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World War II Cargo Ship

Cargo Ships are always of interest for people in the maritime industry, specially if it belongs to the World War Era. World War 2 Cargo Ships are of a different kind altogether.  Here’s a picture of one such ship reported by the Post Bulletin in their “Today in History” section of 8th February.

What is it?

A general view of the ship shows officers searching the cargo of a vessel at a British contraband control station, Feb. 8, 1940. On the left is seen the naval search boat alongside of the cargo...

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Explorers to Break Through Sea Ice to Endurance, the Shackleton’s Ship

  • Antarctic explorers are to break their way through 75 miles of sea ice in an effort to reach the final resting place of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance.
  • The Endurance sank in the Weddell Sea in 1915, after 10 months trapped by ice
  • Researchers on the SA Agulhas II, a 13,700-tonne icebreaker, hope to reach the wreck site later this week.
  • The explorers are using satellite imagery and drones to monitor the moving sea ice and chart what they hope will be a course through.

Antarctic...

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Story of Ship Queen Victoria

Baddeck-based author John G. Langley in his book, examines the story of ship Queen Victoria, that sailed delegates to Charlottetown conference and its bell.

Maiden voyage

In 1856, the steamer Queen Victoria as well as her sister ship Napoleon each made quick stops in Sydney on their maiden voyages to their new home, Quebec City, on the St. Lawrence Seaway.

They refuelled with coal and continued to their destinations but it wouldn’t be the Queen Victoria’s last voyage to Atlantic Canada; eight...

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History With Phil: The Ice-ship Cometh

  • To protect the Allied ships being sunk by German U-boats during WWII the British approved building aircraft carriers out of ice.
  • With Canada on board an experimental project was conducted at a lake in Alberta as the test site.
  • In spite of the challenges faced, early 1943 saw a 60-foot long ice prototype disguised as a boathouse with a roof.
  • However, the viable ice ship project sank by mid-1943 with only parts of it remaining today.

Here is an interesting story about extreme steps taken during...

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First Ship-To-Ship Radio Contact!

The Maritime Radio Club ‘Marine Funker Club Austria (MFCA)’ commemorates the first ship-to-ship radio contact made between two ships.

What happened?

On 21 December 1898, the maiden ship-to-ship radio contact was established between SMS Budapest and SMS Lussin with the callsign OE120MF between the 21st and 23rd December.

First ship-to-ship contact

The Monarch class coastal defense ship ‘SMS Budapest’ was built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the 1890s. The defense ship conducted the first wireless...

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Mysterious, Century-old Shipwreck Unearthed on Jersey Shore

The New Jersey Shore is witnessing a unique mystery of a 25-foot shipwreck unfolding in broad daylight, reports Fox News’ James Rogers and The Associated Press

What happened?

Over the weekend, a shift in sand levels unearthed the remnants of a 25-foot shipwreck dating to the 1800s at Stone Harbor beach, according to NJ.com.

A Shipwreck in the Dangerous Area

The ship’s origins are unclear, but some locals have reportedly speculated that the wreck may be the remains of a vessel that sank near the...

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Ralph Wenninger Responsible for Sinking 98 Ships

David Barnicoat has written about the historic German U-boat which sank 98 ships in World War 1 in his latest article published in Falmouth Packet. Today we will be discussing that incident.

What happened?

German WW1 U-boat ace Kapitanleutnant Ralph Wenninger wreaked havoc off the coast of Cornwall and in the Western Approaches during his various patrols in 1916 and 1917.

He was responsible for sinking 98 ships with a total of 102,638 GRT during his war career.

Wreck Discovery

The WW1 shipwreck of...

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