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Dart (ship)
Several vessels have borne the name ''Dart'', for the dart or the River Dart: * was launched at Plymouth in 1787. ''Dart'' initially traded with Newfoundland and then the Mediterranean. From 1797 she made four voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was condemned at Barbados in 1802 as she was returning to London after having delivered slaves to Demerara. * was launched at Rotherhithe and made two voyages as a packet boat for the British East India Company; she then disappears from readily accessible online records. * was launched at Dartmouth in 1799. Between 1800 and 1804 she made two complete voyages from Liverpool as a slave ship. She wrecked in 1804 early in the outward bound leg of her third slave voyage. * was launched at Ostend in 1792, came into British hands in 1801, and became a sealer and whaler in the South Seas fisheries. She was last listed in 1810. * was launched in South America in 1797, taken in prize in 1806, made one whali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart (missile)
Darts are airborne ranged weapons. They are designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from javelins by the presence of fletching (feathers on the tail) and a shaft that is shorter and/or more flexible. Darts can be propelled by hand or with the aid of a hand-held implement such as a blowgun. They can be distinguished from arrows because they are not used with a bow. Darts have been used since pre-history. The plumbatae were lead-weighted darts thrown by infantrymen in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Darts can be propelled by a number of means. The atlatl uses leverage to increase the velocity of the dart, the kestros increases the range of propelled darts using a sling, and the exhalation of a person's breath through a blowgun propels small stone points or poisoned needles with pneumatic force. In the modern era, darts have been used for recreation; in lawn darts and the game of darts. History Pre-history Some of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Agaléga and St. Brandon. The islands of Mauritius and Rodrigues, along with nearby Réunion (a French overseas department), are part of the Mascarene Islands. The main island of Mauritius, where most of the population is concentrated, hosts the capital and largest city, Port Louis. The country spans and has an exclusive economic zone covering . Arab sailors were the first to discover the uninhabited island, around 975, and they called it ''Dina Arobi''. The earliest discovery was in 1507 by Portuguese sailors, who otherwise took little interest in the islands. The Dutch took possession in 1598, establishing a succession of short-lived settlements over a period of about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart 16
The Dart 16 is a one-design 4.80 m long sailing catamaran. It is designed to be sailed by two people. It races off a Portsmouth Yardstick of 863. History Design The Dart 16 is a modern beach catamaran that is fast, affordable, and seaworthy. Like most Dart catamarans except for the Dart 20 EXP it lacks the main boom, as well as daggerboards, spreaders, and complicated trimming mechanisms. The lower part of the hulls have skegs typical for a beach catamaran. The most noticeable difference to the popular Dart 18 and Sprint 15 catamarans is that the hulls are made out of Tecrothene, a thermo plastic. This material is very impact- and scratch-resistant, but somewhat heavier and harder to repair than fiberglass. The kick-up rudders are similar to the Hobie 16. The rigging consists of a rotating aero-dynamically shaped aluminum mast held by a forestay and two shroud wires. There is a trapeze for the crew. The mainsail does not have a boom is fully battened and is controlled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart 15
The Dart 15 is a one-design glassfibre sailing catamaran, principally sailed in the UK. It is designed to be sailed by one or two people and has a furling jib and trapeze. It can be raced with or without the jib and trapeze, and there are national championships held in both categories. Between 2005 and 2022 the class was known as the Sprint 15. Weight Hull 33 kg per hull; Trolley 6 kg; Road base 100 kg; Trailing weight 174.5 kg; Mast 10.5 kg. RYA handicap ratings * 926{{cite web , url=https://assetbank-eu-west-1.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/rya-assets_87113cb4549df15cff38e2cd071931c5/f1a/PN_List_2022_3_1_.pdf?response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3D%22f1a%2FPN_List_2022_3_1_.pdf%22%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27f1a%252FPN%255FList%255F2022%255F3%255F1%255F%252Epdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20230103T103159Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-Credential=AKIATJ7XNAYVAWNF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart (other)
Dart or DART may refer to: * Dart, the equipment in the game of darts Arts, entertainment and media * Dart (comics), an Image Comics superhero * Dart, a character from ''G.I. Joe'' * Dart, a ''Thomas & Friends'' railway engine character * Dart Feld, protagonist in the video game ''The Legend of Dragoon'' * ''Dart'' (poetry collection), a 2002 collection by British poet Alice Oswald Businesses and organizations * Dart (commercial vehicle), a former manufacturer of commercial vehicles in Iowa * Dart Container, a US cup and container manufacturer incorporated in the Cayman Islands * Dart Container Line, a shipping consortium that operated from 1969 to 1981 * Dart Drug, a former US drug-store chain * Dart Group, a British airline and industrial holding company * Dart Industries, a US drug-store group founded by Justin Whitlock Dart * Dart Music, a digital music aggregator based in Tennessee * Dart National Bank, a private bank in Michigan * Direct Action and Research Training C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart Container Line
