langs: 21 февраля [ru] / february 21 [en] / 21. februar [de] / 21 février [fr] / 21 febbraio [it] / 21 de febrero [es]

days: february 18 / february 19 / february 20 / february 21 / february 22 / february 23 / february 24

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Lighthouse / Lighthouse

#1 Covesea Skerries Lighthouse

Covesea Skerries Lighthouse , originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the Moray Firth at Covesea, near Lossiemouth , Moray , Scotland . Lighthouse Covesea Skerries Lighthouse The lighthouse photographed in June 1983 Locat

• ... lit buoy fitted with X Band Radar Beacon at the north eastern extremity of the Halliman Skerries on 21 february 2012." [2] ENGINEER The lighthouse was designed and built by Alan Stevenson , a member of the Steve ...

#2 Grunay

Grunay is an uninhabited island in the Out Skerries group, the most easterly part of Shetland , Scotland . Its area is 55.58 acres, [1] or 22.49 hectares. Not to be confused with Gruney , an island off the north of mainland Shetland. For other uses, see Gruney (disambiguation) . An aerial view of Gr

• ... heim IV bomber from No. 404 Squadron RCAF crashed on the south side of the island on the morning of 21 february 1942, possibly crippled by enemy fire off the coast of Norway. A plaque was placed on the island in ...

#3 Inchkeith

Inchkeith (from the Scottish Gaelic : Innis Cheith ) is an island in the Firth of Forth , Scotland, administratively part of the Fife council area. This article is about the island of Scotland. For the community in Canada, see Inchkeith, Saskatchewan . Not to be confused with Keith Inch , now part o

• ... s further mobilised, and had more Nissen Huts installed, presumably for equipment and personnel. On 21 february 1940 a sand-filled dummy shell had to be fired across the bows of the Naval trawler 'Peter Carey', ...

#4 Matiu / Somes Island Lighthouse

The Matiu / Somes Island lighthouse is a harbour navigation light located on Matiu /Somes Island in Wellington Harbour , New Zealand. It is a sector light , marking a safe approach through the harbour channel. The first lighthouse on the site was established in 1866. It was the first inner harbour l

• ... replacement lighthouse with a more powerful light was built on an adjacent site and commissioned on 21 february 1900. The light was automated on 1 April 1924 and converted to electricity after 1945. Lighthouse i ...
• ... er) Automated 1924 Height 9 m (30 ft) Shape round Operator Wellington Harbour Board Light First lit 21 february 1900 Focal height 29 m (95 ft) Lens second order Fresnel lens Range 7 nmi (13 km; 8.1 mi) Character ...
• ... 897 of the first Farewell Spit lighthouse . [7] The new Somes Island lighthouse was commissioned on 21 february 1900. [2] The lighthouse was automated on 1 April 1924 with the installation of a flashing Dalén li ...

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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

• ... teel Screw Steamer 22 December 1881 [99] Casino 110 425 tons B.B. Nicoll, Sydney Iron Screw Steamer 21 february 1882 [100] Mallard 111 1296 tons General Steam Navigation Company, London Iron Screw Steamer 4 May ...
• ... Screw Steamer 4 May 1882 [101] Helen Nicoll 112 284 tons George Nicoll, Brisbane Iron Screw Steamer 21 february 1882 [102] Aston Hall 113 3568 tons Alexander and Radcliffe’s Hall Line, Liverpool Iron Screw Steam ...

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Ship / Ship

#1 JS Kongō

JS Kongō (DDG-173) is a Kongō -class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kongō is the third Japanese naval vessel named after Mount Kongō . She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki , Nagasaki on 8 May 1990. Launching ceremony happened on 26

• ... mmissioning, which was installed later along with the antenna of Link 16 . From 26 November 1993 to 21 february 1994 she was dispatched to Hawaii for the Aegis System Equipment Qualification Test (SQT). Later th ...

#2 USS Hopkins (DD-249)

USS Hopkins (DD-249/DMS-13) was a Clemson -class destroyer built in 1920 and in United States Navy service between 1921-1946. The third Navy ship named in honor of Commodore of the Continental Navy Esek Hopkins , she saw extensive action in the Pacific Theatre during World War II , emerging the most

• ... pkins served as flagship for Admiral Richmond K. "Kelly" Turner as the Russell Islands were invaded 21 february 1943. During the action, she shot down a Japanese plane. Remaining in the southwest Pacific, she jo ...

