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THE STANDARD

The Standard was a London daily newspaper established by Charles Baldwin in 1827 as a Tory evening paper, and edited by Dr Giffard with Alaric Watts. In 1857 The Standard was acquired by James Johnstone, who published it in both the morning and evening. The Standard saw its most popular period between 1876 and 1900 when it was managed by WH Mudford. In 1916 the morning edition was offered for sale by auction, but no buyer was found and publication was suspended. The evening edition continued later becoming known as the 'Evening Standard'.
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WH SMITH

WH Smith is a British firm of newspaper, book and stationery retailers. The firm was founded in Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London in 1821 by two brothers, William Henry Smith and Henry Edward Smith as a firm of newspaper agents, booksellers, stationers, printers and binders. The firm was originally controlled entirely by William Henry Smith from 1829 until 1846 when his eldest son, William Henry Smith, the Conservative politician, was taken into partnership. Its first railway bookstall was opened at Euston on the first of November 1848, and by the end of 1905 more than 200 stalls on the London and North West and Great Western Railway had been opened.
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WH

WH is an abbreviation for Watt Hour
WH is an abbreviation for War Hammer
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VANGUARD 2

HMS Vanguard was a British battleship designed during the Second World War but not completed until 1946, and was the eighth British ship to bear the name
Vanguard. She had a displacement of 42500 tons and carried a crew of 2000. She was powered by eight Admiralty 3-drum type boilers and Parsons single reduction geared turbines rated at 130000 SHP which provided a top speed of 29 knots. Armaments consisted of eight 15 inch 42 calibre main guns, sixteen 5.25 inch dual-purpose guns, four 3 pounder guns and 71 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns. *Vanguard 3
HMS Vanguard is a British Vanguard Class ballistic missile nuclear powered submarine of 15900 tons displacement submerged. HMS Vanguard has the capacity to carry 16 Trident missiles and is fitted with four 21 inch torpedo tubes and carries the Tigerfish and Spearfish torpedoes. HMS Vanguard is equipped with the BAE Systems Type 2054 composite sonar system. The Vanguard's towed sonar array is the Type 2046 which provides passive search capability and operates at very low frequency. The Type 2043 is the hull mounted active and passive mode search sonar and the Type 2082 sonar provides passive intercept and ranging capability.
The submarine is fitted with the CK51 search periscope and the CH91 attack periscope developed by Pilkington Optronics. These periscopes include TV camera and thermal imager as well as optical channel.

All HMS Vnguard's above water sensors are combined into self-protection masts in the submarine's fin. The submarine's navigation radar is the Type 1007 I-band radar supplied by Kelvin Hughes. The Vanguard submarine's main nuclear powered propulsion system is based on the Rolls-Royce PWR 2. The other main items of machinery are two GEC turbines, and a single shaft with a pump jet propulsor. There are two Paxman diesel alternators, and two turbo generators from WH Allen. The propulsion system provides a maximum submerged speed of 25 knots. The second generation reactor, PWR 2, was developed specifically for the Vanguard Class Trident submarines.
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VENGEANCE II

HMS Vengeance is a British Vanguard Class ballistic missile nuclear powered submarine of 15900 tons displacement submerged. The Vengeance has the capacity to carry 16 Trident missiles and is fitted with four 21 inch torpedo tubes and carries the Tigerfish and Spearfish torpedoes.

Vengeance is equipped with the BAE SystemsType 2054 composite sonar system. The Vengeance's towed sonar array is the Type 2046 which provides passive search capability and operates at very low frequency. The Type 2043 is the hull mounted active and passive mode search sonar and the Type 2082 sonar provides passive intercept and ranging capability. The submarine is fitted with the CK51 search periscope and the CH91 attack periscope developed by Pilkington Optronics. These periscopes include TV camera and thermal imager as well as optical channel. All above water sensors are combined into self-protection masts in the submarine's fin. The submarine' s navigation radar is the Type 1007 I-band radar supplied by Kelvin Hughes. The Vengeance submarine's main nuclear powered propulsion system is based on the Rolls-Royce PWR 2. The other main items of machinery are two GEC turbines, and a single shaft with a pump jet propulsor. There are two Paxman diesel alternators, and two turbo generators from WH Allen. The propulsion system provides a maximum submerged speed of 25 knots. The second generation reactor, PWR 2, was developed specifically for the Vanguard Class Trident submarines.
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VICTORIOUS III

