If asked to name a few parts of the ship, a vessel’s Anchor would surely be the first item on our list when asked to name a few parts. Anchoring is a fundamental and sensitive operation for a vessel. An anchor is a device that secures a vessel to the bed of a...

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So far through the series, we have been reading about the Ships and their greatest shipwrecks. Through the vast categories of Vessels, we dive deep to read about the fearless journey taken by HMS Sickle, an S Class Submarine of the Royal Navy. During World War, I...

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In the book, “Let your life speak” Parker J. Palmer quotes, “Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep...

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We all know about the Titanic and its fateful journey. But have you heard of “Australia’s Titanic”? In our series today we shall read about the 100-year-old lost ship, a ship before the Titanic, famously known as, “SS Waratan”, the ship that...

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As Michel Serres famously puts it, “Voyaging begins when one burns one’s boats, adventures begin with a Shipwreck” and through the series of discovering the deepest shipwrecks we began with the most famous “Flor de la mar”. Voyaging in the series today we halt at the...

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There’s something horrifyingly fascinating about a mysterious disappearance, and vast oceans offer seemingly endless space to vanish. The true fate of many of the ships will never be known, but speculation suggests that storms, piracy, mutiny, accidental bombing, and...

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