Author: wylandfish
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Rogue Waves Part 1: The RMS Lusitania
Welcome back everyone to a new three-part blog post on three of the most famous stories involving Rogue Waves from modern history. This first post will go over the story of one of the first notable and reliable instances of a Rogue Wave and the RMS Lusitania. The second and third posts will share similar…
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The Dreadnoughts: USS Nevada Part 3: A Nuclear End
Welcome everyone to the third and final part of this three-part blog post on the USS Nevada. Please read Part 1 and Part 2 before reading this post, now let’s get into the last part of the story. After her decommissioning in August of 1946, USS Nevada stood as a relic of a bygone age…
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The Dreadnoughts: USS Nevada Part 2: An Avenger
Hello everybody, welcome to part two of this three-part post on the USS Nevada. As promised this post will dive into Nevada’s WW2 service. I hope you enjoyed the last post and if you haven’t read part one, please go back here and read before beginning part two. As the second world war was…
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The Dreadnoughts: USS Nevada Part 1: The Birth of a Behemoth
Welcome back everyone to a new three-part blog post on one of America’s toughest Battleships ever made, the USS Nevada. This first post will go over the ship’s creations and WW1 service. The second post will go through Nevada’s WW2 service from Pearl Harbor to Normandy. Finally, part three will go through Nevada’s decommissioning and…
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Titanic’s Sisters: HMHS Britannic: Part 2: War Service and an Untimely Demise
Please read Part 1 of this post before continuing, Thanks! For most of 1914, Britannic sat slowly proceeding at a snail’s pace while the first world war drastically slowed her construction. See while most large liners like Olympic and Cunard’s Mauritania had agreements with the British Admiralty to be used for military service should the…
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Titanic’s Sisters: HMHS Britannic: Part 1: Plans for Glory
Welcome back to a new two-part post! As promised, this is the last part of the two-part series promised last week on Titanic’s two sisters Olympic and Britannic. I hope you enjoyed the first two-part posts on Olympic and if you haven’t read them yet see Part 1 and Part 2 here before continuing. Like…
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Titanic’s Sisters: RMS Olympic: Part 2: Old Reliable
Please read Part 1 of this post before continuing, Thanks! July of 1914 saw the start of the first world war and a wrench thrown in the gears of Transatlantic shipping. Olympic was sailing west to New York in August when she got word of Britians imminent declaration of war against Germany. She was advised…
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Titanic’s Sisters: RMS Olympic: Part 1: The First Ship
Welcome back to a new two-part post. After finishing my first two posts on Titanic, I thought it only right to go over the histories and some of the greatest stories of her sisters RMS Olympic and HMS Brittanic. This first post will cover Olympics development and early career while the next post will follow…
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How the Titanic’s story was almost never known: Part 2 A lesser-known story
Before reading this post, please read the first part of this two-part series linked here Part 1. The Evening of April 13th, 1912. Titanic is three days into her Maiden Voyage to New York City and is steaming across the Atlantic at near full speed. Titanic’s Marconi Wireless Operators Jack Philips and Harold Bride are…
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How the Titanic’s story was almost never known: Part 1: The story that almost was.
On the morning of April 17th, 1912, crowds gather at White Star Lines Pier 59 in New York to welcome the arrival of its newest and largest ship, the Titanic. However, as the minutes turn to hours there’s no sign of the ship on the horizon. Eventually, the crowds begin to disperse and anxiety begins…
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