Branson is a Star Trek fan and named his new spaceship VSS Enterprise in honour of the famous Star Trek ships, and in 2006, reportedly offered actor William Shatner a ride on the inaugural space launch of Virgin Galactic.

Signifying the safety of a port, the word " roads " ( also called roadstead ) in nautical terminology of the day meant " a place less sheltered than a harbor where ships may ride at anchor.

The smaller species occasionally ride waves, such as the bow waves of ships.

A total of 42 ships, most along the rugged West Coast, were wrecked while unsuccessfully trying to ride out the storm: a majority of the recorded casualties occurred at sea.

In the late 19th century, The Downs was widely used by hundreds of sailing ships that needed to ride out bad weather, although many ships came to grief on the Goodwins.

Sometimes they ride the wind and smash ships.

In a promotion of Venice as a leading entertainment destination, DeLay flew a night loop-the-loop “ fire ride ” with fireworks on the back of his plane, while 20 navy destroyer ships flashed their search lights upon the horizon for his performance.

Passengers who choose to ride on the boats ' upper decks may stand up and hang by a fence, to look over at some touristic attractions and at ships located at the San Juan port.

In March 1781, an attempt to capture Arnold during his daily ride to the Virginia shore of the Chesapeake Bay was foiled by the chance anchoring of some British ships in the area.

Visitors ride boats that are patterned after Viking ships and pass through various scenes with audio-animatronic figures.

In July 1866, when the cable was brought ashore, it was described as " a sheltered nook, where ships may ride at anchor safe from the storms of the ocean … on the beach is a small village of sixty houses, most of them the dwelling of these hardy men who vex the northern sea with their fisheries …"

The British prize-crew managed to regain control, and both ships managed to ride out the storm that night.

Sooner or later, all the gray Navy ships came in here ; ;

** foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: 1

The street name undoubtedly derives from the smiths and shipwrights who built and repaired ships here when the tidal waters reached as far as this point.

He describes his passage on ships to the wilderness-to the Company's station, which strikes Marlow as a scene of devastation: " amongst a waste of excavations "-disorganized, machinery parts here and there, now and then explosions of demolition, weakened native black men, that have been demoralized, in chains, literally being worked to death, and strolling behind them a white Company man in a uniform carrying a rifle.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Germany 1, Greece 1, Ukraine 1 ( 2002 est.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Argentina 9, Australia 2, Austria 15, Belgium 9, Brazil 5, Canada 4, Cayman Islands 1, Chile 7, China 39, Croatia 11, Denmark 4, Ecuador 1, Estonia 1, Germany 437, Greece 154, Hong Kong 69, India 5, Indonesia 1, Israel 1, Italy 5, Japan 90, Latvia 20, Man, Isle of 5, Monaco 56, Netherlands 12, New Zealand 1, Nigeria 1, Norway 103, Pakistan 1, Portugal 5, Russia 66, Saudi Arabia 21, Singapore 20, Slovenia 1, South Africa 1, South Korea 10, Spain 2, Sweden 9, Switzerland 17, Taiwan 29, Turkey 3, Ukraine 4, United Arab Emirates 12, United Kingdom 39, United States 113, Uruguay 3, Vietnam 1 ( 2002 est.

Note: These totals include some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Denmark 13 ( 2002 est.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 7, Denmark 1, France 17, Germany 5, Netherlands 2, United Kingdom 8, United States 4 ( 2008 est.

This includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Australia 4, Austria 6, Bangladesh 1, Belgium 3, Bulgaria 19, Canada 2, China 16, Croatia 14, Cuba 1, Cyprus 7, Denmark 3, Estonia 5, Finland 1, Germany 54, Greece 627, Hong Kong 12, Iceland 3, India 10, Iran 2, Israel 26, Italy 36, Japan 2, Latvia 24, Lebanon 6, Monaco 29, Netherlands 10, Nigeria 2, Norway 43, Poland 29, Portugal 2, Romania 15, Russia 85, Saudi Arabia 1, Slovenia 2, South Korea 5, Spain 1, Switzerland 54, Syria 4, Turkey 84, Ukraine 25, United Arab Emirates 3, United Kingdom 4, United States 10 ( 2002 est.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 1, India 3, Norway 1, Switzerland 2 ( 2002 est.

includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as a flag of convenience: Belgium 2 ( 2002 est.

Forts were built above the port ; lighthouses were constructed to guide passing ships ; and one of the best-preserved Roman villas in Britain is here.

The ' Black Caribs ' ( later known as Garifuna ) of St. Vincent ( St. Vincent has some " Yellow caribs ' as well ) were descended from group of enslaved Africans who were marooned from shipwrecks of slave ships, as well as slaves who escaped here.

" If your own mind is set upon going home — go — the way is open to you ; the many ships that followed you from Mycene stand ranged upon the seashore ; but the rest of us stay here till we have sacked Troy.

Many Norfolk wherries ( trading ships ) were built here.

In Tudor times, hundreds of oaks were felled here for timber to construct Elizabeth I's war ships.

