Champion of the Seas was the second largest clipper ship destined for the Liverpool, England - Melbourne, Australia passenger service. Champion was ordered...
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Sovereign of the Seas, a clipper ship built in 1852, was a sailing vessel notable for setting the world record for the fastest sailing ship, with a speed of 22...
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The 2024 Champion of Champions (officially the 2024 Grosvenor Casinos Champion of Champions) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between...
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Donald McKay (category Emigrants from pre-Confederation Nova Scotia to the United States)
ships for James Baines & Co.'s Australian trade: Lightning (1854), Champion of the Seas (1854), James Baines (1854), and Donald McKay (1855). Sources: 1845...
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Clipper (category Vehicles introduced in the 18th century)
exceptions, though, all the port-to-port sailing records are held by the American clippers. The 24-hour record of the Champion of the Seas, set in 1854, was...
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Majesty of the Seas was a Sovereign-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. She was built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique...
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p. 138, Besides the breath-taking 465-nautical-mile (861 km) day's run of the Champion of the Seas, there are thirteen other cases of a ship's sailing...
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Chandu Champion is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film written and directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, under...
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Cutty Sark (category Grade I listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Greenwich)
topsail. A tremendous sea was running and needs must we carry on or be pooped. The partial becalming of the lower sails by the stern seas was a great danger...
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overpowered the sailboat, causing it to capsize at high speed. The crew sustained only minor injuries. "Sovereign of the Seas", 1852, 258 ft, the fastest...
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HMS Courageous (50) (category World War I battlecruisers of the United Kingdom)
patrolling the North Sea. She participated in the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917 and was present when the German High Seas Fleet surrendered...
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Alfred Bulltop Stormalong (category Sea shanties)
catching on the Moon. The name of Stormalong first appeared in a cycle of sea shanties that Stan Hugill, in his Sea Shanties of the Seven Seas, traces back...
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Seven Seas Entertainment's allusion to the Eagles' 1977 song "Hotel California" on the back of the book. A columnist for Manga News praised the use of horror...
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Marco Polo (1851 ship) (category Tall ships of the United Kingdom)
during rough seas. For meals, the cabin class passengers ate in the dining saloon which lay at the end of the central corridor onto which all the cabins opened...
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Lightning (clipper) (category Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States)
by the huge American ships. Lightning was powerfully and heavily constructed to handle the heavy seas and storms of the Australian run. Only the finest...
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1877 in Chile (category Years of the 19th century in Chile)
The following lists events that happened during 1877 in Chile. President of Chile: Aníbal Pinto 3 January - The clipper Champion of the Seas is abandoned...
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1994, 1995, 2005 Arab Cup Winners' Cup: 1 1996 Champions Cup Mediterranean Sea: 1947 CAF Champions League: 1 appearance 2008 – Third Round CAF Confederation...
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Degrees With Sam Champion on The Weather Channel. After December 4, 2013, his final day with ABC, he became the managing editor of The Weather Channel...
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RMS Tayleur (category Shipwrecks in the Irish Sea)
of the passengers. With the storm and high seas continuing, the ship was then washed into deeper water. She sank to the bottom with only the tops of her...
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The High Seas Fleet (German: Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War. The formation...
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (French: Vingt Mille Lieues sous les mers) is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne....
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the founder of Seadlinnng, defeated Arisa Nakajima in the finals of an eight-woman single-elimination tournament to become the inaugural champion. On...
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Master of The Seas (foaled March 4, 2018) is a multiple Grade 1 winning Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. The horse has raced in Great...
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seawater. As with other seas, inland seas experience tides governed by the orbits of the Moon and Sun. What constitutes an "inland sea" is complex and somewhat...
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Kong: The Story of the Clipper Ship. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 124. ISBN 978-0374319809. "Half-hull working model: Romance of the Seas". Museum...
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wrote, “The power of the Sea Witch in heavy seas and strong winds is still awesome, and it was carrying cargo! For me it was essential to have the Sea Witch...
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James Baines (clipper) (category Age of Sail merchant ships of the United States)
sister ship Champion of the Seas. The ship's main frame was of white oak, the ceiling, planking, deck-frames and keelsons, of hard pine. The ship's hull...
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Shabab Oman II (category Ships built in the Netherlands)
the previous RNOV Shabab Oman after entering service. Her first long voyage was the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea and...
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Connacht Junior Club Hurling Championship (category Articles with topics of unclear notability from February 2012)
Championship. The county champions of Mayo and Roscommon compete in the intermediate grade. The current champions are Easkey Sea Blues of Sligo who defeated...
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The Eternal Champion is a fictional character created by British author Michael Moorcock and is a recurrent feature in many of his speculative fiction...
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