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  1. Cutty Wren

    Infobox Standard See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs title Cutty Wren english title Hunting of the Wren comment ... language form original artist recorded by Chumbawamba performed by The Cutty Wren and its variants like The Hunting of the Wren are traditional English folk songs. The origins and meaning of the song ... 1962 , the conscripts sing The Cutty Wren with more and more aggression with each verse. This is fairly ... ref Recordings Topic Records TRC7 Side B, Topic Singers 1939, as Cutty Wren American Folk Songs for Children ... Group 1962, as The Cutty Wren So Much for Dreaming , Ian and Sylvia 1967 as Cutty Wren No Relation , Royston and Heather Wood 1977, as The Cutty Wren Sound Sound Your Instruments of Joy , The Watersons ... 1988 , as The Cutty Wren Part 1 and The Cutty Wren Part 2 Oranges and Lemmings Les Barker , Martin Carthy and June Tabor 1990, as Hunting the Cutty Wren Bells of Dublin , The Chieftains 1991, six tracks ... , Leslie Fish 1996 , as Cutty Wren Time Steeleye Span album Time , Steeleye Span 1996, as The Cutty Wren The Lovers Enchained , Annwn , as The Cutty Wren Wassail , John Kirkpatrick 1998, as Hunting ... English Rebel Songs 1381 1984 , Chumbawamba 2003 , as The Cutty Wren Ballad of America volume 2 , Matthew Sabatella 2006, as Billy Barlow The Awkward Recruit , Mawkin Causley 2009, as Cutty Wren Tales from the Crow Man , Damh the Bard 2009 as The Cutty Wren There is a Breton tune called The Wren ... Barlow.htm Billy Barlow lyrics http www.mudcat.org displaysong.cfm?SongID 1420 Parody of Cutty Wren ... wrenkingsongs.html Cutty Wren Song Use dmy dates date June 2011 Category Protest songs ... substitute slaughter of the wren as winter wren king of the birds at the end of the year for similar ... wren? On the other hand, it is also attributed to the English peasants revolt of 1381 , and the wren is supposed to be the young king Richard II of England Richard II , who is killed and fed ... to do there? quo brither and kin. To slay the WREN, quo FOZIE MOZIE To slay the WREN, quo JOHNIE ...   more details



  1. Cutty

    Cutty may refer to Dennis Cutty Wise , a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire Cutty rapper , a rapper featured on T.O.K. s Bombrush Hour People with the name Cutty Cutshall 1911 1968 , American jazz trombonist Cutty Ranks born 1965 , Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist See also Cuddy disambiguation Cutty Sark disambiguation disambig ...   more details



  1. Cutty Cutshall

    Robert Dewees Cutty Cutshall December 29, 1911 August 16, 1968 was an American jazz trombonist. Cutshall played in Pittsburgh early in his career, making his first major tour in 1934 with Charley Dornberger . He joined Jan Savitt s orchestra in 1938, then played with Benny Goodman in the early 1940s. Later in the decade he worked frequently with Billy Butterfield and did some freelance work in New York City . He started working with Eddie Condon in 1949, an association which would last over a decade. Cutshall was touring with Condon in 1968 at the time of his death, which occurred in a hotel room. Cutshall s credits include work with Peanuts Hucko , Bob Crosby , Ella Fitzgerald , and Louis Armstrong . References Eugene Chadbourne , Allmusic class artist id p68043 biography pure url yes Cutty Cutshall at Allmusic Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cutshall, Cutty ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1911 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1968 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cutshall, Cutty Category 1911 births Category 1968 deaths Category American jazz trombonists de Cutty Cutshall ...   more details



