seafaring men
1Seafaring and History in the English Channel — ▪ 1995 Introduction by Nigel Calder Queen Victoria welcomed an early proposal for a tunnel under the English Channel in the name of all the ladies in England. Nearly 140 years later the tunnel is open, and its top selling point is still the …
2Sea Fencibles — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Sea Fencibles caption= dates= 1798 ndash;1810 country= United Kingdom allegiance= branch= Royal Navy type= role= Coastal defence size= 20,000 men command structure= garrison= garrison label= equipment= equipment… …
3Norway — /nawr way/, n. Norwegian, Norge. a kingdom in N Europe, in the W part of the Scandinavian Peninsula. 4,404,456; 124,555 sq. mi. (322,597 sq. km). Cap.: Oslo. * * * Norway Introduction Norway Background: Despite its neutrality, Norway was not able …
414th Continental Regiment — Active 1775–1776 Allegiance Continental Congress of the United States Type Infantry Role amphibious Size …
5English language — Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific… …
6Scandinavian folklore — Painting by John Bauer Scandinavian folklore is the folklore of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and the Swedish speaking parts of Finland. Collecting folklore began when …
7sea|far|ing — «SEE FAIR ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. going, traveling, or working on the sea: »Sailors are seafaring men. –n. 1. the business or calling of a sailor. 2. the act or fact of traveling by sea: »His novel is salt encrusted in the best tradition of …
8Tug of war — Tug of war, tug o war, or tug war, also known as rope pulling, is a sport that directly puts two teams against each other in a test of strength.The term may be used as a metaphor to describe a demonstration of brute strength by two opposing… …
9Arleigh Burke — Infobox Military Person name= Arleigh Albert Burke born= birth date|1901|10|19 died= death date and age|1996|01|01|1901|10|19 placeofbirth= Boulder, Colorado placeofdeath= Bethesda, Maryland caption= RAdm Arleigh Burke in 1951 nickname= 31 Knot… …
10Watercraft rowing — Rowing in the Amstel River by a student rowing club. Watercraft rowing is the act of propelling a boat using the motion of oars in the water. The difference between paddling and rowing is that with rowing the oars have a mechanical connection… …
