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SS. Traffic. (1911) Twin compound reciprocating powering two triple-bladed propellers. SS Traffic was a tender of the White Star Line, and the fleetmate to the Nomadic. She was built for the White Star Line by Harland and Wolff, at Belfast, to serve the Olympic -class ocean liners. In Cherbourg, her role was to transport Third Class passengers ...
List of sunken nuclear submarines. Nine nuclear submarines have sunk, either by accident or scuttling. The Soviet Navy lost five (one of which sank twice), the Russian Navy two, and the United States Navy (USN) two. Three submarines were lost with all hands – the two from the United States Navy (129 and 99 lives lost) and one from the Russian ...
4 December 1980. ( 1980-12-04) –. 14 October 1982. ( 1982-10-14) Sink or Swim is a BBC TV sitcom created and written by Alex Shearer. It ran for three series between 4 December 1980 and 14 October 1982 and stars Peter Davison as Brian Webber and Robert Glenister as his brother Steve. Brian lives in a flat above a petrol station in London (in ...
A common use of the term "air gap" in domestic plumbing refers to a specialized fixture that provides backflow prevention for an installed dishwasher. This "air gap" is visible above the sink as a small cylindrical fixture mounted near the faucet. In the base cabinet under the sink, the drain hose from the dishwasher feeds the "top" of the air ...
The sinking of the Titanic has inspired many urban legends. There have been several legends and myths surrounding the RMS Titanic and its destruction after colliding with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. These have ranged from stories involving the myth about the ship having been described as "unsinkable" to the myth concerning the final song ...
Twice as Far. Denise talks to Rosita and Daryl, just moments before she is shot and killed by Dwight. " Twice as Far " is the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on March 20, 2016. The episode was written by Matthew Negrete and directed by Alrick Riley .
Having it happen twice in a year implies odds of 1 in 100 million. Winning the jackpot, then, is significantly less likely than being hospitalized by a bathroom sink twice in a year. This story ...
Sink. A sink is a bowl-shaped plumbing fixture for washing hands (also known as washbasin in the UK ), dishwashing, and other purposes. Sinks have a tap (faucet) that supplies hot and cold water and may include a spray feature to be used for faster rinsing. They also include a drain to remove used water; this drain may itself include a strainer ...