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  2. Scuttling - Wikipedia

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    The ship was a two-masted schooner, 86 feet (26 m) long with a beam of 23 ft (7.0 m). U.S. involvement in the Atlantic slave trade had been banned by Congress through the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves enacted on March 2, 1807 (effective January 1, 1808), but the practice continued illegally, especially through slave traders based in New ...

  3. Blockship - Wikipedia

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    They are now on display in the Viking Ship Museum. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The above is the principal and enduring meaning of 'block ship', but in the mid-19th century the term blockships was applied to two groups of mobile sea batteries developed by the Royal Commission on Coast Defence.

  4. Queen Anne's Revenge - Wikipedia

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    The ship that would be known as Queen Anne's Revenge was a 200-ton vessel believed to have been built in 1710. She was handed over to René Duguay-Trouin and employed in his service for some time before being converted into a slave ship, then operated by the leading slave trader René Montaudin of Nantes, until sold in 1713 in Peru or Chile.

  5. Flotsam, jetsam, lagan and derelict - Wikipedia

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    Jetsam / ˈ dʒ ɛ t s ə m / designates any cargo that is intentionally discarded from a ship or wreckage. Legally jetsam also floats, although floating is not part of the etymological meaning. [8] Generally, "jettisoning" connotes the action of throwing goods overboard to lighten the load of a ship in danger of sinking. [5]

  6. Shipwreck - Wikipedia

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    Fire that burns for a long time before the ship sinks (e.g., Achille Lauro) Foundering, i.e., taking in so much water that buoyancy is lost and the ship sinks (e.g., RMS Titanic and HMHS Britannic ); some ships with a dense cargo (e.g., iron ore) may break up when sinking quickly and hitting a rocky seabed

  7. USS Panay incident - Wikipedia

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    Two newsreel cameramen, Norman Alley of Universal Newsreel and Eric Mayell of Fox Movietone News, were aboard Panay during the attack; they were able to film parts of the attack including Japanese aircraft on low-level strafing runs and, after reaching shore, the sinking of the ship in the middle of the river. The survivors of the attack then ...

  8. List of maritime disasters in the 21st century - Wikipedia

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    MV Lestari Maju- At noon on 3 July, a modified 10-ton cargo ship that operated domestic passenger service was deliberately grounded off the Selayar Islands. The ferry had reportedly suffered a leak on the port side of the lower deck. As the ferry began to sink, the captain decided to ground the ferry to stop the sinking and ease the rescue ...

  9. USS Maine (1889) - Wikipedia

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    The ship's voicepipes and electrical leads were protected by an armored tube 4.5 inches (114 mm) thick. [38] Two flaws emerged in Maine ' s protection, both due to technological developments between her laying-down and her completion. The first was a lack of adequate topside armor to counter the effects of rapid-fire intermediate-caliber guns ...