraft.
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HMS Contest was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Contest was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Control was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Control was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Converse was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Converse was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; ten 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Conway was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Conway was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; ten 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Cony was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Cony was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; ten 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Conyngham was an American Mahan Class destroyer of 1500 tons displacement launched in 1935. The USS Conyngham was powered by four Express type oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and a range of 9600 km. She was armed with five 5 inch dual-purpose guns; four machine-guns and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in three quadruple arrangements.
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The USS Conyngham is an American Charles F Adams Class guided missile destroyer of 3370 tons standard displacement launched in 1962. The USS Conyngham is powered by four boilers and two geared steam turbines providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carries a crew of 360 including 20 officers and is armed with McDonnell Douglas Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles; GDC Standard SM-1MR surface-to-air missiles; one Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple launcher; two FMC 5 inch/54 Mk 42 guns; four 12.7 mm calibre machine-guns and two triple arrangements of 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mk 46 torpedo.
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The USS Cook is an American Knox Class frigate of 3011 tons standard displacement launched in 1971. The USS Cook is powered by two Combustion Engineering boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and a range of 6400 km at 22 knots running on one boiler. She carries a crew of 288 including 17 officers and is armed with eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles; a Honeywell ASROC Mk 16 octuple anti-ship launcher; one FMC 5 inch/54 Mk 42 Mod 9 dual-purpose gun; a General Electric/General Dynamics 20 mm/76 6-barrelled Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx gun and two pairs of 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mk 46 and Mk 50 torpedoes. A SH-2F LAMPS I helicopter is also carried.
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The USS Coolbaugh was an American Buckley Class escort destroyer of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Coolbaugh had a top speed of 26 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with three 3 inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes in a triple mount.
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The USS Cooner was an American Bostwick Class escort destroyer of 1240 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Cooner had a top speed of 19 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with three 3 inch dual-purpose guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes in a triple mount.
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The USS Cooper was an American Allen M Sumner Class destroyer of 2200 tons displacement launched in 1944 and sunk during the Second World War. The USS Cooper was powered by four boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 350 and was armed with six 5 inch guns; twelve 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eleven 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Copahee was an American light fleet aircraft carrier of 7800 tons displacement converted from a mercantile hull and launched in 1941. The USS Copahee was powered by Foster Wheeler type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots and carried a complement of 650 and 21 aircraft. She was armed with one 5 inch gun; sixteen 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns and twenty 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns.
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Copper-fastened was a term said of a ship when the bolts and other metal-work in her bottom were made of copper and not iron.
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Coppering was the sheathing a ship's bottom with thin sheets of copper, to prevent the ship-worm eating into the planks, or to keep shells and weeds from accumulating on the surface, and so retarding the vessel in her sailing.
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HMS Coquette was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Coquette was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and two depth charge throwers.
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A coracle or currach is a light-weight primitive boat, made of wicker, or laths covered with leather or canvas. The form used by the early Britons was made of a willow frame over which skins were stretched. Coracles were still used by Welsh salmon fishermen during the 1960s.
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HMS Coral (formerly the Cape Duner) was a British armed trawler of 700 tons displacement launched in 1935 and used by the British navy during the Second World War for anti-submarine training. HMS Coral had a top speed of 12 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun and depth charges.
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The USS Coral Sea was an American Midway Class large fleet aircraft carrier of 45000 tons displacement launched in 1945. the USS Coral Sea was powered by twelve boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and carried a complement of 4085. She was armed with eighteen 5 inch guns; eighty-four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns arranged in quads and eighty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. She carried 137 aircraft including large bomber types.
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The Corallo was an Italian Gemma Class coastal submarine of 620 tons displacement launched in 1936. The Corallo was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots surfaced and 8.5 knots submerged and could dive to a depth of 50 fathoms. Armaments consisted of one 3.9 inch gun; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Corazziere was an Italian Aviere Class destroyer of 1620 tons displacement launched in 1938. The Corazziere was powered by three 3-drum type oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 39 knots and carried a complement of 165. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge throwers and six 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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The USS Corbesier was an American Rudderow Class escort destroyer of 1450 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Corbesier had a top speed of 26 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with two 5 inch guns; two 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a triple mount.
