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Warrang Gadigal Country
“ See Cody Tutt book “Caution! THIS BOOK CONTAINS DEADLY REPTILES p.91 the Aboriginal and Traditional Owners of YUIN Country around Darling Harbour Foreshores
In the small triangular tympanum of the east slab, the deceased tiny woman, is about to get on the hellish boat driven by a winged genie. This hybrid figure, which mixes the traits of the Greek Charon and the Etruscan Vanth, belongs to the local pantheon and assumes the function of helmsman of the Underworld. The ship is rendered in profile in its stern half, and the access stairway drawn in perspective: despite it is built around a canonical scheme, this composition has no comparison.
Lucanian frescos - Tomb 47
Ca. 350 BC
Andriuolo necropolis, Paestum
Paestum, Archaeological Museum
Where old forms of transport meet.
The Churnet Valley, in Staffordshire, plays host to the Caldon canal and the Churnet Valley Railway, which still runs steam trains for the tourists visting the area.
This shot is taken at Consall, close to Consall Station, in Staffordshire.
The people on the narrow boat seemed to be having a good time, with a nice pose from the helmsman.
A Zodiak full of tourists cruises in front of the polar ice cap at Paradise Bay in Antarctica. The Zodiak was off the Clipper Adventurer. Each Zodiak had 12 people plus the helmsman, an accomplished and qualified boat skipper. On some days, it was colder in Denver that it was where we were in Antarctica.
'Yes me hearties, time we get back at our rope!
Ship on the horizon! Smaller than ours! Even is there ain't much booty to be had, it will be good to get us back into business again!
Helmsman, keep to their luff! Don't lose her into that fog bank.
Guns to starboard, Quartermaster!'
'We've go no cannon balls Captain! Just a barrel of gun powder!'
'Just to intimidate them Quartermaster, just to make an impression...
What kind of fight could such a small ship put up? By the way, can you make out their flag? I can't see it properly...
Tell the men to arm up and look scary!'
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Well this took its time... Dark time of the year, and I had a hard time getting enough light into my room to shoot this series! Not finished yet, but enough to start posting again...
The one man who may have been able to shed light on the mystery of this vessel's sinking, experienced helmsman John Addison, drowned on that fateful night in 1976. His body reportedly showed no trace of alcohol, and according to Scarborough Maritime Heritage, Addison appeared completely stunned and unable to act.
The real reasons behind the sinking may never be known. All we’re left with is the Admiral Von Tromp’s battered and mangled wreck on the sand of Saltwick Bay, presided over by the eerie presence of Black Nab rock.
Palinuro is a three-masted, iron-hulled barquentine, active as sail training vessel for the Italian Navy.
The Myth of PALINURO
Palinuro was the helmsman of the ship of Aeneas, who on his way to Italy had passed before the current head of Palinuro
Palinuro, betrayed by sleep, fell into the sea, and came to shore after three days of swimming, was killed by the barbarians Lucani
VETERANS ‘We won’t be able to make ends meet’: Congress proposes tighter rules for food assistance for veterans
By LINDA F. HERSEY STARS AND STRIPES • June 30, 2025
Legislation moving toward passage in Congress could end monthly food assistance for tens of thousands of veterans receiving food stamps through the supplemental nutrition assistance program known as SNAP, according to veterans advocacy groups. (Allison Dinner/AP) WASHINGTON — Navy veteran Juan Saro, who is disabled from a head injury that he suffered when his ship encountered 16-foot swells in the Sea of Japan, depends on his service benefits and food stamps to cover costs for groceries, housing and other basics for himself and two school-age children.
But a sprawling piece of legislation that President Donald Trump dubbed the “big, beautiful bill” that is moving toward final passage in Congress could end the monthly food assistance for Saro, a former master helmsman, and tens of thousands of other veterans receiving food stamps through the supplemental nutrition assistance program known as SNAP, according to veterans advocacy groups. The bill, which passed the House and is under debate in the Senate, eliminates work exemptions for veterans, homeless individuals and other population groups to qualify for SNAP. But Saro, 43, who lives in Georgia and has a 100% disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs, said the new legislation would end his SNAP benefits.
Neurological problems from a traumatic brain injury and other service-connected injuries keep him from holding a job, which is a requirement under the bill. “I don’t see how we can pay for our groceries without SNAP,” said Saro, a former petty officer second class who served in the Navy from 2002 to 2007. He was honorably discharged and then served in the Navy Reserve from 2007 to 2011. “I’m worried we won’t be able to make ends meet,” said Saro, who is divorced and raising two children, ages 7 and 9.
“The proposed legislation removes protections for veterans, including 100% disabled veterans or veterans deemed unemployable by the VA,” said Amy Palmer, president of Soldiers’ Angels, a nonprofit that offers food distributions and other assistance to veterans and active-duty military members.
Veteran Juan Saro served in the Navy and Navy Reserve from 2002 to 2011. But he said a service-connected head injury caused neurological problems that have worsened over time. He was determined to be 100% unemployable by the Department of Veterans Affairs in 2020. He and his family rely on food stamps, also known as SNAP. (Juan Saro) Saro said he has supplemented his family’s food assistance through help from Soldiers’ Angels, which has monthly food distribution events in Atlanta and other large cities.
The Senate on Monday was holding a marathon voting session dubbed a “vote-a-rama” on multiple amendments to Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill that is 940 pages long. The bill includes reductions to SNAP. Voting was expected to continue through the night and possibly into Tuesday. “SNAP isn’t a handout. It’s a vital lifeline that keeps food on the table for those who serve,” according to a statement from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, which urged Congress to “reject these harmful measures and uphold our nation’s promise to its heroes.’’ Eight percent of veterans are SNAP recipients, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning think tank. The organization said it based its findings on U.S. Census data.
The House-passed Republican legislation would cut nearly $300 billion from SNAP through 2034, according to the Congressional Budget Office. This would be the largest cut to SNAP in history, the CBO said. “We’ve gone without food before receiving SNAP. We still sometimes run low on food because prices are up,” Saro said.
“When these adults are cut off, their entire households receive reduced food benefits, putting children, people with disabilities and seniors who live with them at greater risk of hunger,’’ according to a report published May 28 by the Congressional Budget Office.
The VA determined Saro was “unemployable” in 2020, he said. His neurological problems have worsened over time, but he does not receive any assistance from Social Security, he said. The VA determines unemployability for veterans based on whether their service-connected disabilities prevent them from securing and maintaining substantially gainful employment, according to the agency.
“SNAP provides a critical lifeline, helping ensure that those who have served our country don’t have to choose between paying rent or putting food on the table,’’ Palmer said. Her organization is working with disabled veterans and veterans deemed unemployable to help them apply for Social Security disability compensation and other federal programs that could help make up for the loss in SNAP benefits. “Most disabled veterans do not get [Social Security] disability income, and the vast majority of individuals who apply for it are turned down the first time,” Palmer said.
Saro started getting the SNAP benefit in September 2024, and he receives $292 per month. “My VA disability checks also help pay for food and all of my housing,” he said. “Paying for housing and utilities is hard enough. Then there are unexpected expenses that come up. We’ve had the power cut off a time or two when I was late paying the bill.”
LINDA F. HERSEY Linda F. Hersey is a veterans reporter based in Washington, D.C. She previously covered the Navy and Marine Corps at Inside Washington Publishers. She also was a government reporter at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in Alaska, where she reported on the military, economy and congressional delegation.
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Italien / Venetien - Lazise
Lazise is a comune (municipality) and town in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of Venice and about 20 kilometres (12 miles) northwest of Verona. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Garda. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,213 and an area of 65.0 square kilometres (25.1 sq mi). This geographical location empowers a position of great landscape value, but it also features elements of great architectural value and of great historical importance.
As well as these peculiarities, Lazise can rely on the presence of many attractions: a thermal spring situated in Colà, two amusement parks (Canevaworld and Gardaland, this latter situated partly on the territory of Castelnuovo del Garda, where it is based, and partly on the territory of Lazise) and an extensive hilly agricultural landscape. Lazise records about 3.5 million tourist visits every year, figures that place it at 12th place in Italy among tourist destinations, and the first Italian lake destination.
The municipality of Lazise contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Colà and Pacengo.
Lazise borders the following municipalities: Bardolino, Bussolengo, Castelnuovo del Garda, Padenghe sul Garda, Pastrengo, Peschiera del Garda and Sirmione.
Origins of the name
The name Lazise comes from the Latin word lacus that means ‘lakeside village’, as some documents of Early Middle Ages seem to confirm, referring to the settlement as Laceses. Another hypothesis, later ruled out, put the name of the town as originating from Antonio Bevilacqua di Loncis. Loncis, from his castle in Bavaria, became governor of Lake Garda and the forefather of a major family that then changed its name to Bevilacqua-Lazise. Last hypothesis is lately ruled out comes from Lazica Kingdom.
History
Its name derives from the Latin "lacus" which means lacustrine village. Lazise in fact was originally a group of stilt houses beyond that Roman village and market. Between 888 and 961, during the reign of Berengar II of Italy and his son, the town was subject only to the monarch, that is, it was a "free villa" not subject to some feudatory. In 961, Italy was invaded by German troops, who descended the valley of the Adige to camp on the shores of Garda.
