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HMS Venerable was laid down at Cammell Laird in Birkenhead on 3 December 1942 and launched just over a year later. The ship was commissioned on 17 January 1945. [2] As with others of the class completed just before the ending of hostilities, HMS Venerable immediately headed to the Far East to join the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron (Colossus, Glory and Vengeance) of the British Pacific Fleet.
Dame Susan Carol Langley DBE (née Walford; born 2 July 1963), is a British insurance and risk manager. Since 2015, she has been the Chairperson of Arthur J Gallagher Holdings (UK) Ltd. [1] Elected in 2018 as Alderwoman for Aldgate Ward, on 28 September 2023, Langley became Aldermanic Sheriff of London for 2023/24. [2]
Peter the Venerable (c. 1092 – 25 December 1156), also known as Peter of Montboissier, was the abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Cluny. He has been honored as a saint , though he was never canonized in the Middle Ages.
HMS Venerable (1899) was a member of the London class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the British Royal Navy.The Londons were near repeats of the preceding Formidable-class battleships, but with modified armour protection.
Mary Elizabeth Lange, OSP (born Elizabeth Clarisse Lange; c. 1789 – February 3, 1882) was an American religious sister in Baltimore, Maryland who founded the Oblate Sisters of Providence in 1829, the first African-American religious congregation in the United States.
Bede (/ b iː d /; Old English: Bēda; 672/3 – 26 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (Latin: Beda Venerabilis), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the greatest teachers and writers during the Early Middle Ages , and his most famous work, Ecclesiastical History of the English ...
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion (Norman French: Quor de Lion) [1] [2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [3] [4] [5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199.
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