Because numerous small islands surround Isle Royale, ships were once guided through the area by lighthouses at Passage Island, Rock Harbor, Rock of Ages, and Isle Royale Lighthouse on Menagerie Island.

Because they knew that they could not defeat the Carthaginians in the traditional tactics of ramming and sinking enemy ships, the Romans added the corvus, an assault bridge, to Roman ships.

Because Galway imposed taxes on the ships that traded their goods there, the O ' Flahertys, led by Ní Mháille, decided to extract a similar tax from ships traveling in waters off their lands.

Because Spain controlled most of the Caribbean, many of the attacked cities and ships belonged to the Spanish Empire and along the East coast of America and the West coast of Africa.

Because of the late departure of the ships, the French expedition was doomed to failure from the outset.

Because Fëanor had taken the ships and left the Noldor led by his half-brother on the west side of the sea, the royal houses of the Noldor were feuding, but Fingon son of Fingolfin, saved Maedhros, son of Fëanor, from Morgoth's imprisonment and the feud was settled.

Because the colony had been deposited in Roanoke rather than The Chesapeake, supply ships from England ignorant of Fernandez's change of plan would most likely not land in Roanoke at all, and the settlement might not survive the coming winter.

Because of the growing incoming orders and the enlarged dimensions of ships it soon became necessary to enlarge the yard facilities and mainly the slipways.

Because of this, these craft are often licenced as ships rather than as aircraft.

Because of the threat of Rhodes, Ptolemy gave Seleucus a hundred ships and sent him to the Aegean Sea.

Because of their development from Atlantic seagoing vessels, the great ships were more weatherly than galleys and better suited to open waters.

Because of its elevation, from 1796 to 1816 Putney Heath hosted a station in the shutter telegraph chain, which connected the Admiralty in London to its naval ships in Portsmouth.

Because he personally enjoys taking care of ships ' engines, Holman bucks the " coolie " system, overseeing the operation of the power plant himself-thereby antagonizing not only the chief engine-room coolie, Chien, but his ship-mates as well.

Because of the delay disembarking from the ships, Howe did not set up a typical camp but quickly moved forward with the troops.

Because of this misinterpretation, ships were kept in port and the fleet was not placed on alert.

Because there was no railroad linking the coal mines of eastern Turkey with Constantinople, the Russian fleet's attacks on the Turkish coal ships caused the Ottoman government much hardship.

Because it is 250 m deep — much deeper than the Strait of Malacca — ships that draw too much water to pass through Malacca ( so-called " post Malaccamax " vessels ) often use the Lombok Strait, instead.

Because the winds were very light during the battle, all the ships were moving extremely slowly, and the lead British ships were under fire from several of the enemy for almost an hour before their own guns could bear.

Because the ships are all buried together and near a mortuary belonging to Pharaoh Khasekhemwy, originally they were all thought to have belonged to him, but one of the 14 ships dates to 3000 BC, and the associated pottery jars buried with the vessels also suggest earlier dating.

Because its primary function is to coordinate a fleet, a flagship is not necessarily more heavily armed or fortified than other ships.

Because stevia has a negligible effect on blood glucose, it is attractive as a natural sweetener to people on carbohydrate-controlled diets.

Because the mass of the Earth is huge, however, the acceleration imparted to the Earth by this opposite force is negligible in comparison to the object's.

Because strains are low, there is negligible difference between the engineering stress and the true stress.

Because the change in refractive index between cornea and aqueous humor is relatively small compared to the change at the air – cornea interface, it has a negligible refractive effect, typically-6 diopters.

Because neither neutrinos nor electrons are affected by the strong force – because neutrinos are electrically neutral, and because the incredibly small masses of these particles makes negligible any gravitational force between them – such an interaction can only happen via the weak force.

* Because light has a practically nil ratio ( exactly ) of momentum to energy, lasers produce negligible recoil.

Because the depth in the silicon wafer of each of the three layer Foveon X3 sensors is less than five micrometres, it has negligible effect on focusing or chromatic aberration.

Because of the quantities printed, almost all Christmas stamps are easy to come by and of negligible cost.

Because of the negligible humidity, the sugar lock system, employed on Venera 4 in case of a water landing, was abandoned in the subsequent Venus probes.

Because the speeds are very low or negligible in this region it is often distorted by stratospheric winds.

Because there are essentially no motor neurons in the lower limbs of horses, the risk of weakness or ataxia is negligible.

Because larger horses are favored, animals with some draft horse breeding are also seen, notably the Irish Draught and Clydesdale crossbreds.

Because of these labors, there is now a fragmentary working draft of the story, or novella, as initially conceived, as well as two other versions of the text.

Because relatively few men volunteered for militia service, a draft was used to fill out the ranks.

Because of her deep draft and the falling tide, however, Virginia was unable to get close enough to be effective, and darkness prevented the rest of the squadron from aiming their guns to any effect.

Because of his legal experience he was chosen to draft a bill for Congress to authorize air service production.

Because he was not with the Latter-day Saints in Utah, Cowdery was not immediately given a position of responsibility in the church, but in July 1849 Brigham Young wrote Cowdery a letter inviting him to travel to Washington, D. C. with Almon W. Babbitt to publicize Utah Territory's desire for statehood and to draft a formal statehood application.

Because of Australia's lesser involvement in the Vietnam War and physical distance, New Zealand did not emerge as a destination for Australian draft dodgers.

As a joke, the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League selected him in the 12th round in their 1987 draft, as their general manager stated, " Because we didn't receive a letter from him that he wouldn't play for us.

Because another league was in competition for the class of 1961 college stars, the American Football League draft for 1961 graduates was actually held in 1960, with a six-round telephone draft on November 23, that saw the Denver Broncos select New Mexico State's Bob Gaiters as the overall first draft pick.

Because he signed with MLS after the annual draft had taken place, his rights were made available to teams in a weighted lottery, with Columbus Crew ending up with his rights.

Because Portland had second draft pick behind fellow expansion side Vancouver Whitecaps, they announced they had previously signed Johnson, by taking him to their former USL side before the transfer deadline on August 14 and loaning him back to the Aztex for the remainder of the 2010 season .< ref name =" timbers four ">

Because of low enlistments from Oregon and Washington, he supported the military draft, and failing that, supported the payment of bounties.

Because of the unwieldiness of the state constitution, there have been attempts to draft a new constitution or to significantly revise the existing one:

Because of this, every IRCX implementation bases itself on these draft papers, of which version 4 is the latest.

Because she became an unrestricted free agent at the end of the 2006 season, she was not a part of the dispersal draft that followed the Sting's demise.

Because he stood at a comparatively squat 5 feet 8 inches and weighed a slight 167 pounds, MacIntyre was a distant eleventh-round draft pick in the OHL.