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At 4.05 the yacht was entirely underwater and a few seconds later its emergency position-indicating radiobeacon (Epirb) became detached from the top of the mast and automatically raised the alarm, which was picked up by the satellite station managed by the Bari Coast Guard. [19] The yacht sank rapidly to a depth of 49 metres (161 ft). [20]
NOAAS Okeanos Explorer (R 337) is a converted United States Navy ship (formerly USNS Capable (T-AGOS-16) ), now an exploratory vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), officially launched in 2010. [ 1] Starting in 2010, NOAA entered into a five-year partnership with the San Francisco Exploratorium.
Thomas G. Thompson. (T-AGOR-23) R/V Thomas G. Thompson (AGOR-23) is an oceanographic research vessel and lead ship of her class, owned by the United States Office of Naval Research and operated under a bareboat charterparty agreement by the University of Washington as part of the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) fleet.
RV Neil Armstrong (AGOR-27) is the designation for a new oceanographic research ship, first of the Neil Armstrong -class research vessels, to be owned by the United States Navy and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. [1] Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced on September 24, 2012, that the research vessel was to be named after ...
In the late 1890s the White Star Line's existing prestige ocean liners Majestic and Teutonic, both launched in 1889, had become outmoded due to rapid advances in marine technology: Their competitors, the Cunard Line, had introduced the Campania and Lucania in 1893, and from 1897 the German Norddeutscher Lloyd began introducing four new Kaiser-class ocean liners which included the Kaiser ...
Stowage plan for container ships. The holds of a container ship. Stowage plan for container ships or bay plan is the plan and method by which different types of container vessels are loaded with containers of specific standard sizes. The plans are used to maximize the economy of shipping and safety on board.
Norwegian Star's gross tonnage (GT) is 91,740. She is 294 meters (965 ft) long, with a beam of 32.2 meters (105.6 ft) and a draft of 8.2 meters (27 ft). [6] Norwegian Star is a Panamax ship and was designed at the maximum size that could be accommodated by the locks of the Panama Canal at the time.
SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built.