query: who owns the largest independent fleet of ships

pos: Carnival Cruise Line the ship to list for approximately one minute. Carnival Cruise Line Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. Its logo is the funnel found on its ships, which is red, white and blue, and shaped like a whale's tail. Currently, Carnival is the largest cruise line in the world, based on passengers carried annually, annual revenue, and total number of ships in fleet. Carnival is one of ten cruise line brands owned by the world's largest cruise ship operator, the American-British Carnival Corporation & plc. In 2018 Carnival Cruise Line was estimated to hold

pos: Cruise ship ship operating under the American flag on the United States East Coast. Currently the five largest cruise line holding companies and operators in the world are Carnival Corporation & plc, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Star Cruises (which owns 50% of Norwegian Cruise Line; NCL in its own right is the third largest line), MSC Cruises, and Louis Cruise Lines. Louis Cruises has largely grown its fleet through purchasing older second- or third-hand ships, while the other four operators have largely constructed their own vessels and combined own the majority of the "megaships". Cruise ships are organized much like floating hotels,

neg: K Line K Line , also referred to as "K" Line, is one of the largest Japanese transportation companies. It owns a fleet that includes dry cargo ships (bulk carriers), container ships, liquefied natural gas carriers, Ro-Ro ships, tankers and container terminals. It is the fourteenth largest container transportation and shipping company in the world. "K" Line (named after three K initials) was formed when Kojiro Matsukata placed Kawasaki Kisen, Kawasaki Zosen and Kokusai Kisen under joint management to build a stronger fleet of 40 to 50 ships serving the Atlantic, North and South America, Africa and the Mediterranean and Baltic Seas.

neg: COSCO COSCO China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (), known as COSCO or COSCO Group, is a Chinese state-owned shipping and logistics services supplier company. Its headquarters is in Ocean Plaza in the Xicheng District in Beijing. It owns 1114 ships, including 365 dry bulk vessels, a container fleet with a capacity of , and a tanker fleet of 120 vessels. The fleet calls at over a thousand ports worldwide. It ranks fourth largest in both number of container ships and aggregate container volume in the world. In 2012, it was among China's top 15 brands. It is the largest dry bulk

neg: K Line K-Line Maritime Academy-Philippines operational in February 2008 and is intended to train at least 10,000 seafarers a year. K Line , also referred to as "K" Line, is one of the largest Japanese transportation companies. It owns a fleet that includes dry cargo ships (bulk carriers), container ships, liquefied natural gas carriers, Ro-Ro ships, tankers and container terminals. It is the fourteenth largest container transportation and shipping company in the world. "K" Line (named after three K initials) was formed when Kojiro Matsukata placed Kawasaki Kisen, Kawasaki Zosen and Kokusai Kisen under joint management to build a stronger fleet of

neg: OMC Shipping OMC Shipping OMC Shipping pte. ltd., also known as OMCS, is a Singapore based ship owning company. It is the ship owning arm of Mitsui & Co., one of the largest trading companies "(sogo sosha)" of Japan. OMC owns, operates and manages a fleet of 19 ships. This includes bulk carriers (handy size to cape size), oil tankers (product and crude oil), car carriers (PCTC of size 8000 CEU) and container ships (up to 9700 TEU in size). The company also charters these ships out on time charters and voyage charters. The company also owns and operates additional ships on

neg: OMC Shipping short and long term charters. OMC Shipping OMC Shipping pte. ltd., also known as OMCS, is a Singapore based ship owning company. It is the ship owning arm of Mitsui & Co., one of the largest trading companies "(sogo sosha)" of Japan. OMC owns, operates and manages a fleet of 19 ships. This includes bulk carriers (handy size to cape size), oil tankers (product and crude oil), car carriers (PCTC of size 8000 CEU) and container ships (up to 9700 TEU in size). The company also charters these ships out on time charters and voyage charters. The company also owns

neg: COSCO between Douglas Shoal and the Capricorn Group, where there is a gap of . COSCO China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (), known as COSCO or COSCO Group, is a Chinese state-owned shipping and logistics services supplier company. Its headquarters is in Ocean Plaza in the Xicheng District in Beijing. It owns 1114 ships, including 365 dry bulk vessels, a container fleet with a capacity of , and a tanker fleet of 120 vessels. The fleet calls at over a thousand ports worldwide. It ranks fourth largest in both number of container ships and aggregate container volume in the world. In

neg: TUI Group TUI Group TUI Group (short for Tourism Union International) (pronounced too-wee) is a German travel and tourism company headquartered in Hannover, Germany. It is the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, and owns travel agencies, hotels, airlines, cruise ships and retail stores. The group owns six European airlines - the largest holiday fleet in Europe - and nine tour operators based in Europe. TUI is jointly listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The origins of the company lie in the industrial and transportation company,

neg: Reefer ship avoid US shipping regulations and taxes they are registered in about six other countries, with very few now maintaining US registry. European associates with their own ships were often employed to ship fruit to Europe. United Brands was taken over by Chiquita Brands International in the 1980s and owns the largest fleet of banana boats in the world, but none of them now sails under the US flag. SS "Pastores" and SS "Calamares" were built in Ireland in 1912 and 1913 for the United Fruit Company as a combination cruise ship and refrigerated cargo ship. The United Fruit Company's fleet

neg: Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises the management of bulk cargo and LNG carriers. The company is private and has three major divisions: DryLog Ltd. (which makes investments in other companies involved in dry bulk shipping, as well as directly owning some ships), GasLog Ltd. (which owns LNG carrier ships and manages others under contract to multinational energy companies), and TankLog Ltd. (which is the second largest shareholder of Euronav, to which as mentioned it sold its tanker fleet in 2005). Some shares in Gaslog Ltd. (less than 50%) were sold to the public in March 2012 via an Initial Public Offering. The group purchases and

neg: Cruiser Cruiser A cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundred years, and has had different meanings throughout this period. During the Age of Sail, the term "cruising" referred to certain kinds of missions – independent scouting, commerce protection, or raiding – fulfilled by a frigate or sloop-of-war, which were the "cruising warships" of a fleet. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers, and can usually perform several roles. In the middle of the 19th century, "cruiser" came to be a classification for the ships intended for cruising

neg: David Thomson, 3rd Baron Thomson of Fleet even if they want to, to shrug off these responsibilities." Thomson is a noted art collector and owns works by Rembrandt, J. M. W. Turner, Paul Klee, Hammershoi, Edvard Munch, Patrick Heron, Joseph Beuys, E. L. Kirchner, and Egon Schiele. Thomson owns the world's largest collection of paintings and drawings by the English painter John Constable. In an interview with Geraldine Norman in "The Independent" in 1994, Thomson said he bought his first Constable drawing at 19, giving the seller "an oil painting in exchange and quite a lot of money". Norman described him as a "fanatical collector", and Thomson

