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    Fleet Sir Philip Louis Vian, GCB, KBE, DSO & Two Bars (15 July 1894 – 27 May 1968) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both World Wars. Vian specialised...
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    Boris Vian (French: [bɔʁis vjɑ̃]; 10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath who is primarily remembered for his novels. Those published under...
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  • Look up vian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vian may refer to: Vian, Iran, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran Vian, Oklahoma, a town located in the...
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    Zulu, and the Polish destroyer ORP Piorun, under command of Captain Philip Vian, was ordered to detach from convoy WS-8B and to screen King George V...
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    the U.S. sectors and the Eastern Naval Task Force (under Admiral Sir Philip Vian) in the British and Canadian sectors. Available to the fleet were five...
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    After being intercepted by the destroyer HMS Cossack, captained by Philip Vian, Altmark sought refuge in the Jøssingfjord, but Cossack followed her...
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    visit to Mount's Bay in Cornwall from 30 June – 4 July 1949. Admiral Sir Philip Vian, Commander-in-Chief from 1950 to 1952, flew his flag in Vanguard. In...
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  • (uncredited) John Horsley as Captain, HMS Sheffield Peter Burton as Captain Philip Vian, 4th Destroyer Flotilla Jack Gwillim as Captain Wilfrid Patterson, HMS...
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    was launched on 6 March 1934, and commissioned 21 May 1935 by Captain Philip Vian. Arethusa was assigned to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron in the Mediterranean...
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    barrage fire over other ships being attacked by dive bombers. Admiral Sir Philip Vian describes the use of 4.7 inch Mark XII guns against aircraft during the...
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