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	Carmania - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Carmania (Old Persian Karmanâ): name of a region in ancient Iran, between the heartland of Persia and Gedrosia.
		Carmania is mentioned for the first time in an inscription from Susa known as DSz, as exporter of yakâ wood - probably teak-wood.
		After the death of Alexander, Carmania became first part of the Seleucid empire, but in the middle of the second century, it was subjected by the Parthians.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /wcd/Carmania (484 words)

	TGOL - Carmania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Carmania was reported to be the forerunner of a new class of giant liners designed to retrieve the Blue Riband, and many had gathered to witness her launch.
		Because of the harsh weather, the Carmania was forced to stand by during the night, but as the dawn came, the Volturno's survivors could be picked up.
		The Carmania had received a total of 79 hits, and seven crewmembers were lost in the battle.
	www.greatoceanliners.net /carmania1.html (1268 words)

	Carmania
		The fact that the Carmania was reported to be the forerunner of a larger turbine ship, the Lusitania, was of great public interest.
		The Carmania was potted with holes from Cap Trafalgar's bombardment, and had lost 7 men in the action.
		In May 1916 the Carmania was allowed to return to Cunard and, after being refitted, was employed largely on trooping duties between Halifax and Liverpool.
	www.paleczny.com /carmania.htm (762 words)

	Caronia and Carmania \| The Cabin Channel Steamers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Carmania was launched by Lady Blythswood—wife of a former aide to Queen Victoria—February 21, 1905 and her maiden voyage on the Liverpool to New York run occurred December 2, 1905.
		Company officials were pleased with the duo’s admirable performance, and the press was none to generous in bestowing the title “Grand Dames of the Atlantic” on the sister ships.
		Carmania managed to sink the German vessel, but was heavily damaged in the encounter.
	www.bryking.com /channel (432 words)

	Carmania
		The Carmania and its sister ship, the Caronia, entered service for Cunard in 1905 and at the time they were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet.
		The Carmania was launched on 21 February Lady Blythswood, the wife of a former aide to Queen Victoria.
		After the outbreak of World War I the Carmania was requisitioned by the government and converted into an Armed Merchant Cruiser.
	www.cunarders.wanadoo.co.uk /Carmania.htm (678 words)

	SMS Cap Trafalgar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Carmania spotted Cap Trafalgar's smoke early in the morning and some hours later was able to surprise the German ship with two colliers in the island's only harbour.
		Carmania suffered much the worse of the engagement in the ensuing two hours, being hit 79 times, was holed below the waterline, and had her bridge totally destroyed by shellfire.
		The following day the Carmania was rescued and brought into Pernambuco by other units of the Royal Navy, whilst the survivors of the Cap Trafalgar were deposited at Montevideo by the colliers, from where they would attempt to make their way home.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/SMS_Cap_Trafalgar (797 words)

	Carmania, cap trafalgar
		The fire from the Cap Trafalgar was at first too high, but as the ships closed she began to score, setting the Carmania on fire under the forebridge and cutting her main water pipe so that the fire could not be brought under control.
		All her navigational instruments and communications gear were destroyed and she was escorted to the port of Gibraltar in a very battered condition by the cruiser HMS Cornwall.
		For this action the Carmania was commemorated by the British Navy League who presented her with a silver plate from the dinner service of Viscount Nelson.
	www.naval-art.com /auxilleries.htm (967 words)

	R.M.S. Carmania (I) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		R.M.S. Carmania (I) Carmania (I) Like many of Cunard's liners, Carmania was built by John Brown & Co., of Glasgow.
		In August 1914, Carmania was requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser; in that capacity, she sank Hamburg Sud Amerika's Cap Trafalgar (disguised as Carmania herself) off Trinidad in September 1914.
		Carmania was returned to Cunard's Liverpool-New York service on November 1916 and remained on that route until 1923, except for a few months' service out of Southampton in 1921-22.
	web.greatships.net:81 /carmania.html (206 words)

