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Thames Measurement, also known as Thames Tonnage, is a system for measuring ships and boats. It was created in 1855 as a variation of Builder's Old Measurement by the Royal Thames Yacht Club , and was designed for small vessels, such as yachts .
Westminster Passenger Services Association (regularly advertised as Thames River Boats) [1] is a provider of regularly scheduled boat services on the River Thames in London. . It is licensed by London River Services to run daily services from Westminster Pier to Kew Pier, with longer cruises also available which continue upriver to Richmond landing stage and Hampton Court landing stage.
It was built at the Albert Yard, Cowes, for J.Howard Taylor, who later won the gold medal in the category 3 to 10 tons at the 1900 Olympics. This yacht was authentically restored between 1999 and 2003 by the Cantiere Navale dell'Argentario, in Tuscany, and is the last 19th-century Godinet rater.
HMS Truculent was a British submarine of the third group of the T-class.She was built as P315 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow, and launched on 12 September 1942.She sank nine enemy vessels.
Units 165001-028 were delivered consecutively, as 2-car units, whilst units 165029-039 were delivered as 3-car units. These vehicles have a top speed of 75 mph (121 km/h). They are now all fitted with tripcocks for working over the London Underground lines between Amersham and Harrow-on-the-Hill , although upon delivery this equipment was only ...
Hersham and Walton Motors was founded in 1938 by John Heath, an excellent race driver and talented engineer. Heath was joined by George Abecassis in 1946. Together, they moved the business into a building based on New Zealand Avenue in Walton on Thames which was previously used by Vickers during the war as part of their aircraft construction facility.
The 12 Metre Class was used for the America's Cup events from 1958 through 1987. In 1936, Cornelius Shields, used the International Rule as the basis for a new one-design class. Designed by Norwegian Bjarne Aas, and modeled after his classic 6 metre Saga, the International One Design sloop , or IOD, is today raced in fleets based in Norway ...
Industry of Machinery and Tractors (Serbian: Индустрија машина и трактора, romanized: Industrija mašina i traktora; abbr. IMT) is a Serbian manufacture company which produce and sells tractors and agricultural machinery. It is headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. In April 2018, IMT was sold to the Indian company TAFE.