us+navy+commander-in-chief

1. \Л-103 кого-чего in s.o's presence

in front of

2. \Л-103 чего, often смерти when faced by sth., directly before the approach of sth.: in the face of

• ПЕРЕД ЛИЦОМ lit

[PrepP; Invar; the resulting PrepP is adv]

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1. перед лицом кого-чего in s.o's presence:

- in front of;

- before.

     ♦ "Я, верховный главнокомандующий Корнилов, перед лицом всего народа объявляю, что долг солдата... и беззаветная любовь к родине заставили меня в эти тяжёлые минуты бытия отечества не подчиниться приказанию Временного правительства и оставить за собой верховное командование армией и флотом" (Шолохов 3). "I, the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Kornilov, declare before the whole nation that my duty as a soldier...and my unbounded love for the Motherland have compelled me in these grave minutes of the country's existence to ignore the order of the Provisional Government and retain the supreme command of the Army and Navy" (3a).

2. перед лицом чего, often смерти when faced by sth., directly before the approach of sth.:

- in the face of;

- confronted with.

     ♦...Началась первая мировая война, потом революция, и перед лицом таких великих событий никто уже не интересовался: сделали обрезание Якобу Ивановскому или не сделали (Рыбаков 1)....It was soon the First World War, then the Revolution, and in the face of such great events nobody was interested in whether Jakob Ivanovsky was circumcised or not (1a).

     ♦ Монтень приводит примеры, когда люди перед лицом смерти с ничем непоколебимым самообладанием дают распоряжения о том, как поступить с их телом (Олеша 3). Montaigne cites examples of people confronted with death who, without any wavering of self-control, gave instructions for the disposal of their bodies (3a).

En anglais comme en français, l’armée de terre et l’armée de l’air distinguent deux catégories: les officiers, commissioned officers (GB) ou warrant officers (US), à partir du grade de Second Lieutenant/Pilot Officer, et tous les autres, à l’exception de Private/Aircraftman/ Airman, non-commissioned officers (the NCOs):

L’armée de terre

the British Army the United States Army

Field Marshal (FM)* General of the Army (GEN)

General (Gen) General (GEN)

Lieutenant†-General (Lt-Gen) Lieutenant† General (LTG)

Major-General (Maj-Gen) Major General (MG)

Brigadier (Brig) Brigadier General (BG)

Colonel (Col) Colonel (COL)

Lieutenant†-Colonel (Lt-Col) Lieutenant† Colonel (LTC)

Major (Maj) Major (MAJ)

Captain (Capt) Captain (CAPT)

Lieutenant† (Lieut) First Lieutenant† (1LT)

Second Lieutenant† (2nd Lt) Second Lieutenant† (2Lt)

- Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)

- Warrant Officer (WO)

Regimental Sergeant Major (RSM) Command Sergeant Major (CSM)

Company Sergeant Major (CSM) Staff Sergeant Major (SSM)

- 1st Sergeant (1 SG)

- Master Sergeant (MSG)

- Sergeant 1st Class (SFC)

Staff Sergeant‡ (S/Sgt) Staff Sergeant (SSG)

ou Colour Sergeant‡ (C/Sgt)‡

Sergeant (Sgt) Sergeant (SGT)

Corporal (Cpl) Corporal (CPL)

Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Private First Class (P1C)

Private (Pte) Private (PVT)

ou Rifleman (Rfm)

ou Guardsman (Gdm)‡

the Royal Navy (RN)§ the United States Navy (USN)§

Admiral of the Fleet Fleet Admiral

Admiral (Adm)* Admiral (ADM)

Vice-Admiral (V-Adm) Vice Admiral (VADM)

Rear-Admiral (Rear-Adm) Rear Admiral (RADM)

Commodore (Cdre) Commodore (CDRE)

Captain (Capt) Captain (CAPT)

Commander (Cdr) Commander (CDR)