In 983, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I granted Lazise the right to fortify itself and establish trading rights. It is considered as the first and oldest comune in Italy, and perhaps all of Europe. The medieval Church of Saint Nicolò has frescoes dating from the 12th century, by the school of Giotto. The customs house from the 16th century was constructed to control trade on the lake. During the 13th and 14th centuries, Lazise was occupied by the Scaligeri of Verona who built the castle and encircled the town with walls.
In 1405, it came under Venetian Republic rule until Napoleon conquered northern Italy in 1796.
After the Congress of Vienna (1815) it entered a period of Austrian rule, until in 1866, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy.
The 14th-century La Pergolana villa, a kilometre north of Lazise, hosts a honey festival during the first weekend of October.
Tourism
The city is a holiday destination, and attracts tourists from the immediate area owing to its views of the Alps from the southern shore of Lake Garda.
At the center of the city is a series of interconnected piazze that house numerous open-air cafés, various shops, gelaterie (ice-cream parlours), and bars.
Scaliger Castle
The most imposing building of Lazise is the Scaliger Castle and the city wall that surrounds the historic centre. The castle was built during the domination of the lords of Verona Bartolomeo II and Antonio della Scala, or maybe just before the father Cansignorio della Scala (considering that Porta Nuova bears the date 21 May 1376). The city has always had three gates equipped with drawbridges: Porta Superiore, today known as Porta San Zeno, for the access on east side; Porta Lion (so called because it determined the coat of arms of the Serenissima), for the access on south side; Porta Nuova (so named because it was the last to be built), today widely called Porta Cansignorio, for access on north side. The castle suffered damages during the siege of the Venetians in July 1438, and then again in May 1528 due to the work of the army of Charles V. In the 16th century, with the progress of new technologies and war tactics, the castle lost importance and was purchased firstly by the community of Lazise and later by private families.
Traditions and folklore
Traditional events are the Regatta delle Bisse, using traditional Venetian rowing boats (with four standing rowers and no helmsman), whose stop in Lazise takes place between July and August, and the Cuccagna del Cadenon, which takes place at the end of August in conjunction with the Festa dell’Ospite, in which an eight-metre pole is placed horizontally on the waters of the old port, abundantly coated with fat, and is won by the one who, slipping on the greasy pole, manages to take the flag to the bottom.
Events
Celebrations that regularly take place in the village are numerous, in particular fairs and festivals: the Festa dell'Ospite, that is held at the end of July in Pacengo (a neighbouring town) and at the end of August in Lazise, when there are various stands that sell typical local products, concerts and a final show with fireworks; the Antica sagra della Madonna della Neve that takes place in the municipality of Colà at the beginning of August, during which the traditional plate of anara col pien (stuffed and roast duck) is served; la Sagra del Marciapié, an old feast that is celebrated on the last day of Carnival and the first of Lent in Via Arco, during which citizens are invited to choose the representatives of the street named Via Capo Valàr, in addition to the carnival masks; lastly the national fair I giorni del miele, a trade fair completely dedicated to honey and its derivatives held at the beginning of October.
(Wikipedia)
Lazise ist eine italienische Gemeinde (comune) mit 7028 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2019) in der Provinz Verona, Region Venetien.
Geografie
Lazise befindet sich am Veroneser Südost-Ufer des Gardasees, das sandartige Strände aufweist, und liegt zwischen den Ortschaften Bardolino und Peschiera del Garda. Die Entfernung zur Provinzhauptstadt Verona beträgt etwa 23 Kilometer.
Klima und Vegetation
Vorwiegend herrscht in der südlichen Gardaseeregion mildes Klima. Die Sommer sind warm und nicht zu heiß; die Winter mild und mit wenig Regen. Schneefälle kommen höchst selten vor.
Vegetation
Rund um den Gardasee prägen mediterrane Vegetationsformen wie Zypressen, Oleander, Zedern, Olivenbäume und auch Palmen das Erscheinungsbild. An den sonnenüberfluteten Hängen gedeihen Agaven, Opuntien und Kapernsträuche.
Einige wenige Kilometer vom Ortszentrum entfernt befinden sich zudem zahlreiche Weingärten, Obst- und Gemüsepflanzungen sowie Weizen- und Maisfelder.
Geschichte
Der Name
Der Name Lazise leitet sich vom lateinischen „lacus“ ab und bedeutete wohl „villaggio lacustre“ („Seedorf“), wie Dokumente aus dem Mittelalter belegen, die das Dorf unter dem Namen „laceses“ führten.
Bronzezeit bis zur venezianischen Herrschaft
Die Geschichte reicht bis in die mittlere Bronzezeit (16.–13. Jahrhundert v. Chr.) zurück. Zahlreiche Funde in den Ortschaften La Quercia, Bor und Porto Pacengo wurden Zeugen dieser ereignisreichen Zeit.
Bereits im Jahre 983 erhielt der Ort unter Kaiser Otto II. in der sogenannten Veroneser Schenkung nicht nur Zoll-, Handels- und Fischereirechte, sondern auch eine weitestgehende Autonomie. Die Gemeinde Lazise rühmt sich deshalb damit, die älteste Gemeinde Italiens zu sein.
Im 11. Jahrhundert war Lazise eine Hafenstation, die im Besitz des Hauses Bevilacqua war. Unter Kaiser Heinrich IV. erhielt man 1077 die Erlaubnis eine Burg zu errichten, die unter dem Scaliger Cansignorio della Scala im 14. Jahrhundert zu einer bedeutenden Wehranlage mit eigenem ummauerten Hafen ausgebaut und vermutlich unter seinem Nachfolger Antonio della Scala vollendet wurde. Unter den Scaligern wurden auch die Stadtmauern und Stadttore erneuert und verstärkt. Nach dem Ende der Scaligerherrschaft 1387 waren es die Mailänder Visconti unter Gian Galeazzo Visconti, die die Herrschaft über Lazise übernahmen. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt trat Lazise der Gardesana dell’Acqua bei, einer Art Konföderation mehrerer von den Visconti beherrschten Gemeinden am See und im direkten Hinterland des Sees.
Republik Venedig
1405 fiel Lazise an die Republik Venedig. Unter Venedig wurde der Ort zu einem der Liegeplatz der venezianischen Galeeren und damit einer der Stützpunkte der venezianischen Gardaseeflotte. Im Zuge des Großen Venezianerkrieges unterlag Venedig 1509 in der Schlacht von Agnadello den Franzosen. Um diesen Zeitpunkt soll nach neuesten Erkenntnissen der Kapitän der venezianischen Flotte einige Galeeren mit Steinen beschwert, in Brand gesetzt und schließlich versenkt haben. Vor dem neuen Hafen von Lazise befindet sich in etwa 500 Meter Entfernung vom Ufer in einer Tiefe zwischen 24 Metern und 27 Metern das Wrack der im 16. Jahrhundert gesunkenen Galeere, sie hat eine Größe von 30 Metern Länge und 3 Metern Breite.
In der Folge wurde der Ort von umherziehenden Landsknechten geplündert. Erst zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts trat wieder eine ruhigere und friedlichere Phase ein in der Lazise wirtschaftlich aufblühte. Ab 1607 wurde das Arsenal unter Herrschaft der Serenissima zur Zollstelle. Auf dem ganzen Gardasee und der östlich gelegenen Etsch wurde mit Waren wie Getreide, Papier, Stoffe, Öl sowie Eisenartikel gehandelt. Die Gegebenheit einer vorrangigen Stellung im Handel war dadurch gesichert.
Seit 1797
Im Zuge des Italienfeldzuges (1796–1797) wurde Lazise von napoleonischen Truppen besetzt. Mit dem Frieden von Campo Formio fiel der Ort erstmals an die Habsburger, um aber bereits 1805 an das napoleonische Königreich Italien angeschlossen zu werden, bevor es mit dem Wiener Kongress 1815 erneut an das habsburgerische Königreich Lombardo-Venetien fiel.
Lazise trat mit dem Ende des dritten italienischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges und der nachfolgenden Volksabstimmung dem Königreich Italien bei.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die Altstadt von Lazise weist noch immer viele Bauwerke mittelalterlichen Ursprungs auf. Das Stadtbild wird von den im 14. Jahrhundert von den Scaliger errichteten Stadtmauern und von der Burg beherrscht. Lazise besitzt zahlreiche malerische Ecken wie die Piazza Vittorio Emanuele und den kleinen Hafen, in dem noch heute Fischerboote liegen. Es gibt drei große Stadttore, durch die man in das Innere der autofreien Altstadt gelangt. Zum einen über den Eingang, der direkt an der verkehrsträchtigen Gardesana Orientale liegt und auch als Haupteingang gilt, zum anderen über die Via Rosenheim, die aufgrund der Partnerstadt Rosenheim so bezeichnet wurde, und schließlich zuletzt über die Straße namens Via Bastia.
Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
Der Fremdenverkehr hat in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts die Landwirtschaft als wichtigste Einkommensquelle abgelöst. Im Ort befinden sich zahlreiche Hotels, Ferienanlagen, Appartement- und Zimmervermietungen sowie Campingplätze. Lazise hat 3,5 Millionen Nächtigungen pro Jahr und lag 2017 auf Platz 12 unter den Reisezielen in Italien.
Die bedeutendsten landwirtschaftlichen Produkte sind Wein und Olivenöl. Letzteres wird in Ölmühlen vor Ort vermarktet. Eine gewisse Rolle spielt auch die Nutztierhaltung, insbesondere die Schweineproduktion.
