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  • Aircraft Carriers of World War II
    Contains details on carriers from the U.S., Japan, the British Navy, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and the Royal Canadian Navy.
    www.voodoo.cz/ww2car
  • Alfred Corry Museum
    Museum that exhibits and restores the 1893 Southwold No.1 Lifeboat.
    freespace.virgin.net/david.cragie
  • Andrea Doria (3)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/Andrea_Doria
  • Andrea Gail (3)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/Andrea_Gail
  • Battleship Texas BB35, Museum
    Oldest surviving battleship still afloat in the United States.
    www.usstexasbb35.com
  • Concrete Ships
    Traces the experiment in shipbuilding from World Wars I and II.
    www.concreteships.org
  • Dunbrody: Ireland's Historic Emigrant Ship
    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.
    www.dunbrody.com
  • Duyfken 1606 Replica Foundation
    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.
    www.duyfken.com
  • 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.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/Edmund_Fitzgerald
  • Empress of Ireland@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Maritime_History/Empress_of_Ireland
  • French Lines Association
    Highlights the heritage of the French shipping lines, such as the Compagnie G?n?rale Maritime and the Soci?t? Nationale Maritime Corse M?diterran?e, with photos and document collections. In French and English.
    www.frenchlines.com/index_en.php
  • Great Liners
    Sections on the Aquitania, Lusitania, Olympic and more.
    members.aol.com/LouAtBuff
  • Great Ships
    Ocean liner postcard and ephemera collection, featuring images from such lines as the Allan, Canadian Pacific, Cunard, Hamburg America (Hapag), and White Star.
    www.greatships.net
  • 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.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../18th_Century/Mutiny_on_the_Bounty
  • Helen Macleod II Restoration Project
    Last commercial sailing vessel on the Great Lakes is being restored on the shores of Lake Huron as by the Bayfield Historical Society.
    www.huroned.edu.on.ca/~H_MACLEOD_II
  • Historic Ship Nautilus and the Submarine Force Museum
    Visit the world's first nuclear-powered ship, the USS Nautilus and the U.S. Submarine Force Museum.
    www.ussnautilus.org
  • HMS Belfast@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Community/History
  • Huron Lightship Museum
    This former Coast Guard lightship (floating lighthouse) is now a floating museum.
    www.boatnerd.com/museums/huron
  • Kalakala Foundation
    She's an historic art deco masterpiece and the world's first and only streamlined vessel.
    www.kalakala.org
  • Le Pourquoi Pas?
    Ship of Captain Charcot for his second expedition to Antarctica.
    charcot.free.fr
  • Lost Liners
    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.
    www.pbs.org/lostliners
  • LostLiners: Honoring the Golden Age of Ocean Travel
    Pays tribute to the great ocean-going leviathans of yesterday with photos and information.
    www.lostliners.com
  • Maple Leaf Shipwreck
    1864 Civil War shipwreck in Jacksonville, FL.
    www.mapleleafshipwreck.com
  • Mark and Ahmad's Ocean Liner Page
    Offering information on how they work, pictures, and even disasters.
    www.oceanliners.8m.com
  • Matthew, The
    Replica of the caravel John Cabot used to sail to North America in 1497. Includes ship statistics, history, and tour information.
    www.matthew.co.uk
  • Milwaukee Clipper
    Passenger carferry Milwaukee Clipper built in 1905 which carried passengers and automobiles between Muskegon, Michigan and Milwaukee, Wisconsin until 1970.
    www.milwaukeeclipper.com
  • Monsters of the Sea
    Photos and profiles of famous ocean liners, from the Queen Mary to the Titanic. Includes statistics, a brief history, and images for each.
    www.ocean-liners.com
  • Museum of the Battleship Averoff
    Dedicated to the B/S Georgios Averoff, the most decorated vessel in the Hellenic Navy. Includes ship description and visiting hours.
    users.hol.gr/~bsaverof
  • New England Steamship Foundation
    Dedicated toward the preservation and restoration of the S.S. Nobska. Includes a virtual tour and updates.
    www.nobska.org
  • Nina & Santa Clara - The Columbus Foundation
    Historically accurate replicas of the ships Columbus sailed across the Atlantic in his voyages of discovery.
    www.thenina.com
  • Queen Mary@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/Queen_Mary
  • Rainbow Warrior@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Greenpeace_International/Destruction_of_the_Rainbow_Warrior__1985
  • Reuben James (2)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/Reuben_James
  • RMS Britannic (2)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/RMS_Britannic
  • RMS Carpathia
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/RMS_Carpathia
  • RMS Lusitania@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Shipwrecks/RMS_Lusitania
  • RMS Mauretania (1)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/RMS_Mauretania
  • RMS Titanic@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Shipwrecks/RMS_Titanic
  • Royal Yacht Britannia
    Official site with details of the history of the yacht, visitor information, hospitality and events, online shop, postcards, photo gallery, and more.
    www.royalyachtbritannia.co.uk
  • S.S. Catalina Recovery
    Seeking to ensure the future security of the "Great White Steamer."
    www.escapist.com/sscatalina
  • S.S. Central America@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../California_Gold_Rush/S_S__Central_America
  • S.S. City of Milwaukee - National Historic Landmark
    Traditional Great Lakes railroad/passenger ferry permanently moored in Manistee, Michigan. Ship offers historic tours, lodging, special events, and group rentals.
    www.carferry.com
  • 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.
    dir.yahoo.com/.../History/S_S__Eastland
  • S.S. Great Britain@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/S_S__Great_Britain
  • S.S. South and S. S. North American Great Lakes Cruise Ships
    Now scrapped, these beautiful ships once sailed the Great Lakes.
    170.211.225.100/georgian_bay
  • S.S. United States (6)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/S_S__United_States
  • S.S. Virginia V Foundation Inc.
    The last wooden hulled steamship in the West.
    www.virginiav.org
  • Sailing Warships
    Information about the history of European warships, organized by country. Find out about the ships' design, construction, and famous examples from European sea battles.
    www.sailingwarships.com
  • Ships of Discovery
    Research and educational organization studying ships of the earliest European explorations in the New World.
    www.shipsofdiscovery.org
  • Ships of the Orient
    Features images of past Orient Line ships. Includes an extensive selection of interior views of the Orcades, Otranto, Orsova, and more.
    www.pnc.com.au/~byceme/home/home.htm
  • SS Normandie (2)
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Ships/SS_Normandie
  • Steamer Columbia
    Dedicated to the restortion and return to service of the historic former Bob-Lo steamer Columbia.
    www.steamercolumbia.org
  • Steamship T.S.S. Nea Hellas
    This Greek ocean liner brought tens of thousands of Greek immigrants to the U.S.
    members.aol.com/neahellas/nea_ellas.html
  • Through Mighty Seas: Merchant Sailing Ships of the Northwest of England
    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.
    www.mightyseas.co.uk
  • Tilikum
    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.
    www.telusplanet.net/public/albear1/thetilikum.html
  • USS Arizona Memorial@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Museums_and_Memorials/USS_Arizona_Memorial
  • USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park
    Dive into WWII and the history of the USS Bowfin, one of only 15 U.S. WWII submarines still in existence.
    www.bowfin.org
  • USS Forrestal
    America's first super carrier is now a Naval Heritage Museum.
    www.forrestal.org
  • USS Lexington Museum on the Bay@
    dir.yahoo.com/.../Entertainment_and_Arts/Museums_and_Exhibits
 


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