Claymore (disambiguation)

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A claymore is a two-handed sword, particularly the Scottish cross-hilted great sword.

Claymore may also refer to:

Places

  • Claymore, New South Wales, Australia
  • Claymore oilfield, North Sea; an oilfield northeast of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  • Claymore Creek, South Dakota, USA; a creek

People and characters

  • Claymore J. Flapdoodle, the pseudonym of Magic-the-Gathering card artist Phil Foglio (born 1956)

Fictional characters

  • Claymore (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Claymores, a character class from the media franchise Claymore; see List of Claymore characters

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Claymore (manga), a heroic manga-anime media franchise
  • "Claymore", a song by Isaiah Rashad from the 2021 album The House Is Burning

Groups, companies, organizations

  • Scottish Claymores, a WLAF American-football team in Scotland
  • Claymore Game Studios, a videogame developer
  • Claymore Group, a subsidiary of Guggenheim Partners, an investment company
  • Claymore Books, a British publisher

Watercraft

  • Claymore-class destroyer, a group of thirteen destroyers built for the French Navy in the first decade of the 20th century
    • French destroyer Claymore, a French Navy Claymore-class destroyer
  • MV Claymore, a shipname for motor vessels
    • MV Claymore (1955), a mail boat
    • MV Claymore (1978), a ferry
    • MV Claymore (2024), a ferry
    • MV Claymore 2, a passenger and cargo ship
  • HMS Claymore, a WWII British Royal Navy Weapon-class destroyer
  • SS Empire Claymore, the British WWII Empire ship 'Claymore'

Weapons

  • M18 Claymore mine, an explosive weapon
  • Scottish broadsword, a basket-hilted sword, sometimes also included as claymores

Other uses

  • Operation Claymore, a WWII British/Norwegian commando raid

See also

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