Madeira was a schooner barge that sank off the coast of Minnesota in Lake Superior on November 28, 1905. A schooner barge is a type of ship that functions...
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Madeira (/məˈdɪərə/ mə-DEER-ə or /məˈdɛərə/ mə-DAIR-ə; European Portuguese: [mɐˈðɐjɾɐ] ), officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira (Portuguese: Região...
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Madeira is a fortified wine made on the Portuguese Madeira Islands, off the coast of Africa. Madeira is produced in a variety of styles ranging from dry...
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Rio Madeira is a container ship owned by A.P. Moller Singapore Pte. Ltd. and operated by Maersk Line AS. The 286.45-metre (939.8 ft) long ship was built...
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from Scandinavia could easily have boarded a ship in what today is Portugal and sailed over to Madeira, as well as the Azores” (as pointed out by the...
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International Business Center of Madeira (IBCM) or Madeira International Business Centre (MIBC), formally known as the Madeira Free Trade Zone, is a set of...
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museum ship, it is also open for onboard and below deck Inspection. Notorious is the only sailing caravel in the Southern Hemisphere. "The Madeira Ship Project...
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The Madeira River (Portuguese: Rio Madeira [maˈdejɾɐ]) is a major waterway in South America. It is estimated to be 1,450 km (900 mi) in length, while the...
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Funchal (redirect from Funchal, Madeira)
largest city and the municipal seat of Portugal's Autonomous Region of Madeira, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean. The city has a population of 105,795,...
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was built on the island of Madeira, between July 1997 and July 1998, in the fishing village of Câmara de Lobos. The ship is 22 m (72 ft) long and 7 m...
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Cape Verde from which they operated against ships in the Atlantic. In 1617 the Algerians arrived in Madeira with 8 vessels and 800 men. They plundered...
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Zino's petrel (redirect from Madeira Petrel)
petrel (Pterodroma madeira) or the freira, is a species of small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, endemic to the island of Madeira. This long-winged...
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Valemax ships. In 2020, the port of Ponta da Madeira handled 190.1 million tons. It's the national champion in cargo handling. The Ponta da Madeira Maritime...
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TSMS Lakonia (redirect from Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (ship))
Southampton. On 22 December 1963 fire broke out on the ship when she was about 200 miles (320 km) north of Madeira during a Christmas cruise. As the fire spread...
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HMS Mersey (1914) (redirect from Brazilian monitor Madeira)
and christened Madeira, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War along with her sister ships Humber and Severn...
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Iranian seizure of the MSC Aries (category History of Madeira)
Portuguese-registered and Madeira-flagged container ship owned by Gortal Shipping and leased to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC). The ship, with a crew of 25...
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The Madeira islands and Funchal have an extensive public transportation system. Travel between the two main islands is by plane or by ferries, the latter...
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MV Bowbelle (1964) (category 1964 ships)
1996 and renamed Bom Rei. She foundered off Madeira in March 1996 with the loss of one crew member. The ship was 262 feet 2 inches (79.91 m) long overall...
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The history of the Jews in Madeira spans the entire length of the history of Madeira itself. The history of Madeira begins with the discovery of the islands...
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vessel had been tasked to monitor a Russian ship sailing in the vicinity of Madeira. A total of 14 ships were built in the class, in three series: The...
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20 January 1790, bound for New South Wales and China. After calling at Madeira and St Jago, she arrived at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson on 20 June, having...
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Madeira Terrace, Madeira Walk, Madeira Lift, and Madeira Shelter Hall are an 865 m long, Victorian cast iron stretch of seafront arches and walkway, with...
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MSC Opera (category Ships of MSC Cruises)
17 May 2011, the ship departed Nynäshamn en route to Gdynia in Poland for repairs. On 24 March 2019, the Portuguese police of Madeira arrested twelve people...
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Cable layer (redirect from Cable-laying ship)
A cable layer or cable ship is a deep-sea vessel designed and used to lay underwater cables for telecommunications, for electric power transmission, military...
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Carnival Cruise Line (redirect from Carnival ship)
Line operates a fleet of 27 ships. Two ships will join the fleet from P&O Cruises Australia in 2025, as well as five new ships in 2027, 2028, 2029, 2031...
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Portage railway (redirect from Ship railway)
Echuca, Bourke, Morgan, Brewarrina Madeira-Mamoré Railroad (365 km; 227 mi) along the huge rapids of upper Madeira Carillon and Grenville Railway Champlain...
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18 April 1816 Asia, Grieg, master, sailed for Madeira and Bombay. Between 9–15 May she was at Madeira. She arrived back at Gravesend on 16 January 1817...
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had been born either in the Azores or Madeira Islands, and nearly all had arrived as sailors on whaling ships. Although a few brought their wives or...
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Ceremonial ship launching involves the performing of ceremonies associated with the process of transferring a vessel to the water. It is a nautical tradition...
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USS Constitution (redirect from Ship Constitution)
bottle of Madeira wine on her bowsprit. Constitution was rated as a 44-gun frigate, but she often carried more than 50 guns at a time. Ships of this era...
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