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History of Maritime
Questions relating to the use of oceans and seas for transportation, food, and warfare.
2,489 Questions
How many female crew members were on the titanic?
There were 23 female employees onboard the Titanic, 20 survived the disaster.
Yes. They had very early Marconi radio, which is the only device you could call "Electronic". They famously transmitted the newly devised morse code signal for distress "S O S". Which was picked up by several vessels including the 'Carpathia'.
Radar was not invented until the second world war.
How deep is the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald?
The Edmund Fitzgerald was 729 feet long and had a gross weight tonnage (meaning weighed empty) at right around 13,600 tons. At the time of her launch in 1958, she was the largest freighter ever constructed on the lakes. However, at the time of her sinking in 1975, her size had already been surpassed by 1000ft vessels such as the Stewart J Cort.
Did Titanic have 4 electric elevators with operators?
Yes, there were elevators on the Titanic. Not like the ones we know today though.
What was the cost of the titanic in pounds?
Cost of a ticket (one way)
* First Class (parlor suite) £870/$4,350 ($69,600 today)
* First Class (berth) £30/$150 ($2400 today)
Hope this helps! :)
Where did titanic set sail for New York?
At the New York City harbor, close to where the Statue of Liberty is
O Canada
O Canada! our home and native land!
True patriot-love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
And stand on guard, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
Chorus
O Canada, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! where pines and maples grow,
Great prairies spread, and lordly rivers flow.
How dear to us thy broad domain,
From East to Western sea.
The land of hope for all who toil,
The True North strong and free!
Chorus
O Canada, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada! beneath our shining skies,
May stalwart sons, and gentle maidens rise.
To keep thee steadfast through the years,
From east to western sea,
Our own beloved native land,
Our true north strong and free!
Chorus
O Canada, glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Ruler Supreme! who hearest humble prayer,
Hold thy Dominion in thy loving care;
Help us to find, Oh God, in thee,
A lasting rich reward.
As waiting for the Better Day,
We ever stand on guard.
O Canada, Glorious and free! Amen
Was there proof that the titanic sank?
the Titanic sank on April 14 1912 and you can tell it is the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean by what is in it and where it is at and it has the name right on the back of the boat.
When did the triangular trade route start?
The Triangular Trade (Triangle Trade) began its operation from the end of the 16th century and lasted until the early years of the 19th century. This simply refers to slave trade.
How long did it take for the Titanic to sink from the moment of impact to complete submersion?
The Titanic was a heavy storage ship, so it took about15 minutes for the water to fill the storage rooms, and the Titanic was a very large and heavy ship so that took less time, so about 7 minutes to sink.
Who was the most famous viking?
The Most famous of vikings was Lief Ericson who lived in the 10th c. He was the first European to reach N. America, we all may know and hear that Columbus discovered America which is true but truly it was Lief Ericson. Columbus was just the first to ever settle down here, Ericson did not, that's why he isn't as popular in American History as Columbus.
What music was invented in the 20th century?
well concidering it is the twentieth century you should know:)
It is not the twentieth century, it is the twenty first ;)
Did titanic and all it's sister ships sink?
No.
Titanic had two sister ships, Olympic and Britannic. Olympic was the first of the trio of ships, and she sailed the Atlantic successfully until 1935, although with two major mishaps, a collision with the British warship HMS Hawke in 1911, and a collision with the Nantucket Lightship in 1934 which sliced the Lightship in half; seven of the 11 Lightship crew members were killed. The third of the sister ships, completed after Titanic, was Britannic. There is some indication that she was to be named Gigantic, but the name was changed to Britannic after the Titanic tragedy. Britannic never sailed in commercial passenger service; she served as a hospital ship for the Royal Navy on the eve of World War I. In November of 1916 Britannic struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea.
Information about the first computer?
First programmable computer
The Z1 originally created by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents living room in 1936 to 1938 is considered to be the first electrical binary programmable computer.
The first digital computer
Short for Atanasoff-Berry Computer, the ABC started being developed by Professor John Vincent Atanasoff and graduate student Cliff Berry in 1937 and continued to be developed until 1942 at the Iowa State College (now Iowa State University). On October 19, 1973, US Federal Judge Earl R. Larson signed his decision that the ENIAC patent by Eckert and Mauchly was invalid and named Atanasoff the inventor of the electronic digital computer. The ENIAC was invented by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly at the University of Pennsylvania and began construction in 1943 and was not completed until 1946. It occupied about 1,800 square feet and used about 18,000 vacuum tubes, weighing almost 50 tons. Although the Judge ruled that the ABC computer was the first digital computer many still consider the ENIAC to be the first digital computer. Because of the Judge ruling and because the case was never appealed like most we consider the ABC to be the first digital computer. However, because the ABC was never fully functional we consider the first functional digital computer to be the ENIAC.
