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But while the Lady Elgin ’s deteriorating wreckage remains interred across a mile of Lake Michigan lakebed, one remarkably ...
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In the age of mechanised propulsion, sail ships are somewhat of a novelty today. But modern navies — including the Indian Navy — continue to retain such vessels in their fleets. And amid growing ...
The sailing ship Cuauhtémoc was supposed to leave the city and head out to sea when it struck the bridge Saturday evening. Its three masts snapped when it smashed into the world-famous bridge ...
“They go from sail ships to steam ships,” Haw said. “You don’t need a huge clearance.” Yet mast strikes continued, including at least two reported in the 1920s — one of which was with ...
In the two decades following the American Revolution, Salem’s sailing ships returned from China and East India (as Americans then called India, Indochina and the Malay Archipelago) brimming with ...
Authorities said the Mexican Navy tall ship Cuauhtémoc, used for sail training and goodwill tours to other nations, lost power just before crashing into the bridge at about 8:20 p.m. ET.