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A listing of resources focusing on individual ship histories .

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• - A 350 foot triple expansion steamer built in 1931. Official site of the Society for the Preservation of the S.S. City of Milwaukee.
  
• - Information and news on the replica of Captain James Cook's famous ship, as she is circumnavigates the globe.
  
• - A son's tribute to the battleship HMS Nelson, and to his father, Albert Knight who served on board. Includes photos, memorabilia and information on the ship.
  
• - Photographs of past and present, information ships, shipbuilding history, and lighthouse photographs.
  
• - Documentary based on letters from passengers on the final voyage of the doomed gold liner (1857).
  
• - Restored 1930 Wooden Commuter Yacht used by the Corps of Engineers during WWII. Now crusing the Tchefuncte River - Raising Money for Charity. Homeport: Madisonville, Louisiana.
  
• - This site gives a narrative and photo history of a passenger ship that had three incarnations.The first as the T.S.S. Tuscania (1922-1939); the second as the T.S.S. Nea Hellas (1939-1955); and the third as the T.S.S. New York (1955-1961)
  
• - Internet Naval History including World War's 1 & 2, Falklands
  
• - Devoted to the memory of the german four-masted barque Pamir and her seamen. English, french and german versions.
  
• - A lodge of Freemasonry's tie with the USS Bear, the Coast Guard Cutter.
  
• - Puget Sound ferry launched in 1935. Designed and built in the art deco "streamlined" style. An organization rescued the vessel which was being used as a cannery in Kodiak, Alaska.
  
• - Background information and virtual visit to this Soviet submarine built in 1960 and now on show in Zeebrugge, Belgium.
  
• - Details of the construction in Scotland of a steam yacht for the Russian Tsar.
  
• - Circumnavigating the globe in a small sailing vessel.
  
• - Exhibit of the South Australia Maritime Museum which features the complete text of the book "Ships That Passed". The book includes chapters regarding Brig Rapid, HMCS Protector, City of Adelaide, Wongala and others.
  
• - Dedicated to the history of the French three master barque Belem (1896).
  
• - A history the ship and its sinking. A tribute to the survivors and voice of the Dorsetshire Association.
  
• - An overview of the use of ships in ancient cultures. Most of the illustrations and iconography are from ancient artifacts and made by artisans in the historic time the of ships.
  
• - 180 foot three-masted barque. Homeport is Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Member American Sail Training Association.
  
• - is a Canadian marine disaster of a Titanic proportion. More passengers lives were lost on the Empress of Ireland than when the Titanic sank.
  
• - History of HMS Bounty (today's ship and the original), her crew, romances aboard the ship and the mandate of the Society for Bounty's Future.
  
• - The Californian is a full-scale re-creation of the 1848-vintage Revenue Marine Service Cutter, C.W. Lawrence.
  
• - Well-preserved traces of a ship, 27 m long, which had been placed in the grave around 625/630 AD.
  
• - A description of the events surrounding the loss of the sailing vessel, Fantome, during Hurricane Mitch,in October 1998.
  
• - Passenger recollections and images.
  
• - Great Lakes maritime history, with an emphasis in shipwrecks. Contains a database of over 4,400 Great Lakes shipwrecks.
  
• - Fastest and greatest of the old Tea Clippers - at Greenwich. A living testimony to the bygone, glorious days of sail.
  
• - Information on shipping during the 1940s and 1950s, the life and times of coasting vessels, deep sea ships, tankers and seamen.
  
• - A 1905 ferry which travelled the Wisconsin - Michigan route
  
• - The New Zealand Steam Ship Co vessel Remuera, 1911-1940.
  
• - A reconstruction of John Cabot's famous ship and its journey to Newfoundland 500 years ago. Visit Matthew Online. Includes as shop, a gallery, history and information.
  
• - T2 Tanker names, builders, and types.
  
• - Tallships from around the world. Many from Opsail 2000 and of the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle.
  
• - An eclectic collection of various ocean liners and sundry historic vessels from the remotest of nations.
  
• - History and photos of the Pere Marquette/C&O carferry fleets as well as the Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk.
  
• - Photographs of commercial ships, tugs, fishing vessels, and warships from all over the world.
  
• - Seeking to ensure the future security of the "Great White Steamer."
  
• - A listing of links to pages about the history of the Amistad.
  
• - Photographs of ocean liners and cruise ships.
  
• - Details on this ship otherwise known as the PC 1132 from WWII in the South Pacific.
  
• - Europe's last big gun armoured warship of World War II.
  
• - Database of more than 13,000 ships.
  
• - Battleship photos from around the world. Black and white and colour. Photos updated regularly.
  
• - Historical information on the ship including specifications, personnel, logs, photos and paintings. Also home to the Harvest Moon Historical Society.
  
• - Educational charity preserving the historic yacht Nancy Blackett, once owned by the famous author Arthur Ransome.
  
