A Derby teacup, coffee cup and saucer, circa 1797-1800
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A Derby teacup, coffee cup and saucer, circa 1797-1800
A Liverpool coffee cup, by John and Jane Pennington, c. 1775-1790
Wreck of De Hoop on the banks of the Rhine near Emmerich, Germany, by Meik Wächter
In the winter of 1894/1895, seven ships coming from Leverkusen had sought shelter from the expected ice on the banks of the Rhine near Emmerich and stored their cargo, which consisted of many hundreds of crates of Guhr dynamite. After the Rhine was free of ice again, six ships were to be loaded with this dynamite on 19 March 1895 by workers from Porz near Cologne. It was then to be taken to Holland.At around 6.10 p.m., the area resounded for kilometres with an explosion boom. On De Elisabeth, which was closest to the shore, probably 1400 cases of dynamite had blown up. The other five nearby ships were also caught in the inferno, burnt out and sank. Among them was De Hoop, a single-masted ship about 32 m long and over 5 m wide.
16 people died and many were seriously injured. The cause of the explosion could never be determined.
The Chalupa a basque whaling boat, 16th century, Red Bay, Labrador, NL, Photo by Snuffy
Some basque whaling boats from the sixteenth century were recovered at Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador by archaeologists from Parcs Canada, in underwater excavations of the San Juan Whaler, sunk in 1565 and it is the oldest whaling boat known.
The ship's cat on the lifeboat cover of the general cargo heavy lift ship Empire Elaine (1942) in port at Sydney, New South Wales, by Ken J. Mills, 1947
Micro ivory ship ring, english, late 18th century
A bronze and marble paperweight, allegory of merchant shipping, circa 1820
Bronze, Mariner's Astrolabe, Portuguese, 1645, Nicholo Ruffo (c) The Mariners' Museum
Navigational instrument used by sailors to determine latitude by measuring celestial body heights. Developed between 1460-1700 as a more accurate alternative to nautical quadrants. Found by diver Gigi Fernandes Corcia in November 1999 during a wreck survey at Passa Pau, Santiago island, at 7-12 meters depth. Only known silver-coated mariner's astrolabe. Three engraved scales (0-90°). Brass sighting vane.