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

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