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The USS Facility was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Facility 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 Failaka is a French built, Kuwaiti Um Al Maradim Class missile attack craft. The attack craft are armed with two twin launchers for the Matra BAe Dynamics Sea Skua surface to surface missiles, mounted on the aft deck. The craft can be fitted with the Simbad twin missile launcher supplied by Matra BAe Dynamics, which fires the Mistral surface to air missile. The Simbad launcher is installed on the weapon deck to the stern of the radar mast. The vessel's main gun, the Otobreda 40 mm gun, is installed on the bow deck. The Giat type M621 20 mm gun is mounted at the stern and there are also two 12.7 mm general purpose machine-guns. The fast attack craft uses a steel hull construction and the full load displacement is 245 tons. The craft is operated by a crew of 24. The propulsion system is based on two MTU 2.94 MW diesel engines with two water jet systems. The patrol boat is capable of a maximum speed of 30 knots. At an economical speed of 15 knots, the range is over 1300 miles.
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In sailing ships, fair-leader was the name given to a block, or ring, serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope.
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In nautical terms, a fairway is the navigable part of a river, bay, &c., through which vessels enter or depart. The name is also given to the part of a harbour or channel which is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels.
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HMS Fal was a British River Class frigate of 1460 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Fal was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots. She carried a complement of 140 and was armed with two 4-inch dual-purpose guns; ten 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and one Hedgehog multiple spigot mortar.
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HMS Falcon was a British River Gunboat of 372 tons displacement launched in 1931. HMS Falcon was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boiler providing a top speed of 15 knots. She carried a complement of 55 and was armed with one 3.7 inch howitzer; two 6-pdr guns and ten machine-guns. In 1942 HMS Falcon was presented to the Chinese navy and renamed Ying Teh.
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The USS Falcon 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 Falconet (formerly the Barnham) was a British Bayonet Class boom defence vessel of 530 tons displacement launched in 1938. HMS Falconet had a top speed of 11.5 knots and was armed with a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun.
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The Falke was a German torpedo boat of 800 tons displacement launched in 1926. The Falke had a top speed of 33 knots and carried a complement of 121. Armaments consisted of three 4.1 inch guns; two 1 pdr anti-aircraft guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two parallel triples.
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The Falke is a German Albatros class fast attack missile craft of 398 tons displacement commissioned in 1976. She is powered by four MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels providing a top speed of 40 knots and a range of 1300 miles at 30 knots. She carries a crew of 40 including four officers. Armaments consist of two twin Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 anti-ship missile launchers; two OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact dual-purpose guns; two 533 mm aft torpedo tubes taking the AEG Seeal wire-guided; active homing torpedo.
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The USS Fall River was an American Baltimore Class heavy cruiser of 13600 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Fall River 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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HMS Falmouth was a British Falmouth Class escort sloop, fitted for mine sweeping, of 1060 tons displacement launched in 1932. She was armed with one 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and twelve smaller guns. At the outbreak of the Second World War she was re-armed with six 4-inch guns on twin mountings. Two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers provided a top speed of 16.5 knots and she carried a complement of 100.
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HMS Fame was a British Fearless Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 145.
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HMS Fancy was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMS Fancy 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 USS Fancy was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Fancy 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 Fanning was an American Dunlap Class destroyer of 1490 tons displacement launched in 1936. The USS Fanning was powered by four Express Type oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and a range of 9600 km. She carried a complement of 210 and 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 Fanning is an American Knox Class frigate of 3011 tons standard displacement launched in 1970. The USS Fanning 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 Fanshaw Bay was an American Casablanca Class light fleet aircraft carrier of 6730 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Fanshaw Bay 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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HMS Fantome was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Fantome 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 Fareham was a British improved Hunt Class minesweeper of 710 tons displacement built under the Emergency War Programme during the Great War and launched sometime between 1917 and 1919, seeing action during the Second World War. HMS Fareham was powered by Yarrow coal-fired boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots and a range of about 2400 km at top speed. She carried a complement of 73 and was armed with a 4-inch anti-aircraft gun and one smaller gun.
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The USS Farenholt was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Farenholt 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 Fargo was an American Fargo Class light cruiser of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Fargo 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 guns; twenty-four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and twenty 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Farncomb 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 Farndale was a British No 2 Type Hunt Class destroyer of 1050 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Farndale 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 pdr gun and two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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HMS Farnham Castle was a British Castle Class frigate of 1100 tons displacement. She carried a crew of 96, and had a top speed of 16.5 knots. Armaments consisted of one 4 inch calibre Mk XIX gun; two 40 mm anti- aircraft guns in a twin arrangement; two 20 mm guns in a twin arrangement; one squid three-barrelled anti-ship mortar; two depth charge launchers and fifteen depth charges.
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The Faro was a Portuguese fishery protection vessel of 300 tons displacement launched in 1927. The Faro was powered by one Yarrow boiler providing a top speed of 13 knots and a range of 3200 km at 7.5 knots. She carried a complement of 55 and was armed with two 47 mm guns.
