Word: cruisers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mixed races of the Greek islands and of Thrace and Eastern Macedonia on the mainland, whence come Greece's crack troops, the kilted Evzones. For money he had his wife's fortune, estimated at $15,000,000, inherited from her father. He soon had the armored cruiser Aver off and the cruiser-minelayer Helle, either one of which is capable of blowing the rest of the Greek Navy out of the water. His best card was his battle cry that he was saving the Republic from the monarchist machinations of Premier Tsaldaris...
...state department has announced that in the present crisis we will not station warships in Cuban waters or land marines. At the same time word has been received from Ferral that Spain is sending a cruiser to protect her, nationals. The Administration's policy raises the question of the extent to which it takes seriously the Monroe Doctrine. Under that theory we assumed the burden of protecting European capital and citizens in this hemisphere. If the government feels that Pan American relations require a hands off policy what will be the attitude of the British, Spanish, and other governments that...
...pounder rapid fire Nordenfeldt, this gun was donated to the Navy in 1898 by a group of patriotic Harvard graduates for use on the auxiliary cruiser "Harvard...
...duration of the war, it glowered from the bow of this cruiser, ever ready to hurl six pound shells at a Spanish invader. Only once, however, did the "Harvard's" commander believe he saw an enemy ship; and then his manoeuvres were such that only armament stationed in the stern could have been effective...
...Athens stripped off their baggy civilian clothes, revealed themselves completely dressed in naval uniform. Tearing through the streets in motor cars, they rushed to the Salamis naval arsenal. A high ranking officer shot the sentry dead. Five warships including the two finest in the Greek Navy, the armored cruiser Averoff and the cruiser-minelayer Helle, were tied up at the arsenal. A brisk skirmish took place with the loyal garrison, but the ships were finally able to load shells...