James Caird (boat) (582 bytes)
1: ...ious son. The boat is named after Sir [[James Key Caird]], a Dundee jute manufacturer and philanthropist,...

James Caird (166 bytes)
1: Sir '''James Caird''' (1816-1892)
3: :''See [[James Caird (disambiguation)]] for others with the same name....

James Caird (disambiguation) (261 bytes)
1: * Sir [[James Caird]] (1816-1892) He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1...
2: * Sir [[James Key Caird]] (1837-1916) was a [[jute]] [[baron]] and [[phil...
3: * [[James Caird (boat)]] Named after ''James Key Caird'' by Sir [[Ernest Shackleton]].

James Key Caird (974 bytes)
1: '''Sir James Key Caird''' ([[1837]] - [[1916]]) was a [[jute]] [[baron]]...
3: ...y his sister Mrs Emma Grace Marryat, links to the Caird Hall.
5: ...o [[South Georgia]], was named in appreciation of Caird contribution.
7: Caird held an honorary degree from the [[University of ...
11: [[Category:1837 births|Caird, James Key]]

Maureen Caird (1550 bytes)
1: '''Maureen Caird''' (born [[September 29]], [[1951]]) is a former ...
3: Born in [[Cumberland, New South Wales]], Caird began competing in athletics as a teenager, train...
5: ...orld record]] time of 10,39. This upset also made Caird the youngest individual Olympic champion in athle...
7: Caird never again managed to win a major title. At the ...
9: Caird currently lives in [[New Zealand]].

John Caird (978 bytes)
1: '''John Caird''' ([[1820]] - [[1898]]), [[theologian]], born at...
7: [[Category:1820 births|Caird, John]]
8: [[Category:1898 deaths|Caird, John]]
10: '''John Caird''' is also the name of a [[director]], [[libretto...

Edward Caird (753 bytes)
1: ...08]]), [[philosopher]], younger brother of [[John Caird]], was born at Greenock, and educated at Glasgow ...
6: [[Category:1835 births|Caird, Edward]]
7: [[Category:1908 deaths|Caird, Edward]]

PT boat (5610 bytes)
1: [[Image:PTBoats.jpeg|thumb|right|250px|PT boats in line]]
3: A '''PT boat''' was a motor [[torpedo boat]] ([[hull classification symbol]] "PT"), a small,...
5: ...and [[1945]] by Elco Naval Division of [[Electric Boat]] Company at [[Bayonne, New Jersey]].
7: ...) long with a 20 ft 8 i (6.3 m) beam, the Elco PT boats had three 12-cylinder Packard [[gasoline]] fuele...
9: ... 40 mm gun and four torpedo launching racks. Many boats received ad-hoc refits at advanced bases, mounti...

Boat (1792 bytes)
1: ...er]]. A boat is usually smaller than a ship. Some boats are commonly carried by a ship or on land using ...
3: A boat consists of one or more [[buoyancy]] structures c...
7: |[[Image:Boats.JPG|thumb|250px|right|Indonesian transport on Se...
9: ...age:Greece-boat.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|Tourist Boat in Greece]]
11: |[[Image:Moored boat.jpg|thumb|250px|Boat moored to pier on the river]]

E-boat (821 bytes)
1: ...rican [[PT boat]] and the British [[motor torpedo boat|MTB]].
3: The boats were 34.9 [[metre]]s long, weighing up to 100 [[...
9: *"German E-Boats 1939-45" by Gordon Williamson and Ian Palmer, Os...
11: *"S-Boote: German E-Boats in Action (1939-1945)" by Jean-Philippe Dallies-...

U-boat (4180 bytes)
1: :''"U-boat" is also a nickname for some [[diesel locomotive]...
4: ...word for submarine. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both world wars were the merchant co...
8: In May of [[1915]], German [[Unterseeboot 20|U-boat U-20]] sank the liner [[RMS Lusitania|RMS ''Lusit...
10: ... announced on [[January 31]], [[1917]] that its U-boats would engage in [[unrestricted submarine warfare...
13: ...suffered extremely heavy casualties, losing 743 U-boats and about 30,000 submariners.

