Halifax

Halifax commonly refers to:

Halifax may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

British Columbia

United Kingdom

United States

People

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

Brands and enterprises

Military

  • HMCS Halifax, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
  • HMS Halifax, the name of several Royal Navy ships
    • HMS Halifax (1756), a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego
    • HMS Halifax (1768), a 10-gun schooner originally built for merchant service at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1765
    • HMS Halifax (1775), a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780
    • HMS Halifax (1780), an 18-gun sloop, originally USS Ranger, renamed after the ship was captured from the United States Navy on 11 May 1780, and sold in 1781,
    • HMS Halifax (1782), a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1782 and sold in 1784
    • HMS Halifax (1800), a 10-gun brig, the captured French Marie, renamed from HMS Mary in 1800 and sold in 1802.
    • HMS Halifax (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814
  • Handley Page Halifax, a British 4-engine heavy bomber of World War II

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England

Canada

Other uses

See also

  • Halifax Explosion, a 1917 explosion that leveled a large portion of Halifax, Nova Scotia
  • Halifax Gibbet, an early guillotine used in Halifax, West Yorkshire
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