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Record 1 2021-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Naval Dockyards
CONT

The navy has held a historic and strategically important presence in Halifax since the founding of the Royal Naval Dockyard by the British in the mid‑18th century. The city would later become home to Her Majesty's Canadian Dockyard, the hub of the Royal Canadian Navy's Atlantic Fleet.

OBS

Her Majesty’s Canadian Dockyard and HMC Dockyard: designations officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee and the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arsenaux navals
CONT

La Marine occupe une présence historique et stratégiquement importante à Halifax depuis la fondation de l'arsenal de la Royal Navy par les Britanniques au milieu du XVIIIe siècle. La ville est ensuite devenue l'emplacement de l'arsenal canadien de Sa Majesté, la plaque tournante de la Flotte de l'Atlantique de la Marine royale canadienne.

OBS

arsenal canadien de Sa Majesté et arsenal CSM : désignations uniformisées par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale et par la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • War and Peace (International Law)
CONT

Whereas the aims of land warfare are defeat of the enemy army and occupation of the enemy territory, the aims of sea warfare are : defeat of the enemy navy; annihilation of the enemy merchant fleet; destruction of enemy coast fortifications, and of maritime as well as military establishments on the enemy coast; cutting off intercourse with the enemy coast; prevention of carriage of contraband and of rendering unneutral service to the enemy; all kinds of support to military operations on land, such as protection of a landing of troops on the enemy coast; and lastly, defence of the home coast and protection to the home merchant fleet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Expression dont le sens général désigne l'ensemble d'actes hostiles qu'un belligérant accomplit sur mer en faisant usage de ses forces navales, sauf à déterminer exactement le départ à faire entre ce qui relève du droit de la guerre maritime et ce qui relève du droit de la guerre sur terre.

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

v. fleet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications

Spanish

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