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  2. Nordland (boat) - Wikipedia

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    The Nordland boat has a very long history in the north Norwegian coastline, with both Norwegians and Sami, who are first recorded as sailing such boats from about 950 onwards. Around 1000 AD the Sami were described as producing Nordlandbots for their Norwegian customers along the northern coastal farming communities, which the Norwegians soon ...

  3. HMS Nordland - Wikipedia

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    HMS Nordland was a salvage vessel that was built in 1922 as the German fishing trawler Nordland. She was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in 1939 but was returned to merchant service. She was captured by the Royal Navy in 1940 and taken in to service. Sold in 1948, she was used as a sludge carrier under the name Tulipfield. She was scrapped in ...

  4. Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue - Wikipedia

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    RS 5 "Liv", first boat purpose-built for the organization. Inspired by the British RNLI, the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue was founded by the Kristiania Kjøbmannsforening (Kristiania Merchant's Association) in Kristiania (now Oslo) 9 July 1891, with the goal of increasing safety at sea by rescuing lives and property. The first rescue boat ...

  5. Uniflite - Wikipedia

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    Uniflite also built commercial fishing boats, and sailboats besides the more widely recognized pleasure boats. In 1977, Uniflite acquired boat molds from Pacemaker Boat Co. Pacemaker Boat company was founded in 1949 by Charles Platt (C.P.) Leek in New Jersey from his company C.P. Leek & Sons, Inc. [ 3 ] who also later established Egg Harbor ...

  6. Sixareen - Wikipedia

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    It is a clinker-built boat, evolved as a larger version of the yoal, when the need arose for crews to fish further from shore. The first of the sixareens were, like the yoal, imported from Norway in kit form until the mid 19th century, when increasing import duty made it more cost effective to import the raw materials and build the boats in ...

  7. Nordland - Wikipedia

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    The official blazon is "Or, a boat with mast sable" (Norwegian: På gull bunn en svart båt med mast og råseil). This means the arms have a field (background) has a tincture of Or which means it is commonly colored yellow, but if it is made out of metal, then gold is used. The charge is a black nordlandsbåt (Nordland boat). The boat is the ...

  8. Talk:Nordland (boat) - Wikipedia

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  9. Brunswick Boat Group - Wikipedia

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    The Brunswick Boat Group is an American pleasure boat manufacturer. Headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee , United States , it is the largest maker of such craft in the world. Net sales were US$ 1.7 billion in 2008, [ 2 ] and US$ 1.0 billion in 2012.