langs: 18 апреля [ru] / april 18 [en] / 18. april [de] / 18 avril [fr] / 18 aprile [it] / 18 de abril [es]

days: april 15 / april 16 / april 17 / april 18 / april 19 / april 20 / april 21

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Lighthouse / Lighthouse

#1 Heligoland Lighthouse

Heligoland Lighthouse ( German : Leuchtturm Helgoland ) is located on Germany's only offshore island, Heligoland . Constructed during World War II as an anti-aircraft tower , it was turned into a lighthouse in 1952. It features the strongest light on the German North Sea coast with a range of 28 nau

• ... e plans as the Cape Arkona light on Rügen in the Baltic Sea. During a bombing raid on Heligoland on 18 april 1945 by the Royal Air Force , this lighthouse was destroyed and the keeper was killed. [6] In 1941 ...
• ... ding to survive the detonation [6] of 6,700 tonnes of explosives by the Royal Navy on the island on 18 april 1947 which was meant to destroy the military facilities and bunkers inside the rock of the island. ...

#2 Ile Parisienne Light

The Ile Parisienne Light was built in 1911 on the southern tip of remote Ile Parisienne in the middle of Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior on a major shipping lane for ingress/egress to the Soo Locks . [2] [3] [4] [5] It is now a well-known landmark to shipping traffic and pleasure craft. The light is

• ... buried on Ile Parisienne. [14] Life at the Ile Parisienne Light Station was lonely and perilous. On april 18, 1922, the small Canadian buoy tender Lambton set out to deliver the lighthouse keepers for the upco ...

#3 Bodie Island Lighthouse

The current Bodie Island Lighthouse (pronounced “body island”) is the third that has stood in this vicinity of Bodie Island on the Outer Banks in North Carolina and was built in 1872. It stands 156 feet (48   m) tall and is located on the Roanoke Sound side of a portion of a peninsula that is the fi

• ... n, which was restarted in 2012 and completed in March 2013. [8] There was a re-lighting ceremony on april 18, 2013, and the lighthouse was opened for the general public to climb the following day for a fee. [9 ...

#4 Point Danger Light

Point Danger Light , also known as the Captain Cook Memorial Light , is an active lighthouse located on Point Danger , a headland between Coolangatta and Tweed Heads , marking the border between Queensland and New South Wales , Australia . It lays claim to be the first lighthouse in the world to exp

• ... nd specifically the voyage along the east coast of Australia in 1770. [6] It was first exhibited on 18 april 1971. [7] The original light source was an experimental laser-based light, [7] and the lighthouse m ...

#5 Cape Santiago Lighthouse, Philippines

Cape Santiago Lighthouse , also known as Faro de Cabo Santiago ( Filipino : Parola ng Cabo Santiago ), is a historic lighthouse located about 130 kilometres (81   mi) southwest of Manila in Barangay Bagong Silang, Calatagan , Batangas , Philippines . It is the oldest working lighthouse in Batangas a

• ... ed structure was unveiled on December 15, 1990 — the centenary of the lighthouse's inauguration. On april 18, 1995, the PCG, then under Commodore Arturo Capada, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ...

#6 Cedar Island Light

Cedar Island Light is a lighthouse in Cedar Point County Park in East Hampton , New York . It overlooks Gardiners Bay . Lighthouse Cedar Island Light Location Cedar Point County Park, Sag Harbor, Gardiners Bay, Long Island Coordinates 41°2′26.9″N 72°15′39.5″W Tower Constructed 1839 Foundation Masonr

• ... s (0.61 ha) Built 1868 Architectural style Italianate NRHP reference No. 03000248 [1] Added to NRHP april 18, 2003 HISTORY The 40-foot (12 m) granite lighthouse was decommissioned in 1934 and replaced by an au ...

