They never realised Achates had been hit.

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achates after Achates, a character in Roman mythology.

* HMS Achates was to have been an Amphion-class submarine.

The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the river Achates () sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC.

Protesilaus had killed many Trojans but was killed by Hector in most versions of the story, though others list Aeneas, Achates, or Ephorbus as his slayer.

Achates was the name of the flagship in the novel Success to the Brave, which is the 15th novel in the series written by Douglas Reeman ( writing as Alexander Kent ).

Meanwhile, Lützow approached from the east and fired ineffectively at the convoy ( which was still hidden by smoke from the crippled Achates ).

Aeneas and Achates on the Libyan shore, painted by Dosso Dossi for Alfonso's camerino d ' alabastro ( National Gallery of Art, Washington ).

* Argonaute ( 1929 ), a submarine, lead ship of her class, sunk by the HMS Achates on the 8th of November 1942

During a visit at a cemetery in Vimmerby, Lindgren was caught by an iron cross with the text Here rest the fragile brothers Johan Magnus and Achates Phalen, dead 1860.

The Aeneads included Aeneas ' trumpeter Misenus, his father Anchises, his friends Achates, Sergestus and Acmon, the healer Iapyx, the helmsman Palinurus, and his son Ascanius ( also known as Iulus, Julus, or Ascanius Julius ).

Agate is one of the most common materials used in the art of hardstone carving, and has been recovered at a number of ancient sites, indicating its widespread use in the ancient world ; for example, archaeological recovery at the Knossos site on Crete illustrates its role in Bronze Age Minoan culture.

Agate has also been known to fill veins or cracks in volcanic or altered rock underlain by granitic intrusive masses.

Other forms of agate include Lake Superior agate, carnelian agate ( exhibiting reddish hues ), Botswana agate, blue lace agate, plume agates, moss agate, tube agate ( with visible flow channels or pinhole-sized ' tubes '), fortification agate ( which exhibit little or no banding structure ), fire agate ( which has internal flash or ' fire ', the result of a layer of clear agate over a layer of hydrothermally-deposited hematite ), Mexican crazy-lace agate, which often exhibits a brightly colored, complexly banded pattern ( also called Rodeo Agate and Rosetta Stone depending on who owned the mine at the time ).

Ernest Bloch was a composer who lived in Agate Beach, and has a memorial located in Newport.

The Bloch Memorial has been moved from near his house in Agate Beach to a more prominent location at the Newport Performing Arts Center in Newport, Oregon.

The Agate has a length of 8. 50 meters, a diameter of 0. 80 meters, a start mass of 3. 2 tonnes, a takeoff thrust of 186 kN and a ceiling of 20 km.

The last of the great actor-managers, Donald Wolfit, played Lear on a Stonehenge-like set in 1944 and was praised by James Agate as " the greatest piece of Shakespearean acting since I have been privileged to write for the Sunday Times ".

Putting these details together, scholars draw the conclusion that it must have been similar to the pale colour of natural gold ( as opposed to the colour known as gold ); Saadia Gaon, and other medieval rabbinical commentators, argued that the gem itself was an Agate ( presumably of a golden colour ).

The Times reviewer commented, " Mr. Agate is suspected of having been too faithful to a too earnest German original ".

The drive system was replaced by Agate Technology's DN-Boy system in October 2002.

Agate () is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color.

Tuvaluan man in traditional costume drawn by Alfred Agate in 1841 during the United States Exploring Expedition.

The Hanapepe Valley as drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate

In Agate Bay ( Two Harbors ) most of the land was bought from Thomas Sexton, who by that time had owned the land for twenty years.

" Umpqua Indian ", drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate

Another well-known work by Guimerà is the play La filla del mar ( The daughter of the sea, 1900 ), that recounts the story of Agata ( Agate ).

Once a Pokémon's gauge is empty, the player may " Purify " the Pokémon by bringing him or her to Celebi's shrine in Agate Village, or by using a rare " Poké Flute " item.

Drawing of a native of the island, showing his distinctive conical headdress ; drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate

Portrait of a native of the Makin ( islands ) | Makin islands, drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate ( 1841 )

They reformed in 1980, however, with Phillips as the only original member, joined by Peter Agate ( guitar ), Len Surtees ( bass ) and Adrian Metcalfe ( drums ).

Originally the Agate Springs Ranch, a working cattle ranch, was owned by Capt.

Agate Fossil Beds is maintained by the National Park Service.

Taking the majority view of scholars in regard to the identity of the gems, and including the implication from the Book of Revelation that the Onyx at the end of the fourth row was a Sardonyx, there are four colours-red, green, yellow, and blue-each represented by a clear gem ( red-Carbuncle, green-Heliodor, yellow-Chrysolite, blue-Amethyst ), an opaque gem ( red-Carnelian / red Jasper, green-green Jasper, yellow-yellow Jasper / yellow Serpentine, blue-Lapis Lazuli ), and a striped gem ( red-Sardonyx, green-Malachite, yellow-pale golden Agate, blue-sky-blue Agate ).

Natives of Fakaofo ; engraving after a drawing by Alfred Thomas Agate

The attack on Malolo by Alfred Agate.

Tuvaluan man in traditional costume drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate in 1841.

A man from the Nukufetau atoll, Ellice Islands ( now Tuvalu ) drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate in 1841.

As second in command at the Guardian, Monkhouse helped to launch the career of James Agate by publishing his open letters from France during the first World War.

Islander of Wutoohee, drawn by Alfred Thomas Agate

: gemstones ) that included the five prototypes Agathe, Topaze, Emeraude, Rubis and Saphir ( Agate, Topaz, Emerald, Ruby and Sapphire ).

* The State of Franklin is briefly mentioned in Lee Smith's novel, On Agate Hill ( 2006 ) ( paperback edition, page 226-227 ).

In those early days ( 1919 ), water for the Island came from the famous " Wooden Water Tower " built on Agate St. ( removed in 1929 ).

Alfred Thomas Agate, engraver and illustrator, created an enduring record of traditional cultures such as the illustrations made of the dress and tattoo patterns of natives of the Ellice Islands ( now Tuvalu ).

For example most of the blue runs are named after metals / jewels ( e. g. Serpentine, Turquoise, Dolomie, Cristal, Tourmaline, Emeraude ), nearly all the reds are diabollically named ( e. g. Faust, Mephisto, Belzebuth, Lucifer ) and most black runs after stars ( e. g. Diamant Noir, Agate, Styx ).