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Proposed British battlecruiser
HMS Incomparable was the name given by Admiral John "Jackie" Fisher to a proposal for a very large battlecruiser which was suggested in 1915. The design
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a given relation over a set HMS Incomparable, a proposal for a very large battlecruiser, suggested in 1915 Incomparable (diamond), one of the largest
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Japanese WWII-era naval artillery
prototype 18-inch Mark 1. Six 20-inch guns were the proposed armament of HMS Incomparable, a very large battlecruiser design of the British Royal Navy; The design
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Large capital warship
battlecruiser, that would carry 20-inch (508 mm) guns, which he termed HMS Incomparable; this never got beyond the concept stage. It is often held that the
Battlecruiser
Royal Navy officer (1841–1920)
Fisher's last contributions to naval construction was the projected HMS Incomparable, a mammoth battlecruiser which took the principles of the Courageous
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Early 20th century battleship type
capital ships. Fisher's mania for speed culminated in his suggestion for HMS Incomparable, a mammoth, lightly armoured battlecruiser. In Germany, two units of
Dreadnought
Series of studies for WWI-era battleships in the US Navy
Dakotas and halting all consideration of the "maximum battleships". HMS Incomparable Senate Congressional Record of the USA. Vol. 53. Library of Congress
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20th-century British armed merchant ship
HMS Jervis Bay was a British liner later converted into an armed merchant cruiser, pennant F40. She was launched in 1922, and sunk in battle on 5 November
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Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
Parliament for the Commonwealth Navy on 20 January 1649. Described as an "incomparable sailer", she was noted for her sharpness and fine lines, and was considered
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Royal Navy officer
Radstock once wrote: I look at you (Hoste) as the truly worthy eleve of my incomparable and ever to be lamented friend the late Lord Nelson. "Person Page – 14633
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Frigate of the Royal Navy, in service 1795-1836
HMS Emerald was a 36-gun Amazon-class fifth rate frigate that Sir William Rule designed in 1794 for the Royal Navy. The Admiralty ordered her construction
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Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (1825–1895)
There never lived a more noble character or a greater seaman. He was incomparable'. The naval historian Sir William Clowes, who knew him well, wrote that
Geoffrey_Hornby
British naval officer, politician and mercenary (1775–1860)
of the Brazilian nation, to whose independence and unity he rendered incomparable services." Cochrane's grandson, Douglas Cochrane, 12th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
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French naval ship (1801–1805)
Majesty's Service; sails incomparably fast...". The Royal Navy purchased Vaillant and brought her into the Royal Navy as the 6th-rate HMS Barbette, but never
French_ship_Vaillant_(1801)
foule se complaît à nommer hasard est la conquête de votre sagacité incomparable, de votre connaissance profonde du ciel, de votre persévérance que rien
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English writer and poet (1865–1936)
But as the age of the European empires recedes, he is recognised as an incomparable, if controversial, interpreter of how empire was experienced. That, and
Rudyard_Kipling
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cheerful and sensual female water spirit of the Chilotan Seas that is of incomparable beauty and rises from the depths of the sea Rusalka, in Slavic mythology
Enchantress
Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist (1711–1776)
subject) is of all my writings, historical, philosophical, or literary, incomparably the best." He also wrote of his social relations: "My company was not
David_Hume
Victorian-era theatrical partnership
men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado are among the best known
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Type of naval warship
seen what the Alabama could do ... what might we expect from such an incomparably superior vessel as the Esmeralda[?] — Summary of remarks by William Armstrong
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Royal Navy officer and politician
12-gun Aventure, 16-gun Incomparable, and Rubis. The 36-gun St Espirit blew up in combat with the 60-gun ship of the line HMS Windsor. Charnock (2012)
Thomas Hardy (Royal Navy officer, died 1732)
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1905 naval battle of the Russo-Japanese War
squadron was enveloped in black powder smoke." 12" shells creating an "incomparably larger splash than the enemy's on the water" "Japanese shells exploded
Battle_of_Tsushima
French naval officer (1729–1788)
anchored in Narragansett Bay, off Newport, comprising HMS Juno, HMS Flora, HMS Lark, HMS Orpheus and HMS Cerebus. On 5 August 1778, Suffren entered the Bay
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British geographer (1830–1916)
Navy cadet and midshipman, during which time he went to the Arctic with HMS Assistance in one of the many searches for Franklin's lost expedition. Later
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German naval raid of World War II
attack against Tirpitz by torpedo bombers flying from the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious failed and two British aircraft were shot down. The German ships
