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Cruiser Aurora

Cruiser Aurora
The ship is 126.8 meters (418 feet 5 inches) long, 16.8 meters (55 feet 5 inches) wide and weighs 7600 tons. At 20 knots (23.3 miles per hour) it can travel independently for up to 1440 sea miles.  The Aurora's keel was laid down at the "New Admiralty" shipyard in St.Petersburg on 23 May 1897.…
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RMS Orion

RMS Orion
Orient Line's 23,371-ton Orion, built by Vickers-Armstrong at Barrow and launched by radio, was always regarded as a landmark in British shipbuilding. Until she was launched in 1934, passenger liners were invariably given a psuedo-Victorian interior style but Orion stood apart. She had a wide range of public rooms, there was only one funnel and…
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U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48)

U.S.S. West Virginia (BB-48)
(BB-48: displacement. 33,590 (f.); length. 624'0"; beam. 94' 3 1/2"; draft. 30'6" (mean); speed. 21.0 k.; complement. 1,407; armament. 8 16", 12 6", 8 3", 4 6-pdrs., 2 21" tt.; class. Colorado) The hull of the second West Virginia (Battleship No. 48 to the Navy and Hull 211 to the builders) was laid down on…
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Royal Yacht Osborne

Royal Yacht Osborne
A two funnel steamer (exact details unknown).  Radio station: At least 63 messages sent between Ladywood Cottage in the grounds of Osborne House on the Isle of Wight and the Royal Yacht 'Osborne' in the Solent between June and August 1898. In 1898, while at a ball in Paris, The Prince of Wales (future King…
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Riverina

Riverina
O.N.120729, 4758 gross tons, length 370ft x beam 49.7ft, one funnel, two masts, single screw, speed 15 knots.  Built by Sir James Laing & Sons, Ltd, Sunderland (Yard No.610), she was completed in October 1905 for Huddart, Parker & Co. Pty., Ltd, Melbourne.  On 17th April1927 she was wrecked 1.5 miles west of Gabo Island,…
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Queen Mary

Queen Mary
Overall Length: 1,019.5 ft. (310.74 m.) Gross Tonnage: 81,237 gross tons (230,039 cu. m.) Transatlantic Crossings: 1,001 Constructed by: John Brown & Co., LTD., Clydebank, Scotland Commissioned by: Cunard Steamship Co., LTD. Keel Laid: December 1, 1930 Date Launched: September 26, 1934 Maiden Voyage: May 27, 1936 Portholes: Over 2,000 Rivets: Over 10 million Hull…
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Normandie

Normandie
Liner (3f/2m), L/B: 313.8m * 36m, Hull: Steel, Complement: First 828, Tourist 670, Third 454, crew 1345, Maximum speed: 31 kts, Designer: Vladimir Yourkevitch, Built: Chantiers and Ateliers de St Nazaire, France; 1935 Following the success of their Ile de France, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique was determined to build the largest and most beautiful ship in…
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USS Mt McKinley (AGC-7)

USS Mt McKinley (AGC-7)
Mount McKinley is the highest mountain in North America, elevation 20,269 feet, located in south-central Alaska. Specifications: Displacement 7,500 t.(lt), 12,580 t.(fl). Length 459'3"; Beam 63'; Draft 28'2"; Speed 15kts; Complement 54 Officers, 568 Enlisted; Armament two 5"/38 dual purpose gun mounts, four twin mount 40mm, ten twin mount 20mm; Propulsion, 1 General Electric Geared…
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S.S. Monarch of Bermuda

S.S. Monarch of Bermuda
Known as "the millionaires ships" both the "Monarch of Bermuda" and her sister ship the "Queen of Bermuda" were built by Vickers-Armstrong Shipbuilders Ltd, Walker-on-Tyne, for Furness, Withy & Co's New York-Bermuda service. Engines by Fraser & Chalmers, Erich (turbines), and by General Electric Co Ltd, Birmingham (motors). The Monarch was 579 feet long with…
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U.S.S. Mount Olympus (AGC-8)

U.S.S. Mount Olympus (AGC-8)
Mount Olympus is the highest peak in the Olympic Range of Washington State, elevation 7,954. (AGC-8: dp. 12,142 (f.) ; l. 459'2"; b. 63'; d. 25'; s. 15 k.; cpl. 729; a. 2 5", 8 40mm., 20 20mm.; cl. Mount McKinIey) Mount Olympus (AGC-8), an amphibious force flagship, was laid down 3 August 1943 by…
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