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Large ocean-going vessels are called ships, while all other water craft are called boats. The difference between ships and boats therefore is primarily a matter of size, with boats being the smal...
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Ships
Ships were invented before the beginning of recorded history. The Egyptians developed true sails by 3500 B.C.E., and the first sail-only boats were being used by 2000 B.C.E. For almost 4,000 y...
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Workers conduct seismic explosions in search of oil and gas deposits on private islands in Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, Montana. (Corbis Corporation)
Ships
From the earliest times, ships and b...
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Federal investigators examined a new cruise ship Wednesday to try to determine why the 951-foot vessel suddenly rolled to one side, seriously injuring 20 people in a scene that looked like som...
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A Japanese whaling ship caught fire Thursday in icy waters near Antarctica and most crew members were safely evacuated but one was listed as missing, officials said.The Nisshin Maru sent out a dist...
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Crew members of a cruise ship that hit a charted rock said they were trying to correct course when the bottom raked across a rocky shoal, federal investigators said Wednesday.The Empress of the Nor...
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Officials warned of a potential environmental disaster in Antarctica after fire erupted Thursday on a Japanese whaling ship, leaving it crippled and drifting near penguin breeding grounds on the fr...
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A Norwegian cruise ship carrying nearly 300 passengers, including 119 Americans, ran aground on a remote Antarctic island and damaged its hull before getting free of rocks, officials said Wednesday...
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A Norwegian cruise ship carrying nearly 300 passengers, including 119 Americans, ran aground on a remote Antarctic island and damaged its hull before getting free of rocks, officials said Wednesday...
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Passengers were evacuated from the M/S Nordknapp after it ran aground on a remote Antarctic island.The 294 passengers were evacuated to sister ship M/S Nordnorge as a precaution, said Hanne K. Kris...
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Officials warned of a potential environmental disaster in Antarctica after fire erupted Thursday on a Japanese whaling ship, as the search continued for a missing crewman from the crippled ship. Ja...
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The world's largest cruise ship was held in port Monday for intensive cleaning after a second outbreak of gastrointestinal illness in two voyages sickened 106 people.More than 380 passengers and cr...
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Investigators Inspect Cruise Ship
