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The Royal Navy established the West Africa Squadron (or Preventative Squadron) in 1808 after Parliament passed the Slave Trade Act of 1807. The squadron's task was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the coast of West Africa. Between 1808 and 1860 the West Africa Squadron captured 1,600 slave ships and freed 150,000 Africans who ...
The Sampson Medal was a U.S. Navy campaign medal. The medal was authorized by an Act of Congress in 1901. The medal was awarded to those personnel who served on ships in the fleet of Rear Admiral William T. Sampson during combat operations in the waters of the West Indies and Cuba. The Sampson Medal was also known as the West Indies Naval ...
USS Iowa (BB-61) USS. Iowa. (BB-61) For other ships with the same name, see USS Iowa. / 33.7423; -118.2772. USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana -class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of ...
1989 Army Cadets football. The 1989 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim Young, the Cadets compiled a 6–5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 316 to 212. [1]
St Gregory's College, South-west Ikoyi, Lagos; State High School; Nasarawa State. Government Secondary School Usha Kadu; Niger State. Federal Government Girls College, Bida; Ogun State. Abeokuta Grammar School, Abeokuta; Asero High School, Asero; Baptist Boys' High School, Abeokuta; Comprehensive High School, Aiyetoro
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Joint Region Marianas is located on Nimitz Hill between Naval Base Guam and Andersen AFB. The commander of Joint Region Marianas also serves as Commander Naval Forces Marianas and as U.S. Defense Representative to Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia.
Royal Naval Air Service personnel (3 C, 1 P) People educated at the Royal Naval School (17 P) Royal Navy cricketers (84 P) Royal Navy recipients of the George Cross (21 P) Royal Navy recipients of the Victoria Cross (118 P) Royal Navy rugby union players (16 P)