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In 1942, the Commanding Officer of HMCS Spikenard drove a six-inch spike into the deckhead of the Crowsnest Club in St. John's Newfoundland. Subsequently, on a convoy later that year, the corvette was torpedoed and lost, with only eight survivors. The spike remained in the Crowsnest Club for many years.
these were WWII tracked vehicles brought to RVN. They were medium size and sported two 40mm pom-poms plus one M60 Machine Gun, plus a crew of about 4 to 5 with individual weapons. They were used for convoy security and perimeter security for artillery bases each night.
v unauthorised waste disposal – most often seen in signs declaring “no fly tipping” which have been hastily erected next to popular sites for dumping stuff. Originates from a time when houseflies were employed to remove garbage from the house, which they did using tiny little bags strapped to their legs. They would then fly in convoy to the fly tipping site and simultaneously unload their cargo, the whole event looking like a strange miniature reconstruction of the firebombing of Dresden. This, obviously, is a wholly incorrect etymology, but I can’t be bothered checking it. “But,” I hear you say, “The internet is just over there. Why don’t you just look?” Well, my web browser is closed. And my boss is coming.
A group of ships traveling together for mutual support and protection.
the M-42. It was an automatic twin 40mm "ack-ack" set up on a tank body. It was used for firebase and convoy security.
A ship that has moved significantly ahead of its convoy, and is unable to rejoin.
A World War II vintage, anti-aircraft weapon used in Vietnam as an anti-personnel weapon. It consisted of four electric, selenoid-fired, 50 cal. machine guns mounted in a movable turret, sometimes put on the back of a deuce and a half. It was used for firebase and convoy security.
In a convoy, a ship that is unable to maintain speed and falls behind.
the deuce-and-a-halfs that would accompany convoys. They were usually fitted with a .50 and one or two M60s, plus individual weapons for usually a crew of four to five.
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n.
Conveyance; means of transportation.
n.
The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.
n.
A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also, a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea.
v. t.
To accompany; to convoy.
imp. & p. p.
of Convoy
n.
A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.
n.
A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.
v. t.
To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
n.
Convoy; escort; guard; guide.
n.
a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country
n.
A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Convoy
n.
The encampment on one of the principal passages round a place besieged, to prevent relief and intercept convoys.
a.
Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.
n.
A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
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