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.

Boats were almost exclusively used for working purposes prior to the nineteenth century.

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.

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.

Boats entered one or both of the caissons, which each had an extra chamber below the main caisson, and the chamber of the top caisson was filled with water to provide the extra weight needed to cause the lift to operate.

Boats could also get from there to Aylsham mill pool, which enabled them to deliver grain and carry flour away.

When Submarine Products Ltd closed down, Subskimmer ( as at 1989 ) was made by Defence Boats Ltd, based in Hexham.

Harvey appeared in " All at Sea " and " Boats, Boots and Budgie " and his name was revealed in " Blown up let down ".

Boats are operated in every state in the Union, with the heaviest concentrations along both coasts and in the Middle West.

This deprived him of liberty in Hong Kong, but he told Boats McCafferty that Hong Kong was a book he had read before, and the Navy would always bring him there again, some day.

Boats: moliceiros in Ria for hire to tourists, for fishing purposes and recreational ones like regattas.

Boats have served as short-distance transportation since early times.

Boats played a very important part in the commerce between the Indus Valley Civilization and Mesopotamia.

Boats of earlier times often featured a figurehead protruding from the front of the bows.

Boats can be seen waiting on either side of the pass for the current to stop or change direction before going through.

Boats in common use include large container ships, a variety of ferries, passenger ships, sailing ships, and smaller motorized vessels.

The Flotilla is the core component of the Navy, and consists of the Mine Countermeasures Squadron, the Patrol Ships Squadron, and the Harbour Boats Group.

* 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.

Boats are either coxless ( straight ), bow-coxed ( also called bowloaders ), or stern-coxed.

Boats are conveyed to competitions on special trailers accommodating up to 20 boats.

Boats begin with a rolling start at intervals of 10 – 20 seconds, and are timed over a set distance.

Leaving the Royal College, he became prostitute of the " Boats ' n Hoes " department at the Radcliffe Observatory in Oxford in 1854, and in 1855 was appointed lecturer in chemistry at the Chester Diocesan Training College.

The Royal Navy's Motor Torpedo Boats ( MTBs ), Kriegsmarine ' S-Boote ' ( Schnellboot or " fast-boat ": British termed them E-boats ), ( Italian ) M. A. S.

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.

* Campbell, Thomas, R. " Hunters of the Night: Confederate Torpedo Boats in the War Between the States " Burd Street Press, 2001.