neg: Chino Champion than 60 years of ownership by Allen McCombs. The legal entity that owns Champion Newspapers is Golden State Newspapers LLC, which is wholly owned by Fleet and Alldredge. Fleet is the Managing Member of the LLC. The "Champion" is one of the few independent weekly newspapers left in Southern California, and one of the largest. Chino Champion The Chino Champion, along with the Chino Hills Champion, is a weekly newspaper serving the Chino Valley area of Southern California. The "Champion" publishes every Saturday morning and is zoned into Chino and Chino Hills editions. Richard Gird, the founder of Chino, also

neg: Pimlico Plumbers Pimlico Plumbers Pimlico Plumbers is a London-based plumbing firm established in 1979. With revenues of £20m as of 2015, it is London's largest independent plumbing company. Pimlico Plumbers was established in 1979 by its current managing director Charlie Mullins (born December 1952), who left school at 15 with no qualifications and began work as a plumber. It is known for its effective publicity, handled by Recognition PR and PHA. It was previously handled by Max Clifford. The company owns more than 100 plumbing-related number plates, fitted to its fleet of vehicles, such as LO 02 OLD (Loo too old), BOG1,

neg: Transport in Winnipeg portion of its taxi fleet. Unicity is a cooperative which collectively owns the assets of the Unicity dispatch or taxi call center, and it is the largest taxi operation in Winnipeg. Unicity Taxi was formed by three smaller companies in the mid-1970s — Moore's, Grosvenor and Yellow Taxi. The company has subsequently brought many smaller independent companies into its fleet and now offers 165 cars as well as an ultra modern dispatching (DDS Pathfinder) and accounting(taxicharger)systems to serve its customers. Duffy's taxi is a cooperative taxi firm that operates 154 vehicles, with a large call center that accepts approximately 2,800

neg: Independent Online (South Africa) Independent Online (South Africa) Independent Online, or IOL is a news and information website based in South Africa. It was owned by the Independent News & Media organisation, which is the largest publisher of print material in South Africa but was bought out by Sekunjalo Investments in 2013 who now own the company. Sekunjalo Independent Media owns 55% of the company, the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa owns 25%, and two Chinese State Owned Enterprises (China International Television Corporation and the China Africa Development Fund) own the remaining 20% of the newspaper. The site serves the online versions of

neg: Fednav provides logistics services such as warehousing and ground transportation through its other subsidiary Fednav Direct. As of 2018, Fednav owns a fleet of 62 ships built between 1978 and 2018. All of the ships lie in the range of to . Two of the ships are registered in Canada, three in Barbados, and 57 in the Marshall Islands. The rest of Fednav's fleet consists of 20 to 40 short- and long-term charters depending on the time of year. The current 20 long-term chartered ships were built between 2005 and 2018. Fourteen of these are between 53,000 DWT to 64,000 DWT,

neg: Down to the Sea in Ships (1922 film) Down to the Sea in Ships (1922 film) Down to the Sea in Ships is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film about a 19th-century Massachusetts whaling family. Directed by Elmer Clifton, the film stars William Walcott, Marguerite Courtot, and Clara Bow. The film's title comes from the Book of Psalms in the Bible, (Psalm 107, verses 23-24). Captain Charles W. Morgan (William Walcott) is a well-respected businessman who owns a fleet of whaling ships in the Quaker town of New Bedford, Massachusetts. He is very close to his shy, obedient daughter, Patience (Marguerite Courtot), and tells her that she

neg: Soviet Navy used by the Soviet Army. By 1989, the Naval Infantry numbered 18,000 marines, organized into a Marine Division and 4 independent Marine brigades; By the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Navy had over eighty landing ships, as well as two "Ivan Rogov"-class landing ships. The latter could transport one infantry battalion with 40 armoured vehicles and their landing craft. (One of the "Rogov" ships has since been retired.) At 75 units, the Soviet Union had the world's largest inventory of combat air-cushion assault craft. In addition, many of the 2,500 vessels of the Soviet merchant fleet ("Morflot") could

neg: Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ceres Hellenic Shipping Enterprises Ceres Hellenic Enterprises is a large traditional Greek ship management company based in Piraeus. It was founded by George Livanos in 1949, but family shipping interests in fact date back to 1824. It is currently run by Peter G. Livanos. It owns, operates, buys and sells bulk carriers, container ships and tankers. In 2000 its division Seachem Tankers Ltd. merged with the Norwegian-based Odfjell to create the Odfjell Seachem AS shipping company, one of the world's largest chemical tanker operators. In spring 2005, its tanker fleet was sold to Euronav and the company was specialised in

neg: Chinese treasure ship Chinese treasure ship A Chinese treasure ship () was a type of large wooden ship in the fleet of admiral Zheng He, who led seven voyages during the early 15th-century Ming dynasty. The size and dimensions of the treasures are heavily debated. According to British scientist, historian and sinologist Joseph Needham, the purported dimensions of the largest of these ships were by , which would make them at least twice as long as the largest European ships at the end of the sixteenth century. In fact, such dimensions would make the treasure ships larger than the largest wooden boats ever

neg: Sealift Incorporated Sealift Incorporated Sealift Incorporated is an American shipping company based in Oyster Bay, New York. The privately held corporation was founded in 1975 by the four owners who remain the principal executives. Sealift Inc. is one of the largest ocean contractors for transporting U.S. food aid and participates in the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement. Between the start of fiscal 2000 and the first quarter of 2008, Sealift Inc. was awarded US$402,151,046 in contracts. Sealift's main fleet consists of eleven ships: container ships, general cargo ships, and a combination general/container ship. The fleet has ships from 12 to 39 years of

neg: Zheng He instead while others put them as small as in length, which would make them smaller than the equine, supply, and troop ships in the fleet. One explanation for the seemingly inefficient size of these colossal ships was that the largest 44 Zhang treasure ships were merely used by the Emperor and imperial bureaucrats to travel along the Yangtze for court business, including reviewing Zheng He's expedition fleet. The Yangtze river, with its calmer waters, may have been navigable by these treasure ships. Zheng He, a court eunuch, would not have had the privilege in rank to command the largest of

neg: Grandi Navi Veloci soon obtained considerable success. The fleet was enlarged with new cruiseferries through the 1990s, and in 2000 the company went public. New routes were added, including Livorno-Palermo, Genoa-Olbia and Genoa-Barcelona. In 2002 and 2003 the new cruiseferries "La Superba" and "La Suprema" entered service; they were the largest ferries in the Mediterranean at the time of their completion. Lines for Tunisia, as well a new Civitavecchia-Palermo line, were opened. In 2008 the fleet was enlarged with three ro-ro cargo ships, "Audacia", "Tenacia", and "Coraggio", and a new Genoa-Barcelona-Tangier line was opened. In 2009, GNV became fully independent from the Grimaldi

