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A. C. de Freitas & Co. History of the de Freitas trading and shipping company in Hamburg. http://members.iinet.net.au/~lintzer1/defreitas/index-en.html

Amistad Links A listing of links to pages about the history of the Amistad. http://www.amistad.org/

1492: An Ongoing Voyage This Library of Congress exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors and settlers from 1492 to 1600. http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/1492/

Ancient Egyptian ships and boats The development of Egyptian vessels in pharaonic times http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/navigation.htm

Ancient Ships An overview of the use of ships in ancient cultures. Most of the illustrations and iconography are from ancient artifacts and made by artisans of the time. http://www.artsales.com/Ancient%20Ships/aTableofContents.htm

Australian River Class Merchant Ships A history of the building, service and disposal of the Australian built "River Class" merchant ships. http://www.geocities.com/dinmurnel/

The Carferries of Ludington History and photos of the Pere Marquette/C and O car ferry fleets as well as the Ann Arbor and Grand Trunk. http://www.carferries.com/

Convoy OS.33 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. http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/os33/index.html

Cutty Sark Fastest and greatest of the old Tea Clippers - at Greenwich. A living testimony to the bygone, glorious days of sail. http://www.cuttysark.org.uk/

Doris1905 Herreshoff Detail description of a sailing yacht designed by Nathanael Green Herreshoff (1905) by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. http://johan_roodt.tripod.com/doris1905herreshoffcopy/

Duivendijk Shipping Pages Photographs of commercial ships, tugs, fishing vessels, and warships from all over the world. http://www.duivendijk.net/

Dunbrody & The Spirit of Ireland The reconstruction of a three masted barque. http://www.dunbrody.com/

Edwin Fox Information on the efforts to relocate and restore the Edwin Fox, an 1853 Eastindiaman Immigrant and convict ship. http://www.maritime.org/conf/conf-irrgang.htm

Enterprize: Melbournes Tall Ship Presents the organization, history, gallery, captain's logs, and ship's store. http://www.enterprize.com.au/

Fishing Boat Photographs Catalogue of fishing boat photographs. http://www.denholma.freeserve.co.uk/

Flagship Portsmouth Museum 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. http://www.flagship.org.uk/

Floating Dry Dock Photos, drawings, plans and model kits of US warships past and present. Order products online. http://floatingdrydock.com/

Friends of HMS Vengeance Campaign to save the last British-built WW2 aircraft carrier from scrapping http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/vengeance

General Botha S African Training Ship - Old Boys Association Contact details with history, previous cadets, staff and photo-gallery of the South African Naval College. http://www.generalbotha.co.za/

Great Lakes History Homepage Great Lakes maritime history, with an emphasis in shipwrecks. Includes a database of over 4,400 Great Lakes shipwrecks. http://greatlakeshistory.homestead.com/home.html

Great Lakes Ship History Photographs of past and present, information ships, shipbuilding history, and lighthouse photographs. http://www.geocities.com/svandenbosch/

Great White Fleet Organization Information about the United States Atlantic Battle Fleet, nicknamed the Great White Fleet, which in 1907 embarked on a journey to circumnavigate the globe. http://www.greatwhitefleet.org/

History and Memories of the USNS Barrett History, memories, stories and pictures this ship compiled by a former crewman. http://www.usnsbarrett.com/

HMS Belfast Europe's last big gun armoured warship of World War II. http://www.isazone.com/ww-ii/belfast/

HMS Bounty Preservation Society 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. http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/ccarey/

The HMS Cavalier Association A site dedicated to the preservation of the ship HMS Cavalier. http://www.hmscavalier.org.uk

HMS Daedalus Lee on Solent Virtual Heritage Area Site dedicated to the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Headquarters of WW2. http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/daedalus/

H.M.S. Dorsetshire A history the ship and its sinking. A tribute to the survivors and voice of the Dorsetshire Association. http://www.dorsetshire.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

Internet Naval History Internet Naval History including World War's 1 and 2, and the Falklands. http://www.naval-history.net/

Liberty Ships A master-list of their names. http://www.fiu.edu/~thompsop/liberty/liberty1.html

The Livadia Details of the construction in Scotland of a steam yacht for the Russian Tsar. http://gillonj.tripod.com/thelivadia/

The Loss of the Fantome A description of the events surrounding the loss of the sailing vessel, Fantome, during Hurricane Mitch,in October 1998. http://www.fortogden.com/fantommiamiherald.html

Maritima & Mechanika A model engineer's collection of antique small machine tools, information on model ships and maritime history, and small machine tools for sale. http://www.maritima-et-mechanika.org/

A Maritime Anthology An eclectic collection of various ocean liners and sundry historic vessels from the remotest of nations. http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/

Maritime History Course 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. http://www.tallshiprose.org/

Mary Celeste A brief description of the mysterious events surrounding the sailing ship, "Mary Celeste" and links to related sites for further investigation. http://www.fortogden.com/maryceleste.html

Matthew Site Home Page 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. http://www.matthew.co.uk/

Modern Ship Sizes - The Tiny Titanic Compares ship sizes beginning with the Titanic to other ocean liners, some warships, and the giant tankers up to the largest ships afloat today. http://www.rpsoft2000.com/shipsize.htm

Mohamed Ali el-Kebir Information about the sinking of the British transport the SS Mohamed Ali el-Kebir by the German U-boat U-38 in 1940. http://mohamed.ali.el-kebir.freewebspace.com/

MS Estonia 1994-09-28 Presents events leading to the disaster with data, statistics, final report, and videos. http://www.kolumbus.fi/estonia/

MV Kalakala 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. http://www.kalakala.org/

MV Le Bon Temps Roule 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. http://www.lebontempsroule.org/

