Directory of Ships Resources

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A listing of resources focusing on individual ship histories .

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Resources in This Category

• 1492: An Ongoing Voyage

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/
  This Library of Congress exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600.

• A Maritime Anthology

  http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/
  An eclectic collection of various ocean liners and sundry historic vessels from the remotest of nations.

• A. C. de Freitas & Co.

  http://members.iinet.net.au/~lintzer1/defreitas/index-en.html
  History of the de Freitas trading and shipping company in Hamburg.

• Ancient Egyptian ships and boats

  http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/navigation.htm
  The development of Egyptian vessels in pharaonic times

• Ancient Ships

  http://www.artsales.com/Ancient%20Ships/aTableofContents.htm
  An overview of the use of ships in ancient cultures. Most of the illustrations and iconography are from ancient artifacts and made by artisans of the time.

• Axel's History of Ships

  http://www.axelnelson.com/
  Presentations of ships and vessels from the Stone Age to the present day. Site in Swedish and English with drawings of a large number of vessels.

• Cutty Sark

  http://www.rmg.co.uk/cutty-sark
  Famous tea clipper now moored at Greenwich, England. Features information on opening times, restoration, and history.

• Doris1905 Herreshoff

  http://johan_roodt.tripod.com/doris1905herreshoffcopy/
  Detail description of a sailing yacht designed by Nathanael Green Herreshoff (1905) by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island.

• Duivendijk Shipping Pages

  http://www.duivendijk.net/
  Photographs of commercial ships, tugs, fishing vessels, and warships from all over the world.

• Dunbrody & The Spirit of Ireland

  http://www.dunbrody.com/
  The reconstruction of a three masted barque.

• Edwin Fox

  http://www.maritime.org/conf/conf-irrgang.htm
  Information on the efforts to relocate and restore the Edwin Fox, an 1853 Eastindiaman Immigrant and convict ship.

• Enterprize: Melbourne's Tall Ship

  http://www.enterprize.org.au/
  Presents the organization, history, gallery, captain's logs, and ship's store.

• Floating Dry Dock

  http://floatingdrydock.com/
  Photos, drawings, plans and model kits of US warships past and present. Order products online.

• General Botha S African Training Ship - Old Boys Association

  http://generalbotha.co.za/
  Contact details with history, previous cadets, staff and photo-gallery of the South African Naval College.

• Great Lakes Shipwreck File

  https://sites.google.com/site/greatlakesshipwreckfile/
  Great Lakes maritime history, with an emphasis in shipwrecks. Includes a database of over 4,400 Great Lakes shipwrecks.

• Great White Fleet Organization

  http://www.fleetorganization.com/greatwhite.html
  Information about the United States Atlantic Battle Fleet, nicknamed the Great White Fleet, which in 1907 embarked on a journey to circumnavigate the globe.

• History and Memories of the USNS Barrett

  http://www.usnsbarrett.com/
  History, memories, stories and pictures this ship compiled by a former crewman.

• HMS Belfast

  http://www.isazone.com/ww-ii/belfast/
  Europe's last big gun armoured warship of World War II.

• Internet Naval History

  http://www.naval-history.net/
  Internet Naval History including World War's 1 and 2, and the Falklands.

• Maritima & Mechanika

  http://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/
  A model engineer's collection of antique small machine tools, information on model ships and maritime history, and small machine tools for sale.

• Mary Celeste

  http://www.fortogden.com/maryceleste.html
  A brief description of the mysterious events surrounding the sailing ship, "Mary Celeste" and links to related sites for further investigation.

• Matthew Site Home Page

  http://www.matthew.co.uk/
  A reconstruction of John Cabot's famous ship and its journey to Newfoundland 500 years ago. Visit Matthew Online. Includes as shop, a gallery, history and information.

• Modern Ship Sizes - The Tiny Titanic

  http://www.rpsoft2000.com/shipsize.htm
  Compares ship sizes beginning with the Titanic to other ocean liners, some warships, and the giant tankers up to the largest ships afloat today.

• MV Kalakala

  http://www.kalakala.org/
  Puget Sound ferry launched in 1935. Designed and built in the art deco "streamlined" style. An organization rescued the vessel which was being used as a cannery in Kodiak, Alaska.