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A cordelle is a rope or line used in towing a boat.
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The Cordoba was a German-built Argentinean destroyer of 1000 tons displacement launched in 1910. The Cordoba carried a complement of 99 and had a top speed of 26.5 knots and a range of 4320 km at 15 knots. She was armed with three 4 inch guns; two 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes and one depth charge discharger.
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The USS Core was an American light fleet aircraft carrier of 7800 tons displacement converted from a mercantile hull and launched in 1942. The USS Core was powered by Foster Wheeler type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots and carried a complement of 650 and 21 aircraft. She was armed with one 5 inch gun; sixteen 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns and twenty 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Cormorant is an American Osprey Class mine hunter. The Osprey Class ships are the world's largest glass reinforced plastic (GRP) ships and are the first United States Navy ships designed solely for mine hunting. The technique used to locate mines is by high definition sonar and the mines are neutralised with a remotely controlled underwater vehicle. The platform has been designed with exceptionally low magnetic and acoustic signatures to protect against mine detonations during mine hunting operations. The ship has two Isotta Franschini ID 36 SS 8V AM diesel engines which provide 1,600 hp and drive two Voith Schneider cycloidal propellers for increased manoeuvrability. The non magnetic diesel engines are similar to those used in the US Navy's Avenger Class Mine Countermeasures Vessels. The three diesel generators are Isotta Franschini ID 36. The machinery is acoustically isolated and suspended from the main deck in glass reinforced plastic cradles. When an undersea explosion occurs the isolated machinery remains unaffected. For defence, the ship has two 12.7 mm machine-guns.
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HMS Cornelian (formerly the Cape Warwick) was a British armed trawler of 568 tons displacement launched in 1933 and used by the British navy during the Second World War for anti-submarine training. HMS Cornelian had a top speed of 12 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun and depth charges.
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HMS Cornwall was a British Kent Class cruiser of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1926. HMS Cornwall carried a complement of 679 and was powered by eight Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 31.5 knots and a range of 16640 km at an economical cruising speed. Armaments consisted of eight 8-inch guns housed in four gun houses; eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; twenty 2-pounder pompom guns and carried three aircraft. HMS Cornwall was sunk in the Bay of Bengal by Japanese aircraft in April 1942.
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HMS Cornwall is a British Broadsword Class frigate of 4200 tons displacement launched in 1985. HMS Cornwall is powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines, two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C gas turbines and four diesel generators providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4500 miles at 18 knots. She carries a crew of 250 including 31 officers and has accommodation for 301. Armaments consist of two McDonnell Douglas Harpoon quad surface-to-surface missile launchers; two British Aerospace Seawolf GWS 25 Mod 3 surface-to-air missile launchers; one Vickers 4.5 inch/55 Mk 8 dual-purpose gun; one Signaal/General Electric 30 mm 7-barrelled Gatling Goalkeeper; two twin DES/Oerlikon 30 mm/75 guns and six 324 mm Plessey STWS Mk 2 torpedo tubes arranged as two triples taking the Marconi Stingray and Honeywell/Marconi Mk 46 Mod 2 torpedoes.
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The Cornwallis was an Indian escort sloop of 1383 tons displacement launched in 1917 as the British HMS Lychnis and sold to the Indian navy in 1921. The Cornwallis carried a complement of 119 and was powered by coal fuelled boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She was armed with three 4-inch guns; four 3-pdr guns and 12 smaller guns.
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Corocore is a name applied to various forms of boat of Indonesia. That used in Sulawesi is propelled by oars, and is often manned with sixty men. Others, as those used in the Moluccas, are masted vessels.
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The USS Coronado was an American frigate of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1943 and lent to the Soviet Navy during the Second World War. The USS Coronado had a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 194. She was armed with three 3 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and four depth-charge throwers.
