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Laura Maersk was built as a dual fuel (methanol and diesel) container ship in Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, South Korea. [3] [1] It was named by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in Copenhagen on 14 September 2023. [3] It is named after the steam ship SS Laura, the first ship owned by Peter Mærsk Møller, father of the founder ...
John Adams has had two ships named after him in 1799 before his death on 4 July 1826, as well as a submarine in the 20th century: USS Adams was a 28-gun frigate built in New York, and launched 8 June 1799; USS John Adams was a 24-gun frigate built in Charleston, South Carolina launched 1 October 1799.
HNoMS King Haakon VII was a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship during World War II, named after King Haakon VII of Norway.She was given to the RNoN by the United States on 16 September 1942, [1] in the presence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha.
On 30 June President Woodrow Wilson issued an executive order authorising the USSB to take possession and title of 87 German ships, including Prinz Oskar. [33] By 1919 Prinz Oskar had been renamed Orion. Her US official number was 202863 and her code letters were LMCW. [34] She was one of 103 German ships that the USSB put up for sale on 25 ...
Sirius (2010–), was firstly used by the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev [4] Graceful (2018–), the most recent presidential yacht; The Russian government also employing the special vessel named Rossiya which was built during the Soviet Union, and used in the internal waters. In 2003 ship named Burevestnik was commissioned to serve the ...
A number of motor ships have been named MS Europa after the mythical Europa and the continent of Europe: MS Europa (1931), a cargo ship destroyed at Liverpool in 1941 during an air raid; MS Europa (1952), an ocean liner operated by Lloyd Tiestino 1952–1976; MS Europa (1953), a combined ocean liner / cruise ship operated by the North German ...
From 1942 President Warfield served in the Second World War as a barracks and training ship for the British Armed Forces. In 1944 she was commissioned into the United States Navy as USS President Warfield (IX-169), a station and accommodation ship for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. In 1947, she was renamed Exodus 1947 to take part in Aliyah Bet.
South Africa: List of decommissioned ships of the South African Navy; Sri Lanka: List of Sri Lanka Navy active ships; Taiwan: List of Republic of China Navy ships; Turkey: Lists of ships of the Turkish Navy; United Kingdom: List of active Royal Navy ships; List of ship names of the Royal Navy; List of early warships of the English navy