  1. Cutty Sark

    About the ship the whisky Cutty Sark whisky other uses Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Image The Cutty Sark 2005 01 24.jpg 300px Cutty Sark Ship caption Cutty Sark in dock, Greenwich January ... of the United Kingdom.svg 60px UK Civil Ensign Ship name Cutty Sark 1869 95 , 1922 date Ship namesake Cutty sark witch Cutty sark Ship owner John Willis 40 64 share br Robert Dunbar Willis 24 64 share ... kn km h abbr on The Cutty Sark is a clipper ship. Built in 1869 for the Jock Willis shipping line, she ... of the Suez Canal also in 1869 meant that steam ships now had a much shorter route to China, so Cutty ... to permanent dry dock at Greenwich , London on public display. Cutty Sark is one of three ships ... cite news title Cutty Sark Queen reopens Greenwich tea clipper url http www.bbc.co.uk news uk england ... and etymology Image Cutty Sark ship, 1869 SLV H91.250 164.jpg thumb left Cutty Sark with sails set ... together. The Cutty Sark was ordered by John Jock White Hat Willis who operated a shipping company ... was responsible for its noteable performance, and this seems to have been adopted for Cutty Sark . Linton, however, felt that the stern was too barrell shaped and gave Cutty Sark a squarer stern ... Villiers p. 17 19 ref ref Lubbock p.21 22 ref In the matter of masts Cutty sark also followed the design ... back than was usual. ref Lubbock, China clippers, p. 291 ref A contract for Cutty Sark s construction ... T. title The Cutty Sark Second Keel and History as the Ferreira journal The Mariner s Mirror volume ... willis.html Jock Willis Specification for the Cutty Sark ref Quote box title A speck on the horizon ... British clipper Cutty Sark, one of the fastest ships afloat. She passed us going two ... speed for Cutty sark was 17.5 knots. The speed of a sailing ship is not so straightforward as a steam ... she had achieved over 370  NM some days. ref Lubbock, Cutty Sark p.9 ref By comparison, Thermopylae s best recorded 24 hour distance was 358  NM. Cutty Sark was considered to have the edge ...   more details



  1. Cutty Ranks

    Infobox musical artist image See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Cutty Ranks image size Only for images narrower than 220 pixels background solo singer birth name Philip Thomas alias birth date Birth date and age df yes 1965 2 12 death date origin Kingston, Jamaica instrument genre Reggae , dancehall occupation singer , songwriter , musician , entertainer years active label associated acts website notable instruments Philip Thomas , born 12 February 1965 , better known as Cutty Ranks is a Jamaica n reggae and dancehall artist. Biography Thomas was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1965. ref name Larkin Larkin, Colin 1998 The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae , Virgin Books, ISBN 0 7535 0242 9, p. 237 8 ref He began his career as a reggae artist at the age of 14 with the Gemini Sound Products Gemini reggae sound system sound system , before moving on to work with Tony Rebel s Rebel Tone and Papa Roots, ref name Moskowitz Moskowitz, David V. 2006 Caribbean Popular Music an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall , Greenwood Press, ISBN 0 313 33158 8, p. 76 ref and later working with Stereo Mars, Arrows and Metro Media. ref name Larkin He joined Killamanjaro where he worked alongside Early B , Super Cat , Puddy Roots, and Little Twitch, and then Sturmars where he worked ... a classic in Jamaica. Cutty Ranks has been influential outside the world of dancehall, particularly ... in 1994. Discography The Stopper 1991 , Fashion Records Fashion Lethal Weapon Cutty Ranks album Lethal Weapon 1991 , Penthouse Records Penthouse Retreat Cutty Ranks album Retreat 1991 , VP Records ... References Reflist External links http www.discogs.com artist Cutty Ranks Extended Discography Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Ranks, Cutty ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 12 February 1965 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Ranks, Cutty Category ... reggae musicians de Cutty Ranks es Cutty Ranks ...   more details



