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Sampson

Sampson may refer to:

Military

  • HMS Sampson, several Royal Navy ships
  • USS Sampson, several US Navy ships
  • Sampson-class destroyer, a World War I US Navy class
  • Sampson Air Force Base, near Seneca Lake, New York, closed in 1956
  • SAMPSON, a multi-function radar system for warships
  • Sampson Medal, a military decoration of the United States Navy

Places

Australia

  • Sampson Flat, South Australia, a locality
  • Sampson Inlet, Western Australia, part of Camden Sound

United States

Other places

  • Saint Sampson, Guernsey, a parish of Guernsey, Channel Islands
  • St Sampson, Cornwall, a civil parish in England
  • Sampson (crater)

People

  • Sampson the Hospitable (6th century), venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches
  • Sampson (surname), a list of people and fictional characters
  • Sampson (given name), a list of historical and Biblical figures and fictional characters

Other uses

  • Sampson (automobile), American automobile manufactured in 1904
  • Sampson (horse), a shire horse that is the tallest horse on record
  • Sampson, an American merchant ship involved in the 1793 Sampson Incident
  • Locomotive Sampson, built 1855, one of the four South Devon Railway Tornado class steam locomotives
  • SS Admiral Sampson, an American-flagged cargo and passenger steamship, 1898–1914
  • St Sampson's Church, Golant, Cornwall, England

See also

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