shipsshipships: Rigging and sailors, ca 1900 by National Library NZ on The Commons on Flickr.

shipsshipships:

Rigging and sailors, ca 1900 by National Library NZ on The Commons on Flickr.

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- Sailings May-September 1954 -aboard the Milwaukee Clipper Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company

- Sailings May-September 1954 -
aboard the Milwaukee Clipper

Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company

- Sailings May-September 1949 -aboard the Milwaukee Clipper Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company

- Sailings May-September 1949 -
aboard the Milwaukee Clipper

Wisconsin & Michigan Steamship Company

HMS Courageous in Dry Dock, at Rosyth — Winter, 1919 artist: Charles Pears A view along the length of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Courageous in dry dock at Rosyth, with the stern of the warship in the foreground. The ship is supported within the dry dock by large wooden struts. The flat surfaces of the ship and of the surrounding docks and buildings are covered with snow. There is a large crane on the dockside to the right.—Imperial War Museum Naval Section Commission

HMS Courageous in Dry Dock, at Rosyth — Winter, 1919

artist: Charles Pears

A view along the length of the Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Courageous in dry dock at Rosyth, with the stern of the warship in the foreground. The ship is supported within the dry dock by large wooden struts. The flat surfaces of the ship and of the surrounding docks and buildings are covered with snow. There is a large crane on the dockside to the right.

—Imperial War Museum Naval Section Commission

Group of family visitors and officers aboard HMS Tartar off Jamaica in 1894

Group of family visitors and officers aboard HMS Tartar off Jamaica in 1894

Fratelli Grimaldi, Italy Sailings June 1951

Fratelli Grimaldi, Italy Sailings June 1951

thingsihappentolike: The Great Republic

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The Great Republic

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Union Steam’s luxurious T.S.S. Awatea was the “only way to cross” the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in the late 1930s! - Cruising the Past -

Union Steam’s luxurious T.S.S. Awatea was the “only way to cross” the Tasman Sea from Australia to New Zealand in the late 1930s!

- Cruising the Past -

captain-finland: vintage nautical fabric (swatch) 1950s

captain-finland:

vintage nautical fabric (swatch) 1950s

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thingsihappentolike: Ship Janson Cut Through by Texel River Ice by Jan Mooy This artist took a serial approach in a single scene presenting three different views of a merchant ship sinking off the wintry coast of Holland. (via Peabody Essex Museum)

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Ship Janson Cut Through by Texel River Ice by Jan Mooy

This artist took a serial approach in a single scene presenting three different views of a merchant ship sinking off the wintry coast of Holland. (via Peabody Essex Museum)

Scapa Flow; 25 or 31 December, 1939 -HMS Dunedin across the world HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. In 1931, she provided assistance to the town of Napier, New Zealand, after the strong Hawkes Bay earthquake, in a task force with HMS Veronica and HMS Diomede. Sunk 24 November, 1941 by U-124 more on wikipedia

Scapa Flow; 25 or 31 December, 1939

-HMS Dunedin across the world

HMS Dunedin was a Danae-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. So far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name.

In 1931, she provided assistance to the town of Napier, New Zealand, after the strong Hawkes Bay earthquake, in a task force with HMS Veronica and HMS Diomede. Sunk 24 November, 1941 by U-124

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thegildedcentury: Amazing Stories, November, 1947

thegildedcentury:

Amazing Stories, November, 1947

thingsihappentolike: In 1863, a ship (the Viking) with a crew of 460 Chinese laborers and 23 American sailors, bound for the United States from China, was shipwrecked on the island. Although at that time the Japanese populace had been ordered by the shogunate to kill or imprison any foreigners who entered Japan without authorization, Mikura’s inhabitants treated the shipwrecked crew with hospitality and kindness. (Source: wikipedia)

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In 1863, a ship (the Viking) with a crew of 460 Chinese laborers and 23 American sailors, bound for the United States from China, was shipwrecked on the island. Although at that time the Japanese populace had been ordered by the shogunate to kill or imprison any foreigners who entered Japan without authorization, Mikura’s inhabitants treated the shipwrecked crew with hospitality and kindness.

(Source: wikipedia)

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HMS Carmania (card reads “RMS Carmania of the Cunard Line”) Armed merchant cruiser, engaged and sank the German merchant cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar during the Battle of Trindade. The ship suffered extensive damage herself and several casualties to her crew. —royalmarinesonline.com Cap Trafalgar 1899 14 September 1914: The Cap Trafalgar was discovered by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Carmania, a liner belonging to the Cunard Line which had been converted to a convoy escort and raider designed to flush out German colliers and small warships that might be using the inhospitable island as a base against British merchant shipping. Carmania spotted Cap Trafalgar’s smoke early in the morning and some hours later was able to surprise the German ship with two colliers in the island’s only harbour. By ironic coincidence the Cap Trafalgar was disguised as the Carmania; while the Carmania was disguised as the Cap Trafalgar. more on wiki: SMS Cap Trafalgar RMS Carmania

HMS Carmania (card reads “RMS Carmania of the Cunard Line”)

Armed merchant cruiser, engaged and sank the German merchant cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar during the Battle of Trindade. The ship suffered extensive damage herself and several casualties to her crew.

—royalmarinesonline.com

Cap Trafalgar 1899

14 September 1914: The Cap Trafalgar was discovered by the British armed merchant cruiser HMS Carmania, a liner belonging to the Cunard Line which had been converted to a convoy escort and raider designed to flush out German colliers and small warships that might be using the inhospitable island as a base against British merchant shipping.

Carmania spotted Cap Trafalgar’s smoke early in the morning and some hours later was able to surprise the German ship with two colliers in the island’s only harbour.

By ironic coincidence the Cap Trafalgar was disguised as the Carmania; while the Carmania was disguised as the Cap Trafalgar.

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SMS Augsburg SMS Augsburg was a Kolberg-class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during the First World War. She had three sister ships, SMS Kolberg, Mainz, and Cöln. The ship was built by the Kaiserliche Werft in Kiel; her hull was laid down in 1908 and she was launched in July 1909. Augsburg was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in October 1910. She was armed with a main battery of twelve 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns and had a top speed of 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph). more on wikipedia image posted by M.G.K.1418

SMS Augsburg

SMS Augsburg was a Kolberg-class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during the First World War. She had three sister ships, SMS Kolberg, Mainz, and Cöln.

The ship was built by the Kaiserliche Werft in Kiel; her hull was laid down in 1908 and she was launched in July 1909. Augsburg was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in October 1910. She was armed with a main battery of twelve 10.5 cm SK L/45 guns and had a top speed of 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph).

more on wikipedia

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