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The Going Merry was the first ship of the Straw Hat Pirates that they used as their main mode of transportation through the East Blue all the way to Water 7 . It is a caravel class ship designed by Merry and given by Kaya to the Straw Hats as a reward for saving her. Over time, the ship came to be loved by the crew as a home and as a friend, so much so that she literally took on a life of her own and became just as much a part of the crew as any of them. Unfortunately, the Going Merry took an inordinate amount of damage during her "lifetime", being blown up, impaled, sliced up multiple times, and partially eaten by Wapol . Eventually, the Going Merry could no longer continue and after helping the Straw Hats escape Enies Lobby , it received a Viking funeral, and was later replaced by the Thousand Sunny . https://onepiece.fandom.com/wiki/Going_Merry ------------------------------ One Piece is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda . ...

Nautilus is the fictional submarine captained by Nemo featured in Jules Verne 's novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870) and The Mysterious Island (1874). Verne named the Nautilus after Robert Fulton 's real-life submarine Nautilus (1800). For the design of the Nautilus Verne was inspired by the French Navy submarine Plongeur , a model of which he had seen at the 1867 Exposition Universelle , three years before writing his novel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_(Verne) ------------------------------ Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea : A Tour of the Underwater World ( French : Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A Tour of the Underwater World") is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. The novel was originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel 's periodical, the Maga...

The 47-foot MLB is the standard lifeboat of the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The 47′ MLB is the successor to the 44′ MLB . At Station Chatham where the new 47-foot boat would draw too much to get over the bar, the 42-foot Near Shore Lifeboat was designed to replace the 44' MLB.  The 47′ MLB is designed to weather hurricane force winds and heavy seas, capable of surviving winds up to 60 knots (110 km/h), breaking surf up to 6 m (20 ft) and impacts up to three G's . If the boat should capsize , it self-rights in less than ten seconds with all equipment fully functional. The boat's hull and superstructure are constructed entirely from 5456 marine grade aluminum. Designed with a hard chined deep "V" planing hull , the 47′ MLB exceeds its hull speed . The frame is composed of 17 vertical bulkhead frames, each of which is welded to the deck and hull, and five of which are watertight. Employing "fly-by-wire" control systems, the boat...

The Star Ferry's ferry crossings at Victoria Harbour are acclaimed as an important part of the commuter system between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, and essential journeys for visitors. The National Geographic Traveler named the ferry crossing as one of 50 places of a lifetime. The ferry ride is also well known as one of the world’s best value-for-money sightseeing trips. The Star Ferry traces its origins to 1880 when Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala, a Parsee cook, embarked on a new vocation. He began a ferry service across Victoria Harbour with his steamboat, the Morning Star. The fledgling service was known as the Kowloon Ferry Company. A local newspaper reported in 1888 that the ferry ran at all hours between Pedders Wharf and Tsimshatsui on a 40-minute to one-hour trip. On Mondays and Fridays, the service halted for the boat’s coaling. By 1890, the Kowloon Ferry boasted four single-deck Star Ferries. Later on, the ferries acquired a second deck. During the next ten years, business...

The Flying Dutchman , or simply referred to as the Dutchman, is a fictional ship in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean . The ship made its first appearance in Dead Man's Chest under the command of the fictional captain, Davy Jones . The story and attributes of the ship were inspired by the actual Flying Dutchman of nautical lore. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman_(Pirates_of_the_Caribbean) ------------------------------ The Flying Dutchman ( Dutch : De Vliegende Hollander ) is a legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century golden age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The oldest extant version has been dated to the late 18th century. Sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries reported the ship to be glowing with ghostly light. If hailed by another ship, the crew of the Flying Dutchman will try to send messages to land, or to people long dead. In oc...