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    101 Amazing Facts about Ships: ...and boats!
    101 Amazing Facts about Ships: ...and boats!
    101 Amazing Facts about Ships: ...and boats!
    Audiobook34 minutes

    101 Amazing Facts about Ships: ...and boats!

    Written by Jack Goldstein

    Narrated by John Harnish

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    Do you know how many cannons a Tudor ship could carry?
    How many people go missing from cruise ships every year?
    What a hawsehole is?
    And why are submarines painted black?

    In this fantastic audio-book, John Harnish talks us through over 100 amazing facts about ships and boats, covering categories such as famous ships, seafaring terminology, naval ship classes and much more. So if you want to know which ship is the world's fastest or who made the deepest solo dive in a submarine, this is the perfect book for you!

    ©2017 Jack Goldstein Books (P)2017 Jack Goldstein Books

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAndrews UK Audio
    Release dateSep 4, 2017
    ISBN9781785387661

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