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s.s. WARATAH A passenger and cargo steamship built in 1908 for the Blue Anchor Line to operate between Europe and Australia. Project to honor those that perished in disaster July 1909. In July 1909, on only her second voyage, the ship, en route from Durban to Cape Town, disappeared with 211 passengers and crew aboard. Please add owners of Blue Anchor Line, crew, passengers and their familie...
(Any of the text is written in Norwegian).* In this project it is stories about people mostly in the US (United States of America) who immigrated from Norway. It is added stories from Norway and Norwegians abroad. * In the profiles added to this project one find the stories about the specific person. Each person has his or her own story, and this story is unique for each and personal. The story...
Waterloo=Waterloo built in Bristol, enters Lloyd's Registry in 1815 with James Ray, master, and trade London-Jamaica In 1829 “Waterloo” begins service as British convict ship, Prisoners were transported 6 times, to New South Wales on the “Waterloo” in 1829, 1831, 1833, 1836 and 1838 and to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) in 1835. Captain Ager Captain of the “Waterloo” in 1842, had made several jou...
"Chakdina" was built in 1914 at the outbreak of WW1. On 13 January 1940 it was requisitioned by Admiralty as an armed boarding vessel. On the late afternoon of 5 December 1941 the SS Chakdina had left Tobruk Harbour, Libya, carrying around 380 wounded Allied soldiers, 100 German and Italian Prisoners of War and 120 crew away from grossly overcrowded hospitals. A number of other Allied soldiers ...
189 people died in the wreck of HMS Orpheus, making it the worst maritime tragedy to occur in New Zealand waters.For the British military it was the costliest day of the New Zealand Wars – but it occurred far from the battlefield. Bringing naval stores from Sydney, the modern 1706-ton steam corvette HMS Orpheus (named after the Greek hero) ran aground on the bar at the entrance to Auckland’s Ma...
In spite of the stormy weather, the atmosphere at Mount Maunganui on 28 December 1950 was one of festivity. World War II had ended five years previously, the decision earlier that year to establish a deep-water port would bring new opportunities, and the town was packed with holidaymakers. Before the day’s end though, a tragedy would occur that would leave rescuers bleeding and bruised and the ...