This flag's design is also described in the 1704 edition of The Present State of the Universe by John Beaumont, Junior, which contains as an appendix The Ensigns, Colours or Flags of the Ships at Sea: Belonging to The several Princes and States in the World.

There are several hundred museum ships around the world, with around 175 of them organised in the Historic Naval Ships Association though there are also many non-naval museum ships as well, from general merchant ships to tugs and lightships.

Ships were the first items to be manufactured in a factory, several hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, in the Venice Arsenal, Venice, Italy.

The Capital Ships of the fleet fire their massive syncro-Cannons, which destroy several Invid Carriers before they can launch their fighters while REF fighter squadrons, utilizing shadow technology that makes them invisible to the Invid sensors, easily cripple the first wave of the Invid attack.

Though it uses the same engine as its predecessor, several changes were made such as: the ability to toggle time compression between normal speed and eight times faster ; ship upgrades ( improving armor and adding new abilities ), Command Ships and Carriers are given the ability to add external modules for ship research and fleet support ; fuel was completely eliminated from the game and finally the sensor display could be used to issue attack orders to units.

The Sargasso Sea features in classic fantasy stories by William Hope Hodgson, such as his novel The Boats of the " Glen Carrig " ( 1907 ), Victor Appleton's Don Sturdy novel, Don Sturdy in the Port of Lost Ships: Or, Adrift in the Sargasso Sea, and several related short stories.

A Flock of Ships, The Sextant, and The Stollenberg Legacy, like several works by Duncan Kyle, are driven by a present-day hero's attempt to make sense of shadowy events that unfolded during World War II.

She has survived for thirty days on a colony planet with minimal supplies as part of her initiation into adulthood on one of several giant Ships that survived Earth's destruction in AD 2041.

The Mystery Ships dominated the racing circuit for several years and had the distinction of being faster than anything the US military had on strength.

The organization owns several large historic vessels moored at the Historic Ships ' Wharf in Seattle's Lake Union Park.

Although there were, at that time, several Liberty Ships that might have been candidates for restoration, the John W. Brown was the logical choice.

Campbell wrote several publications, including the successful My Mystery Ships.

The city has a attracted several large profile national events such as the 2011 Canada Winter Games and some international events such as Tall Ships Visits.

Ships operating in nearby water and passing through have collided with the bridge several times, and caused minor damage to the bridge.

Ships brought ashore on the Torres Strait and careening | careened in preparation for cleaning the hull. In 1708, Charles Perry suggested copper sheathing explicitly as an anti-fouling device but the first experiments were not made until 1761 with the sheathing of HMS Alarm, after which the bottoms and sides of several ships ' keels and false keels were sheathed with copper plates.

The primary period of activity of Operation Relex was between October and December 2001 when ten SIEV were intercepted by HMA Ships Warramunga, Arunta and Leeuwin assisted by several Fremantle Class Patrol Boats.

The small council is made up several officers: Hand of the King, the top adviser ; Lord Commander of the Kingsguard ; Master of Coin, the treasurer ; Master of Laws, the law enforcer ; Master of Whisperers, the spymaster ; Master of Ships, the naval commander ; and Grand Maester, the senior member of the maesters, an order of scholars and healers.

Sir John sent his fleet and 800 men to Normandy, where he raided 21 villages, and laid in ruin several harbours, including the French Ships in Port Staples and Fraport.

Joosten is reported to have made a fortune in trade between Japan and Southeast Asia, chartering several Red Seal Ships under license from Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Ships in the Federation's navy include gunboats, which appeared in The 08th MS Team and an aircraft carrier, but the total number of ships and their types is not known.

Ships come in three types:

Sub-categories listing articles on individual ships or boats by particular types or kinds are listed under: Category: Ships by type.

The six types of cards in 7th Sea were: Actions, Crew, Adventures, Attachments, Chanteys and Ships.

Ships can age and be scrapped ; the Emperor can grant or withdraw permission to build certain ship types, and territory can be exchanged.

Miniaturization is much less effective when applied to Colony Ships, compared to other types of ships.

Double hulls ' ability to prevent or reduce oil spills led to their being standardized for other types of ships including oil tankers by the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships or MARPOL Convention.

Otherwise all ships in the Royal Navy are known as HM Ships, though formerly when a distinction was made between three-masted ship-rigged ships and smaller vessels they would be called HM Frigate X, or HM Sloop Y.

Ships of up to 10, 000 tons can navigate more than on the Yangtze as far as Wuhan.

Ships of 1, 000 tons can navigate from Wuhan to Chongqing, another upstream.

Ships can usually be distinguished from boats based on size and the ship's ability to operate independently for extended periods.

Ships can bypass Niagara Falls by means of the Welland Canal, which was improved and incorporated into the Saint Lawrence Seaway in the mid 1950s.

Ships with maximum length and width can pass through five locks.

Ships on the asteroids come in three sizes and are defined as a " one ", " three ", or " five " based upon the number of passengers that they can ( for the most part uncomfortably ) carry.

Ships can only pass through the canal one at a time on a one-way system.

Ships can usually reach a speed of 3. 5 light years per day ; the real limitation of the Stutterwarp drive is that it can only propel a ship up to a maximum of 7. 7 light years before it needs to enter a gravity well and discharge lethal radiation that would otherwise kill the crew.

Ships with more advanced engines can process heavier, more viscous, and thus cheaper, fuel.

In 1841, when Pottinger was sent to China, Palmerston instructed him to " examine with care the natural capacities of Hong Kong, and you will not agree to give up that Island unless you should find that you can exchange it for another in the neighbourhood of Canton, better adapted for the purposes in view ; equally defensible ; and affording sufficient shelter for Ships of War and Commerce ".

Ships can also go into " Special Orders " during the Movement Phase.

:* Ships must not cross a channel if to do so would impede another vessel which can navigate only within that channel.

Ships can be either " wet " or " dry ": the former allowing the consumption of alcohol at sea, while the latter only allows alcohol when alongside at port, if at all.

Star Trek: Ships of the Line, written by Star Trek's technical consultant Michael Okuda, states that the Enterprise can travel at up to warp 9. 985.

* Ships at anchor display one or two white anchor lights ( depending on the vessel's length ) that can be seen from all directions.

See also: Category: Replica ships for recreations of historical vessels and: Category: Ships preserved in museums for smaller vessel and partial vessels that can be viewed in a museum.

His mission log is revealed in the DVD version, and during Hannah's tour, Tomlin appears as a Matia ghost, explaining that Living Ships can be operated via coordinates on special plaques.

Ships using the route can avoid some of the bad weather in the open ocean and may visit some of the many isolated communities along the route.

To prevent overpopulation on the Ships, family units can only produce children with the approval of the Ship's Eugenics Council.

Ships, pleasure craft and occasional migratory whales can be seen out to sea in the east.

Ships can be protected by Point-Defense Systems ( PDSs ), which are clusters of smaller weapons used to shoot down missiles and enemy fighters.