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Sailor from Tamarac serves as a command master chief in Japan | Local News

YOKOSUKA— Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka (FLCY) recently welcomed Denise Guerrero as the new…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #commandmasterchiefpettyofficer #guerrero #navalwarfare #navies #Nihon #shipping #ships #shipsoftheunitedstates #warships #watertransport
https://www.europesays.com/japan/89147/

本日発売「SHIPS any」の7大機能BIGボストンバッグが付録、MonoMax 10月号。1～2泊の荷物、キャリーオンも可能
https://travel.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/2139252.html

#travel_watch_impress #コンビニ #セブンイレブン #雑誌 #宝島社 #ムック #キャリーケース #付録 #SHIPS #セレクトショップ #シップス #ショルダーバッグ #ボストンバッグ #軽量 #旅行バッグ #2WAYバッグ #MonoMax #撥水 #ボトルホルダー #キャリーオンバッグ #リフレクターチャーム #MonoMax_2026年10月号 #SHIPS_any #シップス_エニィ #スーツケースに固定できる #リップストップ生地 #旅のアイテム #旅行グッズ #バッグ #生活雑貨 #旅の情報 #目的 #推し活 #書籍_Web #旅行 #観光

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn # 530: The RP FLIP.
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#rpflip #strangebuttrue #wtf #science #ships #comics #webcomics #ocean #oceanography #uselessfactsbadlydrawn

#SchiffSamstag #ShipSaturday

Dragon Boat, (龍舟)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_boat

#NoGenAi #NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Maritime #Nautical #Water #Sea #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #Monochrome #Landscape #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Bateaux #Bateau #Navire #Navires #DragonBoat #Boat #Boats #HongKong #China #Chinese #龍舟

Monday, August 31, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/monday-august-31-2026/

#SchiffsSamstag #ShipSaturday

Dawn On The Miami River

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#NoGenAi #NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Schiff #Schiffs #Navire #Navires #Buques #Barco #Port #Harbour #Hafen #Harbor #Miami #Florida #River #Water #Sea #Ocean #Sunrise #Dawn #SchiffSamstag #CityScape #City #UrbanPhotography #Urban #Bridge #Bridges #Tugboat #Tug #CargoShip

https://www.europesays.com/videos/82015/ Revealed: Top spenders in Jersey’s election, including £13,000 by Chief Minister | ITV News Channel #alderney #boats #BUSINESS #ChannelIslands #Election #expenses #guernsey #heatwave #herm #holiday #investing #itv #ItvNews #ItvNewsChannel #ITVNewsInFull #jersey #JerseyStates #news #politicians #politics #sark #shipping #ships #spending #StMalo #Tourism #vacation

#FotoVorschlag 'Leuchtturm'
#PhotoSuggestion 'Lighthouse'

The Angels Gate Light

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Harbor_Light

#NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Schiff #Schiffs #Navire #Navires #Buques #Barco #Port #Harbour #Hafen #Harbor #PortOfLosAngeles #California #SoCal #Water #Sea #Ocean #Sunrise #Dawn #SchiffSamstag #Lighthouse #Lighthouses #Phares #Fyr #Leuchtturme #Leuchtturm #Faro #Faros #Fari #Nave #Navi

#SchiffsSamstag #ShipSaturday

One In - One Out

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#NoGenAi #NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Schiff #Schiffs #Navire #Navires #Buques #Barco #Port #Harbour #Hafen #Harbor #Vancouver #BC #Canada #Water #Sea #Ocean #Sunrise #Dawn #SchiffSamstag #BritishColumbia #Canadian #VancouverHarbour

#SchiffsSamstag #ShipSaturday

Leaving LA

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#NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Schiff #Schiffs #Navire #Navires #Buques #Barco #Port #Harbour #Hafen #Harbor #PortOfLosAngeles #California #SoCal #Water #Sea #Ocean #Sunrise #Dawn #SchiffSamstag #Lighthouse #Lighthouses #Phares #Fyr #Leuchtturme #Leuchtturm #Faro #Faros #Fari #Nave #Navi

