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    directly from Latin corvus marinus, "sea raven", or through Brythonic Celtic. Cormoran is the Cornish name of the sea giant in the tale of Jack the Giant Killer...
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    United States Navy hull number DDG-25. In April 1967, Perth was ordered to Macquarie Island to rescue a seriously ill researcher. The ship arrived without...
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    1979, Hobart and the Antarctic Support Vessel Thala Dan were sent to Macquarie Island to retrieve a badly injured researcher and return him to Australia...
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    Arras in the Somme valley. Siege of Tsingtao – German naval ships SMS Cormoran, SMS Iltis, SMS Luchs, and SMS Tiger were scuttled off the coast of Tsingtau...
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