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    from Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere because it was at the entrance to that stretch of water where he would regularly meet ships to accompany them. Pelorus Jack...
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    instrument was named for one Pelorus, said to have been the pilot for Hannibal, circa 203 BC. Harold Gatty described the use of a pelorus by Polynesians before...
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  • Look up pelorus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pelorus may refer to: Pelorus (Sicily), a peninsula of the island of Sicily Pelorus Island, an island...
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    million. In 2011, Geffen sold Pelorus to Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan for 214 million euros. In 2016, Pelorus was sold to Chinese billionaire...
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  • HMS Pelorus is the designation which has been given to numerous ships of the Royal Navy. HMS Pelorus (1808) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched...
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    Pelorus Sound (Māori: Te Hoiere; officially Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere) is the largest of the sounds which make up the Marlborough Sounds at the north...
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    Faro Point (redirect from Pelorus (Sicily))
    their fleet at Pelorus, where they were supported also by a land force. In 396 BCE the Carthaginian general Himilco took post at Pelorus with his fleet...
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    lost three men killed and four wounded; Pelorus lost three killed and five wounded. In February 1810 Pelorus participated in the capture of Guadeloupe...
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    Range into Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere. This area is fantastic for camping and is renowned for its magnificent river swimming where the Pelorus River runs...
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    The island was named after HMS Pelorus, flagship on the Australia Station 1860-62. In 2017 the Morris family bought Pelorus Island, who own the Northern...
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  • Hakluyt & Company is a British strategic advisory firm. The company is headquartered in London. Hakluyt was founded by former officials of the British...
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    10 midshipmen and 50 trainees. She was refitted in 1971. Pelorus was named after Pelorus Jack, a Risso's dolphin that often escorted ships through French...
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    Programme, and were laid down 1896–1900. The first, HMS Pelorus, was commissioned in 1896. The Pelorus class ships displaced 2,135 tons and had a top speed...
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  • Craugastor pelorus is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
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  • The Battle of the Pelorus river was fought in the spring of 65 BC between a Roman Republican army under the command of the Roman general Gnaeus Pompeius...
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    Pelorus Islet (also known as Pelorus Reef and Pelorus Rock) is an islet in the Australian state of South Australia located in Great Australian Bight off...
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    story of Pelorus Jack". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020. ... Pelorus Jack ....
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    Bridge served on Pelorus in the East Indies as a midshipman. She was decommissioned in 1868 and was broken up for scrap in 1869. Pelorus Island, a tiny...
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    Pelorus Bridge is a tiny locality in Marlborough, New Zealand where the Rai River meets Pelorus River. State Highway 6 crosses the Pelorus River at Pelorus...
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    yacht Pelorus. Approached on Geffen's behalf by broker Merle Wood, Geffen bought Pelorus in 2011 for $300 million. Later that year Geffen sold Pelorus to...
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    station on the vessel to the object. The relative bearing is measured with a pelorus or other optical and electronic aids to navigation such as a periscope...
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    to Pelorus Sound. Then he would join boats returning to Nelson at the entrance to Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere and escort them back to the pass. Pelorus Jack...
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    cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the late 1880s. Originally named HMS Pelorus, she was renamed after an Australian town in April 1890. Per the Imperial...
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  • flows north from the Richmond Range into the Pelorus River, which it reaches five kilometres west of Pelorus Bridge. New Zealand 1:50000 Topographic Map...
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    owner of mega yacht Pelorus, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, was not the customer behind Sigma. Nevertheless, because Pelorus was undergoing a concurrent...
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  • surroundings Ohuto Station Ohakune Beorn's house Paradise Otago Forest River Pelorus River Marlborough Misty Mountains The Remarkables Otago Dale Hills Rock...
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    Three luxury yachts—Lady Anne, Lady Moura, and Pelorus, within the port of Porto Cervo. They are among the 100 largest luxury yachts in the world....
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    three capes (headlands or promontories of the island of Sicily, namely: Pelorus (Peloro, Tip of Faro, Messina: North-East); Pachynus (Passero, Syracuse:...
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    ground speed at both landing and takeoff when pointing against the wind. Pelorus (instrument) Compass rose Rhumbline network Wind Rose (band) Detailed record...
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    and 1912 a Risso's dolphin named Pelorus Jack became famous for meeting and escorting ships around Cook Strait. Pelorus Jack was usually spotted in Admiralty...
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