Bounty sinking Coast Guard final report: rot, decay, low standards
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- Published on Saturday, 14 June 2014 05:35
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'The much published tragic image of HMS Bounty in her death throes' .
This week the U.S. Coast Guard released its report of investigation of the October 2012 sinking of the tall ship Bounty, during which one crewmember died and the Captain remains missing and is presumed dead, off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C.
The findings in the report, as expected, conclude that a combination of faulty management and crew risk assessment procedures contributed to the sinking.
Specifically, choosing to navigate a vessel in insufficient material condition in close proximity to an approaching hurricane with an inexperienced crew was highlighted.
The vessel was built for the 1962 film 'Mutiny on the Bounty' starring Marlon Brando. The ship also appeared in one of the
La historia desconocida del único español que murió en Normandía
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- Published on Sunday, 08 June 2014 07:02
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Manuel Otero Martínez (1916, Serra de Outes, A Coruña) emigró joven a Nueva York y más tarde se enroló en el ejército norteamericano para conseguir dicha nacionalidad en el año 1941. Su primera y última misión por el famoso desembarco en la costa francesa.
La sobrina de Manuel Otero Martínez porta un retrato suyo.ASOCIACIÓN 'THE ROYAL GREEN JACKETS'
Almiranta.
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The vast amounts of natural resources discovered in the New World inspired envy among Spain’s European rivals, especially France and England. Spanish shipments of silver ( plata ), gold, gems, spices, and other exotic goods soon became prey for pirates and corsairs intent on stealing their share. To counter this threat, Spain developed a formal convoy system as early as 1537 to protect its merchant vessels from predators. At least two armed escorts, a capitana or flagship sailing at the front of the fleet and an almiranta or vice-flagship in the rear, accompanied the heavily laden ships across the Atlantic. Additional armed galleons often protected large fleets. To pay for this protection, merchants whose cargos were carried in the fleet paid a tax on their
Isabel de Barreto, la primera almiranta de la historia
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- Published on Friday, 23 May 2014 04:12
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Isabel de Barreto, la primera almiranta de la historia
LA MARINA CIVIL, EN SU ETAPA MÁS GLORIOSA, LA DE LOS GRANDES DESCUBRIMIENTOS, TENÍA ALMIRANTES Y ALMIRANTAS.
LA MARINA DE GUERRA ESPAÑOLA AÚN NO HABÍA NACIDO ( José A. Madiedo)1400822043
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Isabel de Barreto, la bella y elegante esposa del descubridor de las Islas Salomón, no se limitaba a acompañar a su marido en sus viajes.
Ella era parte vital de la expedición y algo más que su fiel consejera, de ahí que cuando el marido falleciese en una de sus grandes expediciones, doña Isabel tomase el mando de la escuadra y tratase de terminar su obra con toda legitimidad.
Isabel de Barreto había nacido en el seno de una familia noble
La aventura de imaginar el Atlántico en los mapas del siglo XVI
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Mare Occidentale
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