The State Barge of Charles II is a 35-foot-long (11 m) British royal barge constructed around 1670 for the use of Charles II, for events now known as fleet...
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as a state barge, and may be used on occasion by other members of a royal family, heads of state, or particular VIPs. Traditionally royal barges were...
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motors. Queen's Bargemaster Prince Frederick's Barge Queen Mary's Shallop State Barge of Charles II "Royal barge Gloriana launched on Thames in London". BBC...
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currently on display. State Barge of Charles II Queen Mary's Shallop Gloriana "Prince Frederick's barge". General "Prince Frederick's Barge". National Historic...
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century AD, discovered in 1986 on the north-west shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. The remains of the boat, 27 feet (8.2 meters) long, 7.5 feet (2.3...
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Queen Mary's Shallop (category Barges)
68 m) British royal barge commissioned by William III for Queen Mary II in 1689. She was one of several state barges used during state occasions between...
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HMS Victory (category Ships of the line of the Royal Navy)
the Battle of Trafalgar. David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-2000-9. Willis, Sam (2013). In the Hour of Victory – The Royal Navy at War in the Age of Nelson. London:...
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after debate began over the disposition of the ship, Norwegian Minister of Education Kristin Halvorsen stated that the ship will not be moved from Bygdøy...
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SS Nomadic (1911) (category Passenger ships of the United Kingdom)
Mayor of the City of Belfast, Councillor Ruth Patterson and a number of well-wishers. Nomadic arrived "piggy backed" on a marine transportation barge, which...
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Turbinia (category Ships and vessels of the National Historic Fleet)
West took several photographs of Turbinia travelling at full speed at the review. He was subsequently invited by Sir Charles Parsons to film and photograph...
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needed] The 1863 Star of India is the fourth oldest ship afloat in the United States, after the 1797 USS Constitution, the 1841 Charles W. Morgan, and 1854...
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HMS Unicorn (1824) (category Frigates of the Royal Navy)
Headquarters of the Senior Naval Officer, Dundee. In 1939 a new aircraft carrier was named HMS Unicorn (I72) and the old frigate became HMS Unicorn II, but in...
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HMS Trincomalee (category Frigates of the Royal Navy)
built shortly after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. She is now restored as a museum ship afloat in the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Hartlepool,...
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MV Doulos Phos (category Merchant ships of Germany)
passed in front of the Statue of Liberty in 1914. SS Franca C. The Doulos at Southampton, England in 2004 MV Doulos in Hong Kong. MV Logos II MV Logos Hope...
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"Curators choice: The Royal Barge". National Museum of the Royal Navy. Retrieved 2021-07-06. "State Barge of Charles II". www.royalnavalmuseum.org. Retrieved...
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Japanese battleship Mikasa (category Battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy)
ship at Yokosuka. She was badly neglected during the post-World War II Occupation of Japan and required extensive refurbishing in the late 1950s. She has...
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Khufu ship (category Great Pyramid of Giza)
August 2021. The history and function of the ship is not precisely known. It is of the type known as a "solar barge", a ritual vessel believed by ancient...
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Belem (ship) (redirect from Fantôme II)
each. In 1922 she became the property of Sir Ernest Guinness, of the Guinness family, who renamed her the Fantôme II and revised the rig from a square rigger...
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Russian rescue ship Kommuna (category Ships of the Imperial Russian Navy)
Pantera Plus, capable of operating to depths of up to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). As of January 2012 she formed part of the detachment of rescue vessels based...
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much of their time hunting and fishing in a watery landscape of marshes, creeks and lakes. This is confirmed by another discovery in the region of the...
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the museum. After thirteen years of debate regarding a possible relocation, Education Minister Kristin Halvorsen stated on May 3, 2012, that the ship would...
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Bremen cog (category Archaeology of shipwrecks)
well-preserved wreck of a cog dated to 1380, found in 1962 in Bremen. Today, it is displayed at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven as one of the main features...
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H. L. Hunley (submarine) (category Submarines of the Confederate States Navy)
the crane from the recovery barge Karlissa B hoisted the submarine from the sea floor. She was raised from the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean, just over...
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Gjøa (category History of Oslo)
was delayed by World War II, and repairs were not completed until 1949. Being displayed outdoors and having faced 66 years of high winds, ocean salt and...
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USS Constitution (category War of 1812 ships of the United States)
salute to Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia, as Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip arrived for a state visit. The royal couple were piped aboard and privately...
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Fram (ship) (category Icebreakers of Norway)
Sydpolen. Nansen, Fridtjof (1897). "ch 2". Farthest North, Volumes I and II. London: Archibald Constable & Co. Arnesen, Odd (1942). Fram – Hele Norges...
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Russian cruiser Aurora (category World War II cruisers of the Soviet Union)
(2024). Soviet Cruisers 1917-1945: From the October Revolution to World War II. New Vanguard. Vol. 326. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472859334...
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Brandtaucher (category Submarines of Germany)
built by Schweffel & Howaldt in Kiel for Schleswig-Holstein's Flotilla (part of the Reichsflotte) in 1850. The Brandtaucher is the oldest known surviving...
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Cutty Sark (category Grade I listed buildings in the Royal Borough of Greenwich)
a contracted price of £17 per ton and maximum size of 950 tons. This was a highly competitive price for an experimental, state-of-the-art vessel, and...
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HMS M33 (category World War I monitors of the United Kingdom)
placed on the barge instead. In Hartlepool early restoration work was undertaken including painting her back to wartime colours and restoration of her superstructure...
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