In der Vergangenheit noch bedeutend, spielt der Fischfang nur eine wirtschaftliche Nebenrolle, dem wenige Berufsfischer noch nachgehen.
Zu den im Zuge des Massentourismus entstandenen Einrichtungen gehört der südlich des Ortskerns gelegene Vergnügungspark Canevaworld.
Fischgerichte
Der so genannte Lavarello gilt als Felchen des Gardasees, der in den umliegenden Restaurants angeboten wird.
Weine
In den Hügeln der Venetischen Region wird auch heute noch in zahlreichen Weingütern Wein angebaut, z. B. der Bardolino Classico.
Wochenmarkt in Lazise
In den Frühjahr- und Sommermonaten finden um den Gardasee Wochenmärkte statt. Lazise bietet einen umfangreichen sowie gut sortierten Markt, der sich über die gesamte Altstadt erstreckt, der regelmäßig am Mittwoch abgehalten wird.
(Wikipedia)
The British Team Land Rover BAR (LBAR) with helmsman Ben Ainslie and the Swedish Team Artemis (ARTR) with helmsman Nathan Outteridge are closing in on a mark close to Lower Manhattan in the second race on May 8, 2016, on the Hudson River in New York, NY. The Louis Vuitton America's Cup World Series races were held in May 2016 in New York City, after a break of 96 years. The boats are AC45F catamarans with hydrofoiling daggerboards, rigid wings, and five man crew.
"Enterprise" is the sixth series in the Star Trek franchise. It served as a prequel to Star Trek: The Original Series. The show is set in the 22nd century, a hundred years before the events of The Original Series and just prior to the formation of the United Federation of Planets. The series follows the adventures of the Enterprise, Earth's first starship capable of traveling at warp five, as it explores the galaxy and encounters various alien species.
Jonathan Archer, the son of famed warp engineer Henry Archer, is the commanding officer of the first starship Enterprise (NX-01) from 2151 to 2161 and is later President of the United Federation of Planets from 2184 to 2192.
The Crew : T'Pol is the Vulcanian Science Officer; Charles "Trip" Tucker III is the Chief Engineer; Travis Mayweather is the Helmsman; Hoshi Sato is the Communications & Languages Officer.
The Beagle Porthos is Archer's pet dog.
The Delphic Expanse, commonly abbreviated as "the Expanse", is the setting for the entire third season of Star Trek: Enterprise.
The Expanse is about 2000 light years across, surrounded by thick thermobaric clouds. Its edge is located about 50 light-years from Earth. Intense gravitational distortions, similar to quantum singularities, make travel through the Expanse extremely difficult, as it seems that space does not obey the known laws of physics in this region. Travelers risk injury, disfigurement, and death if their vessels are not lined with the protective metal Trellium-D.
The Expanse is the home of the previously unknown hostile races collectively known as the Xindi, but the crew of the Enterprise discovers that the Xindi are being manipulated into their enmity by other forces with vested interests in the region. Actually, thousands of years ago, a number of cloaked spheres the size of small moons were constructed throughout the Expanse by trans-dimensional beings as a prelude to invasion; their purpose was to alter the fabric of space in the region, to make it habitable for the Sphere Builders.
Nebula : courtesy of NASA
Enterprise catwalk structure, Archer's crew and Porthos : photomanipulation from originals of public domain.
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The trireme is depicted with an “acrostolium” with a volute curled inwards and, at the stern, with a “rostrum” with three swords.
The hull is decorated with a cornucopia at the bow and a vegetal raceme motif at the stern. The ship moves towards the left, pushed by the oars that appear to be inserted under the protective case (“parexeiresìa”). On board, five naked rowers are engaged in the navigation maneuvers, together with the helmsman and the rower.
This and the slab inv. no. 6601 belong to a funerary monument with a circular drum. The two slabs, probably, recall the feats accomplished by the military fleet stationed at Miseno in the last decades of the 1st century BC.
Marble bass-relief
Height 84,5 cm; width 79 cm
Late 1st century BC
From Fusaro lake
Museo Archeologico dei Campi Flegrei - Baia Castle – Inv.6600
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Il ne se serait pas fracturé une côte.
La course a été très disputée, après avoir contourné la bouée sous le vent, avec la coque du voilier très gîte et luttant pour affronter les fortes rafales de vent de trente nœuds lorsqu'une secousse soudaine a projeté vers le haut le timonier qui a été tête-à-queue en l'air et est tombé sur le tourniquet à gauche du voilier et s'est cassé une côte.
Fracture d'une côte.
Il n'aurait pas subi de fracture s'il n'avait pas oublié de porter son gilet de sécurité et son casque.
Mais le dynamisme et la grande attente de concourir et de gagner.
Un peu de sécurité a été oubliée après une farce sur le canapé tôt ce matin.
Malheureusement.
Ivan
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He wouldn't have broken a rib.
The race was very competitive, after rounding the leeward buoy, with the hull of the sailboat heavily inclined and struggling to face the strong gusts of wind of thirty knots when a sudden jolt threw the helmsman upwards, who was spin in the air and fell on the turnstile to the left of the sailboat and broke a rib.
Rib fracture.
He would not have suffered a fracture if he had not forgotten to wear his safety vest and helmet.
But the dynamism and the great expectation to compete and win.
A little safety was forgotten after a prank on the couch early this morning.
Unfortunately
Ivan
Built by Mathews Boat Co. in 1913, she is 75' in length with a 14' beam powered by a single 250 HP (?) John Deer diesel. Rebuilt/restored to her original build of 1913 from 2008-2013.
She is a master piece of her time. In this picture she is headed for the Great Bridge Lock on the ICW in Chesapeake, VA.
Where is the helmsman?
Public domain photo of a helmsman in the early twentieth century that was altered with the Topaz ReMask plug-in, then the Topaz Clean plug-in (blemish removal strong effect), then the Topaz Clarity plug-in (low contrast and color pop effect), then the Topaz Impression in Studio plug-in (custom chalk and charcoal preset stroke 8), then the Photoshop paintbrush, then the Alien Skin Exposure X3 plug-in (clarity brush and vignette effect), and then the Photoshop paintbrush. 8 in. x 10 in. Public domain image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Taken from the bridge of a small LPG tanker at the entrance to the Houston Ship Channel in the Gulf of Mexico.
We've had pretty active phosphorescence for the last couple of nights. The neon glow is the bow wave. The lights on the horizon are ships at anchor waiting for a berth in Houston. To make the photo I set the ISO to 1600, aperture to f/2.8, and made a 30 second exposure holding the camera by hand against the bridge window. The window proved pretty steady and the ship itself came out as sharp as could be expected considering engine vibration. The movement of lights on the horizon is caused by the motion of the ship itself due to a small swell and course correction by the helmsman.
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 4, 2021) U.S. Navy Sonar Technician (Surface) 1st Class Allison Coughlin, from Ronkonkoma, N.Y., mans the helm of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment to the 7th Fleet area of operations. As the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed fleet, 7th Fleet routinely operates and interacts with 35 maritime nations while conducting missions to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific Region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Alexander Williams)
A ferry crosses from River Heads, 20 minutes south of Hervey Bay, through the protected waters of the Great Sandy Marine Park to a boat landing near the world-famous Kingfisher Bay Resort. Mainland Australia floats on the horizon, just a 50-minute crossing away.
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Top speed: 61 knots.
Engines: 2 sealed high velocity jet turbines.
Crew: 1 Helmsman, and 2 minelaying technicians.
Length: 68 studs.
Width: 30 studs.
Height: 16 studs.
Built as a one-off experiment in multi-hull design, and jet turbine propulsion, the Bobcat features two automated Phalanx turrets, 22 ship-to-ship missiles, and eight floating proximity mines.
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Boats are difficult. The hull of this thing has been sitting around for about two months gathering dust, and generally being scavenged for parts. I decided I wanted to finish it a couple days ago after seeing Mark's Venetian war galley.
Everything besides the front half of the black hull was built within the last three days in a mad rush to get it finished.
On Monday (see first comment below) I published a photo from aboard the MV Rajah Brook, and said she was aground.
This photo, taken later, shows the tide out, the rocks and beach off to the right and the ship almost completely out of the water as she sits atop the wider sand bar. This was as the passengers were moved ashore. Later, two (oil industry?) barges, almost the size of the ship, were positioned one on either beam, and between their additional buoyancy, the kedge anchors (seen deployed above) and a tug, the undamaged Rajah Brooke was refloated and the passengers returned aboard to continue their journey.
The steel-hulled 2312-gross registered ton MV Rajah Brooke was built by Caledon Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd in 1948 for the Sarawak Steamship Co for service between Singapore and Sarawak.
She was sold to the Straits Steamship Company and is seen here in their colours in late 1972. I think this might have been whilst departing the port of Labuan on the island of the same name, in the Malaysian state of Sabah, but I'm not sure.
A passenger/cargo tramp steamer, Rajah Brooke shuttled between Sarawak and Singapore, taking about five days each way, and stopping in at a variety of very small ports along the way.
The split superstructure was typical of many of the tramp steamers operating in the region at the time. By positioning the bridge forward and high, it allowed the Captain and helmsman to see over the tops of the trees and round the bends in estuaries and rivers as the ships negotiated poorly-charted and shifting navigable waters to reach inland ports, although they patently got it wrong on this occasion!
Scanned from a slide, this image was taken by a relative who was working in the Far East, sometimes travelling aboard her.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
Name: Milford Fisher
IMO No: 9118185
Ex: Helmsman Double Hull
Built: 3/1998
Type: Tanker
Status: In Service
SubType: Product
Flag: United Kingdom
DWT: 3,700 Draft: 5.00
Builder: Qiuxin Shipyard
GT: 3,368 LOA: 91.00
Owner: Fisher & Sons NT:
Beam: 15.63
Speed/Cons: 12.00/-
Class: LR Depth: 7.80
Engine Type: Krupp MAK
1800-1900
In September 1835, JH Vivian, the local MP, liased with the Institution for the provision of a lifeboat in Mumbles. This lifeboat was controlled and funded by Swansea Harbour Trustees. It was taken over and funded by the Institution in 1863. Lifeboats have always been stationed at Mumbles but the station was known as Swansea until 1904. The branch continued to be called Swansea, Mumbles and Port Eynon until 1910.
S. S. SAMTAMPA
In the early days the lifeboat was kept close to the cliffs in Mumbles and was launched and re-housed along a stone slipway, which still exists today.
After the First World War, a boathouse with slipway was erected alongside Mumbles pier to make the launching of the lifeboat a more simple process. For 4 years 1814 – 1818 the wooden slipway (which is used today) had no boathouse, merely the lifeboat retained at the top of the slip ready for launch.
On 27 January 1883 four of her crew lost their lives when the lifeboat whilst on service got thrown violently against the side of the German barque Admiral Prinz Adalbert. The coxswain Jenkin Jenkins lost two of his sons who were on board that day.
It was 1866 before The Mumbles had a permanent lifeboat station although moves to found one began in 1832 when Silvanus Padley, son of the clerk of the Swansea Harbour Trustees, led a rescue of the crew of the Ilfracombe Packet which went aground near the harbour entrance. The trustees decided to obtain plans and costs for a lifeboat which could be used in similar circumstances.
It wasn't until 1835 when the MP for Swansea, John H. Vivian, approached the Lifeboat Institution to supply a lifeboat which would be maintained by the Harbour Trust, but placed at The Mumbles. On the 17th of October a 26 foot, six oared lifeboat was ordered from Taylor of Blackwall and would have been delivered soon after its completion in December 1835.
The boat was initially kept at The Mumbles but saw no service, then in the summer of 1841 she was repaired and moved to Swansea and then converted to pull 12 oars in 1850. In 1855 she was deemed to be unserviceable "she has never been thought a good boat for which reason the Trustees have refused to spend much money on her". At this time the Trustees ordered a new boat to be built by Forrestt & Co of Limehouse, she carried a crew of thirteen pulling ten oars. This boat made only one known service to the brig Success which had stranded in gales on Neath Bar.
Although the lifeboats had made only one rescue, local pilots and others had performed rescues on their own initiative and had been rewarded by the Lifeboat Institution.
In March 1863 a group of men formed the Swansea Branch of the R.N.L.I. and the Harbour Trust boat was replaced with and identical pattern which was named Martha and Anne after the daughters of Michael Steel of Oxford who's legacy had paid for her.
Because of the lack of service at Swansea where a story in the town was that a large glass case was to be built "to stow away the lifeboat in front of the Town Hall". The editor of the local paper, "The Cambrian" commented that "Not Swansea but The Mumbles should be the lifeboat's station, and not the pilots, but the coastguard or the hardy fishermen of the village should be her crew".
In 1866 the Martha & Anne was moved to The Mumbles where she was housed on the shore under the shadow of Mumbles Hill and was launched and re-housed along a stone slipway by means of block and tackle.
Noteworthy Dates
1835 Silver medal awarded to William Evans for rescuing two of the three crew from the sloop John which went aground at Neath on 26th October 1835.
1838 Silver medal awarded to John Reeve, master of schooner Wave, for rescuing the three crew from the sloop Feronia which was wrecked on the Mixon on 24th July 1838.
1839 Silver medals awarded to Captain Thomas Jones, Captain John Howell, Captain Charles Sutton, Captain Joseph Foley, Arthur Rees and Lewis Jenkins for rescuing five men from the brig Thomas Piele which was wrecked near Port Talbot on 20th January 1839.
1840 Second service clasp to silver medal awarded to Captain Joseph Foley for rescuing two of the three men from the Mary bound from Cork to Portsmouth, which was wrecked near Port Talbot on 20th January 1840.
1874 On 12th August The Board of Trade forwarded binoculars which had been received by them through the Foreign Office from H.M. The Emperor of Germany for presentation to the coxswain of the lifeboat in recognition of the services rendered by the boat when the German ship Triton of Eckernford was wrecked on the Mixon Sands on the 29th August 1987. The German Consul General was also instructed to pay £4 to the crew of the lifeboat.
1883 On the 27th of January, when trying to rescue the crew of the German barque "Admiral Prinz Adalbert" from the windward side, the lifeboat was thrown violently against her and swept over successive ridges of rocks by heavy seas. Four of the crew, John and William Jenkins, William Mack and William Rogers lost their lives, and the remainder were seriously injured, Coxswain Jenkin Jenkins lost two out of the four of his sons and his son-in-law (William Mack) who were in the boat and a third son received a broken leg. The Institution granted £800 towards the fund raised for the widows and orphans. The Silver Medal was awarded to the coxswain. The carpenter of the German barque also lost his life.
1884 New lifeboat house constructed at a cost of £350.
1888 Slipway constructed at a cost of £110.
1896 Compensation paid for the damage to oyster beds over which the lifeboat had to be taken for a low water launch on 27th July.
1897 Mumbles Railway and Pier Company constructed a mooring slipway free of charge to the Institution.
1900 – 2000
On 1 February 1903 the lifeboat was capsized on service to SS Christina of Waterford at the entrance to Port Talbot harbour. This capsize resulted in a loss of 6 out 14 of her crew. In 1941, a Bronze Medal was awarded to Coxswain William J Gammon and to Mechanic Robert T Williams for the rescue of 10 crew of the steamer Cornish Rose of Liverpool.
1944 saw the presentation of a Gold medal to Coxswain Gammon, Mechanic W G Davies and Bowman Thomas J Ace for the rescue of 42 crew from the Canadian frigate Chebouque.
Yet again, tragedy struck the station when on April 23, 1947; the Edward Prince of Wales was capsized and wrecked in heavy seas with total loss of her eight crew. She had gone to help the SS Samtampa with a crew of 39 off Sker Point. The death toll that night was no less than 47. As a mark of respect following the loss during the Samtampa disaster the new lifeboat was named after the Coxswain; the William Gammon serviced the coast until 1974 and was then donated to Swansea Museum.
In 1964 a Silver medal was awarded to Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott and the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum to eight other crew for the rescue of the crew from the Dutch vessel Kilo. 1965 saw the introduction of an inshore, D-class lifeboat at the station. Operational in summer months only with the cost defrayed by the Rotary Club of Swansea. In 1968 coxswain Lionel Derek Scott was awarded Bronze medal with an addition monetary award to him and his crew for the rescue of seven crew from the sand dredger Steepholm which grounded on the Tuskar Rock, Porthcawl.
1971 brought about more awards for the station when Helmsman Alan Richards Jones and crewmembers Peter Allan Algie and Anthony David Lewis for the rescue of three men from a cabin cruiser on 3 October 1971.
In 1981 the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum was awarded to coxswain Lionel Derek Scott BEM when he put out his rowing boat to the aid of two men who had capsized in dinghy approximately three-quarters of a mile out to sea in choppy seas and freezing conditions on 22 December.
1902 Additional rocket distress signal post erected near the coastguard look-out on Mumbles Head.
1903 On the 1st of February the lifeboat, which had put out with the intention of helping the SS Christina of Waterford, which had grounded at Port Talbot on the previous evening, found that her help was not wanted, and made for Port Talbot harbour. The lifeboat capsized off the entrance with the loss of six out of fourteen of her crew. The Institution granted £1,200 towards the fund raised locally for the dependants. One of the rescued, Tom Michael, was a survivor of the 1883 accident. Those lost were Coxswain Thomas Rogers, Second Coxswain Daniel Claypit, D.J.Morgan, George Michael, James Gammon and Robert Smith. The lifeboat was damaged beyond repair.
1916 New slipway and approach gangway constructed.
1922 Alterations and extension of slipway carried out at a cost of £1,800.
1935 Centenary Vellum presented.
1941 Bronze Medal awarded to Coxswain William Gammon and to Mechanic Robert T Williams for the rescue of the crew of ten of the steam ship Cornish Rose of Liverpool which was dragging her anchors in Swansea Bay on the 20th January 1941. It was pitch dark, which was exacerbated by mist and rain squalls. A whole south gale was blowing and there was a heavy breaking sea. The vessel was very close to the shore and rolling heavily and the ordinary perils of the sea were greatly increased by the coastal defences consisting of iron rails driven into the foreshore and sticking out of it. It was a bold and skilful rescue.
