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The Longest Johns found a surge in fame after a sea shanty video went viral on TikTok. The trend started back in August 2019 when The Longest Johns released a YouTube video of them singing the song "Wellerman" as the first episode of their Sea of Thieves series, Open Crewsing. This video was shared around on many online platforms including ...
Aerial view of Port of Bristol. The Port of Bristol comprises the commercial, and former commercial, docks situated in and near the city of Bristol in England. The Port of Bristol Authority was the commercial title of the Bristol City, Avonmouth, Portishead and Royal Portbury Docks when they were operated by Bristol City Council, which ceased trade when the Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Docks ...
Northern Neck Shanty Singers, a menhaden shanty group, some of whom learned the songs as work songs on fishing boats when they were young men [1] Roberts and Barrand, proponents of traditional British song from New York and New England (1969-) Salty Walt & the Rattlin' Ratlines, from San Francisco
Port of Bristol (1 C, 10 P) P. Penarth (6 C, 15 P) Ports and harbours of Somerset (21 P) Pages in category "Ports and harbours of the Bristol Channel"
Bristol City Line lost four ships to enemy action in the First World War, including the second Bristol City. [1] In 1919 and 1920 Charles Hill & Sons of Bristol built a pair of new ships for company. Yard number 135 was launched on 1 November 1919 as Bristol City, and completed in March 1920. [2]
The Matthew is owned by Bristol Trust, which is a registered charity and all money raised goes towards maintaining the ship and her legacy. [ 5 ] The full-size replica [ 6 ] is 78 ft (24 m) in length overall with a beam of 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) with a draft of 7 ft (2.1 m) and 2,360 sq ft (219 m 2 ) of sail. [ 7 ]
Richard ap Meryk (or ap Meurig), anglicised to Richard Amerike (or Ameryk) (c. 1440–1503) was a British merchant, royal customs officer and later, sheriff of Bristol. . Several claims have been made for Amerike by popular writers of the late twentieth
The Port of Bristol Police started as The Bristol Docks Company in 1803. [2] The Bristol Docks Act 1803 created the company and provided for the improvement of the Port and Harbour of Bristol . A force of 51 men was duly appointed as constables under this act and were stationed in a police office building at Wapping Wharf, adjacent to the ...