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SS Flying Lark
SS ''Flying Lark'' was a ship built in Fredrikstad, Norway in 1915 as the banana boat (ship), banana boat ''SS Honduras''. Over a 43 year career that spanned oceans and seas the world over she had 10 owners, eight names and a succession of different managers. She is best known today as the ''Flying Lark'', given to her by her final owners in 1957. That is the name she bore in the Maluku Islands, Moluccas in eastern Indonesia in April 1958 when a Central Intelligence Agency, CIA aircraft involved in a covert operation, covert mission against the Sukarno government attacked and sank her, killing at least nine of her crew. Construction Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted of Fredrikstad, Norway built the ship as the Banana boat (ship), banana boat SS ''Honduras''. She had two fire tube boilers with a combined heating surface of that supplied steam at 180 Pounds per square inch, lbf/in2 to a three-cylinder Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion, triple-expansion steam engine. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd's Register
Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is a technical and professional services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and engineering. The organisation dates to 1760. Its stated aims are to enhance the safety of life, property, and the environment, by helping its clients (including by validation, certification, and accreditation) to improve the safety and performance of complex projects, supply chains and critical infrastructure. In July 2012, the organisation converted from an industrial and provident society to a company limited by shares, named Lloyd’s Register Group Limited, with the new Lloyd’s Register Foundation as the sole shareholder. At the same time the organisation gave to the Foundation a substantial bond and equity portfolio to assist it with its charitable purposes. It will benefit from continued funding from the group’s operating arm, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |