Sentences with phrase «first war ship»

In 1706 Peter I launched his first war ship from St Petersburg.

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Though Star Wars revenue declined slightly for Hasbro in 2016, the company said it is confident it will sell through inventory in the first half of 2017 as it ships more new products to retailers.

Although Robertson tried at first to pretend that CBN contributions were not meant for the counterrevolutionaries, his organization did not deny that the supplies were being shipped through intermediary groups with close ties to the Reagan administration or that they were being sent to the war - torn Nicaraguan - Honduran border, where the contras were headquartered.

This year holds special significance as the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and to mark the occasion Mr David Horsman, a former weapons engineer and ships diver in The Royal Navy, symbolically kick - started the paper production process.

The Enterprise, the most decorated ship of the Second World War, launched the first aircraft in defense of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 and engaged in 20 of the 22 Pacific War battles.

Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: October 9, 1915 The first American ship to be torpedoed in World War I, on May 1, 1915, while the United States was still a neutral country in the War, caused an immediate diplomatic outcry and stern warnings to the German government.

When not devoting its attention to recreating gruesome war scenes, the flashback flick focuses on Desmond's formative years, as well as to his whirlwind romance with Dorothy Schutte (Teresa Palmer), the pretty nurse he fell in love with at first sight and married shortly before shipping out for the Pacific Theater of Operations.

Fire Down Below — A weird one, the first half dark romantic comedy, with Robert Mitchum and Jack Lemmon doing a kind of riff on Bogart and Brennan in To Have and Have Not, the second half a disaster film with a race against time to free a trapped sailor from a ship that could explode at any moment with Napoleon from King Vidor's War and Peace fretting nervously about the dock.

Whether it's that final shot of the twin sunset on Ahch - To or Laura Dern's Holdo crashing her ship into a First Order Destroyer, Steve Yedlin says his job as cinematographer on Star Wars: The Last Jedi was made easier because of the way...

We know from the first Infinity War trailer that Thor's going to end up on the Guardians» ship, where they'll likely head to Earth together — but what does that mean for Thor's original ship, and its passengers?

But author Richard Snow argues in Iron Dawn that Hampton Roads was among the most significant Civil War conflicts because it was the first sea battle between ironclad ships: the Merrimack and the Monitor.

In two separate interviews, Amitav Ghosh talks about how his background as an historian, journalist, and anthropologist informs his work; and about the challenges of writing Sea of Poppies, the first volume in a trilogy set aboard a ship in the Indian Ocean; its purpose, to fight in the vicious 19th century Opium Wars between Britain and China.

She becomes the first female diver, the most dangerous and exclusive of occupations, repairing the ships that will help America win the war.

The old ship had been built during or just before the First World War, and was one of the finest steel icebreakers ever constructed.

Not to get into a bash war, but having come from a Bold 9000 (my first BlackBerry and I think one of the best phones I've ever owned) and looking forward to the 9800, I jumped ship to the iPhone 4.

SF novel, first in a new series that parallels the Ender, Ender's Shadow, and First Formic War series, about a school that recruits smart kids for training as leaders of colony ships and colofirst in a new series that parallels the Ender, Ender's Shadow, and First Formic War series, about a school that recruits smart kids for training as leaders of colony ships and coloFirst Formic War series, about a school that recruits smart kids for training as leaders of colony ships and colonies.

From New York mobsters to the first woman diver at the Brooklyn Naval Station during WWII to the archetypally motley crew of a merchant - marine ship in U-boat-infested waters, Egan's insightful and propulsive saga portrays complex and intriguing individuals navigating the rising tides of war.

I am currently editing and preparing for publication a book about nurses in the First World War — who were based on the hospital ship Maheno!

Tallarico even had a member of the crowd move around on stage as a human war ship and with a firing buzzer, trying to finish the first round of Space Invader.

Despite being a rather enjoyable title in this gamer's opinion, the admittedly flawed first game Kaos developed for THQ, Frontlines: Fuel of War, didn't get the warmest reception from critics and, according to Bison, was «an incomplete experiment under pressure to ship.»

As the first major Star Wars campaign since EA's acquisition of the license in 2013, Battlefront 2's story needs to right the ship.

Before the first set of missions is out, you'll have learned how to move, interact with nonplayer characters, equip items, shoot at enemies, use special skills, assemble an away team, pilot a starship, hail other vessels, allocate shields, prioritize different ship systems, issue orders to your crew and collect the spoils of war, among other things.

