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Rainbow Warrior is the name of a vessel owned by Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, for use in antinuclear protest voyages. See more »

Alabama

Alabama was the most famous of the 20 Confederate cruisers that preyed on Union merchant ships and whalers during the American Civil War (1861-1865).

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Beagle

Beagle was a British ship that carried out marine surveys in South America and along the coast of Australia between 1826 and 1843.

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Clermont

Clermont was the first commercially successful steamboat.

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Constitution

Constitution is a famous frigate of the United States Navy.

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Cutty Sark

Cutty Sark is a clipper ship preserved at Greenwich, in London.

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Dunbar

Dunbar, a sailing ship, was wrecked against the rocks on the outer South Head of Sydney Harbour in Australia, on Aug.

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Emden

Emden was a German cruiser that was stationed in the Philippine Sea at the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918).

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Girona

Girona, a ship of the Spanish Armada, provided the richest treasure in the history of Irish archaeology.

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Mary Celeste

Mary Celeste, an American sailing ship, was found abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in 1872.

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Mary Rose

Mary Rose was a ship in the navy of King Henry VIII of England that sank near Portsmouth in 1545.

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Melbourne

Melbourne, a 22,000-ton (20,000-metric ton) aircraft carrier, became the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy after its arrival in Australia in 1956.

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Polly Woodside

Polly Woodside was the last sailing ship to operate in Australian waters.

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Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior is the name of a vessel owned by Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, for use in antinuclear protest voyages.

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Titanic

Titanic was a British passenger ship that struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912.

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