Boats were indicated specifically by only one of the five towns known to tax boats.

Boats were used between 4000 BCE and 3000 BCE in Sumer, ancient Egypt and in the Indian Ocean.

The only craft in military service thereafter were four Zodiac Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats in São Tomé harbour and one in Príncipe. Improvements to naval capabilities are considered vital to increase security in the exclusive economic zone ( EEZ ) to protect oil concerns and to stem the rise of coastal trafficking operations in the Gulf of Guinea area.

During World War II, the islands were used as a top secret Royal Navy weather and radio station codenamed HMS Atlantic Isle, to monitor U Boats ( which needed to surface to maintain radio contact ) and German shipping movements in the South Atlantic Ocean.

* Boats were used between 4000BCE-3000BCE in Sumer, ancient Egypt and in the Indian Ocean.

On June 8, 1939, contracts were let to the Fogal Boat Yard, Inc., later known as the Miami Shipbuilding Co., of Miami, Florida, for PT-1 and-2 " Crash Boats ", and to the Fisher Boat Works, Detroit, Michigan, for PT-3 and-4.

Five Elco Boats were manufactured in knock-down kit form and sent to Long Beach Boatworks for assembly on the West Coast as part of an experiment and as a proof of concept.

The group attracted attention with a three-track session for the Friday Rock Show ( early versions of " The Web ", " Three Boats Down from The Candy ", and " Forgotten Sons ") and were subsequently signed by EMI.

As the test was successful, the Fast Patrol Boats Bold Pioneer and Bold Pathfinder built in 1953 were the first ships created specifically for gas turbine propulsion.

Boats on the river were traditionally flat-bottomed boats, with large but foldable masts to gather wind from above the river banks but also to allow them to pass under bridges – they are known as gabarre, futreau, and so on, still on view for tourists near pont Royal.

Boats were needed to float grain down to Cumberland, Maryland.

The Farley Boats were also designed with low cabins that allowed fishing in every direction.

Boat manufacturing was later taken up by a subsequent firm, Quality Plastics, Inc., also of Reeseville, and a product line of boat models were marketed as " Quality Glass " Boats.

Boats used on the canal were small lighters, around wide, capable of carrying from seven to fourteen tons, and normally worked in trains of four vessels.

In 1930 Anheuser-Busch built a series of boat-bodied cars in its St. Louis shops called the " Bevo Boats " which were used for promotion.

* On the morning of 27 March 1944, two US Motor Torpedo Boats ( PT-121 and PT-353 ) were destroyed in error by P-40 Kittyhawks of No. 78 Squadron RAAF, along with an RAAF Bristol Beaufighter of No. 30 Squadron RAAF.

Keel boats bearing Fink's name, Mike Fink Keel Boats, operated at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom's Liberty Square until they were quietly retired in the late 1990s, when one unexpectedly capsized and dumped guests and cast members into the river.

Note: Graham Anderson in his 1999 book Fast Light Boats, a Century of Kiwi Innovation argues that planing centreboard sailing boats were introduced into New Zealand in the early 20th century-well before Uffa Fox popularised the concept.

Given the cost benefits and personal enjoyment of boat building, do-it-yourself ′ Kit Boats ′ were also introduced using plywood material.

Boats were seized and rowed or sailed long distances to freedom.

Boats that they could not take were sunk, and the enlarged fleet returned to Lake Champlain.

Boats and parts for their maintenance were purchased from local businesses.

Boats navigating to Bawtry were shallow-drafted, and were approximately, capable of carrying between 12 and 24 tons.

At the time the movie was being planned it was found that no 80 foot Elco PT Boats existed in an operational condition, nor could any be located for use in the movie, since almost all had been destroyed at the end of World War II.

Boats similar to torpedo boats are still in use, but are armed with long-range anti-ship missiles that can be used at ranges between 30 and 70 km.

Boats placed in tombs of Egyptian royalty can be separated into two types: boat models that represent actual vessels used on the Nile, and boat models that represent boats that are considered necessary for religious purposes.

Boats, snowmachines and ATVs are used extensively by locals on the Kuskokwim River.

Boats are used for inter-village travel and subsistence activities.

Boats have used the river for many centuries, and it was an important route for transporting cargo from the rural communities to the industrial towns.

Boats log GPS and depth sounder information ( plus compass heading and sea surface temperature when available ) as they go about their normal activities, and upload the data to the server where the data undergoes quality checks and is corrected for tide height, speed of sound and other factors before being used to create a chart.

Boats laden with explosives can be used against ships and areas connected to water.

Boats have historically been a widely used form of migration or escape for people of limited resources.

Boats, ships or even kayaks can be used to access offshore reefs or ocean structure.

Boats that fit these requirements may be as small as the 18 to 21-foot trailerable boats commonly used along the Australian coast, in New Zealand and on the lee coasts of the Hawaiian Islands where they are known as the " mosquito fleet ".

Actual U. S. Navy 80-foot Elco PT Boats were used throughout the filming, albeit remarked with false hull numbers that would have been in use in late 1941 and early 1942.

Boats and kayaks can be borrowed and used on the lake during warmer months.

Its engines are used by a number of boat manufacturers including Fairline Boats, Sun Seeker, Riviera, Four Winns, and Cranchi.

He was asked in late 1918 by Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming, head of the foreign section of the British Secret Intelligence Service, to volunteer for a mission in the Baltic Sea, where Coastal Motor Boats ( CMBs ) were to be used to ferry British agents back and forth from Bolshevik Russia.

Several other Swift Boats had been lost to river mines, but had been salvaged and either repaired or used for spare parts.

One was used for the shots at sea and two were converted 63 ' WW II Army Air Force Sea Rescue Boats which were based at Universal studios.

During the 1980s, the Nine Network televised a lifestyle program call " World of Boats " ( later to be broadened and called " World of Leisure ") hosted by Chris Conroy which used the Emerson, Lake and Palmer version as the theme for the program.

Others argue that Kerry was referring to ambushes, a common misfortune for Swift Boats which Kerry had not yet suffered, or to the crew collectively, as he used the term " we " instead of " I ," and most of his crewmembers clearly had been " shot at " before.

* Boats :-Boats were used to convey mails coming to India from Cadgury to GPO Kolkata.