• North River Historic Ship Society

  http://www.nrhss.org/
  Information on this group dedicated to the protection, preservation and promotion of historic vessels in New York harbor. Includes ship histories and pictures.

• Pamir memorial

  http://pamir.chez-alice.fr/
  Devoted to the memory of the german four-masted barque Pamir and her seamen. English, french and german versions.

• Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

  http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/
  Home of three historic British warships: Henry VII's doomed flagship Mary Rose, Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, and the world's first iron battleship, HMS Warrior. Site also provides additional information about the Royal Naval Museum and Action Stations.

• Royal War Ship Wasa

  http://caiman.cv.tripod.com/
  Picture galleries of one of Sweden's most beautiful 17th century ships. (1629)

• S.S. Australis

  http://www.ssaustralishomepage.co.uk/
  The history of the Australis; including a picture gallery, Captain and crew section and the story of Chandris lines.

• S.S. City of Milwaukee

  http://www.carferry.com/
  Last traditional Great Lakes railroad car ferry permanently moored as a museum in Manistee, Michigan. Official site of the Society for the Preservation of the S.S. City of Milwaukee.

• Sound of Jura

  http://glennmci.brinkster.net/soj/soj.html
  Provides historical information about the boat and the South African company that owned it from 1911 to 1919.

• SS Canberra - The Crow's Nest

  http://www.sscanberra.com/
  The retired P and O liner SS Canberra, and her home port of Southampton.

• SS Catalina

  http://www.escapist.com/sscatalina
  Seeking to ensure the future security of the "Great White Steamer."

• SS Central America

  http://www.pacificwestcom.com/klare
  Documentary based on letters from passengers on the final voyage of the doomed gold liner (1857). Captain William Lewis Herndon. Survivor accounts. Ship lost to hurricane. Shipwreck recovery of gold.

• SS Golden Gate

  http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssgoldengate/
  An account of the sinking of the SS Golden Gate off Manzanillo, Mexico on 27 July 1862, including a list of 338 passengers who were among the dead or the survivors.

• SS Great Britain

  http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/
  The complete website for the history and restoration of the SS Great Britain held at Bristol Dock in England, updated regularly with progress reports on the restoration project.

• SS Milwaukee Clipper

  http://www.milwaukeeclipper.com/
  A 1905 ferry which travelled the Wisconsin - Michigan route

• Steamboat Rowena

  http://www.steamboatrowena.com/
  An up-todate research on the Steamboat Rowena of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, U.S.A. early 1900's complete with pictures. Safe for Kids, Educational.

• Steve's SS Australis Travel Page

  http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mulletts/index.htm
  Celebrating the life and times aboard the Chandris Lines flagship SS Australis (formerly SS America) from 1966 to 1976.

• T2 Tanker Page

  http://www.t2tanker.org/
  T2 Tanker names, builders, and types.

• Tall Ship La France

  http://www.grand-voilier.com/
  When construction is finished, this ship will be the largest of the worlds operating tall ships. A replica of a 1911 five-masted barque. Plans are to use the ship as a sail training ship and goodwill ambassador.

• Tall Ship Picton Castle

  http://www.picton-castle.com/
  180 foot three-masted barque. Homeport is Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Member American Sail Training Association.

• The HMS Cavalier Association

  http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk/
  A site dedicated to the preservation of the ship HMS Cavalier.

• The Livadia

  http://gillonj.tripod.com/thelivadia/
  Details of the construction in Scotland of a steam yacht for the Russian Tsar.

• The Loss of the Fantome

  http://www.fortogden.com/fantommiamiherald.html
  A description of the events surrounding the loss of the sailing vessel, Fantome, during Hurricane Mitch,in October 1998.

• Tilikum

  http://www.telusplanet.net/public/albear1/thetilikum.html
  Circumnavigating the globe in a small sailing vessel.

• Trois-mâts Belem

  http://3mats.net/
  Dedicated to the history of the French three master barque Belem (1896).

• USS Arizona BB-39

  http://www.ibiblio.org/phha/arizona/
  History, technical pages, galleries, and resources.

• USS Pennsylvania BB-38

  http://www.usspennsylvania.com/WarHistory.htm
  Log book and awards.

• Wilhelm Gustloff

  http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com/
  Comprehensive information on the deadliest ship disaster in history and surrounding events, and includes galleries, stories, and resources.

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