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Albatross, originally named Albatros, later Alk, was a sailing ship that became famous when she sank in 1961 with a group of American teenagers on board. The events were the basis for 1996 film White Squall .
Deborah Scaling was born January 21, 1958, in Throckmorton, Texas.She took up sailing at an early age and began working as a crew member on yachts. In 1981, she became the first American woman to complete the Whitbread Round the World Race, working as a cook on the South African Xargo.
A white squall was allegedly behind the sinking of the brigantine Albatross on May 2, 1961 although, in fact, there were a number of traditional line squalls all around and a microburst was very unlikely. [citation needed] White squalls are rare at sea, but common on the Great Lakes of North America.
Fans found a wild potential Taylor Swift easter egg involving The Albatross hotel fire in Coney Island, and how it connects to Joe Alwyn.
One of the survivors, Deborah Scaling Kiley, published a book about the shipwreck titled Albatross: The True Story of a Woman's Survival at Sea (1994) which was made into a TV movie Two Came Back (1997). She was profiled in the episode "Shark Survivor" on the Discovery channel series I Shouldn't Be Alive (Ep. 1, Season 1).
Albatross birds spend the first six years of their “long lives” at sea, according to Smithsonian magazine. While “Long Live” is the name of one of Swift’s Speak Now tracks, ...
The SS United States was poised to set sail at the end of last year on her final voyage from Philadelphia to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico to become an artificial reef. But Coast Guard concerns ...
Tall Ships Down: The Last Voyages of the Pamir, Albatross, Marques, Pride of Baltimore and the Maria Asumpta. McGraw Hill, 2003. ISBN 0-07-143545-X. Mystic Seaport Website: History of the bark Marques; Seadercraft.com Article: Monster Ocean Waves (about the sinking) Stengel, Richard & Stevenson, Kevin (June 18, 1984). "It Meant to Kill Us". Time.