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Written by admin on November 30, 2009 – 9:26 pm -The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that the crew members were taken from their yacht Kingdom of Bahrain on November 25 after she was stopped by Iranian naval vessels while sailing from Bahrain to Dubai. … The seized yacht, a 60ft Volvo, is owned by Sail Bahrain, a personal project of King Hamad of Bahrain to promote his country’s seafaring ancestry View post: San Francisco Sentinel » Blog Archives » IRAN SEIZES BRITISH SAILORS Read More →
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What Are The Differences Between A Navy, Military Flotilla …
Written by admin on November 28, 2009 – 10:16 am -Navy is pretty much any seafaring military force. Military flotilla is a “group of ships”; battleships, destroyers, minelayers, etc…(part of a navy) Maritime defense force is more in the lines of a brown water or green water navy…they tread around the coast .. Go here to read the rest: What Are The Differences Between A Navy, Military Flotilla … Read More →
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jero-history: Philippines- and Governance
Written by admin on November 26, 2009 – 12:55 am -Around 300–700 C.E. the seafaring peoples of the islands traveling in balangays began to trade with the Indianized kingdoms in the Malay Archipelago and the nearby East Asian principalities, adopting influences from both Buddhism and …. Read more from the original source: jero-history: Philippines- and Governance Read More →
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LCS Alternative Weekly « New Wars
Written by admin on November 25, 2009 – 5:06 am -Facing this is a combined fleet of 3 major Coalitions of Ships, from the world’s great sea-faring nations: Three flotillas help patrol the area: one from the European Union, one from NATO and one led by the United States, Combined Task Force 151, which falls under the Combined Maritime Forces based in Bahrain. Twenty to 30 naval vessels monitor the waters, protecting merchant vessels and have sometimes coming to the aid of fishing boats and yachts… … Read the original: LCS Alternative Weekly « New Wars Read More →
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Luxury Yachts: 10 Amazing Yachts of the Future
Written by admin on November 22, 2009 – 11:25 am -The Sea Phantom V-10 is a water-hungry sea beast with plenty of performance history. Go here to read the rest: Luxury Yachts: 10 Amazing Yachts of the Future Read More →
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Merchant sea captain held by pirates, Navy rescue crew reunited in …
Written by admin on November 19, 2009 – 2:08 pm -The reunion was part of a number of events planned in this old seafaring city for Phillips. He was helping launch a National Geographic exhibit on piracy at Nauticus, the city’s maritime history museum, and to serve as the marshal of …. The French Defense Ministry said Friday Nov. Read the rest here: Merchant sea captain held by pirates, Navy rescue crew reunited in … Read More →
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Information Dissemination: Somali Piracy Continues Expanding
Written by admin on November 18, 2009 – 11:00 pm -Andrew Mwangura, a spokesman for the program, told Reuters that it was sailing under a Marshall Islands flag and carrying chemicals to South Africa from Kuwait. There is absolutely no way skiffs can operate that far out to sea without a … Despite government efforts from the worlds economic powers contributing naval ships for escort and investment by the maritime community, the evidence continues to suggest that only mother nature has been effective in curbing piracy, … Original post: Information Dissemination: Somali Piracy Continues Expanding Read More →
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Jessicawatson.com.au: Squally Sailing
Written by admin on November 13, 2009 – 5:33 am -The English-speaking seafaring tradition maintains that all sailors who cross the equator during a nautical voyage must undergo rites of passage and elaborate rituals initiating them into The Solemn Mysteries of the Ancient Order of the ….. Excerpt from: Jessicawatson.com.au: Squally Sailing Read More →
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Actuación Integral , Gestión Cultural y Patrimonial.: Hecht Museum …
Written by admin on November 7, 2009 – 10:09 pm -The intention is to sail this replica across the Mediterranean Sea , making use of ancient navigation means and methods. Similar replication ventures of historical ships have been undertaken in other seafaring countries: our Greek colleagues constructed a … Students and scientists of various maritime study disciplines, from Israel and from different countries bordering the Mediterranean shores, will board the Ma’agan Mikhael Ship replica along its sailing route Read the original: Actuación Integral , Gestión Cultural y Patrimonial.: Hecht Museum … Read More →
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BLOG.AUTOPRENEURS.COM: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
Written by admin on November 4, 2009 – 10:54 am -Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, ….. necessarily seek for the animal in question amongst those marine beings already classed; and, in that case, I should be disposed to admit the existence of a gigantic narwhal Here is the original post: BLOG.AUTOPRENEURS.COM: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Read More →
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