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41Ballista — The ballista (Latin, from Greek βαλλίστρα ballistra , from βάλλω ballō , to throw ), plural ballistae, was a weapon developed from earlier Greek crossbows. It relied upon different mechanics using instead of a prod two levers with torsion springs …
42USS Charleston (C-22) — The third USS Charleston (C 22) (later CA 19) was a United States Navy St. Louis class protected cruiser. She was launched 23 January 1904 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Miss H. Rhett, and… …
43HMS Chaser (D32) — The USS Breton (CVE 10) (originally AVG 10 then later ACV 10) was a Bogue class escort aircraft carrier that served during World War II.She was laid down on 28 June 1941 under Maritime Commission contract at Pascagoula, Mississippi by Ingalls… …
44Francis Holburne — Sir Francis Holburne (1704 1771) was a British admiral.If he was really born in 1704, as stated in the ‘House of Commons’ lists, Francis would have been older than his brother James by two years, yet he is listed in the ‘History of Parliament’s… …
45HMS Indefatigable (1784) — HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent class of 64 gun ships of third rates designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was ordered on 3 August 1780 (long after Slade s death), and her keel was laid down in May 1781 at the… …
46HMS Zubian — was a First World War Royal Navy Tribal class destroyer constructed from the forward end of HMS Zulu and the rear and mid sections of HMS Nubian . The name Zubian is therefore made from the names of the original ships. [… …
47South Stradbroke Island — is an Australian island in the state of Queensland, south of Brisbane and forms the northern end of Gold Coast. The 22 km by 2.5 km sized island is the smaller one of the two Stradbroke Islands and lies very close to the mainland. History In the… …
48Roman siege engines — were, for the most part, adapted from Hellenistic siege technology. Relatively small efforts were made to develop the technology; however, the Romans brought an unrelentingly aggressive style to siege warfare [Goldsworthy 2000: 144] . Caesar… …
49USS Cairo (1861) — was a City class ironclad gunboat constructed for the Union Navy by James B. Eads during the American Civil War. She was the first vessel of the City class ironclads, also called the Cairo class. Cairo was the first ship sunk by a naval mine, on… …
501882 in South Africa — See also: 1881 in South Africa, other events of 1882, 1883 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. EventsMay* 9 May Paul Kruger becomes President of South African Republic * 28 May Two ships, the Agnes (94 tonne) and the… …
