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Sailors' superstitions are superstitions particular to sailors or mariners, and which traditionally have been common around the world. Some of these beliefs are popular superstitions, while others are better described as traditions, stories, folklore , tropes , myths, or legends .
As the 19th century progressed, American ship launchings continued to be festive occasions, but with no set ritual except that the sponsor(s) used some "christening fluid" as the ship received her name. [2] Sloop of war Concord was launched in 1828 and was "christened by a young lady of Portsmouth." This is the first known instance of a woman ...
Kate Lehrer, sponsor of USS Wichita, breaks a bottle of champagne on the ship during a christening ceremony in 2016. A ship sponsor, by tradition, is a female civilian who is invited to "sponsor" a vessel, presumably to bestow good luck and divine protection over the seagoing vessel and all that sail aboard. [1]
Before the reformation, the priests of Yarmouth would bless the fishing ships yearly and the priests would afterwards preach a fishing sermon. [10] In the 19th century Hebrides, additionally to blessing new vessels, every time the crew of a ship changed, a priest would go on board, speak a blessing and sprinkle the boat with Holy water. [11]
The line-crossing ceremony is an initiation rite in some English-speaking countries that commemorates a person's first crossing of the Equator. [1] The tradition may have originated with ceremonies when passing headlands, and become a "folly" sanctioned as a boost to morale, [2] or have been created as a test for seasoned sailors to ensure their new shipmates were capable of handling long ...
The U.S. Navy’s newest Virginia-class submarine, the future USS Idaho, is scheduled to be christened and formally named at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 16, at the General Dynamics Electric Boat ...
Sailors' superstitions; Sailortown; Saint Brendan's Island; Sea monster; Sea serpent; Sea Venture; Sea-griffin; Sea-lion; Alexander Selkirk; Bartholomew Sharp; Ship graveyard; Sinbad the Sailor; Alfred Bulltop Stormalong; Charles Swan (pirate)
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