1944 Gold medal awarded to Coxswain William Gammon and a Bronze Medals to Mechanic WG Davies and Bowman Thomas J Ace for the rescue of the crew of 42 of a Canadian frigate Cherboque smothered in heavy seas on Port Talbot bar on the 11th of October 1944. Twelve times in the darkness and in heavy squalls of hail, the coxswain circled round though the surf and brought the lifeboat along side the frigate for her men to jump. The rescued Canadians spoke afterwards of the work of their rescuers as "magnificent" and "almost miraculous". Two of the lifeboat men were over seventy years old while another two were in their sixties, the average age of the crew was 55. The Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving in 1944 was awarded to Coxswain WJ Gammon for his service.
1947 On the 23rd of April the Edward Prince of Wales was capsized and wrecked with the loss of her crew of eight after she had gone to the aid of the SS Samtamper with a crew of 39 off Sker Point. The Institution made a grant of £500 to the local fund and pays service scale pensions to the dependants. The death toll that night was 47. The names of those lifeboat men lost were Coxswain William J Gammon, Second Coxswain William Noel, Mechanics William G Davies and E Griffin, WRS Thomas, WL Howell, WR Thomas and R Smith.
1948 The Royal Humane Society awarded a Bronze Medal and thanks certificate to Mechanic RJ Gammon for his efforts on the 18th of November when a frogman engaged on renovation work lost his life.
1964 Silver Medal awarded to Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott and the Yhanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum to eight other members of the crew of the lifeboat:- Second Coxswain W Davies, Mechanic J Gammon, Assistant Mechanic W Tucker, Signalman J Bailey, K Kostroman, G Parsons, H Randall and J Witford, for the rescue of the crew of the Dutch motor vessel Kilo from their burning ship in a violent storm on the night of 17th of November 1963.
1965 Inshore lifeboat station established in May with a D class lifeboat. Operational summer months only. The cost defrayed by the Rotary Club of Swansea.
1968 Bronze Medal to Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott and an additional monetary award to him and each of the lifeboat crew for the rescue of seven crew members of the sand dredger Steepholm which grounded on Tusker Rock in a fresh west-south-westerly wind with a moderate to rough sea. Six of the Steepholm crew were rescued from life-rafts after which the lifeboat returned to the casualty for the master. As he jumped aboard the lifeboat , the vessel was caught by heavy sea and he fell between the Steepholm and the lifeboat. Fortunately the Second Coxswain and another member of the crew were able to grab him before he fell into the water and he was pulled aboard unhurt.
1971 Silver Second Service Clasp awarded to Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott BEM, in recognition of his courage when he put out in a small outboard motor dinghy and rescued a man after his canoe capsized in a fresh easterly wind and a very confused sea off Mumbles Head on 12th April 1971.
1971 The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum awarded to helmsman Alan "Tudy" Jones, crew members Peter Algie and Anthony Lewis for the rescue of three men from a cabin cruiser on 3rd October.
1972 A framed letter of Appreciation signed by the Chairman of the Institution Commander FRH Swann, was presented to crew member W "Ginger" Clements in recognition of his action when he leapt aboard the yacht Karfinn to secure a tow-line. During the service by the lifeboat on 19th December in an east-south-easterly gale and rough sea with skill and determination managed to prevent the yacht from sheering uncontrollably during the tow back to Swansea.
1980 Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott was presented with an engraved statuette of a lifeboatman by Mr. Raymond Baxter, Chairman of the RNLI Public Relations Committee at the International Boat Show, Earls Court, on 9th January, in recognition of his radio and television broadcasts and numerous public talks.
1981 The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum accorded to Coxswain Lionel Derek Scott BEM in recognition of his skill and determination when he put out in his rowing boat, and with great physical effort rescued the crew of two of a dinghy which had capsized approximately tree quarters of a mile off Southend beach in a gentle breeze and a choppy sea with freezing temperature on 22nd December.
1982 The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum accorded to Helmsman Anthony David Lewis in recognition of the calmness and determination he displayed when on the 21st August he swam from the lifeboat to an unoccupied cabin cruiser which was burning fiercely and drifting towards a crowded Mumbles Pier. Having secured a line to the craft he returned to the lifeboat and towed her to deeper water where sank.
1985 150th Anniversary Vellum Presented to the Station.1985 saw the new Tyne class lifeboat ‘Ethel Anne Measures’ into service at Mumbles. The Tyne class boat, powered by two Detroit Tank Engines could reach speeds of 18 Knots and revolutionised fast slipway boats.
1994 New inshore boathouse constructed on the existing site of the old D class boathouse. As well as housing the inshore lifeboat it includes an inflatable boarding boat, changing/drying room, toilet, crew room, kitchen and office.
1994 New D class lifeboat placed on service. A new D-class boathouse was erected in place of the existing house, soon after, new D-class D463 ‘Nellie Grace Hughes’ was placed on service. The old inshore boathouse is still used by Mumbles Rowing Club and Mumbles Pier and can be seen opposite the new Station.
2004 New D class lifeboat (IL1), 'Peterborough Beer Festival II' is placed on service.
2006 ALB 'Ethel Anne Measures' leaves the station and is replaced by 'Babs and Agnes Robertson'.
The Present
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station continues to serve the area with an All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) and an Inshore Lifeboat (ILB).
In 2004 Peterborough Beer Festival II was placed on service at the Station. Produced by Avon Inflatables of Llanelli this new generation D-Class Inshore Lifeboat (designated IB1) embraces modern technology and new materials to improve response times as well as crew comfort and safety. (For more information about IB1 click here ). The ILB continues to be the workhorse of the Station and accounts for some two thirds of our calls.
Peterborough Beer Festival II was donated to the RNLI by CAMRA (The Campaign for Real Ale) through donations received at the Peterborough Beer Festival. This was CAMRA’s second donation of a Lifeboat to the RNLI; their first, Peterborough Beer Festival 1 is serving the North East of England at Redcar.
On Raft race day in July 2006, after 21 years service, our ALB, Ethel Anne Measures left the Station and was replaced by another Tyne Class Lifeboat Babs and Agnes Robertson. Babs and Agnes came to us from Peterhead and will see us through to 2011 when we expect to receive a new Tamar Class ALB – see The Future below.
In 2006 and 2007 we were the third busiest Station in Wales. In both years we helped the most number of people for an individual Station in Wales.
The Future at Mumbles Station
In 2002 a Coastal Review conducted by senior RNLI officials determined that The Mumbles Lifeboat Station be earmarked for a new Tamar Class Fast Slipway Boat (FSB2). The recommendations of the delegation, which included the building of a new boathouse and slipway, were endorsed by the Trustees of the RNLI.
The RNLI are absolutely committed to ensuring the charities money is spent wisely. The specific conditions of the sea bed at Mumbles risked increasing the cost of the project and so delays resulted whilst further studies were commissioned. Armed with new and clarifying information a further Coastal Review was conducted in 2007 and the same conclusions were made. The Trustees of the RNLI have committed funds to build a new slipway and boathouse to receive a Tamar Class Lifeboat in 2011.
The Tamar is bigger and faster than the Tyne and includes the computerised Systems and Information Management System (SIMS) that enables crew to control many of the lifeboat's functions remotely from the safety of their seats. Other features include advanced seats that reduce the impact on the crew as the lifeboat crashes through waves, and a powered Y boat stored behind a transom door to allow immediate deployment.
Information taken from www.mumbleslifeboat.org.uk/history.html
Note: this isn't what I'd call a total quality build. But the idea has been in my head for months now, and I just had to get it onto the computer screen. And now for fluff:
Long known to the world as the "Arsenal of Tyranny" since the early 21st century, the corporation Oregon Astronautics And Engineering (OAAE) had a very successful run at second-generation superluminal ships such as the Northrop-class, the Cecil Rhodes-class, and the Hamilton-class; prompting the United Nations of Earth to contract it for a new generation of warships for Earth's most high-stakes war yet. The alien fleets of Othaen had been stopped by the works of others, and even pushed back to their own territory, but Geneva needed something that could hit the honker back to his home world. In the early 2260s, designs were drafted. In the early 2270s, prototypes were put to trial. And by the early 2280s, the first of the Netanyahu-class cruisers were departing shipyards above Earth, Luna, Mars, and OAAE's own colonial ventures further abroad. They performed admirably in battle, outsizing even Othaen's first-rate vessels, and outgunning them too (though not outarmoring them).
The Arthur Balfour was the flagship of the New Courland fleet, which ended up meeting a strange twist of fate over their supposedly inconsequential colony. After that event, the New Courland fleet was re-deployed to the front lines. This particular ship is infamous for causing over six million space-dollars in damages when a helmsman fired the forward thrusters too soon as it was leaving the docks above Mars. It took part in the huge task force that faced off the first wave of Coalition reinforcements to Othaen.
The Netanyahu-class cruisers are armed with 2 coilgun turrets in the bow (four guns apiece), 20 point defense turrets, 36 heavy missiles in two FAYS-banks, and 24 rotary launchers for lighter missiles. Like most third-generation ships from OAAE, it has eight sections of removable armor hiding most of the ship. When this armor is badly damaged, it is stripped off, recycled, and new plates are put on.
