"was in the offering as they exchanged letters and Daniel resigned as Ambassador. On his return to Liverpool, his ship was in a collision and he was declared missing. Robert Onedin (Brian Rawlinson/James Garbutt (one series)), James's older brother, took after their father and counted coppers in the family ship chandlers, though he later expanded it into a profitable department store after visiting the United States to see new methods of selling. They had one son, Samuel, who at first cared more for the sea and ships than shopkeeping. Robert was elected as a Member of Parliament and he and"
"to run on petrol by the late 1960s, after which, she was again converted, to run on steam, with a Merryweather boiler. It was in this state that she was acquired by John Player & Sons, who used her for promotional purposes, and lent her to the producers of the television series ""The Onedin Line"", in which she was featured. She also appeared in the series ""Edward the Seventh"". Players also installed an oil fired scotch dry back boiler. The vessel was acquired by its current owner Nigel Thomson in 1996, who again replaced the boiler, with one built 1998"
"shows such as ""The Onedin Line"" and ""Poldark"". In 1977 Mark Litchfield (who would later also own the ""Maria Asumpta"" and be convicted after he steered her on her fateful last journey) bought a one-half share in the ship. She was again re-rigged, this time as a barque, largely for her part in the BBC series ""The Voyage of Charles Darwin"" as his ship . At this time she was renamed the ""Bark Marques"". In 1983 the ""Marques"" sailed from Plymouth, England, to Antigua in the Caribbean for use in charter tours during the northern winter. In the summer of"
"The Majestic Line The Majestic Line, ""Argyll Coast Cruises"", is a private cruise line with its headquarters in the Sandbank Marina on the Cowal Peninsula in the West of Scotland. Founded in 2004, it is named after a fictional shipping company that featured in Neil Munro's Tales of Para Handy. , the line operates cruises from Oban to the Islands of the Clyde (Firth of Clyde) and the Inner Hebrides. The company runs a fleet of three vessels, two that were converted from fishing trawlers, the third, a purpose-built vessel, that has the look and feel of a 1930s “gentleman’s"
"Unicorn (ship) The Unicorn () is a fictional 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel appearing in ""The Adventures of Tintin"", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ship plays a leading role in both ""The Secret of the Unicorn"" and ""Red Rackham's Treasure"", published in 1943 and 1944, respectively. The ""Unicorn"" also appears in the 2011 film adaptation """". In the ""Tintin"" adventures, the ""Unicorn"" is the setting of a battle between pirates and sailors followed by a duel between its captain, Sir Francis Haddock (an ancestor of Captain Haddock) and the pirate Red Rackham. The ""Unicorn"" is scuttled"
"of the BBC coffers, and was also extremely liberal in terms of fitting in with his reviewers' requirements, particularly if they were working on a book. It was the ""Radio Times"" that sent Raban on a sailing ship for three days (it was being used as a prop in ""The Onedin Line""), which was to spark off two books and an obsession with sailing. There are also some short articles. 'Christmas in Bournemouth' is a highly objective account of a group of OAPs spending their Christmas together at the Cliff Court Hotel, unwanted by their children: 'There were 59 of"
"Tintin locates the coordinates to the treasure on the globe, presses a secret button he finds there, and discovers Red Rackham's treasure hidden inside. Unicorn (ship) The Unicorn () is a fictional 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel appearing in ""The Adventures of Tintin"", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ship plays a leading role in both ""The Secret of the Unicorn"" and ""Red Rackham's Treasure"", published in 1943 and 1944, respectively. The ""Unicorn"" also appears in the 2011 film adaptation """". In the ""Tintin"" adventures, the ""Unicorn"" is the setting of a battle between pirates and sailors"
"motor yacht”. The Majestic Line The Majestic Line, ""Argyll Coast Cruises"", is a private cruise line with its headquarters in the Sandbank Marina on the Cowal Peninsula in the West of Scotland. Founded in 2004, it is named after a fictional shipping company that featured in Neil Munro's Tales of Para Handy. , the line operates cruises from Oban to the Islands of the Clyde (Firth of Clyde) and the Inner Hebrides. The company runs a fleet of three vessels, two that were converted from fishing trawlers, the third, a purpose-built vessel, that has the look and feel of a"
"Haddock and Snowy leave for the Red Sea coast and board a sambuk for Mecca; they are attacked by fighter planes before Tintin shoots one down and rescues its mercenary Estonian pilot, Piotr Skut. The four are picked up by di Gorgonzola's yacht, the ""Scheherazade"", but are soon offloaded onto the SS ""Ramona"", a tramp steamer. Di Gorgonzola turns out to be another of Tintin's old adversaries, Roberto Rastapopoulos. The ""Ramona"" is one of Rastapopoulos' slave trading ships, and when a fire breaks out aboard it during the night, the ship's commander Allan and his crew flee, leaving Tintin, Haddock,"
