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  • |Ship range=9,100&nbsp;[[nautical mile|nmi.]] at 12&nbsp;knots<br/>(17,000&nbsp;km at 22&nbsp;km/h) ...ays later, she received word of the Japanese agreement to Allied surrender terms. On the 20th, she resumed her westward voyage and arrived, on the 29th, at
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  • ...iled for the Palaus on the first leg of their monumental voyage of 1,200 [[nautical mile]]s (2,222 [[kilometers]]). At [[Kossol Roads]], the PT boats fueled fr ...ust 1945 when word reached her that the Japanese had decided to accept the terms of the [[Potsdam Declaration]]. Simultaneously, offensive operations by MTB
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  • |caption=[[Port (nautical)|Port]]/forward turret on [[HMS Inflexible|HMS ''Inflexible'']] ...nvert|1684|lb|kg|sigfig=4}} [[Palliser shot|Palliser]], [[British ordnance terms#Common Shell|common]], [[Shrapnel shell|Shrapnel]]<ref name=TBG1887/>
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  • ...culations. The amount of gun elevation needed to project a 5-in shell nine nautical miles (17 km) is very different from the elevation needed to project a 16-i ...al computation of gun stabilizing angles required an impractical number of terms in the mathematical expression, so the computation was approximate.
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  • ...XLS}}<!-- For annual updates use the search at http://www.eia.doe.gov/ for terms "International Energy Annual 2006" "Tables" "Petroleum consumption" --></re ...more damaging than those on land, since they can spread for hundreds of [[nautical mile]]s in a thin [[oil slick]] which can cover [[beach]]es with a thin coa
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  • ...ment of the edges of the net. It is sometimes mistakenly believed to be a nautical term for sewage. [[Category:Nautical terms]]
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  • ...nal, an III'') the terms ''gramme'' and ''kilogramme'' replaced the former terms ''gravet'' (correctly ''milligrave'') and ''[[grave (mass)|grave]]''. On 10 ...vary from language to language]]. SI, therefore, recommends avoiding these terms.<ref>http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter5/5-3-7.html</ref> Howeve
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