The Nancy Blackett Trust Educational charity preserving the historic yacht Nancy Blackett, once owned by the famous author Arthur Ransome. http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/ijacobson/nbt/

Nautical Heritage Society The Californian is a full-scale re-creation of the 1848-vintage Revenue Marine Service Cutter, C.W. Lawrence. http://www.californian.org/

North River Historic Ship Society Information on this group dedicated to the protection, preservation and promotion of historic vessels in New York harbor. Includes ship histories and pictures. http://www.nrhss.org/

Northwest Ships Naval ships with Northwestern geographical names. http://www.northwestships.com

Pamir memorial Devoted to the memory of the german four-masted barque Pamir and her seamen. English, french and german versions. http://pamir.chez-alice.fr/

The Patrol Craft 1132 Details on this ship otherwise known as the PC 1132 from WWII in the South Pacific. http://www.geocities.com/kf4yno/

President Warfield Information about the steamship President Warfield which, renamed Exodus 1947, attempted to deliver Jewish refugees to Palestine in 1947. http://www.presidentwarfield.com/

Pride of Baltimore II This 185 ton replica of a topsail schooner (Baltimore Clipper) is an active sail training vessel. Homeport is Baltimore, Maryland. http://www.intandem.com/NewPrideSite/Pride2/P2Home.html

Raising the Belle La Salle's last ship was found in 1995 in Matagorda Bay. http://www.caller2.com/newsarch/lasalle1.htm

RMS Remuera The New Zealand Steam Ship Co vessel Remuera, 1911-1940. http://www.100megsfree3.com/glaw/remuera/index.htm

Royal War Ship Wasa Picture galleries of one of Sweden's most beautiful 17th century ships. (1629) http://members.tripod.com/caiman.cv/

RV Polarstern This 17,300 ton polar icebreaker is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany's leading institute for polar and marine research. http://www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/ships/polarstern/

The Schooner Yacht Coronet The 133-foot schooner (1885), and includes news, history, restoration information, and gallery. http://www.yachtcoronet.org

Ship Eastland 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. http://www.inficad.com/~ksup/

Ships of the last millenium Evolution of shipbuilding including Egypt, Phoenicia, Greece, the Middle Ages, and the 20th century. http://www.geocities.com/prysjan/in_51.html

Sound of Jura Provides historical information about the boat and the South African company that owned it from 1911 to 1919. http://glennmci.brinkster.net/soj/soj.html

S.S. Australis The history of the Australis; including a picture gallery, Captain and crew section and the story of Chandris lines. http://www.ssaustralishomepage.co.uk

SS Canberra - The Crow's Nest The retired P and O liner SS Canberra, and her home port of Southampton. http://www.sscanberra.com/

SS Carare: Elders & Fyffes Presents information on the banana boat of 6878 tons sunk May 28, 1940 off Foreland Point near Lynmouth, Devon with images. http://www.ilfsac.org.uk/carare.php

SS Catalina Seeking to ensure the future security of the "Great White Steamer." http://www.escapist.com/sscatalina

SS Central America Documentary based on letters from passengers on the final voyage of the doomed gold liner (1857). Captain William Lewis Herndon. Survivor accounts. Ship lost to hurricane. Shipwreck recovery of gold. http://www.pacificwestcom.com/klare

S.S. City of Milwaukee Last traditional Great Lakes railroad car ferry permanently moored as a museum in Manistee, Michigan. Official site of the Society for the Preservation of the S.S. City of Milwaukee. http://www.carferry.com/

SS Golden Gate 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. http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ssgoldengate/

SS Great Britain 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. http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/

SS Great Eastern Describes the launching and subsequent history of the largest ship of its time. Designed by Brunel and originally named SS Leviathan. http://arnygrimbear.de/GREATEASTERNGB.htm

SS Milwaukee Clipper A 1905 ferry which travelled the Wisconsin - Michigan route http://www.milwaukeeclipper.com/

Star of the West The side-wheel merchant steamer running between New York and New Orleans. http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/StarOfTheWest.html

Steamboat Rowena 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. http://www.steamboatrowena.com/

Steve's SS Australis Travel Page Celebrating the life and times aboard the Chandris Lines flagship SS Australis (formerly SS America) from 1966 to 1976. http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mulletts/index.htm

T2 Tanker Page T2 Tanker names, builders, and types. http://www.t2tanker.org/

Tacoma Public Library Database of more than 13,000 ships. http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/nwroom/ships.htm

Tall Ship Homepage Tallships from around the world. Many from Opsail 2000 and of the Coast Guard Cutter Eagle. http://www.geocities.com/tallshiphomepage/

Tall Ship La France 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. http://www.grand-voilier.com/

Tall Ship Picton Castle 180 foot three-masted barque. Homeport is Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Member American Sail Training Association. http://www.picton-castle.com/

Tilikum Circumnavigating the globe in a small sailing vessel. http://www.telusplanet.net/public/albear1/thetilikum.html

Trois-mâts Belem Dedicated to the history of the French three master barque Belem (1896). http://3mats.net/

USS Arizona BB-39 History, technical pages, galleries, and resources. http://www.ibiblio.org/phha/arizona/

USS Electra (AKA-4) History, photos, memorabilia, and database of crew members for service in World War II and the Korean conflict. http://usselectra.org

USS Indianapolis (CA-35): 1932-1945 Information and images of selected views. http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-i/ca35.htm

USS Pennsylvania BB-38 Log book and awards. http://www.usspennsylvania.com/WarHistory.htm

USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37) and USS Wichita (CA-45) Images, history, guns and seaplanes information, crew locator, and glossary. http://www.geocities.com/usstuscaloosa/

Wilhelm Gustloff Comprehensive information on the deadliest ship disaster in history and surrounding events, and includes galleries, stories, and resources. http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com