Victory 1884.jpg thumb 270px HMS Victory HMS Victory , flagship of the Second Sea Lord of the Royal Navy A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of navy naval ships, reflecting ... heavily armed, or, in terms of media coverage, best known. Over the years the term flagship has been ... naval use the term flagship is fundamentally a temporary designation the flagship is wherever the admiral ... plans and draw up orders. In the age of sailing ship s, the flagship was typically a first rate the aft ... today on HMS Victory HMS Victory , the flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar ... flagship of the Commander in Chief Naval Home Command ref http www.hms victory.com ... ships to serve as flagship. Citation needed date June 2007 A private ship is a warship which has no flag officer on board, and thus is not a flagship. ref p670 Kemp, Peter The Oxford Companion ... Flagship as metaphor As with so many other naval terms, flagship has crossed over into common parlance ... offered by a company. It now has common derivations such as the flagship brand or flagship product of a manufacturing company law company or flagship store of a retail chain . Auto companies usually have a flagship in the form of their most important and highest priced car. Retailing File Abercrombie 897357651 be85b4b99e.jpg thumb Abercrombie & Fitch flagship store on Fifth Avenue in New York City Flagship stores are core stores for brand name retailers, larger than their standard outlets and stocking ... every flagship need not be named. Broadcasting Main Flagship station A flagship station is the principal ... stations produced programs for their networks. For example, the flagship stations of the American ... York affiliate, WNET , has long regarded as the industry flagship, dating back to its years as the key outlet for PBS s predecessor, National Educational Television . In sports broadcasting, the flagship ... to affiliate s. For example, WGN AM WGN is the flagship station of the Chicago Cubs baseball team ... more details
Wiktionary flagship The term flagship refers to a representative or first unit of a fleet or other group. Flagship may also refer to Flagship broadcasting , the originating broadcast for a broadcast network, radio show, or TV show, primarily in the United States and Canada Flagship company , a video game developer Flagship compiler , a compiler of Clipper programming language for Unix like operation systems Flagship magazine , a UK magazine specialising in Postal and more recently other games Flagship Studios , a computer game company staffed mainly by former Blizzard Entertainment employees disambig de Flagship ... more details
multiple issues primarysources May 2010 orphan May 2010 Infobox Software name Flagship Docs screenshot Image Flagship Docs Screenshot.PNG 300px developer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute RPI Web Tech Group operating system Cross platform genre Document Management System , Content Management Systems , Groupware , Open Source license MIT license website http github.com wtg flagship docs github.com wtg flagship docs released Start date 2010 02 02 latest release version 2.0 programming language Ruby on Rails Flagship Docs is a document management system designed to serve as a web accessible central repository for an organization s document distribution needs. Flagship Docs includes a permission system to limit what documents are publicly available, which requires a login, and which are accessible only by the owner. Additionally, Flagship tracks document revisions, providing any user the ability to download a previous version of a document or, with the right privileges, upload a new revision. AJAX enabled live search is available from every page, searching all the text that could be extracted from documents in the system. Flagship Docs is written in Ruby on Rails , and uses Ferret search library Ferret heavily for document indexing and searching. Several other open source tools ref cite web url http github.com wtg flagship docs blob master app models revision.rb L48 title Text Extraction Code work Github date December 16, 2009 accessdate 2010 03 04 ref are used to extract text from uploaded documents for indexing needs. See also List of collaborative software Comparison of content management systems References Reflist Further reading http webtech.union.rpi.edu blog 2010 02 02 the flagship sets sail The Flagship Sets Sail External links http github.com wtg flagship docs Flagship Docs Source Code http webtech.lighthouseapp.com projects 45860 flagship docs Bug Tracker Category Open source content management systems Category Content management systems Category Free groupware ... more details
