On May 25th, in addition to other items in their collection, the Seaman’s Church Institute is auctioning off a letter written by Joseph Conrad in 1923 to the “owners and ship’s company of the Tusitala, ” in which he sends … Continue reading
Category Archives: Ships
Great news for supporters of New York’s South Street Seaport Museum which has been in a state of near collapse since February. The Save our Seaport grassroots organization reports the following: The NYS Attorney General has told the Seaport Museum New York … Continue reading
The SBX-1 , the Sea Based X-Band Radar 1, looks like something out of science fiction. It recently arrived at Vigor Shipyard on Seattle’s Harbor Island for three months of maintenance and upgrading. The SBX-1 is a huge white dome … Continue reading
How can you tell when you have too many aircraft carriers? Possibly, when you start using this expensive hardware for sporting venues. On Nov. 11, 2011, the Veteran’s Day Carrier Classic basketball game between North Carolina and Michigan State will … Continue reading
On March 24, 1989 the third mate on the Exxon Valdez lost track of the ship’s position and ran the ship into Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, resulting in a spill of roughly 40,000 tons of crude oil, the largest offshore spill in … Continue reading
The perhaps poorly named MV Double Prosperity, loaded with 65,000 tons of coal, grounded on Bakud Reef on Sunday in Sarangani Bay in the Philippines. Stranded ship threatens Philippine reef … Continue reading
Today through Sunday, there will be a 100th birthday party in Travemünde, Germany, for one of the last of the true windjammers, the four masted barque Passat. One of the F. Laeisz Flying P-Liners, she was in launched 1911 at the Blohm & … Continue reading
The Charleston Harbor Fest which begins tomorrow and runs through Sunday features a mix of old and new on the water. The four competing ECO 60 sailboats in the Velux 5 Oceans Around the World Race will be on display as will the three traditional vessels, the … Continue reading
An unidentified wreck, believed to be 400 years old, has been described as the “biggest discovery since the Mary Rose.” For centuries, it was covered by sand but is now rotting away so fast that it may effectively disappear within five years. Battle to save … Continue reading
For those in the US, the National Geographic Channel is featuring a a program “Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes” this evening at 10PM. Looks interesting. Ghost Ships of the Great Lakes … Continue reading
HMS Astute, the Royal Navy’s most advanced nuclear submarine, was delivered 43 months behind schedule and £900 million over budget. Then during trials in October, it ran aground off the Isle of Skye. It was also in a collision … Continue reading
On May 9, 1941, seventy years ago today, the German submarines U110 and U201 were attacking a British convoy in the Atlantic south of Iceland. U110 was forced to surface after being depth changed and was abandoned by her crew who … Continue reading
Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy would have been 35 years old today, had he not died in combat behind enemy lines in Afghanistan in 2005. Lt. Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States military’s highest decoration, for … Continue reading
The Glenlee, a three-masted baldheaded steel-hulled barque, launched on December 3, 1896, has moved to a new home on the River Clyde in Glasgow at the new Riverside Museum. Tall ship Glenlee moves to new home on the Clyde … Continue reading
The Russian barque Sedov, the world’s largest sailing ship, is celebrating her 90th birthday in 2011. Barque Sedov under sail again … Continue reading
A nuclear leak on the Russian icebreaker Taimyr forced it to attempt to return to the port of Murmansk. Nuclear leak in Russian icebreaker RUSSIA launched an urgent rescue mission overnight after one of its atomic-powered icebreakers developed a nuclear leak … Continue reading
The notorious pirate Captain William Kidd was executed three hundred and ten years ago this month, yet is far from forgotten. A new exhibit is opening on May 20th at the Museum of London Dockyards – Pirates: The Captain Kidd Story. … Continue reading
A well done video providing an interesting perspective on sail training. Coast Guard Tall Ship “Eagle” [iframe: width=”480″ height=”390″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/gA84Z2kFYdc?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen] … Continue reading
In early January we posted about Holland America Lines’ MS Veendam hitting a Southern Ocean storm, encountering waves of over 30 meters and winds of 70 knots. At the time there was no reported to the ship or injuries to passengers or crew. … Continue reading
In January we posted that the Hudson River Park Trust was seeking proposals to dock historic vessels on the newly refurbished Pier 25 in the Hudson River off Tribecca. Earlier this month the the Hudson River Park Trust announced … Continue reading