#Transatlantic Voyager

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 587 – St Brendan the Navigator, early transatlantic voyager, dies.

#OTD in 587 – St Brendan the Navigator, early transatlantic voyager, dies.

In 484 St. Brendan was born in Ciarraighe Luachra near the port of Tralee, in Co Kerry, in the province of Munster, in the South West of Ireland. He was baptised at Tubrid, near Ardfert, by Saint Erc. He spent his first year with his parents, then he went to the home of the local chieftain, Airde mac Fidaigh at Cathair Airde in Listrim, three miles to the East. He returned to his family at the…

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#Ancient Cross #Ardfert #Co. Kerry #Egressio familiae S. Brendani #Holy Well #Ireland #Mount Brandon #Naval Academy #Navigatio Brendani #Patron Saint of sailors and travellers #St Patrick #St. Brendan the Navigator #Transatlantic Voyager #Twelve Apostles of Ireland #United States Naval Academy #Valentia Island

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Anne Jane Thornton, a 15-year-old girl, dressed as a cabin boy on a transatlantic voyage to find the man she loved, who had gone to America in 1832. On arrival, she found he had died so she took posts on other ships, calling herself Jim Thornton. On her return crossing to London on The Sarah, a crew member noticed that she was a woman and she was taken to the ship's captain, who kept her on as a crewman.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

#book quotes #normal women #philippa gregory #nonfiction #anne jane thornton #cabin boy #cross dressing #transatlantic voyage #america #england #london #30s #1830s #19th century #the sarah #ship's captain #crewman #sailor #jim thornton #the interesting life and wonderful adventures of that extraordinary woman anne jane thornton‚ the female sailor #autobiography

[da-riya]

Me

#og post #CDDA #cataclysm dark days ahead #I love the background skills they really let you roleplay #If a zombie apocalypse happens my first plan of action is moving to south america cause I need my coffee #Literally redo the transatlantic voyage from scratch because I heard of the mythical land of Brazil

[thresholdbb]

Janeway can’t help herself and adopts a slight Irish accent the second she steps into Sullivan’s

#by half a boot! #cue competitive flirting #I mean she was in Ireland right before landing Voyager #their accents are all over the place just for funsies #many of them adopt French or Irish accents then the infamous transatlantic #fun fact st Patrick’s original color was light blue not green #Kate Mulgrew would hold St Patrick’s Day parties on set lololol #my Irish father would have a fit at how stereotypical fair haven is but I’m amused #star trek voyager #fair haven #DELETE THE WIFE #unfortunately I can relate to delete the wife

[rmsqueenmaryonthisday]

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on May 27, 1936:

500,000 CHEER QUEEN MARY'S START TO U.S.

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Britain's Superliner Is Given Rousing Send-Off.

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2,100 ON FIRST TRIP

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Giant Vessel, Latest In Every Particular, Carries Crew Of 1,200.

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By Universal Service

 SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 27.-Britain's new superliner, the Queen Mary, was given a rousing sendoff by 500,000 Britons who cheered her departure from here today on her maiden voyage to New York. 

     Britain's bid to regain supremacy of the North Atlantic passenger trade, the Queen Mary is due in New York harbor officially Monday, but there was every hint the liner may break the transatlantic record by docking Sunday night.

    Although tonight her 2,140 passengers were abuzz with expectation that they will be riding the new speed queen of the Atlantic when the Queen Mary cuts past Nantucket light, Captain Sir Edgar Britten, master of the new 80,773-ton beauty of the seas, was noncommittal. The crew numbered 1,200.

Planes Dive in Salute.

    The puffing tugs nosed the mighty liner into mid-stream to the blare of "Rule Britannia," played by a marine band on the quayside. 

    Roaring airplanes dived in salute from the crowded piers and from vessels in the harbor came wave after wave of cheers that broke in a thunderous surf.

     Shipmasters tied their siren lanyards down. The harbor echoed and re-echoed the ear-splitting din. Back bellowed the Queen Mary's voice, deep toned sirens that are audible ten miles at sea. 

