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Prize money. Prize money refers in particular to naval prize money, usually arising in naval warfare, but also in other circumstances. It was a monetary reward paid in accordance with the prize law of a belligerent state to the crew of a ship belonging to the state, either a warship of its navy or a privateer vessel commissioned by the state.
Pique. , a French frigate captured as a British prize in 1795. In admiralty law prizes (from the Old French prise, "taken, seized" [1]) are equipment, vehicles, vessels, and cargo captured during armed conflict. The most common use of prize in this sense is the capture of an enemy ship and its cargo as a prize of war.
The last major power to flirt with privateering was Prussia in the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, when Prussia announced the creation of a 'volunteer navy' of ships privately-owned and -manned, but eligible for prize money. (Prussia argued that the Declaration did not forbid such a force, because the ships were subject to naval discipline.)
e. Alexei Anatolyevich Navalny [c] [d] (Russian: Алексей Анатольевич Навальный, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej ɐnɐˈtolʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈvalʲnɨj]; 4 June 1976 – 16 February 2024) was a Russian opposition leader, [2] [4] lawyer, anti-corruption activist, and political prisoner. He organised anti-government demonstrations ...
Prize of war. A Chinese spear taken as a prize from pirates during the Irene incident in 1927 by sailors of the British submarine HMS L4. Stern piece of HMS Royal Charles, the flagship of the Royal Navy, taken by the Dutch at the Raid on the Medway in 1667. A prize of war (also called spoils of war, bounty or booty) is a piece of enemy property ...
Prize crew. A prize crew is the selected members of a ship chosen to take over the operations of a captured ship. Prize crews were required to take their prize to appropriate prize courts, which would determine whether the ship's officers and crew had sufficient cause to have the value of the prize awarded to them. [1]
Navalny is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Daniel Roher. [2] [3] The film revolves around Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and events related to his poisoning. [4] It was produced by HBO Max and CNN Films. The film premiered on January 25, 2022 at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received critical and audience acclaim ...
The Naval Gold Medal was awarded between 1793 and 1815 to senior officers of the Royal Navy for specified actions. Two different sizes were struck. 22 large medals were awarded to flag officers ( admirals ), commodores and captains of the fleet. 117 smaller medals were awarded to captains. [1] As a separate medal was awarded for each action, it ...