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Travel and Navigation
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Ships and Underwater Exploration
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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
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Pirate Ship leaving the harbor at the milky way sunset for a long campaign against the loyal marines on the oceans
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Sinking of the ocean liner the Titanic witnessed by survivors in lifeboats. May 15, 1912.
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The Titanic. (disasters, ships)
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours
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Timeline and Facts About the Titanic
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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
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The upper limits of speed possible with piston-engined ships had been reached, and failure in the machinery was likely to cause severe damage to the engine. In 1894 Charles A. Parsons designed the yacht Turbinia, using a steam turbine engine with only rotating parts in place of reciprocating engines. It proved a success, and in the late 1890s, when competition intensified in the Atlantic Ferry, the question arose as to whether reciprocating or turbine engines were the best for speedy operation. Before Cunard’s giant ships were built, two others of identical size at 650 feet (Caronia and Carmania) were fitted, ...(100 of 22970 words)

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