A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, characteristically a flag officer entitled by custom to fly a distinguishing flag. Used more loosely, it is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels, typically the first, largest, fastest, most heavily armed, or best known. Over the years, the term "flagship" has become a metaphor used in industries such as ...

Flagships in the Royal Navy. Technically, the fleet flagship would be the ship that would host the two-star maritime battlestaff headquarters (such as COMUKMARFOR, a Rear Admiral who normally is based ashore) for operations.. Generally, a flagship is a ship in which an Admiral (or a Commodore) flies his flag (or broad pennant).As, in the Royal Navy, shore establishments can …

Tower Records is an international retail franchise and online music store that was formerly based in Sacramento, California, United States.From 1960 until 2006, Tower operated retail stores in the United States, which closed when Tower Records filed for bankruptcy and liquidation.Tower Records was purchased by a separate entity and was not affected by the retail store closings.

HMS Sirius was the flagship of the First Fleet, which set out from Portsmouth, England, in 1787 to establish the first European colony in New South Wales, Australia.In 1790, the ship was wrecked on the reef, south east of Kingston Pier, in Slaughter Bay, Norfolk Island

In broadcasting, a flagship (also known as a flagship station or key station) is the broadcast station which originates a television network, or a particular radio or television program that plays a key role in the branding of and consumer loyalty to a network or station. This includes both direct network feeds and broadcast syndication, but generally not backhauls.

Detailhandel of kleinhandel is het leveren van fysieke goederen voor persoonlijk gebruik aan de consument. Het is een sector die bestaat uit verschillende branches (zoals de levensmiddelenbranche, de modebranche, de woonbranche enz.). De detailhandel is de laatste schakel van de bedrijfskolom die loopt van fabrikant tot consument.. Retail. Het in de …

Als Flagship-Store (englisch, Zusammensetzung aus flagship „Flaggschiff“ und store „Laden, Geschäft“) wird im Deutschen seit den 2000er Jahren eine Filiale eines Handels-oder Dienstleistungsunternehmens bezeichnet, die als Vorzeigeobjekt fungiert. Die Filiale zeichnet sich durch spezielle Bündelung exklusiver Merkmale, wie etwa bevorzugte Lage, besondere …

USS Constellation (CV-64), a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation of stars" on the flag of the United States.One of the fastest ships in the Navy, as proven by her victory during a battlegroup race held in 1985, she was nicknamed "Connie" by her crew and officially as "America's Flagship".

Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 – March 4, 1858) was a commodore of the United States Navy who commanded ships in several wars, including the War of 1812 and the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854.. Perry was interested in the education of naval …

Renaissance Technologies LLC, also known as RenTech or RenTec, is an American hedge fund based in East Setauket, New York, on Long Island, which specializes in systematic trading using quantitative models derived from mathematical and statistical analysis.Their signature Medallion fund is famed for the best record in investing history. Renaissance was founded in …