     For fifteen minutes there was pandemonium. Finally the Queen Mary, swung around by the toiling tugs, slipped down the harbor under their escort.  

     The sky was overcast, but despite the ugly weather thousands more had lined the banks of the Solent to cheer the queen as she put to sea, carrying their hopes that her mighty turbines, developing 200,000 horsepower, will driver her across the finish line of the North Atlantic race course the holder of a speed record that was lost to Britain by the Mauretania in 1930.

     And as the Queen Mary moved out to make her challenge her boiling wash slapped the rusted sides of the tired Majestic, once the largest ship afloat and once the North Atlantic title holder. The Majestic is being scrapped.

     Present speed mistress of the North Atlantic is the Queen Mary's French rival, the Normandie, whose maiden crossing last year was made in 4 days, 11 hours and 42 minutes, at an average speed of 29.68 knots, which on a subsequent crossing was stepped up to 32.84 knots. 

     Somewhere near mid-Atlantic the Queen Mary and the Normandie will salute each other. The Normandie left New York early today. 

     If "Rule Britannia" was an auspice that a record-breaking debut run is expected of the Queen Mary, the fact that the royal standard of the queen, after whom the ship is named, was unfurled opposite the main hall, was even more. Beside it stood an autographed picture of King Edward and two of his mother.

     Aboard also was a representative of the royal family, Lord Milford-Haven, cousin of King Edward. 

#rms queen mary #cunard #maritime #history #transatlantic travel #on this day #steamship #ocean liner #maiden voyage

[nateconnolly]

40,000 years ago, early humans painted hands on the wall of a cave. This morning, my baby cousin began finger painting. All of recorded history happened between these two paintings of human hands. The Nazca Lines and the Mona Lisa. The first TransAtlantic flight and the first voyage to the Moon. Humanity invented the wheel, the telescope, and the nuclear bomb. We eradicated wild poliovirus types 2 and 3. We discovered radio waves, dinosaurs, and the laws of thermodynamics. Freedom Riders crossed the South. Hippies burned their draft cards. Countless genocides, scientific advancements, migrations, and rebellions. More than a hundred billion humans lived and died between these two paintings—one on a sheet of paper, and one on the inside of a cave. At the dawn of time, ancient humans stretched out their hands. And this morning, a child reached back. 

#nate's writing #prose poems #original post

[shockinglyunambitious]

Dawn at sea approaching the #Bahamas 🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅🌅 Painting postcards crossing the ocean. Morning view from my residency at sea with @windstarcruises curated by @fountainheadarts #transatlantic #cruise 🌊🌊#voyage crossing the #atlanticocean #morning #dawn #sunrise (at Atlantic Ocean) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmOqWZsrm9l/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#bahamas #transatlantic #cruise #voyage #atlanticocean #morning #dawn #sunrise

[bantarleton]

My first full-length history book is out today!

The Pattern: The 33rd Regiment and the British Infantry Experience During the American Revolution, 1770 - 1783, follows the 33rd Regiment, arguably one of the best in the British Army, through its campaigns during the American Revolutionary War.  The book aims to give a complete understanding of the 33rd and their experiences, so it’s not just a regimental history. Opening chapters deal with recruitment, training, weapons, clothing and equipment, as well as the home service 1770-75, where the regiment acquired a reputation for excellence. There’s also statistical analysis! I look at where the 33rd’s soldiers came from, what jobs they did before enlisting, their age, their height, and how long they served for. After that there’s a chapter dealing with the events of each year from 1776 to 1783. Not just combat either, though there’s loads of that - diet, disease, discipline and desertion, the role of women, camp life and the experiences of transatlantic voyages are among the topics dealt with. It’s also got;

Over 100,000 words of core text

40 images

Over a dozen BATTLEMAPS

Specially commissioned artwork

Graphs and tables

An appendix!

