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Herman Melville titles Chapter 53 of Moby-Dick, "The Gam."After explaining that the word does not appear in dictionaries, he gives his own definition: GAM. Noun - A social meeting of two (or more) Whale-ships, generally on a cruising- ground; when, after exchanging hails, they exchange visits by boats' crews: the two captains remaining, for the time, on board of one ship, and the two chief ...
1 By location. 2 By date. Toggle By date subsection. 2.1 Before 1914. 2.2 1914 to 1938. ... List of Allied ships lost to Italian surface vessels in the Mediterranean ...
Starhorse Shipping Lines, Inc. (SSLI) was established in 2008 by entrepreneur and Quezon Province provincial board member Victor A. Reyes, who was previously the President of the defunct domestic shipping company Viva Shipping Lines, Inc. in the 1990s.
Admiral Cockburn (1814 ship) Adventure (1804 ship) African Queen (1797 ship) HMS Alderney (1757) Alexander (1801 ship Shields) Allison (1795 ship) USS Amazon; Amelia (1795 ship) Amelia Wilson (1809 ship) USS American (1861) Amity (1801 ship) Amphitrite (1789 ship) Andrew Marvel (1812 ship) Ann Alexander (ship) Anna Augusta (1801 ship) Antarctic ...
There was a short period of commercial whaling in the Philippines from 1981 to 1986. Philippine whalers fished within Philippine exclusive economic zone (EEZ) but it was reported that they also hunted Bryde whales in international waters. [1] The Philippines was also a member of the International Whaling Commission from 1981 to 1988. [2]
The Philippines on Monday deployed a coastguard vessel to carry out a two-week patrol mission in waters north and east of the country to intensify its maritime presence and check on Chinese ...
A grain cargo ship that sunk after a fire aboard. A popular dive site at Ilha Grande. Príncipe de Asturias Spain: 5 March 1916 An ocean liner that ran aground on a shoal near Ilhabela, São Paulo, resulting in at least 445 deaths. Sir Foxwell Buxton United Kingdom: 1853 An emigrant ship that ran aground off the coast of Rio Grande do Norte.
Archipelago Philippine Ferries Corporation (APFC) is a ferry company based in Muntinlupa, Metro Manila, Philippines. It serves passenger and cargo routes serving select seaports in the Philippines with its fleet of catamaran Roll-on/Roll-off (RoRo) ferries. It also operates ports and terminals.