Dart Containerline Co Ltd (as it was incorporated in Bermuda) was a consortium of shipping companies that commenced operations in 1969, thus becoming one of the first container shipping operators. The consortium comprised Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB), Charles Hill of Bristol, England (owners of the Bristol City Line) and Clarke Traffic Services Ltd from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The company operated between Antwerp and Southampton in Europe and Halifax, New York and Norfolk in North America. At first, the consortium deployed three chartered German container ships to Halifax plus four 18,000-ton painter-class ships, including ''Breughel'', which had been launched in 1963 and operated by CMB, to US ports. The purpose-built vessels operated by the consortium included the 31,036-ton MV ''Dart America'', owned by Clarke and launched in 1970, and her sister ship MV ''Dart Atlantic'', owned by Bristol City Line and launched in 1971. Both these vessels were later owned by the Bibby Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart Line
Dart Line was a British ferry operator operating from the River Thames near Dartford. The company had several vessels named ''Dart'': *, operated 1997–2002 *, operated 1996–2005 *, launched 1985, used on the Dartford–Vlissingen, Dartford–Zeebrugge and Dartford–Dunkirk routes 1997–2006 *, operated 1997–2006 *, operated 1996–1999 *, launched 1998, used on the Dartford–Vlissingen line and Dartford–Dunkirk in 1998–1999 and 2003 *, launched 1998, operated on the Dartford–Vlissingen line in 1999 *, operated 1999–2006 *, operated 1999–2006 They also operated other ships: *, launched 1991, operated Dartford–Vlissingen in 2003 Dart Line was owned by Jacobs Holdings, who in 2000 announced a move of the freight and ferry services at Thames Europort, Dartford, to Shell Haven in Essex. In 2006 the parent company Bidvest The Bidvest Group Limited also known as Bidvest Group or Bidvest is a South African services, trading, and distribution company. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunderland, Tyne And Wear
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the historic county of Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on the River Wear's mouth to the North Sea. The river also flows through Durham roughly south-west of Sunderland City Centre. It is the only other city in the county and the second largest settlement in the North East after Newcastle upon Tyne. Locals from the city are sometimes known as Mackems. The term originated as recently as the early 1980s; its use and acceptance by residents, particularly among the older generations, is not universal. At one time, ships built on the Wear were called "Jamies", in contrast with those from the Tyne, which were known as "Geordies", although in the case of "Jamie" it is not known whether this was ever extended to people. There were three original settlements by the River's mouth which are part of the modern-day city: Monkwearmouth, settled in 674 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Dart
The River Dart is a river in Devon, England, that rises high on Dartmoor and flows for to the sea at Dartmouth. Name Most hydronyms in England derive from the Brythonic language (from which the river's subsequent names ultimately derive from an original Celtic etymology. As the lower stretches of the river are still covered in ancient oak woodlands, it is accepted that the first element derives from *Dar-, meaning oak (derow'', Welsh ''derw''). However the second element (evident in the hard consonantal termination of ''Dar-t'') is less certain, with postulated etymologies from ''Darwent'' / ''Derventio'' (Sacred place of Oak) or ''Darnant'' / ''Darant'' (Oak stream). The Ravenna Cosmography records a number of Latinised names for the area, ''Devionisso Statio'' and ''Deventiasteno'' may represent corrupted doublets of a ''Statio'' (Station) on a river named ''Derventio''. Although the name ''Derventio'' is otherwise unattested for the river, it is an established etymology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whaling Ship
A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized vessel, designed or adapted for whaling: the catching or processing of whales. Terminology The term ''whaler'' is mostly historic. A handful of nations continue with industrial whaling, and one, Japan, still dedicates a single factory ship for the industry. The vessels used by aboriginal whaling communities are much smaller and are used for various purposes over the course of the year. The ''whale catcher'' was developed during the age of steam, and then driven by diesel engines throughout much of the twentieth century. It was designed with a harpoon gun mounted at its bow and was fast enough to chase and catch rorquals such as the fin whale. At first, whale catchers either brought the whales they killed to a whaling station, a settlement ashore where the carcasses could be processed, or to its factory ship anchored in a sheltered bay or inlet. With the later development of the slipway at the ship's stern, whale catchers were able to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
