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1Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …
2SS Edmund Fitzgerald — Edmund Fitzgerald redirects here. For other uses, see Edmund Fitzgerald (disambiguation) …
3List 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… …
4Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …
5Voyage of the James Caird — The voyage of the James Caird was an open boat journey which took place following the abandonment of Sir Ernest Shackleton s Imperial Trans Antarctic Expedition, after the loss of its ship, Endurance , in October 1915. The ship had been crushed… …
6Royal National Lifeboat Institution — RNLI logo Abbreviation RNLI Motto Train one, save many …
7ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… …
8Mary Stanford Lifeboat — For the Ballycotton lifeboat, renowned for the Daunt lightship rescue, see: RNLB Mary Stanford (ON733) The Mary Stanford Lifeboat (ON661) was a vessel which capsized in Rye Harbour in 1928. The disaster was the worst for many years. It occurred… …
9Cheslakee (steamship) — Cheslakee at Powell River, BC, 1912. Career Name …
10Moray Firth fishing disaster — Coordinates: 57°41′42″N 3°36′14″W / 57.695°N 3.604°W / 57.695; 3.604 The Moray Firth fishing disaster of Augus …
