List Of Shipwrecks In 1896
The list of shipwrecks in 1896 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1896. January 1 January 3 January 4 January 5 January 6 January 8 January 10 January 12 January 13 January 15 January 16 January 24 January 26 January February 1 February 5 February 6 February 7 February 8 February 9 February 10 February 11 February 14 February 15 February 18 February 20 February 21 February 22 February 24 February 25 February 27 February 28 February 29 February March 2 March 4 March 5 March 6 March 7 March 9 March 11 March 13 March 16 March 18 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 March 30 March April 5 April 10 April 11 April 12 April 17 April 18 April 20 April 22 April 25 April 26 April 28 April 29 April May 2 May ...
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Ship
A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research, and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity, and purpose. Ships have supported exploration, trade, warfare, migration, colonization, and science. After the 15th century, new crops that had come from and to the Americas via the European seafarers significantly contributed to world population growth. Ship transport is responsible for the largest portion of world commerce. The word ''ship'' has meant, depending on the era and the context, either just a large vessel or specifically a ship-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts, each of which is square-rigged. As of 2016, there were more than 49,000 merchant ships, totaling almost 1.8 billion dead weight tons. Of these 28% were oil tankers, 43% were bulk carriers, and ...
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Cape George, Nova Scotia
Cape George (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ceap Sheòrais'') is a cape in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It defines the northwestern limit of St. George's Bay. The communities of Cape George, Cape George Point, Morar and Livingstone Cove are situated on the cape. The cape was named Cap St.Louis by the French. Early English maps mark it as Cape St. George. The original British grantees and settlers were of Scottish origin, many soldiers in the American Revolutionary War. It is a large hub for the Nova Scotia lobster and tuna fishing industry. References Cape George on Destination Nova Scotia Communities in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia George George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd Presiden ...

Fishing Schooner
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from fish stocking, stocked bodies of water such as fish pond, ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques include gathering seafood by hand, hand-gathering, spearfishing, spearing, fish net, netting, angling, bowfishing, shooting and fish trap, trapping, as well as destructive fishing practices, more destructive and often illegal fishing, illegal techniques such as electrofishing, electrocution, blast fishing, blasting and cyanide fishing, poisoning. The term fishing broadly includes catching aquatic animals other than fish, such as crustaceans (shrimp/lobsters/crabs), shellfish, cephalopods (octopus/squid) and echinoderms (starfish/sea urchins). The term is not normally applied to harvesting fish raised in aquaculture, controlled cultivations (fish farming). Nor is it normally applied to hunting aquatic mammals, where term ...
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