John Riddoch Rymill 1905-1968 The British Graham Land Expedition ship Penola spent the first winter in the safe haven of Boat Bay on Galindez Island, one of the several Argentine Islands. The expedition hut was built on Winter Island and the narrow Channel between the two islands was called Stella C...

Dr William Speirs Bruce 1867-1921 After spending a year at Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Bruce sailed south on an oceanographic cruise into the Weddell Sea. The stamp shows Scotia held up by dense pack ice. Expeditions: Dundee Whaling Expedition to Antarctica as naturalist 1893, Jackso...

Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN 1868-1912 The stamp shows Discovery in Winter Quarters off Hut Point, Ross Island and an able seaman exercising two of the huskies on shore. A windmill has been erected on the foredeck to supply the ship with electricity for lighting. It was later destroyed in a blizz...

Captain James Cook, RN 1728-1779 Cook's ships on his second expedition were Resolution and Adventure. The stamp shows both ships hove-to to take on ice for drinking water in 61°S 30°E on 17th January 1773, close to what is now known as Enderby Land. They were the first ships known to have crossed th...

Dr Neil Alison Mackintosh 1900-1974 In order to continue the Discovery Investigations in to the lives of whales, Scott's ship Discovery was replaced by Discovery II in 1929 for five further cruises. The stamp shows her along side a blue whale. Service: Senior biologist succeeding as Director of the ...

I am most grateful to Mr. H. A. Mussenden, Air Box 5822, Bogota, Colombia, for his information in reply to my query about the local craft shown on the 2 peso Colombian stamp of 1954, which depicts a sailing vessel off Pastelillo Fort, Cartagena. The craft is known locally as a "canoa" and ...

From time to time a set of stamps is issued by one country or another that shows ships as they were at the dawn of history as we know it. Sometimes the stamps may be a little disappointing as accurate repre¬sentations of the ships they represent. Artistic licence creeps in to distort the vessel, mak...

I can't find out much about this tanker other than news re her oil spill as follows. According to Jane's Fighting Ships 1988-89 the Presidente Rivera is an auxiliary ship of the Uruguayan Navy, one of its two oil tankers that operate under charter to the state-owned oil company (ANCAP). Presidente R...

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Comment:
I asked Donalds in Papeete for a job.
While sailing to New Zealand from Tahiti in 1965, I met with Cap. Thomson in Rarotonga.This was about one month after the Yankee went aground.
Thank you Lance.
Author : Lance Melbourne E-mail : coralsea@mail2ship.com

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Portsmouth A Royal Navy ship that suffered damage costing hundreds of thousands of pounds to repair has arrived back in Britain from the Falklands. The ice-patrol ship HMS Endurance lost power when the engine room flooded in December in the Strait of Magellan, off Chile. Ten passengers from the Brit...

Builder: Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Laid down: 1 July 1942 Launched: 4 May 1943 Commissioned: 15 November 1943 Decommissioned: 2 October 1947 Fate: Sold into merchant service as Port Vindex. Scrapped 1971. General characteristics Class and type: Nairana class escort carrier Displacement: 17...

1. hi i own the gallant 53 “sol quest” I was aware of the antiguan stamp but would like to know why she was chosen as the subject. “sol quest” sailed to the caribbean after being launched at poole in 1967.any background would be appreciated. regards chris Comment by chris thomas — September 30, 2008...

This ship was built as a River Cargo vessel by Astillero Mihanovich, Carmelo, Uruguay, for Cia Arg. De Navegacion Fluvial SA (Group Dodero) She was of 1100 Gt. 1763 Dwt. with a Displacement of 2810 tons. Her length was 80.54m with a Beam of 12.65m. Depth 3.96m. and a maximum draught of 3.65m. Powere...