Thursday, August 13, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/thursday-august-13-2026/

Monday, August 3, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/08/monday-august-3-2026/

Strait of Hormuz jam
Helen of Troy - where are you?
A thousand ships wait

#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Summer #August #Helen #HelenOfTroy #Hormuz #USA #Iran #StraitOfHormuz #Ships #Shipping #Photography #2026

August 1, 2026

#SchiffSamstag #ShipSaturday

Sea Fog

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Maritime #Nautical #Water #Sea #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #Seascape #Monochrome #Landscape #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Ferries #Bateaux #Bateau #Navire #Navires #US #USA #California #NorCal #SF #SFBA #Fog #Mist #Weather #AdverseWeather #GoldenGate #GoldenGateBridge #Bridge

'Im Hafen' #FotoVorschlag
– Sonnenaufgang im Hafen von Honfleur, Frankreich

📷 #Nikon #D810
🔎 Nikkor 28.0-300.0 mm f/3.5-5.6 @ 50mm
⚙️ 1/15" (handheld) | ISO 64 | f/11
📆 21.08.2015, 07:22

#Fotografie #Hafen #Sonnenaufgang #Foto #Morgen #Altstadt #Boote #Schiffe #Wasser #Stille #Ruhe #Erwachen #city #Reisen #Reisefotografie #photography #harbor #harbour #sunrise #photo #morning #oldtown #boats #ships #water #silence #awakening #city #travel #travelphotography #Honfleur #Frankreich #France

#FotoVorschlag 'Im Hafen' / 'In the harbour'

1976 lagen wir mit unserem Stückgutfrachter im Hafen von Bremen.

In 1976, we were moored in the port of Bremen with our general cargo ship.

#photography #fotografie #schiffe #SchiffSamstag #maritime #Hafenbecken #harbour #ships #bremen #hafenbremen #historical

#SchiffSamstag #ShipSaturday

Anchored

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #TravelPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Maritime #Nautical #Water #Sea #CamelCase #BNW #BlackAndWhite #Seascape #Monochrome #Landscape #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Ferries #Bateaux #Bateau #Navire #Navires #US #USA #California #SoCal #Catalina #SantaCatalina #Avalon #Anchor #Anchored

Monday, July 20, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-20-2026/

#SchiffSamstag #ShipSaturday

In Norway, It's Hard To Go Far Without Travelling On A Ferry

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#AltText #NoAi #No2Ai #Photo #Photography #Travel #Norway #Norge #TravelPhotography #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #Ship #Ships #ShipsOfMastodon #Maritime #Nautical #Water #Sea #CamelCase #Ferry #Nordic #BNW #BlackAndWhite #Seascape #Monochrome #Landscape #BlackAndWhitePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Ferry #Ferries #Bateaux #Bateau #Navire #Navires #Trondheim #Trondheimsfjorden

Wednesday, July 15, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/wednesday-july-15-2026/

Tuesday, July 14, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/tuesday-july-14-2026/

Sunday, July 12, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/sunday-july-12-2026/

🇫🇷 En dehors du trainspotting, je m'adonne aussi parfois au #shipspotting

En voici quatre (six en fait) photographiés hier sur le Rhin.

🇬🇧 Outside trainspotting, I'm also make sometimes some #shipspotting

Here are four (well six in fact) photos from yesterday along the Rhine.

📷 Bad-Breisig (RLP-DE)

#ships #bateaux #Schiffe #Schepen

TechSpot: A $5 Bluetooth tracker hidden in a postcard exposed a warship’s movements. “Journalist Just Vervaart concealed a Bluetooth tracker inside a postcard. He then mailed it to the vessel using publicly available instructions from the Dutch Ministry of Defense, intended to help families send mail to loved ones stationed on the ship. This protocol provided enough details to get the tracker […]

https://www.europesays.com/iran/71830/ Trade ships hit in Hormuz as Iran recloses strait | National #afp #conflicts #GovernmentOfIran #Iran #IslamicRevolutionaryGuardCorps #PersianGulf #Shipping #ships #StraitOfHormuz #WaterTransport

