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RMS Fort Victoria, which was sunk in a collision in 1929 Furness, Withy had competition from the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, which had long served Bermuda.After the First World War enough tourists from North America wanted to sail to Bermuda for RMSP to employ prestigious "A-series" liners such as the 10,537 GRT Araguaya, 11,073 GRT Avon and 12,015 GRT Arcadian on the route.
Castle Harbour (rear, left), Bermudian and Royal Navy tugs Sandboy and Creole fight the MV Bermuda fire on 17 June 1931 Built by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co. Ltd in Glasgow, Scotland, for the Bermuda and West Indies Steamship Company as Mid-Ocean in 1929, she was initially, described as a tug, [1] though other sources describe her as a tender, used to transport passengers between liners at ...
A Bermuda Fitted Dinghy, being put through its paces in Hamilton Harbour, Bermuda. Hamilton Harbour is a natural harbour in Bermuda which serves as the port for the capital, the City of Hamilton . It is an arm of the Great Sound , and forms a tapering wedge shape of water between Paget Parish and the peninsula which forms Pembroke Parish , and ...
Built in 1844 by Cottam and Hallen of Cornwall Road, Lambeth; in their works within sight of Waterloo Bridge [1] Erected by the Royal Engineers, the Gibb's Hill Lighthouse is the taller of two lighthouses on Bermuda, and one of the first lighthouses in the world to be made of cast-iron. This is because at that time, steel still was not able to ...
A hitch is a type of knot used to secure a rope to an object or another rope. Hitches are used in a variety of situations, including climbing , sailing , and securing loads . They are classified based on their ability to be tightened or released , their resistance to slipping , and their strength .
The history of the modern Bermuda Gold Cup event dates back to the very beginning of the match racing style of sailing. The first 'match race' in a one-design racing yacht, i.e. technically identical boats, was the King Edward VII Gold Cup [23] in Bermuda (now known as the Argo Gold Cup) that was first sailed in 1937. The Argo Gold Cup is still ...