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Captain James Cook, FRS, RN (7 November 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy.Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European discovery of eastern Australia, Hawaii and undertook the first circumnavigation of New Zealand.
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to ...
Also bear away, bear off. See also fall off. To turn or steer a vessel away from the wind, often with reference to a transit. [2] bear up To turn or steer a vessel into the wind. [2] bearing The horizontal direction of a line of sight between two objects on the surface of the Earth. See also absolute bearing and relative bearing. beat to quarters
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality. In the modern environment, prefixes are cited inconsistently in civilian service, whereas ...
4 November 1939 25 August 1942 Lead ship of her class (converted from Cimarron-class oiler) Suwannee: CVE-27: 3 June 1938 4 March 1939 24 September 1942 Chenango: CVE-28: 10 July 1938 1 April 1939 19 September 1942 Santee: CVE-29: 31 May 1938 4 March 1939 24 August 1942 Charger: CVE-30: Charger: 19 January 1940 1 March 1941 3 March 1942
This documentary was filmed aboard the Mission ship Joseph & Sarah Miles and shows the 'Gamecock' fleet of nearly fifty North Sea trawlers. Scenes on board the mission ship precede shots of the men at work, dropping the nets, and hauling in the catch, as well as views of fish being loaded onto a transport ship for dispatch to Billingsgate Fish ...
R.L.S. Legacy – a space exploration vessel from the Disney animated film Treasure Planet. It is a space ship that is designed to emulate a Sailing ship from the 1600s. Leonora Christine – colonization starship utilizing the fictional Bussard ramjet drive in the novel Tau Zero to create enough speed for onboard time dilation to occur so the ...
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...