Lieutenant†-Commander (Lt-Cdr) Lieutenant† Commander (LCDR)

Lieutenant† (Lt) Lieutenant† (LT)

Sub-Lieutenant† (Sub-Lt) Lieutenant† Junior Grade (LTJG)

Acting Sub- Lieutenant† (Act Sub-Lt) Ensign (ENS)

- Chief Warrant Officer (CWO)

Midshipman Midshipman

Fleet Chief Petty Officer (FCPO) -

- Master Chief Petty Officer (MCPO)

- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)

Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Chief Petty Officer (CPO)

- Petty Officer 1st Class (PO1)

- Petty Officer 2nd Class (PO2)

Petty Officer (PO) Petty Officer 3rd Class (PO3)

Leading Seaman (LS) Seaman (SN)

Able Seaman (AB) -

Ordinary Seaman (OD) -

Junior Seaman (JS) Seaman Apprentice (SA), Seaman Recruit (SR)

the Royal Air Force (RAF) the United States Air Force (USAF)||

Marshal of the Royal Air Force General of the Air Force

Air Chief Marshal (ACM)* General (GEN)

Air Marshal (AM) Lieutenant† General (LTG)

Air Vice-Marshal (AVM) Major General (MG)

Air Commodore (Air Cdre) Brigadier General (BG)

Group Captain (Gp Capt) Colonel (COL)

Wing Commander (Wing Cdr) Lieutenant† Colonel (LTC)

Squadron Leader (Sqn Ldr) Major (MAJ)

Flight Lieutenant† (Flt Lt) Captain (CAPT)

Flying Officer (FO) First Lieutenant† (1LT)

Pilot Officer (PO) Second Lieutenant† (2LT)

Warrant Officer (WO) -

Flight Sergeant (FS) Chief Master Sergeant (CMSGT)

- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)

- Master Sergeant (MSGT)

Chief Technician (Chf Tech) Technical Sergeant (TSGT)

Sergeant (Sgt) Staff Sergeant (SSGT)

Corporal (Cpl) Sergeant (SGT)

Junior Technician (Jnr Tech) -

Senior Aircraftman ou woman (SAC) -

Leading Aircraftman ou woman (LAC) Airman First Class (A1C) ou Airwoman First Class

Aircraftman ou Aircraftwoman Airman Basic (AB)

L’anglais emploie l’article indéfini pour les noms de grades utilisés avec les verbes to be ( être), to become ( devenir), to make ( faire) etc.

Dans les expressions suivantes, colonel est pris comme exemple; les autres noms de grades s’utilisent de la même façon.

= he is a colonel

= he is a colonel in the army

= to become a colonel

= he was made a colonel

Mais avec le verbe to promote ou dans l’expression the rank of…, l’anglais n’emploie pas l’article indéfini:

= to be promoted colonel ou to be promoted to colonel

= he has the rank of colonel

= Colonel Jones has arrived

= the colonel has arrived

Noter que le mot Colonel prend une majuscule en anglais devant le nom propre, mais rarement dans les autres cas.

= yes, sir

= yes, ma’am

= yes, sergeant

Les abréviations sont utilisées uniquement par écrit et avec les noms propres, par ex.: Capt. Jones.

† Noter la prononciation (GB): [leftenant], (US): [lootenant].

‡ Le nom varie selon le régiment.

§ Les abréviations RN et USN ne sont utilisées que par écrit.

|| L’abréviation USAF n’est utilisée que par écrit. Dire the US Air Force.

στρᾰτηγ-ός, ὁ (the fem. in Ar.Ec. 491, 500 is merely comic), Arc. and [dialect] Dor. [full] στρᾰτᾱγός IG5(2).6.9 (Tegea, iv B.C.), SIG597 B (Thermum, iii B.C.), etc.; [dialect] Aeol. [full] στρότᾱγος IG12 (2).6.7 (Mytil.), 11(2).1064b27 ([place name] Delos):—

A leader or commander of an army, general, Archil.58.1, A.Th. 816, Arist.Ath.22.3, etc.; ἀνὴρ ς. A.Ag. 1627, Pl. Ion 540d; opp. ναύαρχος (admiral), S.Aj. 1232 (v. infr. 11.1).

