August 24th, 2012
Merchants Quay, Newry (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons)

Merchants Quay, Newry (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons)

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August 21st, 2012
(via Super I.T.C.H » Blog Archive » Polar Exploration: Tigwissel Tuesdays #33) Above, by artist William Heath, from the November 14th, 1825 tenth issue of Glasgow Looking Glass, we find Jack Frost consuming ships engaged in a North Pole Expedition.

(via Super I.T.C.H » Blog Archive » Polar Exploration: Tigwissel Tuesdays #33)

Above, by artist William Heath, from the November 14th, 1825 tenth issue of Glasgow Looking Glass, we find Jack Frost consuming ships engaged in a North Pole Expedition.

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August 6th, 2012
histoire-de-lart: john atkinson grimshaw, shipping on the clyde

histoire-de-lart:

john atkinson grimshaw, shipping on the clyde

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March 5th, 2012
adventures-of-the-blackgang: sailorgil: Dazzle Ships in Drydock at Liverpool  … Painting by Edward Wadsworth, 1919

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

sailorgil:

Dazzle Ships in Drydock at Liverpool  … Painting by Edward Wadsworth, 1919

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January 26th, 2012
adventures-of-the-blackgang: SS Nieuw Amsterdam lithograph poster from 1954, by Reyn Dirksen The Nieuw Amsterdam was a Dutch ocean liner built in Rotterdam for the Holland America Line. This Nieuw Amsterdam, the second of four Holland America ships with that name, is considered by many to have been Holland America’s finest ship. Originally she was to be named Prinsendam, however during construction, Holland America Line decided to name their new flagship Nieuw Amsterdam, in honor of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, modern day New York. more on wiki

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

SS Nieuw Amsterdam lithograph poster from 1954, by Reyn Dirksen

The Nieuw Amsterdam was a Dutch ocean liner built in Rotterdam for the Holland America Line. This Nieuw Amsterdam, the second of four Holland America ships with that name, is considered by many to have been Holland America’s finest ship.

Originally she was to be named Prinsendam, however during construction, Holland America Line decided to name their new flagship Nieuw Amsterdam, in honor of the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam, modern day New York.

more on wiki

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July 17th, 2011
adventures-of-the-blackgang: Maritime Monday; week ending July 17, 2011

adventures-of-the-blackgang:

Maritime Monday; week ending July 17, 2011

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July 5th, 2011
knappy-head: original art by Bill Everett for Navy Tales #1 (January, 1957) (courtesy of Fantasy Ink)

knappy-head:

original art by Bill Everett for Navy Tales #1 (January, 1957)

(courtesy of Fantasy Ink)

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March 14th, 2011
English Russia » Abandoned Russian Ships

English Russia » Abandoned Russian Ships

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