Video: Container Ship Transits the Savannah River
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World’s Largest Sailing Ship Launched
Mmmm, Fricassee of Calf’s Feet
Volcan de Tamasite strikes Las Palmas harbour
World’s Largest Container Ship Delivered
Maritime History
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| The Bounty: The True Story of the mutiny on the Bounty – Caroline Alexander | |
| The Pirate Wars – Peter Earle | |
| The Civil War at Sea – Craig L. Symonds | |
| War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II – Nathan Miller | |
| The Vikings: A History – Robert Ferguson |
SS Herbert C Jackson in for Repower
Happy Bounty Day!
Bounty Day: Bounty Day is a holiday on both Pitcairn Island, destination of the HMS Bounty mutineers, and on Norfolk Island. It is celebrated on January 23 on Pitcairn, and on June 8 on Norfolk Island, the day that the descendants of the mutineers arrived on the island. It is named for the Bounty, although … Continue reading “Happy Bounty Day!”
It’s not what you think…
The Gales of November
Historically, November is not a good time to be on the Great Lakes.
In early November, 1913, a blizzard struck the U.S. Midwest and the Canadian province of Ontario. The Great Lakes storm of 1913 reached its highest intensity on November 9. A total of 19 ships were sunk and another 19 were stranded on Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, and Erie. Cargo losses were in excess of 68,300 tons and were valued at over a million dollars. More than 280 mariners lost their lives in the most destructive natural disaster to ever strike the Great Lakes.
Let us not forget the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975:
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