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The Liberty of the Clink was an area in Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames, opposite the City of London.Although situated in Surrey the liberty was exempt from the jurisdiction of the county's sheriff and was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Winchester who was usually either the Chancellor or Treasurer of the King.
List of Liberty ships (M–R) List of Liberty ships (S–Z) This section of List of Liberty ships is a sortable list of Liberty ships — cargo ships built in the United States during World War II —with names beginning with A through F.
These lists of Liberty ships are sortable lists, allowing ships to be looked up by hull number. Liberty ships were a type of mass-produced cargo ship built to meet inexpensively the United States's World War II maritime transport needs. List of Liberty ships (A-F) List of Liberty ships (G–Je) List of Liberty ships (Je–L) List of Liberty ...
The last three of the thirty ships from the Todd yard, Ocean Crusader, Ocean Gypsy, and Ocean Glory, were launched 18 October 1942, whereupon the basins were to be used to build additional Liberty hulls with four already under construction. [2] Five Ocean ships were transferred to foreign governments during the war. [8]
Name Built CGT service Type Length Beam GRT Fate Notes Image Abd el-Kader : 1880: 1880-1922: Ocean liner: 312 ft. 33.6 ft. 1,579 GRT: Scrapped 1922: ... Liberty ship ...
RMS Queen Elizabeth's size record stood for the longest time at over 54 years. This is a timeline of the world's largest passenger ships based upon internal volume, initially measured by gross register tonnage and later by gross tonnage.
The Crater-class cargo ship were converted EC2-S-C1 type, Liberty cargo ships, constructed by the United States Maritime Commission (USMC) for use by the US Navy during World War II. [1] The designation 'EC2-S-C1': 'EC' for Emergency Cargo, '2' for a ship between 400 and 450 ft (120 and 140 m) long ( Load Waterline Length ), 'S' for steam ...
The C1-B were full scantling ships with three decks in which the frames hold the same dimensions as the upper deck. Full scantling ships have deck gear sufficient to completely unload their cargoes. A C1-B example and perhaps the most well-known was the SS Flying Enterprise.