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RMS St Helena (1963)
RMS ''St Helena'' was a passenger-cargo liner, built in 1963 as ''Northland Prince'', operated by the St. Helena Shipping Company that operated between Britain and South Africa via the British colony of Saint Helena between 1978 and 1990. History ''St Helena'' was constructed in 1963 by Burrard Dry Dock in North Vancouver, Canada as the ''Northland Prince'', and operated under that name between Vancouver and Alaska. The ship was purchased by the St. Helena Shipping Company, which had been formed as a joint venture between the Saint Helena Government and Falmouth-based shipping firm Curnow Shipping to operate an ocean mail service to the island after the Union-Castle Line ceased operations in 1977. She underwent a refit, was renamed ''St Helena'', and entered service in September 1978 on a route from Avonmouth, England to Cape Town, South Africa, calling en route at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, and Jamestown, Saint Helena Jamestown is the capital city of the British O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burrard Dry Dock
Burrard Dry Dock Ltd. was a Canadian shipbuilding company headquartered in North Vancouver (city), North Vancouver, British Columbia. Together with the neighbouring North Van Ship Repair yard and the Yarrow Shipbuilders#Yarrows in Canada, Yarrows Ltd. yard in Esquimalt, British Columbia, Esquimalt, which were eventually absorbed, Burrard built over 450 ships, including many warships built and refitted for the Royal Navy and Royal Canadian Navy in the First World War, First and Second World Wars. History * 1894 – Alfred "Andy" Wallace begins building wooden fish boats at False Creek area of Vancouver, British Columbia. These boatworks burned down in 1909 and was abandoned. * 1905 – Wallace Shipyards is incorporated. The following year the company establishes a new, larger shipyard at the foot of Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver. * 1911 – July 11, the shipyard is destroyed by fire but is immediately rebuilt. * 1914–18 – During the First World War, Wallace Shipyards is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falklands War
The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. The conflict began on 2 April, when Argentina invaded and occupied the Falkland Islands, followed by the invasion of South Georgia the next day. On 5 April, the British government dispatched a naval task force to engage the Argentine Navy and Air Force before making an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict lasted 74 days and ended with an Argentine surrender on 14 June, returning the islands to British control. In total, 649 Argentine military personnel, 255 British military personnel, and three Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities. The conflict was a major episode in the protracted dispute over the territories' sovereignt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
