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  Royal Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The first reformation and major expansion of the Navy Royal, as it was then known, occurred in the 16th century during the reign of Henry VIII whose ships, Henri Grâce a Dieu ("Great Harry") and Mary Rose, engaged the French navy in the battle of the Solent in 1545.
Royal Navy was a force designed for the Cold War — with its three ASW aircraft carriers and a force of small frigates and destroyers, its purpose was to search for and destroy Soviet submarines in the North Atlantic.
The Royal Navy is established under the royal prerogative and the head of the Royal Navy, known as the Lord High Admiral, and overall head of the Armed Forces, is the British Sovereign.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_navy   (3812 words)

  
 Cyndi's List - Ships & Passenger Lists
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Boston, Massachusetts from 1820-1943.
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New York from 1851-1891 and 1935-1938.
This database is an index to the passenger lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1883-1945.
www.cyndislist.com /ships.htm   (5816 words)

  
 Ed Rogers Rare & Out of Print Books - Rare Paleontology Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
He was given two ships, the Resolution and the Adventure, which he stocked with proper food stores, including lemons, enough to last for two years and which he knew would prevent scurvy.
England, at war with Spain in 1739, equipped eight ships under the command of George Anson to harass the Spaniards on the western coast of South America, for the purpose of cutting off Spanish supplies of wealth from the Pacific area.
Contains: Listings of new minerals, and fossils donated to Cabinet of Natural History; Beck's study on the minerals of New York, Hall's study of new fossils described from New York and Morgan's important study of artifacts from the Seneca Indians of western New York.
www.geology-books.com /newcatalog.html   (16914 words)

  
 The American Civil War Homepage
Ships of the Confederate Navy (from the Naval Historical Center)
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebllion
List of the Prisoners of the CSS Atlanta, Captured on June 17, 1863
www.oars.utk.edu /civil-war/warweb.html   (4235 words)

  
 The Maritime Heritage Project: Gold Rush Books, 19th Century Reading, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Mark Twain
From haunted houses to men who have lost their heads and the "real Mark Hopkins", the authors have gathered a collection of stories dedicated to "people who believe a little bit in everything." They included an ancient Indian legend that tells of the great bird with white wings that died and was buried shifting sands.
The wrecks are organized by date and by location, and includes ocean and bay steamers, as well as other ships that wrecked between the years 1500 and 1957.
The list includes the number of passengers and sometimes the number of crew, but not their names.
www.maritimeheritage.org /books.htm   (3630 words)

  
 bibliography
Webber, Bert, Battleship Oregon : Bulldog of the Navy.
U.S. Department of the Navy, Appendix to the Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
U.S. Naval Institute, "Historic Naval Ships Association of North America", (pamphlet that is a reprint of an article from the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings), Annapolis: 1978.
www.spanamwar.com /biblio.htm   (4914 words)

  
 G3 Visas and Passports - Travel Resources
To assist you in your upcoming travels, we have assembled a listing of sites that contain helpful travel related information.
Forte Hotels - Listing of 350 Hotels in 55 countries.
E-mail us the site name and URL and we will look to add it to our list.
www.g3visa.com /resources.html   (602 words)

  
 Wing Commander CIC
Privateer's ad also focuses on the box art with a set of mostly final screenshots.
The ship dealer screen seems to be selling a Plasma Gun for a mere 15,000 credits however!
After years of following orders and losing ships and friends, you are finally the sole commander of the fleet, responsible for heading up a final strike against your enemy's homeland - either the Empire of Kilrah or the confederation.
www.wcnews.com   (2469 words)

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