This is why I love Bluesky. Thank you NICHE Canada. Photo of a horse-drawn Knapp roller boat. www.theshipyardblog.com/knapps-rolle...

Dec 23 1839: The American schooner Deposit was caught in a gale after departing Belfast, Maine. She was pushed on shore at Ipswich, Massachusetts around midnight. She was battered by the heavy surf while the crew and passengers struggled to hold on. (1/3) #history #maritimehistory #skystorians

For historians of the news, media, eighteenth-century Ireland, and the Atlantic world: the Dublin Gazette, 1750-1800 is up on the @virtualtreasury.bsky.social online platform here www.virtualtreasury.ie/browse/Dubli...

One hundred and fifty-five years later, the U.S. Army is apologizing for its bombardment of the Tlingit people of Wrangell in 1869. Via Wrangell Sentinel

The Gloucester Project is shortlisted for @timeshighered.bsky.social award of 'Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences' & the good folk at Campus asked us to share our story in the run-up to the award ceremony this week 🤞⚓️🤞🌊🤞 www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/shari...

Day 22 of the historic ships advent calendar ⚓️

Teaching the history of the African diaspora and Atlantic slavery in 2025? Check my book Humans in Shackles: An Atlantic History of Slavery (@uchicagopress.bsky.social ) Get 30% off by using code UCPNEW at check out press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Last Boat In, by Charles Napier Hemy, 1878. South Shields Museum & Art Gallery.

Magic and superstition in early medieval Ireland-some thoughts Aidan O’Sullivan earlymedievalarchaeologyproject.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/59/ Published afterwards as O'Sullivan, A. (2017/18) Magic in Early Medieval Ireland Ulster Journal of Archaeology 74, 107-117 www.academia.edu/39566246/OSu...

Shipwreck/Ship Currency of the Day #23 1/4 Last post before the holidays! Currency and stamp on Titanic! Big number of currency as well on this shipwreck/ship. Here are the coins from Canada commemorating the centennial of the sinking (1912-2012).

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #24 1/3 Last post before the holidays! Stamp and currency on Titanic! Huge number of stamps on this shipwreck/ship from just about every country. Here are the stamps from Canada commemorating the centennial of the sinking (1912-2012).

Book of the Day #24 1/6 Last post before the holidays! 30 years ago next week (24th) I received a phone from a diver who had found a wreck that proved to be the Elizabeth and Mary, a 450-ton bark from Boston part of Sir William Phips’ 1690 expedition against Quebec City.

Shipwreck/Ship Currency of the Day #22 The reverse of a 1973 $1 bill (replaced with a coin in 1987) from Canada showing logging boats going through logs on the Ottawa River. In the background, the Parliament buildings, the Chateau Laurier hotel and just below it the entrance of the Rideau Canal.

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #23 1/2 A 2008 stamp from the Republic of Ireland commemorating the 90th anniversary of the sinking of R.M.S. Leinster, torpedoed on October 10 1918 in the final weeks of WWI with an estimated loss of life of 571. www.rmsleinster.com

Book of the Day #23 1/3 An early book on standards in Underwater archaeology by Martin Dean published in 1988 when the underwater archaeology program was still active in St Andrews, Scotland.

Shipwreck/Ship Currency of the Day #21 A 2003 quarter (25 cents) from the USA showcasing the State of Maine which became a state in 1820. The coin shows a three-masted vessel in front of a lighthouse in a rocky landscape typical of this Northeastern sea-shore state.

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #22 A 1997 stamp from Estonia showing the Tormilind, a four-masted Barquentine built in 1922 and used during WWII by Estonia as an observation vessel among other things. Sank in 1944 after hitting a mine.

Book of the Day #22 1/7 From 1969 to 1972, Parks Canada excavated the scuttled French Ships at the site of the 1760 Battle of the Restigouche. The main site was Le Machault, a 20-gun frigate. There are a number of publications on this site, this first one (1984) on the weaponry.

Ship/Shipwreck/Currency of the Day #20 A Mexican 50-peso bill showing small boats & fishermen using a type of cast net on Lake Pátzcuaro, state of Michoacán. Thanks to Paul Montgomery for help on this one. Give him a follow for interesting archaeological posts on fishweirs and fishing. #fishweir

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #21 1/2 A 1948 stamp from the USA commemorating the sacrifice of the « The Immortal Chaplains » during the sinking of the SS Dorchester in WWII (1943) torpedoed in the North Atlantic. The chaplains stayed aboard to help rescue others. 675 of the 904 men perished.

Shipwreck/Ship Book of the Day #21 Still sorting my books and showcasing one a day. 1/4 Love this book from 1993 by David Stone because it’s well done, very useful and produced through a group of avocational archaeologists, historians and shipwreck divers (UASBC).

Check out @tallstarman.bsky.social's latest post for @globalmarhist.bsky.social!

For those who liked yesterday’s video on HMS Erebus and who haven’t seen this video from the 2017 expedition on HMS Terror in the Arctic, this is a must watch. Tour inside the pretty much intact wreck will 🤯. Great ROV piloting by Ryan Harris. youtu.be/OxyTZ3F7mkA?...

Ship/Shipwreck Currency of the Day #19 Going to the Caribbean for the Currency and Stamp today. A 1966 25-cent coin from the Bahama Islands showing a one-mast sailing vessel.

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #20 On this cold December day, going to the Caribbean for the stamp and currency today. A stamp from Bermuda showing a local racing dinghy.

