[caption id="attachment_2261" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Photo courtesy of http://www.stevemccurry.com"][/caption] Curious about what happens to old ships? The fate of old ships going to scrap yards or deliberately sunk for a quick burial is pretty common among lay people. What's uncommon is the way these old ships are scrapped, sunk, or recycled for ...
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Model ships serve two purposes: for testing and for collection. Model ships for testing are confined to ship model basins and model ships for collection belonged to the display of some avid ships fan. Each serves different purposes, one as important as the other depending on the person you ask. ...
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Have you wondered what’s it like to work off and onboard nuclear military ships? Setting aside the other equally important ship jobs like the captain and the deckhand’s jobs and concentrating more on nuclear military ships jobs that directly influence how the reactors work, how challenging at the same time ...
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[caption id="attachment_2295" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A similar ship of Christopher Columbus' fleet"][/caption] Did you know that when Christopher Columbus sailed to America he had two other ships on his fleet? Although many historians refused to name Columbus as the first explorer to discover America, he was, nonetheless, the first explorer who came ...
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[caption id="attachment_2300" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Replica of the Viking ships"][/caption] The history of the sailing ships goes back to the Viking era when the ships were built to conquer new worlds. The sailing ships then were pretty basic consisting of only a clinker-built hull, a side oar for steering, and several oars ...
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[caption id="attachment_2304" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Photo courtesy of http://www.pbase.com"][/caption] Have you wondered what the different ship horn meant? When approaching or leaving a dock, coming close to another ship, or entering a narrow channel, ships blow their horn or whistle to signal something to the port or to other ships. And if ...
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[caption id="attachment_2366" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Photo courtesy of http://catholicdiscussion.wordpress.com"][/caption] Although they were no less than thugs at sea, what make pirate ships and their captains so famous that pirate movies are blockbusters in tinsel town. It's got something to do with history dating back as far as the 15th century when pirates ...
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Merchant ships and their sailors are giving valuable service not just to their country of origin but to the world. Now that they are not auxiliaries to their countries' navy (at least not yet), merchant ships are still vital to keep the world economy flowing. Their sailors too constantly endure ...
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Ship chartering is popular among cargo owners and holiday goers who want to have the whole ship for their own use during a specified period. Ship chartering is the act of signing a contract between a charterer and a ship owner to use the ship under rights and privileges during ...
29-3-2010 | 0 CommentRenier commented on How Does Reefer Ships Store Perishables:
@ Leonie, like the article body says, there are two ways reefers transport peris
leonie commented on How Does Reefer Ships Store Perishables:
i am seeking some information about how you Refrigerated cargo and Perishables,
Renier commented on Popular Quicksilver Dinghy Models:
Dear Lynn,
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tim commented on Summerset Houseboats:
What is an 18 inch cabin? Seems a little cramped.