  1. Wren

    dablink This article is about the bird family. For other uses of the word wren, see Wren disambiguation . Taxobox name Wrens image Cistothorus palustris Iona.jpg image width 240px image caption Marsh Wren ... wren Troglodytes . Only the Eurasian Wren occurs in the Old World , where in Anglophone regions it is commonly known simply as the wren as it is the originator of the name. The name wren has been applied to other unrelated birds, particularly the New Zealand wren s Acanthisittidae and the Australian ... small frogs lizards. ref name HBW Name and use of the term wren The English name wren derives ... w renno stallion , but Suolahti 1909 rejects this as unlikely. ref The wren is also known as kuningilin ... get their scientific name from the tendency of some species to forage in dark crevices. The name wren is also ascribed to Wren disambiguation other families of passerine birds throughout the world. In Europe ... as fire crested wren and golden crested wren , respectively. The 27 Australasia n wren species in the family Maluridae are unrelated, as are the New Zealand wren s in the family Acanthisittidae, the antwrens in the family Thamnophilidae , and the wren babblers of the family Timaliidae . Description Wrens are medium small to very small birds. The Eurasian Wren is among the smallest birds in its ... of the world. They range in size from the White bellied Wren , which averages under convert 10 cm in and convert 9 g oz , to the Giant Wren , which averages about convert 22 cm in and weighs almost ... such as Song Wren , Musician Wren , Flutist Wren and Southern Nightingale Wren . ref name HBW Habitat and distribution File Cobb s Wren.png thumb Cobb s Wren is an insular endemism endemic , restricted ... name, the Eurasian Wren is the only species of wren found outside the Americas, as restricted to Europe, Asia and northern Africa it was formerly considered conspecific with the Winter Wren and Pacific Wren of North America . There are a number of insular species, including the Clarion Wren and Socorro ...   more details



  1. Hunting the Wren

    disambig Hunting the Wren may refer to Cutty Wren or its variants like The Hunting of the Wren a traditional English folk song Wren Day , also known as Wren s Day , Hunt the Wren Day or The Hunting of the Wrens , celebrated on 26 December in Ireland , the Isle of Man , Wales and Newfoundland and Labrador . ...   more details



  1. Cutty Sark (disambiguation)

    The Cutty Sark is a tea clipper built in Scotland. Cutty Sark may also refer to Cutty Sark whisky , a brand of Scotch whisky Cutty sark witch , a character created by Robert Burns in Tam o Shanter Cutty Sark yacht Cutty Sark yacht , a private yacht belong to the Duke of Westminster and used in submarine escort duties during WWII Cutty Sark short story Cutty Sark short story , a short story by Ivan Yefremov Cutty Sark DLR station , a station on the Docklands Light Railway, near the ship Saro Cutty Sark , a British flying boat of the 1920s See also Chemise Cuttie stool Disambig fr Cutty Sark homonymie nl Cutty Sark ...   more details



  1. Wren Day

    about the celebration on December 26th in Ireland and other countries the English folk song Cutty Wren Wren day also known as Wren s day , Hunt the Wren Day or The Hunting of the Wrens lang ga L an Dreoil n celebrated on 26 December, St. Stephen s Day . The tradition consists of hunting a fake wren ... the King , which is along similar lines. They made another version, The Cutty Wren , on their album Time . Hunting the Wren is on John Kirkpatrick musician John Kirkpatrick s album Wassail . The Chieftains ... in the 1990s fact date December 2011 . See also St. Stephen s Day Jonkonnu parades Cutty Wren Mummer ... Wren Wren also pronounced as the Wran fact date December 2011 by dressing up in masks, straw suits ..., an actual bird was hunted by Wrenboys on St. Stephen s Day. The captured wren was tied to the Wrenboy leader s staff pole. The captured wren would be kept alive as the popular mummers parade song ..., wreaths and flowers, as well as the Wren, was the centre of the dance. Over time, the live ... Europe, which by itself is already indicative of a Celtic origin theorise that the Wren celebration ... used the wren in augury and might have studied its flight, amongst other birds, to derive ... or midwinter sacrifice and or celebration, as Celtic mythology considered the Wren a symbol of the past year see Handbook of Birds of the World the European wren is known for its habit of singing even in mid winter, and sometimes explicitly called Winter Wren Celtic names of the Wren draouennig .... Various associated legends exist, such as a Wren being responsible for betraying Irish soldiers who ... times. Despite the abandonment of the wren killing practice, devoted Wrenboys continue to ensure that the Gaels Gaelic tradition of celebrating the Wren continues although it is no longer widespread. ref http irelandsown.net wrenday.html ref Similar traditions of hunting the Wren have been claimed ..., 9781595479594. pp.294 295 ref . Songs In 1955 Liam Clancy recorded The Wran Song the Wren ...   more details



