Rocks and Shoals in English

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Etymology: From the language of Article 4, Section 10, which prescribed the death penalty for "any person in the naval service...[who] intentionally or willfully suffers any vessel of the Navy to be stranded, or run upon rocks or shoals". Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Rocks and Shoals}} Rocks and Shoals

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"Rocks and Shoals" meaning in English

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