I BID! SOLD – TITANIC VIOLIN GOES FOR $2.1 MILLION
• The violin was recovered from Hartley’s body, found in a leather case strapped to him. It was later returned to Maria Robinson, who preserved it as a memento of their love.
LUXURY LINER ROW NEW YORK
Finally, Cunard Line’s MAURETANIA and QUEEN MARY. At Pier 92, Cunard’s BRITANNIC, which had arrived days earlier, completed the remarkable scene. Together, these six liners carried approximately 9,400 passengers to New York in unparalleled mid-century luxury.
THE SHIP’S GHOST THAT SAVED A SINKING SHIP’S CREW
Again, the intruder provided the captain with the course that he must take. On this occasion, the bewildered captain agreed. Once on deck, he offered no explanation. He simply issued a change in course that complied with the stranger’s request.
U-BOATS WERE NOT SUBMARINES
Their hull design was close to that of a destroyer. A long, thin hull and sharp-raked bow. When a U-boat needed speed, she had to run on the surface. Once submerged she could only run on batteries, slow and for a limited period.
SINKING OF THE RUSSIAN VESSEL – THE PLOT THICKENS
However, no one ever produced evidence that Russia benefited from carrying out the attack. On the other hand, the United States got the excuse for a Ukrainian proxy war against Russia. Not a scrap of credible Russian evidence was allowed. The deeply flawed inquiry was quietly dropped.
UNFORGIVABLE – NORWEGIAN VESSEL ABANDONS DROWNING RUSSIAN SEAMEN
RECALL: Oboronlogistics: Norwegian ship refused to rescue Ursa Major’s crew. December 27, 2024, 04:15
250 Sunken Ships with Treasures Discovered Off Portugal
The experts were prompted to this hypothesis by an unexpected find – the Leviathan sign was located on both sides of the vessel. ‘Why would passenger or merchant ships have an image of a monster associated with death on their sides?
THREE MONTHS’ THE OLD SALT LAUGHED
It would take us two weeks to voyage to the Portuguese African colony of Mozambique. From Beira, King Arthur voyaged to Durban in Verwoerd’s South Africa where we experienced apartheid first-hand. No problem but there was much mirth at the predicament this posed to our West Indian engine room rating.
THE CHAIN GANGS
Thomas Moss, based in Birmingham, England, was known as one of his time’s most resilient chain makers. Birmingham was the heart of Britain’s chain-making industry, and Moss was famed not only for his physical strength but for the durability and reliability of his chains, crafted primarily for heavy lifting in shipyards and construction sites.
TRAVEL BY SEA OR AIR WHICH DO YOU PREFER
In what way could a winged sardine compare to ocean travel by superliner? Several generations of great ships on which one could live a lifestyle previously reserved for the super-rich and Hollywood’s greatest movie stars.
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