	RMS Carmania (1905) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The RMS Carmania (I) was a British passenger liner of the Cunard Line, which in World War I was converted to an armed merchant cruiser.
		When launched, the Carmania and her sister ship, the Caronia, were the largest ships in the Cunard fleet and two of the fastest in the world, since they had been designed to compete with the Germans for the Blue Riband.
		Following the outbreak of World War I, the Carmania was converted into a armed merchant cruiser, under the command of Captain Noel Grant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RMS_Carmania_(1905) (337 words)

	S.S. LEONID SOBINOV, SAXONIA, CARMANIA: Maritime Matters
		She was renamed CARMANIA and sailed on her first voyage from Rotterdam to Montreal April 8, 1963, cruising from Florida to the Caribbean in the winter.
		In 1967 she was painted white, and in 1969 became all one class with accommodations for 929 passengers.
		Her passengers were transferred to the Italian Liner FLAVIA (ironically the 1947-built former Cunarder MEDIA) for a voyage back to Miami, CARMANIA was stuck for five days then sailed to Newport News, Virginia for inspection.
	www.maritimematters.com /leonidsobinov.html (682 words)

	R.M.S. Saxonia (II) / R.M.S. Carmania (II) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Launched in 1954 as Saxonia and renamed Carmania in 1963, this was the second Cunarder to bear each of these names.
		It was during this refitting that she was renamed Carmania.
		From 1963 to 1967, Carmania plied a Rotterdam-Southampton-Canada route and sailed on winter cruises in the Caribbean and on the Mediterranean.
	www.greatships.net /saxonia2.html (145 words)

	from upton to france with the 302nd engineers
		From the ferry boats, the embarkation to the Carmania was rapid.
		The Carmania, ** one of the finest of the Cunarders still afloat, with a battle history of her own, was a splendid vessel of about 20,000 tons, which was used not only as a transport, but also as a general passenger ship.
		The Carmania docked in Liverpool early on the morning of the 12th of April.
	www.longwood.k12.ny.us /history/upton/craw2.htm (1362 words)

	Carmania Press (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Carmania Press was founded by Anthony Cooke in 1991.
		He chose the name Carmania Press because an old friend who had recently died had been the son of the last captain of the famous Cunard liner Carmania (1905-1932).
		High quality has always been one of Carmania's aims and its instantly recognisable softback books printed on the best art paper and with superbly reproduced illustrations, have achieved an enviable reputation.
	www.carmaniapress.co.uk /Contact.html (637 words)

	Geography of Iran: Carmania
		The country must have been conquered by Cyrus the Great, the founder of this empire, who ruled 559-530 BCE.
		The Behistun inscription of king Darius I the Great and the Daeva inscription of his son Xerxes, which both contain long lists of countries subjected to the Persian ruler, do not mention Carmania.
		From the tablets of Persepolis, we know the name of one of the first governors in charge, Karki.
	www.iranchamber.com /geography/articles/carmania.php (476 words)

	Volturno Datapage 01 - Main page with Index etc
		Carmania - The first of six pages about the S.S. Carmania, a general page re the lead ship of the rescue fleet.
		Carmania - A seventh general page about the S.S. Carmania, which seems to be developing into another general page.
		Carmania was the lead vessel in the Volturno rescue.
	ca.geocities.com /volturno@rogers.com/volturno01.html (5078 words)

	Alexander in Carmania
		In the winter of 325/324, Alexander stayed in Carmania, after a long and very difficult march though the Gedrosian desert, which had cost many lives.
		When the Macedonian army reached Carmania, however, there was an end to their suffering, and the Macedonian soldiers celebrated this.
		He gave orders for villages along his route to be strewn with flowers and garlands, and for bowls full of wine and other vessels of extraordinary size to be set out on the thresholds of houses.
	www.livius.org /aj-al/alexander/alexander_t58.html (282 words)

