Ship Historian Mugs

'What I need now is a good publicist...'

'And the poop deck isn't what it sounds like!...We've got a jon boat for that!'

"It's so huge that calling it 'Ark' somehow didn't seem to do it justice."

Remote control pirate bully

When laundry ruled the waves.

Captain Corcoran, Commander of H.M.S. Pinafore

Old sea captains queue to see Monster Whale Revenge.

"Shall I let them breathe."

"Actually, I used them as collateral for a loan."

Ralph Rackstraw HMS Pinafore

'...the storm raged and the doctor got drunk to steady his nerves..'

"The Captain really, really hates losing at shuffleboard."

'How long have you operated multi-engines, sailor?'

"Captain, we've taken on strippers."

On the plus side, I'd wager a lot of you folks back there had never seen an iceburg up close before.

"Destroyers"

"You can let that go till later, Harris."

"Re-calculating, arrive at your final destination in six...five...four..."

Lighthouse attracts ships like moths

'Don't just stand there, Mum - Your admiral has lost the soap!'

Victorian Royal Navy

A grave with an anchor and periscope

"....After ten o'clock is quiet time on board for the comfort of our passengers."

Ocean Liners will be Ocean Liners

"Long Johns Silver."

'We should talk more.'

Horatio Nelson

'Kiss me Hardy.'

John Bull Devouring the French Navy

Iron clad sailors

Veteran mistakes ironclad ship for Noah's Ark

Rob The Grinder admires the Nobby Shropshire One

'Oh, I'm the captain of my soul, all right -- it's just that I'm married to a fleet admiral.'

Captain Thomas Coram.

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