The Ocean ships were a class of sixty cargo ships built in the United States by Todd Shipyards Corporation during the Second World War for the British...
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An ocean liner is a type of passenger ship primarily used for transportation across seas or oceans. Ocean liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may...
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Viking (cruise line) (redirect from Viking Ocean Cruises)
fleet in 2016; and its third and fourth ships, Viking Sky and Viking Sun, were added in 2017. Each of Viking Ocean Cruises first four vessels were named...
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amongst the most famous ocean liners ever built; Both Olympic and Titanic enjoyed the distinction of being the largest ships in the world. Olympic was...
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auxiliary general ocean surveillance ships (T-AGOS) are a class of United States Naval Ship (USNS) auxiliary support Ocean Surveillance Ships commissioned...
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Océan was a 118-gun first-rate three-decker ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation...
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Wolff for the White Star Line. It would have been the third ship bearing the name Oceanic, after the one of 1870 and the one of 1899. It was envisaged...
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Maritime transport (redirect from Ocean shipping)
Maritime transport can be realized over any distance by boat, ship, sailboat or barge, over oceans and lakes, through canals or along rivers. Shipping may be...
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The Océan-class ships of the line were a series of 118-gun three-decker ships of the line of the French Navy, designed by engineer Jacques-Noël Sané....
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A number of sailing ships have been named Ocean. Ocean (1790 ship) was a sloop launched in 1790 at Plymouth. Circa 1792 the Sierra Leone Company purchased...
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cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year, handling the bulk of international trade. Cargo ships are usually specially designed for the...
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A weather ship, or ocean station vessel, was a ship stationed in the ocean for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting...
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A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions...
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The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of Earth. In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water...
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Seasteading (redirect from Colonizing the ocean)
in terms of cruise ship industry. The term seasteading is a blend of sea and homesteading, and dates back to the 1960s. Nomadic ocean life has been practiced...
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Queen Mary 2 (redirect from Queen Mary II ocean liner)
British transatlantic ocean liner. She has served as the flagship of Cunard Line since succeeding Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2004. The ship was officially named...
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SS United States (redirect from United States (ocean liner))
SS United States is a retired ocean liner built between 1950 and 1951 for United States Lines. She is the largest ocean liner constructed entirely in...
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cruise ship put into service in 1972. In January 2012, Runfeng Ocean Deluxe Cruises (Chinese: 香港润峰豪华邮轮公司) took over as operator, renaming the ship Ocean Dream...
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in more recent ocean liners and in virtually all cruise ships has this cargo capacity been eliminated. While typically passenger ships are part of the...
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Oceanic was a transatlantic ocean liner built for the White Star Line. She sailed on her maiden voyage on 6 September 1899 and was the largest ship in...
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French ships of the French Navy have borne the name Océan, after the Ocean: The 80-gun ship of the line Océan (1756) The 118-gun ship of the line Océan (1790)...
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This is a list of cruise ships, both those in service and those that have ceased to operate. Ocean liners are included on this list only if they also...
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Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest is the first album by the Fireman, released in November 1993. The album consists of samples of McCartney's material, mostly...
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Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, passenger ships primarily used for transportation across seas...
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HMS Ocean was a Landing Platform Helicopter, formerly the UK's helicopter carrier and the fleet flagship of the Royal Navy. She was designed to support...
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The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude...
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The Multi-Role Ocean Surveillance Ship (MROSS) is a type of research and surveillance ship in development since 2021 for the United Kingdom's Royal Fleet...
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Big Four (White Star Line) (redirect from Big Four (ocean liners))
early-20th-century 20,000-ton ocean liners built by the Harland & Wolff shipyard for the White Star Line, to be the largest and most luxurious ships afloat. The group...
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The MV Queen of the Oceans is a Sun-class cruise ship owned by Seajets, a Greek/Cypriot ferry company. She was built by Fincantieri in Monfalcone, Italy...
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Marine navigation (redirect from Ocean navigation)
confrontation between a Roman ship and Omani ships in the Indian Ocean, 2nd century. In the Indian and Pacific oceans, the oceanic navigations made it possible...
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