Bounty Mutiny Survivors Reach Timor (1789)
Captain Bligh and his supporters are cast off by the mutineers English Captain William Bligh and 18 others, cast adrift…
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The 2nd Annual CT Sea Music Festival will drop anchor in downtown Essex on June 9-12, 2023
Connecticut Sea Music Festival Logo This family-friendly weekend includes a Symposium on the Music of the Sea, free daytime workshops…
Bark Europa Tips in South African Dry Dock
Photo: Bark Europa On May 20, 2023 the Bark Europa severely heeled over in dry dock while being returned to…
Gilbert & Sullivan’s “HMS Pinafore” premieres (1878)
HMS Pinafore Savoy Theater Hall Poster from 1899 By the spring of 1877, the English light-opera team of W.S. Gilbert…
Captain Kidd Dies (1701)
Charles Galley *oil on panel *71.1 x 95.2 cm *signed: W. V. Velde 1677. A contemporary design to the Adventure…
Tall Ship Zebu declared a wreck (2021)
Zebu, turned on the Holyhead Breakwater Zebu, formerly Ziba, was a historic tall ship. Built in Sweden in 1938, she…
Spanish Armada sets sail to secure English Channel (1588)
The Spanish Armada On May 19, 1588 a massive Spanish fleet, known as the “Invincible Armada,” sets sail from Lisbon…
Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl sails papyrus boat (1970)
Thor Heyerdahl and his crew aboard the Ra II On May 17, 1970, Norwegian ethnologist Thor Heyerdahl and a multinational…
Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest
Lewis and Clark's Expedition One year after the United States doubled its territory with the Louisiana Purchase, the Lewis and…
Stan Hugill Dies (1992)
Stanley James Hugill Stan Hugill (19 November 1906 – 13 May 1992) was a British folk music performer, artist and…
Ed Trickett Dies on May 10, 2022
Edison Trickett Ed was a well-loved musician in the folk music community. He appeared on over 40 recordings, most of…
De Soto reaches the Mississippi
DeSoto Reaches the Mississippi by William H. Powell On May 8, 1541, south of present-day Memphis, Tennessee, Spanish conquistador Hernando…
Gordon Lightfoot Dies at 84
Gordon Lightfoot, circa 1975 His rich baritone and gift for melodies made him one of the most popular artists of…
Ferdinand Magellan was killed in the Philippines (1521)
Magellan slain in the Philippines 27 April 1521 After traveling three-quarters of the way around the globe, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand…
First Container Ship Steams from Newark (1956)
Containers Being Loaded on the First Containership Ideal-X in 1956. Source: Maersk/SeaLand. The idea of transporting trucks on ships was…
Herzogin Cecile grounds on Ham Stone Rock (1935)
The Herzogin Cecile, from the Allen C. Green Series. With Sven Erikson as her captain and Elis Karlsson her first…
John Paul Jones burns Whitehaven, England
John Paul Jones attack on Whitehaven, painting by Charles Waterhouse. At 8 a.m. on April 23, 1778, John Paul Jones,…
Revolutionary War Commander John Paul Jones sets out to raid British ships (1778)
John Paul Jones On April 10, 1778, Commander John Paul Jones and his crew of 140 men aboard the USS…
Inventor of the Naval Chronometer Born (1693)
Born today 1693, John Harrison, the cantankerous Yorkshireman who would go on to invent the naval chronometer and solve the…
“Bringing Shipwrecks to Life” Exhibit opens at Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Gallinipper Bow, photographed by world-renowned underwater photographer, Becky Kagan Schott. March 16 – Nov 6, 2023 Experience spectacular Great Lakes…