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fromwww.thehistoryblog.com
1 week ago

17th c. Dutch cannon found in modern ship being scrapped

A 17th century Dutch bronze cannon and cannon balls were discovered in a ship in Izmir, Turkey, and are now on display.
fromPopular Mechanics
3 weeks ago

This Ship Vanished in a Shroud of Fog. 137 Years Later, It Returned From the Deep-Remarkably Intact.

"News accounts of the accident, as well as the study of water currents, led us to the Milwaukee after only two days searching," Neel Zoss of the association said in a statement at the time.
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fromChron
3 weeks ago

148-year-old tall ship preparing for iconic 2,500-mile journey

Elissa, a historic ship, prepares for its longest voyage in 40 years to participate in Sail250 for America's 250th birthday.
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fromOpen Culture
1 month ago

The Fascinating Engineering of the Titanic: How the Great Ocean Liner Was Built

The Titanic was one of a trio of similar White Star Line ships completed in the early nineteen-tens. In the video above, Bill Hammack, known on YouTube as Engineerguy, tells the story of not just the Titanic, but also the Olympic and the HMHS Britannic. An engineering professor at the University of Illinois, he found in the campus library issues of the journal The Engineer published between 1909 and 1911 that contain detailed photographs of the construction of both the Titanic and Olympic, sister ships that were built side-by-side.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
2 months ago

Searchers find wreck of luxury steamer lost in Lake Michigan more than 150 years ago

Searchers located the wreck of the luxury steamer Lac La Belle about 20 miles offshore between Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin, completing a nearly 60-year search.
US politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 months ago

Timbers from 17th-century shipwreck wash up on beach after Storm Chandra

Timbers from a 17th-century Dutch or German shipwreck, likely the Fame (1631), washed up on Studland Beach after Storm Chandra, potentially filling a missing hull section.
fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 months ago

Time running out for S.S. United States as group pushes for preservation

ALABAMA - THE HISTORIC S.S. UNITED States ocean liner, currently undergoing environmental remediation work in Mobile, Alabama ahead of its planned sinking and conversion to an artificial reef off of Florida's coast, was this week given a tentative April departure date from that port for its final destination, Fox 10 WALA reports . The new timeline has lit a fire under the New York Coalition to Save the S.S. United States, the preservation group battling to save the ship .
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