The deputy prime minister said the new policies had revived the British fleet and improved training for commercial naval officers.
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Once full of fuel for the British fleet, the former pump house is today full of exhibits and objects from both world wars, including many salvaged from the wrecks.
In 1759, in the battle of Quiberon Bay during the Seven Years War, the British fleet commanded by Admiral Hawke destroyed the French invasion fleet under Admiral Conflans.
News of the World was the first British Fleet Street newspaper Rupert Murdoch bought, in 1969, as he began to propel himself from Australian newspaper proprietor to international media magnate.
The first possible example of a maritime attack that impacted the US was on September 13, 1814 when the British fleet staged an attack on the Port of Baltimore (they identified this as the most strategic attack point in the country).
After various postings and promotions, Philip was in 1944 appointed first lieutenant of HMS Whelp, a destroyer that went on to see action in the Pacific as part of a British fleet involved with joint operations with the U.S. Navy, including the landings at Iwo Jima.
Oman subsequently purchased from British Aerospace a fleet of 15 Hawk jets, which it has been operating since the 1980s.
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No deaths have been recorded during the actual racing since its inception in 1851, when Queen Victoria watched the schooner America beat a fleet of British ships around the Isle of Wight.
The family shipping business, co-owned with his brother Eyal -- who is based in Monaco -- runs the largest fleet of British-flagged ships in the world, and there is a wing at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich named after their father Sammy.
Philip was commended for his operation of searchlights during a 1941 night battle near Cape Matapan, where the British destroyed much of the Italian fleet.
British Airways scrapped the Union Jack on half its fleet to seem more international.
In the men's 470 competition Americans Paul Foerster and Kevin Burnham, at 47 the oldest competitor in the fleet, won gold after dueling with British pair Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield in the final race.
EasyJet, a British low-cost airline, is also building up its fleet and routes.
In 1759, a French fleet was destroyed at Lagos, Portugal, by the British under Admiral Boscawen.
Concorde 216 - or Alpha Foxtrot - was the last of the fleet to fly when Concorde was withdrawn from service by British Airways in 2003 due to increased running costs.
However, just when the Egyptian troops were on the brink of success, the Ottoman fleet was inadvertently destroyed at Navarino in a battle with the British, French and Russians.
Both British Airways (BA) and Air France, which operate the world's fleet of Concordes, have said their supersonic service will resume once the jets are authorised to fly.
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