The Delaware River here is an estuary at sea level ( with twice-daily high and low tides ), providing sea-level access for ocean-going ships.

* First of many subsequent clipper ships built here

* Hyperbolus: An associate of Cleon often ridiculed in other plays, he is alluded to here as one of the lampsellers who buy the affections of Demos ( line 739 ) and he is despised by ships ( 1304, 1363 ).

The objective of this area is to study both function and form, and the connection between product, the user and the environment-product as it happens in any other architecture area, being the only difference, that here the professionals that participate in the process are all specialized in small scale design, rather than in other massive colossal equipments like buildings or ships.

In the present day, with the English Channel still the busiest shipping lane in the world, cross-Channel ferries and other ships still seek shelter here.

WWII ships built here include HMS Sheffield and HMS Victorious which took part in the sinking of the Bismarck.

This led to ships based here being involved in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in the First World War, and the Battle of the River Plate in the Second World War.

Aside from the city, the other major economic center in the municipality is the new major port of Puerto Chiapas, with cruise ships beginning to stop here in 2007.

But the ships are very slow now, and we don't get so many sailors any more ''.

When the Greeks left without killing Ajax, despite their sacrifices Athena became so angry that she persuaded Zeus to send a storm that sank many of their ships.

A direct attack on the Danish lines failed but, later in the year, Alfred saw a means of obstructing the river so as to prevent the egress of the Danish ships.

The one ship that escaped managed to do so only because all of Alfred's heavy ships became mired when the tide went out.

They dug a great canal to the sea, and alongside the bridges carved tunnels into the rings of rock so that ships could pass into the city around the mountain ; they carved docks from the rock walls of the moats.

These shoals were too shallow to permit passage of larger warships, and so Brueys ordered his thirteen ships of the line to form up in a line of battle following the northeastern edge of the shoals to the south of the island, a position that allowed the ships to disembark supplies from their port side while covering the landings with their starboard batteries.

The French initially reported just 11 British ships, as Swiftsure and Alexander were still returning from their scouting operations at Alexandria, and so were to the west of the main fleet, out of sight.

Nelson's plan, shaped through discussion with his senior captains during the return voyage to Alexandria, was to advance on the French and pass down the seaward side of the van and centre of the French line, so that each French ship would face two British ships and the massive Orient would be fighting against three.

With the French vanguard now heavily outnumbered, the following British ships HMS Bellerophon and HMS Majestic passed by the melee and advanced on the so far unengaged French centre.

Antony's ships were often furnished with grappling irons, which were effective if hurled successfully ; but, if they failed, were apt to damage the ship, or to cause so much delay as to expose the men on board to the darts from the smaller vessel.

Another defense tactic involved Constantine blocking off the port so that the Ottoman army could not get ships into it.

The Anchor dairy company ships New Zealand Cheddars to the UK, where it matures for another year or so.

According to Zacks, Kidd was unaware that Culliford had only about 20 crew with him, and felt ill manned and ill equipped to take the Mocha Frigate until his two prize ships and crews arrived, so he decided not to molest Culliford until these reinforcements came.

To maintain the catenary shape in the presence of wind, a heavy chain is needed, so that only larger ships in deeper water can rely on this effect.

Harpalus the engineer eventually helped the invading armies to cross by lashing the ships together with their bows facing the current and, so it is said, two additional anchors.

He noted, ' Captains ... to be successful must possess, in a marked degree, initiative, resource, determination, and no fear of accepting responsibility ', and particularly regarding wartime conditions '... as a rule instructions will be of a very general character so as to avoid interfering with the judgement and initiative of captains ... The admiral will rely on captains to use all the information at their disposal to grasp the situation quickly and anticipate his wishes, using their own discretion as to how to act in unforeseen circumstances ..' The approach outlined by Beatty contradicted the views of many within the navy, who felt that ships should always be closely controlled by their commanding admiral, and harked back to reforms attempted by Admiral George Tryon.

These were four of the most powerful ships in the world, but he positioned them so far away from his six battlecruisers that they were unable to take part in most of the engagement with Admiral Hipper's squadron of five battlecruisers.

Players may not expand into the outlying islands, but by building ships so that they border the outlying islands, players may be awarded with victory points, development cards, or harbors that players may place on the coast of the main island at a later time.

He issued French letters of marque and reprisal to French ships manned by American sailors so they could capture British merchant ships.

Also, the system of symbols has changed a number of times both since it was introduced in 1907 and since the modern system was instituted in 1920, so ships ' symbols sometimes change without anything being done to the physical ship.

Hengist continued to send for more ships from his country, so that some islands where his people had previously dwelt are now free of inhabitants.

They are also more fuel-efficient in most circumstances and are used in heavy road vehicles, some automobiles ( increasingly so for their increased fuel efficiency over gasoline engines ), ships, railway locomotives, and light aircraft.

Due to the post-glacial rebound, Södertälje kanal and the mouth of Riddarfjärden bay had become so shallow by about the year 1200 that ships had to unload their cargoes near the entrances, and progressively the bay became a lake.