Friday, 30 October 2009

Collision in Fog. This sinking of The Empress of Ireland.

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RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner built in 1905 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Cana...
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Saturday, 24 October 2009

Cut in Half. The sinking of HMS Punjabi

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HMS Punjabi was a Tribal Class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War, being sunk in a collision with the batt...
Friday, 2 October 2009

COLLISION AT SEA! The Sinking of the Andrea Doria.

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Captain of the Andrea Doria, Piero Calamai, 58, had been 40 years at sea and commanded his luxurious ship on 50 successful crossings of the ...
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KNIGHT OF THE SEA, Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario of PERU and the Ironclad Huascar.

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Miguel María Grau Seminario (b. Paita, Peru, 27 July 1834 - d. Punta Angamos, Bolivia, 8 October 1879) was a renowned Peruvian naval officer...
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Tuesday, 29 September 2009

Three Years Ago, TODAY. Remembering Michael Monsoor, United States Navy. Valour Unequalled.

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Today is September 29th, the day three years ago when naval men across the world, and for all time, were made known of an act of courage bar...
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Monday, 21 September 2009

Michael Monsoor, USN. Unimaginable Bravery and Valour; upon Saint Michael's Day. September 29th, 2006

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Michael Anthony Monsoor (April 5, 1981 – September 29, 2006) was a U.S. Navy SEAL killed during the Iraq War and posthumously awarded the Me...

United States Navy and The Devil's Jaw, September 1924.

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The United States Navy's greatest navigational tragedy took place in September 1923 at an isolated California coastal headland locally k...