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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Tall Ships 2011 Calendar by Thad Koza
The calendar has been out since July, but I only got around to ordering mine yesterday. Thad Koza’s Tall Ships 2011 calendar features SAGRESs II, JOLIE BRISE, PICTON CASTLE, WESTWARD, BOUNTY, EUROPA, the schooner THOMAS E LANNON, and five other tall ships. … Continue reading
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Tagged bounty, EUROPA, JOLIE BRISE, Picton Castle, SAGRESs II, Tall Ships 2011 calendar, Thad Koza, the schooner THOMAS E LANNON, WESTWARD
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Bulgarian Women Now Allowed on Bulgarian Submarines, if They Had Any in Service
Last Thursday, Bulgaria’s defence ministry lifted the ban on women serving aboard Bulgarian submarines. Also on Thursday, the Bulgarian parliament voted to moth-ball the only Bulgarian submarine. Bulgaria lifts women in submarines ban — but too late
Vote for the Falls of Clyde !!!
The Falls of Clyde, built in 1878, is the only surviving iron-hulled four-masted full rigged ship and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker in the world. After years of neglect by the Bishop Museum, the ship has been taken over … Continue reading
Fryderyk Chopin, Polish Training Vessel, loses masts in force 9 gale
Update: UK coast guard: Polish teen sailors safe after their ship loses both masts A group of teenage sailors whose ship was drifting at sea after it lost both masts in gale-force winds is safe from harm, coast guards said … Continue reading
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Tagged Fryderyk Chopin, Isles of Scilly, Polish sail training ship
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The International Sail Training & Tall Ships Conference 2010
Not long left to register for the International Sail Training and Tall Ships Conference 2010 to be held on 12th – 13th November 2010 in Stavanger, Norway. The International Sail Training & Tall Ships Conference 2010
Halloween Ghost Ship Roundup
On this eve of the eve of All Hallows Eve, it seems worthwhile to list a few of the “ghost” ships open to the public on Halloween. Hornet Ship of Spirits – This evening , on the historic aircraft carrier USS Hornet in Alameda … Continue reading
Military ammunition discovered under Seattle cruise ship terminal
The new cruise ship terminal at Pier 91 in the Port of Seattle appears to have been built over an old munitions terminal. Live high explosive ammunition dating back to World War II, and possibly earlier, has been found beneath the … Continue reading
Posted in Current, History, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Tagged cruise ship terminal, high explosive ammunition, Pier 91, Port of Seattle
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Elderly woman, daughter find incredible ocean treasure
This is a great story. Thanks to Irwin Bryan for passing it along. Congratulations to Bonnie Schubert and her 87-year old mother Jo, two highly successful salvage divers. Elderly woman, daughter find incredible ocean treasure After decades of hunting … Continue reading
The Mystery of the Novorossiysk
Fifty five years ago today, on October 29th 1955, the battleship Novorossiysk, flagship of the Soviet Black Sea fleet, moored in Sevastopol Bay, was shattered by a powerful explosion which caused the ship to capsize and sink. Over six hundred sailors lost … Continue reading
Posted in History, Lore of the Sea, Ships
Tagged battleship, Black Sea Fleet, Giulio Cesare, Novorossiysk, Soviet Navy
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Honor Frost – Pioneer of Underwater Archaeology
Honor Frost had many talents – as artist, ballet designer, scholar, writer and publicist, to name a few – but her consuming passion was the world beneath the oceans. Honor, who has died aged 92, initiated underwater archaeology as a … Continue reading
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Tagged artist, ballet designer, Honor Frost, scholar, underwater archaeology, writer
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Factory Fishing Ship Athena on Fire in the Atlantic
The factory fishing ship Athena caught fire early today in the Atlantic, 230 miles south-west of the Isles of Scilly. Eighty one non-essential personnel were evacuated to liferafts and subsequently rescued as the remaining 30 aboard fought the fire, which is now reported … Continue reading
Robert Bourne, Radioman in the Battle Between Navy Blimp and German sub
Robert Bourne, who died on Oct. 13, at the age of 88, was the radioman on the Navy blimp, Airship K-74, on anti-submarine patrol off the southeast coast of Florida on the night of July 18, 1943. The lookout spotted a German submarine … Continue reading
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Tagged Airship K-74, German submarine, radioman, Robert Bourne, U-134
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Ship Rams Mark the Site of Ancient Mediterranean Sea Battle
All that remains to mark the site of the final sea battle of the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage, around 241 BC, are the great bronze rams left behind after the rest of the sunken ships have rotten … Continue reading
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Tagged bronze ram, Carthage, First Punic War, Levanzo, Rome, Sicily
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