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Ship Name: RCMP vessel St Roch (pronounced “Saint Rock”) Vital Statistics (1944 configuration): Length: 31.8 m (104’3”) Beam: 7.5 m (24’7”)

The General Slocum was a steamship that set sail in 1891. She caught fire wile traveling down New York’s East River on June 15, 1904. The Captain of the

Shipwreck World tells us: The HMS Ontario, a British warship built in1780 has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. Shipwreck

Model by Wood Wings 50 Years ago today the most infamous vessel of the Great Lakes was launched. Farlane writes: It was a beautiful Saturday afternoon on June

Today marks the 75th annual National Maritime Day. In 1933 the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America officially declared May 22

On April 27, 1865 the Mississippi River paddlewheeler, Sultana, was utterly destroyed when a boiler explosion ripped through the ship. The legal capacity of

The Old Royal Naval College was designed by artist Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1696 and 1751. It started life as the Greenwich Hospital for Seamen,

Apparently it’s scurvy awareness day. Limestrong, the “official” website of the event tells us a little about this once common affliction:  

The BBC Tells us: A 500-year-old ship-wreck laden with treasure has been discovered off the coast of Namibia. The country’s diamond company, Namdeb, says

One my early introduction to the sea was Thor Heyerdahl’s account of Kon-Tiki. Wired.com has revisited Kon-Tiki on her 60 th anniversary.  Here is a

BBC reports on a long standing maritime tradition: Last year the Duchess of Cornwall failed to smash a bottle on the side of cruise liner Queen Victoria; later

Fellow maritime podcaster and friend Peter Mello points us to this interesting theory about the sinking of the world’s most famous ship. The NYTimes

David Mearns, shipwreck hunter at the Maritime Museum in Fremantle talking about the finding of HMAS Sydney. Picture: Colin Murty Today’s The Australian

Lee G, a reader over at BitterEnd sent along pics from a recent two night visit aboard Queen Mary Cruise Ship. Lee said that although the 72 year old

via Military.com Women have been serving as an integral part of the US Navy since the establishment of the Nurse Corps in 1908. Nine years later, the US Navy

Archaeologists in China have just salvaged an 800 year old ship from the South China Sea. The Associated Press tells us; After 800 years at the bottom of the

The Associated Press tells us; A U.S. underwater archaeology team announced Thursday it has likely discovered the shattered remnants of a ship once captained

In a move similar to the amazingly successful Million Dollar Homepage the Manxman Steamship Company has started selling rivets. The idea – sell 100,000

Pakistan’s Daily Times has the scoop on China’s newest museum; China is building a giant underwater museum to preserve and exhibit an ancient

Our friend Richard Rodriguez pointed us to these paintings as seen on the Dark Roasted Blend blog. We have covered this story recently so if you are asking