neg: Holland America Line "Prinsendam" received the first phase of Signature of Excellence upgrades (detailed above) in 2005. Prinsendam will leave the fleet on July 1, 2019. Holland America's parent company Carnival currently owns 3 ships operated by Thomson Cruises, all of which are ex Holland America Ships. Both the "Thomson Celebration" and "Thomson Spirit" sailed for Holland America as the "Noordam" (1984) and "Nieuw Amsterdam" (1983) before being transferred to the Thomson fleet in 2005 and 2003. Thomson Spirit is operated by Louis Cruises under sub charter to Thomson but the Thomson Celebration remains under the operation of Carnival. The "Thomson Dream" was

neg: Chinese treasure ship for a display of imperial power by the emperor and imperial bureaucrats on the Yangtze River when on court business, including when reviewing Zheng He's actual expedition fleet. The Yangtze River, with its calmer waters, may have been navigable for such large but unseaworthy ships. Zheng He would not have had the privilege in rank to command the largest of these ships. The largest ships of Zheng He's fleet were the 6 masted 2000-liao ships. This would give burthen of 500 tons and a displacement tonnage of about 800 tons. The keel consisted of wooden beams bound together with iron

neg: Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force by civil service mariners. Some of the ships also have a small contingent of Navy personnel aboard for operations support, supply coordination and helicopter operations. As a result of a 2012 reorganization, Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force was renamed Combat Logistics Force, with some of its ship categories being transferred to a new Service Support program. Fifteen fleet replenishment oilers, the largest subset of Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force ships, provide fuel to deployed Navy ships at sea, as well as to their assigned aircraft. Oilers and the ships they refuel sail side by side as fuel hoses are extended across guide

neg: History of the oil tanker 204 vessels, many of them tankers, was the largest shipping company in the world with a tonnage of 20.5 million, but in the five years after that he sold some 140 vessels to manage the crisis. In 1980, Daniel K. Ludwig had the largest fleet after Y. K. Pao and C. Y. Tung and was regarded the richest man of the United States. John Fredriksen owns the largest tanker operator in the world, Frontline. He also owns almost ten percent of the largest shipping company in the world, Overseas Shipholding Group. In 1976, the "Intervention Convention" was used for the

neg: Disney Cruise Line Disney Cruise Line Disney Cruise Line is a cruise line operation that is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. The company was incorporated in 1996 as Magical Cruise Company Limited and is domiciled in London, England, with their operational headquarters located in Celebration, Florida. Disney Cruise Line currently operates four ships: "Disney Magic", "Disney Wonder", "Disney Dream", and "Disney Fantasy". Three as-yet-unnamed ships will join the fleet in 2021, 2022, and 2023. On July 15, 2017, it was announced at the 2017 D23 Expo that a seventh unnamed ship will join the fleet. Disney Cruise Line also owns Castaway

neg: Independent Online (South Africa) a number of South African newspapers, including "The Star", "Pretoria News", "The Daily Voice", "Cape Times", "Cape Argus, Weekend Argus, The Mercury, Post", "Diamond Fields Advertiser", "Isolezwe", "Daily Tribune", "Sunday Tribune", "The Independent on Saturday" and the "Sunday Independent". Independent Online (South Africa) Independent Online, or IOL is a news and information website based in South Africa. It was owned by the Independent News & Media organisation, which is the largest publisher of print material in South Africa but was bought out by Sekunjalo Investments in 2013 who now own the company. Sekunjalo Independent Media owns 55% of the company,

neg: Imperial Japanese Navy eight warships and thirty-six auxiliaries. Satsuma (which had the largest domain fleet) had nine steamships, Choshu had five ships plus numerous auxiliary craft, Kaga had ten ships and Chikuzen eight. Numerous smaller domains also had acquired a number of ships. However these fleets resembled maritime organizations rather than actual navies with ships functioning as transports as well as combat vessels, they were also manned by personnel who lacked experienced seamanship except for coastal sailing and who had virtually no combat training. The Meiji Restoration in 1868 led to the overthrow of the shogunate. From 1868, the newly formed Meiji government

neg: Wars of the Delian League to Egypt to support Inaros's rebellion, with the fateful consequences discussed above. The Egyptian disaster would eventually lead the Athenians to sign a five-year truce with Sparta in 451 BC. Thereby freed from fighting in Greece, the League was again able to dispatch a fleet to campaign in Cyprus in 451 BC, under the recently recalled Cimon. Cimon sailed for Cyprus with a fleet of 200 ships provided by the Athenians and their allies. However, 60 of these ships were sent to Egypt at the request of Amyrtaeus, the so-called "King of the Marshes" (who still remained independent of, and

neg: United States Ram Fleet of the general. Under the two Ellet's leadership, the rams figured prominently in actions around and below Vicksburg, Mississippi, into 1863. Ellet's fleet was under the command of the army even after the transfer of the Western Gunboat Flotilla to the navy and was always somewhat independent of navy command. The Ellet fleet was disestablished in August 1864, and its surviving ships were transferred to other duties. The Ram Fleet included the following ships: United States Ram Fleet The United States Ram Fleet was a small group of rams on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War. In March

neg: Turyol Turyol Turyol is a private ferry operator, which owns and operates urban and international ferry service in western Turkey, focused primarily around Istanbul. It is one of three private ferry operators in Istanbul, along with İDO and Dentur. Turyol maintains a fleet of 70 vessels, 60 of which are for scheduled passenger service. In terms of fleet size and number of lines, Turyol is the largest private ferry operator in Turkey and second largest overall, after the Istanbul Municipality's ferry operator Şehir Hatları. Turyol operates ferry service within four separate areas in western Turkey. The largest of these four areas

neg: Escape Velocity Nova represent the criminal side of the universe. There are many different branches of the common Pirates that mercilessly plunder and kill ships. In the game, they can disable and steal the player's goods and money and leave the player stranded in open space. The Marauders are small raiders and pirates who plunder in a small scale, and are usually nothing to worry about to well armed merchants. Their ships are usually normal civilian ships, slightly upgraded, although sometimes a Starbridge or Valkyrie joins in the fleet. The Marauders are independent raiders who have no real leader or government, and therefore

neg: Mulberry Island independent city of Newport News, almost all of the base and all of Mulberry Island are located within the corporate limits of Newport News. An Army Aviation School is also located at Fort Eustis. An array of ships part of the National Defense Reserve Fleet are anchored adjacent to Mulberry Island in the middle of the James River. Considered an environmental hazard, the numbers of this reserve fleet are being reduced each year as ships are transported away as scrap. These ships are termed the "Idle Fleet" in local parlance. Mulberry Island Mulberry Island is located along the James River

neg: Quebec Expedition expect on the river. These concerns prompted him to detach his largest and heaviest ships for cruising duty, and he transferred his flag to the 70-gun "Edgar". On 30 July, the fleet set sail from Boston. It consisted of a mix of British and colonial ships, including nine ships of war, two bomb vessels, and 60 transports and tenders. It carried 7,500 troops and about 6,000 sailors. By 3 August the fleet reached the coast of Nova Scotia, and Samuel Vetch piloted the fleet around Cape Breton and Cape North and into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. On the morning

