SHIPS
(See also Boats; Navigation; Shipwreck; Submarines)
(Note centered heading below: List by Name)
Arctic route between Europe and Far East: g00 10/22 28
Australia:
Bass Strait: g 11/08 15-17
ballast water:
effect on ecology: g04 11/22 29
barnacles:
gel like pilot whale’s to prevent barnacles: ijwwd article 4
ship paint to prevent barnacles affects oysters: g89 6/8 29
Bible times: it-2 932-934
anchors: it-2 933-934
first century: bt 86, 204; w10 11/1 26; w99 3/15 29-31
hazards during fall and winter: wp17.5 9; w10 2/1 23
role in communications: it-1 492-493
rudder oars: it-1 44; it-2 826; si 200
waterproofing: w14 7/1 13
China:
fleet of Zheng He (15th century): g 9/13 14-15
cruise-ship pollution: g03 5/22 29
cruise ships for elderly: g05 9/22 28-29
Cyprus (ancient): w07 10/15 17-19
disease transmission: g01 10/8 28
effect of shipping on weather: g 1/07 15
efforts to reduce friction as penguin’s coat does: g 9/13 16
Egypt (ancient): it-2 574, 932
experiences:
captain learns truth from C. T. Russell: w02 12/1 8
captain transports literature free: yb08 219
chief officer: yb98 64
crew comforted after calamities: yb13 65-66
cruise-ship builders: w10 7/15 32
cruise ships: w00 4/15 24-25
first-person account “I Survived the Sinking of the Bismarck”: g87 10/8 10-14
funeral of captain who became Witness: yb09 101-102
literature placed: w99 1/1 18-19
long drive to bring back literature: yb01 58-59
long drive to meet cruise ship: yb12 73-75
sailor’s life story: g86 12/8 23-27
sailor who preached: yb01 57-58
galley: it-1 886
France (17th-18th centuries): g00 12/22 12-15
Greece (ancient): it-1 998-999
bireme: w07 10/15 19
trireme: w09 3/1 27-28; w07 10/15 16, 19; g99 4/8 25
icebreakers: g02 11/22 25-27
Israel (ancient): it-2 933
Ahaziah and Jehoshaphat: it-1 62-63, 796, 1272; w17.03 25
Solomon’s fleet: it-1 796, 1121; it-2 933, 1066-1067; w08 11/1 27
kites assist propulsion: g 12/08 29
lightships: g99 1/22 22
Napoléon’s sunken fleet found: g99 3/8 28
navigation:
by computer: g00 8/8 28
course correction: w90 11/1 29
determining longitude: g 5/10 20-22
Noah’s ark compared: it-1 164; w08 6/1 7
Norway:
Coastal Express: g03 5/22 13-17
oil spills:
Alaska (1989): g94 1/22 31; g91 3/8 28; g91 9/22 29; g89 9/22 2-13
France (1999): g00 6/22 18-19
Spain (1992): g93 8/22 31
Spain (2002): g03 8/22 20-21
oil tankers:
accidents: g93 12/8 28
Paul’s voyage to Rome: w99 3/15 29-31; w90 5/15 26; si 200
figurehead: bt 211; it-2 1233-1234; w09 3/1 9
storm measures: bt 207; it-2 319-320, 933
Phoenician: it-2 636, 932-933; ip-1 256; w89 9/1 16-17
ancient coin depicting: w08 11/1 27
model of bireme: w07 10/15 17
model of Tyrian ship: it-2 532
wood sources for various parts: it-1 260
piracy at sea: g 8/09 30; g94 6/22 29
Poland:
Elbląg-Ostróda Canal: g05 1/22 12-15
radio distress beacon: g89 11/22 28
reed ships (South America): g03 1/22 21-23; g03 9/22 30
Roman cargo ship: w10 2/1 23; w09 1/1 21
‘ships of Kittim’: w07 10/15 16-19
Daniel 11:30: dp 262, 264; w93 11/1 14
Numbers 24:24: it-2 178; w07 10/15 18-19
“ships of Tarshish”: it-1 704, 796; it-2 933, 1066-1067; nwt 1714; w08 11/1 25-27; w07 10/15 18; ip-2 309; ip-1 244-245
Spanish Armada (1588): g 8/07 24-27
stopping: cl 205; w94 8/1 9-10
supertankers: g89 9/22 6-7
symbolic:
faith (1Ti 1:19): w99 7/15 15-20
“ships of Tarshish” (Isa 60:9): ip-2 309
Tyre (Eze 27:5-7): it-1 718; it-2 932-933; w88 9/15 22
tall sailing ships:
Rouen, France (1999): g00 5/8 10-11
Sydney, Australia: g88 9/8 16-18
use for attending convention:
Torres Strait Islands: w88 2/15 22-23
use in witnessing:
Arctic: w87 7/15 25-27
Canada coasts: jv 439-440
Torres Strait Islands: w88 2/15 22-23
witnessing on:
Rotterdam: jv 514; w92 4/15 18-22
List by Name
(Where no references appear, see main heading)
Achille Lauro: g86 6/22 4
Bismarck (Nazi battleship): g87 10/8 10-12
Bounty:
botanist aboard: g89 1/8 16
mutiny: g03 2/22 24-27; g92 1/8 15-16
Graf Spee (Nazi battleship): w96 4/15 5
Hood (British battleship): g87 10/8 10
Loch Ard (clipper): g 11/08 16-17
Mayflower: w97 11/15 3
Pallas (British Navy frigate): w06 7/1 4
Prestige (oil spill, 2002): g03 8/22 20-21
San Juan (sunken whaling vessel): g05 10/8 14-15
Titanic:
United States:
asbestos removal: g95 11/22 4-5
Vasa (Sweden, 1628): g00 4/8 24-25
Wilhelm Gustloff (sinking 1945): w15 8/15 17