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355 tons. Length. 127'6. Beam. 26'6. Ross Tiger is a traditional side-winder fishing trawler that was converted into a museum ship in 1992. [1] She is currently berthed in Alexandra Dock at her home port of Grimsby, close to the site of the former PS Lincoln Castle. She forms the star attraction of North East Lincolnshire County Council's ...
The eruption of Mount Pelée on May 8, 1902 generated a pyroclastic flows, also known as nuées ardentes ( Fr: burning clouds) cloud famous for having destroyed in a few minutes the town of Saint-Pierre, Martinique, at the time the administrative and economic capital of Martinique. During this eruption, many boats were in the bay of Saint-Pierre.
Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars. Some—known in the Royal Navy as "Admiralty trawlers"— were purpose-built to naval specifications, others adapted from civilian use.
Two weeks behind the rest of the fleet because of fishing for brown king crab, the Early Dawn tried to catch up by dropping 100 pots along a 50 nautical miles (93 km) string, but this prospect line only pulled up a few cod per pot, causing a drop in morale on deck. After two weeks of poor fishing, staying awake for three straight days, and a 19 ...
90 fixed wing and helicopters. USS George Washington ( CVN-73) is a United States Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the sixth carrier in the Nimitz class and the fourth US Navy ship named after George Washington, Founding Father, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and the first president of ...
USS Monitor was an ironclad warship built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War and completed in early 1862, the first such ship commissioned by the Navy. [a] Monitor played a central role in the Battle of Hampton Roads on 9 March under the command of Lieutenant John L. Worden, where she fought the casemate ironclad CSS ...
A merchant seaman from Aden in 1943. Note MN lapel badge. The majority of seamen manning ships of the British Merchant Navy were British. However, in a 1938 survey, it was found that 27 per cent were either from India or China and another 5 per cent were British domiciled Arabs, Indians, Chinese, West Africans or West Indians mainly resident in major UK ports such as Cardiff, Liverpool or ...
1. "Shut Your Porthole!" August 12, 2014. ( 2014-08-12) 1.06 [14] Tempers flare on deck as the crew hustles to prepare the boat for their first group of charter guests, a larger-than-life group of fun-loving southerners. A rowdy, randy charter guest wants to get very friendly with new deckhand, Andrew.
Üsküdar – A small passenger ferry sank due to heavy lodos weather in the Gulf of İzmit on 1 March. 272 passengers including seven crew died; 39 people survived. 272. 1994. Kenya. Likoni Ferry – On 29 April the overloaded passenger ferry Mtongwe One capsized and sank killing 272 people of the more than 300 aboard.
April 24, 2000. ( 2000-04-24) The first victim is found dead in a room with candles that draw the symbol of "DEEP BLUE". Everybody tries to escape from the order of Kindaichi. 129. "Murderous Deep Blue File 4". Transliteration: " Satsuriku no Dīpuburū Fairu 4 " ( Japanese: 「殺戮のディープブルー」ファイル4) May 1, 2000.