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The USS Farragut was an American Farragut Class destroyer of 1365 tons displacement launched in 1934. The USS Farragut was powered by four Yarrow 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 eight 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruple arrangements.
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The Fasana was an Italian minelayer of 531 tons displacement launched in 1924. The Fasana was powered by two sets of Fiat diesel engines providing a top speed of 10 knots. She carried 54 mines and was armed with one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun.
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The Fatahillah is an Indonesian Fatahillah class frigate of 1200 tons displacement, launched in 1977. She carries a crew of 89 including eleven officers and is powered by a Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbine rated at 28000 hp and two MTU 16V956 TP91 diesels rated at 6000 hp providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 6800 km at 16 knots. Armaments consist of four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 cruise missiles; one Bofors 120 mm/46 gun, one Bofors 40 mm/70 anti-aircraft gun; six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triple arrangements and one Bofors 375 mm twin-barrelled trainable anti-ship mortar.
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HMS Faulknor was a British Admiralty Type destroyer of 1460 tons launched in 1934. HMS Faulknor was armed with five 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruple mountings. She was powered by four Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.75 knots and carried a complement of 175.
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HMS Fearless was a British Fearless Class destroyer of 1375 tons displacement launched in 1934 and sunk during the Second World War. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 145, and was sunk while escorting a convoy through the Sicilian Channel on July 23rd 1941 during the Second World War.
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HMS Fearless is a British assault ship of 11060 tons displacement launched in 1963. HMS Fearless is powered by two English Electric/David Brown geared turbines providing a top speed of 21 knots and a range of 8000 km at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 550 including 50 officers plus 22 air group crew plus 88 others and can carry 400 troops or in overload conditions 1000 troops and in a typical load 400 troops, fifteen Main Battle Tanks, seven 3 ton trucks, twenty 0.25 ton trucks and eight landing craft. Armaments consist of two Shorts Seacat GWS 20 quad surface-to-air missile launchers; two GE/GD 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx guns; two pairs of Oerlikon/BMARC 30 mm/75 GCM-AO3 dual-purpose guns and two Oerlikon/BMARC 20 mm GAM-BO1 guns. A Westland Sea King helicopter can also be carried. HMS Fearless took part in the 1982 Falklands' campaign.
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The RSN Fearless is a Singapore Fearless class patrol vessel. The ship is armed with Whitehead triple tube 324 mm B515 torpedoes launchers taking the Whitehead A244S torpedo. Air defence is provided by the Simbad system, with the Mistral surface-to-air missile, while the ship' s short to medium range anti-ship missile is the Israeli Gabriel II. The ship's main gun, installed on the bow deck, is the Otobreda 76 mm Super Rapide. The gun fires 6 kg shells to a range of 16 km and is capable of a firing rate of 120 rounds per minute. The ship is also armed with four CIS 50 12.7 mm general purpose machine-guns.
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The USS Fechteler was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Fechteler 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 Felix Dzerzhinski (formerly the Kaliakria) was a Russian Petrovski Class minelayer destroyer of 1323 tons displacement launched in 1915, sunk in 1918, salvaged in 1925 and refitted between 1926 and 1928. The Felix Dzerzhinski was powered by oil-fuelled turbine engines providing a top speed of 30 knots and carried a complement of 161. She was armed with four 3.9 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; one 37 mm anti-aircraft gun; twelve 18 inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triples and carried 45 mines (originally 80 lighter mines).
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HMS Felixstowe 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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A felucca is a fast Mediterranean sailing vessel used chiefly for fishing. It is long and narrow, with a high bow and large lateen sails.
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HMS Fennel was a British Flower Class corvette of 980 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMS Fennel 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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HMS Fermoy was a British improved Hunt Class minesweeper of 710 tons displacement built under the Emergency War Programme during the Great War and launched sometime between 1917 and 1919, seeing action during the Second World War. HMS Fermoy was powered by Yarrow coal-fired boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots and a range of about 2400 km at top speed. She carried a complement of 73 and was armed with a 4-inch anti-aircraft gun and one smaller gun.
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HMS Fernie was a British Hunt Class destroyer of 904 tons displacement launched in 1940. She was armed with four 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and eight smaller guns and was powered by Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 32.5 knots.
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The Ferre is a British-built Peruvian Daring Class destroyer of 2800 tons displacement launched in 1949. The Ferre is powered by English Electric geared turbines providing a top speed of 32 knots and a range of 4800 km at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 297 and is armed with eight Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 cruise missiles; three twin arrangements of Vickers 4.5 inch/45 Mk 6 guns and two twin arrangements of Breda 40 mm/70 guns.
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HMS Fierce was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1945. HMS Fierce 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 Fife was a British County Class destroyer of 5440 tons displacement, launched in 1964. She had a top speed of 30 knots, a range of 3500 miles at 28 knots and carried a crew of 470 including 36 officers. In 1987 she was sold to the Chilean navy. The USS Fife is an American Spruance Class guided missile destroyer.
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The figure of eight is a standard, easy to undo, stopper knot used in sailing.
