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, Lore of the Sea, Ships · 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

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

January 28, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea · 1 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 [...]

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 more yachts throughout the [...]

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

January 26, 2010 · Filed Under Lore of the Sea · 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 provide [...]

Submarines Navigating Badly

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

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’

Oil Spill in Texas Contained

January 24, 2010 · Filed Under Current, 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 two-mile area [...]

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 [...]

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

January 23, 2010 · Filed Under History, Lore of the Sea, Newbooks, Seastories · 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 [...]

Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta turns 170, Feb 1, 2010

January 22, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Ships · Comment 

Oceanbridge Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta turns 170, Feb 1, 2010 On Monday, 1 February 2010, New Zealand’s oldest sporting event, the Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta will celebrate its 170th anniversary with a celebration of our maritime history and heritage on land and sea with a fleet of sail boats, classic yachts, tugboats and tall ship [...]

Crowley Establishing Flow of Relief Cargo Into Haiti

January 22, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

Crowley Establishing Flow of Relief Cargo Into Haiti Crowley Maritime Corporation, working under contract with the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), is unloading Haiti relief cargo in Rio Haina, Dominican Republic, today. Fifty six of the 68 20-foot containers of water and meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) will be trucked across the border into Haiti.

USS New York – Bad Welding and Failed Bearings

January 22, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

In November we posted about the USS New York’s commissioning in its namesake city.  The new  amphibious transport dock ship, the fifth of the San Antonio-class, was built with seven and a half tons of steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center cast for the ship’s bow.      A recent spot check of the [...]

Schooner Amistad Sails for Haiti

January 22, 2010 · Filed Under Current, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

While the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan arrived in Haiti yesterday and the hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived the day before,  naval ships are not the only vessels sailing to aid the earthquake victims.  The schooner Amistad is on her way bearing both supplies and a sense of history.  The schooner Amistad , a replica of the slave ship on which the [...]

A New Attempt to Save the Clipper Ship City of Adelaide

January 21, 2010 · Filed Under Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships · Comment 

More talks to save the fine old ship from being broken up.  Only time will tell whether anyone will come up with the funds to rescue her. Fresh bid to salvage historic Scots ship

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