Torpedo boat (5111 bytes)
1: A '''torpedo boat''' is a relatively small and fast [[navy|naval]] ...
9: The result was the torpedo boat, a small boat perhaps 50 feet (15 m) in length with high speed,...
11: ...nly acknowledged today that the very first torpedoboat was the [[Royal Norwegian Navy]]'s [[HNoMS Rap]]&...
13: ...ar enough from the main "van" to keep the torpedo boats away, while still remaining close enough that th...
15: ... British termed them [[E-boat]]s) and [[US]] [[PT boat]]s (standing for ''Patrol Torpedo'') served their...

Boat people (1054 bytes)
1: ...rs]] who arrive en masse in old or crudely made [[boat]]s.
3: ... their lives on dangerously crude and overcrowded boats to escape oppression or [[poverty]] in their hom...
5: ...Canada]], [[Italy]], [[Spain]] and [[Australia]]. Boat people are often forcibly prevented from landing ...

Bathtub Boat (1110 bytes)
1: '''Bathtub boats''' have been competing in the ''Nanaimo to Nanai...
5: [[Image:BathtubBoat.jpeg|thumb|right|A Bathtub Boat heads to the milling area for the 2004 Great Race...
6: ===Boat design===
7: ...cluding driver). There are two classes of bathtub boats: stock and modified. A form resembling a roll...

Type IX U-boat (12541 bytes)
1: ... facilities. It was derived from the [[Type IA U-boat|Type IA]], and appeared in various sub-types.
4: ...l torpedoes. The total of 22 torpedoes allowed U-boat commanders to follow a convoy and strike night af...
5: ...ne|TMA]] or 66 [[TMB mine]]s, but many of the IXC boats were not fitted for mine operations.
13: Eight Type IXA U-boats were built [[AG Weser]] of [[Bremen]].
38: It was the most successful overall with each boat averaging a total of over 100,000 t sunk.

Type II U-boat (7244 bytes)
1: The '''Type II U-boat''' was designed by [[Germany]] as a coastal
5: ...d under [[Adolf Hitler]], and the first Type II U-boat was laid down on [[February 11]], [[1935]]. Knowi...
7: ...dugout canoe"), it had the advantages over larger boats of the ability to work in shallow water, diving ...
9: The boat had a single hull, with no watertight compartment...
15: .... This, of course, reflects their use as training boats, although accidents accounted for several vessel...

AD Flying Boat (1999 bytes)
1: The '''AD Flying Boat''' was designed by the [[British Admiralty]]'s [[...
3: ...aircraft was of conventional [[biplane]] [[flying-boat]] configuration, and also featured a biplane tail...
11: ==Specifications (AD Flying Boat)==
38: [[Category:Seaplanes and flying boats]]

Electric boat (11843 bytes)
1: ...at Corporation]]. This article is about electric boats themselves, rather than this corporation.''
3: ...e also popular, it is perfectly feasible to power boat engines by [[electricity]] too.
5: ... many believe that the time is right for electric boats to become popular again.
8: ...s of the drive system of any electrically powered boat are similar in all cases, and similar to the opti...
13: ...sitting, as are most diesel- and gasoline-powered boats. The power stations that generate the electrici...

Launch (boat) (222 bytes)
1: ...en [[deck]]. The name is derived from the largest boat carried by a [[man-of-war]], from the 17c [[Spani...
3: [[Category:Boat types]]

Boat building (7441 bytes)
3: ...oatconstruction.JPG|350px|right|thumb|Traditional boat building in South East Maluku, Indonesia]]
5: ...[[hull (ship)|hull]]s of [[boat]]s and, for [[sailboat]]s, the [[mast]]s, [[spar]]s and [[rigging]].
9: *[[Boat|bow]] - the front and generally sharp end of the ...
11: ...lows the [[crew]] to stand safely and operate the boat more easily. It stiffens an enclosed hull.
13: ...luence on its turning performance and, in sailing boats, resists the sideways pressure of the [[wind]]

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