Operation_Sportpalast
Canadian physician and co-founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital (1849–1919)
students, demonstrating what one student referred to as his method of "incomparably thorough physical examination." Soon after arriving in Baltimore, Osler
William_Osler
Australian cricketer (1908–2001)
14 January 2008. Atherton, Michael (12 June 2005). "Warne: still the incomparable master of spin bowler's craft". The Telegraph. London. Retrieved 16 May
Don_Bradman
British cargo liner
ISBN 0-85177-565-9. King, Peter (2017). The Aberdeen Line : George Thompson Jnr's incomparable shipping enterprise. Stroud: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-7851-4
SS_Aberdeen_(1881)
City and unitary authority in Essex, England
distance from the metropolis, and the excellence of the roads, added to the incomparable fineness of the water, have induced so much polite company down these
Southend-on-Sea
Holocaust. Roy Wilkins May 17, 1984 P.L. 98-285, 98 Stat. 186 For his incomparable contribution to the struggle for civil rights and equality. George Gershwin
List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients
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French military personnel
division the burning flame that animated him and make his great unit an incomparable element of combat. Attached to the 10th C.A. from June 12 to 22, 1940
Gabriel_Bougrain
English dramatist, poet and illustrator (1836–1911)
which produced fourteen comic operas. The most famous of these include H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and one of the most frequently performed
W._S._Gilbert
British opera singer (1908–1973)
his Noye as his most notable legacy; others find his Nick Bottom to be incomparable. He recorded Purcell's The Fairy Queen in 1970 for Decca, also under
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stylistically by Verne, whom he called a "man of incommensurate genius" and an "incomparable master", adding that in many passages Verne "raised himself to the highest
Cultural influence of Jules Verne
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excellent flax plant (Phormium) that grows so abundantly there; its incomparable shipbuilding timber" as among the advantages of the new colony. The proposal
History_of_Norfolk_Island
1889 comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
you.... I say that when you deliberately assert that for 12 years you, incomparably the greatest English musician of the age – a man whose genius is a proverb
The_Gondoliers
Scottish mariner, explorer and blackbirder (1822–1879)
5 February 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2022. John Nicholson (2004). The Incomparable Captain Cadell. Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-74114-108-5. The Cadells of
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Australian artist (1830–1873)
his photography proved to be the true historian of that time and place—incomparable, authentic[,] unchallengeable." In 2013, the Holtermann collection of
Henry_Beaufoy_Merlin
English singer and actor (1899–1975)
all the famous Gilbert and Sullivan patter roles, including Sir Joseph in H.M.S. Pinafore, the Major-General in Pirates, Bunthorne in Patience, the Lord
Martyn_Green
Protected cruiser
seen what the Alabama could do ... what might we expect from such an incomparably superior vessel as the Esmeralda[?] The promotion did not end with Armstrong
Chilean cruiser Esmeralda (1883)
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will mourn Her Majesty as a monarch who has reigned wisely and with incomparable dedication throughout the period of our post-war emergence as a part
Reactions to the death of Elizabeth II
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1860s class of Royal Navy ironclads
the least stable in the Victorian fleet, so much so that the flaw was incomparable to the poor stability other vessels. During trials, Lord Clyde's roll
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Ariane (second left), Andromaque (second right) and HMS Northumberland (right).
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Special operations unit of the Israeli Navy
exposure to toxic chemicals in the Kishon River was so extreme as to be "incomparable to any other case like it." As a result, the Israeli Defense Ministry
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French composer and conductor (1853–1929)
better. The Parisian critic Pierre Lalo said of Messager: He was an incomparable conductor of Pelléas – perfect and complete. With him, nothing was missing
André_Messager
English actor, singer and writer (1847–1912)
Gilbert and Sullivan from 1877 to 1889, including Sir Joseph Porter, in H.M.S. Pinafore (1878), the Major-General in The Pirates of Penzance (1880) and
George_Grossmith
Artic convoy of the Second World War
destroyers. Tovey also took the view that sinking Tirpitz was ...of incomparably greater importance to the conduct of the war than the safety of any convoy
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United Kingdom merchant ship
Museum. King, Peter (2017). The Aberdeen Line: George Thompson Jnr's incomparable shipping enterprise. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 115–116. ISBN 978-0-7509-7851-4
Queen_of_Nations
Publication of theory of natural selection
warning of racial wars. Hooker's verdict on the growing manuscript was "incomparably more favourable" than Darwin had anticipated, while Darwin tried to put
Publication of Darwin's theory
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ashore and wrecked at Mauritius with the loss of three of her crew. Incomparable France The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Mauritius
List of shipwrecks in January 1868
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