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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Celebrity Eclipse to the Rescue
New Celebrity Ship to Repatriate Ash-Stranded Travelers As Celebrity Cruises prepares for the launch this weekend of its brand-new Celebrity Eclipse, the line is also stepping in to help stranded travelers make their way back home. The cruise line has … Continue reading
The Ship Hotel: A Grand View Along the Lincoln Highway
A new book details the history of a hotel built to look like an ocean liner perched high in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Ship Hotel has sailed, but a jaunty new book honors its history and heyday The story of … Continue reading
Iceland volcano: Naval ships sent to rescue stranded Britons
Iceland volcano: Naval ships sent to rescue stranded Britons Three Royal Navy ships are on their way to help repatriate up to 200,000 Britons stranded by five days of flight restrictions following the Icelandic volcano eruption. The aircraft carrier Ark … Continue reading
The Last of the Victory Ships
The last four Victory ships owned by the government are on their way toward the scrapyard. The Maritime Blog recently post somegreat photos of the Pan American Victory, as she transited the Panama Canal not too long ago. She … Continue reading
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Tagged Earlham Victory, Pan American Victory, Rider Victory, Victory ships, Winthrop Victory
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HMCS Canada/Queen Of Nassau – Mystery Wreck to become National Historic Site
In 2001, divers located the wreck of a ship off the Florida Keys in 220 feet of water. She had the distinctive ram bow of an early 20th century war ship but lacked guns or other weaponry. She has … Continue reading
Steam Packet Company Post War Vessel To Be Scrapped
One of the Steam Packet Company‘s post war vessels is to be scrapped. The s.s. Manxman, which had her last sailing in the early 80′s, is to be dismantled due to to the extent of damage after years of neglect. … Continue reading
Now the Great Atlantic Garbage Patch
In the United States there is a chain of supermarkets generally know by the initials – A&P, an abbreviation for “The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company.” Unfortunately, we can now also talk of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Garbages Patches, as well. … Continue reading
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Tagged Great Atlantic Garbage Patch, Pacific Garbage Patch
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HMS Somerset resurfaces off Cape Cod
In his poem, The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow described HMS Somersett on the night of April 18, 1775: Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war; … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Boston, Cape Cod, Cape Cod National Seashore, Harry R. Feldman, HMS Somerset, Paul Revere
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Diving with Sharks – Roatan, Honduras
My family and I got away to Roatan in the Bay Islands of Honduras for a week of diving. Here is a short clip of diving with Caribbean reef sharks. There were only three sharks, but that was enough to hold … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Islands, Caribbean reef sharks, Honduras, Roatan
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The USNS Mission Santa Ynez, the Last T2 Tanker, Heading for the Scrap Yard
They were the largest Navy oilers of their day and nearly 500 of them were built between 1940 and 1945. Now the last T2 tanker, the USNS Mission Santa Ynez, is soon to be on her way from San Fransisco to a scrapyard in … Continue reading
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New York Public Library Digital Gallery – Ships
If you are like me, relatively busy yet easily distracted and very fond of paintings, drawings and old photos of ships, you should probably skip this post. The New York Public Library Digital galley has a wonderful collection of drawings, … Continue reading
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Swashbuckle and 70,000 Tons of Metal
It was announced recently that Swashbuckle would be joining the 40 heavy metal bands on the 70,000 Tons of Metal cruise. Swashbuckle, for those who are not aware of the group, is a pirate themed metal band from New Jersey. From … Continue reading
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The Wahine Disaster in Wellington Harbour
Forty two years go the Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Wahine sank in Wellington harbor with the loss of 53 lives. It was New Zealand’s worst modern maritime disaster. The Wahine’s sinking coincided with the advent of television news broadcasting in New Zealand … Continue reading
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On an Ocean of Air – Stena Prototype Tests Air Cushion
The idea that cushion of air bubbles might significantly reduce ship resistance through the water has been around for some time. Now Stena is testing the concept with 15 meter prototype vessel. Stena prototype tests air cushion concept
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