HMS Victorious is a British Vanguard Class ballistic missile nuclear powered submarine of 15900 tons displacement submerged. The Victorious has the capacity to carry 16 Trident missiles and is fitted with four 21 inch torpedo tubes and carries the Tigerfish and Spearfish torpedoes.
Victorious is equipped with the BAE SystemsType 2054 composite sonar system. The Victorious' towed sonar array is the Type 2046 which provides passive search capability and operates at very low frequency. The Type 2043 is the hull mounted active and passive mode search sonar and the Type 2082 sonar provides passive intercept and ranging capability. The submarine is fitted with the CK51 search periscope and the CH91 attack periscope developed by Pilkington Optronics. These periscopes include TV camera and thermal imager as well as optical channel. All above water sensors are combined into self-protection masts in the submarine's fin. The submarine's navigation radar is the Type 1007 I-band radar supplied by Kelvin Hughes. The Victorious submarine' s main nuclear powered propulsion system is based on the Rolls-Royce PWR 2. The other main items of machinery are two GEC turbines, and a single shaft with a pump jet propulsor. There are two Paxman diesel alternators, and two turbo generators from WH Allen. The propulsion system provides a maximum submerged speed of 25 knots. The second generation reactor, PWR 2, was developed specifically for the Vanguard Class Trident submarines.
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VIGILANT II

HMS Vigilant is a British Vanguard Class ballistic missile nuclear powered submarine of 15900 tons displacement submerged. The Vigilant has the capacity to carry 16 Trident missiles and is fitted with four 21 inch torpedo tubes and carries the Tigerfish and Spearfish torpedoes.
Vigilant is equipped with the BAE SystemsType 2054 composite sonar system. The Vigilant's towed sonar array is the Type 2046 which provides passive search capability and operates at very low frequency. The Type 2043 is the hull mounted active and passive mode search sonar and the Type 2082 sonar provides passive intercept and ranging capability. The submarine is fitted with the CK51 search periscope and the CH91 attack periscope developed by Pilkington Optronics. These periscopes include TV camera and thermal imager as well as optical channel. All above water sensors are combined into self-protection masts in the submarine's fin. The submarine' s navigation radar is the Type 1007 I-band radar supplied by Kelvin Hughes. The Vigilant submarine's main nuclear powered propulsion system is based on the Rolls-Royce PWR 2. The other main items of machinery are two GEC turbines, and a single shaft with a pump jet propulsor. There are two Paxman diesel alternators, and two turbo generators from WH Allen. The propulsion system provides a maximum submerged speed of 25 knots. The second generation reactor, PWR 2, was developed specifically for the Vanguard Class Trident submarines.
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MAURITIUS

The Republic of Mauritius is an island country in the Indian ocean east of Madagascar. It has a total area of 1,860 km2. The climate is tropical modified by south-east trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May). The terrain is small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau. Natural resources are arable land, fish. The religion is 51% Hindu, 30% Christian (mostly Roman Catholic with a few Anglicans), 17% Muslim, 2% other The official language is English with Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka and Bojpoori also spoken.
The island of Mauritius was uninhabited until the Dutch colonised the island in 1598, only to abandon the colony in 1710.In 1715 the island was taken by the French wh populated the island with slaves from Africa used to work sugar plantations. In 1810 the island was captured by the British and became a British colony in 1814. After the abolition of slavery in Britain in 1833, indentured labourers from India were imported and their ancestors now make up almost three-quarters of the population. Mauritius achieved self-government in 1957 and full independence in 1968.
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