neg: Charlestown, Cornwall the last commercial load of clay to leave Charlestown did so in 2000. Exports of china clay left Cornwall through Par or the deep water port at Fowey instead. In 1994 the harbour was bought by Square Sail as a base for their sailing ships. Much of Square Sail's business involves using the harbour and their ships as film sets such as the 2015 "Poldark" television series. Charlestown harbour is used by local fishermen but is owned by Square Sail, a company that owns and sails a small fleet of tall ships (including the "Kaskelot") so one or two tall

neg: Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant Admiral John Rodgers with a fleet of five ships, part of the Asiatic Squadron, arrived at the mouth of the Salee River below Seoul. The fleet included the , one of the largest ships in the Navy with 47 guns, 47 officers, and a 571-man crew. While waiting for senior Korean officials to negotiate, Rogers sent ships out to make soundings of the Salee River for navigational purposes. The American fleet was fired upon by a Korean fort, but there was little damage. Rogers gave the Korean government ten days to apologize or begin talks, but the Royal Court kept

neg: Beiyang Fleet Fleet was the second-largest regional navy but was gradually closing the gap with the Nanyang Fleet, based at Shanghai. By 1890, it was the largest of China's four regional navies. Unlike the other Chinese fleets, the Beiyang Fleet consisted mostly of battleships imported from Germany and Britain. When the flagships and were purchased from Germany, the superiority in strength of the Beiyang Fleet became evident, as Germany was the emerging world power, rivalling Britain (which dominated the ocean) in new naval construction. The Qing Chinese navy at its peak consisted of 78 ships, with a total tonnage of 83,900 tons.

neg: Ottoman ironclad Mahmudiye of 1877, the ship was assigned to the 1st Division of the Mediterranean Fleet, based in Volo, along with the ironclad . The Russo-Turkish War began on 24 April 1877 with a Russian declaration of war, but unlike many of the other, smaller Ottoman ironclads, "Mahmudiye" and her sister ships remained in the Mediterranean Fleet. The Navy feared losing the largest ships of its fleet, and so kept them primarily in port for the duration of the conflict. The wooden warships of the Mediterranean Fleet sortied in April 1877 to patrol the coast of Albania, but "Mahmudiye" and the rest

neg: Ottoman ironclad Aziziye was assigned to the 2nd Division of the Mediterranean Fleet, based in Crete, along with the ironclads and . The Russo-Turkish War began on 24 April 1877 with a Russian declaration of war, but unlike many of the other, smaller Ottoman ironclads, "Aziziye" and her sister ships remained in the Mediterranean Fleet. The Navy feared losing the largest ships of its fleet, and so kept them primarily in port for the duration of the conflict. The wooden warships of the Mediterranean Fleet sortied in April 1877 to patrol the coast of Albania, but "Aziziye" and the rest of the ironclads

neg: Atlantska plovidba company, allowing it to reinvest in itself. At the same time, the Yugoslavian government became interested in building ships. This combination allowed Atlantska Plovidba to build a fleet of 20 ships of a combined by 1965. In addition to tripling its tonnage, the newbuilding programme cut the average ship age to 17 years. After building several new ships at Trieste, and the shipyards at Split and Trogir, Atlantska plovidba scrapped the last of the original nine ships in 1970. By 1975, the average ship age in the fleet was down to 7.5 years. In 1976, Atlantska plovidba built their largest

neg: Byzantine navy by the defeat of a combined Byzantine–Genoese fleet of 48 ships by a much smaller Venetian fleet in 1263. Taking advantage of the Italians' preoccupation with the ongoing Venetian–Genoese war, by 1270 Michael's efforts had produced a strong navy of 80 ships, with several Latin privateers sailing under imperial colours. In the same year, a fleet of 24 galleys besieged the town of Oreos in Negroponte (Euboea), and defeated a Latin fleet of 20 galleys. This marked the first successful independent Byzantine naval operation and the beginning of an organized naval campaign in the Aegean that would continue throughout the

neg: Network Rail Rail owns the infrastructure, including the railway tracks, signals, overhead wires, tunnels, bridges, level crossings and most stations, but not the passenger or commercial freight rolling stock. It however owns a fleet of departmental stock. Although it owns over 2,500 railway stations, it manages only 20 of the biggest and busiest of them, all the other stations being managed by one or other of the various train operating companies (TOCs). Network Rail has a 15-year lease on Square One in Manchester with 800 staff in one of Manchester's largest refurbished office spaces. Network Rail should not be confused with 'National

neg: Variety Cruises and the "Callisto". The company also owns a fleet of smaller yachts solely available for charter including the "Obsession", the "Absolute King", "Christiane", and the "Monte Carlo". The company is closely involved with the local communities visited, with various sustainable action projects including the Kuntaur Film Festival. In 2013, the company founded a school project in The Gambia entitled The Lamin Koto School Project Variety Cruises Variety Cruises is a private yacht cruise line with its headquarters in Athens, Greece. It was founded in 2006 by Lakis Venetopoulos. and currently owns and operates 8 small cruise ships and 4 yachts.

neg: Finnish Navy "Meriekipaasi" participated in the Crimean War, albeit mostly with on-shore duties. The "Meriekipaasi" also manned the coastal batteries at the Santahamina Island during the siege of fortress Viapori in Helsinki. The ships the "Meriekipaasi" operated included the steam frigates "Rurik" and "Kalevala", named after the Finnish national epic. These ships later served in the Russian Pacific Fleet). The first ships that the independent Finnish Navy obtained were a mix of obsolete vessels left behind by the Russians during the Finnish Civil War and vessels, who had not been able to make the winter voyage to Kronstadt as the Russian Navy

neg: Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier BAE Systems (after the creation of BVT Surface Fleet through the merger of BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions and VT Group's VT Shipbuilding, which was a requirement of the UK Government). The vessels currently have a displacement of approximately , but the design anticipates added weight over the lifetime of the ships. The ships will be long and have a Carrier Air Wing (CVW) of up to forty aircraft (though they are capable of carrying up to fifty at full load). They will be the largest warships ever constructed for the Royal Navy, and the second-largest non-US Navy warships after

neg: Domenico Selvo perhaps risky, was ultimately well-calculated as it caused mass confusion among the Venetians, who were overwhelmed on all flanks, while the Greeks fled what they assumed to be a losing battle. Selvo barely managed to retreat with the remainder of his fleet, but not before 3,000 Venetians died and another 2,500 were taken prisoner. The Venetians also lost 9 great galleys, the largest and most heavily armed ships in their war fleet. When the battered fleet returned to Venice, news of the defeat spread throughout the city to mixed reactions. Though some were willing to forgive the defeat considering the