  1. Cutty Sark (whisky)

    Refimprove date May 2007 cleanup article date August 2010 Infobox Beverage name Cutty Sark image Image Bottle of Cutty Sark Scotch Whisky with box.JPG 200px A bottle of Cutty Sark type Scotch Whisky proof 80 manufacturer The Edrington Group origin Scotland introduced March 23, 1923 variants discontinued related Cutty Sark is a range of blended Scotch whisky produced by Edrington plc of Glasgow whose main office is less than 10 miles from the birthplace of the famous clipper ship of the same name. The whisky was created on March 23, 1923, with the home of the blend considered to be at The Glenrothes distillery in the Speyside Single Malts Speyside region of Scotland . The name comes from the River Clyde built clipper ship Cutty Sark , whose name came from the Scots language term Cutty sark witch cutty sark , the short shirt prominently mentioned in the famous poem by Robert Burns Tam o Shanter Burns poem Tam o Shanter . The drawing of the clipper ship Cutty Sark on the label of the whisky bottles is a work of the Swedish people Swedish artist Carl Georg August Wallin . He was a mariner ... since 1955. The Tall Ships Races for tall ship large sailing ships were originally known as The Cutty ... popular member of the range, Cutty Sark Original Scots Whisky, is sold in a distinctive green bottle ... by the age of the youngest whisky in the blend. Reviews Cutty Sark has received modest reviews from ... Spiritis Competitions awarded the Cutty Sark blended scotch a bronze and a silver medal. cite web url http www.proof66.com single display.asp?id 1753 title Proof66.com s Summary Page for Cutty Sark ... score of 85 in 2008. Cutty Sark in Modern Literature An empty Cutty Sark box serves as a plot device ... fights over a bottle of Cutty Sark with his girlfriend. Eventually the bottle is broken and he takes ... Cutty Sark homepage Category Scottish blended whisky Category 1923 introductions Scotland stub whisky stub fr Cutty Sark whisky pt Cutty Sark u sque sv Cutty Sark whisky ...   more details



  1. Cutty Sark (short story)

    Infobox short story See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name Cutty Sark title orig lang ru translator author Louis Hughes country Soviet Union language Russian language Russian series genre Novella publication type published in Krasnoflotets Leningrad , 1944, 5 publisher pub date 1944 english pub date media type Print Magazine followed by revised version of 1958 Cutty Sark lang ru is a novella about the sailing ship Cutty Sark by the Soviet writer and paleontologist Ivan Yefremov written in 1942 1943, first published in 1944 USSR . http www.astro.spbu.ru staff serg interests literature efremov list.html Intrigued by the history of the Cutty Sark , writer Yefremov produced a Sketch drawing sketch about her, which ended with a beautiful version of dry dock ing the legendary tea clipper in USA . When the story was translated into English as well as to some other languages, it is believed that this story influenced the preservation of the Cutty Sark ref ru icon http noogen.2084.ru Efremov.htm ref , which was reconstructed and dry docked in Greenwich , London , 1954. The feedback from English speaking readers forced Yefremov to upgrade the storyline with some new facts from clipper s life. The story popularized the Cutty Sark in the USSR and Russia . References references External links eo icon http www.esperanto.mv.ru Efremov cutty.html Cutty Sark in Esperanto ru icon http noogen.narod.ru iefremov cutty0.htm Cutty Sark first version Krasnoflotets Leningrad , 1944, 5, pp.  27 35. ru icon http noogen.narod.ru iefremov cutty.zip Cutty Sark revised version , published since 1958 ZIP file format zip , 42,4 KB Ivan Yefremov DEFAULTSORT Cutty Sark Category Short stories by Ivan Yefremov Category 1944 short stories Category Works originally published in Russian magazines story stub ru ...   more details



