HMCS Haida was a destroyer of the Tribal-class serving in the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) from 1943-1963. During World War II, Haida sank more enemy surface tonnage than any other Canadian warship. In the Korean War the ship did two tours of duty.

Nowadays she is the only surviving Tribal-class destroyer out of 27 units that were constructed between 1937-1945 for the Royal Navy, Royal Australian Navy, and the Royal Canadian Navy.

USS Clark (FFG-11) was the fifth ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry class of guided-missile frigates.The ships were designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels inexpensive enough to be bought in large quantities to replace World War II-era destroyers and 1960s-era frigates.Intended to protect convoys, landing forces, supply and replenishment groups.The frigate was ordered from Bath Iron Works on 27 February 1976 as part of the FY76 program, Clark was laid dow...

Dit boek behandelt de schepen van de 105-voets Ameland-klasse en de 126-voets Duiveland-klasse. Het zijn schepen die voor het eerst in de geschiedenis speciaal gebouwd werden voor het bestrijden van invloedsmijnen en in Groot- Brittannië behoren zij tot de MMS - de motor minesweepers.

Omdat de schepen onlosmakelijk verbonden zijn met de introductie van de magnetisch mijn en de ontwikkeling van het magnetische veegtuig, wordt ook aan die onderwerpen aandacht besteed.

De schepen werden tijdens...

The International Maritime Language Programme (IMLP) is a well structured, English-monolingual textbook with diversified texts, tasks and projects, complemented and supplemented by a CD-ROM and reflecting an up-to-date content based communicative methodology of language teaching and learning. The programme covers every aspect of the seafaring world: Maritime Communication,General Ship's Knowledge, Engineering, Navigation, Safety, Documents, Correspondence and Grammar. The course book and the ...