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Collision in the Narrows: Halifax Explosion

Big Changes: Harland & Wolff and the White Star Line

First and Foremost A Sailor: Charles Herbert Lightoller

“Torpedoes coming on the starboard side!”: Last Voyage of the Lusitania

Tragedy in the North Atlantic: The RMS Titanic

  • Collision in the Narrows: Halifax Explosion
  • Big Changes: Harland & Wolff and the White Star Line
  • First and Foremost A Sailor: Charles Herbert Lightoller
  • “Torpedoes coming on the starboard side!”: Last Voyage of the Lusitania
  • Tragedy in the North Atlantic: The RMS Titanic
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Abuse Unchecked: Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Seaburde

or impoverished and unskilled individuals looking for employment, overseas work as a domestic worker is often a means of not only bettering their own situation, but also the living conditions of their family in their home Continue reading →

On a Pocket of Air and a Prayer: Laverne Herbert

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Seaburde

  November 1983. Who knew it would ever come to this. Standing on top of a locker, surviving on an air pocket. How long would it last? Probably not long enough for whatever rescue that might be coming his way. … Continue reading →

Screaming Fury: Vajont Dam Disaster

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Seaburde

October 2013 saw the 50th anniversary of the Vajont Dam Disaster, an event that seems to have been overlooked by the anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination (perhaps it is like history repeating itself – after Kennedy’s death I was unable to find much … Continue reading →

“What the ice gets, the ice keeps”: Endurance Expedition

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Seaburde

“As ice pushed from three different directions converging at one point, which happened to be where Endurance sat, the ship shuddered as she was twisted. And then she began to take on water. If they wanted to save Endurance, the crew would have to move fast. The water was pumped … Continue reading →

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“Watch Out!”: New Jersey Shark Attacks of 1916

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Seaburde

July 1916 had been an unbearably hot time for thousands of New Englanders. Combine this with the new craze for swimming and you have busy beaches. In an effort to escape the heat New Englanders took to the sea, swarming … Continue reading →

Posted in History : 20th Century

Misery on Lake Michigan: SS Carl D. Bradley

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Seaburde

In July 1927 the Carl D. Bradley was finally fit for service in the Bradley Transportation Fleet. As one of the largest ships on the Great Lakes, the Bradley was received by the public of Rogers City, Michigan with great … Continue reading →

Posted in History : 20th Century

Seventy Days: SS Anglo-Saxon

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Seaburde

Numbers in brackets proceeding names indicate age. The evening of 21 August 1940 found the SS Anglo-Saxon steaming along peacefully having departed Newport, Wales days earlier. The tramp steamer carried 40 in crew. Among her crewmen were Robert Tapscott (19) … Continue reading →

Posted in History : 20th Century

“We Have Been Stoved By a Whale” : Whaler Essex

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Seaburde

the time of her final voyage in 1819, the Nantucket whaler Essex was aging, but still very successful . That was about to change. Her captain was George Pollard, a first mate from the previous voyage. In August 1819 the … Continue reading →

Posted in History : 19th Century

4,300 Miles: The Clipper Hornet and Her Survivors

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Seaburde

The clipper Hornet had been made famous by her race with the Flying Cloud back in 1853. A race which she had won. Now in 1866 she was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco. Her captain, Josiah … Continue reading →

Posted in History : 19th Century

Over the Sea and Far Away: The Catalpa and Fenians

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Seaburde

In 1866 Fenians, members of the Irish Republic Brotherhood, were arrested. Among the military Fenians prisoners were Robert Cranston, Thomas Darragh, Michael Harrington, Thomas Hassett, Martin Hogan, John O’Reilley and James Wilson. In mid-October 1867 the 7 were among 63 … Continue reading →

Posted in History : 19th Century

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