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ICGV Þór

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ICGV Þór (Thor) is an UT 512L type offshore patrol vessel designed by Rolls Royce for the Icelandic Coast Guard, built to replace the aging. [1]

45 relations: Althing, ASMAR, Azimuth thruster, Árni Mathiesen, Bergen Marine, Björn Bjarnason, Bofors 40 mm gun, Bollard pull, Boom (containment), Bow (ship), Bridge (nautical), Chile, Chilean Navy, Deity, Directorate of Customs, Dry dock, Exclusive economic zone, Fishery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Helicopter, Iceland, Icelandic Coast Guard, Icelandic Police, Length overall, Lifeboat (shipboard), Manoeuvring thruster, Marine salvage, Maritime call sign, Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Iceland), Ministry of Finance (Iceland), MOB boat, Norse mythology, Patrol boat, PDF, Propeller (aeronautics), Reykjavík, Richter magnitude scale, Rolls-Royce Holdings, Search and rescue, Skimmer (machine), Talcahuano, Thor, Tsunami, Water pollution, 2010 Chile earthquake.

Althing

The Alþingi (parliament (Icelandic) and anglicised as Althingi or Althing) is the national parliament of Iceland.

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ASMAR

ASMAR (Astilleros y Maestranzas de la Armada de Chile) is a Chilean state-owned shipbuilding company, with its predecessor was established in 1895, until restructured and adapted current name on 6 April 1960.

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Azimuth thruster

An azimuth thruster is a configuration of marine propellers placed in pods that can be rotated to any horizontal angle (azimuth), making a rudder unnecessary.

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Árni Mathiesen

Árni M. Mathiesen (born 2 October 1958 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic politician.

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Bergen Marine

Bergen Engines AS is a diesel engine manufacturer based in Bergen, Norway.

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Björn Bjarnason

Björn Bjarnason (born 14 November 1944) is an Icelandic politician.

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Bofors 40 mm gun

--> The Bofors 40 mm gun, often referred to simply as the Bofors gun, is an anti-aircraft/multi-purpose autocannon designed in the 1930s by the Swedish arms manufacturer AB Bofors.

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Bollard pull

Bollard pull is a conventional measure of the pulling (or towing) power of a watercraft.

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Boom (containment)

A containment boom is a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill.

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Bow (ship)

The bow is the forward part of the hull of a ship or boat, the point that is usually most forward when the vessel is underway.

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Bridge (nautical)

The bridge of a ship is the room or platform from which the ship can be commanded.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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Chilean Navy

The Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile) is the naval force of Chile.

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Deity

A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.

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Directorate of Customs

The Directorate of Customs (Tollstjóri) is the national customs service of Iceland.

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Dry dock

A dry dock (sometimes dry-dock or drydock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform.

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Exclusive economic zone

An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a sea zone prescribed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and wind.

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Fishery

Generally, a fishery is an entity engaged in raising or harvesting fish which is determined by some authority to be a fishery.

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Halifax, Nova Scotia

Halifax, officially known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), is the capital of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.

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Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by rotors.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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Icelandic Coast Guard

The Icelandic Coast Guard (Landhelgisgæslan or simply Gæslan) is the service responsible for Iceland's coastal defense and maritime and aeronautical search and rescue.

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Icelandic Police

The Police is responsible for law enforcement throughout the country, except in Icelandic territorial waters which fall under the jurisdiction of the Icelandic Coast Guard.

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Length overall

Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline.

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Lifeboat (shipboard)

A lifeboat is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship.

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Manoeuvring thruster

Manoeuvring thruster (bow thruster or stern thruster) is a transversal propulsion device built into, or mounted to, either the bow or stern, of a ship or boat, to make it more maneuverable.

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Marine salvage

Marine salvage is the process of recovering a ship and its cargo after a shipwreck or other maritime casualty.

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Maritime call sign

Maritime call signs are call signs assigned as unique identifiers to ships and boats.

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Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Iceland)

The Minister of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs (Dóms- og kirkjumálaráðherra) was the head of Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, which existed between 1 January 1970 and 1 October 2009.

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Ministry of Finance (Iceland)

The Icelandic Ministry of Finance (Icelandic: Fjármálaráðuneytið) is responsible for overseeing the finances of the Icelandic government.

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MOB boat

A MOB, short for Man Overboard Boat, is a small, fast rescue boat which large vessels, especially passenger ferries and cruise ships, use for man overboard situations.

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Norse mythology

Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period.

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Patrol boat

A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defence duties.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Propeller (aeronautics)

An aircraft propeller, or airscrew,Beaumont, R.A.; Aeronautical Engineering, Odhams, 1942, Chapter 13, "Airscrews".

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.

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Richter magnitude scale

The so-called Richter magnitude scale – more accurately, Richter's magnitude scale, or just Richter magnitude – for measuring the strength ("size") of earthquakes refers to the original "magnitude scale" developed by Charles F. Richter and presented in his landmark 1935 paper, and later revised and renamed the Local magnitude scale, denoted as "ML" or "ML".

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Rolls-Royce Holdings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational public limited company incorporated in February 2011 that owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries.

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Search and rescue

Search and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.

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Skimmer (machine)

An oil skimmer is a device that is designed to remove oil floating on a liquid surface.

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Talcahuano

Talcahuano is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile.

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Thor

In Norse mythology, Thor (from Þórr) is the hammer-wielding god of thunder, lightning, storms, oak trees, strength, the protection of mankind, in addition to hallowing, and fertility.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from 津波, "harbour wave"; English pronunciation) or tidal wave, also known as a seismic sea wave, is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Water pollution

Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities.

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2010 Chile earthquake

The 2010 Chile earthquake (Terremoto del 27F) occurred off the coast of central Chile on Saturday, 27 February at 03:34 local time (06:34 UTC), having a magnitude of 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale, with intense shaking lasting for about three minutes.

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ICGV THor, ICGV Thor, IMO 9426893, UT 512L OPV.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICGV_Þór

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