The members of the Formal Investigation board into the loss of the Andromeda gave the following report, citing an 'error of judgement' that led to the shipwreck off Cornwall, rather than a wrongful ...

His book is full of the names and the nearly human foibles of the ships he has known. It is also his tract for the times: sailing as the solution to man’s troubles. “Drive On, Good Barque.” ...

On February 15, 1882, the Dunedin left Port Chalmers for London, with New Zealand’s first shipment of frozen meat. The cargo ...

Lin’s latest is probably her best as she herself told me. I think she may right. It is her life story at sea – honest, ...

Based on evidence such as the copper bolts used in the vessel's construction, experts have determined that the remains are likely that of wooden sailing ship from ... a Spanish barque, is also ...

Elizabeth Berry was hanged at Walton Prison in 1887 after murdering her 11-year-old daughter, Edith. Working as a nurse at ...

The voyage Evans took to San Cristobal on the whaling barque Jane was an unhappy one, culminating in the disappearance of five men and the prosecution of the ship ... should set sail on a ...

Galveston Island has been a perennial beach vacation for decades, especially for those who live in nearby Houston. More than ...

Commander Greg Kirkbride presented “America’s Tall Ship – the Coast Guard Barque Eagle.” This was the first in the Second Saturday Speakers Series, reported museum manager Candee Pevahouse. Justin ...

so far as the records from the beginning of the nineteenth century show, was a fragment of a berg sighted by the barque “Dochra ... Since the beginning of ]884, 42 ships have reported bergs ...