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The Coronel Bolognesi was a British-built Peruvian cruiser of 3200 tons displacement launched in 1906. The Coronel Bolognesi was powered by eight Yarrow boilers, replaced in 1934, providing a top speed of 24 knots and a range of 5920 km at 10 knots. She carried a complement of 315 and was armed with two six inch guns; six 3 inch guns; two 3 inch anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; five machine-guns and two submerged 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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USS Corporal was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1945 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Corporal was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The USS Corregidor was an American Casablanca Class light fleet aircraft carrier of 6730 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Corregidor had a top speed of 18 knots and carried a complement of 800 and about 30 aircraft. She was armed with one 5 inch gun and twenty-four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Corrientes was a British-built Argentinean Corrientes Class destroyer of 1375 tons displacement launched in 1937. The Corrientes was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type oil fuelled boilers providing a top speed of 35.5 knots. She carried a complement of 130 and was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; eight smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruples.
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The USS Corry was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Corry was powered by four boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 350 and was armed with six 5 inch guns; twelve 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eleven 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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USS Corsair was an American Corsair Class submarine of 1570 tons displacement launched in 1946. The USS Corsair was armed with one 5 inch gun; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Corte Real is a Portuguese Vasco De Gama Class frigate of 2900 tons displacement launched in 1989. The Corte Real is powered by two General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines and two MTU 12V 1163 TB83 diesel engines providing a top speed of 31 knots running on gas and 20 knots diesel and a range of 41440 km at 18 knots. She carries a crew of 184 and is armed with two quad McDonnell Douglas Harpoon surface-to-surface missile launchers; a Raytheon Sea Sparrow Mk 29 Mod 1 octuple surface-to-air missile launcher; one Creusot Loire 100 mm/55 Mod 1968 CADAM dual-purpose gun; one General Electric/General Dynamics Vulcan Phalanx 20 mm Mk 15 Mod 11 anti-missile defence and two triple arrangements of US Mk 32 torpedo tubes taking the Honeywell Mk 46 torpedo. Two Super Sea Lynx helicopters are also carried.
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HMS Corunna was a British Battle Class destroyer of 2315 tons displacement designed for operation in the Pacific Ocean during the Second World War and launched in 1945. HMS Corunna was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 250 in peace time and 337 during the Second World War. She was armed with two pairs of 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns mounted forward and one 4.5 inch dual purpose gun mounted in the 'Q' position; eight 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge howitzers; ten 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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Originally a corvette was a vessel of war, ship-rigged, having a flush deck, with no quarter-deck and only one tier of guns; but the term had been superseded by the term cruiser by about 1900. In the British navy there was a class of corvettes built of iron or steel, swift vessels, propelled by steam as well as by a large spread of canvas, and carrying heavy guns.
Since the early 20th century the term corvette has been applied to a convoy escort and patrol warship.
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The USS Corvina was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lost during the Second World War. The USS Corvina had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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HMS Cossack was a British Tribal Class destroyer of 1870 tons displacement launched in 1937 and sunk in 1941 during the Second World War. HMS Cossack was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and carried a crew of 219. She was armed with eight 4.7 inch dual-purpose guns; seven smaller guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Cossack was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Cossack was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMS Cotswold was a British No 1 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1000 tons displacement designed for escort duties and launched in 1940. HMS Cotswold was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27.5 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with four 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pounder gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Cotten was an American Improved Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Cotten was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; ten 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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HMS Cottesmore was a British No 1 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1000 tons displacement designed for escort duties and launched in 1940. HMS Cottesmore was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27.5 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with four 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pounder gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMS Cottesmore is a British Hunt Class coastal minesweeper of 750 tons displacement fully loaded. HMS Cottesmore is powered by two Ruston-Paxman 9-59K Deltic diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 1500 miles at 12 knots. She carries a crew of 45 including six officers and is armed with one Oerlikon/BMARC 30 mm/75 DS 30B dual-purpose gun; two Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm GAM-CO1 guns and two 7.62 mm machine-guns.
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The Coucy was a French Arras Class patrol vessel of 644 tons displacement launched in 1919. The Coucy was powered by two oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 4800 km at 11 knots and carried a complement of about 110. She was armed with two 5.5 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; two machine-guns and depth charges.
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The USS Counsel was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Counsel was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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In marine terms, the counter is that part of the stern which overhangs the rudder.