#7 Hornby Lighthouse

Hornby Lighthouse , also known as South Head Lower Light or South Head Signal Station , is a heritage-listed active lighthouse located on the tip of South Head , New South Wales , Australia , a headland to the north of the suburb Watsons Bay . It marks the southern entrance to Port Jackson and Sydne

• ... es Heritage Register Official name South Head Signal Station Type State heritage (built) Designated 18 april 2000 Reference no. 01436 Type Signal Stations Category Transport – Water HISTORY Hornby Lighthouse, ...
• ... 14] HERITAGE LISTING Hornby Lighthouse was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 april 2000. [5] SEE ALSO Engineering portal New South Wales portal List of lighthouses in Australia

#8 Bradleys Head Light

The Bradleys Head Light is an active heritage-listed lighthouse at Bradleys Head , a headland protruding from the north shore of Sydney Harbour , within Mosman , Mosman Council , Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . It is the sibling of Robertson Point Light . The site is owned and managed as part

• ... erated by Sydney Ports Corporation . It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 april 2000. [1] Lighthouse in New South Wales, Australia Lighthouse Bradleys Head Light Bradleys Head Lig ...
• ... es Heritage Register Official name Bradleys Head Light Tower Type State heritage (built) Designated 18 april 2000 Reference no. 1430 Type Lighthouse Tower Category Transport – Water HISTORY The light was intr ...
• ... introduced in 1949. [1] [2] The tower was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 18 april 2000. [1] DESCRIPTION The tower is constructed of timber and concrete. [3] The lighthouse design is ...

#9 Alcatraz Island Lighthouse

Alcatraz Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse —the first one built on the U.S. West Coast —located on Alcatraz Island in California 's San Francisco Bay . [4] It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison. [5] The first light house on the island was completed in 1854,

• ... he Pacific Coast . The old lighthouse was damaged in the earthquake which occurred on Wednesday the april 18, 1906. A new lighthouse was built to the south east of the old one. The old lighthouse existed along ...

#10 Sirri Island

Sirri Island ( Persian : جزیره سیری ), is an island in the Persian Gulf belonging to Iran . For other uses, see Siri (disambiguation) . Lighthouse Jazireh-ye Sirri Lighthouse Location Sirri Island , Iran Coordinates 25°54′19″N 54°33′05″E Tower Foundation concrete base Construction metal skeletal tow

• ... that was once destroyed by the naval forces of the United States during Operation Praying Mantis on april 18, 1988. The platform was reconstructed later, after the war. The Sirri District includes the Sivand a ...

#11 Lighthouse of Ponta dos Capelinhos

The Lighthouse of Ponta dos Capelinhos ( Portuguese : Farol da Ponta dos Capelinhos ), or alternately Lighthouse of Capelinhos ( Portuguese : Farol dos Capelinhos ), is a former beacon/lighthouse located along the coastal peninsula of Ponta dos Capelinhos and Costa Nau, in the civil parish of Capelo

• ... ORY The main tower of the lighthouse constructed in volcanic basalt Work on the lighthouse began on 18 april 1894, but for many years the necessity of constructing a beacon on the tip of Faial had been advoca ...

#12 Île d'Yeu Lighthouse

The Île d'Yeu Lighthouse , sometimes called the Grand Phare ( Great Lighthouse ) [1] or La Petite Foule , [2] is a French lighthouse constructed on the Île d'Yeu in 1950. [3] The current structure, is the third serving the site. [4] Lighthouse in Vendée, France Lighthouse Île d'Yeu lighthouse Grand

• ... tain it. In 1833, important repairs were carried out on the tower. Nevertheless, a pronouncement of 18 april 1836 found that it was not fair to force the commune to maintain the bell tower in its then-current ...

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Manufacturer / Manufacturer

#1 Gourlay Brothers

Gourlay Brothers was a marine engineering and shipbuilding company based in Dundee , Scotland. It existed between 1846 and 1908. Gourlay Brothers and Company (Dundee) Ltd. Type Private limited company Industry Marine engineering Shipbuilding Predecessor Gourlay, Mudie & Co. (1846-1853) Gourlay Broth

• ... , Steel Screw Ketch 1899 Tayside 192 Trawler 27 May 1899 [179] Ngapuhi 193 Steel Twin Screw Steamer 18 april 1900 [180] Norfolk 194 Paddle steamer 25 April 1900 [181] Lady North 195 Twin Screw Steamer 18 May ...

#2 William Doxford & Sons

William Doxford & Sons Ltd , often referred to simply as Doxford , was a British shipbuilding and marine engineering company. British shipbuilding company and maker of marine diesel engines William Doxford & Sons William Doxford & Sons' shipyard and engine works, River Wear 1967 Type Private Industr

• ... it over in 1972 and renamed it Sunderland Shipbuilders Ltd . [1] Cargo ship Finix ready for launch, 18 april 1969 In the 1970s a new all-weather Pallion yard was built which could build two ships of up to 30, ...

