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4 – hull 5 – keel 6 – rudder 7 – skeg 8 – mast 9 – spreader 10 – shroud 11 – sheet 12 – boom 13 - mast 14 – spinnaker pole 15 – backstay 16 – forestay 17 – boom vang Stays are ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run fore-and-aft along the centerline from the masts to the hull, deck, bowsprit, or to other ...
NGC 1566, sometimes known as the Spanish Dancer, [7] [8] [9] is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Dorado, positioned about 3.5° to the south of the star Gamma Doradus. [10] It was discovered on May 28, 1826 by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop. [11] At 10th magnitude, [5] it requires a telescope to view.
It is operated by the Spanish Navy and the responsible of the scientific equipment is the Spanish National Research Council. Hespérides is classified by Lloyd's Register of Shipping with ice class 1C. She can move through up to 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in) of ice at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).
4 – hull 5 – keel 6 – rudder 7 – skeg 8 – mast 9 – spreader 10 – shroud 11 – sheet 12 – boom 13 - mast 14 – spinnaker pole 15 – backstay 16 – forestay 17 – boom vang On a sailing vessel, a forestay, sometimes just called a stay, is a piece of standing rigging which keeps a mast from falling backwards.
The SM.62 flying boat was one of the main successes of Savoia-Marchetti, evolved from the SM.59 which first flew in 1925.. The single-engine, single-spar wing, wooden biplane aircraft was powered by a single Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 R.I., 373 kW (500 hp) engine mounted between the upper and the lower wings, and drove a pusher propeller.
Three DHC-6-200 purchased in 1968 and one DHC-6-300 in 1978. [38] Currently in service a DHC-6-200 and a DHC-6-300. Fairchild Swearingen SA226: Utility aircraft United States: 6: One SA226-T Metro IIIB [39] and seven SA226-AT Merlin IVA. [40] North American Sabreliner 75A (Sabreliner 80) [41] Business jet United States: 1: Acquired in 1974. [42]
A vara (meaning "rod" or "pole", abbreviation: var) is an old Spanish unit of length. Varas are a surveying unit that appear in many deeds in the southern United States due to them previously being part of Mexico, they became part of the United States due to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo .
During the second half of 1936 she operated in Spanish waters covertly as Archimede. Transferred to the Spanish nationalist navy in April 1937, renamed General Sanjurjo . She sank the Republican troop transport Ciudad de Barcelona on 30 May 1937 and the British Endymion near 37°19′3″N 1°3′16″W / 37.31750°N 1.05444°W / 37 ...