CB Uí FoghlúNov 21, 2023
Sea people, sailors & nosy people - what is a fishing support vessel?
We followed this ship from Cobh to the city centre yesterday and I like to learn new things (or am just very nosey) so me & Mr F are wondering what it does, what its purpose is. He sees it passing in and out nearly every day from where he works
#TomCrean #FishingSupportVessel #Ships
eunandohertyJun 17, 2023

I had the great honour recently of visiting the grave of Able Seaman Charles Bonner in Port Chalmers, New Zealand, who fell from the crows nest and was tragically killed on the RRS Discovery prior to its departure to the Antarctic from Dunedin in 1901 on Scott’s Discovery Expedition 1901-1904 #antarctic #scott #tomcrean #Shackleton #discovery #dunedin #newzealand #portchalmers #charlesbonner

http://otagotaphophile.blogspot.com/2018/08/charles-bonner.html

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The RRS Discovery arriving at Port Chalmers.  Ship's ensign at the stern is at half mast.  Hocken Library photo. THE FATALITY ON THE DI...

Show threadeunandohertyNov 12, 2022

I read #TomCrean An Unsung Hero by Michael Smith a few years ago. Currently enjoying it again listening to the eAudiobook via #Borrowbox.
The word hero is used too much these days, but Tom Crean was simply just that #hero. What a man he was.
Delighted to see that we now have the RV Tom Crean here in Ireland.

The RV Tom Crean will undertake multi-disciplinary surveys and support increased research in the Atlantic Ocean.

eunandohertyNov 12, 2022
Tom Crean was from Kerry, Ireland & sailed on 3 major expeditions to the #antarctic over a century ago. He was among a few men who served with both Captain Robert #scott & Sir Ernest #Shackleton. He spent longer on the ice than either. Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary said he was a 'great man of immense strength and endurance and afraid of very little'. His astonishing 56km trek to save the life of Lt Evans is the finest act of individual heroism in the history of exploration #TomCrean