Top 10 Inspiring Maritime Movies
For those of us who live and breathe the ocean, maritime movies inspire us. Nautical-themed books are also a powerful source of inspiration.
NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE LEBANON
There could be no possibility of my missing one of two excruciating deaths. If the tug’s propellers didn’t turn me into mincemeat, my drowned corpse would eventually float to the surface after the floating crane had passed over me. Even if the tug stopped, the momentum of the barge would merely spare me the chop from the stilled propellers.
THE FERRY THROUGH HELL
Nothing ventured, nothing gained, as the paddles dipped and the canoe bows encountered the breakers, the canoes were hurled into the air and then afterwards slapped down into each trough whilst threatening to send us all to a watery grave with each roller encountered. Imagine taking a ride on a bucking bronco or steer.
PANGA TERROR IN AFRICA’S FETID JUNGLES
Like two scared hunted deer, we held each other up for support. I was alarmed by a sound of rustling in the nearby foliage. Glancing to my right, what I then saw shocked me to the core. Against the lighter shadows, I could make out half-crouching running figures. Each native was armed with a panga as they furtively attempted to head us off.
WHEN BRITAIN REALLY DID RULE THE WAVES ~ VIDEO
Today, there is a growing fascination for what is now recognised as the zenith of Britain’s 400-year-old merchant marine, the vessels and great shipping companies of the past, and especially of the seafarers and their then way of life.
MORE THAN A STORM IN A TEACUP
From the comparative safety of the liner’s wheelhouse, I tried with difficulty to hold the vessel on its course as the distressed vessel reared into the 100 mph-plus shrieking winds. Total focus was needed as like a cork in a storm the cargo vessel head-butted each massive oncoming wave.
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.
BRITAIN EASILY STARVED INTO SUBMISSION BECAUSE OF ITS GHOST NAVIES
SPECIAL INSIDER REPORT: As recently as the 1960s Britain’s Merchant Navy was the largest in the world. It was said that 350,000 British seamen and officers served under the Red Ensign.
When the ignorance of British Seamen saved lives
WORLD WAR II FOCUS: In 1940 An Austrian Jewish publisher named Goldschmidt retreated to England. Alas, it was a frying pan into the fire. This legitimate citizen of Hitler’s Germany in England was considered an alien and promptly arrested. Perhaps he could be forgiven for wishing he had remained in Austria where Jewish publishers were in truth not persecuted.
One of UK’s ‘most powerful warships is longer in repair than at sea
In Absurdistan, an extraordinary little multi-race nation resting on the seabed off Europe, the HMS Prince of Wales flagship of the once world’s greatest navy has suffered a series of costly failures since its launch in 2019.
Michael Walsh Stories and Books 
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