Book of the Day #20 1/5 Not old but not as known and while I am sharing some Arctic videos, a coffee table book, « Lost Beneath the Ice » after our discovery of HMS Investigator in the Canadian Arctic. Describes the 2010 discovery and the 2011 archaeological project. Text by Andrew Cohen.

Ship/Shipwreck Currency of the Day #18 A 25-cent coin from Canada with a three-masted vessel commemorating the 400 years of the 1st French settlement in Acadia by Samuel de Champlain and Jean de Poutrincourt at Île Ste-Croix (1604). Champlain then founded Port-Royal in 1605 and Quebec in 1608.

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #19 1/2 A stamp from Norfolk Island (Australia) showing HMS Resolution used by James Cook in his 2nd and 3rd expeditions in the Pacific, 1st ship to cross the Antarctic Circle. Cook discovered Norfolk Island in 1774 with this ship. www.britannica.com/place/Norfol...

Book of the Day #19 1/5 This is a massive 493-page publication and so still useful. What a reference tool! Dating back already to 1997, it would be so nice to see it updated (maybe a vol. 2 1997-2027?).

The year 2024 marked the 10th anniversary of the discovery of HMS Erebus part of the Sir John Franklin expedition in the Canadian Arctic. Here is a video from the 2023 field season which I was part of (I recovered the pistol and among other things excavated the fishing reel) youtu.be/CmSOCnzLG88?...

Ship/Shipwreck (and small boat) Currency of the Day #17 1/2 Today is Canoe day for the stamp and currency. The pre-1987 $1 coin always showed an indigenous birch-bark canoe like this example from 1968. In 1987 in Canada, the « looney » - a $1 coin with a loon- replaced the 1$ paper bill…

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #18 Today is Canoe day for the stamp and coin. This 1968 stamp from the USA commemorates French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette who explored the Mississippi with Louis Jolliet in 1673. The « coureurs des bois » adopted the birch-bark canoe from the indigenous.

Book of the Day #18 1/2 A 1980 publication on the Royal Ship (Khufu I) found near the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. One of the oldest vessels ever found.

Calling all those working in #MarSocSci to this starter pack with some folks from the community. Great initaitive, thanks @asterinidae.bsky.social! go.bsky.app/Sj7NX5D

If you want to join in, email [email protected] and we will send you the link! #MarSocSciBookClub

Ship/Shipwreck/Small boat Currency of the Day #16 Today is kayak day for the currency and the stamp. This is the reverse side of a 1974 Canadian two-dollar bill showing Inuit loading their kayaks in front of floating ice. The 2$ bill was replaced by a 2$ coin in 1996.

Shipwreck/Ship/Small boat Stamp of the Day #17 Today is kayak day for the stamp and the currency. A stamp from Canada showing an Inuk in his kayak with an iceberg in the background.

Book of the Day #17 1/2 Continuing to sort my uw arch/maritime/shipbuilding books and sharing some interesting/older ones. Underneath this very plain book cover lies a very early publication on underwater archaeology by one of its pioneers, Peter Throckmorton.

Frank Meadow Sutcliffe photograph of the lower harbour at Whitby. The small boat to the left 195 PZ was part of the Penzance fishing fleet which visited the town until around the First World War

Ship/Shipwreck Currency of the Day #15 A two-dollar Canadian coin commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day (2019) with a battleship in the top left.

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #16 1/3 Two stamps from the Polish series « Poland at Sea 1939-1945 » (Polska na Morzu 1939-1945).

Book of the Day #16 1/3 A few years after his practical manual (Book of the Day #15), Jean-Yves Blot published this history of underwater archaeology in 1995: L’histoire engloutie ou l’archéologie sous-marine (Submerged History or Underwater Archaeology). (Découvertes Gallimard)

Gourock and the Firth of Clyde, Scotland. Two pictures, taken 80 years apart. Viewpoint: Lyle Hill, Greenock. During WW2, 150+ ships were visible on the Clyde, almost every day. #navalhistory #maritimehistory #coastalhistory

We've created a Starter Pack of #History societies and groups working to support promote our disciple and historians, in higher education and related professions go.bsky.app/68FsvjY Mainly UK but also international, with selected societies from related humanities subjects. Please share #Skystorians

PhD student Masafumi laser scanning City of Adelaide (which is a clipper ship), outside the city of Adelaide (which is a city) earlier today

* NEW PUBLICATION * The official publication date is January 6, however, the Open Access version is already available. library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... @amsterdamupress.bsky.social @jessicadenoudsten.bsky.social @camilladekoning.bsky.social @fatahblack.bsky.social @ilsejosepha.bsky.social

Ship/Shipwreck Currency of the Day #14 A 1000 Turkish liras bank note from 1970 with Fâtih Sultan Mehmed (1432-1481) who in 1453 conquered Constantinople shown here in the background with a 3-masted vessel in its forefront.

Shipwreck/Ship Stamp of the Day #15 A 1984 stamp from the Soviet Union commemorating the « Heroic Expedition of the Chelyuskin » a reinforced steam ship that sank in the N-E passage in 1934. 110 passengers were rescued by air 3 weeks after it sank. www.shippingwondersoftheworld.com/chelyuskin.h...

Book of the Day #15 1/2 Continuing to sort my uw arch/maritime/shipbuilding books and sharing some interesting/older ones. This is one of the earliest manuals for underwater archaeology written in French. Published in 1988 by Jean-Yves Blot.

The Svalbard Seed Vault in northern Norway is an important safeguard against rising climate stress. But archaeological sites in melting permafrost across the Arctic cannot be put in a vault. I jump up and down about this in Micro-Climate Blog #26. sha.org/saving-seeds... #ClimateHeritage