March 16, 1941 OTD The German Ocean liner SS Bremen (Pictured) was set alight by 14-year-old crew member Walter Schmidt while at her dock in Bremerhaven and completely gutted. A lengthy investigation discovered that the arson resulted from revenge stemming from a ship's officer who had punished... read more

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Erik Thackrey

5mo

ISTJ

Cancer

On This Day in History - February 11, 1940

February 11, 1940 #OTD World War II: At 2230 hours the 8,022-ton tanker Imperial Transport was struck on her port side at the empty #6 tank by a torpedo from U-53 (Korvettenkapitän Harald Grosse). The ship started to break in two 200 miles northwest of the Butt of Lewis. Members of the crew got... read more

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Erik Thackrey

4mo

ISTJ

Cancer

On This Day in History - March 2, 1940

March 2, 1940 #OTD World War II: The cargo-liner SS Domala (Pictured) carrying mainly British Indian subjects repatriated from Germany was bombed and machine gunned off the Isle of Wight by a German He 111 aircraft with the loss of 108 lives. Dutch ship Jong Willem, which rescued 48 of the 183... read more

#poetry

Azaziel

10mo

INTP

Sagittarius

Reminiscent death

Perdition; when they tell you about dying, they never talk about 'this' My head feels like it is going to explode My mouth tastes of rusted metal... my mouth is so dry... I am thirsty, but I want not drink I am hungry, but I care not for food The air is like knives, tearing at my throat... at... read more

#movies

Bryan

8mo

INFJ

Cancer

Beached

#conservation

Justin

INTJ

Virgo

Mother Sea

From Dot and the Whale, a 1986 animated childrens movie from a series of movies by Polish born Australian native Yoram Gross based off an 1899 book published posthumously on behalf of Ethel Pedley titled Dot and the Kangaroo. This book and the subsequent movies are all made in the name of... read more