• - An account of the sinking of the SS Golden Gate off Manzanillo, Mexico on 27 July 1862, including a list of 338 passengers who were among the dead or the survivors.
  
• - constructing a full size replica of the HMS Detroit which led Commodore Robert Hariot Barclay's Fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie.
  
• - Evolution of shipbuilding including Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece, the Middle Ages, and the 20th century.
  
• - The history of the Australis; including a picture gallery, Captain and crew section and the story of Chandris lines.
  
• - History and fact about the cutter. Includes a listing of comanding officers, it's Vietnam tour and final duty.
  
• - Photos, drawings, plans and model kits of US warships past and present. Order products online.
  
• - This 185 ton replica of a topsail schooner (Baltimore Clipper) is an active sail training vessel. Homeport is Baltimore, Maryland.
  
• - Information about the sinking of the British transport the SS Mohamed Ali el-Kebir by the German U-boat U-38 in 1940.
  
• - Information on the fate of the Liberty Ship Samuel Heintzelman.
  
• - A master-list of their names.
  
• - Site dedicated to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Headquarters of WW2.
  
• - Information about the many ships berthed in the East Float docks at Birkenhead UK.
  
• - An up-todate research on the Steamboat Rowena of the Cumberland River, Kentucky, U.S.A. early 1900's complete with pictures. Safe for Kids, Educational.
  
• - Home of three historic British warships: Henry VII's doomed flagship Mary Rose, Nelson's flagship HMS Victory, and the world's first iron battleship, HMS Warrior. Site also provides additional information about the Royal Naval Museum and Action Stations.
  
• - A model engineer's collection of antique small machine tools, information on model ships and maritime history, and small machine tools for sale.
  
• - Naval ships with Northwestern geographical names.
  
• - The only Class-A size Tall Ship in the United States to be U.S. Coast Guard certified as a Sailing School Vessel.
  
• - A brief description of the mysterious events surrounding the sailing ship, "Mary Celeste" and links to related sites for further investigation.
  
• - Information on the efforts to relocate and restore the Edwin Fox, an 1853 Eastindiaman Immigrant and convict ship.
  
• - A history of the building, service and disposal of the Australian built "River Class" merchant ships.
  
• - Restoring the Helen MacLeod II, the last commercial sailing vessel on the Great Lakes.
  
• - The development of Egyptian vessels in pharaonic times
  
• - Information about the steamship President Warfield which, renamed Exodus 1947, attempted to deliver Jewish refugees to Palestine in 1947.
  
• - The side-wheel merchant steamer running between New York and New Orleans.
  
• - The retired P&O liner SS Canberra, and her home port of Southampton.
  
• - Information about the United States Atlantic Battle Fleet, nicknamed the Great White Fleet, which in 1907 embarked on a journey to circumnavigate the globe.
  
• - Picture galleries of one of Sweden's most beautiful 17th century ships. (1629)
  
• - When construction is finished, this ship will be the largest of the worlds operating tall ships. A replica of a 1911 five-masted barque. Plans are to use the ship as a sail training ship and goodwill ambassador.
  
• - A site dedicated to the preservation of the ship HMS Cavalier.
  
• - Catalogue of fishing boat photographs.
  
• - Two week maritime history course taught at sea aboard the Tall Ship Rose, a coast guard certified replica of an 18th century Royal Navy Frigate.
  
• - Celebrating the life and times aboard the Chandris Lines flagship SS Australis (formerly SS America) from 1966 to 1976.
  
• - History, memories, stories and pictures this ship compiled by a former crewman.
  
• - HMS Victory at the battle of trafalgar 1805.
  
• - Compares ship sizes beginning with the Titanic to other ocean liners, some warships, and the giant tankers up to the largest ships afloat today.
  
• - Contact details with history, previous cadets, staff and photo-gallery of the South African Naval College.
  
• - La Salle's last ship was found in 1995 in Matagorda Bay.
  
• - History of the de Freitas trading and shipping company in Hamburg.
  
• - "Forgotten Fifty" An online history of the storied Canadian Wind-Class icebreaker.
  
• - Information on this group dedicated to the protection, preservation and promotion of historic vessels in New York harbor. Includes ship histories and pictures.
  
• - The complete website for the history and restoration of the SS Great Britain held at Bristol Dock in England, updated regularly with progress reports on the restoration project.
  
• - Campaign to save the last British-built WW2 aircraft carrier from scrapping
  
• - An in-depth account of the events surrounding Convoy OS.33 in 1942 including its organization, the merchant fleet, the escorts, and the wolf pack that attacked it.
  
• - The reconstruction of a three masted barque.
  
• - On Saturday, July 24, 1915, the passenger ship Eastland, docked in downtown Chicago, unexpectedly "tipped over", spilling passengers into the river and trapping others underwater.
  
• - This Library of Congress exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600.
  
• - This 17,300 ton polar icebreaker is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany's leading institute for polar and marine research.
  
  

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