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HMS Fiji was a British cruiser of the Fiji Class of 8000 tons displacement launched in 1939. She carried a complement of 980. Four Admiralty 3-drum type boilers provided a top speed of 31.5 knots. Armaments consisted of twelve 6-inch guns; eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and 16 smaller guns. Three aircraft were also carried.
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The Fillipa Corridoni was an Italian Corridoni Class mine laying coastal submarine of 803 tons displacement launched in 1930. The Fillipa Corridoni was powered by two Tosi diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots surfaced and two electric motors providing a top speed of 8 knots submerged. She carried a complement of 47 and was armed with one 4 inch gun; two machine-guns; four 21 inch torpedo tubes; two mine launching chutes and carried 24 mines.
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The USS Finback was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1941. The USS Finback 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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USS Finback is an American Sturgeon Class attack submarine of 4960 tons displacement dived launched in 1968. USS Finback is powered by a Westinghouse pressurised-water cooled S5W nuclear reactor and two steam turbines providing a top speed of 30 knots dived. She carries a crew of 107 including 12 officers and is armed with Tomahawk nuclear missiles and four 21 inch Mk 63 torpedo tubes amidships taking the Gould Mk 48 torpedo.
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The USS Finch was an American Edsall Class escort destroyer of 1200 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Finch was powered by Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines providing 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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HMS Finisterre 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 1944. HMS Finisterre 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; twelve 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; two depth charge howitzers; ten 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Finnegon was an American Evarts Class escort destroyer of 1150 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Finnegon 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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HMS Firedrake was a British Fearless Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement launched in 1934 and sunk during the Second World War. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 145.
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A fireship is a small vessel filled with inflammable material, lighted and set adrift among an enemy' s ships in order to set fire to them. Fireships were used during ancient times and successfully employed against the Duke of Parma by the defenders of Antwerp in 1585 and by the British against the Spanish Armada off Gravelines in 1588. Fireships were rendered obsolete by the introduction of metal warships.
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The Fisalia was an Italian Argonauta Class coastal submarine of 599 tons displacement launched in 1931. The Fisalia was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14 knots surfaced and 8.5 knots submerged. She carried a complement of 41 and was armed with one 4 inch gun; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The fisher,an's bend or anchor hitch is a knot similar to the round turn and two half hitches, but more secure. It is used in sailing for attaching a rope to a ring, such as the ring on an anchor.
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The fisherman's knot or Englishman's knot is a secure, but difficult to undo, knot used for securely joining two thin lines together.
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The USS Fiske was an American Edsall Class escort destroyer of 1200 tons displacement launched in 1943 and sunk during the Second World War. The USS Haverfield was powered by Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines providing 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 Fiske was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Fiske 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 USS Fitch was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Fitch 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 Fitzgerald 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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HMS Fitzroy was a British unarmed surveying vessel of 800 tons displacement originally built as the Hunt Class minesweeper HMS Pinner in 1919, later renamed HMS Portreath and then modified as the surveying vessel HMS Fitzroy. She was powered by coal fired boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots and carried a complement of 87.
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The Fiume was an Italian Zara Class heavy cruiser of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1930. The Fiume was powered by eight oil-fired 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 32 knots and a range of 5120 km at 25 knots. She carried a complement of 705 and was armed with eight 8-inch guns; twelve 3.9-inch anti-aircraft guns; ten 37 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and carried two aircraft.
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The USS Fixity was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Fixity 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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A flag of convenience is the national flag of a small country, such as Panama, Liberia, Honduras, or Costa Rica, flown by a ship that is registered in one of these countries, although the ship is owned by a national of another country. The practice of registering ships in these countries, and sailing them under flags of convenience, grew up in the post-war years and still continues. The object for the ship owners is to avoid taxation and the more stringent safety and humanitarian conditions imposed on ships and their crews by the larger sea-going nations.
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The USS Flaherty was an American Edsall Class escort destroyer of 1200 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Flaherty was powered by Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines providing 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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HMS Flamingo was a British Black Swan Class escort sloop of 1250 tons displacement launched in 1939. She was armed with six 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and ten smaller guns. Two 3-drum type boilers provided a top speed of 19.25 knots.
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The USS Flasher was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Flasher 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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USS Flasher is an American Permit Class attack submarine of 4242 tons displacement launched in 1963. USS Flasher is powered by a Westinghouse pressurised-water cooled S5W nuclear reactor and two steam turbines providing a top speed of 30 knots dived. She carries a crew of 127 including 13 officers and is armed with four McDonnell Douglas Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles and four 21 inch Mk 63 torpedo tubes amidships, angled at ten degrees from the centreline firing the Gould Mk 48 torpedo.
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HMS Fleetwood was a British Aberdeen Class escort sloop of 990 tons displacement built at the Devonport Dockyard and launched in 1936. She was armed with four 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and nine smaller guns. Two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers provided a top speed of 16.5 knots and she carried a complement of 100.
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The Flensburg 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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The USS Fletcher was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Fletcher 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 Fletcher is an American Spruance Class guided missile destroyer.