2 generally, commander, governor, πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν ς. Id.Ant.8, cf. Arist.Mu. 398a29.

3 c. gen.,

στρατηγοὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ Hdt.7.83

;

τῶν παραθαλασσίων Id.5.25

, etc.;

Ἀχαιῶν S.Aj.

l.c.;

στρατεύματος X.An.1.7.12

.

4 metaph., παραλαβὼν.. οἶνον ς. Antiph.18; στρατηγοὶ κυνηγεσίων masters of hounds, Arist.Mu. 398a24; so strategum te facio huic convivio, Plaut.Stich.702.

II at Athens, the title of 10 officers elected by yearly vote to command the army and navy, and conduct the war-department at home, commanders in chief and ministers of war, Hdt.6.109, Th.1.61, 4.2, Arist.Ath.26.1, 44.4, 61.1, D.4.25;

οἱ σ. οἱ εἰς Σικελίαν And.1.11

, cf. IG12.302.46, al.;

σ. εἵλοντο δέκα X.HG1.5.16

, cf. Eup. 117.4, pl.Com. 185, etc.;

τῷ σ. τῷ ἐπὶ τὰς συμμορίας ᾑρημένῳ IG22.1629.209

; when distd. from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος, the στρατηγός is commander of the infantry, Decr. ap. D.18.184, Arist.Ath.4.2; χειροτονηθεὶς σ. ἐπὶ τὸ ναυτικόν, ἐπὶ τὰ ὅπλα, IG22.682.5,31; ἐπὶ τὴν παρασκευήν ib.22; ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν ib.24.

2 also of chief magistrates of the cities of Asia Minor, Hdt.5.38; of many other Greek states, IG5(2) l.c. (Tegea, iv B.C.), 12(9).191 A 44 (Eretria, iv B.C.), OGI329.42 (Aegina, ii B.C.), Timae.114, Plb.2.43.1, etc.

3 in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, military and civil governor of a nome, PEnteux. 1.12, al. (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.351.4 (iii B.C.), BGU1730.11 (i B.C.), OGI184.3 (Philae, i B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 41 ii 6 (iii A.D.), 43.1 (iv A.D.); also in other parts of the Ptolemaic empire, e.g. at Calynda in Caria, PCair.Zen. 341 (a).20 (iii B.C.); in Cyprus, OGI84 (iii B.C.); ὁ σ. τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης ib. 186 (Philae, i B.C.); in the Attalid empire, ib.267.13 (Pergam., iii B.C.), al.; σ. τῆς πόλεως at Alexandria, BGU729.1 (ii A.D.); at Ptolemais, OGI 743 = Raccolta Lumbroso 299 (i B.C.), Sammelb. 7027 (ii A.D.).

4

σ. ὕπατος

consul,

IG5(1).1165

(Gythium, ii B.C.), 9(2).338 (Cyretiae, ii B.C.), 42(1).306 D (Epid., ii B.C.), Plb.1.52.5; also ς. alone, Id.1.7.12, al., SIG685.20 (Crete, ii B.C.), and ὕπατος alone, v. ὕπατος; σ. ἀνθύπατος proconsul, ib.826 I 1 (Delph., ii B.C.), 745.2 (Rhodes, i B.C.); ἑξαπέλεκυς ς. praetor, Plb.3.106.6; used of the praetor urbanus, Id.33.1.5; called

σ. κατὰ πόλιν IG14.951

(i B.C.), etc.; ς. alone, = praetor, D.H.2.6, Arr.Epict.2.1.26: also of the duumviri or chief magistrates of Roman colonies, as of Philippi, Act.Ap.16.20: later of the Comes Orientis, Lib.Or.56.21.

