RMS Knight of Malta, the Glossary
RMS (or SS) Knight of Malta was a cargo liner built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd in 1929.[1]
Table of Contents
30 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Alexandria, Beam (nautical), Cargo liner, Central Bank of Malta, Compound steam engine, Crown Colony of Malta, Draft (hull), Gross register tonnage, Heathfield, East Sussex, HMS Peony (K40), HMS Wryneck (D21), Maltese lira, Net register tonnage, Newcastle upon Tyne, Ocean boarding vessel, Official number, Packet boat, Postmark, Propeller, Royal Mail Ship, Ship prefix, Southern-class whaler, Swan Hunter, Syracuse, Sicily, Times of Malta, Tobruk, Tunis, United Kingdom, World War II.
- Maritime incidents in March 1941
- Merchant ships of Malta
- Passenger ships of Malta
- Steamships of Malta
Admiralty (United Kingdom)
The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.
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Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
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Beam (nautical)
The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.
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Cargo liner
A cargo liner, also known as a passenger-cargo ship or passenger-cargoman, is a type of merchant ship which carries general cargo and often passengers. RMS Knight of Malta and cargo liner are cargo liners.
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Central Bank of Malta
The Central Bank of Malta (Bank Ċentrali ta’ Malta) is the Maltese member of the Eurosystem and has been the monetary authority for Malta from 1968 to 2007, issuing the Maltese lira.
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Compound steam engine
A compound steam engine unit is a type of steam engine where steam is expanded in two or more stages.
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Crown Colony of Malta
The Crown Colony of the Island of Malta and its Dependencies (commonly known as the Crown Colony of Malta or simply Malta) was the British colony in the Maltese islands, today the modern Republic of Malta.
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Draft (hull)
The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.
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Gross register tonnage
Gross register tonnage (GRT, grt, g.r.t., gt), or gross registered tonnage, is a ship's total internal volume expressed in "register tons", each of which is equal to.
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Heathfield, East Sussex
Heathfield is a market town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Heathfield and Waldron, in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.
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HMS Peony (K40)
HMS Peony was a of the Royal Navy.
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HMS Wryneck (D21)
HMS Wryneck was an Admiralty W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, which was sunk during the Battle of Greece on 27 April 1941. RMS Knight of Malta and HMS Wryneck (D21) are World War II shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Maltese lira
The lira (lira Maltija, plural: liri, ISO 4217 code: MTL) or pound (until ca. 1986 in English, code) was the currency of Malta from 1972 until 31 December 2007.
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Net register tonnage
Net register tonnage (NRT, nrt, n.r.t.) is a ship's cargo volume capacity expressed in "register tons", one of which equals to a volume of.
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Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England.
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Ocean boarding vessel
Ocean boarding vessels (OBVs) were merchant ships taken over by the Royal Navy during the Second World War for the purpose of enforcing wartime blockades by intercepting and boarding foreign vessels.
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Official number
Official numbers are ship identifier numbers assigned to merchant ships by their country of registration.
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Packet boat
Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven.
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Postmark
A postmark is a postal marking made on an envelope, parcel, postcard or the like, indicating the place, date and time that the item was delivered into the care of a postal service, or sometimes indicating where and when received or in transit.
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Propeller
A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that are set at a pitch to form a helical spiral which, when rotated, exerts linear thrust upon a working fluid such as water or air.
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Royal Mail Ship
Royal Mail Ship (sometimes Steam-ship or Steamer), usually seen in its abbreviated form RMS, is the ship prefix used for seagoing vessels that carry mail under contract to the British Royal Mail.
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Ship prefix
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality.
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Southern-class whaler
The Southern class was a class of whale-catcher ships requisitioned from a commercial whaling company for service during the Second World War.
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Swan Hunter
Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England.
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Syracuse, Sicily
Syracuse (Siracusa; Sarausa) is a historic city on the Italian island of Sicily, the capital of the Italian province of Syracuse.
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Times of Malta
The Times of Malta is an English-language daily newspaper in Malta.
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Tobruk
Tobruk or Tobruck (Ἀντίπυργος, Antipyrgos; Antipyrgus; Tobruch; Ṭubruq; also transliterated as Tobruch and Tubruk) is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt.
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Tunis
Tunis (تونس) is the capital and largest city of Tunisia.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
Maritime incidents in March 1941
- CS Faraday (1923)
- CS Mackay-Bennett
- German submarine U-100 (1940)
- German submarine U-47 (1938)
- German submarine U-551
- German submarine U-70 (1940)
- German submarine U-99 (1940)
- HMS Bonaventure (31)
- HMS Witherington (D76)
- HMS York (90)
- Italian cruiser Fiume
- Italian cruiser Pola
- Italian cruiser Zara
- Italian destroyer Giosuè Carducci
- Italian destroyer Vittorio Alfieri
- Italian submarine Pier Capponi
- List of shipwrecks in March 1941
- RMS Knight of Malta
- Raid on Souda Bay
- SS Ambria
- SS Bardic
- SS Bremen (1928)
- SS Britannia (1925)
- SS Corduff
- SS Deneb
- SS Dieppe (1905)
- SS Empire Frost
- SS Empire Simba
- SS Francisco Morazan (1922)
- SS Umona
- SS Wandle (1932)
- USS Western Chief
Merchant ships of Malta
- Blue Sapphire (ship)
- MS Arrow
- MS Clipper Ranger
- MV Cambridge Ferry
- MV Rena
- MV YM Uranus
- RMS Knight of Malta
- Umm Salal (ship)
Passenger ships of Malta
- RMS Knight of Malta
Steamships of Malta
- Atlantic Star (cruise ship)
- RMS Knight of Malta
- TEV Rangatira (1971)
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Knight_of_Malta
Also known as SS Knight of Malta.