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HMS Courageous was a British Courageous Class aircraft carrier of 18600 tons displacement, originally built as a shallow draft cruiser in 1915 under the Emergency War Programme to operate in the Baltic. It was the first Allied warship to be sunk by enemy action in the Second World War. She was sunk on 17th September 1939 by U-29. HMS Courageous was powered by eighteen Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 31 knots. She was armed with sixteen 4.7 inch guns, four 3-pounder guns and fifty smaller guns and carried a crew of 1100 and six aircraft comprising two Flycatcher fighter aircraft, two Fairey III reconnaissance and two Dart torpedo aircraft.
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HMS Courageous is a British Churchill Class fleet submarine of 4800 tons displacement dived launched in 1970. HMS Courageous is powered by a pressurised water-cooled PWR 1 nuclear reactor driving English Electric geared steam turbines providing a top speed of 28 knots. She carries a crew of 116 including 13 officers and is armed with McDonnell Douglas UGM-84B Sub-Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles and six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes taking the Marconi Tigerfish Mk 24 Mod 2 torpedo or mines can be carried in place of torpedoes.
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The Courbet was a French battleship of 22189 tons displacement launched in 1911. The Courbet had a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 4320 km at 18 knots. She carried a complement of 1108. Armaments consisted of twelve 12 inch guns; twenty two 5.5 inch M10 guns; seven 3 inch M1922 anti-aircraft guns; two 47 mm guns; and four submerged 18 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Courbet is a French La Fayette class multi-purpose stealth frigate. The ship's surface to surface missile is the Aerospatiale Exocet MM40. Two quadruple missile launchers are installed in a midship position between the two masts, one facing port and one facing starboard. The ship's surface-to-air missile system is the Crotale Naval CN2. The system employs the VT-1 missile with a range of 13 kilometres and speed of 1.19 kilometres per second (Mach 3.6). The guidance is by command line of sight with radar and infra-red homing. The 14 kilogram high explosive warhead is detonated by a proximity fuse. 24 missiles are carried. The frigates may be upgraded with the vertical launch system (VLS) and Aster 15 missile from Eurosam and the associated Thomson-CSF Arabel fire control radar. 16 missiles are carried.
The ship's main gun on the bow deck is the DCN 100 mm which fires a 13.5 kilogram shell to a maximum range of 16 kilometres. The gun is capable of a sustained firing rate of 80 rounds per minute. Two Giat 20 millimetre Model 20F2 guns are installed, one port and one on the starboard side about 5 metres aft of the bridge. The guns are capable of firing 720 rounds per minute to a maximum range of 10 kilometres. The frigate has a flight deck, approximately 430 square metres, at the stern with a single landing spot, designed for day and night use by 10 ton helicopters such as the AS 565 MA Panther, the SA 321G Super Frelon or NH 90. The flight deck can be used in high sea states up to sea-state 6. The La Fayette class frigates are of high tensile steel construction with a double skin hull from the waterline to the upper deck level. One centimetre armour plate is installed to protect the propulsion systems and reinforced side passageways protect the crew and equipment against splinters and small-calibre shells. The La Fayette class incorporates a number of stealth features to ensure low detectability by hostile radar, sonar, infrared and magnetic sensors and to enhance the effectiveness of on board jammers and decoys.
The sides of the vessel are sloped at 10 degrees to minimise the radar cross section. Surfaces have been coated in radar absorbent paint and the profiles of external features including missile launching systems have been reduced as far as possible. The propulsion system for the French Navy La Fayette is configured as a combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement. The CODAD system is based on four SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 V 280 STC diesel engines. The engines are rated at 21,000 sustained horsepower. Two shafts drive controllable pitch propellers. The ship is fitted with a bow thruster. The CODAD propulsion system provides a maximum speed of 25 and, at an economical speed of 12 knots, the range is 9,000 nautical miles. The ships complement is 164.
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The Courdouriotis was a Greek Ydra Class destroyer of 1389 tons displacement launched in 1931. The Courdouriotis was powered by three Express type oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 39.5 knots and a range of 9280 km. She carried a complement of 156 and was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; three 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; and six 21 inch torpedo tubes, and carried forty mines.
