Maritime Things that you have visited / Want to Visit

[Bill 310]

I will start this thread and I hope that the collective will post up.


We are going to be on vacation in Europe later this year and I thought it might be cool to have a thread on Maritime Attractions forum members have , or are going to visit.

Here are some places we are going to see this year




Link to watch the Ball Drop

Their Gift Shop looks amazing and sells a great T shirt

All products | Royal Museums Greenwich Shop

We stock gifts from the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, The Queen's House and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich for adults and children alike. Free UK delivery over £50. Every purchase supports the work of Royal Museums Greenwich.

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The Cutty Sark




Fastest Clipper Ship of it's time

 

[Bill 310]

Other Places of Interest

The Kaza Maru in Prince Rupert's Pacific Mariners Memorial Park





The Kazu Maru on display on the waterfront at Prince Rupert BC. (Photo from the Laura Yerex collection. )

In September 1985 Kazukio Sakamoto took his vessel, the Kazu Maru, out to fish in local waters. Tragically neither he nor the boat returned home. A year and a half later the Kazu Maru was found in Skidegate Channel (the body of water that separates the north and south islands that make up Haida Gwaii) by the DFO patrol vessel Sooke Post. It was quickly established that the overturned vessel had been a considerable time at sea.

Eventually the Kazu Maru was taken to Prince Rupert where she was restored and an open shed was built for display. A plaque nearby commemorates her voyage and a park surrounds the shed, built as a dedication to all mariners whose lives have been lost at sea. Sakamoto’s wife referred to the Kazu Maru as ‘the love of his life’ and indicated he would have been happy to know the little craft was part of a park honouring mariners, recognizing the danger of a life at sea.

Coincidentally, the two cities of Owase and Prince Rupert had become ‘sister cities’ in 1968 so it’s perhaps appropriate that this stoic little craft should find its way across the seas to her ‘second home port’ of Prince Rupert.

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To quote from this article please cite:

Salmon, Lynn (2014) "The Love of His Life" – The Epic Journey of the Kazu Maru. Nauticapedia.ca 2014. http://nauticapedia.ca/Articles/Kazu_Maru.php

As I recall I made the Memorial a Bonus in one of the Iron Butt Rallies (2013 I think)

 

[Bill 310]

Almost 40 years ago I took my late wife to see the HMS Sackville in Halifax

She never understood why her dad was like he was (he served in Corvettes for the duration of WW2 ) and went in the water three times.

He would talk to me a little about his war after he had a few drinks (I never asked, he would just start to tell me stories) The only other person he ever talked to about the war that I know of was his brother in law who nearly lost his leg at Ortona and used to tell me that he wished they had cut it off becasue the pain never went away.

HMCS SACKVILLE: Canada's Naval Memorial - Tourism Nova Scotia

novascotia.com

 

[Bill 310]

My wife(I remarried after my first wife died) just told me we are also going to the National Maritme Museum in Amsterdam

Explore 500 years of Dutch maritime history and its connection to the society of today and the future. Discover one of the largest and most prominent maritime collections in the world.

The National Maritime Museum

The collection of The National Maritime Museum is one of the largest and most notable maritime collections in the world with approximately 400,000 objects.

www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com

 

[kaelc]

My wife(I remarried after my first wife died) just told me we are also going to the National Maritme Museum in Amsterdam

Explore 500 years of Dutch maritime history and its connection to the society of today and the future. Discover one of the largest and most prominent maritime collections in the world.

The National Maritime Museum

The collection of The National Maritime Museum is one of the largest and most notable maritime collections in the world with approximately 400,000 objects.

www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com

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When will you be there? We are heading to Rotterdam for late July.

 

[Bill 310]

When will you be there? We are heading to Rotterdam for late July.

We will be home by then .

 

[Hardy Guy]

The maritime museum in Genoa italy is worth seeing.

