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3. Of or pertaining to the sea (e.g. marine biology, marine insurance, marine salvage). 4. A painting representing a subject related to the sea. marine sandglass (or glass) An hourglass-like timekeeping instrument used aboard ships from at least the 14th century until reliable mechanical timepieces replaced it in the early 19th century. Marine ...
HMAS Seamist (10) (Note: her commissioned name was HMAS Seamist, not Sea Mist as recorded on some Navy websites) was formerly a Sydney-based luxury motor cruiser, commissioned as a channel patrol boat into and operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She was one of thirteen similar vessels, known to Sydney siders as the ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
2. In the United States, a US Coast Guard officer, usually a captain, responsible for enforcement of safety, security, and marine environmental protection regulations in a commercial port. captain's daughter Another name for the cat o' nine tails, which in principle is only used on board on the captain's (or a court martial's) personal orders.
The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up, 1838 is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Joseph Mallord William Turner, painted in 1838 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1839.
Pearl Mist is a cruise ship with a gross tonnage of 5,109. The ship is 99.1 metres (325 ft 2 in) long overall and 86.9 metres (285 ft 1 in) between perpendiculars.The vessel has a beam of 16.8 m (55 ft). [3]
This marine painting is showing a Romantic era's painter's depiction of a snowstorm on water at its best, fully developing the bold, daring Romantic fantasy of Turner. Turner was unrivaled in depicting the natural world unmastered by mankind and exploring the effects of the elements and the battle of the forces of the nature.
USS Mist (1864), a steamer in commission from March to August 1865 USS Mist (SP-567) , a patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 USS YP-422 , a patrol vessel in commission from 1942 to 1943, started life as the fishing trawler Mist , though it did not bear that name as a naval vessel