Infobox Magazine title Flagship Magazine image file image size 200px image caption editor Carol Mulholland editor title Editor staff writer frequency bi monthly circulation category Game s company publisher firstdate 1983 country Flag United Kingdom language English language English website http www.flagshipmagazine.co.uk issn 1743 6788 Flagship Magazine is an independent magazine for gamers ref British Library International Standard Serial Number 1743 6788 ref . Published in the UK, it started in 1983 for PBM players ref name See Flagship Issue 1 See Flagship Issue 1 ref . Since its hundredth issue in 2002, it has extended its coverage to include boardgame s, role playing game s, web games and massively multiplayer online game s, along with collectible card game s and Personal computer game computer games . ref See Flagship Issue 100 ref . The magazine comes out bimonthly with game reviews, diaries, news columns and an emphasis on reader feedback. Founded in 1983 by Nick Palmer and Chris Harvey ref name See Flagship Issue 1 , Flagship has been edited by Carol Mulholland since issue 70. References references External links http www.flagshipmagazine.co.uk Flagship Magazine website Website is currently in the process of being relaunched. DEFAULTSORT Flagship Magazine Category Game magazines Category Bi monthly magazines Category British magazines ... more details
Flagship Mountain coor dm 76 43 S 161 30 E is a prominent, conical rock peak, 1,720 m, surmounting the south part of the large rock mass between Northwind and Atka Glaciers in the Convoy Range , Victoria Land . Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition 1956 58 after the USS Glacier, flagship of the American convoy into McMurdo Sound in the 1956 57 season, and closely associated with the area in other years. usgs gazetteer Category Mountains of Antarctica EAntarctica geo stub ... more details
About the American company the Japanese company Flagship company Infobox company company name Flagship Studios company logo Image Flagship logo.png company type Private company Private foundation 2003 ... chief operating officer COO and co founder br Kenneth Williams Flagship Studios Kenneth Williams ... homepage http www.flagshipstudios.com FlagshipStudios.com Flagship Studios was a Video game developer ... North executives. ref cite web url http www.bluesnews.com cgi bin articles.pl?show 686 title Flagship Studios Opens with a Splash publisher Flagship Studios date 2003 11 22 accessdate 2008 07 16 ref The core personnel of Flagship Studios had been collaborating as a team since 1993 when they founded ... , and World of Warcraft . Flagship Studios was formed following the resignation en masse of Blizzard ... cite web url http ve3d.ign.com articles interviews 19767 Flagship Studios Interview title Flagship Studios Interview publisher IGN author Robert Howarth accessdate 2008 07 16 date 2003 10 27 ref Flagship Studio s primary target platform for their games was the Personal computer PC . Flagship Studios ... namco partners flagship studios title Namco Partners with Flagship Studios publisher Flagship ... hanbitsoft partners flagship studios title HanbitSoft Partners with Flagship Studios publisher Flagship Studios date 2005 04 27 ref to cover an international market for game marketing and distribution ... for an unknown game, Flagship Studios first title named Hellgate London was announced via an exclusive ... video game Mythos was a game under development by a division of Flagship Studios commonly called Flagship ... date 2007 03 22 author Tim Surette ref Following the layoffs at Flagship Studios due to the financial ..., Mythos lead designer Travis Baldree and Flagship Studios co founder Max Schaefer have subsequently ... from Flagship Seattle. ref cite web url http www.warcry.com articles view interviews 5127 WarCry Interviews ... Reflist 2 External links http www.flagshipstudios.com Flagship Studios Website Dead link url ... more details