	Carmanian Empire - Carmanian Community Questionnaire part 2
		Their unwise guidance caused a long period of unrest and trouble within Carmania.
		One became the Emperor of Dara Happa, one became the High King of Saird, and one became the Shah of Carmania.
		The siege of Alkoth was ended when Carmania and Dara Happa joined forces to form the True Golden Horde to finish the dragon worshipers once and for all.
	www.mindspring.com /~kpmcdona/carmania/tara/questionnaire/empire.html (741 words)

	The Cults of Carmania
		Almost everywhere in Carmania is influenced by Pelandan culture: the cultured "Land of Women" (an unfair stereotype, as Pelanda was also home to great generals and statesmen in its day) was rescued from Spolite oppression, only to be subjected to Carmanian domination for centuries.
		Two Shahs of Carmania descended from Spolite marriages turned to the "Dark Side", and are still remembered for their inhuman cruelty.
		The Magi of Carmania are an isolated sub-group at the pinnacle of the Vizier caste.
	www.etyries.com /carmania/carmcult.htm (2070 words)

	Brostangian Archmoor: Hierophant of Carmania
		You are descended from one of the ancient noble houses of Carmania, rulers of the Empire that was overthrown at the rise of the Red Moon.
		You are the Hierophant of Carmania, head of the Carmanian Dualist church.
		These troops were assigned for deployment into Arrolia in support of your mission, but their commander has refused to reinforce you, probably reflecting the old grudges of the Red Army's high command.
	www.btinternet.com /~Nick_Brooke/moonson/brostangian.htm (1763 words)

	An Outline of Carmanian History (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		For almost a century, until after the destruction of the EWF in 1042, these three nations are close allies which combine their efforts against the Draconic foes: these are the Three Generations of Peace.
		The story of this war is told in the Alkothiad, another Pelandan epic; it ends when the two armies, of Alkoth and Carmania, join forces to invade their ancient enemies in Dragon Pass.
		The Dragonkill War leaves Carmania (and all Peloria) severely depleted; Haran's feeble heir is brutally usurped by a barbarian ally who calls himself Shahtavar, the Bull Shah.
	www.etyries.com.cob-web.org:8888 /carmania/carmhist.htm (950 words)

	Carmania Press - Harbor Hill Books - Purple Mountain Press
		Most of these beautiful pictures hang on board the current Holland America vessels but some are in private collections.
		New from Carmania Press is this authoritative and superbly-produced title on some of the world's most interesting liners.
		It has Carmania's usually high production values, but this title is further enhanced with a hardback cover and printed dust jacket.
	www.catskill.net /purple/carmania.htm (665 words)

	Etyries.com - Nick Brooke's Home Page
		I've uploaded my old notes towards the History of Carmania: you can find these through the links in the Outline of Carmanian History.
		The notes are unfinished, not updated since the "work-in-progress" publications of the late 90s, and span the Second Age history of Carmania.
		Loren Miller's Carmania Page has excellent gaming material, stories and background from his House Zemady RuneQuest campaign.
	www.etyries.com /carmania/index.htm (312 words)

	'Carmania' sinking 'Cap Trafalgar'... (PAJ2974) - National Maritime Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He worked as an illustrator for the 'Illustrated London News', 'Sphere' and the 'Graphic', and also painted Thames subjects in watercolour, rather in the manner of W.L. Wyllie.
		The 'Carmania', the first transatlantic liner to be fitted with turbines, was taken over by the navy as an armed merchant cruiser at the beginning of the First World War.
		In September 1914 she fought a duel in the South Atlantic against the German armed merchant cruiser 'Cap Trafalgar' which she sank.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=PAJ2974 (152 words)

	SASIGUPTA AND THE POISONING OF ALEXANDER
		Another hint is in name Batrasasave of an important city in Carmania.
		Vincent Smith agreed with authors like Stephanus and Pliny that Gedrosia and Carmania were within ancient India but due to the blind faith in Jones’ hypothesis the majority of the Indologists have ignored this.
		Therefore the significance of the presence of another ancient city of the same name in far away Carmania is immense.
	www.1stmuse.com /frames/sasigupta.html (4331 words)

