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A type of fast and maneuverable small warship introduced in the 1890s to protect capital ships from torpedo boat attack. Originally "torpedo boat destroyer".
A smaller, lightly armed warship built in large numbers during World War II. Employed primarily for anti-submarine warfare, but also provided some protection against aircraft and smaller surface ships.
1. From the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, a classification for a wide variety of gun- and sometimes torpedo-armed warships, usually but not always armored, intended for independent scouting, raiding, or commerce protection; some were designed also to provide direct support to a battlefleet. 2. From the early 20th century to the mid-20th century, a type of armored warship with varying armament and of various sizes, but always smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer, capable of both direct support of a battle fleet and independent operations, armed with guns and sometimes torpedoes. 3. After the mid-20th century, various types of warships of intermediate size armed with guided missiles and sometimes guns, intended for air defense of aircraft carriers and associated task forces or for anti-ship missile attack against such forces; virtually indistinguishable from large destroyers since the late 20th century.
Short for a hammock. The last ships to have micks in the RCN were the Tribal class destroyers decommissioned in the early 1960s.
1. In the 17th century, any warship built for speed and maneuverability. 2. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, a sailing warship with a single continuous gun deck, typically used for patrolling, blockading, etc., but not in line of battle. 3. In the second half of the 19th century, a type of warship combining sail and steam propulsion, typically of ironclad timber construction, with all guns on one deck. 4. In the 20th and 21st centuries, a warship, smaller than a destroyer, originally introduced during World War II as an anti-submarine vessel but now general-purpose.
Another name for the anti-submarine mortar(s) which were mounted on the St. Laurent Class destroyers.
A slang term for an Imperial II-class Star Destroyer
The main passageway leading fore and aft on the 01 deck of an Iroquois Class Destroyer.
An obscene drinking song associated with Canadian sailors. The main chorus is "Away, away, with fyfe and drum, here we come, full of rum, looking for women to pat on the bum, in the North Atlantic Squadron." As well, there are a number of traditional verses, but the challenge for participants is to make up new verses on the spot. It is thought to have originated in the RCN during WWI as the "Old Destroyer Squadron". Some say that the "Squadron" referred to in the lyrics is the "10th Bomber Reconnaissance Squadron" of the RCAF.
Slang term for a navy destroyer powered by a boiler, such as the St. Laurent Class and her sister classes.
n 1. A jail or prison. 2. A toilet or restroom. 3. The buttocks. 4.A naval destroyer. tr.v. canned, canning, cans 1. To make a recording of: can the audience's applause for a TV comedy show. 2. To dismiss from employment or school. 3. To put a stop to; quit: Let's can the chatter.
TIE pilot slang term for an Imperial Star Destroyer.
Destroyer, Helicopter carrying.
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The rounded bow of the original St. Laurent Class of destroyers.
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Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe.
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A destroyer.
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A destroyer of civil liberty.
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One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.
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One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates.
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The triad, or trinity, of Hindu gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
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One who destroys himself; a suicide.
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The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindoo gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer.
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A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.
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A destroying agency; a cause of ruin or of devastation; a destroyer.
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The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.
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The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
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A divinity of the modern Hindu trimurti, or trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.
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A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer.
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A destroyer.
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One who extirpates or roots out; a destroyer.
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