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  2. Ship model - Wikipedia

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    Ship models or model ships are scale models of ships. They can range in size from 1/6000 scale wargaming miniatures to large vessels capable of holding people. [ 1] Ship modeling is a craft as old as shipbuilding itself, stretching back to ancient times when water transport was first developed.

  3. Votive ship - Wikipedia

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    Votive ship. A votive ship, sometimes called a church ship, is a ship model displayed in a church. As a rule, votive ships are constructed and given as gifts to the church by seamen and ship builders. [ 1] Votive ships are relatively common in churches in the Nordic countries Denmark, [ 2] Sweden, Norway [ 3] and Finland, as well as on Åland ...

  4. Gibbs & Cox - Wikipedia

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    From 1939 until 1962, the firm operated a model shop that produced high-quality ship models that are considered among "the very finest examples of the steel ship modeler's art ever to be seen." [6] Of these, the most expensive and elaborate was a 1/24-scale cutaway model of the USS Agerholm. This model, which is over 16 feet long, shows the ...

  5. Armidale-class patrol boat - Wikipedia

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    2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns. The Armidale class is a class of patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Planning for a class of vessels to replace the fifteen Fremantle -class patrol boats began in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy, but was cancelled when Malaysia pulled out of the process.

  6. Curtiss Model H - Wikipedia

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    Felixstowe F.2. The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long-range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United States in response to the £10,000 prize challenge issued in 1913 by the London newspaper, the Daily Mail, for the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic.

  7. Bathurst-class corvette - Wikipedia

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    The Bathurst-class corvettes were a class of general purpose vessels designed and built in Australia during World War II. Originally classified as minesweepers, but widely referred to as corvettes, the Bathurst -class vessels fulfilled a broad anti-submarine, anti-mine, and convoy escort role. A total of 60 Bathurst -class corvettes were built ...

  8. Sea Ray - Wikipedia

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    Sea Ray designs and markets more than 40 models ranging in boats from 18 to 65 feet (5.5 to 19.8 m). Sea Ray was the first boat manufacturer to use fiberglass in its pleasure boat construction, and it also pioneered the molded-in swim platform when it launched Ski Ray water skiing boats in 1991. [ 9 ]

  9. Half hull model ship - Wikipedia

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    Prior to the twentieth century, half hull model ships were constructed by shipwrights as a means of planning a ship's design and sheer and ensuring that the ship would be symmetrical. The half hulls were mounted on a board and were exact scale replicas of the actual ship's hull. With the advent of computer design, half hulls are now built as ...

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