Thursday, April 16, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/thursday-april-16-2026/

https://www.europesays.com/iran/67428/ Ships exit Gulf from Iran despite US blockade: tracker | Northwest & National News #2026IranWar #afp #FreightTransport #GovernmentOfIran #InternationalRelations #Iran #MaritimeTransport #PersianGulf #ship #Shipping #ships #StraitOfHormuz #Tanker(ship) #tncen #WaterTransport

Monday, February 23, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/monday-february-23-2026/

Sunday, February 22, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/sunday-february-22-2026/

Sunday, February 15, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/sunday-february-15-2026/

Monday, January 19, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/01/monday-january-19-2026/

Monday, December 22, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/monday-december-22-2025/

Sunday, December 14, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/sunday-december-14-2025/

Saturday, October 4, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/saturday-october-4-2025/

Saturday, September 13, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/09/saturday-september-13-2025/

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Russian attack on Ukraine began as Trump and Putin spoke — Russia intensifying use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, Dutch intelligence reports — Ukraine strikes deep into Russia with drones, targets airfields after record Kyiv barrage — [vlog/video] Ukraine’s artillery braces for shell shortage as US halts aid … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/saturday-july-5-2025/

Funny things about words.

https://www.urbanmind.net/display/f7dd981d-1067-a353-835f-4a5479987391

Funny things about words.

https://www.urbanmind.net/display/f7dd981d-1067-a353-835f-4a5479987391

Wait—Why Does the Navy Wants to Kill Ships That Are Only 9 Years Old?

Paywalled: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a60247133/navy-wants-to-kill-9-year-old-ships/

Archived: http://archive.today/GbTqF

#technology #tech #military #militarytech #usmilitary #navy #usnavy #navalvessels #ships #sailingships

#Coastguard response times could quadruple under new plans

Controversial new proposal from #Bristow’s a private, profit motivated company Tories contracted to #privatize the service

Coastguard will have 60 min to launch after call is made

Currently they have 15 min during day, 45 min at night

This will risk lives

https://www.shetlandtimes.co.uk/2023/10/06/coastguard-response-times-could-quadruple-under-new-plans

#ToryScum #CutsKill #Rescue #Shetland #Maritime #UK #greed #ToryDictatorship #Privatization #SearcjRescue #OilRigs #Ships #CruiseShips #PeopleNotProfits

The thread about a charity shop book that lead to the story of Captain William Thomson Dawson and the loss of the Leith tanker “Peder Bogen”

This thread was originally written and published in April 2023.

I was recently fortunate to acquire this book on the history of the Trinity House in Leith at my favourite charity book shop (St. Columba’s in Canonmills, go visit them!), for a very reasonable price.

It is signed on the inside cover, not by the author as I first thought, but by a “Captain Dawson OBE, the Master of Trinity House”.

The award of the OBE piqued my interest enough to look up our Captain Dawson, and it did not take long to find him: William Thomson Dawson. This is why his signature reads “W. Thomson“. Captain Dawson was a local man, born in Leith in 1910, the son of Margaret Alexander and James Dawson – a merchant navy officer. He was named after his grandfather, a Leith shipmaster. Our Captain Dawson was master of the Leith tanker SS Peder Bogen, a tanker owned by Leith’s Christian Salvesen shipping line. This steam-powered ship was 480 feet long, 62 feet wide and drew 37 feet (146 x 18.9 x 11.2m) with a gross tonnage (a measure of the carrying capacity of a merchant ship) of some 9,700 tons.

The Peder Bogen had been built in the Dutch city of Dordrecht in 1925 for the Norwegian whaling company Johan Rasmussen, being sold to the Salvesen’s whaling subsidiary The South Georgia Company in 1933, along with the base of Stromness on that island. She was a supply ship supporting the Salvesen’s whaling operations and fleet at South Georgia, carrying fuel and goods south and whale oil north, with the seasons.