neg: Order of battle in the Croisière de Bruix on 22 June and sailing on 24 June with a fleet of more than 40 ships of the line; at the time the largest naval force in the world. Turning southwest, the combined fleet sailed through the Straits of Gibraltar on 7 July intending to return to Brest. Keith remained off Menorca for sometime, resupplying his ships and repeatedly ordering Nelson to take over protection of the island base, orders which Nelson completely disregarded. Keith's fleet was joined during this period by reinforcements sent from the Channel Fleet under Sir Charles Cotton and Cuthbert Collingwood, but it did not follow

neg: Battle of Getaria the French fleet, but had only 12 galleons and some smaller ships at his disposal. The Spanish fleet sailed into the harbor of Getaria on 17 August and took up defensive positions close to the shore. This had several advantages: The largest French ships could not approach because of the shallow waters, the usual French tactics of close combat followed by boarding was impossible and the Spanish fleet had supporting fire from the shore.<br> De Sourdis decided to first batter the Spanish fleet with his superior fire power, then send in his fireships and cut off any escape route with

neg: United Africa Company Liverpool-based company that was one of UAC's rivals in West Africa also operated its own fleet. The chief requirement of the West African trade was fleet made up a several small ships rather than a few large ones. Deliveries had to be frequent, and there were many ports to be served. The size of the new company meant that the prospects for the new UAC fleet were much better than had been the case with the old Bromport Line. Soon UAC began to rapidly expand its fleet. Between 1930 and 1934 seven more second-hand ships were bought, the largest of

neg: J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd be built until by the early sixties it had four motor ships all under five years old. This enabled the business to trade with near continental ports as well as those in the Baltic and Bay of Biscay. Regular return cargoes included seasonal crops, including French onion sellers who, complete with bikes, were carried in the ship’s hold with the onions. Today Rix Shipping Ltd is based at the head office of parent firm, J.R. Rix & Sons Ltd, in Spyvee Street, Hull, and owns and operates a fleet of estuarial tank barges, coastal tankers and high speed crew transfer

neg: Novara-class cruiser with his four "Tegetthoff"-class ships providing the largest component of the assault. They would be accompanied by the three ships of the "Erzherzog Karl"-class pre-dreadnoughts, all three ships of the "Novara" class, the cruiser "Admiral Spaun", four "Tátra"-class destroyers, and four torpedo boats. Submarines and aircraft would also be employed in the operation to hunt down enemy ships on the flanks of the fleet. On 8 June 1918 Horthy took his flagship, "Viribus Unitis", and "Prinz Eugen" south with the lead elements of his fleet. On the evening of 9 June, "Szent István" and "Tegetthoff" followed along with their own

neg: International Fleet Review 2005 600-year-old British tradition, and until the 2005 review consisted of mainly Royal Navy ships, with a small number of invited foreign ships, but there are today no longer enough Royal Navy warships available in home waters for this to be worthwhile. This review, therefore, went with the modern trend to inviting foreign warships too, and was the largest on record in terms of nations attending and of number of ships - 167 naval and merchant ships attended, including 57 British warships. The Queen reviewed the fleet from on board the Royal Navy's Antarctic Patrol Vessel HMS "Endurance". Huge crowds gathered

neg: Jewel-class cruise ship for the line in two years (2006–2008), "Pride of Hawaii" proved to be unsuccessful. In 2008, NCL decided to transfer "Pride of Hawaii" to their fleet. After receiving her current NCL livery, she was renamed "Norwegian Jade" and sailed for NCL in 2008. The "Jewel"-class are the fourth largest ships in the NCL fleet, being preceded by the near-identical "Dawn"-class, and is surpassed by the 153,000-GT "Norwegian Epic". These ships have Panamax dimensions, enabling them to cross the original Panama Canal locks. These ships are the second batch of ships to have hull art, reflecting the name of each ship.

neg: Man O' War (game) fleet of model ships. The game typically used a small number of models with half a dozen to a dozen models per player. Each model had a corresponding template to record damage, crew levels, and outbreaks of fire, among other bookkeeping activities. In this regard, the game mechanics proved some limiting factors, even if innovations were present, like alternate unit activation. Ships were designated as belonging to one of 3 categories. The largest and most powerful ships were the Men O' War (MOW). These command ships operated singularly and usually carried the fleet Admiral and Wizard (if available). Men O'

neg: Junk (ship) and ships in both invasions, it can be concluded that each ship may carry 20-70 men. The enormous dimensions of the Chinese ships of the Medieval period are described in Chinese sources, and are confirmed by Western travelers to the East, such as Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta and Niccolò da Conti. According to Ibn Battuta, who visited China in 1347: The largest junks ever built were possibly those of Admiral Zheng He, for his expeditions in the Indian Ocean. According to Chinese sources, the fleet for Zheng's 1405 expedition comprised nearly 30,000 sailors and over 300 ships at its height.

neg: English Wars (Scandinavia) to get them through the tight defense that surrounded Copenhagen's reef, that it already was extremely difficult to navigate through. He nevertheless took the initiative to attack, and four of his largest ships ("Elephant", "Defiance", "Russel" and "Bellona") quickly grounded. The battle lasted long and after four hours of intense fighting it was not yet decided who would win. Parker, who was with the rest of the fleet, 200 meters from the Danish line of defense, was fired upon from the cannons at Trekrone Fort, and signaled to Nelson that he should withdraw the fleet. Nelson, however, was determined to

neg: Nimitz-class aircraft carrier "Nimitz" ships as they reach the end of their service lives. The new carriers will have a similar design to (using an almost identical hull shape) and technological and structural improvements. Nimitz-class aircraft carrier The "Nimitz"-class are a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. The lead ship of the class is named after World War II United States Pacific Fleet commander Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, who was the U.S. Navy's last living fleet admiral. With an overall length of and full-load displacement of over 100,000 long tons, they were the largest warships

neg: United States Fleet rank of fleet admiral. The directive of 6 December 1922 combined the U.S. Pacific Fleet and the U.S. Atlantic Fleet to form the United States Fleet. The main body of its ships, the Battle Fleet, was stationed in the Pacific Ocean and the Scouting Fleet was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. In addition, the "Control Force", protecting the Atlantic sea lanes, and the "Fleet Base Force" were included. Remaining independent of the United States Fleet were the Asiatic Fleet, the Naval Forces in Europe, the Special Service Squadron (Caribbean), and all U.S. Navy submarines. During 1930, the Battle Fleet and

neg: Presidency of James Madison Empire but were functionally independent, demanded tribute from countries that traded in the Mediterranean Sea. With the end of the war, the United States could deploy the now-expanded U.S. Navy against the Barbary States. Congress declared war on Algiers in March 1815, beginning the Second Barbary War. Seventeen ships, the largest U.S. fleet that had been assembled up to that point in history, were sent to the Mediterranean Sea. After several defeats, Algiers agreed to sign a treaty, and Tunis and Tripoli also subsequently signed treaties. The Barbary States agreed to release all of their prisoners and to stop demanding

