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Help Save the Falls of Clyde
Falls of Clyde is the only surviving iron-hulled four-masted full rigged ship and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker in the world. She was launched in 1878 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, for the Fall Line . The ship was towed to Hawaii 1968 and opened as a museum in 1971. In 2008, the Bishop Museum, which had [...]
Tags: Falls of Clyde, four-masted, Hawaii, iron hull, tanker
Melville’s White Jacket and the question of justice
In a comment on a prior post, Fiddler’s Green, Redwing mentioned White Jacket, or The World in a Man-of-War, by Herman Melville. I had never read the novel. I am now doing so and enjoying it very much. (It can be downloaded for free from Project Gutenberg.) White Jacket and Redburn were apparently each written [...]
Tags: Abu Ghraib, flogging, Harpers, justice, Melville, Scott Horton, White Jacket
The Endless Search for the HMS Hussar
In November of 1780 HMS Hussar was swept onto Pot Rock in the treacherous passage known as Hell Gate in New York’s East River. She sank shortly thereafter off the shore of the Bronx. The widow of the pilot aboard the Hussar would later tell the story that her husband had told her that iron chests and barrels [...]
Tags: HMS Huzzar, Robert Apuzo, treasure
Thad Koza – Tall Ships International
This afternoon, at the 21st Annual Indie and Small Press Book Fair, I had the pleasure of meeting Thad Koza, a wonderful photographer of tall ships. I bought a copy of his Tall Ships 2009 Calendar and plan on buying his book, Tall Ships: the fleet for the 21st century, for myself for Christmas. In addition to his [...]
Fiddler’s Green
Stan Rogers, the late Canadian folk sing/songwriter, sang a song about an ill fated privateering voyage during the American revolution called “Barrett’s Privateer’s“. He was often asked where he learned the song. Most assumed that it was a traditional folk song. Many of the references and details are accurate and appropriate to the period. Nevertheless, [...]
Tags: Barrett's Privateer's, Bernie Klay, Burl Ives, Fiddler's Green, Irish legend, John Connolly, Stan Rogers, Tarpaulin Jacket, X-Seaman's Institute
A Junk at Risk
From Dione Chen writing in the Museum of Underwater Archeology site: “The Free China is a historic century-old Chinese sailing vessel on the verge of extinction. An authentic Fujian junk used during the first half of the 20th century to transport fish and contraband, the Free China has a rich and colorful past. The junk [...]
The Admiral beats the General
Alaric reports that Nelson has been named “Top Military Hero” in a survey organised by the United Kingdom National Defence Association. Polling 27% of the votes, he beat Field Marshal Montgomery, who came second, by 8%. Nelson, who inspirational leadership lead the British Navy to victory in three major battles, is still the best known [...]
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Live Piracy Map 2008
An intriguing if sobering map of piracy this year from the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. Click on the map to learn more.
Sailor’s Tattoos – Pigs, Chickens, Swallows, and Tattooed Backsides
Tattoos have become very popular of late. Tattoo Facts & Statistics notes that “thirty-six percent of those ages 18 to 25, and 40 percent of those ages 26 to 40, have at least one tattoo, according to a fall 2006 survey by the Pew Research Center.” As popular as tattoos are with twenty and thirty [...]
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