wiktionary flagship Globalize USA date March 2011 In broadcasting , a flagship is the broadcast which ... a flagship station, as some originate from a dedicated radio studio or TV studio . Examples Lotteries ... NBC from WXIA TV in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics and Super Bowl XXVIII 1994 Radio A flagship ... to Affiliates Broadcast networks affiliates The term flagship station is also used in television, see Flagship television Television flagship stations . The term derives from the naval custom where the commanding officer of a group of naval ships would fly a distinguishing flag see flagshipflagship naval term . In common parlance, flagship now is used to mean the most important or leading member of a group, hence its various uses in broadcasting. Radio network flagship stations In the United States, traditional radio network s currently operate without flagship stations as defined in this article ... flagship station the station was completely automated and produced no local programming. The network would later lease WZAA in Washington, DC as its lone self operated station. Fox Sports Radio s flagship ... flagship stations for now defunct networks in American radio s Big Four era of the 1940s&ndash ..., New York WGN AM WGN AM 720, Chicago KHJ AM KHJ AM 930, Los Angeles Syndicated radio program flagship ... Satellite Radio and or Sirius Satellite Radio . Flagship stations of prominent syndicated radio programs ... Lewis Show KTLK FM KTLK 100.3 FM Minneapolis St. Paul, Minnesota Notable former flagship radio stations WXRK 92.3 FM in New York was the flagship station of The Howard Stern Show from 1985 until 2005 ... York was the flagship station of the syndicated programs of Jay Severin , Bob Grant radio Bob Grant ... the show ended its run in 2009. WABC had been the original flagship of The Rush Limbaugh Show before ... the program. KNEW AM KNEW was the flagship of The Savage Nation from 2003 to 2009. WNBC ... that year. KPTK 1090 AM in Seattle was the flagship of Ron Reagan s syndicated show on Air America ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2009 Image JCBCP logo.png thumb Project logo showing the use of the Zanzibar Red Colobus as the flagship species for conservation in Zanzibar A flagship species is a species chosen to represent an environmentalism environmental cause, such as an ecosystem in need of conservation biology conservation . These species are chosen for their endangered species vulnerability , attractiveness or distinctiveness in order to engender support and acknowledgment from the public at large. Thus, the concept of a flagship species holds that by giving publicity to a few key species, the support given to those species will successfully leverage conservation of entire ecosystems and all species contained therein. Examples of flagship species include the Asiatic lion and the Bengal tiger of India, the giant panda of China , the golden lion tamarin of Brazil, the African elephant , the mountain gorilla of central Africa , and the orangutan of southeast Asia . See also Keystone species Indicator species Foundation species Charismatic megafauna Umbrella species References Principles of Environmental Science , By Cunninghan and Cunningham 2009, McGraw Hill modelling ecosystems expanded other Category Conservation ko it Specie bandiera fi Lippulaivalaji ... more details
Image FlagShipLogoByMultisoft.png right 190px FlagShip is both Object oriented programming object oriented and Procedural programming procedural programming language , based on the xBase language dialect and conventions. FlagShip is available for and is cross computer compatibility compatible to different computer platforms, such as Linux , Unix and Microsoft Windows . As a true compiler , it translates the very popular database 4GL xBase source code to native 32 bit or 64 bit executables , using the same source code and databases . Recent history The first FlagShip version was introduced by multisoft Datentechnik GmbH in 1992 to port Clipper programming language Clipper , dBASE III , FoxBase and FoxPro 2 FoxPro applications to different operating systems , i.e. SCO Unix , IBM AIX , Sun Solaris , HP UX , Siemens SINIX and many other Unix systems. In 1995 also Linux ports became available. In 2002, Visual FlagShip abbreviated as VFS was announced for Linux , and in 2004 additionally for 32 64 bit based Microsoft Windows operating systems. The current VFS product line covers all common 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems. Programming Image FlagShip environment 800px.png thumb right FlagShip ... FlagShip is a programming and development tool. As with other compilers , it is designed mainly ... been using this easy but powerful 4GL syntax for years. All of them can directly switch to FlagShip ..., you will be able to create your first application. Visual FlagShip makes an GUI based application ... by simply code FlagShip address.prg o address code ... creates self containing executable i.e. address.exe in Windows Image Address800px.jpg 800px center Screenshot of Visual FlagShip Additional examples ... Harbour software Open Source alternative External links http www.fship.com FlagShip multisoft ... Category 4GL Category XBase programming language family Category Query languages de FlagShip es FlagShip pt FlagShip ... more details