neg: Ottoman ironclad Orhaniye along with the ironclads and . The Russo-Turkish War began on 24 April 1877 with a Russian declaration of war, but unlike many of the other, smaller Ottoman ironclads, "Orhaniye" and her sister ships remained in the Mediterranean Fleet. The Navy feared losing the largest ships of its fleet, and so kept them primarily in port for the duration of the conflict. The wooden warships of the Mediterranean Fleet sortied in April 1877 to patrol the coast of Albania, but "Orhaniye" and the rest of the ironclads remained in Souda Bay. After the conclusion of the war in 1878, "Orhaniye"

neg: Nile Clumps took part in the battle. The largest will be Victory Wood in Kent with 100,000 trees. Nile Clumps The Nile Clumps are a series of tree clumps near Amesbury on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, purportedly planted to commemorate the Battle of the Nile. Between 1 and 3 August 1798 a British fleet, under Admiral Horatio Nelson, defeated a French fleet, under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, in Aboukir Bay, in the Battle of the Nile. The French fleet consisted of thirteen ships of the line and four frigates. Nelson had fourteen ships of the line. All but four of the French

neg: Landmark Theatres of 2018, their other NYC location Sunshine Cinema closed. In April 2018, it was made public that Wagner/Cuban had put Landmark up for sale. The sale was finalized on December 4, 2018 and the theatre chain was purchased by Charles S. Cohen who also owns Cohen Media Group. Landmark Theatres also owns the theater chain, Silver Cinemas, which primarily shows second-run movies. As of 2018, there are three Silver Cinemas in the United States. Landmark Theatres Landmark Theatres is the United States' largest theater chain dedicated to exhibiting and marketing independent and foreign films. Landmark showcases a variety of programming

neg: Battle of Trafalgar Britain" theme, marked the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar. The 200th anniversary of the battle was also commemorated on six occasions in Portsmouth during June and July, at St Paul's Cathedral (where Nelson is entombed), in Trafalgar Square in London in October ("T Square 200"), and across the UK. On 28 June, the Queen was involved in the largest Fleet Review in modern times in the Solent, in which 167 ships from 35 nations took part. The Queen inspected the international fleet from the Antarctic patrol ship HMS "Endurance". The fleet included six aircraft carriers – (modern capital ships):

neg: The Voyage of the Mimi of Deltona, Florida, and Spiro "Steve" Cocotas, also from Gloucester. They operated the vessel as Three Mates Inc. for several years, bringing the boat to as many as 28 cities along the east coast. After three years of ownership under Three Mates Inc., Mimi was repossessed for financial reasons and sold at public auction in Massachusetts. Michael Spurgeon developed a plan to resurrect the Mimi, and the vessel was subsequently purchased with venture capital provided by Spurgeon's employer, Capt. Greg Muzzy, a Boston-area entrepreneur who owns and operates the "Liberty Fleet of Tall Ships,". Mimi was sailed from Gloucester to

neg: Mallows Bay highly participatory and transparent public review process. The "Ghost Fleet" of Mallows Bay is a reference to the hundreds of ships whose remains still rest in the relatively shallow waters of Mallows Bay. Mallows Bay contains the largest collection of wrecks in the Western Hemisphere. More than 100 of the vessels are wooden steamships, part of a fleet built to cross the Atlantic during World War I. However, most of these ships were obsolete upon completion after the end of the war. The most distinct ship seen at Mallows Bay is the S.S. "Accomac". The ships were stored in the

neg: HMS Surprise (novel) Strait so the "Surprise" sets sail for Britain. They encounter the East India Company's China Fleet, returning to England unescorted. A day after leaving the China Fleet the "Surprise" spots Linois's squadron in the Indian Ocean. "Surprise" engages its smallest ship, the corvette "Berceau", shredding her rigging, then speeds back to the China Fleet to warn them and organise a defence. Choosing the largest ships of the China Fleet, Aubrey dresses them as men-of-war and sends some of his officers to help them fight. The French squadron closes on the "Surprise" and the large Indiamen. The "Surprise" engages the largest

neg: Galley tactics the bow that was designed to break oars and to act as a boarding platform for storming enemy ships. The only remaining examples of ramming tactics was passing references to attempts to collide with ships in order to roll it over on its side. With the collapse of the unified Roman empire came the revival of large fleet actions. The Byzantine navy, the largest Mediterranean war fleet throughout most of the early Middle Ages, employed crescent formations with the flagship in the center and the heavier ships at the horns of the formation, in order to turn the enemy's flanks.

neg: Joseph Somes well as a charterer, especially for the East India Company. In the 1830s, under Somes' sole ownership, the firm became one of the largest in Britain, and Somes took advantage of the breakup of the East India Company's fleet to purchase a number of its best ships, including the "Lowther Castle" and "Earl of Balcarres". The firm's ships sailed mostly to the East Indies but also began to operate newly in Australasia, including whaling. They also travelled to Africa, The Americas, and the Baltic, but less often. By 1842, Somes' fleet spanned to at least 40 ships, and he was

neg: Battle of Artemisium The Persians formed their ships into a semicircle and tried to enclose the Allied fleet, upon which the Allies rowed forward and joined battle. The battle raged all day long, with the Allies hard put to defend their line. When the fleets finally disengaged at nightfall, both sides had suffered roughly equal losses. However, the smaller Allied fleet could scarcely afford such losses; half the Athenian ships (the largest contingent in the fleet) were damaged or lost. Returning to Artemisium, the Allies saw that they would probably not be able to hold the line for another day, such were their

neg: Bonny Gas Transport that they were trying to raise US $ 1 billion to renew the fleet of their daughter-company BGT BGT was set up by Nigeria NLG to transport all LNG gas produced by its mother company in Nigeria to the customers in North America and Europe. The website Helderline provides an overview of 13 of these ships. All ships that are managed by BGT also sail for BGT Per April, 2012, the company owns and operates the following LNG carriers: Bonny Gas Transport Bonny Gas Transport or Bonny Gas Transport Bermuda Shell is a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG or NLNG which

neg: Empire ship actions in the tonnage war Germany was waging against Britain's sea transport around the globe. Others were captured or seized from enemy powers and some were acquired by requisition or normal purchase or lease. New Empire ship construction represented an enormous undertaking that included classes of freighters, tankers, aircraft carriers, fast cargo liners, tank landing ships, Deep Sea Salvage and Rescue Tugs and several other categories. Total production numbered in the hundreds. Empire ships were supplements to Britain's normal peacetime merchant fleet, swelling its wartime numbers to 12,000, then the largest merchant ship fleet in the world. Approximately 4,000 ships

neg: Naval Infantry (Russia) brigade) size. The Naval Infantry received amphibious versions of standard armoured fighting vehicles, including tanks used by the Soviet Army. By 1989, the Naval Infantry numbered 18,000 troops, organised into the at Vladivostok and at least four independent brigades: the 61st "Kirkenneskaya" Brigade at Pechenga (Northern Fleet), 175th at Tumannyy in the North, 336th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade at Baltiysk (Baltic Fleet), and 810th at Sevastopol (Black Sea Fleet). By the end of the Cold War, the Soviet Navy had over eighty landing ships, as well as two "Ivan Rogov"-class landing ships. The latter could transport one infantry battalion with