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The Fleuret was a French Le Hardi Class destroyer (torpilleurs) of 1772 tons displacement launched in 1938. The Fleuret had a top speed of 37 knots, a range of 9600 km at 15 knots and carried a complement of 175. Armaments consisted of six 5.1-inch guns; four 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and seven 21.7 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Flier was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1942 and lost during the Second World War. The USS Flier 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 Flint was an American San Diego Class light cruiser of 6000 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Flint had a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 597. She was armed with twelve 5 inch dual-purpose guns; twenty-eight 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; twelve 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quads.
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HMS Flint Castle was a British Castle Class frigate of 1100 tons displacement. She carried a crew of 96, and had a top speed of 16.5 knots. Armaments consisted of one 4 inch calibre Mk XIX gun; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns in a twin arrangement; two 20 mm guns in a twin arrangement; one squid three-barrelled anti-ship mortar; two depth charge launchers and fifteen depth charges.
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A floating-dock is a vessel with a double skin, and a large intervening space into which a ship is floated while the dock is partially submerged. The caisson closed, the water in the intervening space in the dock is pumped out to allow work to be conducted on the ship in the dry. Floating docks were in use by the Spanish during the 19th century.
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The Flora was a Danish C Class submarine of 300 tons displacement launched in 1920. The Flora had a top speed of 14 knots surfaced, 8 knots submersed and carried a complement of 24. She was armed with one 6-pdr anti-aircraft gun and three 18-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and one 18-inch torpedo tube in the stern.
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The Floreal is a French Floreal Class patrol frigate of 2600 tons displacement, launched in 1991, and officially described as 'Fregates de Surveillance' and designed to operate in the offshore zone in low intensity operations. She is powered by SEMT-Pielstick 6PA 6L280 diesels rated at 8800 hp providing a top speed of 20 knots and a range of 14400 km at 15 knots. She carries a crew of between 80 and 90 and has 35 spare berths for marines. Armaments consist two Matra Simbad twin anti-aircraft missile launchers; one DCN 100 mm/55 Mod 68 CADAM anti-ship gun and two GIAT 20 F2 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. Four Aerospatiale Exocet MM40 anti-ship missiles can also be carried. An AS 332F Super Puma or Aerospatiale SA 365 Dauphin or NFH-90 helicopter is also carried.
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The Flores was a Dutch sloop (classed as a Kanonneerbooten) of 1457 tons displacement launched in 1925. The Flores was powered by four Yarrow oil-fired boilers providing a top speed of 15 knots and carried a complement of 132. She was armed with three 5.9 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; four 12.7 mm anti-aircraft guns; four machine-guns and carried a seaplane.
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The Florida was an American Confederate cruiser fitted out in England in 1862, and sailing at first under the name of the Oreto. She proceeded immediately to Nassau, in the Bahama Islands, and was twice seized, but eventually escaped. Her name was then changed to the Florida and for two years during the American Civil War she did great damage to the Union cause all along the coast and among the West Indies. She was captured and sunk on October the 7th, 1864, in the Brazilian harbour of Bahia, by the Union vessel Wachusett under Captain Collins, who surprised her when she was unprepared for battle.
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The USS Flounder was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Flounder 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 Floyd B Parks was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Floyd B Parks 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 USS Flusser was an American Mahan Class destroyer of 1500 tons displacement launched in 1935. The USS Flusser 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 Fluyt was a Dutch cargo ship specially built to minimise tolls payable, first built around 1595. It had a single, narrow deck and a large hold, three short masts square-rigged on the fore and main and lateen on the mizzen and carried a crew of between 20 and 30.
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HMS Fly was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Fly 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 Flying Dutchman is the apparition of a Dutch vessel, said to be encountered off the Cape of Good Hope, and regarded as a portent of evil. Legend relates that a Dutch captain, Van Straaten, was condemned, for murder or blasphemy, to beat up against the storms of the Cape until Doomsday, without reaching a haven.
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The USS Flying Fish was an American Gato Class submarine of 1525 tons displacement launched in 1941. The USS Flying Fish 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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USS Flying Fish is an American Sturgeon Class attack submarine of 4960 tons displacement dived launched in 1969. USS Flying Fish is powered by a Westinghouse pressurised-water cooled S5W nuclear reactor and two steam turbines providing a top speed of 30 knots dived. She carries a crew of 107 including 12 officers and is armed with Tomahawk nuclear missiles and four 21 inch Mk 63 torpedo tubes amidships taking the Gould Mk 48 torpedo.
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HMS Flyingfish was a British Algerine Class minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMS Flyingfish 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 Flyvefisken is a Danish Flyvefisken Class multi-role warship. For all roles except anti-pollution, the ship carries one 76 mm Otobreda Super Rapid gun which fires 120 rounds per minute and has a range of 16 km. For surface combat roles, two 533 mm torpedo tubes are fitted with Bofors TP613 wire-guided passive homing torpedoes. For ASW roles, anti-submarine torpedoes and depth charge launchers are carried. The AGM-84 (Harpoon) surface-to-surface missile system is fitted for the surface combat role, as is the Mk 48 NATO Vertical Launch Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile system. The Mk 48 Mod 3 launcher (for vessels under 1000 tons) has cells for six missiles. Mine rails for 60 bottom mines are fitted for mine laying missions. The hull is constructed of an FRP (fibre-reinforced plastic) sandwich with a cellular core between outer and inner FRP laminates. This material reduces weight and maintenance, since it is non-magnetic. Electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC) in the non-metallic hull is achieved by sprayed layers of zinc and shielding of cable glands and penetrating non-metallic pipes and ducts.
