Fishing the Georges Bank has always been a dangerous job taken on by the Gloucester fishing fleet of Cape Ann, Mass., but nothing has ever been seen quite like the year 1879. That year, 249 fishermen disappeared at sea, 14 ships from the fleet disappeared in a single month – February 1879. In those years …
Historic schooner to offer programs for kids in Lake Union February 10th, 2012 – The Schooner Lavengro, built in 1926, is piece of floating history in Lake Union. Originally hailing from Mississippi, she is the last original “Biloxi schooner ‘White Winged Queen’” in existence, and still sails under a traditional gaff rigged sails. …
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 9, 1935, HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] assists American broadcast schooner SETH PARKER – NHSA. The SETH PARKER was a four-masted schooner acquired by New York radio dramatist Phillip Lord, and – sponsored by Frigidaire – began an ‘Adentures in Paradise’ tour around the Pacific, with broadcasts from various points. The 867 …
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Debris from the wrecked steam schooner Yosemite litters Ocean Beach in February 1926. Gales Driving in from the Pacific Ocean Left a Trail of Destruction Ships at Sea Reported 60-Foot Waves and 70-Mile Gales Yosemite was a single-ended, 827-ton steam schooner. It was wrecked on February 7, 1926 near Point Reyes, approximately 30 …
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Battle of the Ice Mound, February 7, 1815 – Dorchester County On February 7, 1815 in what will be the last known skirmish of the British in the Chesapeake, HM schooner Dauntless was off shore having sent her tender’s crew previously on James Island near the mouth of the Choptank River to raid …
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