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121HMAS Moresby (1963) — For other ships of the same name, see HMAS Moresby. Career (Australia) Namesake: Explo …
122Rostock — /ros tok/; Ger. /rddaws tawk/, n. a seaport in N Germany, on the Baltic. 253,990. * * * City (pop., 2002 est.: 198,964) and seaport, northeastern Germany. Located on the Warnow River, 8 mi (13 km) from the Baltic Sea, Rostock was founded in 1218… …
123MS Stena Mersey — Stena Mersey as Mersey Seaways in Liverpool Career Name: 2005 2010: Mersey Viking 2010 2011: Mersey Seaways 2011 on …
124Randolph (ship) — Randolph was a 664 ton ship rigged merchant vessel constructed in 1849 in Sunderland. She was one of the first four ships to settle Christchurch, New Zealand (the other three were Cressy , Sir George Seymour and Charlotte Jane ). Randolph left… …
125Hovercraft — A hovercraft, or air cushion vehicle (ACV), is an amphibious vehicle or craft, designed to travel over any sufficiently smooth surface supported by a cushion of slowly moving, high pressure air, ejected downwards against the surface below, and… …
126Edward Bransfield — (1785 ndash; 1852) was a master in the Royal Navy and arguably the discoverer of the continent of Antarctica.Early lifeEdward Bransfield was born in Ballinacurra, County Cork, Ireland, in c.1785. Very little is known about his early life; we do… …
127George Brown (missionary) — George Brown (7 December 1835 – 7 April 1917), was an English Methodist missionary and ethnographer. Early life and education George Brown was born at Barnard Castle, Durham, England, the son of George Brown, barrister, and his wife Elizabeth,… …
128BROWN, George (1835-1917) — missionary son of George Brown, barrister, was born at Barnard Castle, Durham, England, on 7 December 1835. He was educated at a private school and on leaving, became an assistant in a doctors surgery, was afterwards with a chemist, and then in a …