  1. Cutty-sark (witch)

    Cutty sark is 18th century Scots language Scots for short chemise or short undergarment . ref name Cutty http www.dsl.ac.uk dsl getent4.php?query cutty cutty ie sark, a short chemise or undergarment , Dictionary of the Scots Language , accessed 21 May 2007 ref Hyphenated, Cutty sark was a nickname given to the witch Nannie Dee, a fictional character created by Robert Burns in his Tam o Shanter Burns poem Tam o Shanter , after the garment she wore. The Figurehead object figurehead of the tea clipper Cutty Sark is named after the character. Etymology wikt cutty Cutty or cuttie the diminutive form of cuttit , from Early Middle English cutte , kutte , cute ugly ref http www.dsl.ac.uk dsl getent4.php?query cut Cut, Cutt, v. ... Early ME. cutte, kutte, cute, of obscure origin. , Dictionary of the Scots Language , accessed 21 May 2007 ref is short or stumpy . wikt sark Sark or serk from Old English language Old English serc Old Norse serk is a shift , chemise , or shirt . ref http www.dsl.ac.uk ... cutty sark as opposed to older usage of the two separate words is by Dougal Graham in Circa c. 1779 the year of his death A cutty sark of guide harn sheet, My mitter he pe spin, mattam. ref name Cutty ... a lassie but is now rather too short for her Her cutty sark , o Paisley harn, That while a lassie ... done, Cutty sark line 189 . The witches are now alerted to his presence and pursue him. Tam heads ... water. He makes it across the bridge to safety, but not before Nannie, the Cutty sark , has torn the tail ... Well done, Cutty sark entered the English language via Scottish English as an exclamation similar to Bravo Citation needed date June 2007 Literary allusions to the original Cutty sark abound. In Ulysses novel Ulysses , James Joyce writes Laughing witches in red cutty sarks ride through the air on broom ... dmy dates date November 2010 DEFAULTSORT Cutty Sark Witch Category Scottish dress Category Scottish ... Tops clothing Category Gowns br Cutty sark gwrac h ...   more details



  1. The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark

    Infobox comic name The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark image CowboyCaptainOfCuttySark cover.jpg image caption Don Rosa s cover artwork for the story. code D 98045 title orig hero Scrooge McDuck appearances Scrooge McDuck br Donald Duck br Huey, Dewey, and Louie br Gyro Gearloose Ratchet Gearloose Ratchet Gearloose pages 24 layout 4 rows per page story Don Rosa ink Don Rosa date first December 11, 1998 The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark is a Scrooge McDuck comic by Don Rosa . The story takes place between The Buckaroo of the Badlands and Raider of the Copper Hill in the series The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck making it part 3B. This makes little sense, since in the end of part three Buckaroo of the Badlands , Scrooge is hired to work for Murdo MacKenzie , and in the very beginning of the fourth part Raider of the Copper Hill that same employment is ended making the time for part The Cowboy Captain overlap with his employment on the Mackenzie s farm. The story take place in 1883. Scrooge imports some cattle to Indonesia but encounters a thief and meets his old friend Ratchet Gearloose from his Riverboat days. Then he becomes part of a spectacular trip aboard the clipper ship Cutty Sark Cutty  Sark . External links Inducks comic D 98045 The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck DEFAULTSORT Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark, the Category 1998 in comics Category Donald Duck comics by Don Rosa Disney comics stub fr Le Cow boy capitaine du Cutty Sark id Kapten Koboi dari Cutty Sark it Il capitano cow boy del Cutty Sark pt O Capit o Cowboy do Cutty Shark A Saga do Tio Patinhas ...   more details



  1. Wren Library

    The Wren Library applies to at least two famous library libraries in the UK that were designed by Sir Christopher Wren . Wren Library, Cambridge Wren Library, Lincoln disambig ...   more details



  1. Blue wren

    Blue wren is a colloquial name used to refer to several species of wren Superb Fairy wren , found in southeastern Australia Splendid Fairy wren , found in central and southwestern Australia disambig ...   more details



  1. Dennis "Cutty" Wise

    React Quotes episode 5.05 occupation Day laborer and boxing trainer title alias Cutty family spouse children relatives footnotes Dennis Cutty Wise is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire ..., who is serving a life sentence in prison. The nickname Cutty originates from the character serving ... Season 3 Cutty is known as a legendary soldier in Baltimore s drug trade, and was finishing a fourteen year prison sentence when Avon Barksdale and Wee Bey Brice arrived in prison. Cutty is well ... phoning the police from the scene of a murder he had committed. Avon approaches Cutty with an offer ... dealer for a time, Cutty approaches him and offers to supply him for a cut of the profit. The dealer, Stanfield Organization Fruit Fruit , takes Cutty up on his offer but refuses to pay him when Cutty returns for the profits. Fruit then takes out a gun and threatens Cutty, leading him to back down. Cutty turns to work as a day laborer with a landscaping crew to get by. He tracks down his ex ... deacon to help him find work, but resists any other involvement. The deacon suggests that Cutty study to obtain his GED , but Cutty sees this as too difficult and, despite his initial hesitation ... Slim Charles Slim Charles , who throws a welcome home party for Cutty. He works with young soldiers ... enables them to quickly identify the culprit. Cutty is appalled when the younger soldiers almost ... work for Barksdale soldiers. Cutty and Slim Charles plan a raid on a Stanfield corner using a pincer ... Organization Country Country is killed as a consequence. Cutty and Slim Charles later decide to strike back alone but when their moment comes Cutty is faced with Fruit and finds himself unable to fire. It becomes clear to Cutty that he no longer has the game in him, after which he tells Avon ... Slim Charles that Cutty still deserves their respect. Wise then begins to build a new life by returning ... is arrested, and Cutty finds his gym quickly deserted as the children return to work. Cutty continues ...   more details



