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The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship, allegedly never able to make port, but doomed to sail the sea forever. The myths and ghost stories are likely to have originated from the 17th-century Golden Age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and of Dutch maritime power .
As well as the Olympics, Musto won medals at the 1963 & 1969 World Championships again in the Flying Dutchman class and gained a bronze medal in 2008 Vintage Yachting Games Dragon class. Musto was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the economy through Musto Clothing.
Joost van Straaten was an 18th-century sea captain whose soul was claimed by Mephisto. [2] In life, he was a greedy and cruel sailor who ignored warnings of a treacherous storm, resulting in his ship and crew being swallowed by the sea.
S. Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman; Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman; Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
Meder, Theo (2008), The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands, Libraries Unlimited, ISBN 978-1-59158-490-2 This article about a person from the Netherlands is a stub . You can help Wikipedia by expanding it .
The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 42 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nations competed. Seven races were scheduled. 42 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nations competed.
The fishing trawler was run into in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk by the schooner Harald ( Denmark) and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded and taken in to Lowestoft. [98] Vesta United Kingdom: The brigantine was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. [75]
The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Eight of her 29 crew managed to take to the lifeboat; they were rescued by the barque Brilliant ( Norway). Galatea was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Bombay, India. [85] Sumatra United Kingdom