Gordon Bennett was a wealthy American newspaper publisher in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He owned the New York Herald and was known for his flamboyant lifestyle and promotion of sensational journalism. He is also remembered for establishing the Gordon Bennett Cup, an international automobile racing event.
John McDouall Stuart, an Australian explorer, carried mainly preserved and dried meats, such as salted beef and mutton, on his expeditions. He also consumed dried fruits, biscuits, and a limited amount of fresh food when available.
The number and type of planes carried by navy ships can vary depending on the size and purpose of the ship. For example, an aircraft carrier can carry around 60-70 aircraft, including fighter jets, helicopters, and surveillance planes. On the other hand, smaller ships like destroyers or cruisers typically carry 1-2 helicopters for various missions.
Feral cats are wild descendants of domestic cats. A feral cat has never associated with humans.
How did feral cats come to be? When two strays mate in the wild, they give birth to a litter of feral kittens. These kittens have never interacted with humans. Feral kittens can be domesticated if taken in young, but adult feral cats are almost impossible to domesticate.
Actually, deep down, every cat is feral.
Nautical stars have meanings for two colors: green and red. Red symbolizes "port" or left if you are facing the bow of a ship, and green symbolizes "starboard" or right. The basic meaning of a nautical star is to guide a Sailor home and not lose direction. Classic Navy tattoo.
The legend of the Flying Dutchman concerns a ghost ship that can never make port , doomed to sail the oceans forever .
The orlop is the lowest deck in a ship (except for very old ships). It is the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. It has been suggested the name originates from "overlooping" of the cables.
It has also been suggested that the name is a corruption of "overlap," referring to an overlapping, balcony-like half deck occupying a portion of the ship's lowest deck space. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word descends from Dutch overloop from the verb overlopen, "to run (over); extend").
Oxford English Dictionary. Orlop n.. Mar. 2009 Online edition. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
Between 1492 and 1504, Columbus made four voyages to the “New World.” He did not know he had discovered a new continent, but thought he was just off the coast of Asia. The first voyage saw him in Cuba, Hispaniola, and San Salvador. His second voyage he explored the same areas as the first trip but also touched on Purto Rico and Jamaica. On the last two voyages he sailed along the northern coast of South America and explored the coast of Central America. This site has a map showing the voyages. encarta.msn.com/media_461514477/Four_Voyages_of_Columbus.html
Yes they did. They added limes to their diet. Because of this, sailors are called "Limeys". This was because of the defieciency of the vitamin C in their diet. See the related link for more information.
Voyages are normally shorter now, so there's less chance of developing scurvy - which we now understand is caused by a lack of vitamin C. In the past, maritime travellers rarely had access to fruit, fresh vegetables, or fresh meat. Without these, they had no way to get vitamin C and so would come down with scurvy.
Guadalcanal
The Vikings had settled Norway in the 9th Century CE. Norway along with Sweden and Denmark is also the area from where the Vikings came from.
The Titanic was en route to New York, New York, USA from Southampton, England, UK, when it collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean.
there are approx 2000 wrecks on lake Huron. Most of these wrecks are schooners and old steamers that washed ashore. The few hundred that don't fit in that category lie in thee deep waters of the lake and are waiting to be found. That's why I hunt the deep ones.
It is hard to be certain. Early raids were in the late 8th century, but settlements being established was much later in the 9th century.
Not likely,
When the H.M.H.S. Britannic was sailing on the near the coast of Greece, either a torpedo or mine struck the starboard side of the bow. That fatal blow made a huge hole on the side. but when she was falling to the ocean floor, she was still going at full speed. When she finally struck bottom, the bow was crushed like a tin can.
Today the ship is in considerable condition. The bow on the other hand is not salvageable. But since it has been under since November 21th 1916, the safety factor of the ship is very dangerous. Plus Britannic was one of the 3 Olympic class ships of the white star line. At the time the Olympic class ships were the biggest moving objects on the planet. If someone wound try to raise the ship, it wound take a massive crane to lift it. But if you were to go that route to raise the ship, it would have to be raised in sections. it would cost over 556 million dollars to raise the ship. But at that price tag, you might as well make another version of the ship.
So in the end it would be just too hard to raise the ship.
As many as the boat can hold.
_ That depends on the boat's capacity.
As far as we know, boats have different sizes depending to the people who created it. So the capacity of the boat to carry a passenger also depends on it's size.
The passengers who left the sinking ship first were the women and their children