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HMS Courier was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Courier was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16.5 knots. She carried a peacetime complement of 85 and between 104 and 138 in war. For defence she was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and two depth charge throwers.
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HMS Coventry (formerly HMS Corsair) was a British former Ceres Class cruiser of 4290 tons displacement launched in 1917, converted in 1936 into an anti-aircraft cruiser by having her 6-inch guns replaced with 4-inch guns and machine guns, the foremast cut down and a large control top (known popularly as the 'bird bath') fitted. HMS Coventry was armed with ten 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; one multiple pom-pom and ten smaller guns. HMS Coventry was powered by eight Yarrow oil boilers providing a top speed of 29 knots and carried a complement of 400.
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HMS Coventry is a British Broadsword Class frigate of 3500 tons displacement launched in 1986. HMS Coventry is powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines and four diesel generators providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4500 miles at 18 knots. She carries a crew of 273 including 30 officers and has accommodation for 296. Armaments consist of four Aerospatiale MM38 Exocet missiles; two British Aerospace 6-barrelled Seawolf GWS 25 surface-to-air missile launchers; four DES/Oerlikon 30 mm/75 guns in two twin arrangements; two Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns and six 324 mm Plessey STWS Mk 2 torpedo tubes arranged as two triples.
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The USS Covington was an American frigate of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Covington had a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 194. She was armed with three 3 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and four depth-charge throwers.
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The cow hitch is a knot used for attaching a rope to a rod or peg.
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HMS Cowdray was a British No 2 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1050 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Cowdray was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with six 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pounder gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Cowell was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Cowell was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; ten 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Cowie was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Cowie was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots. She carried a complement of 210 and was armed with four 5 inch guns; four 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; seven 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns and five 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a quintuple arrangements.
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The USS Cowpens was an American Independence Class light fleet aircraft carrier of 11000 tons displacement started as a Cleveland Class cruiser, converted during building, and launched in 1943. The USS Cowpens was powered by Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 1400 and 45 aircraft. She was armed with sixteen 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and forty 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Cowpens is an American Ticonderoga Class guided missile cruiser.
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HMS Cowslip was a British Flower Class corvette of 980 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Cowslip was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 85 and was armed with one 4-inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
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A coxswain is the helmsman of a boat.
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The USS Crag was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Crag was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Crane was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1060 tons displacement launched in 1918. The USS Crane was powered by four Normand oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple arrangements.
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HMS Crane was a British modified Black Swan Class sloop of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Crane was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 192. She was armed with six 4 inch dual purpose guns and eight 2 pounder anti-aircraft guns.
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The Craonne was a French Arras Class patrol vessel of 644 tons displacement launched in 1918. The Craonne was powered by two oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 4800 km at 11 knots and carried a complement of about 110. She was armed with two 5.5 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; two machine-guns and depth charges. She was scrapped in 1935.
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The Crassula was a Scottish-built South African trawler of 261 tons displacement launched in 1935 and used as a minesweeper during the Second World War. The Crassula had a top speed of 11.5 knots and was armed with a 6-pdr gun.
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The USS Craven was an American Gridley Class destroyer of 1500 tons displacement launched in 1937. The USS Craven was powered by four Bethlehem Yarrow oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and a range of 12800 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 172 and was armed with four 5 inch dual-purpose guns; four machine-guns and sixteen 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in four quadruple arrangements.
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The USS Creddock was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Creddock was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMS Creole was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1945. HMS Creole was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The Crescent was a British first-class cruiser of 7,700 tons launched in 1892.
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The Crescent was a British-built Crescent Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944 and presented to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945. The Crescent was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a complement of 165, rising to 250 in time of war. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a quadruple.
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USS Crevalle was an American submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Crevalle was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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HMS Cricket was a British River Gunboat of 625 tons displacement designed by the Yarrow company during the Great War and launched in 1915 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Cricket was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She carried a complement of between 54 and 65 and was armed with two 6 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and ten smaller guns.
