Word: fleets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blistering and other forms of structural protection from torpedo attack, Great Britain has or soon will have 10 of her 20 battleships so protected; the U. S. has 5 of her 18 protected; Japan is an unknown quantity, but intends to spend 50,000,000 yen modernizing her fleet...
...regard to deck armor, which the War showed to be essential to protect the vitals of ships from high-angle fire and bombing attacks, the British fleet is well protected and the Japanese are assumed to be, although nothing definite is known. "Twelve of our 18 ships compare favorably with Japanese and British ships. . . . The remaining six ships have insufficient deck protection...
...Ambassador presented to the Admiralty, on behalf of the officers and men of the Sixth Battle Squadron of the U. S. Navy, a painting by Burnell Poole showing the arrival of that squadron under Admiral Hugh Rodman, to join the British Grand Fleet during the War. The ceremony took place in the Board Room of the Admiralty in the presence of First Lord of the Admiralty Lord Chelmsford, who accepted the painting, and the First Sea Lord, Lord Beatty...
After this extensive list of deficiencies, the best thing the ordinary landsman can find to say about the fleet is, "Well, it floats." Secretary of the Navy Wilbur took pains, however, to point out that in Admiral Coontz's report there was nothing but praise for the personnel of the Navy. As for the shortage of material, the Secretary pointed out that the needs had long been known and were being remedied as quickly as appropriations permitted...
Child's bank was founded about 1560 and has occupied the same site in Fleet Street ever since. Among its noted depositors have been Oliver Cromwell, Samuel Pepys, Horace Walpole, John Dryden, Charles II, the Merry Monarch, and his famous mistress Nell Gwyn...