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CV-16 Liaoning – Chinese aircraft carrier

Liaoning aircraft carrier, is the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the People\’s Liberation Army Navy Surface Force. It is classified as a training ship, intended to allow the Navy to experiment and gain familiarity with aircraft carrier operations. Originally built as a “heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser” for the Soviet Navy, the ship was laid down as the Riga and renamed the Varyag...

History of Pioneering Midwest – Steamboat Arabia Museum in Kansas City

The Arabia Steamboat Museum is a unique time capsule of life on the American frontier in the mid-nineteenth century. The museum traces the history of the steamboat in both the 1800s and its salvage effort in 1988. It holds one of the best displays of pre-Civil War era artifacts in the Midwest. It’s collection consists of hundreds of thousands of items intended for daily life on the frontier including...

Wasa – Swedish War Ship in Stockholm

Vasa is a Swedish warship built between 1626 and 1628. Built by 400 craftsmen at the royal shipyard at Stockholm, the ship was richly decorated as a symbol of the king’s ambitions for Sweden and himself. It was 69 meters long and was fitted with 64 cannons, and upon completion, it was of the most powerfully armed vessels in the world of that time. The ship foundered after sailing about 1,300...

Princess Cruise from Seattle to Vancouver

Princess Cruises is an British-American owned cruise line, based in Santa Clarita, California and incorporated in Bermuda. Princess ships have casinos, nightclubs, discos and kids’ clubs. All have Lotus spas and fitness centers that offer yoga and other classes. Some spas feature alternative therapies like acupuncture; the newer ones have such medi-spa options like Botox and other fillers. Depending...

Disney Dream Cruise Ship

The Disney Dream is the majestic third ship in the Disney Cruise Line fleet. This ship is 40% larger than the Disney Wonder and Disney Magic, with two additional decks and 1,250 staterooms. Each Inside stateroom has a virtual porthole showing rolling waves and Disney characters swimming by all in HD. The Disney Dream has all the themed entertainment and family-friendly amenities cruisers have come...

Underground Soviet Submarine Base of Balaklava

Under the mountain there is an armoury, a channel, and a service, repair and equipment base for submarines. It had been built since 1957 until 1961 by military men, who were later accompanied by specialists in underground construction. It is also an anti-radiation shelter for 3000 people. The maximum width of the rocky ground is 126 meters. The channel has a length of 505 meters, a width of 6-8.5 meters...

Aurora – Ship That Changed The World

The cruiser Aurora was built between 1897 and 1900 in St. Petersburg and joined Russia’s Baltic fleet in 1903. The ship measures 126.8 meters in length, 16.8 meters in width and weighs a staggering 7,600 tons. Maintaining a speed of 20 knots it can travel independently for up to 1,440 sea miles. It took an active part in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 and participated in the Tsusima battle,...

The Queen Mary 2 – An Ocean Liner in Port Melbourne

The ship will travel around Australia. This ocean liner is built for the open ocean routes, becouse has storage for more food, water, and fuel than other ships. It was launched in 2004. She is the largest ocean liner ever built. It offers more than 5000 specially commissioned works of art, the Illuminations cinema and planetarium, Royal Court Theatre, Grand Lobby, Empire Casino, restaurants, shopping...

Esmeralda – The Second Tallest and Longest Sailing Ship in the World

Esmeralda is a steel-hulled four-masted barquentine tall ship of the Chilean Navy. It is the Chilean naval training ship. Vessel’s Details: Ship Type: Sailing vessel Year Built: 1946 Length: 113 meters Beam: 13.11 meters Maximum draught: 7 meters Stanchion: 8.7 meters Gunwale height: 5.3 meters Maximum displacement: 3,673 tons Maximum engine speed: 13 knots Maximum sail speed: 17.5 knots Armament:...

USS Alabama Battleship in Memorial Park

One of the nation’s most historic warships, the vessel is now the center of a fascinating and moving memorial park. Alabama was commissioned in 1942 and served in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. She was decommissioned in 1947 and assigned to the reserve duty. She was retired in 1962. Opening Hours: Open every day except Christmas Day 8:00 am – 6:00 pm (April-September) 8:00...

Models of Ships in Las Palmas, Grand Canaria

Each of our models is entirely hand-built using high quality materials. Each one is created with the utmost care and attention to accuracy and detail. Ship modeling is a craft as old as shipbuilding itself. Royal William Muimota León Noruego Titanic Vasa Wappen Von Hamburg Santa Ana San Ildefonso U.S.S. Constitution U.S. Constellation Santisima Trinidad San Felipe credit: Rafael Gomez

The Worlds First Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier Shut Down Reactors

The Enterprise is the Navy’s second-oldest ship, after the USS Constitution. It has participated in every major conflict since the Cuban Missile Crisis, and its airplanes targeted insurgents in Afghanistan during its last deployment. The USS Enterprise began shutting down its eight nuclear reactors almost as soon as it arrived at its pier at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia Facts: Displacement:...

Sedov – The Worlds Biggest Sailing Ship

The world’s biggest sailing ship is called Sedov and is a three-masted barque. Sedov was built in Germany in 1921, but came into the possession of the Soviet government in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. Ship Type: Sailing vessel Year Built: 1921 Length x Breadth: 115 m X 14 m Height of masts: 58 m Quantity of sails: 33 st. Gross Tonnage: 3432 DeadWeight: 1171 t Speed recorded (Max...

Turanor PlanetSolar – Largest Solar Powered Boat

The boat used 537 sq.m of photovoltaic solar panels, which deliver power to an electric motor. PlanetSolar is the first vehicle to have successfully achieved the feat of traveling around the world using solar energy alone, all powered by the sun. The ship sailed for 585 days without fuel to show the potential of solar energy. Facts: Length: 35 m / Width: 23 m Height: 6.10 m / Weight: 95 t Solar Panels:...

Historic Belle of Louisville, Kentucky

The Belle of Louisville is the oldest operating western rivers steamboat. It was originally built as Idlewild in 1914 by James Rees & Sons of Pittsburgh, PA, for the Memphis Packet Co.. Nowadays, it is top Louisville attraction. She takes passengers on cruises up and down the Ohio River and races in the Great Steamboat Race every year on the Wednesday before the Kentucky Derby. It has the shallow-draft...