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    Mutiny on the Ostrich
    David Kidd
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 20 min

    Mutiny on the Ostrich

    This story is a fictionalised account of a real event. If there was ever a ghost ship sighted off the Leas at South Shields one...
    Lost Without Trace - HMS Wasp and Lt BJH Adamson
    Andy Ashwell
    • Feb 28, 2021
    • 4 min

    Lost Without Trace - HMS Wasp and Lt BJH Adamson

    In this weeks feature Andy Ashwell explores the tale of HMS Wasp, a Tyne built ship sadly lost in the seas off of Singapore, as well as a...
    Every Man for Himself: The Tragedy of the Gipsy Queen
    David Kidd
    • Oct 25, 2020
    • 19 min

    Every Man for Himself: The Tragedy of the Gipsy Queen

    John Dunn was still half asleep when he boarded the Gipsy Queen at the New Quay steamboat landing, North Shields, just before 5am on the mor
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