The first stored program computer
The early British computer known as the EDSAC is considered to be the first stored program electronic computer. The computer performed its first calculation on May 6, 1949 and was the computer that ran the first graphical computer game. The first personal computer
In 1975 Ed Roberts coined the term personal computer when he introduced the Altair 8800. Although the first personal computer is considered to be the Kenback-1, which was first introduced for $750 in 1971. The computer relied on a series of switches for inputting data and output data by turning on and off a series of lights. The Micral is considered the be the first commercial non-assembly computer. The computer used the Intel 8008 processor and sold for $1,750 in 1973. The first workstation
Although never sold the first workstation is considered to be the Xerox Alto, introduced in 1974. The computer was revolutionary for its time and included a fully functional computer, display, and mouse. The computer operated like many computers today utilizing windows, menus and icons as an interface to its operating system. The first laptop or portable computer
The first portable computer or laptop is considered to be the Osborne I, a portable computer developed by Adam Osborne that weighed 24 pounds, a 5-inch display, 64 KB of memory, two 5 1/4" floppy drives, and a modem.
What were traditional nautical tattoos and piercings sailors got and why?
FAQ Farmers have offered these:
- Sailors got their ears pierced because it helps improve eyesight (I think its an acupuncture site).
- A black pearl earring for survivors of a sinking ship .
- Golden earrings were used as a means of ensuring they were buried properly should they die at sea or in a foreign port.
- In modern times a brass earring denoted a survivor of a ship sinking.
- One left ear piercing for crossing each of the Equator, Artic Circle, and Antarctic Circle.
- Earrings were thought to keep spirits from entering through the ear, but that's not a purely sailor thing.
- A sparrow for every 5000 thousand nautical miles traveled,.
- A sailor would get a swallow tattoo for every 5000 miles he had sailed.
- A swallow because it will always find its way home.
- A rooster and pig on the ankles are to prevent a sailor from drowning.
- The pig and the rooster are tattooed on either the calves or the top of the feet, to prevent a sailor from drowning,. These animals were originally carried on most ships in wooden crates. When a ship goes down these crates would float and then catch currents and wash ashore with the other debris from the ship, making the pigs and roosters often the only souls to survive a shipwreck.
- A tattoo of a pig on the left knee and a rooster (cock) on the right foot signified "Pig on the knee, safety at sea. A cock on the right, never lose a fight."
- Tattoos of pigs and chickens were to make sure they always had their ham and eggs so that they never go hungry.
- A turtle standing on its back legs (shellback) for crossing the equator and being initiated into King Neptune�s Court.
- A tattoo of King Neptune if you crossed the Equator.
- Crossed anchors on the web between the thumb and index finger for a bosn�s mate.
- Royal Navy tattoos of palm trees for the Mediterranean cruises in WWII.
- Many US sailors have a palm tree or hula girl from Hawaii.
- The words HOLD and FAST were tattooed on the knuckles to help hold line.
- Hold Fast across the knuckles to keep them from falling overboard or dropping a line.
- Anchor tattoo for sailing the Atlantic.
- Full rigged ship for sailing around Cape Horn.
- Dragon Tattoo for a sailor who had sailed into port in China
- A Golden Dragon was for sailors who had crossed the International Date Line.
- Rope around the wrist for being a dockhand.
- Two stars to ensure always knowing the way.
- The anchor usually noted that the sailor was in the merchant marine.
- Guns or crossed cannon for military naval service.
- Harpoons for the fishing fleet.
- Crosses on the soles of one's feet to ward off hungry sharks.
- A nautical star, or compass rose was to always find your way home.
- A dagger through a rose signified a willingness to fight and kill even something as fragile as a rose.
- Many sailors also got pornographic images so that they would always have them with them.
I have a very old book c.1910 where an old sailor be moans the end of the sailors tattoo, yea right. he expounds that. " on the forearm the ports you've visited. on the wrist 'bracelets' on the upper arm the girls name or initials. on the lower leg the initials of all the girls you've 'had'." The "MOM" tattoo became popular during WWII as well as the "death before dishonour" dagger piercing the skin. but that's with the USN in the Royal Navy, and presumably the Commonwealth navies,this is my info; full rigged ship (on the back very large) for rounding the horn (cape horn), The anchor (fouled or not) for service in the Atlantic. All remaining tattoos except since 1970 are in this discussion. Many 'modern' sailors have put tattoos of their specility or of the distinctive badge they had earned. like having crossed hammers with wings for aircraft carrier mechanics, or the divers helmet for a diver,etc. As for crossing the line. None of us Shellbacks want to repete this trial! You get a card. but some of us wisely have the longitude and date as well as ship on our upper leg. So if we ever get mistaken for a pollywog we can "show a leg" (naval term for 'get up out of bed!'.). 119deg 6min 54sec East USS SAMUEL GOMPERS 19 SEP 1991
The Victory was commissioned by the British Admiralty and built by Chatham Dockyard, starting in 1759. It was launched four years later in 1763. It was left idle for another thirteen years until the Admiralty commissioned it for use. The ship was finally completed in 1778.
Where is the World's largest naval base?
Probably going to be either Pearl Harbor (U.S. Naval Base, Hawaii), or possibly Murmansk, a Russian naval base in far north of Russia near the border with Finland..I would start with those two...
How many crew are there in a container ship?
The crew on a bulker typically consists of 20 to 30 people, though 8 people can handle smaller ships. The crew includes the captain or master, the deck department, the engineering department, and the steward's department.
That was the Battle of Hampton Roads. The battle is considered indescive because both sides claimed thay won and there is no easy way to determine who could be considered the victor looking back on it.