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The Foca was an Italian Foca Class ocean-going mine laying submarine of 1109 tons displacement launched in 1937. She was powered by Fiat diesel engines and two electric motors providing a top speed of 16 knots surfaced and 8 knots dived, could dive to a depth of 55 fathoms, and was armed with one 3.9 inch gun; two 13 mm anti-aircraft guns, six 21-inch torpedo tubes in the bow and two mine-discharging chutes.
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The Foch was a French Suffren Class cruiser of 9938 tons displacement launched in 1929. The Foch 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 USS Fogg was an American Buckley Class escort destroyer of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Fogg 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 Folgore was an Italian Folgore Class destroyer of 1220 tons displacement launched in 1931. The Folgore was powered by three 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 38 knots and carried a complement of 150. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; four 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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HMS Folkestone was a British unarmed surveying warship of 1045 tons displacement launched in 1930 originally as an escort vessel, but later disarmed and modified. HMS Folkestone was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots.
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The USS Foote was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Foote 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 Forbin was a French Alcyon Class destroyer (torpilleurs) of 1378 tons displacement launched in 1928. The Forbin had a top speed of 33.5 knots and a range of 5600 km at 15 knots and carried a complement of 204. 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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The forecastle is a short deck in the forepart (front) of a warship. In merchant ships it is the forepart of the ship where the sailors live.
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The Forel was a Russian Lin Class coastal defence submarine of 500 tons displacement launched in 1935. The Forel had a top speed of 19 knots surface; 9 knots submerged. She was armed with one 1 pdr anti-aircraft gun; four 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Foreman was an American Buckley Class escort destroyer of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Foreman 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 foresheets is the inner part of the bows of an open boat where the bowman stands.
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HMS Foresight was a British Fearless Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 145, and was sunk in the Mediterranean in August 1942 during the Second World War.
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HMS Forester was a British Fearless Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 145.
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The Formidable was a British first-class battleship of 15,000 tons launched in 1898 to commemorate the capture of the French ship Formidable at Quiberon Bay in 1759. She was armed with four 12-inch guns, twelve 6-inch guns, 18 12-pounder guns. She was torpedoed and sunk in the English Channel on January 1st 1915 during the Great War with the loss of 600 lives.
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HMS Formidable was a British Illustrious Class fleet aircraft carrier of 23000 tons displacement launched in 1939. HMS Formidable was powered by six Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 31 knots. She was armed with sixteen 4.5 inch dual-purpose guns plus 40 mm and 20 mm anti-aircraft guns. She carried a crew of 1600 and sixty aircraft.
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The USS Formoe was an American Rudderow Class escort destroyer of 1450 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Formoe 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 Forrest was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Forrest 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 Forrest Royal was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1946. The USS Forrest Royal 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 Forrestal is an American Forrestal Class aircraft carrier of 59060 tons standard displacement launched in 1954 - the first aircraft carrier to be built following the Second World War. USS Forrestal is powered by eight Babcock & Wilcox boilers driving four Westinghouse geared turbines providing a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 8000 miles at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 5249 including 2279 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 twentyF-14, twenty F/A 18, twenty A-6E, four EA-6B, ten S-3A/B and four E-2C aircraft in addition to six SH-3H/SH 60F Sea King helicopters.
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The USS Forster was an American Edsall Class escort destroyer of 1200 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Forster was powered by Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines providing 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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HMS Fort Austin is a British Fort Grange Class fleet replenishment ship of 23384 tons displacement fully loaded and launched in 1978. HMS Fort Austin is powered by a Sulzer RND90 8-cylinder diesel engine providing a top speed of 22 knots and a range of 10000 miles at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 208 and cargo of three 10 ton cranes; three 5 ton cranes; 3500 tons of armaments, And 12800 cubic meters of naval and victualling stores in four holds. She is armed with two Oerlikon GAM-BO3 20 mm guns.
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HMCS Fort Francis was a Canadian minesweeper of 950 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMCS Fort Francis was powered by two 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 15 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 4 inch dual-purpose gun; four 20 mm Oerlikon guns; one hedgehog anti-ship mortar and two depth charge throwers.
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HMS Fort George is a British Fort Victoria Class fleet replenishment ship of 31550 tons displacement fully loaded launched in 1991 and designed to provide fuel and stores support to the British fleet at sea. HMS Fort George is powered by two Crossley SEMT-Pielstick PC2 6V-400 16-cylinder diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots. She carries a crew of 274 and has a cargo capacity of 12505 cubic meters of liquid and 6234 cubic meters of solid cargo. Armaments consist of : British Aerospace Seawolf GWS 26 Mod 1 VLS surface-to-air missiles and four Lawrence Scott 30 mm/75 Mk 1 guns. There is also hangar space for three Westland Sea King/EH 101 helicopters.