#3 JS Murasame

JS Murasame ( むらさめ ) is the lead vessel of the Murasame -class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Murasame . JS Murasame at Pearl Harbor in 2006 History Japan Name

• ... g and logistics support for Allied forces in Operation Enduring Freedom . She arrived on station on 21 february , and returned to Yokosuka on 4 June. On 10 May 2010, Murasame , along with the destroyer Yugiri , w ...

#4 USS Ozbourn

USS Ozbourn (DD-846) was a Gearing -class destroyer in the United States Navy during the Korean War and the Vietnam War . She was named for Marine Private Joseph W. Ozbourn (1919–1944), who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his "great personal valor" during the Battle of Tinian . Geari

• ... n Hong Kong . The fourth week of January, they did repair work in Subic Bay, Philippines. From 1 to 21 february Ozbourn was on the gun-line at the Vietnam Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to provide naval gunfire suppor ...
• ... rn was on the gun-line at the Vietnam Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to provide naval gunfire support. On 21 february it docked briefly to a pier in Da Nang Harbor. The following two days were spent USS Ranger at Yank ...

#5 French destroyer Maillé-Brézé (D627)

Maillé-Brézé is a T 47-class destroyer ( escorteur d'escadre ) of the French Navy . She was built by Arsenal de Lorient in Lorient , commissioned on 4 May 1957 and named after the French admiral Jean Armand de Maillé-Brézé (1619–1646). Destroyer of the French Navy For other ships with the same name,

• ... s been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since October 1991. [4] On 21 february 2016, director Christopher Nolan announced plans to feature the ship in his then upcoming World War ...

#6 USS Wilkinson

USS Wilkinson (DL-5) was a Mitscher class destroyer in the United States Navy . She was named for Vice Admiral Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson USN (1888 – 1946). USS Wilkinson (DL-5) in late 1950s History United States Namesake Theodore Stark "Ping" Wilkinson Builder Bethlehem Steel , Fore River Shi

• ... the usual post-shakedown availability, Wilkinson departed her home port, Newport, Rhode Island , on 21 february 1955—with Rear Admiral Arleigh Burke, Commander, Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet (and soon to becom ...

#7 Town-class destroyer

The Town-class destroyers were a group of 50 destroyers of the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy that were in service during the Second World War . They were transferred from the United States Navy in exchange for military bases in the British West Indies and Newfoundland , as outlined in the D

• ... Montgomery December 1941 on convoy escort Montgomery rescued the survivors of Scottish Standard on 21 february 1941 and sank the Italian submarine Marcello the next day She was scrapped on 10 April 1945. Richmo ...

#8 USS Moale

USS Moale (DD-693) was the second Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer of the United States Navy . Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Moale History United States Name Moale Namesake Edward Moale, Jr. Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Laid down 5 August 1943 Launched 16 January 1944 Comm

• ... l coastal vessel. Ordered back on 18 February, she rendezvoused with TG 58.4 on 19 February and, on 21 february , screened the carriers as they provided air cover for the marines' on Iwo Jima . Having sustained e ...

#9 USS Alfred A. Cunningham

USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD-752) , an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alfred Austell Cunningham , a USMC officer and aviator . Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer History United States Namesake Alfred Austell Cunningham Builder Bethlehem Mar

• ... January, she sailed to join Constellation on "Yankee Station" and remained on this assignment until 21 february when the ship paid a brief visit to Kaohsiung. The destroyer sailed on 21 March to return to Long B ...

#10 HMS Milne (1914)

HMS Milne was a Royal Navy Admiralty M-class destroyer . Milne was built by John Brown & Company from 1913 to 1914 and was completed in December that year. She served through the remainder of the First World War , at first with the Harwich Force with which she took part in the Battle of Dogger Bank

• ... od to the Channel as a result of attacks by the German submarine U-24 . [33] 1916 On the morning of 21 february 1916, Milne left Harwich as part of the Harwich Force to cover minesweeping operations in the North ...
• ... n of 20 February, while the leader Tipperary had run aground when leaving harbour on the morning of 21 february .) [35] From 24 April 1916, the Dover Patrol carried out a large-scale operation off the Belgian coa ...

#11 USS Picking

USS Picking (DD-685) , a Fletcher -class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Sherwood Picking (1890 – 1941), a submarine commander during World War I . Fletcher-class destroyer History United States Name Picking Namesake Sherwood Picking Builder Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporat

• ... guns, 7 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes NAMESAKE Sherwood Picking was born on 21 february 1890 in Baltimore, Maryland . He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1911. During Wor ...

