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    Air Force Graham Eric Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, KG, GCB, AFC, FRAeS, FCMI (born 4 December 1949), informally known as Jock Stirrup, is a former senior Royal...
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    of Key Colony Beach. Among the islands within the city limits are Boot Key, Knight's Key, Hog Key, Vaca Key, Stirrup Key, Crawl Key, Little Crawl Key, East...
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    departed New Castle, Delaware, bound for New Orleans, Louisiana. Off Stirrup Key on 24 June, Vixen came under the fire of a British ship, HMS Moselle...
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    A stirrup jar is a type of pot associated with the culture of Mycenaean Greece. They have small squat bodies, a pouring spout, and a second nonfunctioning...
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    The Great Stirrup Controversy is the academic debate about the Stirrup Thesis, the theory that feudalism in Europe developed largely as a result of the...
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    A stirrup spout vessel (so called because of its resemblance to a stirrup) is a type of ceramic vessel common among several Pre-Columbian cultures of...
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    were extensively damaged or destroyed. On Boot Key, Fat Deer Key, Stirrup Key, Tingler Island, and Vaca Key – five of the islands which comprise the city...
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    the chain and is known as "the billfish capital of the Bahamas." Little Stirrup Cay is leased by Royal Caribbean International, which calls it CocoCay...
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    tactics of mounted warfare were significantly altered by the stirrup. A rider supported by stirrups was less likely to fall off while fighting, and could deliver...
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  • According to White, the superiority of the stirrup in combat was found in the mechanics of the lance charge: "The stirrup made possible- though it did not demand-...
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    Industrial Revolution. Manufacturing in the area consisted of bridle bits, stirrups, keys, cabinet locks, plane irons, buckle tongues, chains and saddles. Its...
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    word comes from the Middle French sautoir, Medieval Latin saltatoria ("stirrup"). From its use as field sign, the saltire came to be used in a number...
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    would take place April 20–23, leaving from Miami, sailing to Key West and to Great Stirrup Cay. Originally, the cruise was supposed to take place on the...
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    to operate cruises to Havana with Key West Florida, and to the Bahamas to either Freeport or Nassau and Great Stirrup Cay. Between 9 September and 14 October...
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    dynasty Song dynasty cavalry wielding crossbows with stirrups Fifteenth century crossbowman using a stirrup along with a belt hook and pulley Detailed illustration...
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    Great Isaac Cay Great Ragged Island Great Sale Cay Great Seal Cay Great Stirrup Cay - a private island of Norwegian Cruise Line Green Cay Green Turtle...
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  • 46 mi) west of Stirrup Key (24°44′30″N 81°02′32″W / 24.7418°N 81.0423°W / 24.7418; -81.0423 (Adam W. Spies)) in the Florida Keys. All 10 people on...
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  • Northumberland. William and Mary  United States The barque was wrecked on the Stirrup Key, Bahamas with the reported loss of about 170 lives. She was on a voyage...
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  • Bouches-du-Rhône, France. J. L. Gerrity  United States The schooner was wrecked on Stirrup Key. Crew saved. Jupiter  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Ruma Bay...
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    during the cruise both on the ship and on the private island of Great Stirrup Cay.[citation needed] In January 2016, Norwegian Pearl took to the Caribbean...
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  • schooner was stranded 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Stirrup Key in the Florida Keys. All 10 people on board survived. Addie  United States The...
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  • ladder – Ladder to facilitate egress from the water by divers Boarding stirrup – A suspended step to help divers lift themselves from the water into a...
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  • November 2020 Conservative Life peer Advocate General for Scotland Lord Stirrup 28 January 2011 Crossbench Life peer Former Chief of the Defence Staff...
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    Dive boat (redirect from Boarding stirrup)
    fitting. Open sided rigid "hook" stirrups allow the foot to be positioned on a rigid stirrup without removing the fin. Stirrup steps have the same ergonomic...
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  • Ship State Description Æolus  United States The ship was wrecked on the Stirrup Key. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to New Orleans, Louisiana. Helen...
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    hundreds of old Slavic hrivnas (semifinished iron products), tools, stirrups, keys and further artifacts. Weapons except axes are nearly missing what led...
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  • Panamanian motor vessel Seven Seas from 32 nmi (59 km) from southeast of Sombrero Key following mutiny aboard the vessel in which three of the crew of Seven Seas...
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    December 19, 2007. "Spacewalking astronauts conquer stiff bolt, install key power unit on 2nd trip outside". Associated Press. 2012. Archived from the...
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    Access equipment Boarding stirrup Diver lift Diving bell Diving ladder Diving platform (scuba) Diving stage Downline Jackstay Launch and recovery system...
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    Exchanged October 13, 1863. Died after fall from a horse due to a broken stirrup, February 19, 1864, near Dog River Factory, Alabama. Barksdale, William...
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