18-470: (Redirected from M-112 ) M112 may refer to: M-112 highway (Michigan) , a road in the United States of America HMS Shoreham (M112) , a British Royal Navy Sandown-class minehunter Mercedes-Benz M112 engine , a V6 automobile piston engine family used in the 2000s Myasishchev M-112 , a cargo-passenger aircraft produced by Myasishchev M112,
36-516: A C-4 demolition charge [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M112&oldid=618051552 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
54-628: A bridge of around 900 boats, probably at South Queensferry. From 1964 to 1982, a tunnel existed under the Firth of Forth, dug by coal miners to link the Kinneil colliery on the south side of the Forth with the Valleyfield colliery on the north side. This is shown in the 1968 educational film Forth – Powerhouse for Industry . The shafts leading into the tunnel were filled and capped with concrete when
72-550: A final visit to her namesake port during which 1,500 members of the public toured the ship. In September 2022, she was spotted operating around Firth of Forth carrying the name "Черкаси" ( Ukrainian : Cherkasy ) and the pennant number M311. Though still reportedly in commission with the Royal Navy, she was now training sailors of the Ukrainian Navy prior to her planned handover to that Navy. In October 2022 it
90-514: A new galley , fitting a new fire detection system and improving the high-pressure air system. She was handed back to the Royal Navy in January 2017. In spring 2017, Shoreham deployed with NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 1 (SNMCMG1), operating around Northern Europe. During the course of this deployment Shoreham , the last of the Sandown class to be built, took part in naval exercises with
108-483: Is a bird observatory on the Isle of May. A series of sand and gravel banks in the approaches to the firth have since 2014 been designated as a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area under the name Firth of Forth Banks Complex . The youngest person to swim across the Firth of Forth was 13-year-old Joseph Feeney, who accomplished the feat in 1933. In 2008, a controversial bid to allow oil transfer between ships in
126-519: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages HMS Shoreham (M112) HMS Shoreham was a Sandown -class minehunter of the British Royal Navy . She was the fifth vessel to bear the name. From 2018 to 2021, Shoreham was deployed at UKNSF Bahrain together with three other mine countermeasures ships as part of 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron on Operation Kipion . In 2022 she
144-740: The River Forth . It meets the North Sea with Fife to its north and Lothian to its south. Firth is a cognate of fjord , a Norse word meaning a narrow inlet. Forth stems from the name of the river; this is * vo-rit-ia ('slow running') in Proto-Celtic , yielding Foirthe in Old Gaelic and Gweryd in Welsh. It was known as Bodotria in Roman times and
162-792: The Forth Bridgehead area, encompassing Rosyth, Inverkeithing and the southern edge of Dunfermline , Burntisland , Kirkcaldy , Bo'ness and Leven . The firth is bridged in two places. The Kincardine Bridge and the Clackmannanshire Bridge cross it at Kincardine , while further east the Forth Bridge , the Forth Road Bridge and the Queensferry Crossing cross from North Queensferry to South Queensferry . The Romans reportedly made
180-524: The Forth road and rail bridges by carrying about 870,000 passengers each year. Despite its initial success, the project was cancelled in December 2011. The inner firth, located between the Kincardine and Forth bridges, has lost about half of its former intertidal area as a result of land reclamation, partly for agriculture, but mainly for industry and the large ash lagoons built to deposit spoil from
198-671: The US Navy in UK waters, which will help Ukraine understand how to operate with NATO navies". List of mine countermeasure vessels of the Royal Navy This article about a specific naval minesweeper of the United Kingdom is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Firth of Forth The Firth of Forth ( Scottish Gaelic : Linne Foirthe ) is the estuary , or firth , of several Scottish rivers including
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#1732781158182216-485: The coal-fired Longannet Power Station near Kincardine . Historic villages line the Fife shoreline; Limekilns , Charlestown and Culross , established in the 6th century, where Saint Kentigern was born. The firth is important for nature conservation and is a Site of Special Scientific Interest . The Firth of Forth Islands SPA ( Special Protection Area ) is home to more than 90,000 breeding seabirds every year. There
234-567: The former HMS Sandown , now operated by the Estonian Navy as Admiral Cowan . From 2018 to 2021, Shoreham served with 9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron operating from HMS Jufair in the Persian Gulf. In August 2021, Shoreham returned to the U.K having been relieved by her sister ship HMS Bangor . In May 2022, Shoreham embarked on a final short tour of the UK ahead of her planned decommissioning including
252-424: The shore as Ben Lomond , Cumbernauld , Harthill , Penicuik and the edges of Gleneagles Golf Course . Many towns line the shores, as well as the petrochemical complexes at Grangemouth , commercial docks at Leith , former oil rig construction yards at Methil , the ship breaking facility at Inverkeithing and the former naval dockyard at Rosyth , along with numerous other industrial areas, including
270-435: The tunnel was closed, and it is believed to have filled with water or collapsed in places. In July 2007, a hovercraft passenger service completed a two-week trial between Portobello, Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, Fife. The trial of the service (marketed as "Forthfast") was hailed as a major operational success, with an average passenger load of 85 per cent. It was estimated the service would decrease congestion for commuters on
288-659: Was decommissioned and was transferred to Ukraine. Shoreham was accepted into service on 28 November 2001 and commissioned in a ceremony in her namesake port on 20 July 2002. In 2012, Shoreham deployed to the Persian Gulf to join the 9th Mine Countermeasures squadron based in Bahrain . She returned to Faslane on 28 August 2015 after three years away. Shoreham entered refit in Rosyth in 2016 for repair work to her hull . Other work carried out included installing
306-687: Was referred to as Βοδερία in Ptolemy 's Geography . In the Norse sagas it was known as the Myrkvifiörd . An early Welsh name is Merin Iodeo , or the 'sea of Iudeu '. Geologically, the Firth of Forth is a fjord , formed by the Forth Glacier in the last glacial period . The drainage basin for the Firth of Forth covers a wide geographic area including places as far from
324-455: Was reported that she had been decommissioned. The ship was commissioned into the Ukrainian Navy as "Черкаси" ( Ukrainian : Cherkasy ) on 2 July 2023. The ceremony was held in Glasgow . In April 2024, it was indicated that Cherkasy and her sister ship Chernihiv were to be based at HMNB Portsmouth for the "foreseeable future as they prepare for exercises with the Royal Navy alongside
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