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fleet and division
With Brueys dead and his van and centre defeated, the rear division of the French fleet attempted to break out of the bay, but ultimately only two ships of the line and two frigates escaped, from a total of 17 ships engaged.
On 20 October, a list of ships and commanders at the time of the division of the fleet in 1666 was demanded from Pepys.
This gave the impression that they might form a line and pass along the weather column of the British fleet, exposing the smaller British column to the fire of the larger Spanish division.
This division of forces left Blake with only 42 men of war by November, while the Dutch were making every effort to reinforce their fleet, and this led to an English defeat by Tromp in the Battle of Dungeness in December but didn't save the English Mediterranean fleet, largely destroyed at the Battle of Leghorn in March 1653.
A Royal warrant of August 18, 1761, stipulated that an all blue triple-tailed flag to be used by the Archipelago fleet, an amphibious division of small ships and gunboats, patrolling the inner archipelago along the Swedish coast line.
During the War of 1812, Kingston was the base for the Lake Ontario division of the Great Lakes British naval fleet which engaged in a vigorous arms race with the American fleet based at Sackets Harbor, New York for control of Lake Ontario.
The USCG maintains an extensive fleet of coastal and ocean-going patrol ships, called cutters by tradition, and small craft, as well as an extensive aviation division consisting of HH-65 Dolphin and HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules, HU-25 Guardian, and HC-144 Ocean Sentry.
Having waited until September / October for weather that caused trouble for Haakon's fleet, a clash occurred between a smaller Norwegian force and a Scottish division at the Battle of Largs.
Palmerston however said the fleet could not be sent in view of the deep division in the Cabinet.
On the far right, General Bousquet's division, supported by the guns of the French fleet, crossed the river, scaled the cliffs and were able to expel the Russian infantry and artillery stationed there.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine commanded the Allied fleet of about 92 ships and 30 fireships, taking control of the centre himself, with Jean II d ' Estrées commanding the van, and Sir Edward Spragge the rear division.
Once the enemy was sighted Bingham ordered his own destroyer,, and the one remaining destroyer of his division,, to close to within 2, 750 meters of the opposing battle fleet so that he could bring his torpedoes to bear.
Admiral Hillenkoetter returned to the fleet, commanding a cruiser division in the Korean War.
The Norwegian passenger train division has a fleet of 36 Class 72 and 82 Class 69 electric multiple units ( EMU ) and 14 Class 92 diesel multiple units ( DMU ) for commuter services.
On May 14, 1919 a fleet of British, American and French warships brought an entire Greek division into the harbour of Smyrna.
There was an initial inconclusive clash during which the French got the better of the van division of the British fleet that had become separated from the centre and rear divisions.
After the destruction of the Tunisian naval division at the Battle of Navarino on 20 October 1827, the sovereign Husainid Dynasty leader Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud decided to create a flag to use for the fleet of Tunisia, to distinguish it from other fleets.
In each fleet the squadron commanders were in the centre of their respective squadrons, and the division flag officers in the centre of their divisions.
* Roadliner-the road haulage division, responsible for both its own in-house fleet and privately contracted operators.
As the Dutch fleet attempted to reach shallower waters in an effort to escape the British attack, the British leeward division joined the windward combat and eventually forced the surrender of the Dutch flagship Vrijheid and ten other ships.
The Navy and Marine Corps hold excellence category of competitions at the fleet and division level respectively and the CMP awards slightly modify EIC badges to the winners of those competitions in order to distinguish them from other EIC badges.
The Special Projects division also handled specialised military contracts, such as the building of a fleet of V8-powered Rapier missile launchers for the British Army.

