langs: 27 апреля [ru] / april 27 [en] / 27. april [de] / 27 avril [fr] / 27 aprile [it] / 27 de abril [es]
days: april 24 / april 25 / april 26 / april 27 / april 28 / april 29 / april 30
Engine / Engine
#1 Rolls-Royce Meteor
The Rolls-Royce Meteor later renamed the Rover Meteor is a British tank engine that was developed during the Second World War. It was used in British tanks up to 1964. It was a result of co-operation between Leyland Motors and Rolls-Royce who between them in 1941 had suggested that a specialised de-
- ... t out that Rolls-Royce could not manufacture the engines, so would not benefit commercially. [1] On 27 april 1941, the Directorate of Tank Design (DTD) supported production of the Meteor, eventually placing o ...
Lighthouse / Lighthouse
#1 St. Helena Island Light
The buildings of the St Helena Light complex are the sole surviving structures on St. Helena Island , in Mackinac County in the U.S. state of Michigan . The lighthouse on the St. Helena Island 's southeastern point was built in 1872-1873 and went into operation in September 1873. [8] It became one o
- ... st city St. Ignace, Michigan Area 0.9 acres (0.36 ha) NRHP reference No. 88000442 [7] Added to NRHP april 27, 1988 HISTORY St. Helena Island, which is 240 acres (97 ha) in size, is located offshore from Gros C ...
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
- ... tons Balfour, Williamson and Company, Liverpool. Intended for voyages to Sydney Iron Screw Steamer 27 april 1869 [34] Libra 41 617 tons General Steam Navigation Company Steamer 10 July 1869 [35] Asturias 42 ...
- ... Screw Steamer 25 February 1880 [90] Avlona 101 1953 tons William Thomson, Dundee Iron Screw Steamer 27 april 1880 [91] Lismore 102 339 tons G. and B. Nicoll, Sydney Iron Screw Steamer 10 February 1880 [92] Ga ...
Ship / Ship
#1 USS Stethem
USS Stethem (DDG-63) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy . The ship was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi , starting on 11 May 1993. She was commissioned on 21 October 1995. She is part of the Pacific Fleet, assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 . The Stethem was named for Stee
- ... ar . Stethem also escorted the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman through the Strait of Hormuz on 27 april before departing for the United States. The ship arrived home in San Diego on 28 June 2001. 9/11 AN ...
#2 USS Robison
USS Robison (DDG-12) , named for Rear Admiral Samuel Shelburne Robison , was a Charles F. Adams -class guided missile armed destroyer in the service of the United States Navy . Charles F. Adams-class destroyer USS Robison underway in 1966 History United States Name Robison Namesake Samuel Shelburne
- ... Robison Ordered 17 January 1958 Builder Defoe Shipbuilding Company Laid down 28 April 1959 Launched 27 april 1960 Acquired 29 November 1961 Commissioned 9 December 1961 Decommissioned 1 October 1991 Stricken ...
- ... son was laid down by Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan on 28 April 1959, launched on 27 april 1960 by Mrs. John H. Sides , wife of the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet , and commissioned on 9 ...
#3 JS Setogiri
JS Setogiri (DD-156) is an Asagiri -class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force . Asagiri-class destroyer JS Setogiri on 16 November 2007 History Japan Name Setogiri (せとぎり) Ordered 1985 Builder Hitachi , Maizuru Laid down 9 March 1987 Launched 12 September 1988 Commissioned 14 February
- ... ns until December of the same year and returned to Ōminato on 17 January 2014. [2] From 19 March to 27 april 2016, the ship participated in the open sea practice voyage (flying) with the escort ship Ariake an ...
#4 Weapon-class destroyer
The Weapon class was a class of destroyers built for the British Royal Navy towards the end of World War II . They were the smaller counterpart to the Battle class (which followed them) and were the first new destroyer designs for the Royal Navy since the Second World War Emergency Programme . 20 sh
- ... ft and Company , Woolston 26 August 1944 20 December 1945 4 March 1948 Broken up, 1972 Culverin G28 27 april 1944 March 1946 not completed Broken up at Grays, 1946 Howitzer G44 26 February 1945 not launched C ...
#5 NMS Regina Maria
NMS Regina Maria was the second and last of the two Regele Ferdinand -class destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy in the late 1920s. After the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 ( Operation Barbarossa ), she took part in the Raid on Constanța a few days later and may have da
- ... tugboats arrived the next morning to tow her to Constanța. Adolf Hitler suspended the evacuation on 27 april , but relented on 8 May after further Soviet attacks further endangered the Axis forces in Sevastopo ...
