• MV Empire Cross was a motor tanker that was built in England in 1945. She was launched as an Empire ship for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In...
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    HMT Empire Windrush was a passenger motor ship that was launched in Germany in 1930 as the MV Monte Rosa. She was built as an ocean liner for the German...
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  • Collided with MV Arctic Ocean on 16 March 1961 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west-northwest of the Varne Lightvessel, English Channel and sank. Empire Farrar was...
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  • Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government;...
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  • Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government;...
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  • Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government;...
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    Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (/əˈkiːmənɪd/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐏂, Xšāça, lit. 'The Empire' or...
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  • Empire Albany was a 306-ton Coaster which was built in 1944. She was renamed Albany in 1946 and disappeared on a voyage between Port Talbot and Rosslare...
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  • destroyer MV Claymore, a shipname for motor vessels MV Claymore (1955), a mail boat MV Claymore (1978), a ferry MV Claymore (2024), a ferry MV Claymore...
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    MV E Evangelia is a shipwrecked 7,355-gross register ton (GRT) refrigerated cargo ship at Costinești on the Black Sea coast of Romania. She was built in...
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  • Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government;...
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  • (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4. "Georgios MV (1972~1978)...
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    Oerlikon cannons. MV Empire MacAlpine MV Empire MacAndrew MV Empire MacCallum MV Empire MacDermott MV Empire MacKendrick MV Empire MacRae Approximately...
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  • scrapped 1950. MV Empire Fusilier, oil tanker for Ministry of War Transport, launched 8 August 1942, completed 18 February 1943 as MV Empire Bombardier,...
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    a red cross. Only a year later, the Swiss government invited the governments of all European countries, as well as the United States, the Empire of Brazil...
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  • Redgate was a 7,131 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1945 as Empire Freetown by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom for...
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    MV Empire Star was a UK refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Harland and Wolff in 1935 as one of Blue Star Line's Imperial Star-class ships, designed...
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    the Empire Gallantry Medal recognised acts of the highest bravery but was never considered equal in status to the Victoria Cross. The George Cross succeeded...
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  • requisitioned as Empire Activity. Completed as escort aircraft carrier HMS Empire Activity, quickly renamed HMS Activity. Later converted to merchantman MV Breconshire...
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    MV Dunedin Star was a British refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Cammell Laird and Co in 1935–36 as one of Blue Star Line's Imperial Star-class...
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    SS Empire Avocet (see SS Cotati) SS Empire Baffin SS Empire Barracuda SS Empire Beatrice SS Empire Beaumont MV Empire Bede SS Empire Bell SS Empire Bison...
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    westernmost points of Europe. On 11 March 1982, the Spanish container ship, MV Ranga, was wrecked at Dunmore Head, close to Slea Head after losing power...
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    years of age. MV Corals, MV Lagoons, MV Amindivi, MV Arabian Sea, MV Bharat Seema, MV Dweep Setu, MV Kavaratti, MV Lakshadweep Sea and MV Minicoy are the...
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  • Hundreds of Empire ships were employed by the Government of the United Kingdom. They were acquired from a number of sources: many were built for the government;...
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    ship's starboard side showing side ramp MV Tønsberg, a large car/truck carrier Vehicle bay of the John H, of Cross Sound Ferry The front of the MT Petar...
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  • MV Princess Victoria was one of the earliest roll-on/roll-off ferries. Completed in 1947, she operated from Stranraer, Scotland, to Larne, Northern Ireland...
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    MV Liemba, formerly Graf Goetzen or Graf von Goetzen, is a passenger and cargo ferry that runs along the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika. The Marine Services...
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    billion in business revenue, and $400 million in state and local tax revenue. MV Dali is a container ship registered in Singapore, and at the time of the collision...
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    MV Zaandam was a Dutch cargo liner. It was one of a pair of motor ships built for Holland America Line (Nederlandsch-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij...
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    Leif Larsen (category Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom))
    med Sverd or the War Cross with sword twice, in 1942 and 1943. He was one of only eleven people to receive this honour "The War Cross with Two Swords". In...
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