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  2. Queen Anne's Revenge - Wikipedia

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    Queen Anne's Revenge was an early-18th-century ship, most famously used as a flagship by Edward Teach, better known by his nickname Blackbeard.The date and place of the ship's construction are uncertain, [3] and there is no record of its actions prior to 1710 when it was operating as a French privateer as La Concorde.

  3. List of fictional ships - Wikipedia

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    Black Hawk – The Pirate of the Black Hawk (Il Pirata dello sparviero nero) 1958; Black Pearl – Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003; Black Swan – The Black Swan, 1942; KMS Brandenburg – German battleship in We Dive at Dawn, 1943; SS Britannic (based on the TS Hamburg) – cruise ship in Juggernaut, 1974

  4. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship [3]: 151 Helm of TS Golden Bear. A ship's wheel is composed of eight cylindrical wooden spokes (though sometimes as few as six or as many as ten or twelve depending on the wheel's size and how much force is needed to turn it.) shaped like balusters and all joined at a central wooden hub or nave (sometimes covered with a ...

  5. The Skull and Bones Ship's Wheel Controller Could Change the ...

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  6. Skull and crossbones (military) - Wikipedia

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    The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ship's crew as pirates. Since the decline of piracy, various military units have used the Jolly Roger, usually in skull-and-crossbones design, as a unit identification insignia or a victory flag to ascribe to themselves the proverbial ferocity and toughness of pirates.

  7. Lego Pirates - Wikipedia

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    Lego reintroduced Pirates and Imperial Guards in minifigure scale for 2009, including the pirate ship 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty, just in time for the theme's 20th anniversary. 6243 Brickbeard's Bounty uses identical bow pieces for the front and rear of the ship's hull, in contrast to earlier Lego Pirates ships which each had unique bow and stern ...

  8. File:Steering wheel ship.svg - Wikipedia

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    This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Steering_wheel_ship_1.png licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0, GFDL . 2010-06-14T15:58:58Z ZooFari 1154x1155 (166697 Bytes) Removed background

  9. Whipstaff - Wikipedia

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    Its development preceded the invention of the more complex ship's wheel and followed the simple use of a tiller to control the steering of a ship underway. [1] In a typical arrangement, an iron gooseneck was fitted at the fore end of the tiller. Then, a metal ring was fitted over this and secured with a pin.