Back in 1800, Thomas Cochrane, the guy who inspired Jack Aubrey from Master and Commander, got his first command: a little sloop called the Speedy. It had 14 four-pounder guns and a crew of about 80 men. Mostly, Cochrane did convoy duty, but he also got a few […]
It is renowned for its intense atmosphere, claustrophobic setting, and unflinching look at the psychological and physical pressures faced by the crew during their missions in the Atlantic.
The atmosphere of impending catastrophe is tangible, with the ship slowly sinking and the clock ticking. As the situation worsens, Paul must confront his own fears and limitations, ultimately drawing on his determination and love for his family.
When merchant ships reached the Persian Gulf, Japan and the Far East, the North and South Americas and Australia and New Zealand, ship crews eagerly waited for the shipping agent to bring on board the mail posted many weeks before in the United Kingdom.
Officials in Samoa were conducting an environmental impact assessment in the area where the ship sank, Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio said in a statement.
A seaman who fell overboard from a supply ship in the vast Pacific Ocean at 4 am spent more than 14 hours clinging to an old fishing buoy before being rescued. Alone in the middle of the world’s greatest ocean, and without a lifejacket, at first dawn he […]
THE CROSSING OF THE BAR . Is that the sound of breaking surf, Or sighing wind in stays, Who else can feel the rising breeze, Or hear the slapping sails? . I hear a ship’s deep whistle, Feel rise of ocean swell, The telegraph is muted by, The […]
One afternoon, whilst heeding a call of nature by using one of the dock toilets his eye caught sight of a copy of the Daily Telegraph. Bored, he flicked through the newspaper’s pages as he waited to discharge his cargo.
After reaching the dwelling’s top floor our group discovered a neatly formed queue where the hooker’s clients each waited their turn to ‘dip their hooks.’ Apart from us aliens standing patiently, a queue of Arabs were waiting their turn to make lurve.
Unsurprisingly, the officer of the watch came through the wheelhouse door like Batman on steroids. With the glazed-eye look of an unhinged madman, his eyes rolling and soundlessly mouthing, Michael gathered he was saying something along the lines of, ‘What the frigging hell have you done, you half-witted bastard.’
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