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HMS Fort Grange is a British Fort Grange Class fleet replenishment ship of 23384 tons displacement fully loaded and launched in 1976. HMS Fort Grange is powered by a Sulzer RND90 8-cylinder diesel engine providing a top speed of 22 knots and a range of 10000 miles at 20 knots. She carries a crew of 208 and cargo of three 10 ton cranes; three 5 ton cranes; 3500 tons of armaments, And 12800 cubic meters of naval and victualling stores in four holds. She is armed with two Oerlikon GAM-BO3 20 mm guns.
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HMS Fort Victoria is a British Fort Victoria Class fleet replenishment ship of 31550 tons displacement fully loaded launched in 1990 and designed to provide fuel and stores support to the British fleet at sea. HMS Fort Victoria is powered by two Crossley SEMT-Pielstick PC2 6V-400 16-cylinder diesel engines providing a top speed of 20 knots. She carries a crew of 274 and has a cargo capacity of 12505 cubic meters of liquid and 6234 cubic meters of solid cargo. Armaments consist of British Aerospace Seawolf GWS 26 Mod 1 VLS surface-to-air missiles and four Lawrence Scott 30 mm/75 Mk 1 guns. There is also hangar space for three Westland Sea King/EH 101 helicopters.
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HMS Fort York was a British Bangor Class minesweeper of about 665 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Fort York 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 Forth was a British submarine depot ship launched in 1938. HMS Forth had a top speed of 17 knots and carried a complement of 502 which included 64 repair staff and 43 spare replacement submarine crew. She was armed with eight 4.5 inch guns arranged in pairs, two forward, two aft and two sponsoned on either beam; two multiple pompoms; four 3-pdr guns and several smaller guns. She was equipped with heavy and light machine shops including a foundry, coppersmiths', plumbers' and carpenters' shops and facilities for repairing torpedoes and charging submarine batteries.
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HMS Fortune was a British Fearless Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 145.
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The USS Foss was an American Buckley Class escort destroyer of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Foss 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 Foudre is a French Foudre class landing platform dock ship, commissioned in 1990. The Foudre class landing platform dock provides substantial carrying capacity, each ship being capable of landing and supporting a mechanised armoured regiment of the French rapid deployment force. In this role, the vessel features: a well-deck accommodating one mechanized landing craft (LSM) and four medium-sized landing craft (LCMs), or ten LCMs four 9-ton helicopters housed in the main onboard hangar a cargo of tanks, vehicles and stores. The three main missions of the Foudre class are the landing of infantry and armoured vehicles on unprepared coasts, mobile logistic support for naval forces and humanitarian missions.
The ship is armed with two Simbad twin missile launchers for the Mistral surface-to-air missile; and was armed with three Otobreda/Mauser 30 mm/70 calibre guns capable of firing six kilogram shells at a firing rate of 800 rounds per minute. The guns are integrated with two VIGY 105 optronic weapon control systems supplied by Sagem, which include thermal imager, TV camera and laser rangefinder. To meet military and humanitarian requirements, Foudre class ships provide hospital facilities for large-scale medical and evacuation missions. The hospital facilities include two fully equipped operating theatres and 47 beds. The ship's complement is 210 crew with 13 officers and the ship provides accommodation for 226 crew members, and 467 passengers or troops. With 700 crew and passengers, the ship has an endurance of 30 days. In times of crisis the ship can accommodate up to 1600 people. The ship's propulsion system provides a maximum speed of 21 knots. At an economical speed of 15 knots the range is 11,000 miles.
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The Foudroyant was Nelson's flagship in 1798. In 1892 it was brought to the Thames with the intention of establishing a museum to Nelson, but that failed and the owner, J R Cobb restored the vessel and moored her at Woolwich and opened her to visitors. In 1896 at Blackpool she was wrecked by a gale, the crew were saved, and in 1897 she was finally destroyed by another gale.
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The Fougueux was a French Alcyon Class destroyer (torpilleurs) of 1378 tons displacement launched in 1928. The Fougueux had a top speed of 33.5 knots and a range of 5600 km at 15 knots and carried a complement of 204. 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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The Fournier was an Argentinean minesweeper of 450 tons displacement that saw service during the Second World War launched in 1939. The Fournier 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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HMS Fowey was a British Shoreham Class escort sloop, fitted for mine sweeping, of 1105 tons displacement launched in 1930. She was armed with two 4-inch anti-aircraft guns and twelve smaller guns. At the outbreak of the Second World War she was re-armed with six 4-inch guns on twin mountings. Two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers provided a top speed of 16.5 knots and she carried a complement of 100.
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The USS Fowler was an American Buckley Class escort destroyer of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Fowler 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 Fox was an American flush deck type destroyer of 1193 tons displacement launched in 1919. The USS Fox was powered by four White-Forster oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 35 knots. She carried a complement of 122 and was armed with four 5 inch guns; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun and twelve 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in four triple arrangements.