When war broke out, the Peder Bogen found itself called up for convoy duty, bringing precious fuel oil east across the Atlantic, for which purposes she was given a token armament for self defence. She had made a number of such passages during the first years of the war until on 19th March 1942 she left Port of Spain in Trinidad, heading for Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she would join an eastbound convoy across the Atlantic. On board she had 11,000 tons of fuel oil for the Admiralty 52 crew (including Dawson) and a single passenger, the radio operator of the French tanker SS Melpomene, which had been sunk a few weeks previously en route from Belfast to Baton Rouge.

The journey north proceeded quietly for 4 days, until on the 23rd March she was hit without warning by two torpedoes from the Italian submarine Morosino, about 700 miles northeast of Puerto Rico and 745 miles southeast of Bermuda, in the position 24° 25′ 48″N by 57° 26′ 24″W.

The ship was holed, and with water pouring into her tanks and machinery spaces and the prospect of the 11,000 tons of oil (not to mention the ships own 2,000 tons of fuel) catching fire, Dawson assembled his crew on deck. He ordered the crew to take to the lifeboats, but asked for volunteers to stay aboard and form a skeleton crew to see if there was a chance of saving the tanker and its precious cargo. He and five others remained on the Peder Bogen, relit the boilers, raised steam and began pumping the water out. They fought a losing battle, and when there was 16 feet of water in the engine room had to abandon the fight and join the lifeboats too. The two little boats then retreated a safe distance to await rescue. For the second time in 3 weeks, the unlucky radio operator of the Melpomene found himself abandoning a torpedoed tanker.

Three hours later, the Peder Bogen had still neither sunk nor caught fire, so once again Dawson and his volunteers made the brave decision to board her and try to save her. The Morosini however had been stalking them, and as they made to do this she surfaced just a mile distant and opened fire with her two 4″ deck guns. The Italian’s gunfire was inaccurate, and it took them 40 rounds to score 5 hits, enough to set the tanker on fire and seal her fate.

The crew were all safe however, and spent a rather unhappy night watching the remains of their ship and its cargo on fire. The next day the two lifeboats set a course for the Virgin islands before becoming separated. They were well equipped for their journey, with food, water and survival gear, and the weather was favourable, so their chances were good. After 4 days rowing against the winds, Dawson’s boat was sighted by the “Clyde-built” Spanish ship Gobeo, which took all aboard. The Spaniards were sympathetic to the plight of the British merchant mariners and treated them well. They landed them in Lisbon, Portugal, 3 weeks later. The men of the other boat, carrying the remains of the Peder Bogen’s crew under First Officer Duncan were picked up the following day after becoming separated. The Argentinian ship Rio Gallegos took them to New York, where they landed 4 days later on March 31st.

On April 14th 1942, The Scotsman reported the happy news to Leith that all onboard the ship had been saved. A table at the bottom of this page lists the names, home towns and ranks and roles of all of the men, as reported by the paper.Captain Dawson was awarded the OBE in 1943 for his part, having “showed splendid courage, resource and leadership and made determined efforts to save his ship in circumstances of great difficulty and danger “. Three of the engineering officers were awarded the MBE and two Firemen recieved the BEM.

Dawson was made Master of Trinity House in 1964, a position he held until 1977. His medals, cap and ephemera were sold at auction in December 2022.

The Morosini was lost at sea on August 8th 1942 with all hands, to causes unknown. In a curious twist to the tale, Captain Dawson’s father, Captain James Dawson, was almost certainly the Captain James Dawson of Leith who was master of the steamer Fingal when she was sunk by a torpedo or mine in the North Sea in March 1915. Six of the crew lost their lives that day. James Dawson, father to the 5 year old William, did not abandon his ship until it slipped under the water but survived.

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There is a #SchiffsSamstag hashtag apparently, and I am rather fond of #ships so should be able to partake in this most weeks that I remember.

This is #PrincessCruises #StarPrincess at anchor off #PuntaArenas in #Chile back in 2016. That's an old #pier with #cormorants on it, and not #penguins as one American #cruise passenger thought. You'd think the flying bit would give that away.

#TravelPhotography #Travel #Photography #SouthAmerica #CruiseShip