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  1. Convinced she had scored a hit. Sailing, critically damaged and very nearly, sinking , barely survived the return voyage and after grounding and taking on even more
  2. Ambassador that the incident could be grouped together with the Germans ', sinking ,of the SS Arabic, their attack on a stranded British submarine on the neutral
  3. They are not picky on food, as they will eat anything from standard flakes to, sinking ,carnivore pellets. Their lack of sight does not hinder their ability to get any
  4. After her crew was taken off at 08:25 on 1 June by Engine, which towed the, sinking ,armored cruiser during the night. As Defense sank and War spite circled, at
  5. S squadron mistakenly concentrated on the crippled armored cruiser Blucher, sinking ,her with great loss of life. Blucher herself was obsolete, out of all the ships
  6. Had fielded fairly competitive teams in the last three seasons, Fuchs was, sinking ,in debt and couldn't afford the rent on Braves Field. Fuchs thought Ruth was
  7. Uprising, takes place. *1916 – World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the, sinking ,of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto. *1918 – Japan announces
  8. Barrier against sand. Their gait and their widened feet help them move without, sinking ,into the sand. The kidneys and intestines of a camel are very efficient at
  9. Scharnhorst hunted together and were initially successful at commerce raiding, sinking ,the British armed merchant cruiser in 1939. Following repairs from damage
  10. The Traveler when he was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his photo sequence of the, sinking ,of the SS Andrea Doris in July 1956. Herald photographer Stanley Forman
  11. Ammianus's testimony as a claim that at the time of Atlantis's actual, sinking ,into the sea, its inhabitants fled to Western Europe; but Minus in fact says
  12. Pregnant wife before he was burned alive as punishment. * The accounts of the, sinking ,of the Lux borough Galley in 1727 reported cannibalism amongst the survivors
  13. Submarine accidentally collides with the Nissan Mary, a Japanese cargo ship, sinking ,it. *1989 – The April 9 tragedy in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR an anti-Soviet
  14. Was the first iron ram that broke off and lodged in the starboard bow of the, sinking ,USS Cumberland, during the first day of the Battle of Hampton Roads, or was the
  15. Sink a nearby merchant ship. About a dozen of the crewmen managed to escape the, sinking ,submarine, and Lieutenant Godfrey Herbert, commanding officer of the Bar along
  16. Ideals. As an agent provocateur he could have played some role in provoking the, sinking ,of the RMS Lusitania, thereby bringing the United States closer to active
  17. The arm would swing upwards, lifting the ship out of the water and possibly, sinking ,it. There have been modern experiments to test the feasibility of the claw, and
  18. World War I, Duquesne spied for Germany, earning the Iron Cross for allegedly, sinking ,the HMS Hampshire thereby killing Lord Kitchener in 1916. He also served as a
  19. Pearl Harbor. Within a short time five of eight U. S. battleships were sunk or, sinking , with the rest damaged. The American aircraft carriers were out to sea, however
  20. Cost thousands of lives lost and caused billions of dollars in damage. The, sinking ,of Francisco de Bobadilla's Spanish fleet in 1502 was the first recorded
  21. Executed after they boarded the Nicosia. All the survivors of the U-27s, sinking , including several who had reached the Nicosia, were shot by the Belongs
  22. Beryllium and beryllium oxide have led to their use in heat transport and heat, sinking ,applications. The commercial use of beryllium metal presents technical
  23. The Berkeley Hills. In the late spring and early fall, strong offshore winds of, sinking ,air typically develop, bringing heat and dryness to the area. In the spring
  24. The expansion of Spain. *1587 – Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking ,at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet. *1672 – Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of
  25. Bastard Huns come up, lads,hit 'em with an oar! " Twelve men survived the, sinking ,of the submarine, the crews of her two deck guns and those who had been on the
  26. Take up the fight, eventually turning the tide of the war in the Pacific. The, sinking ,of the British battleship Prince of Wales and her escort, the battlecruiser HMS
  27. Described as a war crime. First incident Action of 19 August 1915 After the, sinking ,of the RMS Lusitania by a German submarine in May 1915,the
  28. And seconds later Indefatigable was ripped apart by another magazine explosion, sinking ,immediately with her crew of 1,019 officers and men, leaving only two survivors
  29. Home game of the season. 2003–04 seasons In an effort to right the Orioles ', sinking ,ship, changes began to sweep through the organization in. General manager Syd
  30. German cruiser, was accidentally rammed by the dreadnought and abandoned, sinking ,early the next day. Of the British destroyers, and were lost during the
  31. Damaged two more. The same Swordfish torpedo bombers played a crucial role in, sinking ,the German commerce-raider. On 7 December 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise
  32. Which although they played no part in the battle, were responsible later for, sinking ,the cruiser Hampshire carrying Lord Kitchener (head of the army) on a mission
  33. From Derringer and; she disintegrated when both forward magazines exploded, sinking ,with all but nine of her 1,275-man crew lost.
  34. Of U-41s exploits in 1917," U-41: her state Baralong-Fall ", which called the, sinking ,of U-41 a" second Bar along case ". The event was also commemorated in a
  35. Sunk were obsolete, stationary,defenseless and had no damage control. The, sinking ,of Friesland was accomplished by violating an agreement that would have
  36. Disputed facts mostly center on the number of German sailors who escaped the, sinking ,sub, to be killed later. This dispute undermines the justification of the
  37. To open fire, reluctant to reveal their fleet's position. At 01:45,the, sinking ,battlecruiser Luzon – fatally damaged by Invincible during the main action –
  38. Grave for retreating soldiers and refugees on torpedoed troop transports. The, sinking ,of the Wilhelm Cutoff remains the worst maritime disaster, killing (very
  39. Lower part of the valley of the Alabama and Tombigbee rivers as a result of the, sinking ,of the land here, such sinking having occurred on other parts of the Gulf coast
  40. Duke, estimated that effective shells as later introduced would have led to the, sinking ,of six more German capital ships, based upon the actual number of hits achieved
  41. The Pacific the B-25 proved itself to be a very capable anti-shipping weapon, sinking ,many of the ships being used to reinforce the Japanese position. Later in the
  42. February 1898 the Maine was rocked by an explosion, killing 268 of the crew and, sinking ,the ship in the harbor. The cause of the explosion has not been clearly
  43. Of four battlecruisers into the Bight and turned the battle, ultimately, sinking , three German light cruisers and killing a German commander, Rear Admiral
  44. Watersheds are endorheic, not emptying into any ocean but rather drying up or, sinking ,into sumps. And Sprouts Meadow Northwest, Oregon. To the north, mostly in
  45. To sink any ship fast enough to catch them, and run from any ship capable of, sinking ,them. An Invincible would also in many circumstances, be able to take on an
  46. Demonstrated that battleship-on-battleship engagements like Late Gulf or the, sinking ,of were the exception and not the rule, and with the growing role of aircraft
  47. Alabama and Tombigbee rivers as a result of the sinking of the land here, such, sinking , having occurred on other parts of the Gulf coast. Resources: Flora and fauna
  48. Financial crisis: People are leaving in droves, and the price of whiskey is, sinking ,rapidly. Berwick suggests going back to civilization, but Fatty reminds her
  49. U-boats was confirmed by successful attacks on British cruisers, including the, sinking ,of three British armored cruisers by the German submarine U-9 in less than an
  50. He compared the rays of the evening sun to the light of the Holy Father. The, sinking ,of the sun suggests that the era when God revealed himself directly to man has

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