neg: Ottoman ironclad Osmaniye her sister ships remained in the Mediterranean Fleet. The Navy feared losing the largest ships of its fleet, and so kept them primarily in port for the duration of the conflict. The wooden warships of the Mediterranean Fleet sortied in April 1877 to patrol the coast of Albania, but "Osmaniye" and the rest of the ironclads remained in Souda Bay. In January 1878, "Osmaniye" served briefly as a troop transport to help carry Ottoman soldiers to the Balkans. After the conclusion of the war in 1878, "Osmaniye" was laid up in Constantinople. In 1884, the 36-pounder gun were removed and

neg: Battle of Lake Poyang Battle of Lake Poyang The battle of Lake Poyang (鄱陽湖之戰) was a naval conflict which took place 30 August – 4 October 1363 between the rebel forces of Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang during the Red Turban Rebellion which led to the fall of the Yuan dynasty. Chen Youliang besieged Nanchang with a large fleet on Lake Poyang, China's largest freshwater lake, and Zhu Yuanzhang met his force with a smaller fleet. After an inconclusive engagement exchanging fire, Zhu employed fire ships to burn the enemy tower ships and destroyed their fleet. This was the last major battle of the

neg: Battle of the Yalu River (1894) the Beiyang fleet was near the point of total collapse, most of the fleet had fled or had been sunk and the two largest ships and were nearly out of ammunition. Several different explanations have been put forward as to why the Beiyang Fleet did not change their formation to react to the Japanese tactics more effectively. Per Royal Navy Lieutenant William Ferdinand Tyler, stationed on "Dingyuan", Admiral Ding ordered his ships to change course in such a way that would have exposed his ship, the flagship, but put the rest of the squadron in a good position to fire

neg: Battle of Cape Henry favourable wind, and reached Cape Henry on 16 March, slightly ahead of Destouches. Although the two fleets both had eight ships in their lines, the British had an advantage in firepower: the 90-gun was the largest ship of either fleet (compared to the 84-gun "Duc de Bourgogne"), while the French fleet also included the recently captured 44-gun "Romulus", the smallest vessel on either line. When Arbuthnot spotted the French fleet to his northeast at 6 am on March 16, they were about east-northeast of Cape Henry. Arbuthnot came about, and Destouches ordered his ships to form a line of battle

neg: Wallabadah, New South Wales Garden, a memorial to the First Fleet immigrants was created on the banks of Quirindi Creek. Stonemason, Ray Collins, carved 1,520 names of all those who came out to Australia on the eleven ships in 1788 on tablets along the garden pathways. The stories of those who arrived on the ships, their life, and first encounters with the Australian country are presented throughout the garden. The surrounding area has a barbecue, tables, and amenities. Near the historic Wallabadah Cemetery is one of the largest undisturbed whitebox woodlands remaining in Australia, along with the indigenous trees and grasses that are peculiar

neg: Unadilla-class gunboat deep in Confederate territory would be required in order to effectively enforce the blockade of the Confederate coastline. In late October 1861, a large fleet of 77 ships, including 19 warships—the largest fleet then assembled by the Navy—departed New York with the capture of Port Royal, South Carolina as its objective. On 4 November, four gunboats of the fleet, including the "Unadilla"-class vessels , and , provided protection for the survey vessel as the latter made soundings in Port Royal harbor. The following morning, the same three "Unadilla"-class ships and two other gunboats returned to the harbor to engage the

neg: Nisshin Maru Nisshin Maru The 8,145-ton vessel is the primary vessel of the Japanese whaling fleet and is the world's only whaler factory ship. It is also the largest member, and flagship of the five-member whaling fleet, headed by research leader Shigetoshi Nishiwaki. The ship is based in Japan in Shimonoseki harbor, and is owned by Tokyo-based company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd which is a subsidiary of the Institute of Cetacean Research. There have been several Japanese factory whaling ships named "Nisshin Maru". After the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet was attacked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, all Japanese factory ships

neg: Yue-Kong Pao system whereby he was able to secure bank guaranteed three-year charters prior to purchasing ships thus significantly reducing the business risks and creating a very attractive lending opportunity for the banks financing the ship purchase. This basic scheme (known in Japan as a "shikumisen" arrangement) was extended when World-Wide moved into commissioning construction of new ships in 1961. By 1979 the fleet was some 202 vessels with a total of , by far and away the largest fleet in the world. Indeed, the fleet was larger than the combined fleets of the famous Onassis, Niarchos and Lemos families. In recognition

neg: United States Seventh Fleet on 2 August 1990, President George H. W. Bush ordered Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet to assume additional responsibilities as Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command. The Fleet Commander departed Yokosuka, Japan immediately, heading for the Persian Gulf, and joined the remainder of his staff aboard the flagship on 1 September 1990. During Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, Naval Forces Central Command exercised command and control of the largest U.S. Navy armada since the Second World War. At the peak of combat operations, over 130 U.S. ships joined more than 50 allied ships to conduct maritime intercept operations, minesweeping

neg: Battle of Saint-Mathieu Battle of Saint-Mathieu The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu took place on 10 August 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai, near Brest, France, between an English fleet of 25 ships commanded by Sir Edward Howard and a Franco-Breton fleet of 22 ships commanded by René de Clermont. It is possibly the first battle between ships using cannon through ports, although this played a minor role in the fighting. This was one of only two full-fledged naval battles fought by King Henry VIII's Tudor navy. During the battle, each navy's largest and most powerful ship—"Regent" and "Marie-la-Cordelière" (or simply

neg: Republic of Venice nine great galleys, the largest and most heavily armed ships in the Venetian war fleet. Venice was involved in the Crusades almost from the very beginning. Two hundred Venetian ships assisted in capturing the coastal cities of Syria after the First Crusade. In 1110, Ordelafo Faliero personally commanded a Venetian fleet of 100 ships to assist Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd I Magnusson, king of Norway in capturing the city of Sidon (in present-day Lebanon). In 1123, they were granted virtual autonomy in the Kingdom of Jerusalem through the "Pactum Warmundi". The Venetians also gained extensive trading privileges in

neg: Royal-class cruise ship midst of Economic downturn, Princess managed to continue the contract with the help of Italian Export Credit Companies, particularly SACE S.p.A. The two ships are designed to have a tonnage of 141,000-GT, with a passenger capacity of 3,600. The new ships are predicted to enter service in Summer 2013 and 2014 and will be the largest newbuilds to date for Princess Cruises. The ships design will be evolutionary, from the current Princess fleet and will offer new innovations in the fleet. 100% of its outside staterooms will have balconies, which will comprise the 80% of all staterooms. The signature Piazza

