A SEA VENEER OF LIVERPOOL
‘We enjoyed a celebrity status.’ His verse captures the soul of Liverpool as it was before the city was transformed. 3,000 copies of A Sea Veneer of Merseyside and Believing of Liverpool were sold out in weeks.
The Wildest Naval Battle of the Age of Sail
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 […]
DAS BOOT
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 LAST VOYAGE OF THE DOOMED
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.
The Flying Postmen of the High Seas
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.
SHIPWRECKED Lady Captain Sinks $103 Million New Zealand Navy Ship
Officials in Samoa were conducting an environmental impact assessment in the area where the ship sank, Tuala Tevaga Iosefo Ponifasio said in a statement.
Miracles of the Oceans Wide
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
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 […]
Palm Line and the Liverpool Docker with the Midas Touch
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.
The Virgin Seamen
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.
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