- A
ribbon or
riband is a thin band of material,
typically cloth but also
plastic or
sometimes metal, used
primarily as
decorative binding and tying. Cloth...
- The Blue
Riband (/
ˈrɪbənd/) is an
unofficial accolade given to the p****enger
liner crossing the
Atlantic Ocean in
regular service with the
record highest...
- Blue
Riband is a
chocolate biscuit currently produced by Nestlé. The bar was
launched in 1936 by Gray Dunn, one of Scotland's
major biscuit producers and...
- Look up Blue
Riband in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Blue
Riband is an
accolade given to the p****enger ship that held the
fastest record for transatlantic...
- The
riband wave (Idaea aversata) is a moth of the
family Geometridae. The
species was
first described by Carl
Linnaeus in his 1758 10th
edition of Systema...
- new
concepts emerged to deal with this threat.
Among them was the Blue
Riband radar,
which used a
dozen 8 MW
klystrons that
randomly changed frequencies...
-
Indian state emblem and the
inscription embossed along the
upper rim. The
riband is of gold
colour with one dark blue
stripe down the
centre dividing it...
-
captured the
eastbound Blue
Riband on the
maiden return voyage in
December 1907, then
claimed the
westbound Blue
Riband for the
fastest transatlantic...
- The race of
speed was commenced, and, with it, the
tradition of the Blue
Riband. With
Great Western,
Isambard Kingdom Brunel laid the
foundations for new...
-
Queen Mary
sailed on her
maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and won the Blue
Riband that August; she lost the
title to SS Normandie in 1937 and
recaptured it...
