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naval and terms
The terms architect and architecture are also used in the disciplines of landscape architecture, naval architecture and often information technology ( for example a software architect ).
In naval terms, a boat is a vessel small enough to be carried aboard another vessel ( a ship ).
Verbatim translations were sent solely to the Naval Intelligence Division ( NID ) of the Admiralty's Operational Intelligence Centre ( OIC ) supplemented by information from indexes as to the meaning of technical terms and abbreviations, and cross-referenced information from a store of knowledge of German naval technology.
The Norse had a strong sense of naval architecture, and during the early medieval period they were advanced for their time, compared to other European nations ( earlier shipbuilding techniques, for example those of Mediterranean peoples, such as ancient Greece and Rome, were far more sophisticated and varied, especially in terms of joinery ).
But the Zamorin nonetheless refused to submit to Portuguese terms, and even ventured to hire a fleet of strong corsair warships to challenge Gama's armada ( which Gama managed to defeat in a naval battle before Calicut harbor ).
According to the 1997 treaty, a Russian naval base would continue to be located in Sevastopol and the adjoining region on the terms of a 20-year renewable lease, following a long diplomatic and political dispute between Russia and the newly independent Ukraine.
After his army was beaten at Lincoln on 20 May 1217, and his naval forces ( led by Eustace the Monk ) were defeated off the coast of Sandwich on 24 August 1217, he was forced to make peace on English terms.
The success of his naval operations in the neighbourhood of the Hellespont was such that Athens was glad to accept terms of peace ( the Peace of Antalcidas ), by which:
Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture, civil, architecture, naval, building and construction, early and ecclesiastical art, engineering, civil, engineering, mechanical, fine art, mining, surveying, etc.
As with many other naval terms, flagship has crossed over into common parlance, where it means the most important or leading member of a group.
In the aftermath of Avalanche the Italian surrender was announced and the British naval forces escorted the Italian fleet to Malta under the terms of the surrender.
In naval terms, the multinational Australian / US / UK / Canadian / NZ Combined Communications Electronics Board mandates through Allied Communications Publication 113 ( ACP 113 ) the present system, which allocated numbers from TF 1 to apparently TF 999.
They paddle in a general canoe style since canoes dragon boats, proa's and rafts are all distinctly differing paddle craft all paddled similarly variations exist due to the size and seating position in the boat ( Note that the sweep is not a helmsman or ' coxswain ', which are British-based naval and competitive rowing terms ( coxswain is also a Canadian War Canoe racing term ) for the person in charge of the boat.
He was not on good terms with the new First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Anson, although they shared similar views on how any future naval war against France should be waged.
This military – business custom was respected because professional reputation ( business credibility ) was everything to the condottieri ; a deceived employer was a reputation ruined ; likewise for maritime mercenaries, whose contratto d assento ( contract of assent ) stipulated naval military-service terms and conditions ; sea captains and sailors so-contracted were called assentisti.
The naval wing, by the terms of its inception was permitted to carry out experimentation at its flying school at Eastchurch.
In the Greek War of Independence, 1821-1832, the extensive use of fire ships by the Greeks allowed them to counterbalance the Turkish naval superiority in terms of ship size and artillery power.
On one occasion, when a British naval patrol intercepted Acadians in a vessel en route to Ile St. Jean, an Acadian passenger said, " They chose rather to quit their lands and estates than possess them upon the terms propos'd by the English governor.
The term has been adopted into science fiction literature and culture to describe large spaceships used in military contexts, particularly where other naval terms have also been adopted in similar fashion ; for example, sci-fi capital spaceships are often " carriers ", that carry small fighters analogous to the way the real-world naval equivalent carries fighter aircraft, as well as functioning as " battleships ".
Passed by a state convention on November 24, 1832, it led, on December 10, to President Andrew Jackson's proclamation against South Carolina, which sent a naval flotilla and a threat of sending federal troops to enforce the tariffs ; Jackson authorized this under color of national authority, claiming in his 1832 Proclamation Regarding Nullification that " our social compact in express terms declares, that the laws of the United States, its Constitution, and treaties made under it, are the supreme law of the land ; and for greater caution adds, " that the judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
From 1673 to 1674, Dutch naval Captain Anthony Colve acted as military governor-general until England recovered the colony under the terms of the Treaty of Westminster ( 1674 ).
