A collier is a bulk cargo ship designed or used to carry coal. Early evidence of coal being transported by sea includes use of coal in London in 1306....
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Collier (ship), a bulk cargo ship which carried coal Charcoal maker, in colonial United States and also in Sussex, England Collier, Royalty Collier Row...
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December of that year. The ship was commissioned as the USS Allen Collier on 18 March 1865 and renamed to be USS Collier soon thereafter. Navy records...
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USS Langley (CV-1) (category Proteus-class colliers)
from the collier USS Jupiter (Navy Fleet Collier No. 3), and also the US Navy's first turbo-electric-powered ship. Conversion of another collier was planned...
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merchant" originally meant "the owner, or part owner, of an east-coast collier [ship]; but in the eighteenth century the word was applied to all kinds of...
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Eugene, Oregon, US City Airport Train, Vienna, Austria Cat, an early collier ship type Perth Central Area Transit Talleres de Córdoba or Club Atlético...
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USS Abarenda (AC-13) (redirect from USS Abarenda (Collier No. 13))
Abarenda (AC-13/AG-14) was a collier in the service of the United States Navy during World War I. She was originally a merchant ship built in 1892 at Newcastle...
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Naval architecture (redirect from Ship design)
portal Bulkhead (partition) – Vertical partition inside a ship Collier (ship) – Bulk cargo ship to carry coal Coastal engineering – Branch of civil engineering...
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USS Cyclops (category Proteus-class colliers)
USS Cyclops (AC-4) was the second of four Proteus-class colliers built for the United States Navy several years before World War I.[citation needed] Named...
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USS Vestal (category Colliers of the United States Navy)
a repair ship in service with the United States Navy from 1913 to 1946. Before her conversion to a repair ship, she had served as a collier since 1909...
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Anna Collier, Imogene's wealthy best friend, heir apparent to the Collier Mills Company. Rahul Kohli as Sunil Bhandari, the owner of the cruise ship SS...
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coal. A collier (cargo ship carrying coal) may hold 41,000 tonnes (40,000 long tons) of coal and takes several days to unload. Some colliers carry their...
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all mutually exclusive; a vessel may be both a full-rigged ship by description, and a collier or frigate by function. Aircraft Carrier Naval vessel able...
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officers in the expedition before his ship was sunk. Reportedly despondent over the loss of his ship, Collier left the fleet and was allowed to take...
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USS A. J. View (category Colliers of the United States Navy)
Civil War by the Union Navy. A. J. View was outfitted as a collier, supplying coal to Union ships with steam engines. Her record of activity is sparse. Early...
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Collier gave chase, eventually forcing the Americans to burn their ships and flee into the woods. Four armed vessels nevertheless fell into Collier's...
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A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions...
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banks of both rivers to the waiting collier ships. Because of the shallowness of both rivers, it was difficult for ships of any significant draught to move...
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AC-9 may refer to: USS Proteus (AC-9), a US Navy collier ship Southern Pacific class AC-9, a model of steam locomotive AC-9, an IEC utilization category...
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Wilmore Steamship Company (section Ships)
1930. The Wilmore Steamship Company mainly operated coal ships, called Collier ship. The coal ships main routes were loading coal at Hampton Roads, Virginia...
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locomotive named after the college, MV Ardingly, a Stephenson Clarke coastal collier ship. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ardingly...
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Before they could reach friendly soil the Portuguese ship was captured by a French privateer and Collier and his fellow survivors were sent to Île de France...
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USS Proteus (AC-9) (category Proteus-class colliers)
Company, and launched on 14 September 1912. She was the lead ship of her class of four colliers. She was commissioned on 9 July 1913, to the United States...
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Elisha Haydon Collier (1788–1856) of Boston, Massachusetts, invented a flintlock revolver around 1814. His weapon is one of the earliest true revolvers...
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The Robert J. Collier Trophy is an annual aviation award administered by the U.S. National Aeronautic Association (NAA), presented to those who have made...
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and waste disposal. Coal is delivered by highway truck, rail, barge, collier ship or coal slurry pipeline. Generating stations adjacent to a mine may receive...
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A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line...
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aircraft. Barracks ships are ships or barges for temporary accommodation for sailors, soldiers and other military personnel. Colliers were ships used to transport...
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New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden, New Jersey. The 5,353 ton collier ship was 112.35 meters long, with a beam of 16.82 meters and a draft of 9...
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USS Sterling (category Colliers of the United States Navy)
United States Navy Auxiliary ship Sterling was an iron, schooner-rigged collier in service with the United States Navy from 1898 to 1919. Originally purchased...
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