#6 HMS Milne (G14)
HMS Milne was a M-class destroyer of the Royal Navy which served during World War II . She was equipped as a flotilla leader . British and Turkish M-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see HMS Milne . HMS Milne on completion, 1942 History United Kingdom Name HMS Milne Builder Scotts
- ... August 1942 Honours and awards Arctic (1943–44) North Africa (1942–43) Fate Sold to Turkish Navy on 27 april 1959, renamed Alp Arslan Turkey Name Alp Arslan Acquired 27 April 1959 Fate Discarded 1970 General ...
- ... –43) Fate Sold to Turkish Navy on 27 April 1959, renamed Alp Arslan Turkey Name Alp Arslan Acquired 27 april 1959 Fate Discarded 1970 General characteristics (as built) Class and type M-class destroyer Displa ...
#7 HMS Sheldrake (1911)
HMS Sheldrake was one of 20 Acorn -class (later H-class) destroyers built for the Royal Navy . The destroyer served in the First World War . The Acorn class were smaller than the preceding Beagle class but oil -fired and better armed. Launched in 1910, Sheldrake served with the Second Destroyer Flot
- ... om the horse fodder transport Minneapolis that had been sunk by the German submarine U-35 . [21] On 27 april , Sheldrake attempted to tow the sloop HMS Nasturtium , stricken after hitting a mine . However, the ...
#8 HMS Hursley (L84)
HMS Hursley was a Second World War Type II Hunt-class escort destroyer of the British Royal Navy . She is the only Royal Navy ship to have carried this name. Hursley is a village in Hampshire . Commissioned in 1942, she served in the Mediterranean, before being transferred to the Hellenic Navy in No
- ... reece Name Kriti Acquired 2 November 1943 Fate Returned to UK, 12 November 1959 Sold for scrapping, 27 april 1960 General characteristics Class and type Hunt-class destroyer Displacement 1,050 long tons (1,07 ...
- ... al Navy control and was placed on the Disposal List. The ship was sold for breaking-up in Greece on 27 april 1960 and towed to ship-breakers later that year. [3] PUBLICATIONS Colledge, J. J. ; Warlow, Ben (20 ...
#9 HMS Waveney (1903)
HMS Waveney was a Hawthorn Leslie-type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Waveney in eastern England , she was the first ship of the Royal Navy to carry this name. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name,
- ... On 26 July 1907 Waveney and the destroyer Garry collided off Sandown , damaging both ships. [4] On 27 april 1908 the Eastern Flotilla departed Harwich for live fire and night manoeuvres. During these exercis ...
#10 Fletcher-class destroyer
The Fletcher class was a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II . The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War
- ... d, 6 December 1945. Sold for scrap, 17 June 1947. Hutchins , damaged by a suicide boat off Okinawa, 27 april 1945. Decommissioned, 30 November 1945. Sold for scrap, January 1948. Haggard , damaged by kamikaze ...
- ... orea DD-91 ROKS Chung Mu USS Erben 16 May 1963 possibly scrapped DD-92 ROKS Seoul USS Halsey Powell 27 april 1968 struck in 1982, scrapped in 1982 DD-93 ROKS Pusan USS Hickox 15 November 1968 struck in 1989, ...
#11 HMS Chelmer (1904)
HMS Chelmer was a Thornycroft-type River-Class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1903–1904 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Chelmer in eastern England, north-east of London, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships wit
- ... and based at Harwich. From 1908 to 1910 she was under the command of Lieutenant Loftus W. Jones. On 27 april 1908 the Eastern Flotilla departed Harwich for live fire and night manoeuvres. During these exercis ...
#12 HMS Rother (1904)
HMS Rother was a Palmer type River-class destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1902–1903 Naval Estimates. Named after the River Rother, east of Sheffield , South Yorkshire in England, she was the first ship to carry this name in the Royal Navy. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships wit
- ... ing she was assigned to the East Coast Destroyer Flotilla of the 1st Fleet and based at Harwich. On 27 april 1908 the Eastern Flotilla departed Harwich for live fire and night manoeuvres. During these exercis ...
#13 USS Hugh W. Hadley
USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) was an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer which served in the United States Navy during World War II. Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer This article needs additional citations for verification . ( June 2009 ) History United States Name Hugh W. Hadley Namesake Hugh William Had
- ... riving on 14 April. Hadley was soon on her way back to Okinawa, however, and arrived from Saipan on 27 april to resume her outer patrol. For the next few days the destroyer fought off numerous air raids, pick ...
#14 USS Anthony (DD-515)
USS Anthony (DD-515) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony (1853–1899). Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Anthony . USS Anthony (DD-515) off Mare Island Navy Yard , Califo
- ... ay on 26 March for a shakedown training out of Guantánamo Bay , Cuba, and arrived back in Boston on 27 april for a tender availability. She then headed for Norfolk , Virginia but departed Hampton Roads on 10 ...
