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Mr Waterworth was an 18-year-old able seaman when he was depth-charged aboard HMS Strongbow at Penang, in the Strait of Malacca, off Malaya.
Many involved smaller boats, such as tugs, barges and fishing boats, in the Malacca Straits and Indonesian waters.
The Malacca Strait, a busy sealane with more than 50,000 commercial ships plying it annually, is also a hotbed for pirates.
However, the train does not stop at Malacca town as it does not have a station.
And it could under certain circumstances lead to unilateral action to suppress piracy and terrorism in the Malacca Strait.
The dhow was sinking around 40 miles from land between Sumatra and Malaysia in the Malacca Strait.
Gambier was an extract made from the leaves and twigs of a vine that grew in India and the Malacca Islands, Uncaria gambir.
Starting from Taiwan, he traversed the Indian Ocean after passing through the Strait of Malacca.
The IMB reported that between January and March this year, the Malacca Straits have seen seven piracy attacks.
Looking forward to a few days sailing his yacht, moored off the island of Phuket, Crasnianski set sail into the Straits of Malacca on Christmas Day.
To the north-west lie the Malacca Straits, five hundred miles of international water, bordered by Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south, which are barely policed.
It also joined Malaysia in opposing an American plan to tighten security in the vital Malacca Straits shipping lanes, which might have meant stationing US troops nearby.
Srivijaya especially became the dominant maritime power for more than 5 centuries, controlling both Strait of Malacca and Sunda Strait.
The major choke points include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, the Lombok Strait, the Strait of Malacca and the Palk Strait.
The Port of Singapore is the busiest port in the Indian Ocean, located in the Strait of Malacca where it meets the Pacific.
The archipelagic empires, the Sultanate of Malacca and later the Sultanate of Johor, controlled the southern areas.
Columbus made a fourth voyage nominally in search of the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean.
In September, after arriving at Malacca, the expedition fell victim to a conspiracy ending in retreat.
He had been indentured by Magellan in 1511 after the colonization of Malacca, and had accompanied him through later adventures.
In 1510, Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Goa in India, Ormuz in the Persian Strait, and Malacca.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The currency in the Straits of Malacca is the Spanish dollar divided into cents.
When he dropped into Fetzer's pool shack carrying a Malacca cane, for example.
He carried gloves and a Malacca cane, and his gait was one of assured superiority.
This old man with refined features who walked on my left, leaning on his Malacca cane, was M. Charnot.
The Thisbe had once more got free of the Straits of Malacca.
He was to cross the Bay of Bengal and explore the coast of Malacca.
The fall of Malacca was one of vast importance to the Portuguese.
Passing through the Straits of Malacca, we returned to Macao.
Then why not make a strong effort, and get them down to Malacca?
As he had also studied at Malacca, there was a fellow-feeling between us.
There is excellent snipe-shooting to be had in the vicinity of Malacca.
There is an island by the western shore of the Straits of Malacca.
The Straits of Malacca abound with places with Sanskrit names.
The varied landscape afforded by the Andaman Islands was soon passed, however, and the Rangoon rapidly approached the Straits of Malacca, which gave access to the China seas.
Hooker, extend along the heights of the peninsula of Malacca, and are thinly scattered, on the one hand over India and on the other as far north as Japan.
The long and narrow peninsula of Malacca, extending south-eastward from the territories of Birmah, forms the most southerly point of all Asia.
That blue-billed gaper probably came from Malacca, and the trogon too.
At Malacca and pinang it shares attention with the more profitable spices.
During the afternoon of Wednesday, 30th October, the Rangoon entered the Strait of Malacca, which separates the peninsula of that name from Sumatra.
In searching for MH370, the ship was tasked to scour areas including the Strait of Malacca, Sunda Strait, west of Indonesia and south of the Indian Ocean.
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