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North Carolina Shipwrecks: February 2012
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The Blue Book says we've got to go out and it doesn't say a damn thing about having to come back." - Captain Patrick Etheridge, USLSS. Tuesday, February 21, 2012. On the good side, flogging was not allowed. Posted by Judi Heit. Monday, February 20, 2012. Civil War Blockade Runners and Gunboats. Some of them never got to Port Royal due to a terrific gale encountered off Cape Hatteras—known as. The Expedition Hurricane of 1861. Two of the vessels foundered: the transport Peerless. Was rescued by the Mohegan.
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Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering: Captain Willis B. Wormell
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Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering. Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Captain Willis B. Wormell. Willis B. Wormell. The Carroll A. Deering. Was built in Bath, Maine by the G.G. Deering company. She was a huge five-masted schooner designed for cargo service, and was christened on April 4, 1919 after G.G. Deering's son, Carroll. Had to put in at Lewes, Delaware. He was so ill, that he could not continue on the voyage and left ship. His son also left to attend to his father. This left the. Http:/ www.the-line...
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Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering: Message in a Bottle
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Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering. Wednesday, December 8, 2010. Message in a Bottle. On April 11, 1921, a man named Christopher Columbus Gray claimed to have found a message in a bottle floating in the waters of Buxton Beach, North Carolina;. He swiftly turned it over to the authorities. The text of the message goes as follows:. Seemed to indicate that pirates were responsible. Posted by Judi Heit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Captain Willis B. Wormell. Message in a Bottle.
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Wreck of the William Brown: The William Brown
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Wreck of the William Brown. Thursday, April 19, 2012. Though we know a great deal about sailing ships of the 1840s, we know little about the. No pictures of it survive, nor are there any descriptions of its rigging. Was it a brig, a barqe or a brigantine? Likewise, we have no images of the survivors or the drowned, no portraits of the captain or his crew. Unfortunately, when she sank, illustrated newspapers were still a decade away. You're only going down just before us.". Posted by Judi Heit.
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste: Ship's Slate ~ 26-30 Oct 1872
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Ship's Slate 26-30 Oct 1872. Sarah and Sophia Briggs leave Marion for Fall River. On Sunday they arrive at the Fall River Line's North River Pier where they are met by Captain Briggs who conveys them and their baggage across town to the. Which is lying at Pier 50 East River. In a letter to her son Arthur on 27 October 1872 Sarah writes, "After awhile, Mother was playing on the melodeon, and she (Sophy) wanted Sarah Jane, her doll, to play too.".
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste: Documentary ~ Mystery of the Mary Celeste (4)
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Thursday, January 28, 2010. Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (4). Posted by Judi Heit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Judi Heit has been doing genealogical research for over 30 years. She and her husband, Ralf, live in Oriental known as the Sailing Capital of North Carolina. Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1). Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (2). Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (3). Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (4).
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste: Ship's Slate ~ 7 Nov 1872
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Ship's Slate 7 Nov 1872. The brigantine Mary Celeste. Sets sail for Genoa Italy from New York harbor carrying Captain Benjamin S. Briggs, his wife and two-year-old daughter and a crew of eight. Her cargo included 1,700 barrels of pure American alcohol shipped by Meissner Ackermann and Co., valued at approximately $35,000, the purpose of which was to fortify wine. The value of the freight on the alcohol was $3,400 and the ship herself $14,000. I shou...
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste: Movie ~ The Phantom Ship (1935)
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Movie The Phantom Ship (1935). Posted by Judi Heit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Judi Heit has been doing genealogical research for over 30 years. She and her husband, Ralf, live in Oriental known as the Sailing Capital of North Carolina. Movie The Phantom Ship (1935). History of the Mary Celeste. Picture Window template. Template images by MichaelJay.
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste: Documentary ~ Mystery of the Mary Celeste (5)
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Thursday, January 28, 2010. Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (5). Posted by Judi Heit. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Judi Heit has been doing genealogical research for over 30 years. She and her husband, Ralf, live in Oriental known as the Sailing Capital of North Carolina. Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1). Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (2). Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (3). Documentary Mystery of the Mary Celeste (4).
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste: Ship's Slate ~ 15 Nov 1872
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Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Wednesday, April 28, 2010. Ship's Slate 15 Nov 1872. 65279; The British frigate. Under the command of Captain David Reed Morehouse, departs on a course across the Atlantic that is roughly parallel with the the. Captain Morehouse, who had dined with Briggs a few days before the. Left port, is carrying a cargo of 1,735 barrels of petroleum and is bound for Gibraltar. Carried a crew of 8 men. Oliver Deveau and John Wright were first and second mates respectively.