Este torneio é para destacar o Celso Freddi. Ele merece. Sua conhecida personalidade comedida dificulta-o de ver como tanto a gente o reconhece. O Lars tem razão, o Celso é um sábio e habilidoso timoneiro e um diplomata na coordenação. É o Lars tem mesmo razão : )
This championship is to put in evidence Celso Freddi. He really deserves it. His well known contained personality prevents him from seeing that so many people recognise him. Lars is right, Celso is wise and skillfull helmsman and a diplomate at coordination. Lars is really right : )
Ce Championat est à mettre en evidence Celso Freddi. Il le mérites vraiment. Son caractère prudent lui empêche de voir comment il est reconnu. Lars a raison, Celso est un sage et doué barreur et um diplomate em coordenation. Oui, Lars a vraiment raison : )
Este campeonato es para poner en evidencia a Celso Freddi. El lo merece. Su conocida personalidad comedida lo impide de ver como la gente tanto lo reconoce. Lars tiene razón, Celso es um sábio y habilidoso timonel y un diplomático en coordenación. Si, Lars tiene razón : )
Star Trek
Wo noch niemand gewesen ist: Eine Chronik in Bildern
mit einer Einführung von William Shatner
Text von J. M. Dillard
Aus dem Amerikanischen übersetzt von Ralph Sander
- Foto: Sulu (George Takei) und Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig)
Wilhelm Heyne Verlag / Deutschland 1995
ex libris MTP
Taken during one of our river taxi trips along the Ganges River in Varanasi, India. Mind you, this was before the Covid-19 pandemic, when cruising was still safe.
Keep well everyone!!!
Coxswain
Noun
1. The helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew.
Coxswain Kog is Norwegian for a cockboat; Welsh, cwch; Italian, cocca, etc.; and swain, Anglo-Saxon for a servant, superintendent, or bailiff. (See Cockboat.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Top speed: 61 knots.
Engines: 2 sealed high velocity jet turbines.
Crew: 1 Helmsman, and 2 minelaying technicians.
Length: 68 studs.
Width: 30 studs.
Height: 16 studs.
Built as a one-off experiment in multi-hull design, and jet turbine propulsion, the Bobcat features two automated Phalanx turrets, 22 ship-to-ship missiles, and eight floating proximity mines.
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Boats are difficult. The hull of this thing has been sitting around for about two months gathering dust, and generally being scavenged for parts. I decided I wanted to finish it a couple days ago after seeing Mark's Venetian war galley.
Everything besides the front half of the black hull was built within the last three days in a mad rush to get it finished.
The Oseberg ship is a particularly fine vessel, and the person who had it made spent considerable resources on the decoration of the ship.
The prow and stern is richly carved with beautiful animal ornamentation far below the waterline and up along the prow, which ends in a spiralling serpent’s head. Such an ornately decorated ship has undoubtedly been reserved for special members of the aristocracy.
The Oseberg ship could be both sailed and rowed. There are 15 oar holes on each side so fully manned, the ship would have had 30 oarsmen.
In addition, there was a helmsman at the steering oar and a lookout who stood in the bow. The oars are made of pine, and some of them show traces of painted decorations. The oars show no signs of wear, so perhaps they were made especially for the burial.
The Oseberg ship was built in southwestern Norway around the year 820, and is made of oak. Each of the strakes overlaps the one below and they are fixed with iron rivets.
The side of the ship consists of 12 strakes. Below the waterline, they are only 2‒ 3 cm thick, while the two upper strakes are a little thicker. The deck is made of loose pine planks. The mast is also pine and was between 10 and 13 metres high.
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On 8 August 1903, the archaeologist Gabriel Gustafson received a visit from Oskar Rom, a farmer who had dug into a large burial mound on his property and had come across the remains of a ship.
Two days later Professor Gustafson started his investigations at the farm of Lille Oseberg at Slagen in the county of Vestfold. He found several parts of a ship, decorated with ornamentation from the Viking era.
The archaeologist was certain that the mound was a ship burial from Viking times. But to avoid problems with the autumn weather, the archaeologists waited until the following summer before starting the dig in earnest.
The excavation of the Oseberg mound was of great interest to the public. The dig had to be secured with a fence, signs and a guard to ensure that nobody interrupted the work or came too close to the objects. In his diary, Gustafson complains about being on show when he worked.
The end of the beginning
When the excavation was completed, the most time-consuming and demanding work was still to come. Although the excavation itself took less than three months, it took 21 years to prepare and restore the ship and most of the finds. The ship was dried out very slowly before it was put together. Great emphasis was placed on using the original timber where possible. Today over 90 per cent of the reconstructed Oseberg ship consists of original timber.
www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibi...
Time on my hands waiting on supply ships leaving or exiting the harbour I took the opportunity to walk through the fishing village of Fittie , with the sun high in the sky on a beautiful summers evening some of the locals sat outside their cottages to enjoy the Scottish weather .
People of Fittie have placed various adornments on the villages sheds and housing creating Fittie's character and interest, attracting thousands of tourists and fellow Aberdonian's to tour the village each year and enjoy its sights and history, with a friendly smile or chat whenever you say hello to a local .
This caught my eye, thought it worth capturing to archive on Flickr.
Footdee is an area of Aberdeen, Scotland known locally as "Fittie". It is an old fishing village at the east end of the harbour. The name is actually folk etymology. Far from being "Foot of the Dee/Fit o the Dee", it is actually a corruption of a former dedication to a "St Fothan".
The area has had a settlement as far back as the Medieval times and the first recorded reference to the area of Fittie was in the year 1398. This village was slightly further North than where Footdee is now located. It would have been near to where the St Clement's Church is located.
Footdee is a particularly interesting example of a planned housing development purpose-built to re-house Aberdeen's local fishing community. Laid out in 1809 by John Smith, then Superintendent Of The Town's Public Works. Smith went on to establish himself as one of Aberdeen's key architects. Occupying an isolated spit of land to the SE of Aberdeen's city centre, its regimented squares have been described as a cross between the neo-classical aspirations of Aberdeen and the close-knit fishing communities of the north-east.
The two squares of 'Fish Town' (known as Footdee), originally contained 28 single-storey thatched houses although this increased when the later Middle Row (circa 1837) and Pilot Square (circa 1855) were added. The entrances on each of the North and South squares were filled in the 1870s by William Smith (son of John and architect of Balmoral Castle). He also added additional storeys to the East and West sides of South Square creating a tenement feel. This was an attempt to ease crowding resulting from an influx of fishing families from other less prosperous areas and to help try to enforce the 'one-house-one-family' rule.
The Town Council decided to start selling the dwellings to occupiers in 1880, beginning a period of incremental development and reconstruction. Additional storeys and dormers were added piecemeal by the new owners as funds allowed. The result is one of individuality expressed within the constraints of a strictly formal plan and is a contributing factor to the special architectural and historical interest of Footdee as a whole.
Throughout the 19th century, 'tarry sheds' were added to the communal land within the squares opposite each dwelling and now every dwelling has its own shed. Originally constructed from drift wood and other found materials, the sheds have been built and rebuilt in an idiosyncratic manner over the years in a variety of materials with rendered brick now predominating slightly (2006). Some timber built sheds remain, predominantly on the North side of North Square.
North Square Mission Hall occupies the central area of the North Square, reflecting its significance as an integral part of village life. The building is plain, with simple detailing throughout, and as such, responds sympathetically to its setting and context. Known locally as 'the schoolie' the hall was built for general as well as religious purposes and continues to operate as a multi-purpose meeting space.
The entire Footdee village was added to the statutory list in 1967 as a single entity. The village was subsequently given Conservation Area status in 1968. At resurvey in 2006, each building within the Conservation Area was re-assessed separately. Key examples, demonstrating both individual architectural interest and representing the history and development of the village as a whole, were selected for listing.
On an 1828 map, the new housing squares were specifically labelled 'Fish Town'. 'Footdee' referred to the larger area from St. Clement's Church to 'Fish Town'. Later, the name 'Footdee' was erroneously used to refer specifically to the housing squares, with 'Fish Town' becoming forgotten.
On Tuesday 25 September 2012, Footdee became covered in foam from the sea after experiencing strong wind and rain conditions. The effect was like a blanket of snow and this made the UK national news.
Italien / Venetien - Lazise
Lazise is a comune (municipality) and town in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about 120 kilometres (75 miles) west of Venice and about 20 kilometres (12 miles) northwest of Verona. It is situated on the eastern shore of Lake Garda. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 6,213 and an area of 65.0 square kilometres (25.1 sq mi). This geographical location empowers a position of great landscape value, but it also features elements of great architectural value and of great historical importance.
As well as these peculiarities, Lazise can rely on the presence of many attractions: a thermal spring situated in Colà, two amusement parks (Canevaworld and Gardaland, this latter situated partly on the territory of Castelnuovo del Garda, where it is based, and partly on the territory of Lazise) and an extensive hilly agricultural landscape. Lazise records about 3.5 million tourist visits every year, figures that place it at 12th place in Italy among tourist destinations, and the first Italian lake destination.
The municipality of Lazise contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Colà and Pacengo.
Lazise borders the following municipalities: Bardolino, Bussolengo, Castelnuovo del Garda, Padenghe sul Garda, Pastrengo, Peschiera del Garda and Sirmione.
Origins of the name
The name Lazise comes from the Latin word lacus that means ‘lakeside village’, as some documents of Early Middle Ages seem to confirm, referring to the settlement as Laceses. Another hypothesis, later ruled out, put the name of the town as originating from Antonio Bevilacqua di Loncis. Loncis, from his castle in Bavaria, became governor of Lake Garda and the forefather of a major family that then changed its name to Bevilacqua-Lazise. Last hypothesis is lately ruled out comes from Lazica Kingdom.