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HMS Crispin (formerly Craccher) was a British C Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1945. HMS Crispin was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a crew of 186. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The Cristoforo Colombo was an Italian military training ship of 2787 tons displacement launched in 1928. The Cristoforo Colombo was a sailing ship, usually depending upon sail power but was also equipped with two Tosi diesel engines as an auxiliary power source providing a top speed of 8 knots and a range of 9600 km. The Cristoforo Colombo carried about 140 midshipmen and cadets or boys and was armed with four 3-inch anti-aircraft guns and two machine-guns.
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The USS Croaker was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Croaker had a top speed of 21 knots surfaced and carried a complement of between 65 and 74. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun; two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The USS Croatan was an American light fleet aircraft carrier of 7800 tons displacement converted from a mercantile hull and launched in 1942. The USS Croatan was powered by Foster Wheeler type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots and carried a complement of 650 and 21 aircraft. She was armed with one 5 inch gun; sixteen 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns and twenty 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns.
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The Croix de Lorraine was a French British-built Aventure Class frigate of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943 as HMS Strule. The Croix de Lorraine was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 19 knots and carried a complement of 140. She was armed with two 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; eleven 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and six depth charge throwers.
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HMS Cromarty was a British Bangor Class minesweeper of about 640 tons displacement launched about 1941 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Cromarty was powered by two 3-drum small tube type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 60 and was armed with one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; one 2 pounder anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four machine-guns.
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HMS Cromer was a British Bangor Class minesweeper of about 665 tons displacement launched around 1941 and sunk during the Second World War. HMS Bayfield was powered by two 3-drum small tube type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots. She carried a complement of 60 and was armed with one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four machine-guns.
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HMS Cromer is a British Sandown Class mine hunter of 450 tons displacement designed for hunting and destroying mines, operating in deep and exposed waters. HMS Cromer is powered by two Paxman Valenta 6-RP 200E diesel engines providing a top speed of 13 knots and a range of 4800 km at 12 knots. She carries a crew of 34 including seven officers and can accommodate 40. Armaments consist of a Oerlikon/DES 30 mm/75 DS 30B dual-purpose gun.
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HMS Croome was a British No 2 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1050 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Croome was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 27 knots and carried a complement of 146. She was armed with six 4 inch anti-aircraft guns; one 2 pounder gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The USS Crosby was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1060 tons displacement launched in 1918. The USS Crosby was powered by four Normand oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 4 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple arrangements.
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The USS Cross was an American Rudderow Class escort destroyer of 1450 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Cross had a top speed of 26 knots and carried a complement of 220. She was armed with two 5 inch guns; two 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns; six 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; depth charge throwers and three 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a triple mount.
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In sailing ships, cross-trees were certain pieces of timber at the upper ends of the lower and top masts, athwart which they are laid, to sustain the frame of the tops in the one, and extend the top-gallant shrouds on the other.
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The Crotone (formerly the Anastro, and originally the German ship M 120) was a German-built Italian minelayer of 359 tons displacement launched in 1918 and taken over by Italy in 1919. The Crotone was powered by two coal-burning water tube boilers providing a top speed of 14 knots. She was armed with two 4 inch guns.
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The USS Cruise was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Cruise was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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Cruise liner is the name given to a usually luxurious passenger ship which sails to and from specific ports on a set schedule.
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A cruiser is a high-speed, comparatively lightly armed warship. Originally the term cruiser was applied to privateers, fast armed ships which preyed upon merchant shipping in the 17th and 18th centuries.
At the end of the 19th century, a class of war-vessels intended to possess a high rate of speed, and also no small degree of fighting-power, but less than what belonged to the battleship was developed and called Cruisers. Their special purpose was that of protecting merchant vessels, scouting, etc - such work as formerly was performed by frigates or corvettes. There were several sizes and types of British cruisers at the end of the 19th century and start of the 20th century, some of them being 'armoured', while a much larger number were only 'protected'. The former had an armour belt of considerable thickness, while the latter had only deck armour. The former were mostly of the later construction than the latter, and were of greater speed - from 22 to 24 knots or more per hour.
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The Crusader was a British-built Crescent Class destroyer of 1710 tons displacement launched in 1944 and presented to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1945. The Crusader was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots and carried a complement of 165, rising to 250 in time of war. She was armed with four 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns; four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and four 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in a quadruple.
