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Remembering Matilda, the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade
Until her death 85 years ago on January 13, 1940, Matilda was the last surviving passenger on the last-ever slave ship bound ...
‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most terrifying ocean crossing
“The most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe — and rightly so,” Alfred Lansing wrote of explorer Ernest Shackleton’s 1916 ...
The world's 'most remote' island ‘owned' by UK 336 miles away from nearest neighbour
A British Overseas Territory lies in the middle of the South Pacific, midway between New Zealand and South America and is ...
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Steamboat tragedy after 185 years: the Lexington
David Crowley was one of only four survivors of the sinking of the steamboat Lexington after a fire burned the wooden boat ...
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Remembering the Lexington steamboat tragedy in LI Sound
David Crowley was one of only four survivors of the sinking of the steamboat Lexington after a fire burned the wooden boat ...
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185th anniversary of a Long Island Sound tragedy: Wreck of the Lexington killed 149
One hundred and eighty-five years ago this week, during one of the coldest winters on record, a man named David Crowley ...
This revolutionary cargo ship is shaking up the shipping industry with ancient tech: 'It's our job to prove that it's possible'
Much larger ships than the Grain de Sail II are also experimenting with using wind power to move goods. Some ships, like the ...
A massive cargo ship that had been stuck in the Delaware has been freed and is safely docked
A massive cargo ship that became stuck in the Delaware River earlier this week has been freed and is safely docked at the ...
There is no timeline for removing a massive stuck cargo ship from the Delaware River
There is no timeline for when a massive cargo ship that got stuck in the Delaware River while hauling salt will be cleared ...
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Multi-Purpose Cargo Ships And Their Future Markets
The multi-purpose fleet of single and 'tweendeck general cargo ships is surprisingly large — numbering nearly 17,000 vessels totaling about 80 million dwt — and is estimated to carry more than ...
Major road closed following collision
A major road has been shut "until further notice" following a crash. Hertfordshire Police said the A41 heading northbound has ...
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