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Photo of SS Marine Fox arriving at unknow port in 1946 as part of Operation Crossroad. The Marine Fox was a US Marine Commission Type C4 ship which was configured as a C4-S-B2 troop transport. It was built by the Sun shipyards of Chester, Pennsylvania as Hull #347 and was delivered on 20 Feb, 1945 and was converted to a container ship in 1961 and scrapped in 1980. This is image 1 of at least 16, no credit for photographer or publisher but US Army photo
Highlighting added to green base
Build log
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Another scan from MacBrayne's 1935 timetable, the Lochness was the Stornoway mail steamer from Mallaig and Kyle 1929-47. She was the predecessor of the better known Loch Seaforth (1947-72).
The Lochness was also the last steamship commissioned by MacBrayne's (although the last steamer in the fleet was the King George V which was still with them at amalgamation with the CSP to form Calmac in 1973)
The Lochness was sold in 1955 to Greece where she continued in service until the 70s.
The SS United States now sits in Philadelphia where it has since 1996. The ship still holds Trans-Atlantic speed records.
It is in danger of being sold for scrap in the near future.
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, advanced for her time. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845, in the time of 14 days.
When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. However, her protracted construction and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846 after the ship was stranded by a navigational error.
Sold for salvage and repaired, Great Britain carried thousands of immigrants to Australia until converted to sail in 1881. Three years later, she was retired to the Falkland Islands where she was used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until scuttled in 1937.
In 1970, following a cash donation by Sir Jack Hayward that paid for the vessel to be towed back to the UKGreat Britain was returned to the Bristol dry dock where she was built. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with 150,000–170,000 visitors annually.
The SS Lane Victory is a favorite filming location in the L.A. area when a Navy ship is required. Lots of films including Flags of Our Fathers, Black Ops, Sons of Anarchy, GI Jane, Pearl Harbor, and The Thin Red Line, have been filmed onboard this ship.
The SS Lane Victory is docked in San Pedro and is open to the public.
The SS Lane Victory is a favorite filming location in the L.A. area when a Navy ship is required. Lots of films including Flags of Our Fathers, Black Ops, Sons of Anarchy, GI Jane, Pearl Harbor, and The Thin Red Line, have been filmed onboard this ship.
The SS Lane Victory is docked in San Pedro and is open to the public.
SS Great Britain is a museum ship and former passenger steamship, advanced for her time. She was the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854. She was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for the Great Western Steamship Company's transatlantic service between Bristol and New York. While other ships had been built of iron or equipped with a screw propeller, Great Britain was the first to combine these features in a large ocean-going ship. She was the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845, in the time of 14 days.
When launched in 1843, Great Britain was by far the largest vessel afloat. However, her protracted construction and high cost had left her owners in a difficult financial position, and they were forced out of business in 1846 after the ship was stranded by a navigational error.
Sold for salvage and repaired, Great Britain carried thousands of immigrants to Australia until converted to sail in 1881. Three years later, she was retired to the Falkland Islands where she was used as a warehouse, quarantine ship and coal hulk until scuttled in 1937.
In 1970, following a cash donation by Sir Jack Hayward that paid for the vessel to be towed back to the UKGreat Britain was returned to the Bristol dry dock where she was built. Now listed as part of the National Historic Fleet, she is an award-winning visitor attraction and museum ship in Bristol Harbour, with 150,000–170,000 visitors annually.
SS Nornen on Berrow Beach.
When the tide goes out at Berrow, near Burnham-On-Sea, the bones of a long dead ship stick out of the sands as a stark reminder of a savage gale and a gallant rescue at the end of the last century. It all started during the first days of March 1897 when a howling south westerly gale swept up the Bristol Channel, bringing with it high seas, driving snow and sleet. Many ships soon found themselves in distress, among them the Norwegian barque SS Nornen which had tried out to ride out the storm in the lee of the Lundy Roads but had found her anchors dragging. She was being driven towards Berrow mud flats. The crew desperately tied to save her, but were fighting a losing cause. The heroic rescue of the ship's crew The John Godfrey Morris lifeboatWhen the mists cleared on the morning of March 3, the crippled ship was spotted just off Gore Sands, her sails blown to rags by the gale. Down the ramp to her aid went the Burnham lifeboat, the John Godfrey Morris which had been on station at the town for the last ten years. Launched down the rails on the jetty, the lifeboat with its crew of ten oarsmen battled through high seas and winds to the SS Nornen. Despite the gale, the lifeboat managed to get alongside the helpless ship, just as she was being driven onto the sands. The ship's crew of ten, together with their dog, were taken off by the lifeboat and landed safely at Burnham at three o'clock in the afternoon. The rescue is recorded on the honours board of rescues made by the three lifeboats at Burnham during the period from 1867 to 1930 and which today stands in the entrance to the Burnham RNLI Station. The wreck remains there today. After the rescue, the sea pounded and smashed the ship and although attempts were made to lighten and refloat her, she was finally sold as a wreck. Today, when the tide goes out, children play amid the timbers of the ship wreck, which lies just north of St Mary's Parish Church at Berrow.
