Shipping History@ShippingHistory·30 Nis#onthisday in 1982 @UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) concluded and was adopted into force tinyurl.com/b665go9แปล English01001
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·28 Nis#onthisday in 1789 The Mutiny on the Bounty occurred as sailors settled on Tahiti and burned the vessel HMS Bounty tinyurl.com/dhg9pbแปล English01001
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·27 Nis#onthisday in 1914 Reginald Fessenden’s testing marks the beginning of the acoustic exploration of the sea tinyurl.com/yzyk7jmแปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·26 Nis#onthisday in 1956, Malcolm McLean launched the precursor of what was to become modern shipboard containerisation tinyurl.com/c6kmyppแปล English0210
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·25 Nis#onthisday in 1719 Daniel Defoe's Classic 'Robinson Crusoe' went on sale tinyurl.com/ygrn6vแปล English0010
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·24 Nis#onthisday in 1916 Ernest Shackleton led a 5 man lifeboat team to get help for the ice-trapped Endurance crew tinyurl.com/2xjgjuแปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·24 Nis#onthisday in 1961 17th century Swedish ship Vasa was Salvaged, breaking the surface for the 1st time in 333 years tinyurl.com/355oyxแปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·23 Nis#onthisday in 1697 George Anson is born. He circumnavigated the globe as head of the Royal Navy during the 7yrs War tinyurl.com/cdafrv3แปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·23 Nis#onthisday in 1598 Maarten Tromp was born. The Dutch Admiral was affectionately known as the Grandfather of his crew tinyurl.com/p2owxsdแปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·22 Nis#onthisday in 1500 Pedro Alvares Cabral lands in Brazil & claims it for Portugal at a site now known as Eastern Mount tinyurl.com/okyuue5แปล English0100
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·20 Nis#onthisday in 1534 French explorer Jacques Cartier began a voyage which led to the claiming of Canada for France tinyurl.com/d2ehq69แปล English0100
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·19 Nis#onthisday in 1770 James Cook’s expedition became the first Europeans to encounter the eastern coastline of Australia tinyurl.com/g26b3แปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·15 Nis#onthisday in 1872 Augustus Siebe died. The German engineer is known for inventing the first closed diving suit tinyurl.com/cfeyuztแปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·14 Nis#onthisday in 1527 Abraham Ortelius was born. He is generally recognised as producing the first modern day atlas tinyurl.com/btfj2qhแปล English0100
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·13 Nis#onthisday in 1937 HMS Ark Royal (Pennant 91) was launched. The @RoyalNavy aircraft carrier served during WW2 tinyurl.com/cnjfn4nแปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·9 Nis#onthisday in 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel was born. Brunel built the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship tinyurl.com/f6ek5แปล English0010
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·5 Nis#onthisday in 1968 the original Queen Mary was sold to a US syndicate for $3.2M tinyurl.com/c7o2hvแปล English0020
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·5 Nis#onthisday in 1966 the @IMOHQ on Load Lines was signed to establish uniform principles & rules tinyurl.com/csv477uแปล English0020
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·4 Nis#onthisday in 1838 SS Sirius departed from Cork, bound for New York & became the first holder of the “Blue Riband” tinyurl.com/buq7mg7แปล English0000
Shipping History@ShippingHistory·29 Mar#onthisday in 1983 the last US lightship (WLV-613) was decommissioned at the Nantucket Shoals Lightship station tinyurl.com/cuqrk8cแปล English0000