About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 54. Chapters: NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft, MV Queen of the North, MS Explorer, USS W. S. Sims, MS al-Salam Boccaccio 98, USS Detroit, HMS Bristol, USS Brunswick, USS Blakely, USS Beacon, PNS Hangor, USS Trepang, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, USS Vreeland, USS Tuscaloosa, USS Pintado, USS Blue Ridge, MV Ocean Pearl, Costa Allegra, USS San Jose, USS Inchon, Sebbe Als, HMS Conqueror, USS St. Louis, USS Sumter, List of ship launches in 1969, Iranian frigate Sabalan, USS Sand Lance, USS Trippe, USS Schenectady, USS Hawkbill, USCGC Morgenthau, USS Frederick, USS Patterson, HMS Diomede, SS Atlantic Causeway, USS Benicia, USS Marvin Shields, USS Milwaukee, Iranian frigate Sahand, USS Rathburne, USS Harold E. Holt, USS Flying Fish, USNS Wyman, USS Downes, MV Cuthred, USS Pigeon, USS El Paso, USS Manitowoc, Iranian frigate Alborz, USS Ortolan, USS Portland, USS Cayuga, MS Lord Selkirk II, MV Leisure World, HMCS Preserver, HMAS Jervis Bay, USS Kansas City, German destroyer Rommel, USCGC Alert, SS Wright, RFA Blue Rover, USS Palatka, RFA Grey Rover, INS Kursura, USS Natchitoches, USS Nanticoke, OMI Charger, Cason, USS Pokagon, Esso Northumbria, Chilean icebreaker Contraalmirante Oscar Viel Toro, HDMS Nordkaperen. Excerpt: M/V Queen of the North was a RORO ferry built by AG Weser of Germany and operated by BC Ferries, which ran along a scenic 18-hour route along the British Columbia Coast of Canada between Port Hardy and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, a route also known as the Inside Passage. On March 22, 2006, with 101 persons aboard, she sailed off course, ran aground and sank. Two passengers, whose bodies were never found, are now considered lost in the tragedy. The ship had a gross tonnage of 8,806 (the 5th largest in fleet), and an overall length of 125 metres (14th longest in the fleet). She had a capacity of 700 passengers and 115 c...