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HMS Foxglove was a British Flower Class escort sloop of 1175 tons displacement launched in 1915. She was armed with two 4-inch guns and sixteen smaller guns. She was powered by two coal-fired boilers providing a top speed of 16 knots and a range of about 2000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 98.
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HMS Foxhound was a British Fearless Class destroyer of 1350 tons displacement launched in 1934. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; six smaller guns; two depth-charge throwers and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.7 knots and a range of 6000 miles at 15 knots. She carried a crew of 145. In 1943 she was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy and renamed HMCS Qu'appelle.
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The Fram was a three-masted schooner of 402 tons displacement built in 1892 for Nansen's expedition to the Arctic, and also used by Sverdrup in 1899 in Baffin Bay and by Amundsen in the Antarctic between 1910 and 1912. The Fram was 117 feet long, with triple external planking ranging from 24 to 28 inches thick, and was fitted with auxiliary engines driving a screw propeller.
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The Francesco Crispi was an Italian Sella Class destroyer of 935 tons displacement launched in 1925. The Francesco Crispi was powered by three Thornycroft oil-fired boilers with super heaters providing a top speed of 38 knots and carried a complement of 120. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns two machine-guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two pairs.
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The Francesco Stocco was an Italian Sirtori Class torpedo boat of 669 tons displacement launched in 1916. The Francesco Stocco was powered by four Thornycroft oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots and a range of 2720 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 100 and was armed with six 4-inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four machine-guns and four 18-inch torpedo tubes in two twin-deck mountings and carried ten mines for mine laying.
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The USS Francis Hammond is an American Knox Class frigate of 3011 tons standard displacement launched in 1968. The USS Francis Hammond 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 Francis M Robinson was an American Buckley Class escort destroyer of 1400 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Francis M Robinson 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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USS Francis Scott Key is an American strategic missile submarine of 8250 tons displacement dived launched in 1966. USS Francis Scott Key is powered by a Westinghouse pressurised-water cooled S5W nuclear reactor providing a top speed of 25 knots dived. She carries a crew of 143 including 13 officers and is armed with 16 Lockheed Trident (C4) nuclear inter-continental ballistic missiles and four 21 inch Mk 65 bow torpedo tubes taking the Gould Mk 48 torpedo.
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The Francis-Garnier was a French river gunboat of 639 tons displacement launched in 1927 for service on the lower Yangtse river. The Francis-Garnier was powered by two Du Temple boilers providing a top speed of 15. She carried a complement of 103 and was armed with one 4-inch gun; one 3 inch anti-aircraft gun; two 1 pdr guns and four machine-guns.
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The Francisco Zarco is an American-built Mexican patrol ship of 1090 tons displacement built during the Second World War as the USS Threat and sold to Mexico in 1973. The Francisco Zarco is powered by two diesel-electric engines providing a top speed of 18 knots and a range of 4300 miles at 10 knots. She carries a crew of 105, including nine officers and is armed with one 3 inch calibre anti-surface gun and four Bofors 40 mm/56 anti-aircraft guns arranged as two twins and also two Oerlikon 20 mm guns.
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The Frank Cable is a US submarine tender of 23000 tons launched in 1978. She was named after one of the leading figures who helped John P Holland in the building of the US Navy's first submarines.
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The USS Frank E Evans was an American Allen M Sumner Class destroyer of 2200 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Frank E Evans 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 Frank Knox was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Frank Knox 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 Frankenthal is a German minesweeper class built for the German Navy between 1992 and 1998. The ship has an anti-surface and anti-air Bofors 40 mm gun which is capable of firing 330 rounds per minute; and the Stinger surface-to-air missile system in two quadruple Stinger missile launchers port and starboard. The ship is equipped with two MTU 16V 538 TB91 diesel engines each providing 2200 kW, with two shafts driving controllable pitch propellers. The engines provide a speed of 18 knots for high transit speed to the area of operations. For station keeping in mine hunting operations at low speed, the MJ332 propulsion is switched over to the electric motors and the ship' s high performance rudders are used for precision manoeuvring.
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The USS Frankford was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Frankford 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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HMS Franklin was a British unarmed surveying warship of 830 tons displacement launched in 1937. HMS Franklin was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 17 knots and carried a complement of 80.
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The USS Franklin D Roosevelt was an American Midway Class large fleet aircraft carrier of 45000 tons displacement launched in 1945. the USS Franklin D Roosevelt 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 USS Franklin was an American Essex Class fleet aircraft carrier of 27100 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Franklin was powered by eight Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 33 knots. She carried a complement of 2900 and normally 82 aircraft though up to 103 could be carried. She was armed with twelve 5 inch guns; seventy-two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and fifty-two 20 mm anti-aircraft guns mounted in quads.
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The USS Franks was an American Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement built under the 1940-41 programme. The USS Franks 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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HMS Fraserburgh was a British Bangor Class minesweeper of about 665 tons displacement launched in 1941. HMS Fraserburgh 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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The Fratelli Bandiera was an Italian Santarosa Class coastal submarine of 815 tons displacement launched in 1929. The Fratelli Bandiera 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.