  1. Wren (disambiguation)

    wiktionary wren Wren s are passerine birds in the mainly New World family Troglodytidae. Wren may also refer to TOC right Organisms Birds other than Troglodytidae New Zealand wren Acanthisittidae Maluridae ... People Alan Wren born 1964 , English rock drummer Bob Wren born 1974 , Canadian ice hockey player Christopher Wren 1632 1723 , English architect and scientist Frank Wren born 1958 , American baseball executive John Wren 1871 1953 , Australian businessman M. K. Wren born 1938 , American author Matthew Wren 1585 1667 , English clergyman and scholar P. C. Wren 1875 1941 , British author Thomas Wren 1826 1904 , American politician Wren Blackberry , American teacher and author Wren Blair born 1925 , a former Canadian ice hockey coach Fictional characters Wren, a scientist from the movie Alien Resurrection The Wren, an escape artist from the movie Cube film Cube Wren Elessedil , a character from the Heritage of Shannara series of fantasy novels Wren Sherwood Smith character , the orphanage ... Wren Phantasy Star III Wren Phantasy Star III , an android from the video game Phantasy Star III Wren Phantasy Star IV Wren Phantasy Star IV , a different android from the video game Phantasy Star IV Wren MacPherson, the third and last child of Darryl and Wanda McPherson in the comic strip Baby Blues Wren Natsworthy , daughter to Tom and Hester Natsworthy in the last installments of Phillip Reeve s Mortal Engines Quartet Wren Douglas, a plus sized model and author in Significant Others novel Significant Others , the fifth book in Armistead Maupin s Tales of the City series Places Wren, Alabama , unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama Lawrence County Wren, Mississippi , village Wren, Ohio , village Wren, Oregon , unincorporated community Wren, Virginia , unincorporated community ... Other WREN AM , a defunct radio station 590 AM licensed to Carrollton, Alabama, United States KYYS , a radio station in Kansas City, Kansas, United States, formerly licensed as WREN Wren Building ...   more details



  1. Saro Cutty Sark

    aircraft Category Saro aircraft Cutty Sark ...   more details



  1. Cutty Sark (yacht)

    About the steam yacht other uses Cutty sark disambiguation Cutty sark Infobox ship begin Infobox ship image Ship image Ship caption Infobox ship career Hide header Ship country UK Ship flag Ship name Cutty Sark Ship namesake Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder Yarrow Shipbuilders Yarrow and Co Ltd Ship laid down Ship launched 18 March 1920 Ship sponsor Major Henry Keswick Ship christened Ship completed Ship acquired Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship fate Scrapped, 1948 Ship notes Ship badge Infobox ship characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship type Ship tonnage 883 Ship displacement Ship tons burthen Ship length 263ft Ship beam 25ft Ship height Ship draught 16ft Ship draft Ship depth Ship hold depth Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship power Ship propulsion 4 Yarrow turbines of 5,000BHP Ship sail plan Ship speed 24knots Ship range 3,391nm Ship endurance Ship test depth Ship boats Ship capacity Ship troops Ship complement ... steam yacht Cutty Sark was built, from plates originally destined for an S class destroyer 1916 ... acquired the Cutty Sark , cruising her from North Norway to the Red Sea. Up to the Second World ... to Westminster Pier, from where the Duke piloted his bride by high speed launch to the Cutty Sark , moored ... service On the outbreak of war in September 1939 the Cutty Sark was requisitioned by the Admiralty ..., the Duke of Westminster sold the Cutty Sark to Cdr Mack in 1941, so at that stage he owned the warship ... by a Lockheed Hudson Hudson . However, there were no nearby ships to rescue them so the Cutty Sark ... in Lincoln. They named their new Avro Lancaster Lancaster Cutty Sark . It flew 30 missions before being shot down. Cutty Sark also appears, by name, in the 1943 film, Close Quarters 1943 film Close Quarters . By 1944 the need for requisitioned vessels had diminished, and HMS Cutty Sark was laid .... The Cutty Sark was broken up by April 1948. References Citations missing date February 2010 Bibliography ...   more details



