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  • Aircraft Carriers of World War II open this site in another window - Contains details on carriers from the U.S., Japan, the British Navy, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the Royal Canadian Navy.
  • UK Alfred Corry Museum open this site in another window - Museum that exhibits and restores the 1893 Southwold No.1 Lifeboat.
  • Andrea Doria (3)
  • Andrea Gail (3)
  • Battleship Texas BB35, Museum open this site in another window - Oldest surviving battleship still afloat in the United States.
  • Concrete Ships open this site in another window - Traces the experiment in shipbuilding from World Wars I and II.
  • UK Ireland Dunbrody: Ireland's Historic Emigrant Ship open this site in another window - Replica of the Dunbrody, which carried many emigrants from Ireland to the New World from 1845 to 1870. Includes history, information on tours, and photographs.
  • Duyfken 1606 Replica Foundation open this site in another window - A project reenacting the voyage of the Dutch ship Duyfken to Australia, marking Europe's first written record of that continent. Read about the original travels of the exploration vessel, or see pictures of the making of the replica ship.
  • Edmund Fitzgerald (10) - Find sites for SS Edmund Fitzgerald, the cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior, Michigan. Sites offer background information, timeline, weather conditions during the wreck, theories for sinking, photographs, memorial, and the song describing the most famous marine disaster in the history of Great Lakes shipping.
  • Empress of Ireland@
  • French Lines Association open this site in another window - Highlights the heritage of the French shipping lines, such as the Compagnie Générale Maritime and the Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée, with photos and document collections. In French and English.
  • Great Liners open this site in another window - Sections on the Aquitania, Lusitania, Olympic and more.
  • Great Ships open this site in another window - Ocean liner postcard and ephemera collection, featuring images from such lines as the Allan, Canadian Pacific, Cunard, Hamburg America (Hapag), and White Star.
  • UK H.M.S. Bounty@ - Learn about the Mutiny on the Bounty, a mutiny aboard a British Royal Navy ship in 1789 which has inspired several books, films, and songs. Sites feature historical background, mutiny details, essays, photographs, film interpretations, and museum collections relating to the mutiny on H.M.S. Bounty II. Also find sites for the fabled ship and William Bligh, the man who led the mutiny.
  • Helen Macleod II Restoration Project open this site in another window - Last commercial sailing vessel on the Great Lakes is being restored on the shores of Lake Huron as by the Bayfield Historical Society.
  • Historic Ship Nautilus and the Submarine Force Museum open this site in another window - Visit the world's first nuclear-powered ship, the USS Nautilus and the U.S. Submarine Force Museum.
  • HMS Belfast@
  • Huron Lightship Museum open this site in another window - This former Coast Guard lightship (floating lighthouse) is now a floating museum.
  • Kalakala Foundation open this site in another window - She's an historic art deco masterpiece and the world's first and only streamlined vessel.
  • Le Pourquoi Pas? open this site in another window - Ship of Captain Charcot for his second expedition to Antarctica.
  • Lost Liners open this site in another window - Join Dr. Bob Ballard on a tour of the greatest lost ocean liners in maritime history: Titanic, Lusitania, Empress of Ireland, Britannic, and Andrea Doria.
  • LostLiners: Honoring the Golden Age of Ocean Travel open this site in another window - Pays tribute to the great ocean-going leviathans of yesterday with photos and information.
  • Maple Leaf Shipwreck open this site in another window - 1864 Civil War shipwreck in Jacksonville, FL.
  • Mark and Ahmad's Ocean Liner Page open this site in another window - Offering information on how they work, pictures, and even disasters.
  • UK Matthew, The open this site in another window - Replica of the caravel John Cabot used to sail to North America in 1497. Includes ship statistics, history, and tour information.
  • Milwaukee Clipper open this site in another window - Passenger carferry Milwaukee Clipper built in 1905 which carried passengers and automobiles between Muskegon, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin until 1970.
  • Monsters of the Sea open this site in another window - Photos and profiles of famous ocean liners, from the Queen Mary to the Titanic. Includes statistics, a brief history, and images for each.
  • Museum of the Battleship Averoff open this site in another window - Dedicated to the B/S Georgios Averoff, the most decorated vessel in the Hellenic Navy. Includes ship description and visiting hours.
  • New England Steamship Foundation open this site in another window - Dedicated toward the preservation and restoration of the S.S. Nobska. Includes a virtual tour and updates.
  • Nina & Santa Clara - The Columbus Foundation open this site in another window - Historically accurate replicas of the ships Columbus sailed across the Atlantic in his voyages of discovery.
  • Queen Mary@
  • Rainbow Warrior@
  • Reuben James (2)
  • RMS Britannic (2)
  • UK RMS Carpathia (1)
  • RMS Lusitania@
  • RMS Mauretania (1)
  • RMS Titanic@
  • UK Royal Yacht Britannia open this site in another window - Official site with details of the history of the yacht, visitor information, hospitality and events, online shop, postcards, photo gallery, and more.
  • S.S. Catalina Recovery open this site in another window - Seeking to ensure the future security of the "Great White Steamer."
  • S.S. Central America@
  • S.S. City of Milwaukee - National Historic Landmark open this site in another window - Traditional Great Lakes railroad/passenger ferry permanently moored in Manistee, Michigan. Ship offers historic tours, accommodation, special events, and group rentals.
  • S.S. Eastland@ - Learn about S.S. Eastland, the passenger ship which listed and rolled over in the Chicago River due to overcrowding in 1915. Sites offer background information, pictures, list of victims, and history of mutinies that occurred aboard the ship from its commissioning till its fateful drowning.
  • S.S. Great Britain@
  • S.S. South and S. S. North American Great Lakes Cruise Ships open this site in another window - Now scrapped, these beautiful ships once sailed the Great Lakes.
  • S.S. United States (6)
  • S.S. Virginia V Foundation Inc. open this site in another window - The last wooden hulled steamship in the West.
  • Sailing Warships open this site in another window - Information about the history of European warships, organised by country. Find out about the ships' design, construction, and famous examples from European sea battles.
  • Ships of Discovery open this site in another window - Research and educational organisation studying ships of the earliest European explorations in the New World.
  • Ships of the Orient open this site in another window - Features images of past Orient Line ships. Includes an extensive selection of interior views of the Orcades, Otranto, Orsova, and more.
  • SS Normandie (2)
  • Steamer Columbia open this site in another window - Dedicated to the restortion and return to service of the historic former Bob-Lo steamer Columbia.
  • Steamship T.S.S. Nea Hellas open this site in another window - This Greek ocean liner brought tens of thousands of Greek immigrants to the U.S.
  • UK Story of the Port Yarrock open this site in another window - Story of a ship that was blown, rather than sailed, into Brandon Bay, where a wave broke the ship in two and all the crew disappeared into the water.
  • UK Through Mighty Seas: Merchant Sailing Ships of the Northwest of England open this site in another window - Facts, images, and links about the the maritime history of the merchant sailing ships of Northwest England and the Isle of Man, from the late 18th century until the First World War.
  • Tilikum open this site in another window - The story of the 1901 around-the-world voyage of the Tilikum, a 38-foot dugout canoe. The Tilikum was sailed from British Columbia to South Africa and England by Norman Luxton and Captain J.C. Voss.
  • USS Arizona Memorial@
  • USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park open this site in another window - Dive into WWII and the history of the USS Bowfin, one of only 15 U.S. WWII submarines still in existence.
  • USS Forrestal open this site in another window - America's first super carrier is now a Naval Heritage Museum.
  • USS Lexington Museum on the Bay@
 



 
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