- Essex (ship)
Essex is the name of several
ship s:* Among civilian ships,
** For the whaleship destroyed by asperm whale , seeEssex (whaleship) .
* ForUS Navy ships, see USS "Essex".
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Essex (disambiguation) — Essex is the name of a county in England, named after the ancient Kingdom of Essex. A number of places and things have been named after it.* In the United Kingdom: ** Essex (UK Parliament constituency) ** Essex University ** Essex County Cricket… … Wikipedia
Essex class aircraft carrier — Essex was a class of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy, which constituted the 20th century s most numerous class of heavy warships, with 24 ships built. These included members of the long hull Ticonderoga variant/subclass, which some… … Wikipedia
Essex (whaleship) — The whaleship Essex left Nantucket, Massachusetts in 1819 on a two and a half year voyage in the whaling grounds of the South Pacific to hunt sperm whales. She was convert|87|ft|m long, and measured 238 tons. She was captained by the 28 year old… … Wikipedia
Essex (Schiff) — Schemazeichnung des Walangriffs auf die Essex von Thomas Nickerson vom 20. November 1820 Die Essex war ein amerikanisches Walfangsegelschiff des 19. Jahrhunderts unter dem Kommando von George Pollard mit Heimathafen Nantucket. Es wurde um 1800 in … Deutsch Wikipedia
Essex (Walfänger) — Schemazeichnung des Walangriffs auf die Essex von Thomas Nickerson vom 20. November 1820 Die Essex war ein amerikanisches Walfangsegelschiff des 19. Jahrhunderts unter dem Kommando von George Pollard mit Heimathafen Nantucket. Es wurde um 1800 in … Deutsch Wikipedia
Essex, Connecticut — Infobox Settlement official name = Essex, Connecticut established title = Incorporated established date = 1852 established title2 = Name changed established date2 = 1854 subdivision type2 = subdivision name2 = government type = Selectman town… … Wikipedia
Essex (baleinier) — 0°41′S 118°00′W / 0.683, 118 … Wikipédia en Français
Essex class ship of the line — The Essex class ships of the line were a class of two 64 gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.hips*HMS|Essex|1760|6:Builder: Wells and Stanton, Rotherhithe:Ordered: 31 January 1759:Launched: 28 August 1760:Fate: Sold… … Wikipedia
USS Essex (1799) — The first USS Essex of the United States Navy was a 36 gun [http://www.visit1812.com/historic sites/usnm.html] or 32 gun [http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/r/robotti essex.html] sailing frigate that participated in the Quasi War with France, the … Wikipedia
USS Essex (LHD-2) — is a sclass|Wasp|amphibious assault ship built at what is now the Northrop Grumman Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and commissioned on 17 October 1992 while moored at North Island NAS beside the Kitty Hawk (CV 63). Dick Cheney, then the… … Wikipedia
