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French ballet dancer and choreographer Victoria Dauberville instantly went viral on social media after performing a one-of-a-kind dance on the bulbous bow of a ship in Antarctica. The short yet ...
Figurehead on a model of the French ship Océan. A figurehead is a carved wooden decoration found at the bow of ships, generally of a design related to the name or role of a ship. They were predominant between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries, and modern ships' badges fulfil a similar role.
SS Andrea Doria (pronounced [anˈdrɛːa ˈdɔːrja]) was a luxury transatlantic ocean liner of the Italian Line (Società di navigazione Italia), put into service in 1953. She is widely known from the extensive media coverage of her sinking in 1956, which included the remarkably successful rescue of 1,660 of her 1,706 passengers and crew.
She broke a bottle of wine and water over the bow of sloop-of-war Germantown at Philadelphia Navy Yard on August 22, 1846. [2] Kate Lehrer, sponsor of the future USS Wichita (LCS 13), breaks a bottle of champagne across LCS-13's bow during the ship's christening ceremony. Women as sponsors became increasingly the rule, but not universally so.
When the SS Andrea Doria was struck broadside by the prow of the MS Stockholm, cabins 52 and 54 were directly in its line. [3] Morgan was somehow lifted out of her bed and onto the Stockholm ' s crushed bow, landing safely behind a bulwark as the two ships scraped past each other before separating. [4]
The famous bow of the ship is disappearing. ... and more than 1,500 men, women and children lost their lives in one of the most deadly maritime disasters in history. ...
Violet Constance Jessop (2 October 1887 – 5 May 1971) was an Irish-Argentine ocean liner stewardess and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in the early 20th century. Jessop is best known for having survived the sinking of both RMS Titanic in 1912 and her sister ship HMHS Britannic in 1916, as well as having been aboard the eldest of the three sister ships, RMS Olympic, when it collided with the ...
The injury occurred as the 22-year-old woman sat on the front of the boat while it was moving, officials said. “A pontoon boat she was bow riding on, with her feet in the water, hit a wave ...