Orphan date June 2009 The Flagship Program is a series of NASA missions to explore the Solar System . It is the largest and most expensive of three classes of NASA Solar System Programs the other two being the Discovery Program , which is the cheapest in cost, and the New Frontiers Program , which is medium cost. According to NASA, the cost of Flagship Program missions ranges between 2 billion and 3 billion. These missions will be crucial in allowing humans to reach and explore difficult, but high priority targets. These critically important targets could help establish the limits of habitability, not just for our Solar system, but for planetary systems in general. In particular, they potentially provide an opportunity to identify pre biotic organic molecules or even extant life beyond Earth , should it exist, in our own Solar System . The targets of Flagship Missions may include complex missions to the clouds and surface of Venus the lower atmosphere and surface of Titan moon Titan the surface and subsurface of Europa moon Europa the deep atmosphere of Neptune and the surface of its moon Triton moon Triton and the surface of a comet nucleus in the form of cryogenically preserved samples. ref http solarsystem.nasa.gov missions Mission Classes.cfm ref History The flagship program includes the Mars Science Laboratory , the Cassini Huygens Cassini spacecraft , the Galileo spacecraft Galileo spacecraft , and the Voyager probe s. The Voyager probes mark the transition between the original ... turning into the Discovery, New Frontiers, and Flagship program. While teams self assemble to compete for Discovery and New Frontiers missions, Flagship programs are still strongly influenced by NASA ... process has emerged and scientists can expect that process to be followed, but Flagship programs ... Flagship Program mission is a Mars Sample Return Mission according to the Planetary Decadal Survey. Joint ... programs Category NASA programs fr Programme Flagship ... more details
orphan date September 2008 In the Royal Navy , the Fleet flagship is the ship wearing the flag of COMUKMARFOR Commander UK Maritime Forces COMUKMARFOR , a two star admiral who is the senior admiral afloat. Since 1960 , the Commanders in Chief of the Home Fleet and its successors the Western Fleet and the Fleet have flown their flags ashore in Northwood Headquarters HMS Warrior in Northwood, London Northwood . Category Royal Navy UK navy stub ... more details
Flagship Airlines was a regional airline headquartered on the grounds of Nashville International Airport in Nashville, Tennessee . The airline operated under the American Eagle Airlines name. ref World Airline Directory. Flight International . March 19 25, 1997. http www.flightglobal.com pdfarchive view 1997 1997 20 200723.html?search 22Flagship 20Airlines 22 67 . ref References Portalbox Tennessee Companies Aviation reflist Category Companies based in Nashville, Tennessee Category Defunct airlines of the United States US airline stub ... more details
advert date November 2010 File Logo FlagshipVentures.gif right Infobox Company company name Flagship Ventures company type Venture Capital Firm location Cambridge, MA key people Noubar Afeyan, founder, CEO Ed Kania, founder homepage http www.flagshipventures.com flagshipventures.com footnotes Flagship Ventures is a venture capital firm located at Kendall Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts . The firm s investments focus on three business sectors Therapeutics , Life Science Tools & Diagnostics , and Bioenergy . It was founded in 2000 and currently manages of 600 million in early stage funds. ref About Us. Flagship Ventures. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov 2010. http www.flagshipventures.com about.html . ref Investing Flagship Ventures team works to find the most profitable venture. The team works through three phases design and test, build and refine, grow and harvest. The partnership of venture investment and venture creation is paramount to Flagship Venture s goal as an investment firm. The investments ... million. Flagship Ventures can be expected to invest about 15 to 20 million during a partnership with said ... expansions. Generally the lead investor, Flagship Ventures focuses on ventures that are first in their category. Flagship Ventures works in coalition with entrepreneurs to create their vision ... Our Approach. Flagship Ventures. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov 2010. http www.flagshipventures.com approach.html .... ref Noubar Afeyan, PhD, Managing Partner and CEO. Flagship Ventures. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov 2010 ... investor. His investments have a total value of several billion dollars. Kania cofounded Flagship ..., Intellectual Property Kelly Friendly , Director of Marketing ref The Flagship Team. Flagship Ventures ... VisEn ref Portfolio. Flagship Ventures. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov 2010. http www.flagshipventures.com companies companybyname.html . ref Notable events Flagship Ventures holds the largest investment ... pump for second shot at ipo . ref In October 2010, Acceleron Pharma Inc., backed by Flagship Ventures ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2009 Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename Viking Flagship image caption sire Viking dam Fourth Degree damsire Oats sex Gelding foaled 1987 country Ireland colour Bay horse Bay breeder Miss E C Holdsworth owner C G Roach trainer Miss E C Holdsworth br Martin Pipe br W M Halley br David Nicholson record 73 24 11 8 earnings 601,814 race Punchestown Champion Chase 1993 br Swordlestown Cup Novice Chase 1993 br Victor Chandler Chase 1994 br Game Spirit Chase 1994, 1996 br Queen Mother Champion Chase 1994, 1995 br Tingle Creek Chase 1994 br Castleford Chase 1994, 1997 br Melling Chase 1995, 1996 br Haldon Gold Cup 1997 honours updated December 5, 2008 Viking Flagship 1987 2000 was an Irish racehorse who began his racing career in October 1989 as 2 year old. He was first trained by his breeder Eithne C Holdsworth in Co. Kilkenny and then by Martin Pipe He had 18 starts in Ireland with these two trainers, all in Ireland , but was unable to win any of them. Season 1990 1991 In December 1990, his trainer then sent him over hurdles and on his hurdling debut Viking Flagship fell at Wolverhampton, He did however improve on that on his next start where he finished head 2nd Newton Abbot, before going on to complete a four timer in Novice Hurdles between February and April ... on his next start, Viking Flagship went on to contest some valuable handicaps for the remainder ... of the season. Season 1992 1993 Viking Flagship embarked on a novice chasing campaign and did not reappear ... Flagship finished an 11 length second to Uncle Ernie in the Martell Aintree Chase. Season 1994 ... finishing a 15 length third in the John Bull Chase in his next start, Viking Flagship went on to win ... Chase again. Season 1996 1997 The season only brought one success for Viking Flagship in the Emblem ... Chase again, Viking Flagship went on to finish 3rd and 5th respectively in the Game Spirit Chase andf the Queen Mother Champion Chase . Viking Flagship died in 2000. Category 1987 racehorse ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2010 Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename Flagship Uberalles image caption sire Accordion dam Fourth Degree damsire Oats sex Gelding foaled 1994 country Ireland colour Bay horse Bay breeder Miss E C Holdsworth owner JP McManus br E Gutner & M Krysztofiak br A P Brady trainer Dermot Weld br Patrick Flynn br Paul Nicholls horse racing Paul Nicholls br Noel Chance br Philip Hobbs record 40 14 9 3 earnings 1,383,464 race Kingmaker Novices Chase 1999 br Arkle Challenge Trophy 1999 br Maghull Novices Chase 1999 br Haldon Gold Cup 1999 br Tingle Creek Chase 1999, 2000, 2001 br Queen Mother Champion Chase 2002 br Punchestown Champion Chase 2003 Flagship Uberalles was a racehorse, a half brother to the 1994 and 1995 Queen Mother Champion Chase winner Viking Flagship , who raced between 1997 and 2005. He started his racing career as a Flat horse in Ireland and was trained by Dermot Weld and made his race course debut in April 1997. He finished 5th on his 2 only starts for him, both in maiden flat races. He then joined the yard of Patrick Flynn and was immediately sent hurdling, where he won his first 2 races before running creditabely in Grade 1 company. He had one more start under the care of Flynn, before joining the yard of Paul Nicholls horse racing Paul Nicholls . He had 15 starts under Nicholls, where he reached the very top with victories in races such as the Arkle Challenge Trophy and Tingle Creek Chase among others. In his final start for Nicholls in April 2000, he was pulled up. He then changed trainers again, and was sent to the yard Noel Chance , where he won the Tingle Creek Chase again on his first start for the trainer. He went on to have 3 more starts for Noel Chance , where he was unable to get his head in front again, before being sent to the yard of Philip Hobbs . On his first start under him in December 2001, he again won the Tingle ..., Flagship Uberalles also had 3 different owners, starting with A P Brady, then E Gutner & M Krysztofiak ... more details
