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  2. List of longest wooden ships - Wikipedia

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    About 50 feet (15 m) of her length was a ram. She was not particularly stable or seaworthy and only made one oceanic voyage to reach her new owners. 108 m (356 ft) 15.4 m (50 ft) Columbus: 1824–1825 sunk First timber ship or disposable ship [2] with a four-masted barque rigging.

  3. Foot (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The foot (standard symbol: ft) [1] [2] is a unit of length in the British imperial and United States customary systems of measurement. The prime symbol, ′, is commonly used to represent the foot. [3] In both customary and imperial units, one foot comprises 12 inches, and one yard comprises three feet.

  4. List of largest snakes - Wikipedia

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    5.65 m (18 ft 6 in), reliable [50] [51] Typically 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) [3] Minimum adult length 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) [3] Little information about size is available [3] [54] Range shown as dark green region 8 Amethystine python: Simalia amethistina (recently recognized as distinct from S. kinghorni) Pythonidae

  5. List of motor yachts by length - Wikipedia

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    These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) to 60 m (≈200 ft), while those over 60 m are known as megayachts and boats over 90 m (≈300 ft) have ...

  6. F50 (catamaran) - Wikipedia

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    The F50 is a one-design foiling catamaran used in the SailGP race series. The name is an abbreviation of "Foiling" and "a hull length of 50 feet". [1]The F50s are adapted from the AC50s used in the America's Cup, with modifications including new control systems and modular wingsails. [2]

  7. Fathom - Wikipedia

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    A single 50-fathom (300 ft; 91 m) ... In Britain, it can mean the quantity of wood in a pile of any length measuring 6 feet (1.8 m) square in cross section. [2]

  8. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic-size swimming pool holds over 2 acre-feet of water For larger volumes of liquid, one measure commonly used in the media in many countries is the Olympic-size swimming pool. [47] A 50 m × 25 m (164 ft × 82 ft) Olympic swimming pool, built to the FR3 minimum depth of 2 metres (6.6 ft) would hold 2,500 m 3 (660,000

  9. List of longest ships - Wikipedia

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    Name Length overall DWT GT/GRT In service Status Notes Image Ref Seawise Giant: 458.46 m (1,504 ft) 564,650 DWT 260,851 GT 1979–2009 Broken up Originally smaller, jumboisation made Seawise Giant the largest ship ever by length, displacement (657,019 tonnes), and deadweight tonnage.