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The MV Glen Sannox has passed a series of sea acceptance tests, including on steering, stopping, noise and vibration. Sea trials of late and over-budget ferry ‘an overall success’ Skip to main ...
Scientists from the University of Southampton are experimenting with a new wing-sail which can be fitted to vessels to use the wind to travel. Sea trials under way for wind-powered sail in bid to ...
The tests between 1971 and 1975 were known as the DICE trials. The tests were conducted by scientists from Porton Down , initially using zinc cadmium sulfide (ZnCdS) as a simulated agent. Early results clearly showed that one aircraft flying along the coast while spraying its agent could contaminate a target over 100 miles away, over an area of ...
A sea trial or trial trip is the testing phase of a watercraft (including boats, ships, and submarines). It is also referred to as a "shakedown cruise" by many naval personnel. It is usually the last phase of construction and takes place on open water, and it can last from a few hours to many days. Sea trials are conducted to measure a vessel's ...
CCTV reported the Fujian had set out to sea just after 8 a.m. (0000 GMT) on Wednesday. The sea trials are a final step before the aircraft carrier is put into service by China's navy. That process ...
Operation Sea-Spray was a 1950 U.S. Navy secret biological warfare experiment in which Serratia marcescens and Bacillus globigii bacteria were sprayed over the San Francisco Bay Area in California, in order to determine how vulnerable a city like San Francisco may be to a bioweapon attack. There has been speculation that the experiment may have ...
Hetman Ivan Mazepa (F211) is an Ada-class anti-submarine corvette of the Ukrainian Navy currently undergoing sea trials.The ship is named after Ivan Mazepa, a Ukrainian Cossack leader who turned against the Tsardom of Russia of Peter the Great and joined the side of Charles XII of Sweden during the Swedish Invasion of Russia.
The book was based on an investigate journalism series Urbina wrote for The New York Times. [1] Topics covered include illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, modern slavery and violent crime committed at sea, as well of the work of organisations, governments and companies in international waters. [2] [3] [4] The book was critically acclaimed.