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Depiction of a cabin boy by Thomas Rowlandson (1799). On the Francis Spaight, only the four teenage cabin boys were submitted to a lottery, which resulted in one of them being killed and consumed. In other cases, it is known that somebody was killed for survival cannibalism without a fair lottery taking place.
The ship had mainly been used to transport soldiers and supplies along the coast, and according to Brazil's O Globo newspaper, the crew included teenagers who worked as cabin boys.
Lurline was returned to Matson Lines in mid-1946 and extensively refitted at Bethlehem-Alameda Shipyard in Alameda, California, [15] in 1947 at a cost exceeding US$18 million, with accommodations designed by Raymond Loewy for 484 first-class and 238 cabin-class passengers, served by a crew of 444. [16]
The list of shipwrecks of Humboldt County, California lists the ships which sank on or near the coast of Humboldt County from the Del Norte county line to the north, the marine area around Cape Mendocino and south to the Mendocino County line to the south, as well as within Humboldt Bay itself. If survivors or casualties arrived or were ...
In the 1930s, the yard made some attempts to get oil tanker contracts [13] and a Navy destroyer contract, but lost bids to east coast shipyards. [14] Beginning 14 November 1936, there was an 87-day labor strike by 500 workers at several Los Angeles area yards, including Los Angeles SB&DDC.
In cruise ship terms, a cabin crawl is an event where passengers tour the cabins of fellow passengers. A cruise ship may also offer a cabin crawl of cabins or suites which did not sell for a particular sailing. The purpose of a cabin crawl is to give passengers an idea of the space and layout of various cabin options for their next cruise ...
The California hide trade was a trading system of various products based in cities along the California coastline, operating from the early 1820s to the mid-1840s. In exchange for hides and tallow from cattle owned by California ranchers, [1] sailors from
Ships built in California (6 C, 18 P) Shipwrecks of the California coast (1 C, 119 P) Steamboat transport on the Colorado River (1 C, 36 P)