Purchase links below. This has been a two-year labour of love, so all the support, be it buying a copy or just reblogging this, is much appreciated:

Helion

Barnes & Noble

Waterstones

Amazon US

Amazon UK

#history #military history #american revolution #revwar #american war of independence #18th century #british army #33rd foot #lord cornwallis #cornwallis

[dduane]

Ἑσπέρου· Ἔσπερε πάντα φέρων ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ᾿ αὔως, †φέρεις ὄιν, φέρεισ† αἶγα, φέρεις ἄπυ μάτερι παῖδα.

(Evening star, you reunite those the day parts from each other: you bring home the sheep, you bring home the goat, you bring home the child to its mother—)

(Sappho: fragment 104)

...Venus setting over Ireland, 2 Jun 2023, 2142 UT. (Accidentally including an unidentified high-flyer heading out into the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area's transatlantic ATC corridor: to whom, bon voyage, cousin.)

#Venus #Sappho #always an item #(except always by Her proper name #Aphrodite #of course)

[aziraphales-library]

Hi there! Thanks so much for all the work you do in fandom, first and foremost! This is what I'm looking for: A lot of fics use the "angels feel love" thing but wave it off as Aziraphale not realizing or not feeling it coming from Crowley specifically. I'm wondering if you know of any fics where he DOES feel that Crowley loves him and understands immediately, but has to bend his brain around acknowledging or not acknowledging the clear evidence? Thanks so much!

Hello! You may be interested in our #aziraphale can sense love tag, and this post in which Aziraphale does some brain bending regarding his feelings for Crowley. Here are some fics where Aziraphale can sense love but chooses not to acknowledge or act on it...

In The Beginning, The Serpent Was Unloved (Or Was He?) by AnonymousDandelion (G)

… Oh, Aziraphale realized with a sickening start, and he only just managed to keep from staring, stricken and aghast, at the demon at his side. Oh, no. The thing that’s missing. It’s love. Nobody loves him. ~ ~ ~ A serpent strikes up a conversation with the angel of the Eastern Gate. The angel has thoughts and feelings (but he is also spectacularly self-oblivious).

Just our hands clasped so tight, waiting for the hint of a spark by Mekachu04 (M)

Angels can feel love. Crowley never appreciated that tidbit until now.

Rules and Regulations by Toothpaste_Fresh (T)

Heaven has a lot to say on how an angel should be. Aziraphale's relationship with heaven, and how it pertains to a certain demon named Crowley. Mind the tags!

I Farce In Your General Direction by DemonaHW (T)

In 1842, Crowley was pushed into the Thames from Blackfriars Bridge. Aziraphale was terribly apologetic, but he had seen another angel approaching. It was then, still dripping with foetid river water, that Crowley vowed he was going to find out what specific issue was making the angel more aggravating than usual.   Aziraphale doesn’t want any other angels around Crowley, and Crowley is determined to find out why. It’s going to require a transatlantic voyage and some wiles.   Or: It was supposed to be a celestial farce aboard the SS Great Britain, but characters had Feelings.

Between the Lines by cyankelpie (G)

Crowley took a gulp of ale and gestured with the mug. “Love’s a big word. How can you be sure? Humans mistake these things a lot.” “Angels don’t. If they knew I could feel it, maybe they’d try to tone it down a little.” Crowley stopped moving. Aziraphale was still talking, but he couldn’t hear over the pounding of his pulse in his head. “You can feel that?” he said, when he regained enough of his composure to put together a sentence. “Yes, I—” Aziraphale broke off just for a moment, and his eyes flicked down to the table. “Yes, I can feel it, Crowley.”   (It's hard being two supernatural entities on opposite sides who are in love with each other. It's even harder knowing that those feelings are returned, and that acknowledging it openly would be disastrous.)

