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Halifax

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Halifax commonly refers to:

Halifax may also refer to:

Places

Australia

Canada

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

British Columbia

  • Halifax Range, a mountain range

United Kingdom

United States

People

  • Halifax (name), including a list of people and characters with the name

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

  • Halifax (band), an American rock band
  • "Halifax", a song by Pete Yorn from ArrangingTime
  • "Halifax", a song by Theset from The Philosophy of Time Travel

Brands and enterprises

  • Halifax (bank), part of the Lloyds Banking Group
  • Halifax (Ireland), part of the Lloyds Banking Group

Military

  • HMCS Halifax, the name of two Canadian naval vessels
    • HMCS Halifax (FFH 330), the lead ship of the Halifax class
      • Halifax-class frigate, of the Canadian Navy
    • HMCS Halifax (K237), a World War II Flower-class corvette for convoy escort duties
  • 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

Sports

Other uses

  • Halifax College, a college of the University of York, England
  • Halifax station (disambiguation), stations of the name

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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