Edwin Hunt, lighterman

Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt is a man of amazing experiences, and some wonderful stories, as this striking YouTube shows. I’m told that at 95, he’s still with us.

He wrote the illuminating notes below for teaching lightermen – and I share them because I’m sure they are still useful and worth knowing for anyone who operates barges and other craft on the London River. My thanks to Chriss Hallam for posting on the Thames Sailing Barges Facebook page.

Lighterman Edwin Hunt's notes

The beginning and end of a proud US battleship in pictures

This series of web pages with striking photographs tells the story of the USS Arizona from her glorious launch to her sad end at Pearl Harbour. My thanks to Malcolm Woods.

Vrije Vaart – a 60s promotional film for the Groninger Eendracht seaman’s college

My thanks to Hans Christian Riecke!