Lady Juliana was a British ship that was launched at Whitby in 1777. She transported female convicts in 1789 from Britain to Australia. She gained a reputation as a ‘floating brothel’. However scandalous that may seem, many women on board the ship would go on to play a crucial part in the history of Australia A Very Long Voyage …
The USS Pueblo is a ship that many Americans may not have heard of. But it is an active Navy vessel that sits in the harbor of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. How did it get there? USS Pueblo’s Coast Gaurd Service The USS Pueblo began her life at the shipyards in of Kewaunee …
At first glance, you may think there was nothing special about the SS Baychimo. She was a steel-hulled 1,322-ton cargo steamer that was built in Sweden in 1914 for the Hudson’s Bay Company, she was used for trading supplies and food for pelts in Inuit settlements along the Northwest Territories in Canada. But in 1931 …