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The Cuanza is a Portuguese Cacine Class large patrol boat of 310 tons displacement fully loaded. The Cuanza is powered by two MTU 12V 538 Maybach diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 7040 km at 12 knots. The Cuanza carries a crew of 33 and is armed with a Bofors 40 mm/70 gun and an Oerlikon 20 mm/65 gun.
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USS Cubera was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1945 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Cubera was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The Cuenca is an Ecuadorian Lurssen 45 class fast attack craft of 255 tons displacement launched in 1976. She is manned by a crew of 35, and powered by four MTU 16V 538 diesel engines rated at 14000 hp providing a top speed of 40 knots and a range of 1120 km. Armaments consist of four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 anti-ship missiles; one OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact gun; two Oerlikon 35 mm/90 guns in a single twin arrangement
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HMAS Culgoa was an Australian frigate of 1420 tons displacement launched in 1945. HMAS Culgoa was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 140. She was armed with two 4 inch dual-purpose guns; machine-guns and four depth charge throwers.
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HMS Cumberland was a British Kent Class cruiser of 10000 tons displacement built by Vickers and launched in 1927. HMS Cumberland carried a complement of 679 and was powered by eight Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 31.5 knots and a range of 16640 km at an economical cruising speed. Armaments consisted of eight 8-inch guns housed in four gun houses; eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; sixteen (originally twenty) 2-pounder pompom guns and carried three aircraft. HMS Suffolk served on the China Station until 1939.
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HMS Cumberland is a British Broadsword Class frigate of 4200 tons displacement launched in 1986. HMS Cumberland is powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines, two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM3C gas turbines and four diesel generators providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4500 miles at 18 knots. She carries a crew of 250 including 31 officers and has accommodation for 301. Armaments consist of two McDonnell Douglas Harpoon quad surface-to-surface missile launchers; two British Aerospace Seawolf GWS 25 Mod 3 surface-to-air missile launchers; one Vickers 4.5 inch/55 Mk 8 dual-purpose gun; one Signaal/General Electric 30 mm 7-barrelled Gatling Goalkeeper; two twin DES/Oerlikon 30 mm/75 guns and six 324 mm Plessey STWS Mk 2 torpedo tubes arranged as two triples taking the Marconi Stingray and Honeywell/Marconi Mk 46 Mod 2 torpedoes.
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The USS Cummings was an American Mahan Class destroyer of 1500 tons displacement launched in 1935. The USS Cummings was powered by four Express type oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and a range of 9600 km. She was armed with five 5 inch dual-purpose guns; four machine-guns and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in three quadruple arrangements.
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The Cunene is a Portuguese Cacine Class large patrol boat of 310 tons displacement fully loaded. The Cunene is powered by two MTU 12V 538 Maybach diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 4400 miles at 12 knots. The Cunene carries a crew of 33 and is armed with a Bofors 40 mm/70 gun and an Oerlikon 20 mm/65 gun.
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A cupola-ship was an iron-plated warship designed to lie low in the water, but having projecting above it a cupola or turret for firing. The original idea was put forward by Captain Cowper Coles, and was favourably reported on by the British in 1855, and further reinforced by successful experiments conducted in 1861. In 1862 the Americans adopted the concept, the Union ship Monitor being built on the cupola-ship principal and proving successful against the Confederates. Subsequently the British government also adopted the idea. The cupola-ship had the disadvantage, as proved by the Monitor, that being low in the water it was possible for them to ship enough water by the funnel to flounder at sea.
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HMS Curacoa was a British Carlise Class anti-aircraft cruiser of 4290 tons displacement launched as a cruiser in 1917, and refitted as an anti-aircraft ship in 1939. HMS Curacao was armed with eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns, one multiple pompom and several smaller guns. She was powered by Yarrow oil boilers providing a top speed of 29 knots and carried a complement of 400. HMS Curacao saw action during the Second World War.
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HMS Curlew was a British former Ceres Class cruiser of 4290 tons displacement launched in 1917, converted in 1936 into an anti-aircraft cruiser by having her 6-inch guns replaced with 4-inch guns and machine guns, the foremast cut down and a large control top (known popularly as the 'bird bath') fitted. HMS Curlew was armed with ten 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; one multiple pom-pom and ten smaller guns. HMS Coventry was powered by eight Yarrow oil boilers providing a top speed of 29 knots and carried a complement of 400. HMS Curlew was sunk in May 1940 during the Second World War.
