noun(n.) A nautical mile, or 6080.27 feet; as, when a ship goes eight miles an hour, her speed is said to be eight knots. noun(n.) A kind of epaulet. See Shoulder knot. noun(n.) A sandpiper (Tringa canutus), found in the northern parts of all the continents, in summer. It ...
nautical miles (5.7 km) out to sea and then essentially floated around for a few days. Others were trips to islands in theAtlantic OceanandCaribbean Sea, catering to passengers interested in a holiday that would include alcohol. TheGreat Depressionand therepealof Prohibition gradually ended booze...
(marines), under oars it could reach seven knots (seven nautical miles per hour; one knot equals 1.15 statute miles per hour or 1.85 km per hour). Extremely light and highly maneuverable, the classical trireme represented the most concentrated application of human muscle power tomilitarypurposes...
Mikhail Lazarev is the latest in a series of unique shuttle tankers of the Shturman Albanov series, designed for the year-round transportation of crude oil from the Gulf of Ob (the Kara Sea) for the Novy Port project, operated by Gazprom Neft. The first three ships in the series were de...
While on a US Navy ship (USS Bainbridge DLGN-25) east of Hawaii, I spotted a pod of dolphins surfing near the bow. This first amazing view of cetaceans effortlessly playing on the bow of a ship moving at 25-30 knots was a wonderful event to be part of a 19 year olds life. On ...