fleet and Ford
Due to the shift in the Big Three's strategy, many long-running cars like the Ford Taurus, Buick Century and Pontiac Grand Prix fell behind their Japanese competitors in features and image ( relying more on fleet sales instead of retail and / or heavy incentive discounts ); some were discontinued.
It consists of a small number of trained officers, and a fleet of three Dodge Charger patrol cars and one Ford Explorer patrol SUV.
The BRPD operates a fleet of 3 Dodge Chargers ( 1 slicktop and 2 fully marked ), a Chevrolet Tahoe, 2 Ford Crown Victorias, and a Dodge Avenger.
The Hillsdale PD has a fleet of vehicles equal or larger than the number of officers it has on staff ; this includes numerous early-2000s Ford Crown Victorias and Chevrolet Impalas.
The department started with a one-stall garage to house a single pumper truck but has grown to a fleet of five fire trucks, including a 1991 KME 1250 GPM Structure Pumper, a 1971 Superior Fire Apparatus 1000 GPM Structure Pumper, a 2010 Ford F350 Brush Truck, a 2005 Ford F550 Light Rescue Unit, and a 1998 International Water Tender.
Foristell PD has 8 full-time officers and 6-7 Patrol cars in their fleet consisting of 5-6 Ford Police Interceptors purchased used and a 2010 Dodge Charger DWI Enforcement Unit won for participating in DWI campaigns.
i. e. Ford Motor Company, Chrysler, Altria are all example of companies that own, maintain and operate their own fleet of private aircraft for the exclusive use of their executives.
Starting with the 2008 model year, the Crown Victoria became available solely through Ford Fleet ; by 2007, approximately 95 % of total Crown Victoria sale had been to fleet customers.
As Ford dominated the market for police cars and taxi vehicles at the time, Ford chose to continue the Crown Victoria for the purposes of securing fleet sales ; retail customers still interested in full-size rear-wheel drive cars would be marketed towards Mercury and the Grand Marquis.
The civilian Crown Victoria is only available when ordered for a fleet directly from Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited and is not available through Ford dealerships.
This mobility service is a " non-fixed route " service and consists of a fleet of specially converted Ford E-Series vans and Ford Crown Victorias.
Ford fitted a Lucas system on the Lotus 25s entered at Indianapolis the next year, ran a fleet test in 1964, and began offering optional EI on some models in 1965.
The estate was bought in January 1988 by Malcolm Wilson for his M-Sport motorsport team and in 1996 they were selected by Ford Motorsport to build, prepare and run a fleet of cars for entry into the World Rally Championship.
The UK tax system meant that sales to company car fleets comprised a larger proportion of the overall market-especially for middle-weight saloons-than elsewhere in Europe: the Ford Cortina Mk II had been replaced by the Ford Cortina Mk III in 1970, but in the eyes of the all important company car fleet managers the newer Cortina never quite matched the earlier car for reliability, notably in respect of problems with its cable clutch and with camshaft wear in the 1. 6 and 2. 0 litre ohc units.
On March 18, 2010, the Canada Post and Ford Motor Company announced that the Canada Post would purchase a fleet of Ford Transit Connect vans.
On 1 February 1973, following a reorganization of the Pacific Fleet, the Third Fleet was recommissioned as an active fleet and assumed the duties of the former First Fleet and Pacific Anti-Submarine Warfare Force located at Ford Island, Hawaii.
By 1930, the mail-boat fleet consisted of three boats, equipped with 60-horsepower Model A Ford engines and designed to carry 10 passengers.
However, the Ford Sierra 2. 0 litre was eventually chosen as the mainstay of the fleet for reasons of durability and economy.

fleet and Motor
* Midland Red, the fleet and trading name used by the Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company ( BMMO )
Motor car N5127 and Driving trailer car D6127 were both involved in the Wentworthville train derailment on 27 December 1989, Cityrail's first major accident involving the Tangara fleet.
In December 2008, Kowloon Motor Bus has a fleet of 3, 933 buses with 3, 805 double-deckers and more than 95 % of the double-deck fleet is air-conditioned.
He spent a brief period studying theoretical engineering at King's College London, and a period with the National Motor Cab Company then running a fleet of 250 Unics where he was, amongst other things, in charge of cab maintenance and fascinated by the cabbies ' ingenuity at fiddling the meters.
Ford Motor Company allowed him to have a fleet of new vehicles every year, and one of Bob's choices was the Comtech Mark VII.
One Kowloon Motor Bus-owned Centroliner ( fleet number AP69 ) was forced off a viaduct by a lorry on Tuen Mun Road on 10 July 2003 and was subsequently written off.
They were converted from former Brake Guard vehicles in 1968 to supplement the Class 419 Motor Luggage Van fleet.
It was shipped to Hong Kong after the trial and entered Kowloon Motor Bus training fleet in 1986.
Kowloon Motor Bus ( KMB ) of Hong Kong maintains a system to code their fleet.
* Kowloon Motor Bus fleet
* Kowloon Motor Bus fleet numbering
As of March 2009 the Motor Sich fleet includes the following aircraft:
East Yorkshire Motor Services are another fairly major President fleet with 36 examples on Volvo B7TL chassis.
In a few years, his United Motor Service ( UMS ) owned the most efficient fleet of public transport vehicles in the country.
Singapore Bus Services introduced a fleet of NZMB ( New Zealand Motor Body ) bodied B57s in the early 1980s.
It was a part of the Ford Motor Company fleet of ore carriers and made its home port at the Ford's River Rouge Plant, south of Detroit, Michigan.

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