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  • Thumbnail for Ship's cat
    The ship's cat has been a common feature on many trading, exploration, and naval ships dating to ancient times. Cats have been brought on ships for many...
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    a ship's officer including dining and berthing in the officer quarters. On a second voyage to Jamaica with Bligh, Christian was rated as the ship's Second...
    22 KB (2,363 words) - 08:09, 28 April 2024
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    necessarily drew their rum: each had the option to be marked in the ship's books as "G" (for Grog) or "T" (for Temperance). Sailors who opted to be "T"...
    11 KB (1,341 words) - 21:54, 23 May 2024
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    yards. On square-rigged ships, the mainbrace was the longest line in of all the running rigging. It was common to aim for the ship's rigging during naval...
    13 KB (1,647 words) - 14:56, 23 February 2024
  • this death ship", while Linehan said his belligerent personality reflected a sign he once saw in a bookshop stating "Please put the books anywhere you...
    30 KB (1,549 words) - 18:36, 1 May 2024
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    A ship's boat is a utility boat carried by a larger vessel. Ship's boats have always provided transport between the shore and other ships. Other work...
    14 KB (2,005 words) - 09:12, 15 November 2023
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    of 'rating', to refer to a seaman's class or grade as recorded in the ship's books. The system of conferring authority on sailors in the Royal Navy evolved...
    7 KB (711 words) - 08:00, 30 October 2023
  • The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created...
    53 KB (699 words) - 18:43, 16 April 2024
  • The Ship's Cat, also known under its full title of The Adventures & Brave Deeds Of The Ship's Cat On The Spanish Maine: Together With The Most Lamentable...
    5 KB (362 words) - 23:07, 21 May 2023
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    fictional ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships. The...
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  • This is a list of 762 books by Enid Blyton (1897–1968), an English children's writer who also wrote under the pseudonym of Mary Pollock. She was one of...
    62 KB (6,642 words) - 18:49, 18 December 2023
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    Keel (redirect from Ship’s keel)
    the construction of a ship. In the British and American shipbuilding traditions, this event marks the beginning date of a ship's construction. The word...
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    A ship's tender, usually referred to as a tender, is a boat or ship used to service or support other boats or ships. This is generally done by transporting...
    9 KB (1,238 words) - 15:19, 31 January 2024
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    Torah (redirect from Five Books of Moses)
    "Teaching" or "Law") is the compilation of the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, namely the books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy...
    71 KB (8,605 words) - 21:08, 21 May 2024
  • Palladium Books is a publisher of role-playing games (RPGs) best known for its Rifts series (1990–present). Palladium was founded April 1981 in Detroit...
    32 KB (3,721 words) - 21:26, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for List of most commonly challenged books in the United States
    This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically...
    67 KB (570 words) - 18:36, 24 May 2024
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    Seamen Boys and 230 Apprentices on the ship's books. At the peak of her training career during 1938–1939, her books were full. After the outbreak of World...
    37 KB (4,716 words) - 06:43, 14 May 2024
  • The first nineteen books in the series were written by Gertrude Chandler Warner, the series's original author. Subsequent books were written by others...
    12 KB (80 words) - 06:57, 28 January 2024
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    Ebook (redirect from E-books)
    paper books and e-books on websites using e-commerce systems. With print books, readers are increasingly browsing through images of the covers of books on...
    127 KB (12,346 words) - 05:42, 20 May 2024
  • Christine Chapel: The ship's head nurse. Barrett also played the ship's first officer (number one) in "The Cage" and voiced the ship's computer. Eddie Paskey...
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