The 1860s was a time of many turning points in terms of how naval warfare was fought.
Although the Admiralty objected to this simple modification of their rank titles, it was agreed that the RAF might base many of its officer rank titles on naval officer ranks with differing pre-modifying terms.

naval and situation
A similar situation existed for naval Enigma messages.
" Nevertheless, even the critics from Gunsite concede that the machine pistol is useful for a few situations, such as boarding an enemy boat in low light or when repelling boarders in a naval situation.
In a " naval combat situation ", the triage officer must weigh the tactical situation with supplies on hand and the realistic capacity of the medical personnel.
The first was fairly popular in wargaming circles, and is a light system of naval combat, though again not depicting any ' real ' situation ( players may operate ships from opposing navies side-by-side ).
Rapidly retreating south with the Despensers, Edward failed to grip the situation, with the result that Isabella found herself and her household cut off from the south by the Scottish army, with the coastline patrolled by Flemish naval forces allied to the Scots.
Operation Felix, the plan for taking Gibraltar, became stillborn as Spain remained neutral, a situation in large part caused by the German demand that Spain provide Germany with naval bases in Canary Islands as the price for Gibraltar.
Also, most modern military units can, if the situation requires it, call on yet more branches of the military, such as fighter or bomber aircraft or naval forces, to support their operations.
The term ‘ fair is meant to denote not only a smooth transition from fore to aft but also a shape that was ‘ right .’ Determining what is ‘ right in a particular situation in the absence of definitive supporting analysis encompasses the art of naval architecture to this day.
Whereas the Dutch Republic was thus ill-prepared for a land campaign, the situation at sea was much more favourable, even though the States-General decided to limit the naval budget to 4, 776, 248 guilders ( down from an original projected budget of 7, 893, 992 guilders ) in order not to provoke the English.
This situation was overcome after the naval combat of Fortune Island on December 14, 1600.
Despite the best that has been done by everyone – the gallant fighting of the military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of Our servants of the State, and the devoted service of Our one hundred million people – the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest.
In fact this situation continued-although most of Sopwith's post-1915 products were not designed specifically as naval aircraft.
This situation pushed Germany, in particular, to direct its resources to a new form of naval power: submarines.
On April 4, as the supply situation on Sumter became critical, President Lincoln ordered a relief expedition, to be commanded by former naval captain ( and future Assistant Secretary of the Navy ) Gustavus V. Fox, who had proposed a plan for nighttime landings of smaller vessels than the Star of the West.
The Soviets requested a British naval presence off northern Russia and Rear Admiral Philip Vian visited Murmansk to assess the local situation.
During the 1980s the building of a new naval base at Chimbote was considered but high costs and a bad economic situation made the project unfeasible.
It had taken months for word of Tripoli's declaration of war on the United States to reach President Jefferson, but he had already sent naval forces to the Barbary Coast because William Eaton had informed him that the situation in Tripoli was " nearing a breaking point.
His concern was German naval strength and resupply of any landed troops :" To a defending force, cut off and left to its own devices, the topography of the country does not afford us much protection ... without supplies and reinforcements they would soon feel the increasing pressure of British expeditionary force brought over under the protection of British naval power ; sooner or later our own troops would face a situation similar to Namsos or Dunkirk.
On 22 July, Warlimont traveled to France to meet with Field Marshal Rommel ( who had been wounded a week earlier by an Allied airplane attack ), and Rommel's naval aide Vice Admiral Friedrich Ruge, to discuss the deteriorating battlefield situation in Normandy.
Constant attacks by British and Soviet naval forces on German shipping also made the supply situation for the Germans very difficult.
Chile and Argentina were on the brink of war, due to long-standing border disputes stemming from the peace treaty of 1881, the situation of the Puna de Atacama ( a disputed territory formerly owned by Bolivia and claimed by both countries ) and an ongoing naval arms race.
But the naval encounter would not be a conventional line-of-battle engagement: Vigo Bay allowed no room for the deployment of a battle line, so Rooke had to adapt his tactics to the exigencies of the situation.

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