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Ship / Ship

#1 USS Shelton (DD-790)

USS Shelton (DD-790) was a Gearing -class destroyer of the United States Navy , the second Navy ship named for Ensign James A. Shelton (1916–1942), who was killed in the Battle of Midway . Gearing-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Shelton . USS Shelton on 6 July 1951 Histor

• ... ntification Callsign : NKRR Hull number : DD-790 Honors and awards See Awards Fate Sold to Taiwan , 18 april 1973 Badge History Taiwan Name Lai Yang (萊陽) Namesake Lai Yang Acquired 18 April 1973 Commissioned ...
• ... e Sold to Taiwan , 18 April 1973 Badge History Taiwan Name Lai Yang (萊陽) Namesake Lai Yang Acquired 18 april 1973 Commissioned 18 April 1973 Reclassified DD-920 DDG-920 Decommissioned 16 March 1999 Identifica ...
• ... 1973 Badge History Taiwan Name Lai Yang (萊陽) Namesake Lai Yang Acquired 18 April 1973 Commissioned 18 april 1973 Reclassified DD-920 DDG-920 Decommissioned 16 March 1999 Identification Hull number : DD-20 Fa ...
• ... ioning. Shelton was struck from the Navy list on 31 March 1973 and sold to the Republic of China on 18 april 1973. SERVICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY The ship served in the Republic of China Navy as ROCS L ...

#2 HMS Laforey (G99)

HMS Laforey was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was commissioned in and served during the Second World War , and was torpedoed and sunk by a U-boat in 1944. She had been adopted by the civil community of Northampton in November 1941. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the

• ... ed to Freetown to screen fleet units and cover convoys in the Atlantic. She arrived at Cape Town on 18 april with a military convoy, and escorted them on to Durban , arriving there on 22 April. OPERATION IRON ...

#3 USS Harding (DD-625)

USS Harding (DD-625) (later DMS-28), a Gleaves -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seth Harding . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Harding . History United States Name Harding Namesake Seth Harding Builder Seattle-Tacoma

• ... nd trips to Casablanca . After escorting the battleship Texas on training exercises, Harding sailed 18 april with a convoy for Europe , and began her first great combat operation — the invasion of Normandy . ...

#4 Soviet destroyer Grozyashchy (1937)

Grozyashchy ( Russian : Грозящий , lit.   ' Threatening ' ) was one of 29 Gnevny -class destroyers (officially known as Project 7 ) built for the Soviet Navy during the late 1930s. Completed in 1939, she was assigned to the Baltic Fleet and played a minor role in the Winter War of 1939–1940 against

• ... wn 18 June 1936 Launched 5 January 1937 Completed 17 September 1939 Reclassified As a target ship , 18 april 1958 Stricken 17 February 1956 Fate Scrapped after 24 August 1953 General characteristics ( Gnevny ...

#5 USS Israel (DD-98)

The first USS Israel (DD-98) was a Wickes -class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and the years following. Wickes-class destroyer USS Israel at Split , Yugoslavia History United States Name Israel Namesake Joseph Israel Builder Fore River Shipyard , Quincy, Massachusetts Laid d

• ... 1918 Decommissioned 7 July 1922 Reclassified 17 July 1920, DM-3 Stricken 1 December 1936 Fate Sold, 18 april 1939 for scrapping General characteristics Class and type Wickes -class destroyer Displacement 1,06 ...
• ... anuary 1937, and she was sold to the Union Shipbuilding Company , Baltimore , Maryland for scrap on 18 april 1939. SEE ALSO List of United States Navy destroyers

#6 HMS Liverpool (D92)

HMS Liverpool was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy . She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and launched on 25 September 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of Euan Howard , the then Minister of State for Defence. Liverpool was the last Type 42 Batch 2 in service. Destroyer of the Royal Navy Fo

• ... peration Unified Protector , NATO's naval blockade of Libya during the country's civil war . [5] On 18 april , she intercepted the vessel MV Setubal Express heading for Tripoli, conducting a boarding party sea ...

