The Royal Horse Guards (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry. Founded August 1650 in Newcastle upon Tyne by Sir Arthur Haselrig on the orders of Oliver Cromwell as the Regiment of Cuirassiers, the regiment became
Portsmouth is also the home to the Type 45 Daring Class Destroyer and a moderate fleet of Type 23 frigates as well as Fishery Protection Squadrons.[136] HMNB Clyde (HMS Neptune)– This is situated in Central Scotland along the River Clyde. Faslane is known as the home of the UK's ...
(867–1056). It consisted of an imperial fleet and of provincial squadrons. After the disorganization of theByzantineEmpire by Turkish invasions in the 12th century, the Byzantine navy withered. In the Middle Ages several Italian republics and monarchial states bordering on the Mediterranean ...
The US Navy still uses Squadrons, but formed units are generally called Battle Groups or Task Forces when operating alone, though they are still part of the Fleet. ssand_46 SUGGESTED CLASSIFICATION Ship classes and types from Attack Vector: Tactical FG: Frigate CL: Light Cruiser CH: Heavy Cru...
British Army regiments (mainly with the 1st Armoured Division), Royal Air Force, Naval Air Squadrons and Royal Navy vessels were mobilized in the Persian Gulf. Both Royal Air Force and Naval Air Squadrons, using various aircraft, operated from airbases in Saudi Arabia and Naval Air Squadrons ...
In American Naval aviation, an aircraft carrier carries an air Group, with Squadrons of specific purpose aircraft (fighters, patrol, etc.). The Groups of a number of carriers thus can belong to the same Wing. A number of Wings then make an Air Division, for a General rank, Divisions ...
success in battle depends on the exercise of the undivided and unchallenged authority of the ship’s captain. Historically, this belief rested on the small number of ships most navies could afford, which were typically deployed alone or in small squadrons. And it rested, before the age of radi...
The Navy was organized into fleets, each fleet was commanded by a prefect and consisted of squadrons of probably 10 ships each. A captain commanded a ship, whereas a centurion was in charge of the crew. Unlike in most movies, the rowers of Roman galleys usually were not slaves and were...
Museum (1999), information supplied by June Flegg, Historian, Saskatoon Public Library (2000), History of the 400 Series Squadrons – http://www.airforce.dnd.ca/airforce/eng/history_400s/rcafsqns.htm, Wings Over Alberty web site – http://collections.ic.gc.ca/flyboys/homefront/bcatp_...
The Germans conducted air raids on England during 1915 and 1916 with airships, hoping to damage British morale and cause aircraft to be diverted from the front lines, and indeed the resulting panic led to the diversion of several squadrons of fighters from France.[303][306] ...