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2. SS Drottningholm - Wikipedia

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   The world's first steam turbine merchant ship, TS King Edward, was launched in 1901.She was a technological and commercial success, but was only a 502 GRT excursion steamship making short-sea trips in and around the Firth of Clyde, and her running costs – and hence passenger fares – were higher than those of her competitors with conventional reciprocating engines.

3. Merchant ship - Wikipedia

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   A merchant ship, merchant vessel, trading vessel, or merchantman is a watercraft that transports cargo or carries passengers for hire. This is in contrast to pleasure craft , which are used for personal recreation, and naval ships , which are used for military purposes.

4. Cargo liner - Wikipedia

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   A cargo liner, also known as a passenger-cargo ship or passenger-cargoman, is a type of merchant ship which carries general cargo and often passengers. They became common just after the middle of the 19th century, and eventually gave way to container ships and other more specialized carriers in the latter half of the 20th century.

5. United States Merchant Marine - Wikipedia

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   The United States Merchant Marine [1] [2] is an organization composed of United States civilian mariners and U.S. civilian and federally owned merchant vessels.Both the civilian mariners and the merchant vessels are managed by a combination of the government and private sectors, and engage in commerce or transportation of goods and services in and out of the navigable waters of the United ...

6. Category:Merchant ships of the United States - Wikipedia

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   City of New York (1885 ship) SS City of Peking; SS City of Tokio; City of Washington (ship) USNS Clarksburg; Cliffs Victory; SS Coast Trader; Cochan (sternwheeler) SS Cockaponset; USS Cockatoo (AMc-8) Cocopah I (Sternwheeler) Cocopah II (Sternwheeler) SS Cokesit; SS Col. James M. Schoonmaker; USNS Colonel William J. O'Brien; Colorado I ...

7. 15th century shipwreck reveals ‘surprising’ cargo and weapons ...

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   While exploring a 500-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Sweden, divers discovered “surprising” cargo and weapons that may have helped repel pirates.

8. Caledonia (ship) - Wikipedia

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   RMS Caledonia (1925) was a 17,046-ton British passenger ship built for the Anchor Line by Alexander Stephen and Sons at Glasgow, Scotland, and was launched on 21 April 1925. In 1939 she was converted to an armed merchant cruiser and renamed to HMS Scotstoun. A German submarine sank her on 13 June 1940.

9. ‘The Love Boat’: How a TV show transformed the cruise industry

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   Royal Caribbean’s MS Sovereign of the Seas, considered to be the first mega ship, with a passenger capacity of 2,850, took its maiden voyage in 1998, while Disney Cruise Line was established ...