There are more than dozens of the First & the Second World War ships in the Battle of Warships fleet.

In the first part of this series on building a Geometry Wars - inspired game in jMonkeyEngine, we implemented the player's ship and let it move and shoot.

Gears of War: Judgement, which launches on March 19th, will ship with a free GoD (Games on Demand) Xbox LIVE token for the original Gears of War — pretty cool for anyone new to the game or just to re-play the first instalment.

At SOE, Rob worked on the first expansion set to Star Wars Galaxies - Jump to Lightspeed, and went on to ship three more expansions for the MMO.

Going to see a bunch of VR stuff, some exclusive indies, MS probably has, Gears of War 4, since CoD has jumped ship to Sony there will likely be exclusive content for Battlefield 1 first, and if they really want to bring it home to fans they will announce a new Banjo Kazooie & a Battletoads game.

For the first time ever, Star Wars Battlefront II players can engage in space combat and, during the same battle, board enemy ships to attack from within.

Cohort: 2 Current position: Senior Game Designer at ArenaNet & Design Director / Founder at Rogue Element Games Games shipped: Brother's in Arms: Road to Hill 30, Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth, Lord of the Rings: Shadow of Mordor, Infamous 3, Infamous: First Light

Straight from annals of history comes one of the most legendary ships of the First Tevarin War, beautifully and meticulously recreated by the dedicated craftsman and astroengineers at Esperia.

Ciara Phillips's dazzle ship lies moored in a Victorian dock down by the Ocean Terminal shopping centre; its pink and blue post-pop camouflage encodes a message about women's work in the first world war that shines even by night.

They included Christian Boltanski's sound installation of letters written by First World War servicemen, played as one sat upon a bench at the site where these men were shipped off to battle, staring out into the sea.

Cruz - Diez was jointly commissioned to work on the ship by the Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, and 14 - 18 NOW, an art commission program taking place across the United Kingdom to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.

After serving on the Coast Guard's first racially integrated ship during World War II, Lawrence returned to New York, where his work became highly popular, and enjoyed sales, commissions, and awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship.

To coincide with this year's First World War centenary, the Venezuelan artist Carlos Cruz - Diez has painted a Dazzle ship for the Liverpool Biennial.

The inaugural Triennial in 2008 brought together 22 works by significant artists, including Christian Boltanski's sound installation of letters of First World War servicemen being read as one sat upon a bench at the site where these men were shipped off to battle, staring out into the sea, and Tracey Emin's work «Baby Things» — a spattering of bronze - cast baby clothes strewn across the city paying homage to the vast number of teenage mothers that inhabit these seaside towns such as Folkestone, and Margate, Emin's notorious hometown.

after a 1788 Schiller poem, the programme includes filmmaker Agnès Varda's first UK - made film, a healing garden created by Mohamed Bourouissa, a shipping container pavilion designed by Mae - ling Lokko, and a series of war zone paintings by Francis Alÿs.

The ship is accompanied by a display exploring the history of Dazzle Ships and the role of artists in the First World War.

Dazzle painting played a vital role in the protection of British navel and trade vessels during the First World War when it was introduced in early 1917 as a system for camouflaging ships.

Hemp has a long history in America, from the first plantings in Jamestown, where growing hemp was mandatory, to the hemp sails of 19th - century clipper ships and the hemp canvas covers of pioneer wagons, to World War II's massive «Hemp for Victory» program.

After all, the view that American independence required political and military isolation from Europe kept the United States out of the First World War until April 1917, at which point it intervened only when German U-boats attacked American merchant ships and the «Zimmerman telegram», in which the German Foreign Secretary urged Mexico to wage war against the US, was interceptWar until April 1917, at which point it intervened only when German U-boats attacked American merchant ships and the «Zimmerman telegram», in which the German Foreign Secretary urged Mexico to wage war against the US, was interceptwar against the US, was intercepted.

I had a student who was on a US frigate during the first gulf war, and I think he said they always enjoyed a little social visit to H.M.s ships, since it meant drinks.

It's also the site of the first recorded sinking of a British ship by American colonists, marking the opening salvos of the American Revolutionary War.

Key feature: Named the Monitor Top since it resembles the top of the Civil War ship, the USS Monitor, this was the first affordable family fridge made by GE with an all - steel cabinet.

While it wasn't love at first sight for me and Bora Bora — geez, I know, hard to please — I felt quite distressed to be leaving when the ship pulled out through the hole in the reef (helpfully dynamited open by the Americans during World War 2).