vessel
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A small boat crossed the English Channel on Friday carrying 128 people, the largest-ever recorded number to make the journey in a single vessel.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
The team plans to search for molecular fingerprints of this process in both surface and deep waters during a future expedition to the Arctic aboard the German research vessel Polarstern.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
India said 10 of its nationals had been rescued and one remained missing after a strike early Sunday on a vessel off the coast of Oman, which the United States blamed on Iran.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Larger circles indicate more hours of vessel presence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
In April 1853, with many of them in desperate physical condition, the crew of the HMS Investigator was rescued by a sledge party from the HMS Resolute, another British vessel searching for the Franklin party.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
Meanwhile, the U.K. recently said it would build vessels designed to act as mother ships to drones instead of replacing its fleet of destroyers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"The US military continues to support traffic flow through regional waters for all vessels not violating the blockade," a Centcom statement said.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Kpler ship-tracking data showed just six vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, the lowest number in five weeks, Reuters and other media outlets reported.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The vessels deployed in Sunday’s attack, known as Saronic Corsairs, are 24-foot-long speedboats that can travel more than 1,000 miles and carry payloads of up to 1,000 pounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
The human heart shuttles blood through sixty thousand miles of blood vessels.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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The Emancipation Proclamation (1862)
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