- Mod D

#good omens #ineffable husbands #aziraphale can sense love #angst #mod d

[guess-that-ship]

S8 Round 1

Transatlantic Purple

A and B are employees of competing companies. A is goofy and clever but also devoted to his loved ones and feels very lonely because there's nobody like him. B is very passionate and creative but alienates people with his idiosyncracies (except for a roommate who can't stand him) and has never managed to get into his dream career. A and B meet at an expo for one of their shared interests. They form a close bond right away, going on typical manly adventures like sports games and getting into antics. Unfortunately, their employers find out about their lifelong friendship and conspire to break them up so they don't spill company secrets to each other. A doesn't go for the bribe he's offered and B says he would rather get murdered than betray his friend. Unfortunately, A gets possessed, B is manipulated into thinking A grievously insulted him, and both of them are led to believe the other already betrayed them, so they start fighting each other. But even though they're at each other's throats, they still cherish each other :)

trapped on this gay ass train for 80 years

L is a former scientist turned revolutionary, who after attacking the project she used to work on and killing one of the lead engineers, was arrested and supposedly executed. She wasn't, instead she was kept alive for her knowledge, though her mind was broken to keep her compliant. Her wife, S, wasn't aware of this, and for many years thought she watched her love die. Until they were reunited on the maiden voyage of the train that L helped build. L didn't remember S, but trusted her enough to help her overtake the train.

Things went horribly, horribly wrong. The train was not what anyone thought it was. It instead contained a horror more dangerous then they could have imagined, and now it is set free. L regains her memories, and realizes what they have to do.

In order to prevent the collapse of their reality, they needed to slow the train down as long as possible. The only way to do this is to die very slowly and very painfully, and L offers herself up for the task. S stays with her the whole time, and they are finally in each others arms after so long apart. They spend 80 years by each other's sides in that engine room, and by the time the train finally arrives, they are nothing but a pair of warped skeletons, now forever embracing.

#s8 #tournament poll #s8 round 1

[ltwilliammowett]

The Squando Ghostship

The Squando a Norwegian merchant ship docked herself 1890 off Embarcadero in San Francisco. A short time later a headless corpse was found floating in the bay and after investigation it was determined that this was the 1st Mate of the Squando who had been decapitated and disposed of by the Captain and his wife. They had hidden the head in a box under the bunk of the couple as a precaution. How had it come to this ? There are two versions, the first says that the wife of Captain Nels Erikson, the 1st Mate Lars Gunderson made beautiful eyes and they committed an affair. Her husband found out and forced her to assist him in the murder. To do this, she lulled her lover with liqueur and held his hands together behind his back as her husband rushed in and cut off the drunken man's head with an axe.

The other version was that he called the lover into his cabin and cut off his head with a saber in front of his horrified wife. In other versions, the wife does not have an affair with the 1st mate at all, but the 1st mate is stalking the captain's wife and was beheaded by the captain. However the couple was captured and sentenced to death. But the story doesn't end here, the Squando were equipped by her owners with a new crew and the tragedy took its course.

After only a month, 4 crew members mutinied and killed their captain. The next two captains also died unnaturally. One died from poisoning by a cut in the hand and the other from a violent squall at night, another version reports that both died violently in the cabin under mysterious circumstances.

In 1893, the entire crew, fed up with the ship's curse, left the ship in Bathurst, New Brunswick. The ship's reputation as a haunted and cursed ship made it impossible for the owners to hire a new crew. The Norwegian consul finally stepped in and hired two night watchmen to guard the ship until it was decided what to do with the cursed vessel. The night watchmen left the ship on the first night and fled in fear after encountering a headless apparition running around in the corridor outside the captain's cabin.

This is what happened to the next six night watchmen, who were all hired and quit again in the next few weeks. Unable to hire workers for the ship, the owners were forced to tear it down. Another legend has it that the Squando wanted to make one last transatlantic voyage in 1901, but completely disappeared on her journey and never arrived at her final destination - on the contrary, she is said to be still looking for a new crew today. So you could call her a spiritship rather than a ghost ship.

But how do you come to that? considering that spiritships are quite rare, if you believe the superstition. Well, the Squando is said to have been involved in a curse. Several workers were killed during the construction of the ship, and one of the widows cursed the ship and all who were to sail on it, and then committed suicide to make the curse effective. Another version says that the widow desperately turned to the ship for help after the owner refused to help her after the death of her husband. The ship itself is said to have offered to carry out her revenge if the widow spilled her blood on it. No sooner said than done, the widow sacrificed herself and the revenge took its course, as already detailed above.