History
Its name derives from the Latin "lacus" which means lacustrine village. Lazise in fact was originally a group of stilt houses beyond that Roman village and market. Between 888 and 961, during the reign of Berengar II of Italy and his son, the town was subject only to the monarch, that is, it was a "free villa" not subject to some feudatory. In 961, Italy was invaded by German troops, who descended the valley of the Adige to camp on the shores of Garda.
In 983, the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I granted Lazise the right to fortify itself and establish trading rights. It is considered as the first and oldest comune in Italy, and perhaps all of Europe. The medieval Church of Saint Nicolò has frescoes dating from the 12th century, by the school of Giotto. The customs house from the 16th century was constructed to control trade on the lake. During the 13th and 14th centuries, Lazise was occupied by the Scaligeri of Verona who built the castle and encircled the town with walls.
In 1405, it came under Venetian Republic rule until Napoleon conquered northern Italy in 1796.
After the Congress of Vienna (1815) it entered a period of Austrian rule, until in 1866, it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Italy.
The 14th-century La Pergolana villa, a kilometre north of Lazise, hosts a honey festival during the first weekend of October.
Tourism
The city is a holiday destination, and attracts tourists from the immediate area owing to its views of the Alps from the southern shore of Lake Garda.
At the center of the city is a series of interconnected piazze that house numerous open-air cafés, various shops, gelaterie (ice-cream parlours), and bars.
Scaliger Castle
The most imposing building of Lazise is the Scaliger Castle and the city wall that surrounds the historic centre. The castle was built during the domination of the lords of Verona Bartolomeo II and Antonio della Scala, or maybe just before the father Cansignorio della Scala (considering that Porta Nuova bears the date 21 May 1376). The city has always had three gates equipped with drawbridges: Porta Superiore, today known as Porta San Zeno, for the access on east side; Porta Lion (so called because it determined the coat of arms of the Serenissima), for the access on south side; Porta Nuova (so named because it was the last to be built), today widely called Porta Cansignorio, for access on north side. The castle suffered damages during the siege of the Venetians in July 1438, and then again in May 1528 due to the work of the army of Charles V. In the 16th century, with the progress of new technologies and war tactics, the castle lost importance and was purchased firstly by the community of Lazise and later by private families.
Traditions and folklore
Traditional events are the Regatta delle Bisse, using traditional Venetian rowing boats (with four standing rowers and no helmsman), whose stop in Lazise takes place between July and August, and the Cuccagna del Cadenon, which takes place at the end of August in conjunction with the Festa dell’Ospite, in which an eight-metre pole is placed horizontally on the waters of the old port, abundantly coated with fat, and is won by the one who, slipping on the greasy pole, manages to take the flag to the bottom.
Events
Celebrations that regularly take place in the village are numerous, in particular fairs and festivals: the Festa dell'Ospite, that is held at the end of July in Pacengo (a neighbouring town) and at the end of August in Lazise, when there are various stands that sell typical local products, concerts and a final show with fireworks; the Antica sagra della Madonna della Neve that takes place in the municipality of Colà at the beginning of August, during which the traditional plate of anara col pien (stuffed and roast duck) is served; la Sagra del Marciapié, an old feast that is celebrated on the last day of Carnival and the first of Lent in Via Arco, during which citizens are invited to choose the representatives of the street named Via Capo Valàr, in addition to the carnival masks; lastly the national fair I giorni del miele, a trade fair completely dedicated to honey and its derivatives held at the beginning of October.
(Wikipedia)
Lazise ist eine italienische Gemeinde (comune) mit 7028 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2019) in der Provinz Verona, Region Venetien.
Geografie
Lazise befindet sich am Veroneser Südost-Ufer des Gardasees, das sandartige Strände aufweist, und liegt zwischen den Ortschaften Bardolino und Peschiera del Garda. Die Entfernung zur Provinzhauptstadt Verona beträgt etwa 23 Kilometer.
Klima und Vegetation
Vorwiegend herrscht in der südlichen Gardaseeregion mildes Klima. Die Sommer sind warm und nicht zu heiß; die Winter mild und mit wenig Regen. Schneefälle kommen höchst selten vor.
Vegetation
Rund um den Gardasee prägen mediterrane Vegetationsformen wie Zypressen, Oleander, Zedern, Olivenbäume und auch Palmen das Erscheinungsbild. An den sonnenüberfluteten Hängen gedeihen Agaven, Opuntien und Kapernsträuche.
Einige wenige Kilometer vom Ortszentrum entfernt befinden sich zudem zahlreiche Weingärten, Obst- und Gemüsepflanzungen sowie Weizen- und Maisfelder.
Geschichte
Der Name
Der Name Lazise leitet sich vom lateinischen „lacus“ ab und bedeutete wohl „villaggio lacustre“ („Seedorf“), wie Dokumente aus dem Mittelalter belegen, die das Dorf unter dem Namen „laceses“ führten.
Bronzezeit bis zur venezianischen Herrschaft
Die Geschichte reicht bis in die mittlere Bronzezeit (16.–13. Jahrhundert v. Chr.) zurück. Zahlreiche Funde in den Ortschaften La Quercia, Bor und Porto Pacengo wurden Zeugen dieser ereignisreichen Zeit.
Bereits im Jahre 983 erhielt der Ort unter Kaiser Otto II. in der sogenannten Veroneser Schenkung nicht nur Zoll-, Handels- und Fischereirechte, sondern auch eine weitestgehende Autonomie. Die Gemeinde Lazise rühmt sich deshalb damit, die älteste Gemeinde Italiens zu sein.
Im 11. Jahrhundert war Lazise eine Hafenstation, die im Besitz des Hauses Bevilacqua war. Unter Kaiser Heinrich IV. erhielt man 1077 die Erlaubnis eine Burg zu errichten, die unter dem Scaliger Cansignorio della Scala im 14. Jahrhundert zu einer bedeutenden Wehranlage mit eigenem ummauerten Hafen ausgebaut und vermutlich unter seinem Nachfolger Antonio della Scala vollendet wurde. Unter den Scaligern wurden auch die Stadtmauern und Stadttore erneuert und verstärkt. Nach dem Ende der Scaligerherrschaft 1387 waren es die Mailänder Visconti unter Gian Galeazzo Visconti, die die Herrschaft über Lazise übernahmen. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt trat Lazise der Gardesana dell’Acqua bei, einer Art Konföderation mehrerer von den Visconti beherrschten Gemeinden am See und im direkten Hinterland des Sees.
Republik Venedig
1405 fiel Lazise an die Republik Venedig. Unter Venedig wurde der Ort zu einem der Liegeplatz der venezianischen Galeeren und damit einer der Stützpunkte der venezianischen Gardaseeflotte. Im Zuge des Großen Venezianerkrieges unterlag Venedig 1509 in der Schlacht von Agnadello den Franzosen. Um diesen Zeitpunkt soll nach neuesten Erkenntnissen der Kapitän der venezianischen Flotte einige Galeeren mit Steinen beschwert, in Brand gesetzt und schließlich versenkt haben. Vor dem neuen Hafen von Lazise befindet sich in etwa 500 Meter Entfernung vom Ufer in einer Tiefe zwischen 24 Metern und 27 Metern das Wrack der im 16. Jahrhundert gesunkenen Galeere, sie hat eine Größe von 30 Metern Länge und 3 Metern Breite.
In der Folge wurde der Ort von umherziehenden Landsknechten geplündert. Erst zu Beginn des 17. Jahrhunderts trat wieder eine ruhigere und friedlichere Phase ein in der Lazise wirtschaftlich aufblühte. Ab 1607 wurde das Arsenal unter Herrschaft der Serenissima zur Zollstelle. Auf dem ganzen Gardasee und der östlich gelegenen Etsch wurde mit Waren wie Getreide, Papier, Stoffe, Öl sowie Eisenartikel gehandelt. Die Gegebenheit einer vorrangigen Stellung im Handel war dadurch gesichert.
Seit 1797
Im Zuge des Italienfeldzuges (1796–1797) wurde Lazise von napoleonischen Truppen besetzt. Mit dem Frieden von Campo Formio fiel der Ort erstmals an die Habsburger, um aber bereits 1805 an das napoleonische Königreich Italien angeschlossen zu werden, bevor es mit dem Wiener Kongress 1815 erneut an das habsburgerische Königreich Lombardo-Venetien fiel.
Lazise trat mit dem Ende des dritten italienischen Unabhängigkeitskrieges und der nachfolgenden Volksabstimmung dem Königreich Italien bei.
Sehenswürdigkeiten
Die Altstadt von Lazise weist noch immer viele Bauwerke mittelalterlichen Ursprungs auf. Das Stadtbild wird von den im 14. Jahrhundert von den Scaliger errichteten Stadtmauern und von der Burg beherrscht. Lazise besitzt zahlreiche malerische Ecken wie die Piazza Vittorio Emanuele und den kleinen Hafen, in dem noch heute Fischerboote liegen. Es gibt drei große Stadttore, durch die man in das Innere der autofreien Altstadt gelangt. Zum einen über den Eingang, der direkt an der verkehrsträchtigen Gardesana Orientale liegt und auch als Haupteingang gilt, zum anderen über die Via Rosenheim, die aufgrund der Partnerstadt Rosenheim so bezeichnet wurde, und schließlich zuletzt über die Straße namens Via Bastia.
Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur
Der Fremdenverkehr hat in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts die Landwirtschaft als wichtigste Einkommensquelle abgelöst. Im Ort befinden sich zahlreiche Hotels, Ferienanlagen, Appartement- und Zimmervermietungen sowie Campingplätze. Lazise hat 3,5 Millionen Nächtigungen pro Jahr und lag 2017 auf Platz 12 unter den Reisezielen in Italien.
Die bedeutendsten landwirtschaftlichen Produkte sind Wein und Olivenöl. Letzteres wird in Ölmühlen vor Ort vermarktet. Eine gewisse Rolle spielt auch die Nutztierhaltung, insbesondere die Schweineproduktion.
In der Vergangenheit noch bedeutend, spielt der Fischfang nur eine wirtschaftliche Nebenrolle, dem wenige Berufsfischer noch nachgehen.
Zu den im Zuge des Massentourismus entstandenen Einrichtungen gehört der südlich des Ortskerns gelegene Vergnügungspark Canevaworld.
Fischgerichte
Der so genannte Lavarello gilt als Felchen des Gardasees, der in den umliegenden Restaurants angeboten wird.
Weine
In den Hügeln der Venetischen Region wird auch heute noch in zahlreichen Weingütern Wein angebaut, z. B. der Bardolino Classico.
Wochenmarkt in Lazise
In den Frühjahr- und Sommermonaten finden um den Gardasee Wochenmärkte statt. Lazise bietet einen umfangreichen sowie gut sortierten Markt, der sich über die gesamte Altstadt erstreckt, der regelmäßig am Mittwoch abgehalten wird.
(Wikipedia)
The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɔntkəˈsəɬtɛ], full name in Welsh: Traphont Ddŵr Pontcysyllte) is a navigable aqueduct that carries the Llangollen Canal over the valley of the River Dee, between the villages of Trevor and Froncysyllte, in Wrexham in north east Wales. Completed in 1805, it is the longest and highest aqueduct in Britain, a Grade I Listed Building[1] and a World Heritage Site. The name is in the Welsh Language and means junction or link bridge. For most of its existence it was known as 'Pont y Cysyllte' - 'Bridge of the Junction'.
The aqueduct, built by Thomas Telford and William Jessop, is 1,007 ft (307 m) long, 11 ft (3.4 m) wide and 5.25 ft (1.60 m) deep. It consists of a cast iron trough supported 126 ft (38 m) above the river on iron arched ribs carried on nineteen hollow masonry piers (pillars). Each span is 53 ft (16 m) wide.. It was opened on 26 November 1805, having taken around ten years to design and build at a total cost of £47,000 (£2,930,000 as of 2010),[2].
The trough sides rise only about 6 inches (15 cm) above the water level, less that the freeboard of an empty narrow boat, so the helmsman of the boat has no visual protection from the impression of being at the edge of an abyss. (Wikipedia)
The mysterious sinking of the Admiral Von Tromp
On Saltwick Bay near Whitby lies a wreck. Many people stand and stare at this. Many a tourist will ask the name of the stricken vessel. It is a wrecked trawler named the 'Admiral Von Tromp' which foundered In October 1976. The curious will then ask how it got wrecked. Thats more difficult to answer. It is still a mystery which will never be fully solved. The one man who could have solved the riddle died in the water that day.
At 1am the Skipper Frankie Taal set off from Scarborough Harbour. Mr Walter Sheader of 10 Longwestgate, pierman on the West Pier, helped cast them off. He stated that everything seemed normal and that the crew were definitely not drunk (if they had been the whole thing may have been easier to explain). Frankie Taal set a course for the Barnacle Bank fishing grounds - 45 miles NNE of Scarborough. He then had a cup of coffee then came back to check again on John Addison. Everything seemed normal and he went to bed leaving Addison on the wheel - he was an experienced man on the wheel.
Then skipper Frankie Taal was woken as the vessel was bumping and heeling. Crew member John Marton thought the boat had been run down - it simply didn't enter his mind that the boat could have gone on the rocks. The boat was heeling over off Black Nab on Saltwick Bay. The skipper was incredulous and asked Addison "What the hell are you doing!". He simply looked back in stunned silence.
How exactly did a modern boat with all the navigational aids run aground on Saltwick Bay. The weather wasn't bad and they had enough fuel? It was foggy but that shouldn't be a problem as they were not heading anywhere near the coastline. Captain Abbey from the coastguard even charted the boats course and when it sank it was heading due west. That was 90 degrees off course. The boat had been heading straight towards some of the worst rocks on the coast!
Strangest of all was the testimony of a senior nautical surveyor at the inquest. He stated that the boat if left to its devices would not have gone onto the rocks. It really was driven onto the rocks by a deliberate act.
Frankie Taal made valiant attempts to save the boat. They all put their Lifejackets on and then he tried to anchor the boat. Then the vessel turned broadside and it then started to fill with water. He had already sent out a mayday - having to get John Addison out of the way - who was still looking stunned and was powerless to act. The boat was now sinking in thick fog, with a heavy swell breaking on the stern.
The rescue proved very problematic. The boat was heeling over. Frankie Taal ordered the crew to hang onto the starboard side but the seas were too heavy. They instead went back into the wheelhouse. They stayed here for an hour. The wheelhouse slowly filled with water and in the end their heads were banging on the ceiling. In the end they had to leave through an open window - Skipper Taal was last out. Addison was already dead at this stage - drowned in the wheelhouse.
The rescue showed how difficult it is to save lives even in the modern age. The Whitby Lifeboat tried again and again to get near and failed. The Coxswain of the Lifeboat, Robert William Allen, even spoke to the skipper - who said that everyone was alive. The boat tried 7 times to get close. At one point the vessels even touched. Yet heavy seas and fog hampered the rescue. They could even have snatched the crew yet at that moment they were still imprisoned in the wheelhouse. Rocket lines were thrown by the Coastguard but again this failed because the crew were trapped inside the wheelhouse.
When they left the wheelhouse then problems were bound to occur. George Eves was on top of the wheelhouse yet a huge wave knocked him off. That was the last the skipper saw of him. He died drowned. Skipper, Taal was washed overboard and was eventually saved by the inshore Lifeboat. He drew their attention with his whistle on his Lifejacket. The Coastguard had thrown him a line but he did not have the strength to catch it. The other survivors were washed ashore.
It was a tragic loss with two men dead. Quite why it happened will never be explained - Addison died in the water. He drowned and pathology reports showed no signs of alcohol. He spoke to Alan Marston just after the accident happened just saying 'Oh Alan!' in a quiet apologetic voice. He seemed stunned and unable to act. Skipper Taal had to remove him from the wheel in order to try to rescue the boat.
The crew onboard the Admiral Von Tromp were:
- Frankie Taal, 35 Princess Street, who had 23 years at sea - saved by inshore lifeboat.
- Alan Marston, mate, 22 Longwestgate - survived.
- Mr Anthony Nicholson, engineer, 6 Avenue Road.
- Mr George Edward Eves, East Mount Flats, Scarborough,fish hand - who drowned
- Mr John 'Scotch Jack' Addison, Spreight Lane Steps, drowned in the wheelhouse - his body was found on 25th October In Runswick Bay.
A Silver Medal was awarded to RNLI Lifeboat Coxswain Robert Allen. He had skillfully dropped anchor and tried to drift towards the trawler. A Bronze Medal to the Helmsman of the inshore Lifeboat, Richard Robinson, for taking Frankie Taal off Black Nab.
Sources
- Scarborough Evening News 11th November, 1976.
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TEIGN C Damen Stan 1405
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DAMEN YARD NUMBER: 503705
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DELIVERY DATE August 2001
BASIC FUNCTIONS Towing, mooring, pushing and dredging operations
FLAG United Kingdom [GB]
OWNED Teignmouth Harbour Commission
CASSCATION: Bureau Veritas 1 HULL MACH Seagoing Launch
DIMENSIONS
LENGTH 14.40 m
BEAM 4.73 m
DEPTH AT SIDES 205 m
DRAUGHT AFT 171 m
DISPLACEMENT 48 ton
TANK CAPACITIES
Fuel oil 6.9 m³
PERFORMANCES (TRIALS)
BOLLARD PULL AHEAD 8.0 ton
SPEED 9.8 knots
PROPULSION SYSTEM
MAIN ENGINE 2x Caterpillar 3406C TA/A
TOTAL POWER 477 bmW (640i hp) at 1800 rpm
GEARBOX 2x Twin Disc MG 5091/3.82:1
PROPELLERS Bronze fixed pitch propeller
KORT NOZZELS Van de Giessen 2x 1000 mm with stainless steel innerings
ENGINE CONTROL Kobelt
STEERING GEAR 2x 25 mm single plate Powered hydraulic 2x 45, rudder indicator
AUXILIARY EQUIPMENT
BILGE PUMP Sterling SIH 20, 32 m/hr
BATTERY SETS 2x 24V, 200 Ah + change over facility
COOLING SYSTEM Closed cooling system
ALARM SYSTEM Engines, gearboxes and bilge alarms
FRESH WATER PRESSURE SET Speck 24V
DECK LAY-OUT
ANCHORS 2x 48 kg Pool (HHP)
CHAIN 70 m, Ø 13mm, shortlink U2
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The wheelhouse ceiling and sides are insulated with mineral wool and
panelled. The wheelhouse floor is covered with rubber/synthetic floor
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