Sinking of the Aragon With the outbreak of world one war the royal mail moved its home port to Newport‚ South Wales. However the Brittish government was in dire need of battle ships to strengthen their naval force. Many ships were converted from simply postal delivery vessels into war ready troop carrying ships. One of these ships was the Aragon The Aragon built in harland and wolf in Belfast was 9’588
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as they tightened the sails‚ checking the bindings. Some held to the sails while others tried to sit down in the inner decks of the ship. Clouds enveloped the sky. Hawkins spun the helm‚ turning the ship sideways. Thunder wrecked the mighty waves‚ emitting flashes of lightning‚ clear and crystal white‚ punching through the dark skies. Wave after wave rocked the ship‚ each larger than the last. After setting from Hambend‚ his contract to slay the fearsome beast‚ the Alakarai was failing miserably
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Introduction The R.M.S. Titanic sideswiped an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14‚ 1912. Estimated to be able to stay afloat for 2 days under the worst scenario‚ the ship sank in less than 3 hours [Gannon‚ 1995]. Main Cause for Sinking The iceberg created a 300-foot gash in the Titanic’s hull above and below the waterline. Structural Errors That Accelerated the Sinking Steel brittleness Tests on Titanic’s steel showed that the steel had high sulfur content‚ which increases the brittleness
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torpedoes but the Germans sent out cruiser ships‚ which were bigger and stronger. The destroyers retreated to open sea whilst being chased by the Germans and shot at by Battle ships. In September‚ submarine warfare began when German submarine U-9‚ sank 3 British cruisers. Meanwhile‚ 3 British cruisers pursued 3 rival cruisers to the coast of Chile where on November 1st‚ the Battle of Coronel took place. The Germans sunk 2 British cruisers without loosing 1 ship. When they heard of this the British Admiralty
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The Power of John Donne’s Poetry Louis Hunt John Carey’s description of Donne’s “power” is laudable‚ and to a certain extent‚ accurate. Carey captures the masculine nature of Donne’s tone; the vividness of Donne’s imagery; the subtle coercion of Donne’s metaphor. Carey also notes Donne’s application of syntax and rhythms‚ writing that Donne’s words‚ “are packed into the poems like boulders… Inversions and interjections fracture the run of the lines‚ necessitating a strenuous advance.” Carey
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asks. “Yes” I say. “How long are we going to be on this ship?”. “Beats me‚” I confess. “Three weeks at the most‚” I predict. One week later Waves splash against the side of the ship rocking it back and forth. Me and the crew are all so hungry. My suspicion was right. We’re running out of food. Three men must share one slice of stale bread. Some are thinking of eating their boots. Some cut of bits of their lips for bait to fish with poor results. This man his name was
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pushing against his skull. His lucid‚ relaxed mind starts to dissolve into incoherence as his sense of balance diminish. His body temperature lowers as his reflexes depress. His relfexes starts to depress; his feet failing to respond. He starts to sink...eyes slowly closing. The sould is losing its bind to its body. |||Not yet boy! Not yet! Someone yelled inside his head. |||A whisper or a shout? Then he remembered that day; the train’s engine was loud and he can’t sleep. The stars started
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that Juno makes in Aeneas’ life is when she sends a storm to destroy his fleet of ships. He is trying to reach Italy‚ but she is determined for that not to happen. Juno approaches Aeolus‚ god of the winds‚ telling him the Trojans are “a race of people whom I hate”. She offers him Deiopea‚ the loveliest of her nymphs in marriage in return for him letting the winds loose on the Trojans. She says “swamp their ships‚ sink them‚ scatter them and pitch their bodies into the sea.” Juno hates the Trojans because
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Federalist who believed in loose interpretation. Both Thomas Jefferson and James Madison served as presidents under the Democratic - Republican Party. Jefferson served from March 4‚ 1801 – March 4‚ 1809 and Madison from March 4‚ 1809 – March 4‚ 1817‚ while both believed that the constitution should be interpreted strictly how it was written throughout both of their presidencies Jefferson and Madison stayed true to the beliefs of the Democratic - Republican Party while allowing for loose interpretation either
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growing capabilities aroused his thoughts. Maybe they now obtained the results they wanted‚ his feelings of their intentions gathered strength. How long until he was deemed expendable? Surely this fate was inevitable? Eventually‚ he would simply be a loose end destined to be amputated. If a person was condemned to Camp 22‚ nobody missed them. Those who once loved them wouldn’t know if they were dead or alive. Camp 22 held no secrets when boasting one of the highest death rates of inmates in North Korea
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