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The Curlew is a modified Ton class coastal minesweeper commissioned in 1954 by the British navy as HMS Chediston and sold to the Royal Australian Navy in 1967. She has a displacement of 360 tons and a top speed of 15 knots.
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The Curragh was an Irish fishing and trading vessel in use from the 5th to the 20th centuries. The Curragh was a simple vessel made of a framework of lathes covered with stretched and sewn hides, and often fitted with a single dismountable mast with a square sail.
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The Curtatone was an Italian Curtaone Class torpedo boat of 966 tons displacement launched in 1922. The Curtatone was powered by four Thornycroft oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 32 knots and carried a complement of 105. She was armed with four 4-inch guns; two 3-inch anti-aircraft guns; six 18-inch torpedo tubes and ten mines for mine laying.
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The USS Curtis Wilbur is an American Arleigh Burke Class guided missile destroyer of 8300 tons displacement. She is powered by four General Electric LM 2500-30 gas turbines producing 100000 total shaft horsepower and a top speed of over 30 knots. She is manned by a crew of 23 officers and 300 enlisted men and is armed with standard missiles; Harpoon; Tomahawk missiles; six Honeywell Mark-46 torpedoes (from two triple tube mounts); one 5 inch/54 calibre Mk-45 gun and two 20mm Phalanx CIWS.
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The USS Cushing was an American Mahan Class destroyer of 1500 tons displacement launched in 1935. The USS Cushing was powered by four Express type oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and a range of 9600 km. She was armed with five 5 inch dual-purpose guns; four machine-guns and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in three quadruple arrangements.
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The USS Cushing was an American Improved Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Cushing was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; ten 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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The USS Cushing is an American Spruance Class guided missile destroyer.
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USS Cusk was an American Balao Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1945 which saw action during the Second World War. USS Cusk was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 21 knots, carried a complement of 75 and was armed with one 4-inch gun, two 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns; six 21 inch bow torpedo tubes and four 21 inch stern torpedo tubes.
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The cut-water is the sharp part of the bow of a ship, so called because it cuts or divides the water.
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USS Cutlass was an American Corsair Class submarine of 1570 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Cutlass was armed with one 5 inch gun; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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A cutter is a small vessel resembling a sloop, with one mast and a straight running (not fixed) bowsprit, the sails being usually a fore-and-aft mainsail, gaff topsail, stay foresail and jib.
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USS Cuttlefish was an American Cachalot Class submarine of 1120 tons displacement launched in 1933. USS Cuttlefish was powered by two sets of GM 'V' type diesel engines providing a top speed of 17 knots surfaced and 9 knots submerged. She carried a complement of 52 and was armed with one 3-inch anti-aircraft gun and six 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The Cuxhaven is a German Lindau Class mine hunter of 463 tons displacement commissioned in 1959. She is powered by two Maybach MTU diesels providing a top speed of 16.5 knots and a range of 850 miles. She is manned by a crew of 43 including five officers and was armed with one Bofors 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft gun.
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HMS Cuxton is a British Ton Class coastal minesweeper of 360 tons displacement. HMS Cuxton has a double mahogany hull on an aluminium frame and is powered by two Paxman Deltic 18A-7A diesel engines providing a top speed of 15 knots and a range of 2500 miles at 12 knots. She carries a crew of 32 including five officers and is armed with a Bofors 40 mm/60 Mk 3 dual-purpose gun; three FN 7.62 mm machine-guns and two Oerlikon 20 mm guns.
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The Cyclone was a French Simoun Class destroyer (torpilleurs) of 1319 tons displacement launched in 1925. The Cyclone had a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 4800 km at 15 knots and carried a complement of 138. She was armed with four 5.1 inch guns; two 37 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21.7 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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HMS Cygnet was a British modified Black Swan Class sloop of 1430 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Cygnet was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 192. She was armed with six 4 inch dual purpose guns and eight 2 pounder anti-aircraft guns.
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