Mystic Seaport Wins Driehaus Award

The National Trust for Historic Preservation presented a Driehaus Preservation Award to the Charles W. Morgan whaleship of Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn. The project is one of several award winners honored by the National Trust during its 2016 PastForward National Preservation Conference in Houston, Texas, November 16, 2016. The Morgan is the second oldest …

On this Day (November 23) – Iron Barque Leonida wrecked off Peru

The Peuvian ship Leonida was built by Dobie & Co, Glasgow in 1877. On 23rd November, 1911, Leonida with a cargo of guano was wrecked on the Islas de Chincha, Peru. The Leonida was previously the Forthbank, when owned by Andrew Weir (Bank Line), between 1894-1909. Iron Barque “Forthbank”, ex “Nebo” built in 1877 at …

On this Day (November 22) – Queen Anne Revenge Ambushed

Written by Kellie Slappey – With its shallow inlets, North Carolina’s Outer Banks became a haven for many pirates during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The most notable was the Pirate Blackbeard. Blackbeard called Bath, North Carolina, his home and spent his time as a pirate ransacking and pillaging unsuspecting ships off the banks of …