MIN’s collection of stories linked to marine / maritime history. Fascinating articles about nautical heritage.
After an extensive deep-water search, a group of underwater archaeologists and marine robotics experts at US marine robotics company Deep Sea Vision (DSV) have unveiled a sonar image that may explain the disappearance of American aviator Amelia Earhart. Earhart, along with her navigator, Fred Noonan, disappeared on 2 July 1937 while attempting to circumnavigate the […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the discovery of the wreck of a 207-year-old whaling ship. The remains of the 64-foot long, two-masted wooden brig called Industry were found on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The ship is reported to have been crewed primarily by descendants of African enslaved people and Native […]
Penarth Lifeboat Station is searching for a keen researcher and storyteller to become the RNLI’s first locally appointed volunteer lifeboat station historian, and reveal the stories behind Penarth’s lifeboat station since it re-opened in 1980. The volunteer historian, as well as collecting information and statistics on the lifeboats and launches, will research and collect oral […]
Hand-drawn, Elizabethan-era maps depicting the Spanish Armada have been saved from export after £600,000 was raised to buy them. The 10 maps, believed to have been drawn the year after the famous battle of 1588, were sold to an overseas buyer in July but an export ban was imposed, according to BBC News. The National Museum […]
The historic lifeboat ‘Louisa Heartwell’ is now back in the care of the RNLI, following a period of sanctuary at Chichester Marina. She will be stored at the all-weather Lifeboat Centre in Poole, until a permanent berth becomes available at the historic lifeboat collection in Chatham, Kent. Built in 1902 by the Thames Iron Works in London, […]
More than £20,000 has been raised for a Second World War seaplane which suffered an engine failure as it attempted to take off from the Loch Ness, according to the Daily Mail. The PBY Catalina flying boat named ‘Miss Pick Up’ had landed on the freshwater loch, drifting helplessly, when her starboard engine failed to re-start. The […]
Normally home to a few sailboats and rowboats, Caernarfon harbour is currently occupied by a 30-metre ex-lightship, according to the Daily Post. An ex-lightship, the Britain is owned and operated by Viscount Shipping Line and is expected to winter in Gwynedd as it undergoes some maintenance work.
The biggest World War Two bomb ever found in Poland exploded underwater yesterday as navy divers tried to defuse it. It was embedded at a depth of 12m with only its nose accessible. The chance the bomb – at the bottom of a Baltic Sea shipping canal – would detonate had been put at 50-50 […]
Survitec has partnered with the Museum of Godalming, Surrey, to curate a virtual museum to mark the company’s 100-year anniversary. The museum showcases inventions and patents that have played a pivotal role in maritime, energy, defence and aviation safety, often helping to shape international safety rules and guidelines. “The virtual history museum highlights key milestones […]