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712007 Iranian seizure of Royal Navy personnel — Map of the Persian Gulf. Iranian military personnel seized 15 Royal Navy personnel during 2007 and held them for 13 days. On 23 March 2007, 15 British Royal Navy personnel, from HMS Cornwall, searching a merchant vessel were surrounded by the… …
72George Anson's voyage around the world — While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain s Pacific possessions. Returning to England in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a… …
73Cargo ship — The Colombo Express, one of the largest container ships in the world (when she was built in 2005), owned and operated by Hapag Lloyd of Germany …
74Weather ship — The weather ship MS Polarfront at sea. A weather ship was a ship stationed in the ocean as a platform for surface and upper air meteorological observations for use in weather forecasting. They were primarily located in the north Atlantic and… …
75Seafarer's professions and ranks — Seafarers hold a variety of professions and ranks, and each of these roles carries unique responsibilities which are integral to the successful operation of a seafaring vessel. A ship s bridge, filled with sophisticated equipment, requires skills …
76Attack on Sydney Harbour — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Attack on Sydney Harbour partof=the Battle for Australia during World War II caption=1 June 1942. A Japanese Ko hyoteki class midget submarine, believed to be Midget No. 14, is raised from Sydney Harbour date=31 …
77List of Peruvian Navy ships — List of ships of the Peruvian Navy currently comprising almost every Peruvian warship commissioned after 1840.Vessels Acquired in the 1840s and 1850sPresident Castilla sought to expand and well equip the Peruvian Navy. His naval policy was to if… …
78MV Kerlogue — The MV [MV is an abbreviation of Motor Vessel or Merchant vessel] Kerlogue has become the exemplar of neutral Irish ships during World War Two. She was very small. She was attacked by both sides and rescued both sides. She was almost sunk by a… …
79Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam — The official emblem of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as designed by Rishi Suresh. Dates of operation May 5, 1976 – present Leader Velupillai Prabhakaran Motives The cr …
80Sea shanty — For the song Sea Shanty by Quasi, see Featuring Birds For the album Sea Shanties by English band High Tide, see High Tide (band). Sailors sang shanties while performing shipboard labor A shanty (also spelled chantey , chanty ) is a type of work… …