"for a pickpocket. At Tintin's flat, Snowy accidentally knocks the model over and breaks its mainmast. Having repaired it, and shown the ship to Haddock, Tintin discovers that the ship is named the ""Unicorn"", after a ship commanded by Haddock's ancestor. While Tintin is out, the ship is stolen from his apartment; in the investigation, he discovers that Sakharine owns an identical model, also named the ""Unicorn"". At home, Tintin discovers a miniature scroll, and realises that this must have been hidden in the mast of the model which Snowy had broken. Written on the parchment is a riddle: ""Three"
"featured Bernard Ebbinghouse () conducting his orchestra, were recorded 29 December 1960. The version of ""Sailor"" by Eileen Rodgers - which featured the Stan Applebaum Orchestra - had been recorded in New York City for Kapp Records the label who had issued the US hit version ""Sailor (Your Home Is On The Sea)"" which featured the original German-language vocal by Lolita: unreleased in the US, Rodgers' version was afforded release by Kapp's UK licensee London Records only to be shortly afterwards withdrawn. In 1974 actor Peter Gilmore, then renowned for his sea-captain role in the BBC-TV series ""The Onedin Line"","
"Dunedin (ship) The Dunedin (1876–82) was the first ship to successfully transport a full cargo of refrigerated meat from New Zealand to England. In this capacity, it provided the impetus to develop the capacity of New Zealand as a major provider of agricultural exports, notwithstanding its remoteness from most markets. Robert Duncan and Co built the 1,320-ton, ""Dunedin"" at Port Glasgow in Scotland in 1874 for the Albion Line (later the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line). Her ship number was 67085. She cost ₤23,750 (£1.6 million, in 2010 inflation-adjusted British pounds). She was one of six ""Auckland"" class emigrant vessels,"
"appraised at $32,000,000. The ship is open for visits from 24 May until 10 October. The ship has also become a floating set for a number of maritime-related documentaries and television docudramas, including subjects involving the torpedoed ocean liner , the burned-out Bahamas cruise ship , Canadian Pacific's ""Empress of Ireland"", as well as the . She was also used extensively in the opening episode of Season Seven, ""Murdoch Ahoy,"" of Murdoch Mysteries. A documentary has been broadcast on CBC Canada was also made called ""Bring Her on Home"". ""Keewatin"" is one of the largest of the remaining Edwardian era"
"the original cast (MacLeod, Kopell, Grandy, Lange, Tewes and Whelan) reunited on ""Today"", where it was announced they will be receiving a joint star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contributions to television, sponsored by Princess Cruises. The Love Boat The Love Boat is an American comedy/drama television series set on luxury passenger cruise ship ""S.S. Pacific Princess"", which aired on the ABC television network from May 5, 1977 until May 24, 1986; plus, four three-hour long specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series revolves around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod) and"
"HMS Dunedin HMS ""Dunedin"" was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy, pennant number D93. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name ""Dunedin"" (named for the capital of Scotland, generally Anglicised as Edinburgh). In October 1920 she, with the other three British vessels, was sent to assure protection of the unloading of munitions intended for Poland, at Danzig. In 1931 she provided assistance to the town of Napier, New Zealand, after the strong"
"owned by the central character Nick Adonidas in the series ""The Beachcombers"". The tug's television name, taken from the Greek goddess Persephone, reflects Nick Adonidas' Greek heritage. The tug appeared in most episodes of the long-running series. Her battered, black hull became one of the show's iconic backdrops. Despite her small size and modest speed, her strength, seaworthiness and reliability made ""Persephone"" something of a character in her own right, often contrasted with the fast and aggressive jet boat piloted by Relic, Nick Adonidas' longtime rival. After the end of the series in 1990, the engine was removed, and Harry"
"USS Nathan James USS ""Nathan James"" is a fictional guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, used as the setting for the 1988 post-apocalyptic novel ""The Last Ship"" and the television series of the same name. USS ""Nathan James"" (DDG-80) is the lead ship of her class. The ship has a beam of , a draft of , and a length of , with a rated speed of . The number at the end of the hull code stands for the ship's position in the series, while the letters ""DD"" stand for ""Destroyer"" and the ""G"" for ""Guided Missile""."