  1. HMS Wren

    distinguish HMS Wrenn Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wren after the wren bird . HMS Wren D88 Wren , a V and W class destroyer launched at Yarrow Shipbuilders Yarrow in 1919 and sunk by aircraft off Aldeburgh on 27 July 1940. HMS Wren U28 Wren , a Black Swan class sloop Modified Black Swan class sloop launched on 11 August 1942 and, as part of Captain Frederic John Walker Frederic Walker s Second Escort Group, assisted in the sinking of several U boat s. Broken up in 1956. References colledge cite web url http uboat.net allies warships ship 3921.html title HMS Wren ii U 28 work Uboat.net accessdate 2006 12 17 cite web url http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 63 a5024963.shtml title WW2 People s War Walkers Own HMS Wren work WW2 People s War BBC website accessdate 2006 12 17 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Wren, Hms Category Royal Navy ship names fi HMS Wren ...   more details



  1. Troglodytes (wren)

    Southern House Wren in S o Paulo Botanic Garden Brazil . It is sometimes considered a distinct species ... for food. ref is a genus of small passerine birds in the wren family. These wrens are around ... species are found in temperate latitudes The House Wren occurs widely in both tropical and temperate lowlands, but is frequently split into several species. Until recently, the hardy Winter Wren was believed ... into three species, of which the Eurasian Wren is the only wren of any genus found outside the New World . The Cobb s Wren of the Falkland Islands is another species which tolerates harsh conditions ... Wren will roost communally in a cavity in cold weather to help conserve heat. Systematics and species The closest living relatives of this genus are possibly the Timberline Wren and the Cistothorus ... A number of the Troglodytes species, such as the Clarion Wren, were formerly considered subspecies of the House Wren, and it has been argued that at least the tropical forms of the House Wren should be further split as the Southern House Wren, Troglodytes musculus . ref noted in Howell & Webb 1995 ref The Socorro Wren, in older times placed into Thryomanes Bewick s Wren , is actually a close relative of the House Wren complex, as indicated by manners, song, plumage, etc ref Howell & Webb ... analysis. ref name martinezgomezetal2005 Mart nez G mez et al. 2005 ref The Winter Wren is less .... Species House Wren , Troglodytes aedon taxonomy needs revision Northern House Wren, Troglodytes aedon aedon group Brown throated Wren , Troglodytes aedon brunneicollis group Southern House Wren, Troglodytes aedon musculus group Cozumel Wren, Troglodytes aedon beani Guadeloupe Wren, Troglodytes ... Wren, Troglodytes aedon martinicensis taxonomic status unresolved possibly extinct c.1890 Clarion Wren , Troglodytes tanneri formerly included in T. aedon Socorro Wren , Troglodytes sissonii formerly included in T. aedon Cobb s Wren , Troglodytes cobbi formerly included in T. aedon Rufous browed Wren ...   more details



  1. 3062 Wren

    Notability Astro date February 2012 Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Wren symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer E. Bowell discovery site Flagstaff AM discovered December 14, 1982 designations yes mp name 3062 alt names 1982 XC named after Christopher Wren mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.3494229 perihelion 2.6889059 semimajor eccentricity 0.1093874 period 1916.1458387 avg speed inclination 11.33840 asc node 110.40429 mean anomaly 352.55330 arg peri 270.69053 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.1357 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 10.80 3062 Wren 1982 XC is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on December 14, 1982 by E. Bowell at Flagstaff AM . References references External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 3062 Wren JPL Small Body Database Browser on 3062 Wren Minor planets navigator 3061 Cook 3063 Makhaon Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Wren Category Discoveries by Edward L. G. Bowell Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1982 beltasteroid stub de 3062 Wren eo 3062 Wren fa it 3062 Wren la 3062 Wren hu 3062 Wren ja pl 3062 Wren pt 3062 Wren sk 3062 Wren sr 3062 Wren uk 3062 vi 3062 Wren yo 3062 Wren ...   more details



