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  • 11Taras Shevchenko (ship) — MS Taras Shevchenko was a cruise ship owned by the Soviet Union s Black Sea Shipping Company. She was built in 1967 by V.E.B. Mathias Thesen Werft, Wismar, East Germany. She was scrapped on 2005 in Alang, India. It was named after Ukrainian… …

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  • 12French ship Ville de Paris (1851) — The Ville de Paris was an Océan class 118 gun ship of the line of the French Navy.Her keeled was in Rochefort in 1807 as Marengo . During her construction, she was renamed Ville de Vienne , Comte d Artois during the Bourbon Restoration, Ville de… …

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  • 13MS Athina B — The Athina B was a ship that ended up beached to the east of the Palace Pier in the English seaside resort of Brighton on 21 January 1980. It was a temporary tourist attraction, with the Volk s Electric Railway opening up to cash in on the large… …

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  • 14Cruise ship — MS Majesty of the Seas, completed in 1992 A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship s amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the… …

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  • 15Mary White (ship) — The connection of Broadstairs with the saving of life at sea goes back to at least 1851, such was the bravery displayed by the Lifeboat crew on this occasion that it excited a great deal of enthusiasm throughout Kent and a ballad was composed to… …

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  • 16French ship Languedoc (1766) — The Languedoc was a ship of the line of the French Navy, flagship of admiral d Estaing.She was offered to king Louis XV by the Languedoc, as part of a national effort to rebuild the navy after the Seven Years War. She was designed by the naval… …

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  • 17Chester A. Congdon (ship) — This article is about a ship. For entrepreneur who was the ship s namesake, see Chester Adgate Congdon. Diving near the pilothouse of the Congdon Career …

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  • 18Mexicana (ship) — The Mexicana (left, following) and Sutil (right, leading) during the 1792 voyage around Vancouver Island, drawn by José Cardero. Galiano s pennant flies from the mainmast of the Sutil. The Mexicana is spilling the wind from her sails to slow the… …

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  • 19List of maritime disasters — An advertisement for soap, using RMS Titanic (1912) A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can involve military action. Due to the nature of maritime travel, there is often a large loss of life. This transport… …

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  • 20USS Wahoo (SS-238) — See Wahoo for other ships of the same name.USS Wahoo (SS 238) was a Gato class submarine, the first United States Navy ship to be named for the wahoo, a dark blue food fish of Florida and the West Indies. (The other was SS 565.) Wahoo earned six… …

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