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  2. List of warships by nickname - Wikipedia

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    "Nasty Nick" – USS Nicholas, name given by crew due to the proclivity of the ship's AC units to break down in hot weather. "Nelly" – HMS Nelson – also "Nelsol" – from fleet oilers with names ending in "ol" that the Nelson class looked similar to in silhouette. "Niffy Jane" – HMS Iphigenia "NO Boat" – USS New Orleans

  3. List of fictional ships - Wikipedia

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    SS Titanic II – fictional replica of the real-life RMS Titanic, 2010. Titanic III – based on the replica of the RMS Titanic, Titanic 666, 2022. HMS Torrin – In Which We Serve, 1942. HMS Trumpton – British Royal Navy minesweeper in The Navy Lark, 1959. Tsimtsum (ツィムツーム) – Japanese cargo ship, Life of Pi, 2012.

  4. List of fictional spacecraft - Wikipedia

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    Ryvius – the title spacecraft from the anime series Infinite Ryvius [27] SA-43 Hammerhead Mk 1 – U.S.M.C. VTOL atmosphere/space fighter in 2063 Space: Above and Beyond, 1995 TV series [28] Scorpio E-X-1 – It's About Time [29] Turtle – an interplanetary spaceship, named after its carapace-like shape owned by Cobra.

  5. List of ship names of the Royal Navy - Wikipedia

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    t. e. This is an alphabetical list of the names of all ships that have been in service with the Royal Navy, or with predecessor fleets formally in the service of the Kingdom of England or the Commonwealth of England. The list also includes fictional vessels which have prominently featured in literature about the Royal Navy.

  6. Boaty McBoatface - Wikipedia

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    Boaty McBoatface[2][7] (informally known as Boaty) [1][6] is the British lead boat in a fleet of three robotic lithium battery –powered autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) of the Autosub Long Range (ALR) class. [1][5] Launched in 2017 and carried on board the polar scientific research vessel RRS Sir David Attenborough, she is a focal point ...

  7. List of humorous units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    Parsecs are used in astronomy to measure interstellar distances. A parsec is approximately 3.26 light-years or about 3.086×10 16 m (1.917×10 13 mi). Combining it with the "atto-" prefix (×10 −18) yields attoparsec (apc), a conveniently human-scaled unit of about 3.086 centimetres (1.215 in) that is used only humorously.

  8. Category:Ship names - Wikipedia

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    Ship names comprises all articles relating to the naming of ships, as opposed to specific vessels. Articles on names attached to multiple vessels as well as those ...

  9. Lists of ships - Wikipedia

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    Canada: List of ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. List of current ships of the Royal Canadian Navy. China: List of ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy. Egypt: List of ships of the Egyptian Navy. Finland: List of decommissioned ships of the Finnish Navy. List of active Finnish Navy ships. Germany: