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  2. Tigris (ship) - Wikipedia

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    Several ships have been named Tigris for the Tigris River: Tigris (boat) was a reed boat built and sailed in 1977 by Thor Heyerdahl and a crew to demonstrate the feasibility of ancient migration and trade between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley Civilization. Tigris (1802 ship) was launched at Newcastle-on-Tyne as an East Indiaman.

  3. Kuphar - Wikipedia

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    A kuphar (also transliterated kufa, kuffah, quffa, quffah, etc. [1]) is a type of coracle or round boat traditionally used on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancient and modern Mesopotamia. Its circular shape means that it does not sail well against the current, as it tends to spin, but makes it safe, sturdy and easy to construct.

  4. Fly-class gunboat - Wikipedia

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    The Fly-class river gunboats (or small China gunboats), collectively often referred to as the "Tigris gunboat flotilla", were a class of small well-armed Royal Navy vessels designed to patrol the Tigris river during the Mesopotamian Campaign during the First World War (the China name was to disguise their function).

  5. Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia

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    The boat became lost and was the subject of a United Nations search and rescue mission. The search included international assistance including people as far afield as Loo-Chi Hu of New Zealand. The boat reached Barbados, thus demonstrating that mariners could have dealt with trans-Atlantic voyages by sailing with the Canary Current. [41]

  6. Reed boat - Wikipedia

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    The Uros still build totora reed boats, which they use for fishing and hunting seabirds. [11] Reed boat craftsmen from Suriqui, a town on the Bolivian side of lake Titicaca, helped Thor Heyerdahl construct Ra II and Tigris. [12] Thor Heyerdahl attempted to prove that the reed boats of Lake Titicaca derived from the papyrus boats of Egypt.

  7. Thor Heyerdahl (ship) - Wikipedia

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    One of the two original owners was Detlef Soitzek, who had sailed with the Norwegian anthropologist, zoologist, ethnologist and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl on his Tigris expedition in 1977/1978, and suggested naming the ship after the famous researcher and adventurer. The ownership of the ship was subsequently turned over to an association.

  8. HMS Tigris - Wikipedia

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    HMS Tigris was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was laid down in 1822 but was cancelled in 1832. HMS Tigris (1882) was a paddle vessel launched in 1882 and sold into civilian service in 1904, being renamed Amarapoora. HMS Tigris (N63) was a T-class submarine launched in 1939 and sunk by an unknown cause in 1943.

  9. 2019 Mosul ferry sinking - Wikipedia

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    The sinking occurred on 21 March 2019 when a ferry carrying passengers sank in the Tigris river near Mosul. The vessel was carrying passengers to Umm al-Rabeein, an island upriver from the city, and was crowded with people celebrating Newroz. The ferry—which had a capacity of 50 passengers—was loaded with nearly 200 people. [2]

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