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Ship collision is a kind of marine accident that results from a ship crashing into a still or floating object. Ship collision cases can be a ship to ship, ship to floating object, ship to submarine or ship to still structure collisions. We all have heard about the historic accident of the collision of the ship Titanic to an Iceberg. It was a ship to floating object type of collision. Collision can also be defined as the change in form of a vessel as a result of an impact with a solid object.…

She is huge and green but also beautiful and she sailed into New York Harbor on June 17, 1885. Who is she? The Statue of Liberty and at the moment that she arrived she was dismantled and needed assistance to be put together. She was a gift of friendship from France to America. The Statue of Liberty sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in 350 individual pieces which had been packed in over 200 cases. Now at this point I would have probably wanted to know two things one of them being if she came with…

The Titanic, a huge cruise ship built by man. The Titanic was believed to be indestructible and unsinkable. They said not even God can sink the Titanic; the name says it all. This ship was very luxurious and the largest of all ships. It was set for voyage April 10, 1912 after being built for three years. This Luxurious Giant was filled with many of the world’s wealthiest and famous people setting sail across the North Atlantic all the way to New York (Well, at least that was their intention).…

It suited Rex to make an offer to sell them the coach they knew so well, which they were aware was very economical to operate and did the job well, and a deal that saw No 24 leave the Redline fleet was done. An artistic gentleman named Peter Scriven had around this time founded the Marionette Theatre of Australia, which featured large scale puppets known as ‘The Tintookies’ which became quite famous throughout the country. In 1965 and through 1966 in association with the Arts Council of…

Quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt “The nation that destroys its soil destroys itself”. Franklin was the longest term president ever. Franklin’s childhood was a great experience to start his future. Franklin was born on January 30th, 1887 and lived most of his years in HYDE Park, New York. Franklin was educated by tutors till age 14. In 1896 he moved to Massachusetts and went to a private school called the Groton school for boys. In 1900 he graduated from Groton school for boys. He…

The sinking of the Titanic was a tragic event. Everyone was devastated because of the most advanced ship of the time sunk, About the Titanic, the sinking, and about the survivors are in the following paragraphs. The Titanic was a tragic event that isn’t uncovered all the way yet. (history.com) If you have ever wondered about the Titanic you won’t have to anymore. The Titanic was 269.1 meters long making it the largest ship of its time. It had cost $7500000 to build it. It carried 2223 people…

Have you ever heard of the USS Missouri? Well if not let me grab your attention in this paragraph. The Missouri is one of the biggest battleships ever made in the U.S. The Missouri was part of many battles and fought for many years. There are multiple tours you can take on the Missouri. I personally think everyone should visit the Missouri because its historical significance and it was in a movie. So if you want to learn more read the rest of my paper. The “Mighty Mo” is considered one of the…

The passengers aboard the RMS Titanic were about 2,223 people who sailed on the maiden voyage. They sailed from Southampton to New York City. With many great deaths that occurred on this “unsinkable ship”, many authors used this event as a background for a great story, but were the details of the event accurately portrayed? When writing Dangerous Waters, it is clear that Gregory Mone did his research and showed the event accurately. The book Dangerous Waters by Gregory Mone was a heart…

Survivors and Deaths The Spedden Story One Survival story, was about Douglas that was the only child of Frederic and Daisy Spedden when they boarded the Titanic. An hour after the shuddering collision, Douglas, his mother, Daisy, and two servants went into lifeboat 3. The dad was also allowed to get into a lifeboat when they let men get into lifeboats early on. They had all fortunately survived! Sadly Douglas’s life was cut short on August 6, 1915, two years after the Titanic crashed.…

On May 10,1996 there were more climbers on the South side of Mount Everest than ever before. That same day a terrible blizzard hit Mount Everest. There were still climbers trying to summit. But, unfortunately 8 climbers got lost and died in the blizzard on Mount Everest. A few climbers summited, but not all made it back. The teams that were on Mount Everest the day of the blizzard were a Taiwanese team of 13. A South African team of 21. A nine-man assemble team of British. An American team…