PS Ryde – Mine-sweeper ship that defied the Germans on D-Day set to be scrapped

January 31, 2010 · Filed Under Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

Not every historic vessel can be saved and not every historic vessel should be saved.  The difficult question is deciding which are worthy of saving  before they fall prey to the ravages of time or, in this case,  the bureaucracy.  A story from today’s Daily Mail:
Mine-sweeper ship that defied the Germans on D-Day set to be scrapped for health [...]

Aircraft Carrier George H.W. Bush Delivered

January 31, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Ships · 1 Comment 

After being under construction for almost a decade, the aircraft carrier George H. W. Bush was accepted by the US Navy following final seatrials last Friday.
Northrop Grumman delivers Bush aircraft carrier to Navy

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Mystic Seaport sponsors 2010 Maritime Authors Series

January 30, 2010 · Filed Under Lore of the Sea · Comment 

This week, maritime historian, educator and author, Mary Malloy kicked off the 2010 Maritime Authors Series at Mystic Seaport.  Malloy’s book Devil on the Deep Blue Sea: The Notorious Career of Captain Samuel Hill of Boston won the John Lyman Book Award for best Maritime Biography in 2006.  Her first novel, The Wandering Heart, about [...]

Under Sail by Felix Riesenberg – A Review

January 30, 2010 · Filed Under Critiques, Reviews, Seastories · 5 Comments 

Under Sail is a remarkable account of sixteen year old Felix Riesenberg’s first voyage on a square rigger from South Street Seaport in New York, to Honolulu and back. He sailed on the A.J. Fuller,  a Bath built, copper clad, wooden hulled, three skysail yard medium clipper in the waning days of the age of sail.

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America’s Cup Duel Continues in Court

January 29, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea · 2 Comments 

As the two boats wait in Spain, a judge in New York may determine the outcome of the America’s Cup.  BMW Oracle Racing is suing Team Alinghi claiming that Alinghi’s sails are in violation of the Deed of Gift, the 1887 document that governs the race.  If  Alinghi loses the court case, Alinghi’s Ernesto Bertarelli has said [...]

Royal Caribbean CEO talks Haiti

January 29, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea · 5 Comments 

The Center for Responsible Travel, an advocacy group has criticized Royal Caribbean for its decision to resume cruises to Haiti. They issued a statement saying the cruise company’s quick return to the earthquake-ravaged country is not only a “colossal public relations faux pas, (but) an unsound tool for economic recovery.  Richard Fain, CEO of Royal [...]

What happened to the Montevideo Maru?

January 28, 2010 · Filed Under History, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

Stuart Robert argues that now is the time to locate the wreckage of the Montevideo Maru.  The ship, which may have been sunk with over 1000 Australians POWs and civilian internees aboard, is believed to be the worst maritime disaster Australian history.
Now for Montevideo Maru

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Teenagers Racing Around the Globe – First Zac, then Mike, Jessica and now Abby

January 28, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea · Comment 

In July of last year, Zac Sunderland, a 17-year-old from Southern California, became the youngest person to sail around the world alone.   He held that tile for only about a month as the British 17 year old sailor, Mike Perham, who was a few months younger than Zac, completed his circumnavigation.  Both Zac and Mike made [...]

Royal Mail Ship St Helena – Delivery Service for a Remote Island

January 27, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

Delivery service for the remote island of St Helena
The tiny British colony of St Helena in the South Atlantic – the world’s most remote inhabited island – is being hit by Whitehall’s spending cuts.   An airport considered by many to be vital for the island’s future has been cancelled.
The Royal Mail Ship St Helena currently [...]

Flotilla of Yachts Sailing with Haitain Aid

January 26, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

A great story from the Yachtpals blog.   Organized by the non-profit group Oceans Watch, a flotilla of at least a dozen yachts loaded with aid for Haiti, led by the 74 foot schooner Wolf, will set sail from Key West on February 8th.   A second flotilla is gathering in Jamaica, and there are [...]

UK Government says “Don’t Pay Ransom and Don’t Arm your Ships”

January 26, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Ships · Comment 

Last week we posted about the International Chamber of Shipping’s concern that governments are not doing enough to combat piracy. Now the British government, after long opposing the payment of ransoms to free hijacked ships is also trying to discourage the use of armed guards on UK merchant ships. British government policy appears to be to not [...]

Submarines Navigating Badly

January 25, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · 2 Comments 

Last week a navy commander and two fellow officers pleaded guilty to crashing the HMS Superb, a  British nuclear submarine, in 2008, into a massive stone pinnacle under the Red Sea which was marked on maritime charts.
Navy commander crashed £32m British submarine after failing to ensure craft’s ’safe direction’

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Oil Spill in Texas Contained

January 24, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

An Aframax tanker, the Eagle Otome,  collided with an oil barge in the Sabine Neches Waterway at Port Arthur, Texas on Saturday.  Initial reports suggested 12, 000 barrels of crude oil were unaccounted for, though local officials are now estimating that approximately 1,000 barrels were actually spilled.  The crude oil spill is reported to have been contained to a [...]

Hunt is on for SS Gairsoppa’s £70m silver hoard

January 24, 2010 · Filed Under Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

An intriguing article from the Sunday Times:
Hunt is on for SS Gairsoppa’s £70m silver hoard
AN official attempt to find a ship containing £70m worth of silver, which was sunk during the second world war, is to be announced by the government tomorrow. It has teamed up with a private company in the hope of salvaging [...]

Unlocking the bloody history of the ship made famous by Turner, the Fighting Temeraire

January 23, 2010 · Filed Under Lore of the Sea, New Books, Seastories, Ships · Comment 

Sam Willis has written what appears to be a fascinating book – Fighting Temeraire.
J.M.W. Turner’s painting, The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to her Last Berth to be Broken Up,  hangs in the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square and was recently voted to be Britain’s favorite painting, by a landslide, in a BBC4 poll.   Sam Willis, a naval historian [...]

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