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Unable to afford the installation of a dry dock in his Leith shipyards, Morton "resorted to the process of hauling up [ships] on greased ways". [2] As this method was both dangerous and time-consuming, in 1818 he invented and installed the first patent slip; a slipway with cradle to haul ships out of the water
She was built in Leith at the Victoria Shipyard by the Ramage & Ferguson & Company and was launched on 21 March 1887. [1] The ship was measured at 2,260 gross register tons [ 6 ] and initially was powered by two triple-expansion steam engines capable of producing 173 nhp driving twin screws [ 1 ]
SS Sirius was a wooden-hulled sidewheel steamship built in 1837 by Robert Menzies & Sons of Leith, Scotland for the London-Cork route operated by the Saint George Steam Packet Company. [1] [2] The next year, she opened transatlantic steam passenger service when she was chartered for two voyages by the British and American Steam Navigation ...
The ship's pennant number changed to H 138 in 1998. [6] [10] In December 2000, Herald answered a Mayday call and took part in a joint operation with the Royal Air Force to rescue the crew of the Cypriot ferry Royal Prince. The 35-metre ship sank in rough seas, but the crew were rescued by a RAF helicopter from RAF Akrotiri and landed on HMS Herald.
In 1699, French explorers Sauvolle and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville were exploring the lower Mississippi and encountered English ships. Bienville was successful in ordering the English out of the river, and the event left the name, English Turn, on the bend. [1] [2] [3]
British ships were then free to sail to India or the Indian Ocean under a licence from the EIC. [4] In the late 1820s, Forth , master, sailed between Great Britain and Mauritius . On her first convict voyage , under the command of J. Robertson and surgeon J. Cook, she sailed from Cork , Ireland on 3 June 1830, and arrived at Port Jackson on 12 ...