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Dorchester

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Dorchester may refer to:

Geography

England

Canada

United States

Military

  • USS Dorchester, the name of several United States Navy ships
  • SS Dorchester, a War Shipping Administration troop transport ship torpedoed February 3, 1943, noted for four Army Chaplains that gave up their life vests to save others
  • A fictional 'HMS Dorchester featured in the Norman Wisdom film The Bulldog Breed
  • "Dorchester", a nickname for the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle
  • Dorchester armour, a variant of Chobham armour used on modern battle tanks

People

  • Troy Dorchester (born 1970) Canadian chuckwagon racer

Alternate name

Titles

Religion

Structures

  • HM Prison Dorchester, a men's prison located in Dorchester in Dorset, England closed in December 2013
  • The Dorchester, a luxury hotel in London
  • Dorchester Penitentiary, a medium-security federal prison in Canada
  • Dorchester Pottery Works, an historic site in Massachusetts

Other

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Dorchester
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