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Queen of the Waves is a French Marian hymn (author unknown) sung by French fishermen seeking protection from storms. In the United States, it became well known as a result of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The nuns of the St. Mary's Orphan asylum had the orphans sing this song (in English) in order to calm them. Of the 93 children and 10 ...
Gertrude Caroline Ederle (/ ˈ ɛ d ər l i /; [1] October 23, 1905 [2] – November 30, 2003) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder in five events.
Merliah Summers is a girl from Malibu nicknamed "Queen of the Waves", and is the half-mermaid princess of Oceana. Her father was a human, but her mother the queen of the mermaids. Her father died when she was a baby, so her mother Queen Calissa gave Merliah to her grandfather to raise, thinking that she will be safer on land than in the ocean.
In December 1942 while operating as a troopship and carrying 11,339 United States Army troops and crew, [29] the British passenger liner RMS Queen Mary was broadsided during a gale by a 92-foot (28 m) wave 608 nautical miles (700 mi; 1,126 km) from Scotland and nearly capsized. Queen Mary listed briefly about 52 degrees before slowly righting ...
The Jubilee weekend has come to an end after four days of royal festivities in tribute to the Queen’s 70-year reign. Waves and smiles on balcony from Queen at poignant end to Jubilee ...
Ciabhan went on shore to hunt and left Cleena in the boat. However, the people of Manannan pursued them in ships. One of them treacherously played music which causes Cleena to fall asleep. Then a great wave came and swept her away. [2] The place was then called Tonn Chlíodhna, "Clíodhna's Wave", [8] which is near Glandore harbour. [9]
Shedeur threw for more than 14,000 yards at Jackson State and Colorado, and had a sparkling TD/INT ratio of 134/27. His resume is nearly flawless.
Emily Harrop wasn’t fast enough going downhill on skis to get near the podium in Alpine skiing. The French athlete has earned the moniker “queen of ski mountaineering” after making the ...