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A few more scans from an old book titled Ships.
This is SS United States. My friend Mad Modern will be excited to see this!
Photographer: Robert Larimore Pendleton, 1890-1957
This image is from the original negative held in the collections at the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee USA.
Copyright: Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
For reproductions please contact the AGSL: collections.lib.uwm.edu/cdm/#AGSL
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SS Rotterdam.
In August 2009 we saw this ship during a harbour tour in Rotterdam.
The Rotterdam came into service for Holland-America Line in 1959. She is the largest passenger liner ever built in the Netherlands and is numbered among the most successful liners which ever sailed the seven seas. The ship has largely maintained her original character and remains in good condition. The Steamship Rotterdam Foundation was formed in May, 2001 with the aim of stimulating discussion about and ultimately action in returning the ship to Holland and her lasting preservation and exhibition in a culturally and historically responsible manner. With the acquisition of the ship by De Rotterdam BV, see www.derotterdam.com, the primary goal of the Foundation has been attained. Much work remains to be done, and the Foundation plans to continue to play an active role in the remaining phases of this tremendous project. On August 4 2008 the Rotterdam was docked in the Maashaven. The Rotterdam will be open for the public as from February 15th 2010.
Interior of funnel showing stiffening tacked in place ready for riveting - approximate weight 7 Tonnes
I.K. Brunel's S.S. Great Britain - the first ocean liner in the world and the largest ship in the world (3,675 tons displacement) when launched in 1843 from the dock it is now displayed in, Bristol City Docks, 12 September 2019. Pictured in the museum is the main top.
The SS United States taken from nearby IKEA at dusk. The SS United States is still the largest passenger ship built in America and holds the record for the fastest Atlantic crossing by ship.
S.S. Lucia, a 6744 gross ton freighter, was built on the Austrian Adriatic coast in 1912 as part of the Austro-Hungarian merchant marine. Seized by the United States Government when the U.S. entered World War I, she was placed under American registry and operated by the U.S. Shipping Board and later by U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps as ID # 3090. On 17 October 1918, while in the western Atlantic, Lucia was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-155. Here she is seen in this undated photograph in Mobile Al taken by Eric P Overby. photo # 165-WW 274A-10. While in Mobile Al where she was interned at the opening of the war, William T Donnelly was allowed to install buoyancy "Donnelly boxes" over the interior of the ship making it in theory un-sinkable but the Lucia was struck low at the keel by a torpedo and as a result the double bottom was destroyed and this allowed too much water in the ship but it still took 22 hours for her to sink. see " The Port of New York Harbor and Marine Review, Vol 1. pages 9 -13 " from 1922 for details
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When the tide goes out at Berrow, near Burnham-On-Sea, the bones of a long dead ship stick out of the sands as a stark reminder of a savage gale and a gallant rescue at the end of the last century.
It all started during the first days of March 1897 when a howling south westerly gale swept up the Bristol Channel, bringing with it high seas, driving snow and sleet.
Many ships soon found themselves in distress, among them the Norwegian barque SS Nornen which had tried out to ride out the storm in the lee of the Lundy Roads but had found her anchors dragging. She was being driven towards Berrow mud flats. The crew desperately tied to save her, but were fighting a losing cause.
The heroic rescue of the ship's crew
When the mists cleared on the morning of March 3, the crippled ship was spotted just off Gore Sands, her sails blown to rags by the gale. Down the ramp to her aid went the Burnham lifeboat, the John Godfrey Morris which had been on station at the town for the last ten years.
Launched down the rails on the jetty, the lifeboat with its crew of ten oarsmen battled through high seas and winds to the SS Nornen. Despite the gale, the lifeboat managed to get alongside the helpless ship, just as she was being driven onto the sands.
The ship's crew of ten, together with their dog, were taken off by the lifeboat and landed safely at Burnham at three o'clock in the afternoon. The rescue is recorded on the honours board of rescues made by the three lifeboats at Burnham during the period from 1867 to 1930 and which today stands in the entrance to the Burnham RNLI Station.
Wreck remains there today
After the rescue, the sea pounded and smashed the ship and although attempts were made to lighten and refloat her, she was finally sold as a wreck.
Today, when the tide goes out, children play amid the timbers of the ship wreck, which lies just north of St Mary's Parish Church at Berrow, just south of Brean.
But when the wind blows and the big seas start to roll in, it doesn't take much imagination to see again that gallant rescue of not so long ago.
The SS France leaving Southampton and entering The Solent, viewed from Calshot Spit in 1973.
(from an old slide)
Launched in 1960, mothballed in 1974.
Sold in 1979 to Norwegian Cruise Line, and became
SS Norway.
Decommissioned again in 2004.
Finally scrapped in India after much controversy in 2008.
SS Mark was the first Dutch ship that was sunk in the second World War. On September 9 1939 the ship hit a mine and sunk within minutes of the coast of Denmark. All 22 crew members were saved.
The very detailed model shows the Mark with a cargo of wood in the Baltic in winter.
Model builder: Hendrik an der Ven
Collection National Maritime Museum Amsterdam