The Ships of De Meern are the collective name for a set of Dutch Roman wooden vessels in the town of De Meern, Utrecht. From 1997 to 2008, a series of...
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De Meern (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈmeːr(ə)n]) is an urbanized village in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is a part of the municipality of Utrecht, and...
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like The De Meern 6, discovered in 2008, but the De Meern 1, first discovered in 1997, and excavated in 2003, was determined to be run aground. The latter...
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list of surviving ships from the ancient or prehistoric era. All the ships on this list date to 5th century AD or before. Ships of ancient Rome List of oldest...
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The Nemi ships were two ships, of different sizes, built under the reign of the Roman emperor Caligula in the 1st century AD on Lake Nemi. Although the...
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Leidsche Rijn (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from February 2024)
on the territory of the former municipality of Vleuten-De Meern, located west of the city of Utrecht. A smaller part of this location, namely the area...
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genuine historic ships; replica ships, some associated with museums, are listed separately in the List of ship replicas. Some historic ships actively used...
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Ships were used during the Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt to transport obelisks from the quarry to their destination. Fifteen centuries later, the...
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Giza Solar boat museum (section Khufu Ship)
Khufu Solar ship in the museum Khufu Solar ship maquette A modern model of the Solar Barge displayed in the museum Ancient Egyptian solar ships Abydos boats...
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Marine navigation (redirect from Ship navigation)
the size of ships. For example, in deep-sea fishing, which locates its prey with sophisticated means and lasts indefinitely in time — freezer ships or...
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or a similar ship was used to transport the obelisk in St. Peter's Square from Egypt on the orders of Emperor Caligula. Caligula Nemi ships Allaby, Michael;...
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Huáscar (ironclad) (redirect from Huascar (ship))
Seminario, was captured by the Chilean fleet and commissioned into the Chilean Navy. Today Huáscar is one of the few surviving ships of her type. She has been...
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died and seven others were seriously wounded. The French ships suffered severe damage: Two ships of the line and two frigates were destroyed (as well...
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well as the grapnel anchor, grapnels are used in the removal and repair of subsea cables. Large cable layer ships drag huge grapnels across the seabed...
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The Museum of Ancient Ships is a museum in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. The museum exhibits ancient ships and artifacts. The exhibition space is within the ancient...
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(1954) The Viking Ships – A Short Description of the Tune, Gorstad and Oseberg Ships (Dreyers Forlag) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oseberg ship. Osebergskipet...
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them, he was unable to capture them, because of the speed of their ships. So the pirates would go right back and loot and burn not only villages and...
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Marsala Punic shipwreck (redirect from Marsala Ship)
The Marsala Punic shipwreck is a third-century-BC shipwreck of two Punic ships. The wreck was discovered in 1969, off the shore of Isola Lunga, not far...
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2500 BC, during the Fourth Dynasty of the ancient Egyptian Old Kingdom. Like other buried Ancient Egyptian ships, it was part of the extensive grave goods...
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Carthaginian ships were boarded and captured. After a long fight the crews of the surviving ships of the Carthaginian centre lost heart and fled. The Roman centre...
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off the coast of Magnesia and lost around a third of their 1200 ships. After arriving at Artemisium, the Persians sent a detachment of 200 ships around...
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The main focus of the museum is a permanent exhibition of the Skuldelev ships, five original Viking ships excavated nearby in 1962. The Viking Ship Museum...
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coast of Sicily. Syracusia Jong (ship) Timeline of largest passenger ships List of world's largest wooden ships Ships of ancient Rome "Alexandrian ships"....
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The Salme ships are two clinker-built ships of Scandinavian origin discovered in 2008 and 2010 near the village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia...
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It is part of the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo, and houses three Viking era burial ships that were found as part of archaeological...
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ships, Antony's war galleys were very difficult to board in close combat and his troops were able to rain missiles onto smaller and lower ships. The harpax...
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Sicilian Expedition (redirect from The Sicilian Expedition)
Eurymedon then arrived with 73 ships and 5,000 hoplites. On their arrival, 80 Syracusan ships attacked 75 of the Athenian ships in their harbour. This battle...
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USS Constellation (1854) (category Ships of the Union Navy)
The ship is now part of Historic Ships in Baltimore, which also operates the Coast Guard cutter WHEC-37, the World War II submarine USS Torsk, the Chesapeake...
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A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave...
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Penteconter (redirect from Penteconter (ship))
distinction between merchant ships and warships. They were versatile, long-range ships used for sea trade, piracy and warfare, capable of transporting freight...
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