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Argo (1853)
''Argo'' was an iron screw steamer launched in 1853. She was the first screw steamship to Circumnavigation, circumnavigate the Earth. (The paddle steamer completed the first steam circumnavigation in 1847.) She was also a Troopship during the tail end of the Crimean War. History ''Argo'' was built by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, C.J. Mare and Company of Leamouth, London for the General Screw Steam Shipping Company and launched in 1853. She was a three-masted ship with a clipper bow and a single funnel. She was an early example of a propeller, screw-propelled vessel, though she also possessed a fully functional sail rig, and her screw could be feathering (propeller), feathered when she was required to travel under sail. This operation could be conducted within 7 minutes from stopping the engines. The screw could also be raised for inspection while at sea if required. During trials she turned out to be a fine sailer, achieving a speed of . On 8 May 1853, ''Argo'' s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Needles
The Needles is a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay and Scratchell's Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmost civil parish of the Isle of Wight. The Needles Lighthouse stands at the outer, western end of the formation. Built in 1859, it has been automated since 1994. The waters and adjoining seabed form part of the Needles Marine Conservation Zone and the Needles along with the shore and heath above are part of the Headon Warren and West High Down Site of Special Scientific Interest. The formation takes its name from a fourth needle-shaped pillar called Lot's Wife, which collapsed in a storm in 1764. The remaining rocks are not at all needle-like, but the name has stuck. The Needles were featured on the BBC Two TV programme ''Seven Natural Wonders'' (2005) as one of the wonders of Southern England. During Storm Eunice on 18 February 2022, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