  1. Wren, Mississippi

    Image MSMap doton Wren.png right 200px Location of Wren, Mississippi Wren is an unincorporated area unincorporated community in Monroe County, Mississippi Monroe County , Mississippi . Wren is sited at coord 33 58 18 N 88 35 59 W between Amory, Mississippi Amory and Okolona, Mississippi Okolona . According to the United States Geological Survey , a variant name is Wrens . New Wren is located at coord 33 58 18 N 88 36 48 W on U.S. Route 45 , near its intersection with U.S. Route 278 . References cite web url Gnis3 679885 title Wren work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2006 04 14 cite web url Gnis3 674860 title New Wren work Geographic Names Information System publisher United States Geological Survey accessdate 2006 04 14 Monroe County, Mississippi Mississippi geo stub Category Populated places in Monroe County, Mississippi Category Unincorporated communities in Mississippi vo Wren Mississippi ...   more details



  1. Peruvian Wren

    This article was auto generated by User Polbot . Taxobox name Peruvian Wren image status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref IUCN2007 assessors BirdLife International year 2006 id 52004 title Cinnycerthia peruana downloaded 2007 07 25 ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Troglodytidae genus Cinnycerthia species C. peruana binomial Cinnycerthia peruana binomial authority Jean Cabanis Cabanis , 1873 synonyms The Peruvian Wren Cinnycerthia peruana is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It formerly included the Sepia brown Wren or Sharpe s Wren C. olivascens and the Fulvous Wren C. fulva as subspecies , but with all three under the common name Sepia brown Wren. As presently defined, the Peruvian Wren is Endemism endemic to dense undergrowth of humid Andean forests in Peru . References Reflist Category Birds of South America Category Birds of Peru Category Cinnycerthia Troglodytidae stub es Cinnycerthia peruana pt Cinnycerthia peruana sv Perug rdsmyg ...   more details



  1. Musician Wren

    Taxobox name Musician Wren image CyphorhinusKeulemans.jpg image caption Subspecies C. a. salvini left , and C. a. modulator right , illustration by John Gerrard Keulemans Keulemans , 1881 status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Passeriformes familia Wren Troglodytidae genus Cyphorhinus species C. arada binomial Cyphorhinus arada binomial authority Johann Hermann Hermann , 1783 synonyms Cyphorhinus salvini Cyphorhinus modulator The Musician Wren or Organ Wren Cyphorhinus arada is a species of wren named for its elaborate song. It is native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America , and west and southwestwards into the Amazonian Andes. Infonatura Rangemap In Brazilian Portuguese Portuguese it is known as Uirapuru or many other variants of this name, all based on the Tupi language Tupi wirapu ru . Especially in Brazil , the Musician Wren is the subject of several legends and fables, most relating to its loud and beautiful song. One of these tells that when it starts singing all other birds stop their song to hear it. The Musician Wren is also believed to bring good luck, which leads some people to kill it in order to have it stuffed ... Wren, due to its large range and being locally fairly common, is not considered Threatened ... of the Musician Wren. Xeno Canto America. http www.mma.gov.br port cgmi nossoamb cantoaves wav uirapuru.au Song of a Musician Wren in au file format au format , from the Brazilian Government . Category Cyphorhinus Category Birds of the Amazon Basin Wren, Musician Category Birds of the Guianas Wren, Musician Category Birds of Venezuela Wren, Musician Category Birds of Colombia Category Birds of Ecuador Wren, Musician Category Birds of Peru Wren, Musician Category Birds of Bolivia Wren, Musician Category Birds of Guyana Wren, Musician Category Birds of Suriname Wren, Musician Category Birds of French Guiana Wren, Musician Category Birds of Brazil Wren, Musician Troglodytidae stub es Cyphorinus ...   more details




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