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unusual facts about RV St. Barbara


RV St. Barbara

Measuring 78.9 m in length with a 13.7 m beam, the St. Barbara is most noted for discovering the 265 meter long wreck of the famed Graf Zeppelin on 12 July 2006 near the port of Leba.


Bishopton Castle

De Conyers built the castle during a dispute with William Cumin, who laid claim to be the Bishop of Durham; de Conyers supported Cumin's rival, William of St. Barbara.

Church of St.Catherine of Alexandria

St.Catherine of Alexandria church is a church takes up the most southern part of a wide area on the foot of the historical hill of Paternò in Sicily, close by St.Barbara church and the former convent of St. Annunziata.

Ruins of Fort St. Barbara

The agreement to cede the isthmus was part of the Treaty of Utrecht and Spain gave Britain Minorca, Gibraltar and the right to sell slaves to Spanish colonies.

St Giles Church, Durham

William of St. Barbara, the rightly elected Bishop, was forced to retreat to, and fortify, the church after his abortive entry into Durham was beaten back by Cumin's men.

William of St. Barbara

From William's name, it is presumed that he was a native of Sainte-Barbe-en-Auge in Calvados in Normandy.


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