"is DDG-151, where in the book it is DDG-80, likely because was christened after the release of the novel. In the canon of the show, it is named after a U.S. naval captain from World War II and was authorized in September 2001, laid down in June 2002, and launched in January 2004. The ship's motto is ""The Spear of the Navy"". In the pilot, ""Phase Six"", it is mentioned that ""Nathan James"" has a crew complement of 217. By the season 2 finale, ""A More Perfect Union"", CDR Chandler mentions that there are 204 crewmen on ""Nathan James"". In"
"Central Atlantic Ocean, just east of the St. Paul's Rocks, north east of Recife, Brazil, when on 24 November 1941, at 1526 hours, two torpedoes from the sank her. Only four officers and 63 men survived out of ""Dunedin""s crew of 486 officers and men. HMS Dunedin HMS ""Dunedin"" was a light cruiser of the Royal Navy, pennant number D93. She was launched from the yards of Armstrong Whitworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 13 September 1919. She has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name ""Dunedin"" (named for the capital of"
"assassinated while attempting to recover the ""Unicorn"". Tintin places the scroll in his wallet, but it is pickpocketed by Silk the next morning. Later, Tintin is abducted by accomplices of Sakharine, and imprisoned on the SS ""Karaboudjan"". He learns Sakharine formed an alliance with the ship's staff and led a mutiny to take control. On board, Tintin meets Archibald Haddock, the ship's captain. Haddock is permanently drunk and thus unaware of most of his past. Tintin, Haddock, and Snowy eventually outrun the crew and escape from the ""Karaboudjan"" in a lifeboat. The ship fails to ram their boat because they"
"The Love Boat The Love Boat is an American comedy/drama television series set on luxury passenger cruise ship ""S.S. Pacific Princess"", which aired on the ABC television network from May 5, 1977 until May 24, 1986; plus, four three-hour long specials aired in 1986, 1987, and 1990. The series revolves around the ship's captain Merrill Stubing (played by Gavin MacLeod) and a handful of its crew, with several passengers—played by various guest star actors for each episode—having romantic and humorous adventures. It was part of ABC's popular Saturday-night lineup of the time, which also included ""Fantasy Island"" until that series"
"and 21 fare-paying passengers. ""Dunedin Star"" left Liverpool with Convoy ON 145, which convoy was bound for New York. In the North Atlantic ""Dunedin Star"" detached and headed for South Africa. However, at 2230 hrs on 29 November off the Skeleton Coast of South West Africa she struck an underwater obstacle, presumed by the subsequent South African Court of Inquiry to be the poorly charted Clan Alpine Shoal. Her wireless operator sent a distress signal, which was received ashore at Walvis Bay. ""Dunedin Star"" began rapidly taking on water and her pumps were unable to cope. Her Master, Captain RB"
"with its seven passengers and crew, establishing the underlying premise of the franchise. The enduring popularity of the series has made him a cultural icon. Gilligan served in the United States Navy with Jonas Grumby (the Skipper) during an unspecified war and saved him from being struck and killed by a runaway depth charge. Upon retirement, Grumby, described as ""an old salt in these waters"", used his savings to buy the ""Minnow"", and as the ""Minnow""'s captain (or ""Skipper"" as he was nearly invariably addressed), Grumby hired his ""little buddy"", Gilligan, as first mate. Gilligan's past and family are fleetingly"
"Maturin and Mrs Villiers as passengers. The American privateer ""Liberty"" chases ""Diligence"" on its northern route home. Diana is certain that the privateers are hired by the vengeful Johnson. The ""Liberty"" sails into ice and sinks, her crew taken aboard by her follower, and ""Diligence"" reaches the Channel in 17 days. News of the victory is well-received, while Aubrey is eager to get home. He sees his children, grown so much from when he last saw them, and his wife Sophia. Maturin visits Ireland for his uncle. He gives Johnson’s private papers to Sir Joseph Blaine, asks him for Diana's"
"with other cruise liners: ""SS Stella Solaris"" (for a Mediterranean Sea cruise), ""MS Pearl of Scandinavia"" (for a Chinese cruise), ""Royal Viking Sky"" (for European cruises, now ""MV Boudicca"") and ""Royal Princess"" (now ""S.S. Artemis"") and ""Sun Princess"" (for Caribbean Sea cruises). In 1981, P&O Cruises' line ""Sea Princess"" (now ""MS Veronica"") was also used for the special two-hour episode ""Julie's Wedding"", set in and around Australia. Only the latter four ships still exist today. The series was filmed primarily on sets in southern California's—20th Century Fox Studios for seasons one through five, and the Old Warner Brothers Hollywood Studios"
