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UK releases historical records of 1 million seafarers

By On September 2, 2011

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 Churchill’s often forgotten ‘fourth service’.  [...]

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Today is World Hydrography Day!

By On June 21, 2011

Today, June 21st, is World Hydrography Day, a day to recognize our ocean surveyors.  Check out this video from Mary Glackin, NOAA’s Deputy Under Secretary, as she explains how hydrography [...]

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Recession proof scallops keep New England town afloat

By On June 20, 2011

Scallops Ride to Rescue — Demand, Rising Prices Keep Former Whaling Port in Massachusetts Above Water By Jennifer Levitz NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Known as the “Whaling City,” this coastal [...]

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Maritime Monday; Feb 13, 2011

By On February 14, 2011

Potsdam Ship Model School – Fascinatingly realistic, these model vessels were built on a scale of 1 to 20. At the left is a Lilliputian version of Germany’s 10,000-ton pocket [...]

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Sea-life inspired sayings commonly used today

By On November 4, 2010

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 adversity, has launched [...]

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

By On August 18, 2010

Historians at the Mystic Seaport Museum are turning to advanced new technologies in order to restore the world’s last remaining wooden whaling vessel, the Charles W. Morgan. The whaleship, built [...]

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Anchor and Mooring Gear – A History

By On July 21, 2010

Chief Mate Andre van Schoonhoven of the new cruise ship Eurodam gives us the history of classifying anchors. He writes; Traditionally ships were anchored using large hemp hawsers called cables. [...]

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National Maritime Day 2009

By On May 22, 2009

Today is National Maritime Day here in the states, an observance that “Honors the contributions of the American merchant marine, civilians who have defended the freedom of the United States [...]

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Incident Photo of The Week – Chinese Junk, Princess Taiping

By On April 28, 2009

Image via SF Chronicle A replica 16th century junk (Chinese sailing vessel) sank off Taiwan Sunday after a collision involving a Liberian freighter.  The junk was the Princess TaiPing, a [...]

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Shipwrecks That Capture Our Imaginations – according to MSNBC, anyway

By On February 19, 2009

Peter A Mello of Seafever.org points us to 10 shipwrecks that capture our imaginations… well MSNBC’s imaginations anyway.  As Peter put’s it, “not sure that these shipwrecks will capture your [...]

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Dangerously Misguided Journalism – Should We Stop Calling Them Pirates?

By On January 6, 2009

I recently subscribed to and have been enjoying one of the top blogs in the political arena, The Huffington Post. The reasons are two fold. First, I enjoy the articles [...]

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19th Century Clipper Ship Sailing Cards

By On October 15, 2008

We usually post more modern topics but these photos of 19th century clipper cards was too visually impressive of a collection to pass up. Flickr user pantufla tells us: Actually [...]

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