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- Battle of Cape St. Vincent
February 14th 1997 marks the bicentenary of the Battle of Cape St.
Vincent, the first of the important series of Horatio Nelson's naval
victories leading up to the bicentennial of the Battle of Trafalgar
in 2005.
- The
Historical Maritime Society
This site re-create aspects of British Royal Navy life in the era
of the Napoleonic Wars, c.1793-1815.
- Life
Aboard the TS Mercury (HMS Gannet)
Jim Treloar describes his experiences aboard the TS Mercury in
1935.
- Mutiny
on the HMS Bounty (1789)
- Titanic's Lost Sister
- The Sea - Greenwich's
Maritime Past
The long seafaring tradition of Greenwich is the focus of this promotional
travelogue.
- The
wreck of HMS Pandora (1791)
- Russian
Nuclear Armed Submarine, Thames Barrier, London
U-475 was in active service with the Russian Baltic Fleet until
1st April 1994 having spent 27 years prowling the oceans on surveillance
missions. The vessel arrived in London from the naval base in Riga,
Latvia, in July 1994 under the command of Captain Vitalij Burda. At
92 meters in length, this submarine was the Soviet Navy's biggest
conventional submarine.
- Safer Ships. Cleaner
Seas - a reflection on progress
The Wakeford Memorial Lecture 1996 presented By Lord Donaldson,
in Southampton UK describes improvements in the maritime realm.
- Royal Mail Steamer
Titanic
- The Titanic Information
Site
- I
Survived the Titanic
Ruth Becker, twelve years old at the time, describes her experiences
during the sinking of the Titanic.
- Titanic
- Raising a Legend
The Discovery Channel's coverage of the 1996 expedition to recover
Titanic artifacts.
United States
- America's Maritime Heritage
The National Park Service Maritime Heritage Program works to advance
awareness and understanding of the role of maritime affairs in the
history of the United States.
- The Amistad Incident
involved a rebellion by enslaved Africans aboard the schooner Amistad
in 1839 and their subsequent trial and liberation
The Amistad Research Center
Exploring Amistad: Race
and the Boundaries of Slavery in Antebellum Maritime America,
Mystic Seaport Museum, Connecticut
Amistad America, Inc.
overseeing the construction of an Amistad replica
DreamWorks' Amistad
official website for the film Amistad.
- CSS Hunley Update
The wreck of the CSS H.L. Hunley was discovered early in May,
1995, off Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. The 40-foot Hunley sank
in the aftermath of her maiden attack on February 17, 1864, after
ramming the Union warship USS Housatonic with a harpoon torpedo mounted
on an iron shaft extending from the bow.
- Gloucester fishing
schooner Adventure
Known as a "highliner," Adventure was the biggest money-maker
of all time, landing nearly $4 million worth of Cod and other ground
fish during her 27 year career in the Gloucester fishing fleet. The
schooner has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
- Howard Blackburn
- Profile
of a Schooner - The Adventure
- No Mutiny
on this Bounty!
- Return
to Midway
Famed Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard and team use advanced undersea technology
to explore the lost ships of the WWIIs Battle of Midway.
- Salem's Maritime Heritage
Salem, Massachusetts was a center of maritime commerce during
the 17th and 18th century.
- U-505
The U-505 is a German World War II Type-IXc Unterseeboot (submarine)
that was captured in battle on the high seas by boarding parties from
the USS Guadalcanal task group on 4 June 1944.
- USS Constitution
Online
Information on the Oldest Commissioned warship afloat in the world
- USS
Constitution
"Old Ironsides" information from the US Navy fact files
- USS Monitor National Marine
Sanctuary
- Voyage of the Spray
Learn more about plans to retrace Joshua Slocum's voyage on the 100th
anniversary of his historic global circumnavigation.
- Whydah Expedition
Learn more about Barry Clifford's quest to recover pirate treasure
off the shores of Cape Cod.
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