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Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

(Encyclopedia)Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal: see Chicago, river. ...

Lusitania, ship

(Encyclopedia)Lusitania, liner under British registration, sunk off the Irish coast by a German submarine on May 7, 1915. In the sinking, 1,198 persons lost their lives, 128 of whom were U.S. citizens. A warning to...

Merrimack, ship

(Encyclopedia)Merrimack: see Monitor and Merrimack. ...

Virginia, ship

(Encyclopedia)Virginia, Confederate name for the ironclad Merrimack. See Monitor and Merrimack. ...

Florida, ship

(Encyclopedia)Florida: see Confederate cruisers. ...

Beagle, ship

(Encyclopedia)Beagle, naval vessel: see Darwin, Charles Robert. ...

Black Warrior, ship

(Encyclopedia)Black Warrior, merchant steamer that plied between New York City and Mobile, usually stopping at Havana, Cuba. Her seizure on Feb. 28, 1854, by Spanish authorities at Havana and the imposition of a $6...

shipwreck

(Encyclopedia)shipwreck, complete or partial destruction of a vessel as a result of collision, fire, grounding, storm, explosion, or other mishap. In the ancient world sea travel was hazardous, but in modern times ...

pilot

(Encyclopedia)pilot, person responsible for safe navigation of a ship or airplane. A ship's pilot is an individual possessing local knowledge of coastal waters. Usually licensed by public authority (in the United S...

Cutty Sark

(Encyclopedia)Cutty Sark, three-masted British clipper ship, launched 1869 from Dumbarton, Scotland. The last tea clipper to be built (and the only to survive), she set out on her maiden voyage from London to Shang...