#12 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

• ... er of battle . PACIFIC After shakedown training off the coast of California , Hugh W. Hadley sailed 21 february 1945 in company with HMS Ranee for Pearl Harbor . The ships arrived 27 February, but Hugh W. Hadley ...

#13 Italian destroyer Francesco Crispi

Francesco Crispi was one of four Sella -class destroyers built for the Regia Marina (Royal Italian Navy) in the 1920s. Completed in 1927, she served in World War II . Destroyer of the Regia Marina Francesco Crispi 1927 History Kingdom of Italy Name Francesco Crispi Namesake Francesco Crispi Builder

• ... ingdom of Italy Name Francesco Crispi Namesake Francesco Crispi Builder Pattinson, Naples Laid down 21 february 1923 Launched 12 September 1925 Completed 29 April 1927 Fate Captured by the Germans , 9 September ...
• ... [2] CONSTRUCTION AND CAREER Francesco Crispi was laid down by Pattinson at their Naples shipyard on 21 february 1923, launched on 12 September 1925 and commissioned on 29 April 1927. [5]

#14 Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)

The Akatsuki -class destroyer ( 暁型駆逐艦 , Akatsuki-gata kuchikukan ) was a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy . [1] According to most sources, they are regarded as a sub-class of the Fubuki class , partly because the Imperial Japanese Navy itself kept the improvements made a secret

• ... off Guadalcanal on 13 November 1942; struck 15 December 1942 響 Hibiki Maizuru Naval Arsenal , Japan 21 february 1930 16 June 1932 31 March 1933 Surrendered 5 October 1945; prize of war to USSR on 5 July 1947; su ...

#15 USS Charles S. Sperry

USS Charles S. Sperry (DD-697) was an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1973. In 1974, she was sold to Chile , where she served as Ministro Zenteno (D-16). She was finally scrapped in 1990. Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer USS Charles S. Sperry in Ne

• ... es offered direct support during the assault landings at Iwo Jima. Twice, on 19 February and on 20–2 21 february the carrier force came under air attack from the enemy, but antiaircraft fire from Sperry and the o ...

#16 French destroyer Le Fantasque

Le Fantasque ("The capricious one") was the lead ship of her class of six large destroyers ( contre-torpilleur , "Torpedo-boat destroyer") built for the Marine Nationale (French Navy) during the 1930s. The ship entered service in 1935 and participated in the Second World War . When war was declared

• ... ed on 21 January 1943 and then to the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston to be modernized. Arriving on 21 february , Le Fantasque ' s refit lasted until 25 June and included the addition of a British Type 128D ASDIC ...

#17 USS Thorn (DD-647)

USS Thorn (DD-647) , a Gleaves -class destroyer , was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Thorn . Gleaves-class destroyer For other ships with the same name, see USS Thorn . History United States Name Thorn Namesake Jonathan Thorn Builder Federal Shipbuilding and Drydoc

• ... t Iwo Jima and also entered waters near the strategic island to screen heavy fire support units. On 21 february , Thorn and Ute learned that the escort carrier Bismarck Sea had been struck by two Japanese kamikaz ...

#18 USS Farragut (DDG-99)

USS Farragut (DDG-99) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer in the United States Navy . She is the fifth Navy ship named for Admiral David Farragut (1801–1870), and the 49th   ship of the Arleigh Burke class. For other ships with the same name, see USS Farragut . USS Farragut on 14 September 2019 His

• ... August 2022 for a deployment with the USS George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group. [3] ENGAGEMENTS On 21 february 2010, a SH-60B Seahawk helicopter from Farragut disrupted two attempts by Somali pirates to attack ...

#19 Kidd-class destroyer

The Kidd -class destroyers were a series of four guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) based on the Spruance class . In contrast to their predecessor's focus on anti-submarine warfare , the Kidd s were designed as more advanced multipurpose ships with the addition of considerably enhanced anti-aircraft c

• ... emorandum of understanding indicating that they were available for acquisition by the U.S. Navy. On february 21. 1979, the Iranian Prime Minister notified the U.S. government that Iran intended to terminate the c ...

#20 HMS Newcastle (D87)

The eighth HMS Newcastle was a batch 1 Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy , launched in 1975. Newcastle was decommissioned on 1 February 2005. Destroyer of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Newcastle . This article needs additional citations for verification . ( April 2008

• ... pril 2008 ) History United Kingdom Name HMS Newcastle Builder Swan Hunter , Tyne and Wear Laid down 21 february 1973 Launched 24 April 1975 Commissioned 23 March 1978 Decommissioned 1 February 2005 Out of servic ...