The French military term vedette (formed from Latinvidere, to see), migrated into English and other languages to refer to a mounted sentry or outpost, who has the function of bringing information, giving signals or warnings of danger, etc, to a main body of troops. In modern terms, the soldiers who man listening-posts are the equivalent of vedettes. For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... Sentry may refer to: A sentry is a guard at a gate or other point of passage. ... For the TV show, see F Troop. ...
Navies use the term vedette to refer to a small scouting boat.
In the entertainment industry, vedette refers to a star performer of stage or screen. The entertainment industry consists of a large number of sub-industries devoted to entertainment. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A movie star or film star is a celebrity who is a person known for his or her roles in motion pictures. ...
Kenneth J Alford (F.J. RIckets) composer of the Colonel Bogey March in 1912 wrote a march entitled The Vedette. The Colonel Bogey March is one of the most successful marches ever published. ...
The first aircraft designed to Canadian specifications was named Vedette The Canadian Vickers Vedette was the first aircraft in Canada designed and built to meet a specification for Canadian conditions. ...
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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
Vedette remained in port the first few days of August, and she suffered slight damage on the morning of 3 August when Christabel—while shifting moorings— raked her stern, carrying away the flagstaff and damaging the after rail.
Vedette left that convoy at 0050 on the 4th and patrolled the vicinity until 0650, when she picked up a Brest-bound convoy of 19 merchantmen escorted by three patrol boats.
Vedette escorted an outward-bound convoy late on the 9th, and an inward-bound one on the 10th, before she and Harvard were assigned to another outward-bound group of 10 merchantmen and two French patrol vessels.
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