	Used Cars & Valeting With CarMania
		CarMania specialise in providing quality low mileage used cars with upto 50 vehicles in stock at any one time.
		You can find more information about CarMania in our about us page or visit our contact page which tells you where we are, our contact numbers and there's a handy map you can print off or use the link to the multi map site.
		We invite you to browse through our easy to use website and see the great used vehicles we have in stock right now.
	www.carmaniacars.co.uk (302 words)

	TIP - s.s. Caronia (Cunard Line) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		At the time of it's entering service, Caronia, along with its sister ship, Carmania, were the largest steamers in Cunard's fleet.
		Served on the Liverpool-Queenstown-New York route until World War I when the vessel was requisitioned by the Admiralty for conversion to an Armed Merchant Cruiser.
		Owing to the depression and age, Caronia and Carmania were laid up in the winter of 1931.
	web.titanicinquiry.org:81 /ships/caronia.html (156 words)

	S.S. LEONID SOBINOV, tour page 2 of 2: Maritime Matters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		While this portion of the Promenade Deck was slightly reconstructed in the SAXONIA to CARMANIA conversion, it has changed little since its tenure as CARMANIA's first class Albany Room.
		Formerly the CARMANIA's tourist class dining room, the space was relatively spartan, with no portholes and a low, plain ceiling.
		In this aft-facing view from the starboard side, the original wooden Cunard tables and backlit panels to simulate portholes are evident.
	www.maritimematters.com /leonidtour2.html (402 words)

	Culture of Iran
		The southern half of the ancient province of Carmania (modern Kerman) was considered by the Greek geographers to be fertile and prosperous.
		Though it was not assigned a province by the Achaemenid administrators, Carmania was part of the Persia proper with small towns and a military garrison.
		It later became a province under the Seleucids and the Parthians.
	www.cultureofiran.com /bam.php (910 words)

	Hobson Jobson Dictionary
		śavala, 'variegated.' Sir George Birdwood tells us that he has found among the old India records "Carmania shells" and "Carmania shawools," meaning apparently Kermān shawls.
		[In a book of 1685 he finds "Shawles Carmania" and "Carmania Wooll"; in one of 1704, "Chawools" (Report on Old Records, 27, 40).
		Carmania goats are mentioned in a letter in Forrest, Bombay Letters, i.
	dsal.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.2:1:130.hobson (646 words)

	Immigrant Ship Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Carmania I built 1905 in service 1905-1932, Cunard Line 19,524 tons, 678x72 ft. 18 knots.
		Carmania II built 1954 in service 1963- 21,370 tons, formerly Saxonia, Cunard Line, refitted for cruise service 1963 renamed Carmania.[Posted to the Emigration-Ships Mailing List by Paul Petersen - 18 June 1997]
		The "Carn Brae" was a 1,685 gross ton collier belonging to E.Handcock & Co, Cardiff and was built in 1882.
	www.fortunecity.com /littleitaly/amalfi/13/shipc.htm (21058 words)

	THE LAST WHITE EMPRESSES
		The four sisters Saxonia, Ivernia, Carinthia and Sylvania, built in the 'fifties for Cunard's Canadian service, went on to have varied and outstanding careers as both liners and cruise ships under other names - Carmania, Franconia, Fairsea, Fairwind, Leonid Sobinov, Fedor Shalyapin, Dawn Princess, Fair Princess, Albatros, China Sea Discovery.
		Clive Harvey, the editor of Sea Lines, skilfully tells their story, aided by a fine selection of photographs.
		Carmania Press, Unit 212, Station House, 49, Greenwich High Road, London, SE3 0NX.
	www.maritimematters.com /mall_carm-saxonia.html (101 words)

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