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The Dutch submarine Hr Ms KXVI was part of an Allied fleet attempting to stop the Japanese invasion of the Dutch East Indies, when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine on the day after Christmas, 1941. Since then the wreck of the submarine has been lost. She had a crew of 36. Now a group of Australasian and Singaporean divers have locate the wreck of Hr Ms KXVI off the north coast of Borneo after having been lost for 70 years.
Missing Dutch WWII sub found off Borneo
Ron van Maanen’s blog, War Ship Research, has a detailed history of the lost sub.
Wreck of the Dutch submarine Hr.Ms. K XVI (1930-1941) discovered in 2011
Sail the Morgan 2014
I was surprised to read that archaeologists had recently discovered only the second Roman port in Britain. Prior to the discovery in excavations near the Roman fortress of Caerleon, just north of Newport, south Wales, the only other Roman port known to have existed was outside of London.
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This week Sable Island became the 
Usually downrigging a schooner involves lots of coiling, carrying, hauling, the breaking down of shackles and turnbuckles, and depending on the rig, attempting to free up the top mast so that it can be lowered gently to the deck, rather than dropping it like an unguided missile. The last time I helped downrig a schooner, I spent hours in the cross-trees, helping those who knew far better what they were doing than I, and generally enjoying the view on a brisk Fall day. A rendezvous at the bar that afternoon ended the day most satisfactorily.
