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Technology & inventions · Developing

SS Snefjeld

SS Snefjeld was a steam merchant ship active from 1909 to 1940, serving in both world wars. The ship served first under Dutch flag, followed by the Norwegian. Snefjeld also sailed under two other names - the Maasstad and

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Pathfinder-class cruiser

The Pathfinder-class cruisers were a pair of scout cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The sister ships spent much of the first decade of their careers in reserve. When the First Wo

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Hendon Dock Junction Bridge

Hendon Dock Junction Bridge was a bridge within Sunderland Docks, England. It was unique for being made of aluminium, rather than the more usual steel. The bridge was a double bascule bridge. It could open to allow shipp

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Highland Chief (1798 ship)

Highland Chief was launched at Calcutta in 1798. She made two voyages for the British East India Company (EIC) before a French privateer captured her in 1802, south of the Bay of Bengal. EIC voyage #1 (1799): Captain Tho

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Sun (1819 ship)

Sun was a brig built in 1819 at Sunderland and was condemned at the Cape of Good Hope (the Cape) in August 1822. She was repaired and began sailing east of the Cape. She was wrecked in May 1826 in the Torres Strait. Sun

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Greenwich (1800 ship)

Greenwich was launched on the Thames in 1800. Between 1800 and 1813 Samuel Enderby & Sons employed her as a whaler in the British Southern Whale Fishery, and she made four whaling voyages for them. In 1813 the United Sta

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