Summary Information Description Photograph of the Flagship Hotel in Galveston, Texas. Source cite web publisher Flickr date October 24, 2008 author skeggy title Flagship Hotel, Galveston, Texas a Month after Hurricane Ike url http www.flickr.com photos mindtalk 2969239004 sizes l Date Not dated. Prior to October 24, 2008. Author skeggy Flickr user Permission Creative Commons Share Alike Note Flickr intermediate source tagged as Creative Commons. other versions Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2008 Korean Flagship National Universities lang ko , Hanja has been created by South Korean government to lead the development of South Korea into a developed country through providing the highest educational institutions nationwide. Korean government created one flagship national university for each province between 1946 and 1968 when South Korea was consisting of 2 independent cities and 8 provinces. 10 Korean Flagship National Universities have been taking roles as the leading national institutes of higher education in South Korea. After Korean independence in 1945, Korean government discussed to establish the flagship national university to provide the highest education in the country to provide the elites to develop the country. Seoul National University and Pusan National University were created in 1946 as fully established two flagship national universities. Korea Maritime University was also created at the same time as national university and 3 regional colleges in Deagu also agreed to create the national university in 1946, which is nowadays Kyungpook National University . Korea Maritime University has not been granted the status as a Flagship National University, but Kyungpook National University had been granted the status as a Flagship National University afterwards in 1951. Most of Korean flagship National universities were created ... get the National University status by Korean government. All 10 Korean Flagship National Universities ... s belong to Korean Flagship National Universities. Among 11 schools of dental medicine in South Korea, 5 schools belong to Korean Flagship National Universities. Seoul National University has the largest ... University has one and only graduate school of oriental medicine in South Korea. All Korean Flagship ... law schools in South Korea, 6 law schools belong to Korean Flagship National Universities. The 10 Korean Flagship National Universities consist of Cheju National University , Jeju City , Jeju founded ... more details
Summary Image taken from Mythos computer game Mythos . Fair Use Rationale Non free use rationale Description Logo of Flagship Studios Source Mythos loading screen, 2007 Article Flagship Studios Portion Whole logo used to avoid misrepresenting brand image. Low resolution Logo was selected in order to maintain the quality intended, without being unnecessarily high resolution. Purpose Identification and critical commentary in the Flagship Studios article, a subject of public interest. The logo confirms to readers they have reached the correct article, and illustrates the intended branding message. Replaceability Logo is protected by copyright and trademark, therefore a free use alternative won t exist. other information Licensing Non free logo Game developer logos ... more details
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Orphan date February 2009 The Outer Planet Flagship Mission is a joint mission between NASA and ESA to send a probe to study the icy satellites of the outer solar system. There are two primary candidate missions under study Europa Jupiter System Mission EJSM and Titan Saturn System Mission TSSM . On February 18, 2009 NASA announced that both missions can proceed forward, but the EJSM is to be the first, departing Earth in 2020 and arriving at the Jupiter in 2026. The Titan mission is to be launched later. ref http www.planetary.org blog article 00001847 News flash Jupiter flagship mission selected to launch first ref http opfm.jpl.nasa.gov references space stub Category Spaceflight ... more details
