Over 300' long, theGreat Britainset sail as the first large oceangoing ship with a hull made of this
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SS Great Britain - Wikipedia  SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, which was advanced for ... Great Britain's builders recognised a number of advantages of iron over the ... ship is about 300 feet, after which hoggingthe flexing of the hull as waves ... Reporting on the ship's arrival in New York, in its first issue Scientific...
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Steamship - Wikipedia  A steamship, often referred to as a steamer, is an ocean faring seaworthy vessel that is ... The key innovation that made ocean-going steamers viable was the change .... The SS Great Britain was the first ship to combine these two innovations. .... engine and hull design gave a ship that could steam at 10 knots on 20 long tons...
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ship - History of ships | Britannica.com  Jan 23, 2015 ... Any large floating vessel capable of crossing open waters, ... from Upper Egypt that were as long as 300 feet (100 metres), longer than .... In rigging the Chinese junk was far ahead of Western ships, with sails made of narrow panels, each tied ..... The Great Britain (1843), the first steamship with an iron hull.
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Frigate - Wikipedia  A frigate /frt/ is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last .... Carrying 60 guns, these vessels were as big and capable as 'great ships' of the time; ... The first British frigates carried 28 guns including an upper deck battery of twenty-four ..... 49, 298300.
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Ships and boats | How do they float? | History of ships  Jan 2, 2015 ... But this aircraft carrier can float, even though it's over 300m (1000ft) long, ... Ships (large oceangoing vessels) and boats (smaller ones) are a brilliant ... it sounds and it's best discussed through a scientific concept called buoyancy, ... But that doesn't really explain why an aircraft carrier (made from dense...
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NCL Norway page - Beyondships  she was the longest ocean liner ever built - - a record she held until the QUEEN ... Then, in 1979, NCL's founder Knut Kloster, purchased the ship for $18 million
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Chapter III. Darwin, Charles Robert. 1909-14. The Voyage of the ...  The whole sea was in places furrowed by them; and a most extraordinary ... One dark night we were surrounded by numerous seals and penguins, which made ... Moreover, if your view is limited to a small space, many objects possess beauty. .... the running noose, which is made very large, generally having a diameter of...
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Ships and boats | How do they float? | History of ships  Jan 2, 2015 ... But this aircraft carrier can float, even though it's over 300m (1000ft) long, at least a ..... Photo: A hydrofoil is a type of boat that uses underwater wings to generate lift .... ~5000BCE3000BCE: Mesopotamian sailors invent sails.
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Golden Hind first English ship to sail around the world  The Circumnavigation 1577-1580. In the Golden Hind, Sir Francis Drake's most famous ship, he became the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, on an...
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The Titanic | A Steel Giant Sinks on Its Maiden Voyage  The Titanic was designed to be the largest in a series of three ships made by the ... It cost $7.5 million and it was unlike any other ship that had ever been built. ... On April 10, 1912 over 2200 passengers boarded the Titanic on its maiden voyage to ... was unsinkable many problems before the first voyage were overlooked.
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Mayflower departs England - Sep 16, 1620 - HISTORY.com  The Mayflower sails from Plymouth, England, bound for the New World with 102 ... on November 21 the Pilgrims reached Massachusetts, where they founded the first ... After a 66-day voyage, the ship landed on November 21 on the tip of Cape ... In mid-December, the explorers went ashore at a location across Cape Cod...
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Genesis 6:15 This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three ...  Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. English Standard Version This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 ... ship will be three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. ... 6:12-21 God told Noah his purpose to destroy the wicked world by water.
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Titanic sinks - Apr 15, 1912 - HISTORY.com  On April 10, the RMS Titanic, one of the largest and most luxurious ocean liners ever built ... On its first journey across the highly competitive Atlantic ferry route, the ship .... icy waters of the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage, ... Star Line built the Titanic to be the most luxurious cruise ship in the world.
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Santa Mara (ship) - Wikipedia  La Santa Mara de la Inmaculada Concepcin or La Santa Mara, was the largest of the three ... Santa Mara, being Columbus' largest ship, was only about this size, and Nia and Pinta were ... carried the ship onto a sandbank, running her aground off the present-day site of Cap-Hatien, Haiti. .... Museum International.
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Mayflower departs England - Sep 16, 1620 - HISTORY.com  However, stormy weather and navigational errors forced the Mayflower off ... In a difficult Atlantic crossing, the 90-foot Mayflower encountered rough seas and storms ... After a 66-day voyage, the ship landed on November 21 on the tip of Cape ... After coming to anchor in Provincetown harbor, a party of armed men under the...
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ss norway - Classic Liners  This 1,019 foot liner was the by-product of the 'Golden Age of Ocean Liner' travel, the ... Her fleet mate, the 1926-built ILE DE FRANCE by this time was past her prime .... the Norwegian Caribbean Line, Knut Utstein Kloster, knew action was necessary as ..... While the supremacy of NORWAY as the worlds largest cruise ship...
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Visit The Titanic | The Bluefish  A century has sailed by since the luxury steamship RMS Titanic met its end in the ... Today, more than 100 years after the sinking, the Titanic continues to have a large ... Britannic weighed 46,000 tons and measured 882 feet (268 meters) in length. ... The wreck lies at a depth of 12,500 feet (3,800 meters) approximately 380...
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Large ships can sail over 100 miles inland to Washington, D C  on ...  Jun 24, 2016 ... Large ships can sail over 100 miles inland to Washington, D C  on this river # Quiz # Question. video. 0:28 0 likes, 0 dislikes. No views.
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THE HAUNTED RMS QUEEN MARY - wixsite.com  Resting in Long Beach Harbor is the RMS Queen Mary, a colossal ship that was ... The 1,000-foot ship began her life when the first keel plate was laid in 1930 at ... say the Queen Mary is one of the most haunted places in the world with as many ... the young man has often been spied walking the length of Shaft Alley before...
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St. Mary Caravel, Palos de la Frontera, Huelva, Spain, Europe ...  Jan 25, 2013 - 2 min - Uploaded by Pietro Pecco... the largest of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus in his first voyage.  ... tons, or ...
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Complete list of Ship Types  The largest European sailing ship of the 15th century is the Spanish carrack, easily ... 17th and 18th century Christian shipping in the Mediterranean was...