Preservation Archive
Past Ships
MINGHUA, (ex ANCERVILLE, SEA WORLD) by Martin Cox (first appeared on MaritimeMatters in 2000. Updated in 2004, 2007, 2010) Built as ANCERVILLE Compagnie de Navigation Paquet, Marseilles Built
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Knego's Ship Blogs
Updated with larger images on August 15, 2011. The 1955-built mini-liner MV WAPPEN VON HAMBURG, after a long life and years of neglect, is about to embark upon
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Knego's Ship Blogs
This is a top to bottom virtual tour of the MS PHILIPPINES (former AUGUSTUS) as the ship is today. Some of the original furnishings have since been replaced
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Past Ships
1940 Glasgow-built paddle steamer LINCOLN CASTLE is in imminent risk of being lost to scrappers, as societies and individuals meet and plan, the demolition company is already on
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Guest Bloggers
An eyewitness report from the SS United States Conservancy Event, July 1st 2010: National Flagship Celebration from Byron Huart, in his own words. Video by Byron Huart SS
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Past Ships
In astonishingly good news for ship preservationists today, the S.S. United States Conservancy, a group dedicated to saving the laid up liner SS UNITED STATES from scrap, have
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Past Ships
The SS UNITED STATES Conservancy will be presenting a special event on July 1, 2010 in Philadelphia, PA to help raise national awareness about the ongoing plight of
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Guest Bloggers
During the Gold Rush thousands came to seek their fortune along the rivers of California. Today, treasure can still be found resting just below the east bank of
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Preservation
During my most recent visit to the Bay Area to document the departure of the last P2s, I stopped at Mare Island (home of a former naval base)
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Past Ships
The 1914-built battleship TEXAS, a veteran of both World Wars, has been moored at the San Jacinto Battleground, Texas since 1948. Her hull was last repaired in the
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