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Special Operations Craft – Riverine is a boat used by the United States Navy to perform short-range insertion and extraction of special operations forces in river and near-shore environments. It replaced the Patrol Boat, River , and the mini armored troop carrier .
The Skeena River passes through Terrace and played a crucial role during the age of the steamboat. The first steam-powered vessel to enter the Skeena was the Union in 1864. In 1866 the Mumford attempted to ascend the river but was only able to reach the Kitsumkalum River.
A brown-water navy or riverine navy, in the broadest sense, is a naval force capable of military operations in littoral zone waters. [1] The term originated in the United States Navy during the American Civil War, when it referred to Union forces patrolling the muddy Mississippi River, and has since been used to describe the small gunboats and patrol boats commonly used in rivers, along with ...
This is a list of the types of craft to be found on the canals and non-tidal rivers of the United Kingdom for which the Canal and River Trust have a licence category: [1] Thames sailing barges, Barges; Dutch barges; Cabin cruisers; Canoes and kayaks; Mersey flat; Narrowboats; Stand-up paddleboard; Open powered boats; Rowing boats; Sail boats ...
The poet Bai Juyi (772–846) wrote in a song poem praising Jiangnan, "the flowers by the river when the sun rises are redder than flames", and the word he used for red was the word for vermilion, or Chinese red.
Bull's blood is the poison that is said to have been used by Themistocles and Midas for suicide. [12] The Chinese name for realgar is 雄黃 (Mandarin xiónghuáng), literally 'masculine yellow', as opposed to orpiment which is 'feminine yellow'. [13] Realgar was, along with orpiment, traded in the Roman Empire and was used as a red paint pigment.
The leaves and flowers sprout from a reddish rhizome with bright orange to red sap. [7] The color of the sap is the reason for the genus name Sanguinaria, from Latin sanguinarius "bloody". [7] The rhizomes grow longer each year, and branch to form colonies. [8] Plants start to bloom before the foliage unfolds in early spring.
The Ogonek-class river patrol craft, also known as Project 12130 Ogonyok river gunboat, is a Russian Coast Guard vessel. The patrol craft is designed to operate in rivers and perform various missions of the Russian Coast Guard like protecting Russian maritime borders, law enforcement, enforcement of navigation rules, search and rescue, and fisheries protection.