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Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. Headquarters. Drogheda. Area served. Drogheda, Liverpool. The Drogheda Steam Packet Company was founded in 1826 as the Drogheda Paddle Steamship Co. It provided shipping services between Drogheda and Liverpool from 1825 to 1902, in which year it was taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. [1]
The Algol-class vehicle cargo ships, also known as Fast Sealift Ships ( FSS) or SL-7 s, are currently the fastest conventional steam powered cargo ships in the world that are still (intermittently) operating, capable of speeds in excess of 33 knots (61 km/h). (The Maersk Line B-Class Container ships are faster 37 knots (69 km/h) MV Mærsk Boston ).
In 1890, the wealthy shipping magnate William P. Clyde purchased 9,000 acres on Hilton Head Island for use as a private hunting preserve. [ 38 ] On August 27, 1893, the Sea Islands Hurricane made landfall near Savannah , with a storm surge of 16 feet (5 m), and swept north across South Carolina, killing over 1,000 people and leaving tens of ...
Ann Wilson, lead singer of rock band Heart, says she has cancer and the band is postponing the remaining shows on its Royal Flush Tour while she undergoes treatment. Wilson said in a statement ...
Drogheda ( / ˈdrɒhədə, ˈdrɔːdə / DRO-həd-ə, DRAW-də; Irish: Droichead Átha [ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ ˈaːhə], meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 42 km (26 mi) north of Dublin city centre. It is located on the Dublin–Belfast corridor on the east coast of Ireland ...
Smuts also expressed concern that the Italian naval base at Kismayu would allow the Regia Marina to cut off South Africa from the sea and demanded Kismayu be taken as soon as possible. [87] As Smuts was a close friend of Churchill, he soon brought Churchill over to his viewpoint. [86] On 28 October 1940, Italy invaded Greece.
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The northern west coast near Tanjung has many new upmarket hotel and villa developments centered about the Sire and Medana peninsular nearby to the Gili islands and a new boating marina at Medana Bay. These new developments complement the already existing five-star resorts and a large golf course already established there.