The Sprite class were a class of spirit tankers that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, supporting the Royal Navy during the Second World War. They...
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RFA Airsprite (category Sprite-class tankers)
RFA Airsprite (A115) was a Sprite-class spirits tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She was laid up in reserve at Devonport in October 1963, and put...
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Havilland Sprite, a British rocket engine Sprite (motorcycle), a historical British make of motorcycle Sprite-class tanker, a class of spirit tankers of the...
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RFA Nasprite (category Sprite-class tankers)
RFA Nasprite (A252) was a Sprite-class tanker of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She served during the Second World War. She was laid up in reserve at Devonport...
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Empire Maple-class tug Ramped cargo lighter Dale-class oiler Ranger-class tanker Sprite-class tanker Ol-class tanker War-class oiler Spa-class coastal water...
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Conqueror Ranger-class small fleet tanker (1941) Gold Ranger Green Ranger Grey Ranger Black Ranger Blue Ranger Brown Ranger Sprite-class aviation spirits...
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was eventually scrapped at Singapore in 1960. Of the other two Surf-class tankers, Surf Pioneer was withdrawn from active service in 1960 and was scrapped...
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United Kingdom Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. Glasgow Nasprite Sprite-class tanker For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 29 November United Kingdom R. & W Hawthorn...
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history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. World Ship Society...
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HMS Defender (D114) (category Daring-class destroyers (1949) of the Royal Navy)
sea with an unidentified Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker, most likely to have been a Sprite class tanker. She appeared alongside HMS Saintes. "HMS Defender...
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of two tankers under construction for Royal Dutch Shell in 1938. These two new tankers were slightly larger and faster than their earlier class members...
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Betelgeuse disaster, occurred on 8 January 1979, around 1:00 am, when the oil tanker Betelgeuse exploded in Bantry Bay, at the offshore jetty for the oil terminal...
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Vickers Valiant (section Tanker operations)
bomber/photo-reconnaissance/tanker aircraft. Type 758 Valiant B(K).1: 44 bomber / tanker aircraft. Both tanker variants carried a removable tanker system in the bomb...
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Superman III (category Films about class reunions)
for Webster in exchange for creating an energy crisis by redirecting oil tankers. Lorelei seduces Superman and manipulates him into causing an oil spill...
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RFA War Pathan (category Tankers of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary)
RFA War Pathan (X84) was a War-class tanker of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. The ship was built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. at their Deptford Yard...
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was used extensively during the Iran–Iraq War, particularly during the Tanker War, where it was the primary missile used by Iraqi Air Force. In addition...
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plates. South African Dinky Toys from Liverpool were: 112 Austin Healey Sprite Mk. II 113 MG B 139 Ford Cortina 140 Morris 1100* 141 Vauxhall Victor Estate...
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Wikipedia images from the article Oil tanker, including a retouched photo of commercial oil tanker AbQaiq and the oil tankers side view graphic. Even though...
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system was installed in the Thistle oil field as a loading facility for oil tankers. It consisted of a buoy and riser connected to a gravity base on the seafloor...
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U120D, using the motorcycle-derived Vincent Picador engine. ML Aviation Sprite (1981) - "Surveillance Patrol Reconnaissance Intelligence Target Designation...
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Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1945-1946 HMAS Air Sprite Air-Sea Rescue Launch Air/Sea Search and Rescue Vessel 1960–1976 sunk as...
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Retrieved 6 January 2021. "Kyoei Maru no. 3 tanker 1945". Wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 6 January 2013. "Kyoei Maru no. 6 tanker (ex cargo ship)1942- 1945". Wrecksite...
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Retrieved 5 November 2018. Walsh, Kathleen (30 April 1979). "Crippled tanker clean, says her master". The Times. No. 60471A. London. col D,E, p. 3. noaa...
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shattered it. He requests that the brothers, Mario and Luigi, and the star sprite, Starlow, have to help free his imprisoned people, the Pi'illos, as they...
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being less need for tankers. Consequently the final 12 were redesigned to become dry cargo carriers, known as the 'Empire F' class, A total of 25 prefabricated...
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1062 259 A small tanker for Ecuador. 1928 Estácio Coimbra 1080 271 A tug for Brazil. 1928 Serrano 1073 1,090 The six Serrano-class destroyers were built...
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transition from helicopter to airplane mode. August 2 – Schweizer SGS 1-36 Sprite August 21 – Van's Aircraft RV-4 September 26 – Westland Commando September...
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Levriero Marinavia QR-22 (Marine Aircraft Co, Sausalito, CA) Marine Water Sprite Dragon Eye Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.1 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F...
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Maudie was a 4,661 GRT tanker that was built in 1920 by Lithgows, Port Glasgow, Scotland. Laid down as War Peshwa for the British Shipping Controller,...
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Tyne Atlantic Tanker For Petroleum Trading Company. 1 August United States Harrison G. Loring Boston, Massachusetts Canonicus Canonicus-class monitor Lead...
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