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83SS Great Eastern: Brunel's Greatest Triumph or Folly?
To modern sensibilities the SS Great Eastern looks like a strange hybrid. That's because she was part modern steamship, paddle steamer and sailship at the same time. She had all these means of propulsion...
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82World War 1: The Sinking of Lusitania
May 7, 1915, approx 1.40pm. The early morning fog had slowed down the progress of Lusitania, and Captain Turner needed a more accurate fix on his position. He ordered the ship slowed down and put on a straight course off the Irish coast. In doing so he sealed the fate of his ship and the lives aboard her.
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86White Star Line Disasters - The Titanic Was Just The Tip of the Iceberg
Would you be willing to sail on a ship run by a company with more than one major peace-time disaster to their name? What about a company with a record of mishaps spanning decades before the Big One? The White...
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56Queenstown,New Zealand, High On Andrenaline!
Welcome to Queenstown ,New Zealand , the youngest ,energy pumping, andrenaline pumping action, capital of the world.! Teeming with natural beauty and pristine environment,Queenstown ,New Zealand will...
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66Cunard Queens - Royal Rendezvous, Farewells & New Beginnings for the QE2
On 13th January 2008 all three Cunard ocean liners, the Queen Mary 2, the Queen Elizabeth 2 and the new Queen Victoria (on her Maiden Transatlantic voyage) all met for one historic rendezvous in New York...
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80The Republic of Texas Marine Corps
Were you aware that in the 1800s, before Texas became the 28th state in the United States, it was it's own country, with it's own form of government? It had everything including it's own military, which consisted of an Army, a Navy, and a Marine Corps.
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60Britain Rules the Waves
England defeated Holland in the Anglo-Dutch wars. England made sure that it was again the world's leading merchant marine power. From the middle 18th century Britain dominated the trade routes to India and...
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