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New York: 1924 1924-1941 New York – Boston – Halifax - St. John's - Londonderry; Torpedoed and sank 1942 Purpose-built for Eastern Steamship Lines [18] at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Sparrow's Point MD; Given to Britain and transferred to the Ministry of War Transport in 1942 [25] George Washington: 1925 1925-1941 New York to Norfolk; New ...
New York 1924 was an elite chess tournament held in the Alamac Hotel in New York City from March 16 to April 18, 1924. It was organized by the Manhattan Chess Club. The competitors included world champion José Raúl Capablanca and his predecessor Emanuel Lasker. Nine other top players from Europe and America were also invited.
On 16 August 2013 at 8:45pm as it approached Cebu City's harbor, the 2GO ferry the M/V St. Thomas Aquinas, formerly the SuperFerry 2, [11] collided with the cargo ship the Sulpicio Express Siete of Sulpicio Lines and sank in 144 meters of water off Lauis Ledge Talisay, Cebu. [12] The ship was carrying 831 people—715 passengers and 116 ...
Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200 [1]: Unknown 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.
Edward Lasker (born Eduard Lasker) (December 3, 1885 – March 25, 1981) was a German-American chess and Go player. He was awarded the title of International Master of chess by FIDE . Lasker was an engineer by profession, and an author of books on Go, chess and checkers .
S.S. Saint Paul near the city of New York, circa 1895. NS Savannah: 1959 Preserved as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland SS Statendam: 1924 Caught Fire in Rotterdam on May 11, 1940. Scrapped at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht three months later. Statendam on her sea trials. MV Stirling Castle: 1935 Scrapped at Mihara, Japan in 1966 R.M.M.V. Stirling Castle
Operates shipping brands Super Shuttle RORO, Super Shuttle Ferry and Shuttle Fast Ferries. [1] [2] Cokaliong Shipping Lines, Inc. 1989: 15: Ever Shipping Lines: 1975: 3: Jomalia Shipping Corporation: 2004 [3] 10: Camotes Ferry Services: 2006: 6: Lite Shipping Corporation (Lite Ferries) 1990: 31: Montenegro Shipping Lines: 1978: 81: AFGM ...
The company's "Main Line Division" offered an overnight transportation service between New York and Norfolk could make 16 knots (30 km/h). [10] That service was between New York pier 26, North River , and Norfolk connecting with the line's "Virginia Division" steamers, including Old Dominion's "Night Line Steamers" Berkley and Brandon serving ...