TheCelticwas built by Harland and Wolff under keel number 79, launched on 18 June 1872 and was completed on 17 October 1872. She was almost a duplicate of theAdriaticand was the last of six “Oceanic class” liners. She was originally going to be christened "Arctic" but a ship with t...
With the millennium celebrations over, and the first year of the 21st century upon us, it is worth looking back 100 years to remind ourselves that even in those days the trend for passenger ships was for ever larger vessels, resulting in the superliner of the day, the White Star Line's...
Oceanic House was built as the head office of the White Star Line, the Titanic’s shipping line, in 1907. It later housed a bank, departments of the British Ministry of Defence and a restaurant. Today there are six luxury apartments and a duplex penthouse here that have been fitted with...
This ‘partnership’ grew deeper and in 1869, the two companies joined forces, forming the new ‘Oceanic Steam Navigation Company’, also known as the ‘White Star Line’ – a company that would become a very fabled one. The new company agreed with the shipbuilding company ‘Harland & Wolff...
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White Sand Bay 10.9 km National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium 17.6 km Nearby landmarks Sail Rock Beach 70 m Chuanfan Rock 540 m Camping area 660 m Banana Bay 1.5 km Sand Island (Sa-Dau) 1.6 km Little Bay Beach 1.7 km Sheding Park 1.8 km Kenting Express Bus Kenting Station 1.9...
Blue stippled line indicates the site of Cretaceous pre-breakup strike-slip faulting. AG, Analava gabbro (91.6 Ma); LR, Laxmi Ridge; S, Seychelles; SM, St Mary rhyolites (91.2 Ma)41. The black–white box (geology of Madagascar) is enlarged in the inset to Fig. 5. Inset map...
The white star denotes corresponding magnetic pole location Full size image 2.7 Ionospheric earthquake and tsunami disturbances One of the unique applications of the vertical profiles from F3/C RO measurements is to examine and understand the electron density variations that co-exist and/or persist ...
(P-) continental margin oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), normal oxic settings and silled euxinic basins are noted on the covariation diagrams. Thresholds and covariation fields after Bennett and Canfield36. White circles on the Re/Moauthprofile are interpreted as oxic/dysoxic and are not included ...