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Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She was born in 1975 at Los Angeles, California. She is best known for her starring role as 'Lara Croft' in the 2001 film 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'.
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A cateran was a Highland irregular soldier or raider.
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is an adventure starring Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen and Noah Taylor in a story based on the video game, about a woman racing against time to recover ancient artefacts. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider was directed by Simon West in 2001.
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Pretty Woman is a romantic comedy starring Richard Gere and Julia Roberts in a story about a wealthy corporate raider hiring a prostitute to be his companion for a week. Pretty Woman was directed by Garry Marshall in 1990.
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Quantrill's Raiders is a Western starring Steve Cochran, Diane Brewster, Leo Gordon, Gale Robbins and Will Wright in a story about a Confederate raider asked to destroy a Union arsenal, but he has other plans. Quantrill's Raiders was directed by Edward Bernds in 1958.
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RRC is an abbreviation for Relative Rate Controller
RRC is an abbreviation for Rigid Raider Craft
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HMS Raider is a British P2000 Class (Archer Class) University Royal Naval Unit patrol boat of 54 tonnes displacement used for training university students at Cambridge and the surrounding areas in seamanship and providing an introduction to life in the Royal Navy. HMS Raider is powered by two MTU V12 Diesel engines providing a top speed of 24 knots and a range of 550 nautical miles at 15 knots. HMS Raider carries a complement of five permanent ships crew plus twelve others.
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The Karlsruhe was a German Class 2 light cruiser. She was completed in 1912 and had a displacement of 4,820 tons and a speed of 28 knots. She was armed with twelve 4.1 inch guns and two torpedo tubes. In October 1914 she appeared in the Atlantic as a commerce raider and sunk thirteen British ships. Early in November she destroyed two more before herself sinking as a result of an explosion.
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HMS Raider was a British Rotherham Class destroyer of 1705 tons displacement launched in 1942. HMS Raider was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 34 knots. She was armed with four 4.7 inch guns; four 2 pdr pom-pom guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes.
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Rigid raider craft are small, fast, landing-craft/patrol craft (raiding boats) used by the British Royal Navy Royal Marine Commandos and also some special forces. The British rigid racers are between 0.87 and 2.25 tonnes in weight, depending upon model, and are mostly fitted with one outboard diesel engine providing a top speed of the region of 30 knots fully laden and a range of about 120 nautical miles. Each rigid raider can carry a section of eight fully-equipped commandos.
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