 

[Dogbreath]

The Vasa Museum | Visit Stockholm

The Vasa is the best-preserved seventeenth-century ship in the world and a unique art treasure.

www.visitstockholm.com

 

[Aquaholic]

Other Places of Interest

The Kaza Maru in Prince Rupert's Pacific Mariners Memorial Park

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The Kazu Maru on display on the waterfront at Prince Rupert BC. (Photo from the Laura Yerex collection. )

In September 1985 Kazukio Sakamoto took his vessel, the Kazu Maru, out to fish in local waters. Tragically neither he nor the boat returned home. A year and a half later the Kazu Maru was found in Skidegate Channel (the body of water that separates the north and south islands that make up Haida Gwaii) by the DFO patrol vessel Sooke Post. It was quickly established that the overturned vessel had been a considerable time at sea.

Eventually the Kazu Maru was taken to Prince Rupert where she was restored and an open shed was built for display. A plaque nearby commemorates her voyage and a park surrounds the shed, built as a dedication to all mariners whose lives have been lost at sea. Sakamoto’s wife referred to the Kazu Maru as ‘the love of his life’ and indicated he would have been happy to know the little craft was part of a park honouring mariners, recognizing the danger of a life at sea.

Coincidentally, the two cities of Owase and Prince Rupert had become ‘sister cities’ in 1968 so it’s perhaps appropriate that this stoic little craft should find its way across the seas to her ‘second home port’ of Prince Rupert.

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To quote from this article please cite:



As I recall I made the Memorial a Bonus in one of the Iron Butt Rallies (2013 I think)

If you are in Prince Rupert, visit the Kwinitsa Train Station which is also on display along the waterfront. My daughter lived in it at one time when it was still out along the Skeena River between Rupert and Terrace.

 

[Bill 310]

The Vasa Museum | Visit Stockholm

The Vasa is the best-preserved seventeenth-century ship in the world and a unique art treasure.

www.visitstockholm.com

Agreed, it was a full day for us there. We did the ABBA that was next door first. A lot of costumes at the ABBA museum.

The Vasa Museum was brilliant. I remebered reading abou the VASA in National Geographic. I thought that would have been in the early 70's but no, and once again i was Carbon-Dated

The story of the Vasa, the Swedish warship that sank in 1628 and was raised from Stockholm harbor, was featured in the January 1962 issue (Vol. 121, No. 1) of National Geographic. The article, titled "Ghost from the Depths:

 

[pescador]

The British Maritime Museum in Greenwich is amazing. You’ll need 6 hours to get thru it. Great display of Nelson artifacts and the Victory. It’s a bit of a pain getting there by tube by well worth it.

 

[ClintR]

The SS Keno sternwheeler in Dawson City Yukon is the most memorable maritime thing I’ve seen. I was in Dawson city in 1982 with a group of people to hike the Chilkoot trail. We were in Dawson for the day and decided to visit the old sternwheeler. Now, I’m no conspiracy theorist, I don’t believe in ghosts, UFOs or psychics….so imagine my shock when we got to the top of the gangplank and I recognized the red painted hand rail. I mean I recognized every detail of it down to some chips in the paint. I looked to my right…there was the exact brass bell hanging In the exact same place I’d seen it before. And I’d never been to Dawson City in my life. But, I had dreamed of boarding a sternwheeler when I was about 8 years old and this was the exact boat. I can’t emphasize enough how close the real ship i was seeing was to what I had dreamed about but it was an exact match. I remember i was so suprised and shocked It was almost like a physical blow. I felt so disoriented and had to sit down and take a breather. Never experienced anything like that again. Truthfully I’m glad, it was such a shock if it happened again I’d probably have a heart attack and drop dead.

 

[Squire]

The Dunbrody famine ship in New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland is a somber visit. To learn how folks escaping the famine left with virtually nothing and survived cramped quarters for the six week long crossing can’t help but leave a lasting impression.

 

[Sharphooks]

Not sure if Barcelona is on your itinerary but they have a fantastic maritime museum

Maritime Museum of Barcelona

The Maritime Museum of Barcelona is a public facility dedicated to the conservation and diffusion of the cultural and cultural heritage of Catalonia. It offers exhibits, sea and urban itineraries and activities for schools, families and for all audiences. Open from Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m...

www.mmb.cat

I took my daughters there when they were teens and even they were intrigued…great advertisement for a museum if even a teen is smitten..

The high point for me….an entire section on the Vikings and how the amazing amounts of territory they (brutally) visited

IF you get a chance, well worth the visit