#15 USS Halsey Powell
USS Halsey Powell (DD-686) , was a Fletcher -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Fletcher-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Seoul . USS Halsey Powell underway on 23 September 1962 History United States Name Halsey Powell Namesake Halsey Powell Builder Bethlehem Mar
- ... d by Mrs. Halsey Powell Commissioned 25 October 1943 Decommissioned 10 December 1946 Recommissioned 27 april 1951 Decommissioned prior 27 April 1968 Stricken 2 June 1975 Identification Callsign : NKAF Hull nu ...
- ... d 25 October 1943 Decommissioned 10 December 1946 Recommissioned 27 April 1951 Decommissioned prior 27 april 1968 Stricken 2 June 1975 Identification Callsign : NKAF Hull number : DD-686 Motto Have Guns Will ...
- ... DD-686 Motto Have Guns Will Travel Honours and awards See Awards Fate Transferred to South Korea , 27 april 1968 Badge South Korea Name Seoul (서울) Namesake Seoul Acquired 27 April 1968 Commissioned 27 April ...
- ... ransferred to South Korea , 27 April 1968 Badge South Korea Name Seoul (서울) Namesake Seoul Acquired 27 april 1968 Commissioned 27 April 1968 Reclassified DD-912 Stricken 1982 Identification Hull number : DD-9 ...
- ... 27 April 1968 Badge South Korea Name Seoul (서울) Namesake Seoul Acquired 27 April 1968 Commissioned 27 april 1968 Reclassified DD-912 Stricken 1982 Identification Hull number : DD-92 Fate Scrapped , 1982 Gene ...
- ... h the increased demands on the Navy as a result of the Korean War , Halsey Powell recommissioned on 27 april 1951. After shakedown and training exercises the ship sailed for the familiar waters of the Far Eas ...
- ... Reserve training ship through 1967, cruising between Vancouver , Canada, and Mazatlán , Mexico. On 27 april 1968, Halsey Powell was transferred to South Korea . She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Registe ...
- ... al Vessel Register on 2 June 1975. SERVICE HISTORY, SOUTH KOREAN NAVY Transferred to South Korea on 27 april 1968, the ex- Halsey Powell was renamed ROKS Seoul (DD-912), after the South Korean capital . She w ...
#16 HMCS Iroquois (DDG 280)
HMCS Iroquois was the lead ship of the Iroquois -class destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy , also known as the Tribal class or the 280 class. The second vessel to carry the name , she carried the hull number DDG 280. Entering service in 1972 she was assigned to Maritime Forces Atlantic (MARLANT) a
- ... tes Marine Corps transports positioned close to Pakistan. [11] The destroyer returned to Halifax on 27 april 2002. [4] After the US invaded Iraq in 2003, Commodore Roger Girouard was given command of Task For ...
#17 NMS Regele Ferdinand
NMS Regele Ferdinand was the lead ship of her class of two destroyers built in Italy for the Romanian Navy in the late 1920s. After the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 ( Operation Barbarossa ), she was limited to escort duties in the western half of the Black Sea during the war by
- ... ats arrived the next morning to tow her to Constanța. [18] Adolf Hitler suspended the evacuation on 27 april , but relented on 8 May after further Soviet attacks further endangered the Axis forces in Sevastopo ...
#18 HMS Hyperion (H97)
HMS Hyperion was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939, the ship enforced the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides as part of the Mediterranean Fleet . During the first few months of World War II , Hyperion
- ... an targets in Norway. She remained with Ark Royal when Glorious returned to Scapa Flow to refuel on 27 april . [10] In early May the ship escorted the light cruiser Birmingham on an unsuccessful sweep of the N ...
#19 HMS Hostile (H55)
HMS Hostile (H55) was an H-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. She was the first and so far only Royal Navy ship to bear the name Hostile . During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain
- ... tile briefly escorted the battleship HMS Warspite before she returned to Rosyth for repairs between 27 april and 4 May. [7] The ship briefly returned to Norwegian waters, where she again escorted Warspite , b ...
#20 USS Hammann (DD-412)
USS Hammann (DD-412) was a World War II -era Sims -class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy , named after Ensign Charles Hammann , a Medal of Honor recipient from World War I . Hammann was sunk during the Battle of Midway , while assisting the sinking aircraft carrier USS Yorktown
- ... Lexington , Returning to Tongatapu on 20 April, the Task Force sortied again into the Coral Sea on 27 april for a surprise air raid on Japanese Invasion forces on Tulagi . While screening the carriers during ...