"The Open Boat" is a short story by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). First published in 1898, it was based on Crane's experience of surviving...
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The Boat is a 2018 Maltese-British thriller drama film directed by Winston Azzopardi and written by Joe Azzopardi and Winston Azzopardi. Joe Azzopardi...
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In the excerpt from Poetics of Relation, "The Open Boat", Glissant's imagery was particularly compelling when describing the slave experience and the linkage...
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Complement of HMS Bounty (redirect from Complement of the HMS Bounty)
nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) to safety in the open boat, and ultimately back to England. The mutineers divided—most settled on Tahiti, where they...
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Whaleboat (redirect from Open-boat whaling)
A whaleboat is a type of open boat that was used for catching whales, or a boat of similar design that retained the name when used for a different purpose...
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any small clinker-built, open-stem, general-purpose boat. In Canada, the term punt refers to any small, flat-bottomed boat with a square-cut bow, regardless...
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along with 31 of Pandora's crew. The survivors, including the ten remaining prisoners, then embarked on an open-boat journey that largely followed Bligh's...
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boat. The wide-range of usage of the name extends from utilitarian craft through to pleasure boats built to a very high standard. In naval use, the launch...
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were clinker-built open boats which were fitted for propulsion by both oar and sail. They were more optimised for sailing than the barges and pinnaces...
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Stephen Crane (category The Pennington School alumni)
vessel, the SS Commodore, sank off the coast of Florida, leaving him adrift for 30 hours in a dinghy. Crane described the ordeal in "The Open Boat". During...
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underwater travel The members of a crew in the sport of rowing Brownsea Open Air Theatre, Dorset, England BOAT, an American indie rock band "Boat" (song), by...
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shore in shark-filled waters when the crew of their boat accidentally leaves them behind. The film is loosely based on the true story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan...
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U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. The term is an anglicized version of the German word...
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open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. It is also known as the University Boat Race and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. The men's...
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waited as the drift carried them further north, towards open water. They had managed to salvage the three boats, which Shackleton had named after the principal...
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A PT boat (short for patrol torpedo boat) was a motor torpedo boat used by the United States Navy in World War II. It was small, fast, and inexpensive...
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A dive boat is a boat that recreational divers or professional scuba divers use to reach a dive site which they could not conveniently reach by swimming...
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Boat is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language survival drama film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. The film stars Yogi Babu, Gouri G. Kishan with M. S. Bhaskar...
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The Boat is a 2022 Italian thriller film directed by Alessio Liguori and starring Marco Bocci, Diane Fleri, and Filippo Nigro. Three young wealthy couples...
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Thomas Nickerson (redirect from The Loss of the Ship "Essex" Sunk by a Whale and the Ordeal of the Crew in Open Boats)
The loss of the ship Essex sunk by a whale and the ordeal of the crew in open boats. Nantucket: Nantucket Historical Association. p. 7. "Guide to the...
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Pontoon bridge (redirect from Boat bridge)
boats, limiting the maximum load to the total and point buoyancy of the pontoons or boats. The supporting boats or floats can be open or closed, temporary...
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cuts to Amy standing on the boat in the sun, looking around appearing heartbroken. Dan is shown lying face down on the boat with a towel covering his...
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Boathouse (redirect from Boat house)
typically located on open water, such as on a river. Often the boats stored are rowing boats. Other boats such as punts or small motor boats may also be stored...
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derivatives – all being boats for coastal patrols Damen Stan Patrol 4207 Sea Panther-class large command boat ICGV Týr ICGV Óðinn ICGV Þór ICGV Ægir ICGV Freyja...
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Show Boat is a 1936 American romantic musical film directed by James Whale, based on the 1927 musical of the same name by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein...
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Blackpool Heritage Trams (redirect from Blackpool open boat tram)
surrounds. The Boat cars were 12 single-deck open-topped trams with central doors and gangway built by English Electric in 1934. The Boat cars, originally...
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in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous novel by English writer Jerome K. Jerome describing a two-week boating holiday...
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A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak...
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