During the Second World War she was used for training and transporting supplies before being scrapped in 1948.
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The Fratelli Cairoli was an Italian Abba Class torpedo boat of 615 tons displacement launched in 1914. The Fratelli Cairoli was powered by four Thornycroft oil-burning boilers providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 2720 km at 15 knots. She carried a complement of 94 and was armed with five 4-inch guns; two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; four machine-guns and four 18-inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Frazier was an American Buchanan Class destroyer of 1630 tons displacement launched in 1942. The USS Frazier 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 Freccia was an Italian destroyer of 348 tons launched in 1899. Together with her five sister ships, the Freccia formed the first major group of destroyers built for the Italian navy. She was lost on the 12th of October 1911 in the Italo-Turkish War when she ran aground at the entrance to Tripoli harbour. The Freccia was an Italian destroyer of 2134 tons launched in 1930. She was sunk during an air raid while lying off Genoa on August the 9th, 1943 during the Second World War.
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The Freccia was an Italian Dardo Class destroyer of 1206 tons displacement launched in 1930. The Freccia was powered by three 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 38 knots and carried a complement of 150. She was armed with four 4.7-inch guns; four 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 13 mm anti-aircraft guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triples.
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The USS Fred T Berry was an American Gearing Class destroyer of 2400 tons displacement launched in 1945. The USS Fred T Berry 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 USS Frederick C Davis was an American Edsall Class escort destroyer of 1200 tons displacement launched in 1943 and sunk during the Second World War. The USS Frederick C Davis was powered by Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines providing 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 Fremantle is an Australian PCF 420 class patrol craft of 211 tons displacement and a top speed of 30 knots. She is armed with one Bofors AN 4 - 40 mm/60 gun; one 81 mm mortar and two 12.7 mm machine-guns. She carries a crew of three officers and 19 other ratings.
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The Fresia (named after an Araucanian chief) was an American-built Chilean submarine of 335 tons displacement launched in 1915 for the British Royal Navy, but interned at Boston by the American government because the USA felt its then neutrality during the Great War prohibited supplying submarines to Britain. After America declared war in 1917 the Fresia was released, but was ceded to Chile in part payment for warships which had been built in Britain for Chile, but which had been appropriated by the Royal Navy. The Fresia was powered by Nelseco diesel engines providing a top speed of 12.75 knots surfaced and 10.25 knots submerged and a range of 4480 km on the surface or 48 km submerged. She carried a complement of 22 and was armed with four 18-inch torpedo tubes in the bow.
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The Fresnel was a French Redoutable Class submarine of 1379 tons displacement launched in 1929. She was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 19 knots surfaced and electric motors providing a top speed of 10 knots submerged. She carried a complement of 67 and was armed with one 3.9 inch anti-aircraft gun; two machine guns and eleven 21.7 inch torpedo tubes.
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The USS Fresno was an American San Diego Class light cruiser of 6000 tons displacement launched in 1946. The USS Fresno had a top speed of 35 knots and carried a complement of 597. She was armed with twelve 5 inch dual-purpose guns; twenty-eight 40 mm anti-aircraft guns and twelve 20 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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The Frettchen is a German Gepard Class missile fast attack craft of 391 tons displacement. Four MTU MA16V 956 SB80 diesel engines rated at 18000 hp provide a top speed of 40 knots and a range of 4160 km at 16 knots. She carries a complement of 34 including four officers. As well as having mine laying capabilities, she is armed with four Aerospatiale Exocet MM38 cruise missiles; a GDC RAM 21 cell point anti-air defence system; one OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact dual-purpose gun.
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The Freyr (formerly the Glucksburg) was a German patrol vessel of 496 tons displacement launched between 1912 and 1921 as a trawler, and acquired by the German navy for military use in 1937. She had a top speed of 10 knots, carried a complement of 38 and was armed with one 3.5 inch gun and three 1 pdr anti-aircraft guns.
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The Fridtjof Nansen was a Norwegian fishery protection vessel of 1300 tons displacement launched in 1931. She had a top speed of 15 knots and carried a complement of 70. She was armed with two 4 inch guns and two 3 pdr guns. The Fridtjof Nansen was wrecked in 1933, but was salvaged in 1934 and refitted in 1936 and subsequently returned to service.
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The Friedrich Eckoldt was a German Beitzen Class destroyer of 1625 tons displacement launched in 1937. The Friedrich Eckoldt had a top speed of 36 knots and carried a complement of 283. Armaments consisted of five 5-inch guns; four 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruples.
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The Friedrich Ihn was a German Beitzen Class destroyer of 1625 tons displacement launched in 1935. The Friedrich Ihn had a top speed of 36 knots and carried a complement of 283. Armaments consisted of five 5-inch guns; four 37 mm anti-aircraft guns; four 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruples.
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The Friendship was a British sailing ship of 278 tons displacement launched in 1780 and chartered by the British government for the | 
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