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  • 21Maritime flag — A medieval ship flag captured by forces from Lübeck in the 1420s showed the arms of Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Pomerania. The original flag was destroyed during a World War II attack on the city, but a 19th century copy remains in Frederiksborg… …

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  • 22Glossary 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 …

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  • 23Capital punishment in Canada — Part of a series on Capital punishment Issues Debate · …

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  • 25Recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series — This is a list of recurring characters in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels by Patrick O Brian. References to page numbers, where they appear, are based upon the W. W. Norton Company printing of the novels.Recurring charactersMain characters… …

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  • 26Red Hook Park — and Recreation Area is a 58.503 acre public park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn located in the Red Hook neighborhood. The park contains a paved path, benches, a flagpole with a yardarm, a drinking fountain, handball courts, softball… …

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  • 27USS Octavia (AF-46) — was an Adria class stores ship acquired by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. Her task was to carry stores, refrigerated items, and equipment to ships in the fleet, and to remote stations and staging areas. Octavia was laid down as MC… …

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  • 28Marlboro Packard — A tree trunk carved in the likeness of Marlboro Packard, this tree is found on the grounds of his home in Searsport, Maine. Born August 19, 1828(1828 08 19) Searsmont, Maine …

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  • 29KEELHAULING —    a naval punishment of the 17th and 18th centuries; consisted in dropping the victim into the sea from one yardarm, hauling him under the keel and up to the yardarm on the other side; is now a term for a severe rebuke …

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  • 30gallows — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gibbet, scaffold, crosstree, hanging tree, yardarm. See punishment. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. gibbet, scaffold, yardarm, hangman s tree, Tyburn Tree, tree, noose, halter, drop* …

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