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    RMS Columba was a Clyde paddle steamer, MacBrayne's flagship from 1879 to 1935. She ran the first leg of "The Royal Route" to Ardrishaig for fifty eight...
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    RMS then MV Columba, based in Oban for the first 25 years of her life, carrying up to 600 passengers, and 50 cars, between the Scottish islands. RMS Columba...
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  • State for Scotland ordered three ships – MV Hebrides, MV Clansman and RMS Columba – which were chartered to David MacBrayne as car ferries but could be...
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  • (constellation) Columba (Chinese astronomy), a constellation Columba (given name) RMS Columba, a Clyde paddle steamer launched in 1878 MV Columba, a car ferry...
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    Retrieved 16 March 2019. "RMS Columba". David MacBrayne Ltd postcard. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2011. "PS Columba". Paddle Steamer Resources...
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    Rock dove (redirect from Columba livia)
    The rock dove (Columba livia), also sometimes as "rock pigeon" or "common pigeon", is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).: 624 ...
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    Royal Mail Ship (redirect from RMS ship)
    Dublin Steam Packet Company (CDSPCo) won the contract. They bought RMS St Columba and RMS Llewellyn from the Admiralty to supplement their Prince Arthur....
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    The common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus), also known simply as the wood pigeon, is a large species in the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae), native...
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    The bird genus Columba comprises a genus of medium to large pigeons. The terms "dove" and "pigeon" are used indiscriminately for smaller and larger Columbidae...
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    she was retired and broken up side-by-side with her younger sister, RMS Columba at shipbreakers, Arnott & Young at Dalmuir in March 1936. Iona had a...
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    The pigeon guillemot (Cepphus columba) (/ˈɡɪlɪmɒt/) is a species of bird in the auk family, Alcidae. One of three species in the genus Cepphus, it is...
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  • her extensive 1935 refit, she replaced the legendary paddle steamer RMS Columba on the "Royal Route" from Glasgow to Ardrishaig. She gave sterling service...
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    Stock dove (redirect from Columba oenas)
    The stock dove (Columba oenas) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons. It is widely distributed in the western Palearctic...
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    flight. The English dialectal word culver appears to derive from Latin columba. A group of doves has sometimes been called a "dule", taken from the French...
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  • Volvarina columba is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. The length of the shell attains...
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    Albert (iii) (1901–1937) RMS Ophir* (1901): chartered steamship for the royal tour of the colonies Alexandra (1908–1925) RMS Medina (1911–1912): chartered...
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    and Holyhead in Wales. The line won the contract and purchased RMS Saint Columba and RMS Llwywllyn from the Admiralty. In 1859, the line ordered four additional...
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    of Dublin Steam Packet Company's ships: RMS Ulster, RMS Leinster, RMS Munster and RMS Connaught. St Columba's Chapel: this area remembers Irish ships...
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    name Olivella esther (Duclos, 1835) Synonyms Oliva columba Duclos, 1835 Oliva esther Duclos, 1835 (original combination) Olivella columba (Duclos, 1835)...
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    German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Columba cristata. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2018 found that the...
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    H. (2001). "A molecular phylogeny of the dove genera Streptopelia and Columba". Auk. 118 (4): 874–887. doi:10.1642/0004-8038(2001)118[0874:AMPOTD]2.0...
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    published in 1873. Cheke, Anthony S. (2005). "Naming segregates from the Columba–Streptopelia pigeons following DNA studies on phylogeny". Bulletin of the...
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    {s} ^{-1}} and an RMS (Root mean square) velocity relative to this speed of V R M S = 50   k m   s − 1 {\displaystyle \mathrm {V_{RMS}} =50~\mathrm {km}...
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    'sitting place' whose many specific uses included 'base for ships'. St. Columba is reputed to have established a monastic settlement on Lambay c. 530 AD...
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    guillemot or tystie, Cepphus grylle Pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba Kurile guillemot, Cepphus columba snowi Spectacled guillemot, Cepphus carbo Tribe Brachyramphini...
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    Cepphus columba (pigeon guillemot) Cepphus carbo (spectacled guillemot)...
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    Frivaldszky first described the Eurasian collared dove with the scientific name Columba risoria varietas C. decaocto in 1838, considering it a wild variety of...
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    the United Kingdom's most remote permanently inhabited islands. The liner RMS Oceanic was wrecked on the Shaalds of Foula in 1914. Foula was the location...
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    Austrian naturalist Giovanni Antonio Scopoli and given the binomial name Columba chinensis. Scopoli based his account on "La tourterelle gris de la Chine"...
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    supposed "Falco" pisanus was actually a pigeon of the genus Columba, possibly the same as Columba omnisanctorum, which, in that case, would adopt the older...
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