All in all, an evil ship which, when it goes hunting in the fog off the coast to look for a crew, soon kills them and then looks for a new one. My dear friends, I warn you to stay away from an older Norwegian ship that calls you as a crew member in the fog, she does not mean well with you.

#naval history #ghostship #spiritship #norway #squando #late 19th century #age of steam #something spooky today #history

[scotianostra]

September 27th 1938 saw the 80,000-ton liner Queen Elizabeth, then the largest passenger ship ever built, launched at John Brown's shipyard, Clydebank.

Plans to use Queen Elizabeth as a passenger liner were put on permanent hold at the outbreak of World War II. However the ship was not safe in Scotland, and was a known target for the Luftwaffe.

As such, Queen Elizabeth was painted grey before departing Clydebank for what was expected to be a short journey to Southampton.

Instead, Queen Elizabeth’s maiden voyage was to New York, with the untested and untried liner making a ‘mad dash’ across the Atlantic.

Once in New York, Queen Elizabeth berthed alongside Queen Mary, Normandie and Mauretania, and for a brief period during March 1940 four of the world’s greatest liners,lay side by side.

Queen Elizabeth was requisitioned for wartime service on 13 November 1940 and was released from Admiralty service in 1946. Her post-war overhaul and refurbishment was carried out both on the Clyde and at Southampton. This overhaul saw the luxury passenger interiors installed aboard Queen Elizabeth, in preparation for civilan transatlantic services. The ship was finally painted in Cunard livery while the machinery was overhauled.

Queen Elizabeth was given her full sea trials, and then officially accepted by Cunard. The ship made her belated maiden passenger voyage to New York on 16 October 1946.

In the 60's as air travel became the norm for transatlantic travel Cunard gave Queen Elizabeth a major overhaul in Greenock, which involved an interior refurbishment and the creation of an outdoor swimming pool on Queen Elizabeth’s aft deck, as well as the building of a lido area.

Cunard announced on 8 May 1967 Queen Elizabeth would be withdrawn in Autumn 1968. Despite every effort to keep the Queen Elizabeth sailing, she was too costly for her owners and had to go. The liner was sold to a group of Philadelphia businessmen with the intention of turning her into a floating hotel in Florida. The ship made her final transatlantic crossing on 5 November 1968 before she was withdrawn from Cunard service.

Once in Florida, the ship was opened to the public in February 1969, however this venture didn’t last and the ship was closed that same year. In late 1970 the ship was auctioned and bought by C.Y.Tung, Hong Kong. The intention was to turn the ship into a floating university and she sailed for Hong Kong for conversion.

Re-named Seawise University, the ship’s transformation was almost complete when a series of fires broke out aboard the ship causing her to burn out and sink in the harbour. The ship is now under "reclaimed land" there.

#Scotland #scottish #Glasgow #River Clyde #Shipbuilding #Ocean liner

[pattern-recognition]

forgot to post about it earlier, but last week my Hirbawi kufiya completed its arduous transatlantic voyage from Hebron. unequivocally one of the best items in my possession. i may have started wearing a kufiya for the political symbology but given ive amassed like, four now of various shades and make they’re an integral part of the wardrobe henceforth

[hjartasalt]

lauf I would help you escape Iceland but all I can muster is a canoe and some baked beans and I think that’s not enough for a transatlantic voyage

Not with that attitude

#ask #anon

[rmsqueenmaryonthisday]

On this June 1, 1936, the RMS Queen Mary arrived in New York, ending her maiden voyage. Though she failed to win the Blue Riband from France's Normandie due to heavy fog, that didn't stop thousands of onlookers and swarms of harbor craft, boats, and even planes from welcoming her to the United States for the very first time.

#rms queen mary #cunard #maritime #history #transatlantic travel #on this day #steamship #ocean liner #maiden voyage #canard white star #British Pathe #Youtube