George Pollard Jr., Unlucky Captain of the Ship That Inspired ‘Moby-Dick’
When Captain George Pollard Jr.’s ship was rammed by a whale, he had no idea it would help make literary history.
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Captain’s Errors Lead to Loss of $1.5 Million Cargo Ship Bonnie G Off St. Thomas, Report Finds
A report from the National Transportation Safety Board finds that the ill-fated Bonnie G, a Vanatu-flagged vessel that ran aground off the coast of St. Thomas in 2023, had not deployed enough anchor ...
Captain let drunk colleague steer ship which killed two in Baltic Sea crash
Captain Sam Farrow allowed Second Mate Mark Wilkinson to drive the vessel while intoxicated and talking to people on his ...