Facing colour engineers and support corps normally had a single branch colour, although exceptionally each regiment of Swedish artillery had its own facing colour until 1910. The United States regular army after the American Civil War adopted a universal dark and light blue uniform under which each regiment was distinguished only by numbers and other insignia, plus branch colors. The latter were yellow for Cavalry, red for Artillery and white (later light blue) for infantry. Combinations of colors such as scarlet piped with white for Engineers, orange piped with white for the Signal Corps and black piped with scarlet for Ordnance personnel
Akka (ship) Akka (ship) MV Akka was a cargo ship built in 1942 at Stockholm and measured 5,409 gross tons. On 4 April 1956, "Akka" left Oxelosund with a cargo of iron ore bound for Glasgow. The ship entered the Clyde on 9 April 1956 and that evening ran onto the rocks. With the ship damaged and taking on water fast, Captain Sundin gave the order to abandon ship. Minutes after running aground "Akka" turned to port side and collapsed, hitting a number of lifeboats which were attempting to move away from the ship. Three crewmen were killed on site, with a