I wonder if anyone can help me identify this ship. It is an image painted on a ceramic soup tureen Going by the ensign, it was part of the German Imperial Navy and I thought it might have been one of the Bremen or Gazelle class ships. I would really appreciate any help with this as it’s a...

It may interest some of you that when living in Ireland I was walking the rocks when I came across a life bouy after a storm , the location was near The Old Head of Kinsale in Cork. I took it home to Kinsale and when I sold the hose there I moved to France. ,I’d love to know more about the...

A long shot, but has any reader thoughts to share on the subject? For as far back as I can remember, my trawl skipper father had maintained that his fisherwoman mother, Margaret Buchan, was a descendant of “one of the pirates of Rattray Head.” Margaret Buchan was born in Buchanhaven...

In a nostalgic mood I share a friend’s notes regarding a trip he made to Bass Strait circa 1970, back when we both worked for Ingram Contractors based in Harvey, Louisiana. At that time, Ingram was installing offshore platforms and submarine pipelines for Esso – BHP and the population of Oz was...