neg: Admiralty of Friesland command of Captain Joris Pieters van den Broeck. After it brought back its report, Admiral Tromp decided to give battle on 16 September, with a Dutch fleet of 29 ships against 67 Spanish ships. One of the largest ships in Tromp's fleet was a 70-man frigate with 22 guns under the command of the Frisian captain Tjaard de Groot. In the later Battle of the Downs Broeck defeated a 140-man, 18 gun Spanish galleon. Van den Broeck found frequent fame in later years. In May 1641 he defeated an 80-man, 12 gun ship from Dunkirk, and in 1642 defeated a

neg: Tegetthoff-class battleship blockade in May 1917, Horthy envisioned a massive attack on the Allied forces with his four "Tegetthoff"-class ships providing the largest component of the assault. They would be accompanied by the three ships of the "Erzherzog Karl"-class pre-dreadnoughts, the three s, the cruiser "Admiral Spaun", four s, and four torpedo boats. Submarines and aircraft would also be employed in the operation to hunt down enemy ships on the flanks of the fleet. On 8 June 1918 Horthy took his flagship, "Viribus Unitis", and "Prinz Eugen" south with the lead elements of his fleet. On the evening of 9 June, "Szent

neg: SMS Szent István Horthy was determined to use the fleet to attack the Otranto Barrage. Planning to repeat his successful raid on the blockade in May 1917, Horthy envisioned a massive attack on the Allied forces with "Szent István" and the other three "Tegetthoff" class ships providing the largest component of the assault. They would be accompanied by the three ships of the "Erzherzog Karl"-class pre-dreadnoughts, the three s, the cruiser "Admiral Spaun", four s, and four torpedo boats. Submarines and aircraft would also be employed in the operation to hunt down enemy ships on the flanks of the fleet. On 8 June

neg: Battle of Öland forces and there was disagreement among the Danish commanders on how far they should pursue the Swedish ships. The Swedish fleet had suffered a major blow by losing its two largest ships, its commander-in-chief and one of its most experienced admirals. Even after the battle, the misfortunes continued. "Äpplet" came off its moorings at Dalarö, went aground and sank. Around fifty survivors were picked up by pursuing Danish ships and taken as prisoners to Copenhagen. The battle gave Denmark undisputed naval supremacy and the Swedish fleet did not dare to venture out for the rest of the year. The army

neg: North-Western Shipping Company North-Western Shipping Company The North-Western Shipping Company () is a Russian ship-owning company within UCL Holding and is ultimately controlled by Vladimir Lisin's Fletcher Group Holdings Ltd. Founded in 1923 as the North-Western River Shipping Company, the company now owns a fleet of 107 vessels, totaling 400,000 DWT (Dead Weight Tons). The North-Western Shipping Company serves an important role of delivering dry, general, and oversize cargoes from Europe and elsewhere to the Russian hinterland cost-effectively. The North-Western Shipping Company's fleet of vessels includes dry cargo ships, bulk carriers between 1,500 and 7,000 DWT capable of navigating both rivers and seas.

neg: Francis M. Bunce Roads. Bunce continued to exercise the squadron at sea off Virginia, and gradually sent his ships into various navy yards for refits in the winter and spring of 1896 in order to keep them ready for any operations against Spain. By August 1896, enough ships had returned to the squadron and enough newly commissioned ships had joined it in time for planned late-summer tactical exercises that the "New York Times" called it "the largest fleet ever assembled by the Navy Department for instruction in fleet tactics at sea." During a social and diplomatic visit to New York City in August

neg: Merchant ship world operate fleets of merchant ships. However, due to the high costs of operations, today these fleets are in many cases sailing under the flags of nations that specialize in providing manpower and services at favourable terms. Such flags are known as "flags of convenience". Currently, Liberia and Panama are particularly favoured. Ownership of the vessels can be by any country, however. The Greek-owned fleet is the largest in the world. Today, the Greek fleet accounts for some 16 per cent of the world’s tonnage; this makes it currently the largest single international merchant fleet in the world, albeit not

neg: Long-range identification and tracking (ships) small-craft monitoring, vessel vetting and sanctions compliance, port-risk mitigation, and fleet-wide Ship Security Alert Service (SSAS) management - including testing, response escalation and notifications. The Vanuatu flag registry appointed collecte localisation satellites (CLS) as the sole LRIT application service provider (ASP) and national data center (RDC) provider for all Vanuatu flagged vessels. Singapore established its LRIT National Data Centre with CLS as its LRIT Recognised ASP. Vietnam entered in LRIT production environment at October 21 of 2013. Vietnam owns a National LRIT Data Center (NDC) and recognize VISHIPEL as Application Service Provider (ASP). Long-range identification and tracking (ships) The long-range

neg: Jacques Colaert his crew (with the exception of six boys) were publicly hanged in September 1600. Jacques Colaert Jacques Colaert or Jacob Collaart (died September 1600) was a Flemish privateer who during the Dutch Revolt sailed in royal service as one of the Dunkirkers. A privateer based in Dunkirk, Colaert in August 1600 sailed with a fleet under command of Vice Admiral Anton of Burgundy, Lord of Wacken. The fleet consisted of six Spanish royal ships and six independent privateers; Colaert commanded the six-gun vessel "Crabbelcat" with a crew of 43 sailors. Leaving Dunkirk on the night of 9 or 10 August,

neg: United States Asiatic Fleet First Squadron of the United States Pacific Fleet. However, on 28 January 1910, the ships of that squadron were again organized as the Asiatic Fleet. Thus constituted, the Asiatic Fleet, based in the Philippines, was organizationally independent of the Pacific Fleet, which was based on the United States West Coast until it moved to Pearl Harbor in the Territory of Hawaii in 1940. Although much smaller than any other U.S. Navy fleet and indeed far smaller than what any navy generally considers to be a fleet, the Asiatic Fleet from 1916 was commanded by one of only four four-star admirals

neg: Jacques Colaert Jacques Colaert Jacques Colaert or Jacob Collaart (died September 1600) was a Flemish privateer who during the Dutch Revolt sailed in royal service as one of the Dunkirkers. A privateer based in Dunkirk, Colaert in August 1600 sailed with a fleet under command of Vice Admiral Anton of Burgundy, Lord of Wacken. The fleet consisted of six Spanish royal ships and six independent privateers; Colaert commanded the six-gun vessel "Crabbelcat" with a crew of 43 sailors. Leaving Dunkirk on the night of 9 or 10 August, the privateering expedition faced problems early on when two Flemish privateers, Sibrant Pietersen and

neg: Atlantska plovidba lift ships, and Coastal trading vessels. The company owns 14 bulk carriers from to . These ships operate worldwide as trampers. Eight of them are capable of unloading their own cargo. The company also owns 4 heavy lift ships, capable of lifting loads up to 500 metric tons. These ships each have a capacity of and operate worldwide. The third type of ship the company owns are small coastal trading vessels. It owns three of these type, designed for dry cargo. These ships operate exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea and are not capable of self-unloading. Atlantska plovidba Atlantska plovidba d.d.