#7 HMS Greyhound (H05)

HMS Greyhound was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. Greyhound participated in the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940, the Dunkirk evacuation in May and the Battle of Dakar in September before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in November. The ship generally escorted

• ... ee surviving destroyers later that day. [9] The ship was damaged by German bombers at Scapa Flow on 18 april and was repaired at Gravesend, Kent , between 22 April and 19 May. [5] During the Siege of Calais , ...

#8 USS Shubrick (DD-639)

USS Shubrick (DD-639) , a Gleaves -class destroyer , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral William B. Shubrick . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Shubrick . History United States Name Shubrick Namesake William B. Shubrick Builde

• ... Shubrick Builder Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Portsmouth, Virginia Laid down 17 February 1942 Launched 18 april 1942 Commissioned 7 February 1943 Decommissioned 16 November 1945 Stricken 28 November 1945 Fate So ...
• ... as laid down on 17 February 1942 by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Portsmouth, Virginia , launched on 18 april 1942, sponsored by Mrs. Grosvenor Bemis, great-great-granddaughter of R.Adm. Shubrick; and commissi ...

#9 USS Collett

USS Collett (DD-730) was a World War II -era Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy . Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Collett (DD-730), off Boston , Massachusetts, 31 May 1944 History United States Name Collett Namesake John A. Collett Builder Bath Iron Works L

• ... . From 23 March to 24 April, the force concentrated its strikes on Okinawa , invaded on 1 April. On 18 april Collett joined with four other destroyers and carrier aircraft to sink Japanese submarine I-56 at 2 ...

#10 HMS Wild Swan (D62)

HMS Wild Swan was an Admiralty modified W-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy . She was one of four destroyers ordered in 1918 from Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson , Wallsend-on-Tyne under the 14th Order for Destroyers of the Emergency War Program of 1917–18. She was the second Royal Navy shi

• ... of U-boats through the rest of March and into April 1940. [1] [30] HOLLAND, BOULOGNE AND DUNKIRK On 18 april , Wild Swan transferred to the 19th Destroyer Flotilla based at Dover . [31] On 10 May 1940, Germany ...

#11 USS Clarence K. Bronson

USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668) was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Fletcher-class destroyer USS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668), off Mare Island, 15 June 1945. History United States Namesake Clarence K. Bronson Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny, New Jer

• ... er Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company , Kearny, New Jersey Laid down 9 December 1942 Launched 18 april 1943 Commissioned 11 June 1943 Decommissioned 29 June 1960 Stricken 1 February 1973 Fate Transferre ...
• ... testing experimental aerial bombs . CONSTRUCTION AND COMMISSIONING Clarence K. Bronson was launched 18 april l 1943 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. , Kearny, N.J. , sponsored by Mrs. W. P. Richard ...

#12 Mahan-class destroyer

The Mahan -class destroyers of the United States Navy were a series of 18 destroyers of which the first 16 were laid down in 1934. The last two of the 18, Dunlap and Fanning (this pair laid down in 1935), are sometimes considered a separate ship class . All 18 were commissioned in 1936 and 1937. Mah

• ... Naval Battle of Guadalcanal 14 November 1942 [44] Dunlap DD-384 United Dry Dock, Inc. 10 April 1935 18 april 1936 12 June 1937 14 December 1945 Ship sold on 31 December 1947 [45] Fanning DD-385 18 September 1 ...
• ... ars for her World War II service. [45] FANNING Main article: USS Fanning (DD-385) Fanning at sea on 18 april 1942, supporting the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo USS Fanning was occupied with sea trials and minor rep ...

#13 USS Benner (DD-807)

USS Benner (DD/DDR-807) was a Gearing -class destroyer of the United States Navy , named for Marine Second Lieutenant Stanley G. Benner (1916–1942), who was killed during the Battle of Guadalcanal . Gearing-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Benner . USS Benner (DD-807) off

• ... y 1974 Honors and awards 1 battle star (World War II) 5 battle stars (Vietnam) Fate Sold for scrap, 18 april 1975 General characteristics Class and type Gearing -class destroyer Displacement 3,460 long tons ( ...
• ... 14 March; and she was sold for scrapping to General Metals of Tacoma, Inc., Tacoma, Washington , on 18 april 1975. AWARDS Benner received one battle star for her World War II service and five battle stars for ...

