enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Coffin ship - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_ship

    Replica of the "good ship" Jeanie Johnston, which sailed during the Great Hunger when coffin ships were common. No one ever died on the Jeanie Johnston. A coffin ship (Irish: long cónra) is a popular idiom used to describe the ships that carried Irish migrants escaping the Great Irish Famine and Highlanders displaced by the Highland Clearances.

  3. Burial at sea - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_at_sea

    Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries. Burial-at-sea services are conducted at many different locations and with many different customs, either by ship or by aircraft.

  4. Ship burial - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_burial

    A ship burial or boat grave is a burial in which a ship or boat is used either as the tomb for the dead and the grave goods, or as a part of the grave goods itself. If the ship is very small, it is called a boat grave. This style of burial was practiced by various seafaring cultures in Asia and Europe.

  5. 1847 North American typhus epidemic - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1847_North_American_typhus...

    Robert Whyte, pseudonymous author of the 1847 Famine Ship Diary: The Journey of a coffin ship, [4] described how on arrival at Grosse Isle the Irish emigrant passengers on the Ajax dressed in their best clothes and helped the crew to clean the ship, expecting to be sent either to hospital or on to Quebec after their long voyage. In fact, the ...

  6. 11 Sunken Ships Around the World—And the True Stories ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/lifestyle/11-sunken-ships-around...

    It’s as if the vessel was frozen in time at the bottom of a body of water, and thanks to popular culture, we think there’s always the chance of finding some sort of treasure down there.

  7. List of memorials to the Great Famine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_memorials_to_the...

    This tells the local story of the six Earl Grey Scheme Irish Famine Orphan ships which landed around 1700 teenagers in Williamstown, via Lady Kennaway, Pemberton, New Liverpool, Diadem, Derwent, and Eliza Caroline. Since 1998, over 170 people meet annually on the second-last Sunday of November to share a sacred yet secular ceremony to mark the ...

  8. Grosse Isle - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse_Isle

    Robert Whyte, pseudonymous author of the 1847 Famine Ship Diary: The Journey of a Coffin Ship, [8] described how on arrival at Grosse Isle the Irish emigrant passengers on the Ajax dressed in their best clothes and helped the crew to clean the ship, expecting to be sent either to hospital or on to Quebec after their long voyage. In fact, the ...

  9. Before You Set Sail, Learn these Surprising Cruise Ship Facts

    www.aol.com/surprising-facts-never-knew-cruise...

    Learn the Ropes. Cruise ships are a hugely popular travel and vacation choice, with 20.4 million passengers worldwide taking cruises in 2022. But even if you’ve been on a cruise before, chances ...