5 an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem,

ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ Ev.Luc. 22.52

, Act.Ap.4.1, J.BJ6.5.3.

6 νυκτερινὸς ς. superintendent of police at Alexandria, Str.17.1.12.

7 = φαλαγγάρχης (q.v.), Arr. Tact.10.7, Ael.Tact.9.8.

SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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Peter Du Cane was appointed a midshipman in the Royal Navy in 1913, having commenced as a cadet at the tender age of 13. At the end of the First World War he transferred to the engineering branch and was posted ultimately to the Yangtze River gunboat fleet. In 1928 he resigned, trained as a pilot and then joined the shipbuilders Vosper Ltd of Portsmouth. For thirty-five years he held the posts of Managing Director and Chief Designer, developing the company's expertise in high-speed, small warships, pleasure craft and record breakers. During the Second World War the company designed and built many motor torpedo-boats, air-sea rescue craft and similar ships. Du Cane served for some months in the Navy, but at the request of the Government he returned to his post in the shipyard. The most glamorous products of the yard were the record breakers Bluebird II, with which Malcolm Campbell took the world water speed record in 1939, and the later Crusader, in which John Cobb lost his life. Despite this blow the company went from strength to strength, producing the epic Brave class fast patrol craft for the Royal Navy, which led to export orders. In 1966 the yard merged with John I.Thornycroft Ltd. Commander Du Cane retired seven years later.

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SUBJECT AREA: Ports and shipping

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Following early education at Devonport, White passed the Royal Dockyard entry examination in 1859 to commence a seven-year shipwright apprenticeship. However, he was destined for greater achievements and in 1863 passed the Admiralty Scholarship examinations, which enabled him to study at the Royal School of Naval Architecture at South Kensington, London. He graduated in 1867 with high honours and was posted to the Admiralty Constructive Department. Promotion came swiftly, with appointment to Assistant Constructor in 1875 and Chief Constructor in 1881.

In 1883 he left the Admiralty and joined the Tyneside shipyard of Sir W.G. Armstrong, Mitchell \& Co. at a salary of about treble that of a Chief Constructor, with, in addition, a production bonus based on tonnage produced! At the Elswick Shipyard he became responsible for the organization and direction of shipbuilding activities, and during his relatively short period there enhanced the name of the shipyard in the warship export market. It is assumed that White did not settle easily in the North East of England, and in 1885, following negotiations with the Admiralty, he was released from his five-year exclusive contract and returned to public service as Director of Naval Construction and Assistant Controller of the Royal Navy. (As part of the settlement the Admiralty released Philip Watts to replace White, and in later years Watts was also to move from that same shipyard and become White's successor as Director of Naval Construction.) For seventeen momentous years White had technical control of ship production for the Royal Navy. The rapid building of warships commenced after the passing of the Naval Defence Act of 1889, which authorized directly and indirectly the construction of around seventy vessels. The total number of ships built during the White era amounted to 43 battleships, 128 cruisers of varying size and type, and 74 smaller vessels. While White did not have the stimulation of building a revolutionary capital ship as did his successor, he did have the satisfaction of ensuring that the Royal Navy was equipped with a fleet of all-round capability, and he saw the size, displacement and speed of the ships increase dramatically.

In 1902 he resigned from the Navy because of ill health and assumed several less onerous tasks. During the construction of the Cunard Liner Mauretania on the Tyne, he held directorships with the shipbuilders Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson, and also the Parsons Marine Turbine Company. He acted as a consultant to many organizations and had an office in Westminster. It was there that he died in February 1913.

White left a great literary legacy in the form of his esteemed Manual of Naval Architecture, first published in 1877 and reprinted several times since in English, German and other languages. This volume is important not only as a text dealing with first principles but also as an illustration of the problems facing warship designers of the late nineteenth century.

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