#14 USS Ammen (DD-527)

USS Ammen (DD-527) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen (1820–1898). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Ammen . USS Ammen (DD-527) underway off Leyte, 20–24 October 1944 History Unite

• ... eeks of upkeep at Milne Bay and training exercises in that vicinity, Ammen put to sea once again on 18 april in company with Rear Admiral Crutchley's cruiser -destroyer force to support the next hop in the le ...

#15 HMS Matabele (F26)

HMS Matabele was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in World War II , being sunk by a U-boat on 17 January 1942. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name Matabele , which in common with the other ships of the Tribal class, was named after an ethnic group

• ... l, but escaped undamaged. On 17 April she escorted the cruisers Effingham and Coventry to Bodø . On 18 april she ran aground on Foksen shoal, but managed to re-float with damage to her structure. Effingham al ...

#16 HSwMS Nordenskjöld

HSwMS Nordenskjöld (12) was a destroyer in the Swedish Navy . Together with the sister ship HSwMS   Ehrensköld , she constituted the Ehrensköld class , which, with its size and speed, was a major step in the Swedish destroyer fleet. The ship was launched on 19 June 1926. During the World War II , sh

• ... to be postponed. Only at the Epiphany weekend of 1940 was the boiler changed at Götaverken, and on 18 april that year the ship could be put back to service in the Gothenburg Squadron . [7] At the end of Apri ...

#17 USS Doyle (DMS-34)

USS Doyle (DD-494/DMS-34) , was a Gleaves -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Doyle . History United States Name Doyle Namesake Richard Doyle Builder Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Laid down 26 May 1941 Launched 17

• ... o the Caribbean in the screen of the escort carrier Bataan . Doyle put out from Casco Bay , Maine , 18 april 1944, and arrived at Plymouth , England, ten days later to prepare for the invasion of Normandy . O ...

#18 USS Henry W. Tucker

The second USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875) was a Gearing -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Gearing-class destroyer For the cancelled destroyer escort, see USS Henry W. Tucker (DE-377) . This article includes a list of general references , but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citation

• ... she arrived in Brazil, docking in Rio de Janeiro , where she joined the 1st Destroyer Squadron. On 18 april 1975, with the ship anchored in Guanabara Bay , a Wasp helicopter landed on board a destroyer for t ...

#19 USS Thompson (DD-627)

USS Thompson (DD-627) (later DMS-38) was first a Gleaves -class destroyer , then became an Ellyson -class destroyer minesweeper . She was the second Navy ship named "Thompson", and the first named in honor of Robert M. Thompson . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Th

• ... coast until mid-April when she joined the build-up of forces for the invasion of western Europe. On 18 april , she rendezvoused with Baldwin , Arkansas , Tuscaloosa , Nevada , and the rest of Destroyer Squadro ...

#20 List of destroyers of World War II

This is a list of destroyers of the Second World War . [1] [2] [3] [4] Ships of World War II A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z aircraft carriers battleships battlecruisers cruisers coastal ships monitors destroyers torpedo boats frigates corvettes minor warships mine warfare amphib

• ... Gleaves Destroyer 1,630 1 June 1942 decommissioned 1947, scrapped 1972 Crane Wickes Destroyer 1,190 18 april 1919 scrapped 1946 Craven Gridley Destroyer 1,590 2 September 1937 scrapped 1947 Creole Royal Navy ...
• ... Destroyer 1,620 24 October 1942 decommissioned 1946, scrapped 1975 Lawrence Clemson Destroyer 1,190 18 april 1921 sold for scrap 1 October 1946 Laws Fletcher Destroyer 2,050 18 November 1943 decommissioned 19 ...
• ... royer 1,262 10 June 1944 sunk 15 December 1944 Monaghan United States Navy Farragut Destroyer 1,365 18 april 1935 foundered in typhoon 18 December 1944 Monssen (DD-436) Gleaves Destroyer 1,630 14 March 1941 s ...
• ... 6 Westcott W (Admiralty) Destroyer 1,100 12 April 1918 paid off June 1945 Westminster Destroyer 1,10 18 april il 1918 scrapped 4 March 1947 Whelp W Destroyer 1,710 25 April 1944 paid off January 1946 Whipple Un ...