Refimprove date April 2010 Infobox hotel hotel name Flagship Hotel logo logo width logo caption image Flagship hotel galveston.jpg image width caption Flagship Hotel following damage from Hurricane Ike pushpin map location Galveston, Texas , USA address chain latd 29 latm 17 lats 13 latNS N longd 94 longm 47 longs 24 longEW W coordinates type coordinates display opening date 1965 closing date developer James Lyon architect operator owner number of rooms number of suites number of restaurants floor area floors height parking website footnotes The USS Flagship Hotel was a hotel, located in Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas . It was built on the historic Pleasure Pier structure entirely over the Gulf of Mexico , albeit very close to shore. It was a popular destination in Galveston that withstood many storms. History The hotel was built in 1965 by Houston banker James Lyon who leased the pier for the construction. The lease rate was US 185,000 annually US formatprice inflation US 185000 1965 in today s terms for forty years. ref McComb 1986 , p. 190. ref ref Miller 1993 ref The structure was severely damaged by Hurricane Ike . ref Cite news title Balinese Room, Galveston Landmark, Destroyed Flagship Hotel Receives Major Damage date 13 September 2008 work Click 2 Houston publisher Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc. url http www.click2houston.com news 17466539 detail.html ref As of 2009 the owner, Landry s Restaurants , was considering various possibilities for the site s future ranging from demolishing and replacing the structure, to repairing and re opening the hotel. ref Cite news title Ike Not Gone Yet City demands action on deteriorating Flagship Hotel author Rice, Harvey ... Pier. Coincidentally, the Flagship Hotel replaced an amusement park that was severely damaged ... links http www.galveston.com flagship Galveston Tourism Flagship Hotel Galveston, Texas Houston Sugar Land Baytown MSA Texas Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Uss Flagship Hotel Category ... more details
Borders Books current flagship store in Downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA While this is technically Borders store 1, the original store was one block east. Borders moved the store into the old Jacobsen s department store, pictured here, in the late 1990s. Source I took this photo myself. PD self date October 2006 to Commons ... more details
San Salvador was Juan Rodr guez Cabrillo s flagship . It was 100 foot full rigged galleon with 10 foot draft and capacity of 200 ton s ref Spain in the Southwest A Narrative History of Colonial New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California by John L. Kessell 2003 p.47 ref . It carried officers, crew, slaves and a priest. Explorations San Salvador together with La Victoria , the second Cabrillo s ship, were the first two ships to anchor at Santa Catalina Island, California October 7, 1542. The two ships were not square rigged galleons commonly used for crossing vast expanses of open ocean. Rather, they were built in Navidad, Mexico , especially for exploration along the coast. Navidad is some 20 miles northwest from Manzanillo, Colima , today almost forgotten ref Pathfinders by Robert Glass Cleland 2005 p.2 ref . The requirements of building exploration ships was the ability to sail with ease into small harbors. The ships were rigged with triangular sails supported by swept booms. This sail arrangement, a forerunner to the sails found on modern day sloops , ketch es and yawl s, made the craft more agile and gave them the ability to point higher into the wind than square riggers. Entering harbors and coves would have been much easier with these craft as compared to square rigger s. Model of San Salvador Cabrillo s flagship San Salvador has been described as having four masts a square rigged foremast , lateen rigged main and mizzen mast s and an even smaller mizzen type mast with a boom which swung well outboard, in the style of the modern day yawl . Such descriptions depict La Victoria as having two masts, both lanteen rigged. A model of San Salvador , was built by Se or Manuel ... like La Victoria with two major masts. Homonymic ships San Salvador , the flagship of Dunkirk Battle of the Downs San Salvador , the flagship carrying 64 sailors and 319 troops ref To Rule the Waves How ... DEFAULTSORT San Salvador Flagship Category Galleons Category Channel Islands of California Category ... more details
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