Queen of the Pacific

Queen of the Pacific is a name or nickname of ships and places associated with the Pacific Ocean, the largest of Earth's oceans.

Ships

Places

Countries

States

Cities

People

References

  1. "Also to sail that January, were the Maine clippers Flying Arrow, Golden Racer, Queen of the Pacific, and Wings of the Morning." (1852, launched from Pembroke)
  2. 1857: Queen of the Pacific built. 1859: purchased by Vanderbilt and renamed Ocean Queen. 1861: chartered to US War Department. 1869–70: chartered to Ruger's American Line. 1875: scrapped.
  3. History of Port San Luis. 180 U.S. 49 THE QUEEN OF THE PACIFIC No 130 decided 7 January 1901.
  4. "Known as The Queen of the Pacific, the Empress of Japan had soon broken the Pacific speed-record."
  5. Goossens, Reuben. "MV Hikawa Maru". ssMaritime. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  6. Talbot-Booth, E.C. (1942) [1936]. Ships and the Sea (Seventh ed.). London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd.
  7. USCGC Taney WHEC-37 "Queen of the Pacific" Viet Nam 1969–1970.
  8. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Chapter XVIII – Vanikoro "On 15th of December, we left to the east the bewitching group of the Societies and the graceful Tahiti, queen of the Pacific." Incidents of a Whaling Voyage, Chapter XXVI – South Pacific "The 'queen of the Pacific,' a proud title that has been given to this island."
  9. Classic Senate Speeches: William H. Seward, "Freedom in the New Territories" 11 March 1850. (Full text.)
  10. Andrew Wilson (15 April 2006). "A Star is Reborn". The Guardian. Acapulco, once the 'Queen of the Pacific' and last word in Hollywood cool, is on the comeback trail after a $1 billion facelift.
  11. Honolulu's chosen nickname is "The Queen of the Pacific".
  12. Old Panama: the Queen of the Pacific.
  13. Normand E. Klare. The Final Voyage of the SS Central America "The Ship of Gold" 1857,Chapter III – The Voyage. "San Francisco had been several times destroyed by fire. Each reconstruction of the city saw improvement as it progressed from a city of canvas to one of wood, then to a metropolis of bricks, a thriving port city. By 1853 she was called the Queen of the Pacific."
  14. "'La reina del Pacífico', una historia salpicada de fantasía y realidad" (in Spanish). Terra Networks. 6 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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