"ship was staying at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for repair work. Although the SA-15 class ship owned by the Far East Shipping Company is not idenfitied in the movie, both its name and the company logo are briefly visible in some shots. In 1995 Bank Line, a subsidiary of Andrew Weir Shipping Ltd, purchased four SA-15 class ships, ""Okha"", ""Bratsk"", ""Tiksi"" and ""Nikel"", for their westbound round-the-world liner service linking Europe to the South Pacific Islands and Papua New Guinea via the Panama and Suez Canals. The ships, no longer required to sail in the arctic conditions, were renamed ""Speybank"","
"and producers, the choice of setting was made to appeal to an international audience with different ports-of-call, such as India, Greece, Italy, Morocco, the United Kingdom and Thailand. An on-board theater serves as an ""organic"" set-up for musical numbers. Most of the action in the series occurs on board the SS ""Tipton"". However, the ship travels to a variety of places around the world which are often unfamiliar places to both Zack and Cody Martin. The SS ""Tipton"" is a cruise ship belonging to London Tipton's father. The ship had its first canon appearance in ""The Suite Life of Zack"
"produced the original pilot episode of ""The Onedin Line""; his tasks included searching many inlets and harbours before finally finding, in Dartmouth, Devon, the schooner that would be the Charlotte Rhodes. He died in 1977 of a heart attack while producing the second series of the BBC 'period' drama ""Poldark"". Anthony Coburn James Anthony Coburn (10 December 1927 – 28 April 1977) was an Australian television writer and producer, who spent much of his professional career living and working in the United Kingdom. He moved to the UK around 1950, where he joined the staff of BBC Television. While working"
"service under the house flag of the United States Lines, being renamed again, to ""Pioneer Surf"", in 1958. Renamed ""Australian Surf"" in 1965, she operated under the flag of Farrell Lines, Inc., into the late 1960s. ""Theenim"" received one battle star for World War II service. USS Theenim (AKA-63) USS ""Theenim"" (AKA-63) was an ""Andromeda"" class attack cargo ship said to be named after a star in the constellation ""Eridanus."" (Eridanus has no star of that name, but ""does"" have one named ""Theemin""; possibly the ship's name is a misspelling.) ""Theenim"" was one of a handful of AKA's manned by"
"a major restoration, the new owner plans to use it for charters and sight seeing tours. It is equipped with an old life preserver with ""S. S. ""Minnow"""" on it, as well as other show items. S. S. Minnow The S. S. ""Minnow"" is a fictional charter boat on the hit 1960s television sitcom ""Gilligan's Island"". The ship ran aground on the shore of ""an uncharted desert isle"" (in the south Pacific Ocean), setting the stage for this popular situation comedy. The crew of two were the skipper Jonas Grumby and his first mate Gilligan, and the five passengers were"
"Porsches, and Corvettes. American muscle cars, such as the Pontiac GTO and Firebird Trans Am, Ford Mustang, Chevrolet Camaro, Plymouth GTX and Barracuda, Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS, and the Buick Grand National also made appearances. Throughout the series, Sonny Crockett lived on an Endeavour sailboat named the ""St. Vitus' Dance"", while in the pilot episode, Crockett is seen on a 38-foot Cabo Rico sailboat. In season 1, he is seen living on an Endeavour 40 sailboat, while in the rest of the series (seasons 2 to 5) he is seen living on an Endeavour 42 sailboat (priced at $120,000 in"
"HMS Odin (1846) HMS ""Odin"" was a steam-powered first-class paddle frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1846 and was used in the Baltic theatre of the Crimean War. The ship was launched on 24 July 1846, at 1,301 73/94 bm, and decommissioned in 1865. She was sold that year to Castle & Beech for breaking up. She was initially intended to carry eight 32pdr carronades on the middle deck, but this idea was later discarded and these guns were never fitted. Between 1850 and 1851 she was fitted out for an Ambassador. The ship had six commanders"
"voyage from Liverpool on 8 June without incident. However, later that summer another problem surfaced which posed a threat to public opinion of the line. Of the six ships, the names originally selected for third and sixth ships of the fleet had initially been selected as ""Pacific"" and ""Arctic"", which when mentioned in the press appeared alongside references two ships of the same names which had belonged to the since defunct Collins Line, both of which were lost at sea with large losses of life. In the cases of those ships, both of which had been wooden hulled paddle steamers,"