| HMS ResolutionEleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Resolution The first Resolution was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1667, rebuilt 1698, and foundered in 1703. The second Resolution was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1705 but run ashore to avoid ca | HMS DunravenHMS Dunraven was a Q-Ship of the Royal Navy during World War I. On August 8, 1917, 130 miles southwest of Ushant in the Bay of Biscay, disguised as the collier Boverton and commanded by Captain Gordon Campbell V. Dunraven spotted UC-71, commanded by Oberl | HMS Ark RoyalHMS Ark Royal is a name that has been borne by five ships in the British Royal Navy. The first Ark Royal was built as Ark Raleigh at Deptford on the River Thames in 1587, to the order of Sir Walter Raleigh. She was bought by Queen Elizabeth's navy for £50 |
| HMS HerculesFive ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hercules after the Greek and Roman hero Hercules. The first Hercules was a 74-gun ship of the line, launched 1759, and sold 1784. Captain John Porter was in command in early 1759. Hercules was a | HMAS SydneyFour ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Sydney after Sydney, the capital city of New South Wales. The first Sydney was a Town-class light cruiser launched 29 August 1912. The second Sydney was a modified Leander class light cruiser la | HMACA keyed-hash message authentication code or HMAC is a type of message authentication code (MAC) calculated using a cryptographic hash function in combination with a secret key. As with any MAC, it may be used to simultaneously verify both the data integri |
| HMS AntelopeAt least twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Antelope, a name of zoological origin given to any deer-like ruminant species. Little information about early Antelopes is available. In 1681, James Story, Captain of HMS Antelope conducted a | HMS PinaforePinafore or "The Lass that Loved a Sailor," is a comic Gilbert and Sullivan operetta in two acts, with music by composer Arthur S. Sullivan and libretto by William S. The first performance was at the Opera Comique, London, on the 28th of May, 1878. The ti | HMXHMX also called octogen or cyclotetramethylene-tetranitramine is a powerful, but shock sensitive, nitroamine high explosive, chemically related to RDX. First made in 1930, it is used almost exclusively in military applications including as the detonators |
