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Explorer of the Seas
Explorer of the Seas is a Voyager-class cruise ship built for Royal Caribbean International in 2000, among the largest passenger ships of its time, with an onboard oceanographic laboratory.
Exxon Valdez
The Exxon Valdez, later renamed Oriental Nicety, was an American oil tanker that ran aground on Bligh Reef, Alaska, in 1989, causing the largest oil spill in United States history.
Fast attack craft
A fast attack craft (FAC) is a small warship, generally under 500 tons, armed with guns, torpedoes, or antiship missiles and used for coastal attack and sea denial.
Fast battleship
A fast battleship is a warship combining battleship armament and protection with speed well above contemporary battleships, beginning with the British Queen Elizabeth class in 1915.
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, known as Fernão de Magalhães, was a Portuguese navigator who led the expedition that crossed the Pacific, completing the first circumnavigation of the Earth in 1522.
Ferry
A ferry, or ferry boat, is a vessel that carries passengers, vehicles, or goods across water on a regular schedule, moving about 4.27 billion passengers yearly.
Fiddler's Green
Fiddler's Green is a sailors' paradise in 19th-century English maritime folklore, recorded by 1825, where sailors who die ashore enjoy endless rum, tobacco, music, and company after death.
Fifth-rate
A fifth-rate was a class of British Royal Navy warship carrying 30 to 50 carriage guns, from the mid-18th century onward the frigate, used for cruising and scouting.
Fin stabilizer
A fin stabilizer is a fin mounted beneath a ship's waterline that reduces roll, with active fins using gyroscopic control for over 90% roll reduction.
Fincantieri
Fincantieri S.p.A. is an Italian shipbuilding group headquartered in Trieste, founded in 1959, which builds most of the world's cruise ships and over 140 naval vessels since 1990.
Fire and sinking of the SS Morro Castle
The SS Morro Castle, a Ward Line passenger liner, caught fire off New Jersey on September 8, 1934, killing 137 people and driving major shipboard fire safety reforms.
Fireboat
A fireboat, once called a fire-float, is a vessel with pumps and large water nozzles that fights fires on ships and waterfronts; modern boats also perform rescues and medical response.
First Fleet
The First Fleet was a convoy of 11 British ships that sailed in 1787 under Captain Arthur Phillip to found a penal colony at Sydney Cove, Australia.
First voyage of Christopher Columbus
The first voyage of Christopher Columbus was a 1492 Spanish expedition that crossed the Atlantic with three ships, making landfall in the Bahamas on 12 October 1492.
First-rate
A first rate was the largest class of warship in the British Royal Navy's sailing rating system, a three-decked ship of the line mounting 100 guns or more.
Fish factory ship
A fish factory ship, also called a factory trawler or catcher processor, is a fishing vessel with an onboard factory that guts, fillets, packages, and freezes the catch at sea.
Fishing trawler
A fishing trawler, also called a fishing dragger, is a vessel that tows a large funnel-shaped trawl net through the water to catch fish and shellfish in bulk.
Fixed-pitch propeller
A fixed-pitch propeller (FPP) is a marine propeller with blades cast at one permanent angle, the simplest and most common propeller type, controlled only by shaft speed and direction.
Flag of convenience
A flag of convenience, also called an open registry, lets shipowners register vessels in countries with little real connection to the ship, reducing costs, taxes, and regulatory oversight.
Flagship
A flagship is the ship carrying a fleet's commander, usually an admiral, distinguished by flying his flag; figuratively it means any leading example of a class.
Fleet submarine
A fleet submarine is a long-range, ocean-going submarine designed to scout ahead of a surface battle fleet, reaching its mature form in American World War II classes.
Fletcher-class destroyer
The Fletcher-class destroyer was a class of 175 United States Navy destroyers introduced in 1942 that formed the core of the Navy's destroyer force in the Pacific war.
Flettner rotor
A Flettner rotor, also called a rotor sail, is a spinning vertical cylinder mounted on a ship that produces thrust through the Magnus effect, cutting fuel use by 3–15%.
Float-out
A float-out is a ship-launching method in which a vessel built in a dry dock is set afloat by flooding the dock, then moved by tugs to an outfitting berth.
Floating dry dock
A floating dry dock is a buoyant, submersible structure that sinks to receive a ship, then rises and lifts it clear of the water for repairs.
Florio (shipping company)
Florio refers to the Palermo-based shipping companies founded by Vincenzo Florio from 1840, which merged with Rubattino in 1881 to form the Navigazione Generale Italiana, Italy's largest shipping company.
Flower-class corvette
The Flower-class corvette was a small British-designed escort warship of the Second World War, built in large numbers in the United Kingdom and Canada for convoy protection.
Fluyt
The fluyt, also spelled fluit (Dutch: fluitschip), is a Dutch cargo sailing ship developed in the late 16th century, mainstay of Dutch Baltic trade for 200 years.
Flying Cloud (clipper)
Flying Cloud was an American clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1851, best known for a record 89-day passage from New York to San Francisco.
Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel
The Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel, also designated Standard Flex 300, is a class of 14 multi-role warships built for Denmark between 1986 and 1996 around a modular payload system.