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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Her (or His) Majesty's Ship
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A prefix used in the names of British warships, meaning His Majesty's Ship or Her Majesty's Ship.
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- initialism UK, nautical, military Her (or His) Majesty's Ship — ship prefix of the
Royal Navy of theUK - initialism Her (or His) Majesty's Service
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Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).
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Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).
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Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).
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Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).
In search of life on Mars M-mv 2003
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Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).
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Beagle 2 was named to commemorate Charles Darwin's five-year voyage around the world in HMS Beagle (1831-36).
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He joined the Royal Navy during World War II at the age of nineteen and as an ordinary seaman in HMS Belfast served on Russian convoy duty.
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The film Margin Call takes us inside a fictional investment bank called HMS to show what it must've been like within the halls of Lehman Brothers during that fateful 24-hour period before its collapse, as executives slowly acknowledge that not only had they built a bomb that will blow up the economy, but that they could save some money if they lit the fuse themselves and were the first out the door.
Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: Margin Call -- 'Twas the Night Before the Meltdown... Jonathan Kim 2011
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"I seem to remember reading somewhere that Tottenham supporters raised enough money during WWII to buy a battleship for the Royal Navy, called the HMS Hotspur," writes Paris Goursoyannis.
Who is England's oldest ever debutant? Paolo Bandini 2010
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The name HMS Prince of Wales has been borne by seven previous ships of the Royal Navy:
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