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M. Valerius Laevinus
Marcus Valerius Laevinus was a Roman consul elected in 210 BC during the Second Punic War. He was elected to face the Carthaginians because of his success in an earlier campaign against Philip V of Macedon. ..

M. Vasalis
Maria Vasalis (The Hague, 13 February 1909- Roden 16 October 1998) was a Dutch poet and psychiatrist. M. Vasalis is the pseudonym of Margaretha Droogleever Fortuyn-Leenmans. Vasalis is her Latinized maiden name. Vasalis studied medicine and anthropology at Leiden University and in 1939 established..

M/V al-Salam Boccaccio 98
M/V al-Salam Boccaccio 98 Shipbuilder: Italcantieri S.p.A., Castellammare di Stabia, Italy Ordered: ? Laid down: ? Launched: 8 June 1969 Delivered: 30 June 1970 Fate: Sunk on 3 February 2006 224 confirmed dead General Characteristics after rebuild in 1991 Displacement: 11..

M/V Aurora
Career Commissioned: 1977 Classification: American Bureau of Shipping Home Port: Unknown Decommissioned: Currently active Fate: Currently active General Characteristics Displacement: 2,132 long tons Length: 235 ft (72 m) Beam: 57 ft (17 m) Draught: 13 ft 10 and 7/8 inches..

MÁVAG
MÁVAG (Magyar Királyi Államvasutak Gépgyára; Hungarian Royal State Railroads' Machine Factory) was a Hungarian rail vehicle producer. Mávag was the property of the Kingdom of Hungary. The company employed thousands of workers. The buildings took place in the VIII. district of Budapest, border..

Måvatn
Måvatn is a lake in the municipality of Åmli in Aust-Agder county, Norway. See also List of lakes in Norway ..

MV-algebra
An MV-algebra in mathematics is an algebraic structure studied for its applications to multi-valued logic first studied by Jan Łukasiewicz. Chang's completeness theorem (1958, 1959) states that any equation holding in the interval [0,1] will hold in every MV-Algebra. With this theorem, i..

MVA
MVA may stand for: Manual vacuum aspiration, a method of abortion that consists of removing the embryo by suctionMarket Value AdjusterMegavolt ampere, a unit of measure of apparent powerMevalonic acid, an important compound in molecular biologyModified vaccinia Ankara, a vaccinia virusMotor vehicle..

MVA85A
MVA85A (modified vaccinia Ankara 86A) is a new-generation vaccine against tuberculosis developed by researchers at Oxford University. It is claimed that this vaccine is especially effective when used together with the old TB vaccine called BCG. Phase III clinical trials are currently underway in So..

MV A1C William H. Pitsenbarger (T-AK 4638)
Career (U.S.) Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1983, St. Nazaire, France Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: General Characteristics Displacement: 31,986 long tons Length: 621 feet 3 inches Beam: 105 feet 8 inches Extreme width: Draft: 37.5 feet Propulsi..

MV Abegweit
The motor vessel Abegweit was the name for two different icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferries which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947-1997. The word Abegweit is derived from the Mi'kmaq word for Princ..

MV Acavus
MV Acavus was an Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell tanker converted to Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). Entered service as MAC ship October 1943. Displacement 8,000 tons. ..

MV Adula
MV Adula was an Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell tanker converted to Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). Entered service as MAC ship February 1944. Displacement 8,000 tons. Converted by Silley, Cox at Falmouth. ..

MV Agusta
MV Agusta is a motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1945 by Count Domenico Agusta near Milan in Cascina Costa, Italy. MV Agusta began as an aircraft manufacturer. They produced their first prototype, ironically called "Vespa," in 1945. After learning of Piaggio's brand new motorscooter of the same n..

MV Alexia
MV Alexia was an Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell tanker converted to Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). Entered service as MAC ship December 1943. Displacement 8,000 tons. ..

MV Amastra
MV Amastra was an Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell tanker converted to Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). Entered service as MAC ship August 1943. Displacement 8,000 tons. Converted by Smith's Yard, North Shields. ..

MV Ancylus
MV Ancylus is an Anglo Saxon Royal Dutch/Shell tanker converted to Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). It entered service as MAC ship in October 1943 and has a displacement 8,000 tons. ..

MV Arctic
MV Arctic Mv Arctic in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador The MV Arctic is an icebreaker built in 1978 at the Port Weller Dry Docks located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Designed to carry both oil and ore, the vessel is not only ice strengthened but has a Baltic 1A Super ice rating. This ..

MV Arctic Sunrise
The MV Arctic Sunrise is an icebreaker operated by Greenpeace. The vessel was built in 1975. It has a gross tonnage of 949 tonnes, a length of 50 m and a maximum speed of 13 knots. Under the original name of Polarbjorn, it was used as a sealing ship, until chartered by Greenpeace in 1995. The Arc..

MV Aurora
Aurora entered service in 2000 and is owned and operated by P&O Cruises. She was built by Meyer Werft in Germany and has a Gross Registered Tonnage (GRT) of 76,000 tonnes and is 270 metres long, with a beam of 32.24 metres. Her draught of 7.9 metres means that she can enter and exit most commercial..

Mývatn
Lake Mývatn, with groups of grass-covered pseudocraters. Mount Hlíðarfjall in the background. Lake Mývatn and surrounding lakes and ponds. The river Laxá in the upper left corner. Mývatn is a shallow eutrophic lake situated in an area of active volcanism in the north of Iceland, no..

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