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ship — shipless, adj. shiplessly, adv. /ship/, n., v., shipped, shipping. n. 1. a vessel, esp. a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines. 2. Naut. a. a sailing vessel square rigged on all of three or more masts, having jibs, staysails, and a… … Universalium
Q-ship — Mystery Ship redirects here. For the 1917 film serial, see The Mystery Ship. Q ships, also known as Q boats, Decoy Vessels, Special Service Ships, or Mystery Ships, were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, designed to lure… … Wikipedia
Deck (ship) — For other uses, see Deck. A deck is a permanent covering over a compartment or a hull[1] of a ship. On a boat or ship, the primary deck is the horizontal structure which forms the roof for the hull, which both strengthens the hull and serves as… … Wikipedia
Model warship combat — VNS Verdun takes a shot at USS Nathaniel Greene at the 2007 North American Big Gun Open [1] event Model warship combat is an international club activity, in which participants construct radio controlled scale models of actual … Wikipedia
Witness accounts of the Roswell UFO incident — Follows are excerpts of witness accounts of the Roswell UFO incident.In 1978, author Stanton T. Friedman interviewed Jesse Marcel, who voiced his suspicion that debris he recovered on a ranch near Roswell in 1947 was not of this world. Over the… … Wikipedia
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Surfboard — For other meanings see Surfboard (disambiguation). A stack of boards in Waikiki during a surf competition … Wikipedia
Thor Heyerdahl — Infobox Scientist name = PAGENAME box width = image width =150px caption = PAGENAME birth date = birth date|1914|10|6 birth place = Larvik death date = death date and age|2002|4|10|1914|10|6 death place = Colla Micheri, Italy residence =… … Wikipedia
Kon-Tiki — is the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom Kon Tiki was said to be an old … Wikipedia
Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… … Wikipedia
