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Seen in the Gulf of Oman in early March 1981, HMS Apollo was participating in officer-of-the-watch manoeuvres that marked a change of Royal Navy ships on Operation Armilla duties.
Apollo and Ardent had returned to the Gulf region from a break in Mombasa and HMS Birmingham (D86) and HMS Avenger (F185) were about to depart for home waters. They had been diverted from other activities in the Indian Ocean to set up an impromptu patrol in the Gulf in response to the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. Apollo and Ardent were the first units deployed from the UK for this patrol.
Built by Yarrows, Apollo was the penultimate ship in the 26-unit Leander class, commissioning in May 1972. The Batch IIIs were 113.4m in length, with a beam of 13.1m and a draught of 5.8m. Standard displacement was 2,500 tonnes. Their two oil-fired boilers fed 550 lb/sq in steam at 850˚F to a pair of double reduction-geared steam turbines. The 30,000 shp generated a speed of 28 kt. Interestingly, Apollo's fuel costs during the deployment were about twice those of Ardent, powered by Olympus/Tyne gas turbines.
The Mk 6 twin 4.5-inch 45-calibre gun was primarily an anti-aircraft weapon, the final development of the QF 4.5-inch naval gun first introduced in the mid-1930s. It took a considerable number (26?) of men to operate, in contrast to the replacement Mk 8 a 55-calibre weapon, which took full advantage of developments in automation, increasing the rate of fire and reducing manning requirements significantly.
Apollo was transferred to the Pakistani Navy in 1988 and renamed PNS Zulfiqar. She was finally disposed-of in February 2010 when she was expended as a target.
Some images from the upcoming presentation in Newport during Dress Rehearsal.
The Shakespeare Revue
A clever, witty and hilarious musical revue in irreverent homage to the Bard.
3-4 and 7-11 July 2015
Some image from Dress Rehearsal for the forthcoming performance of :
The Private Ear and The Public Eye
Two one-act plays by Peter Shaffer
19-27 October 2018
Apollo Beach Sunset
Apollo Beach Nature Preserve
Apollo Beach, FL
26 October 2018
I believe that is downtown Saint Petersburg, FL in the distance.
The small bronze Apollo Belvedere (ca. 1497) by Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi, or Antico, is a highlight in the Renaissance exhibition. It was inspired by the large Apollo Belvedere marble sculpture which was discovered a decade earlier in Rome.
Belvedere Apollo in the Sculpture Collection (Skulpturensammlung) of the Liebieghaus Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Das Apollo-Programm war ein Raumfahrtprojekt der USA. Es brachte mit den Apollo-Raumschiffen zum ersten und bislang einzigen Mal Menschen auf den Mond. Das Programm wurde von der National Aeronautics and Space Administration zwischen 1961 und 1972 betrieben.
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Apollo Bay is a coastal town in southwestern Victoria, Australia. It is situated on the eastern side of Cape Otway, along the edge of the Barham River and on the Great Ocean Road, in the Colac Otway Shire.
Apollo Bay was part of the traditional lands of the Gadubanud or King Parrot people of the Cape Otway coast.
In the 1840s the Henty brothers established a whaling station at Point Bunbury on the western end of the bay. The bay was named by a Captain Loutit in 1845 when he sheltered his vessel, the Apollo, here from a storm.
The first European settlers were timber cutters in the 1850s who subsequently established sawmills.
Farmers later moved into the area and a small settlement on Apollo Bay named Middleton developed. A Post Office of that name (with a fortnightly mail delivery) opened on 1 May 1873 (relocated to the township of Krambruk in 1881 and renamed Apollo Bay in 1898).During this period almost all access to the area was by sea.
The township of Krambruk (later to be renamed Apollo Bay) was established in 1877, and a school was open by 1880.
With the upgrade of the road to the town in 1927 and the completion of the Great Ocean Road in 1932, the town became a tourist destination and an important fishing port.
In 1936 a submarine telegraph and telephone cable from Apollo Bay to Stanley provided the first connection to Tasmania from the mainland. The Apollo Bay Telegraph station closed in 1963 and is now a museum.
On July 10, 1932 the coastal steamer Casino sank while attempting to berth at the town jetty. Ten lives were lost. Earlier shipwrecks have occurred along the Cape Otway coastline.
Wyrd Sisters - Dress Rehearsal
Fans of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series will love Stephen Briggs’ stage adaptation of his novel, The Wyrd Sisters (itself an interpretation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth). Everyone else will simply have a ball watching this clever and hilarious take on a classic tale.
9-10 and 13-17 December 2016
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More shuttle photos, and more LACMA photos to come.
But, first, all aspects of NASA's achievements are on display at the California Science Center. This is the command module for the Apollo moon missions. The museum didn't specify which Apollo mission this capsule was for, but they all served the same purpose: they were first of two important vehicles used for the lunar landing mission. The other one was the LEM itself, the Lunar Excursion Module. But it was the command module that did the bulk of the work in space, and in both earth and lunar orbit. The only time the lunar lander was more important was on Apollo 13, when a tank ruptured on the booster rocket located directly behind the command module. Power and oxygen were gone, and if it hadn't been for the lunar module the three crewmen would have perished in space. Fortunately, this happened on the way to the moon and not the return. The lunar module served as a "lifeboat" until they were close enough to earth where they could jettison the lunar module and then re-enter the earth's atmosphere, using the command module's heat shield to protect them.
You can Google the information about Apollo 13, and I also recommend Ron Howard's excellent film, named, simply, "Apollo 13," starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise and Bill Paxton.
27/06/2030 - The Rooftips of Paris at Night - Day 2 of the Roadtrip
Somebody else
I'll forget how to feel
The things I've felt
As the nightsky settles, the boys find themselves on the rooftop of their Airbnb, drinking in the night sky and the Parisian cityscape.
Credit to Cara for providing the beautiful set!
The forgotten temple of Apollo Hylates
Hylates was a god worshiped on the island of Cyprus who was later likened to the Greek God Apollo. His name probably derives from the word “forest” hence the name Apollo Hylates (Apollo of the woods). He was worshipped from the 3rd century BCE until the 3rd century CE.
A long street running from south to north leads to the Temple of Apollo Hylates, which was built in the Late Classical or Early Hellenistic period on the ruins of the Archaic temple. Along the external east side of the walls are the Palaestra where athletes once exercised and played games.
The sanctuary is located about 2.5 kilometers west of the ancient town of Kourion on the road which leads to Pafos. It was one of the main religious centers of ancient Cyprus.
Statue of Apollo Ἀπόλλων with a kithara, harp-like musical instrument, in Tripoli's Jamahiriya Museum, Libya.