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  • Samuel Cunard

    Samuel Cunard

    Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet (21 November 1787 – 28 April 1865), was a British-Canadian shipping magnate, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who founded the Cunard Line, establishing the first schedul

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  • Panavia Tornado

    Panavia Tornado

    The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multi-role combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. There are three primary

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  • Predecessor state

    Predecessor state

    Succession of states is a concept in international relations regarding a successor state that has become a sovereign state over a territory (and populace) that was previously under the sovereignty

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  • Allan Line

    Allan Line

    The Allan Shipping Line was founded in 1819, by Captain Alexander Allan of Saltcoats, Ayrshire, trading and transporting between Scotland and Montreal, a route which quickly became synonymous with

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  • Savoy dynasty

    Savoy dynasty

    The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia, French: Maison de Savoie) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, wh

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  • SS Parisian

    SS Parisian

    SS Parisian was a transatlantic ocean liner that was launched in Scotland in 1880, and operated by the Allan Line. She was the first ship to be equipped with bilge keels. When new, she was the larg

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  • Besançon Hugues

    Besançon Hugues

    This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages) This article needs additional citations for verifica

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  • Bilge keel

    Bilge keel

    A bilge keel is a nautical device used to reduce a ship's tendency to roll. Bilge keels are employed in pairs, one for each side of the ship. A ship may have more than one bilge keel per side, but

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  • Zella Luria

    Zella Luria

    Zella Luria (née Hurwitz ; February 18, 1924 – June 10, 2018) was an American psychologist and feminist known for her work on the development of gender identity and sexuality across the life course

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  • Ineos Grenadier

    Ineos Grenadier

    The Ineos Grenadier is an off-road utility vehicle designed and produced by Ineos Automotive. It went into production in October 2022. The Grenadier was designed to be a modern replacement for the

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