Tag Archives: Maritime & Marine News

laststandonzombieisland 13h   //  keep unread  //  hide Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1833-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a tale all their own, which sometimes takes them to the strangest places.- Christopher Eger Warship Wednesday,Continue reading “Warship Wednesday Jan 15, 2020: TF38 Running Amok in the South China Sea”

A send-off ceremony for the landing dock BRP Davao Del Sur (LD602) and offshore patrol vessel BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS16) took place at Pier 13, South Harbor, Manila, on January 14, 2020. The two Philippine Navy ships, together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) units, will support the government’s efforts in repatriating distressedContinue reading “The Philippine Navy has deployed two ships to help repatriate Filipinos in the Middle East as tensions in the region are rising.”

The 462 ton Muritai was a Wellington harbour ferry built for Eastbourne Borough Council in 1922-23, and from a brief scan of some manuscript items in the Borough archives I gather people had warm summer excursions memories of her, in that way people tend to feel about tugboats and ferries, Muritai was commissioned as aContinue reading “HMNZS Muritai”

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MarineLink January 15, 2020 Queen Mary docked in Long Beach, Calif. (Photo: Urban Commons) A new plan is being formulated to preserve and improve one of the world’s most historic and well-known vessels. The record-setting superliner Queen Mary has been sitting permanently moored in Long beach, Calif. since its removal from transatlantic service in 1967. AContinue reading “A New Plan for Queen Mary”