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landrail
landrail (ˈlændreɪl) [See rail n.; cf. water-rail. So G. landralle.] The corn-crake, Crex pratensis.1766 Pennant Zool. (1768) II. 387 The land rail lays from twelve to twenty eggs, of a dull white color, marked with a few yellow spots. 1828 Stark Elem. Nat. Hist. I. 302 The Land-Rail is a migratory ...
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HMS Landrail (1806)
Borer and Landrail closed to assist, but Gloire managed to outrun her pursuers. In the engagement Landrail did not actually fire her guns. Wasp took Landrail into Halifax.
However, the officers and crew of Landrail remained in captivity in the US.
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HMS Landrail (1914)
HMS Landrail was a of the British Royal Navy. Hotspur was renamed Landrail.
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HMS Landrail
Five ships of the Royal Navy and an air station of the Royal Naval Air Service have borne the name HMS Landrail, another name for the bird more commonly HMS Landrail was the name given to RNAS Machrihanish, in commission between 1940 and 1963.
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water-rail
ˈwater-rail [rail n.3] A bird, Rallus aquaticus, having a general resemblance to the Landrail: native in the temperate portion of the eastern hemisphere.1655 Moufet & Bennet Health's Improv. xii. 109 Water⁓rails are preferred in Italy before Thrushes or Quails. 1768 Pennant Brit. Zool. II. 385 The w...
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RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail)
Royal Naval Air Station Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), is a former Royal Navy air station, close to Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The old airfield became HMS Landrail II.
The Air Station was re-activated again during the Korean War for training purposes.
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hideling
hideling, a. and n. dial. (ˈhaɪdlɪŋ) Alsohidling. [In A. app. a derived use of hidlings, the ending being confused with that of ppl. adjs. and vbl. ns. in -ing. In B. the suffix is identified with that in changeling: see -ling.] A. adj. Given to hiding or concealment.1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes B...
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835 Naval Air Squadron
During a period of frequent relocation the squadron moved to RNAS Stretton (HMS Blackcap), Cheshire, on 22 September 1942 and to RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail ), Argyll, Scotland ||
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|7 May 1943 || 14 May 1943 || RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), Argyll, Scotland ||
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corn-crake
corn-crake (ˈkɔːnkreɪk) Also 6–9 -craik, 8 -creak, -crek. [f. corn n.1 + crake.] 1. A name (originally Scottish) of the bird also called Landrail, Crex pratensis, found in summer in the British Islands; it lives concealed among standing corn and the grass of the hayfields, whence its harsh grating v...
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740 Naval Air Squadron
From 1943 to 1945 it was a Communications Squadron based at RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail). Communications Squadron (1943 - 1945)
740 NAS reformed as a Communications Squadron operating out of RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), the squadron being
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730 Naval Air Squadron
From the 1 January to the 8 March 1945, a detachment from 730 NAS, out of RNAS Ayr, operated from RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), located close to Campbeltown
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768 Naval Air Squadron
Argus, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier, that was converted from an ocean liner and served as a training ship, via a detachment at RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail
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751 Naval Air Squadron
In 1945 it had a brief existence as a trials unit, at RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), followed by another short reformation, during 1947, this time at Trials Unit (1945)
751 NAS reformed at RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail), close to Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the 22 September 1945,
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SM UB-29
The Landrail might have mistaken UB-29 for another boat, possibly the UC-19. Another explanation is that HMS Landrail sank another U-boat, possibly the UC-19.
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SM UB-30
UB-30 was sunk by two depth charges from HMS Landrail south of Goodwin Sands at on 13 August 1918.
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