The Big Ship

Sushil G C Prof. April Braden HIST 1301-71003 21 October 2017 BLACKBEARD BIOGRAPHY Pirate refers to the person who attacks and robs the ship at the sea violently. We all are familiar with the word pirate as we have been told stories about them directing the golden age when they were the legends of the sea since from our childhood. One of the notorious pirates was “Blackbeard” who was perhaps one of the major figure associated with the “Golden Age of Piracy” that was roughly between 1716 to 1726…

bad conditions, the mask of darkness, a open hatch, a worn down crew, a clerical error and a radar malfunction led to the demise of this ship. None of the seven crew members expected these unfortunate events to…

and seize a ship which is suspected of infringing its laws. The right, which has been developing in one form or another since the 19th century, was comprehensively elaborated in article 111 of the 1982 Convention, building upon…

Press-Gangs and for good reasons too. They would find you in the street at night, beat you up, and throw you in a ship. You would have to work on the ship for months on end and your family would have no clue where you went. Other than the shrill thought that you had been impressed. Press-Gangs would look for men aged 18-55, with seafaring habits. Meaning that they knew what they were doing on a ship. Press-Gangs were not supposed to seize foreigners but that rule was easily forgotten because…

loyal customers powerful enough to fulfill the Asia-North America operation and will they remain loyal regardless of the price? 3. What the company should do if the shipping industry is overcapacity? 4. Is 4500 TEUs really the right size of the ships Meli Marine need? 5. How to solve the problem that highly asymmetrical…

As the weather is warming up, boat owners are getting ready to head out on the water. Before taking your boat out this year, you should consider purchasing a boat insurance policy. Boat insurance covers damage to your boat whether it is in or out of the water, liability coverage in case you injure someone while boating, and medical payments in case someone on your boat is injured. The insurance experts at Parsons Insurance, located in Amelia, OH, explain why insurance should be a necessity for…

Boats have been on earth for very long time, helping people get from point A to point B and transporting goods. The first boat found was a dugout canoe found around 7500-8000 years BC. Some of the oldest civilizations such as the Egyptians and the Mesopotamians often used boats around 3000 BC. Boats have evolved dramatically since when they were first built, and their purposes have changed to (Gascoigne 2001). Pre- Industrial Revolution there was a time lag with nearly everything imported.…

smuggle terrorists, nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons or other dangerous materials into the United States. b. Seizing control of a large commercial ship and using it as a collision weapon against CI/KR. c. Sinking a large commercial cargo ship in a shipping channel, thereby blocking all traffic to/from the port. d. Attacking a large ship carrying volatile fuel and detonate the fuel causing a massive in-port explosion. e. Attacking an oil tanker in a port or at a discharge facility,…

Woodes Rogers arrived in Nassau on July 27, 1718 as the newly appointed governor of the Bahama Islands. Blackbeard stayed a pirate after his captain retired and in fact took over as Captain of the ship. Teach renamed the French ship “Concord” which he and Captain Hornigold had captured, into a pirate ship of his own design. He renamed her “Queen Anne's Revenge” and mounted upon her forty guns. The vessel was eventually manned by a crew of three hundred, some of who had been members of her crew…

It was a chilly, clouding afternoon when our group arrived in Washington, D.C. The first thing I noticed were the half-staffed flags of the United States and flags of its states and territories in front of Union Station. We boarded the “duck,” basically a boat on wheels, and I inquired to the captain about the flags. By presidential decree, President Barack Obama had ordered all flags in federal buildings to be at half-staff to honor the innocent lives lost in the Oregon shooting which happened…