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    A Ship's Salute is a gesture or other action used to display respect. Salutes are primarily associated with armed forces, but other organisations and...
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  • A sail-by salute (or near-shore salute) is a salute performed by bringing a ship close to shore to salute those on land. Often the salute is performed...
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    A salute is usually a formal hand gesture or other action used to display respect in military situations. Salutes are primarily associated with the military...
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    A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannons or artillery as a military honor...
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    The three-finger salute is used by members of Scout and Guide organizations around the world when greeting other Scouts and in respect of a national flag...
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    A water salute is an occasional occurrence used for a ceremonial purpose. It typically consists of a vehicle which travels under plumes of water expelled...
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    Bayesian was a 56-metre (184 ft) sailing superyacht, built as Salute by Perini Navi at Viareggio, Italy, and delivered in 2008. It had a 72-metre (237 ft)...
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    A gun salute or cannon salute is the use of a piece of artillery to fire shots, often 21 in number (21-gun salute), with the aim of marking an honor or...
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    A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary...
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    the bomb detonated in or near the black-powder magazine used for the ship's saluting guns and catapult charges. This would have detonated first and then...
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    The finger (redirect from One-finger salute)
    incident the nickname the "Salmon Arm salute". The gesture itself has also been nicknamed the "Trudeau salute". Former president George W. Bush gave...
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    when embarking or disembarking. Away Boats: Used to order a ship's boats to leave the ship's side. Call the Boatswain's Mates: The boatswain's gang to report...
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    Imperātor, moritūrī tē salūtant ("Hail, Emperor, those who are about to die salute you") is a well-known Latin phrase quoted in Suetonius, De vita Caesarum...
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    on 13 January 2012, when the ship attempted a sail-by salute past Giglio, a manoeuvre he had performed before. The ship struck an underwater rock off...
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    USS Sterett (DDG-104) (category Ships articles with undated status)
    Andrew Sterett's birthplace, on 9 August 2008. The ship's home port is Naval Base San Diego. The ship was attacked without warning by Somali pirates using...
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    SS Birma (category Ships built in Govan)
    communication with Carpathia resulted in similar rebuttals aside of a standard Ship's Salute from their flags. As a result, Birma returned to her planned course...
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  • them to Batavia. The title refers to the honour, a thirteen-gun salute from the ship's guns, that is due to Fox as an official envoy and representative...
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    Quarterdeck (category Ship compartments)
    behind the main mast of a sailing ship. Traditionally it was where the captain commanded his vessel and where the ship's colours were kept. This led to its...
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    Maritime flag (redirect from Ship flag)
    (Manning the rails, firing cannon salute, attention, etc.) according to nautical etiquette. In a group of naval ships all commanded by superior officers...
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  • process of degaussing and/or deperming, to reduce the ship's magnetic signature. Once a ship's sea trials are successfully completed, plans for the commissioning...
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