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  2. Queen Mary 2 - Wikipedia

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    1,253 officers and crew. RMS Queen Mary 2 ( QM2) is a British transatlantic ocean liner. She has served as the flagship of Cunard Line since succeeding Queen Elizabeth 2 in 2004. [9] [10] The ship was officially named Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004 after the first RMS Queen Mary of 1936. With the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2 in ...

  3. John Strong (colonist) - Wikipedia

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    John Strong (1610–1699) was an English-born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader, tanner, and one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut, and Northampton, Massachusetts, as well as the progenitor of nearly all the Strong families in what is now the United States. He was referred to as Elder John Strong because he was an ...

  4. Salme ships - Wikipedia

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    The Salme ships are two clinker-built ships of Scandinavian origin discovered in 2008 and 2010 near the village of Salme on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia.Both ships were used for ship burials here around AD 700–750 in the Nordic Iron Age and contained the remains of 41 warriors killed in battle, as well as 6 dogs, 2 hunting hawks and numerous weapons and other artifacts.

  5. Burt Rutan - Wikipedia

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    burtrutan .com. Elbert Leander " Burt " Rutan ( / ˈruːtən /; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the record-breaking Voyager, which in 1986 was the first plane to fly around ...

  6. USS Pueblo (AGER-2) - Wikipedia

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    USS Pueblo (AGER-2) is a Banner-class environmental research ship, placed into service during World War II, then converted to a spy ship in 1967 by the United States Navy.She gathered intelligence and oceanographic information, monitoring electronic and radio signals from North Korea.

  7. 12 Strong - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $35 million [3] Box office. $71.1 million [2] 12 Strong (also known as 12 Strong: The Declassified True Story of the Horse Soldiers) is a 2018 American action - war film [4] directed by Nicolai Fuglsig and written by Ted Tally and Peter Craig.

  8. Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation - Wikipedia

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    Starship Troopers. Starship Troopers 3: Marauder. Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation is a 2004 American military science fiction horror film directed by Phil Tippett and starring Richard Burgi, Lawrence Monoson, and Colleen Porch. It is a sequel to Starship Troopers (1997) and the second installment of the Starship Troopers franchise.

  9. Strength of ships - Wikipedia

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    The strength of ships is a topic of key interest to naval architects and shipbuilders. Ships which are built too strong are heavy, slow, and cost extra money to build and operate since they weigh more, whilst ships which are built too weakly suffer from minor hull damage and in some extreme cases catastrophic failure and sinking.