7 Feet Under The Keel!

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Schooner THOMAS W. LAWSON, 1902. The only 7 masted schooner ever built. Could sail 16-18 nots, faster than steamships of the time at ~ 9 knots. She carried primarily coal and oil in barrels. She sank off the Isles of Scilly, in a storm on Friday, 13th of December, 1907, killing all but two of her crew of eighteen and a harbor pilot. Her cargo of 58,000 barrels of light paraffin oil caused one of the first large marine oil spills. Thomas William Lawson (February 26, 1857 – February 7, 1925)[1] was an American businessman and writer. Lawson, who was intensely superstitious, wrote the novel "Friday the Thirteenth".

280 years ago, on February 13 (24), 1745 Russian Admiral Fyodor Ushakov (1745-1817) was born. He went down in history as a victorious admiral who did not know a single defeat in naval battles. Ushakov fought 43 battles, but none of his subordinates were captured, and none of the ships were lost in battles..

Clippership Cutty Sark running before the Wind, by John Stobart (1929-2023)

New book of "Russian Knights" (Russkie Vityazi) publishing house. O. Leonov, V. Glazkov. Uniforms of Russian Navy. 1703-1800. This is the latest book in a series of publications about the uniform of the Russian Navy. however, chronologically it is the first one.

the wreck of tankers Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-139 in the Kerch Strait on December 15, 2024