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Monday, April 30, 2012
Aussie Billionaire Building Modern-Day Titanic Replica
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Aussie Billionaire Building Modern-Day Titanic Replica

An Australian billionaire has announced his plans to build the Titanic II, a modern-day replica of the ill-fated liner that sank over 100 years ago. Clive

April 30, 2012
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Sunday, April 15, 2012
Remembering Titanic: Top 10 Best Titanic Links on The Internet
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Remembering Titanic: Top 10 Best Titanic Links on The Internet

On todays 100 year anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, there is not shortage of websites, videos and exhibitions providing pretty much everything

April 15, 2012
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Titanic: The Squalid Sequel
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Titanic: The Squalid Sequel

By Hal Gordon On the night of April 14-15, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg and sank with a loss of over 1500 lives. It was the greatest

April 10, 2012
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Monday, March 19, 2012
New Try To Solve Earhart Mystery
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New Try To Solve Earhart Mystery

What became of Amelia Earhart’s plane when it disappeared over the Pacific 75 years ago has long intrigued aviation fans. On Tuesday, U.S. government

March 19, 2012
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Monday, October 31, 2011
A gCaptain Halloween – Navy Ships in Razzle Dazzle
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A gCaptain Halloween – Navy Ships in Razzle Dazzle

Some of you may remember a cartoon which appeared during World War I, a drawing showing an inquisitive stranger talking with the gateman at a railway crossing.

October 31, 2011
Total Views: 187

Monday, October 24, 2011
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No Oil Found Aboard Sunken WWII Tanker

After 11 days of survey and sampling using both the latest in technology and physical sampling, no oil remains were found on the sunken World War II tanker, SS

October 24, 2011
Total Views: 118

Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Seagoing troublemakers rejoice!!  Flogging Outlawed … 161 years ago today
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Seagoing troublemakers rejoice!! Flogging Outlawed … 161 years ago today

The dreaded cat ‘o nine tails, also known as the “captain’s daughter”, was finally outlawed by the U.S. Navy 161 years ago today.  

September 28, 2011
Total Views: 443

Friday, September 2, 2011
UK releases historical records of 1 million seafarers
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UK releases historical records of 1 million seafarers

The UK’s National Archive says it is releasing the records of 1 million Merchant Navy seafarers serving from 1918 to 1941 who were part of

September 2, 2011
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
Captain Morgan's Ship Underwater Dive
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The Real Captain Morgan And His Lost Ship Of Rum

Captain Henry Morgan may be more famous for the Rum named after him but to the marine archaeologists diving wrecks off Panama the find has less to do with

August 4, 2011
Total Views: 156

Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Historic Helmet Art
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Commercial Divers – Helmet Art

The Scuttlefish brings us a collection of Diving Helmets from the past in their post Dive, dive, dive! (A Gallery of Helmet Art). Check it

July 26, 2011
Total Views: 68

Thursday, July 14, 2011
Piper Alpha Disaster – Anniversary Of Tragedy In The North Sea
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Piper Alpha Disaster – Anniversary Of Tragedy In The North Sea

This week marks the 23th anniversary of the worst offshore oil disaster in history. The Piper Alpha was a North Sea oil production platform operated by

July 14, 2011
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Wednesday, February 2, 2011
SS United States Conservancy purchases famed ocean liner ‘SS United States’
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SS United States Conservancy purchases famed ocean liner ‘SS United States’

In a long-anticipated milestone in the effort to save and redevelop the legendary ocean liner SS United States, the SS United States Conservancy has announced

February 2, 2011
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Friday, January 28, 2011
Northrop Grumman Celebrates 125 Years of Shipbuilding Excellence in Newport News
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Northrop Grumman Celebrates 125 Years of Shipbuilding Excellence in Newport News

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Jan. 28, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) Shipbuilding sector in Newport News, Va., will kick

January 28, 2011
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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Naval Aviation, Invented 100 Years Ago In San Francisco

One hundred years is a very long time. Yet in the hierarchy of modern marvels, the ability to recover and launch aircraft from the deck of a moving ship

January 19, 2011
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Monday, December 13, 2010
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Kevlar balloons to raise sinking ships

Bob Couttie of Maritime Accident Casebook (MAC) points us to the following press release from BMT Group, explaining a “revolutionary new system”

December 13, 2010
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
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Sea-life inspired sayings commonly used today

To mark the Year of the Seafarer, the Royal Alfred Seafarers’ Society, a UK based charity whose goals is to help seafarers in old age, illness, or

November 4, 2010
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Friday, October 8, 2010
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‘Charting a More Perfect Union’: NOAA releases Civil War chart collection

U.S. Coast Survey cartographers traveled with Union forces to produce battlefield maps during the Civil War (Map of the Battlefield of Chickamauga). Credit:

October 8, 2010
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Saturday, September 18, 2010
Interesting

Dodge Morgan (1931-2010) – The passing of an American sailing icon

Associated Press When I was a kid, I remember being mesmerized by  a 2-hour TV special about a man who spent 150 days sailing his 60-foot sailboat, American

September 18, 2010
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
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Antiques For Sale – Cruise Ship Style

One of the perks of taking a vessel on her final voyage to the shipbreakers is the chance to pack your seabag with sextants, clocks or whatever else you

September 12, 2010
Total Views: 67

Wednesday, August 18, 2010
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X-rays machines, lasers, used to restore the world’s only remaining wooden whaling ship

Historians at the Mystic Seaport Museum are turning to advanced new technologies in order to restore the world’s last remaining wooden whaling vessel,

August 18, 2010
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