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Beijing Olympics open

BEIJING, China - Performers portray seamen with paddles during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 8.

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Japanese seamen facing extinction

TOKYO, Japan - Children are taught semaphore signals on the luxurious passenger ship Nippon Maru in March.

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(1)1 Philippine seaman dead, 3 injured in hold accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Panamanian-registered cargo ship Windermere is berthed at Kawasaki port, south of Tokyo, on July 12. One Philippine seaman died and two others were reported in critical condition after four seamen collapsed inside the hold of the 7,170-ton ship due to a lack of oxygen.

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The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage

The Dogger Bank Incident (or 'Russian Outrage') occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War) mistook 48 harmless British trawlers at Dogger Bank for an Imperial Japanese Navy force, leading to the loss of life of three British seamen, two by drowning and one from shock a year later. This card shows the damaged trawler 'Moulmein' and its crew, lucky to have returned to port alive. Date: 1904

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Graves of victims of a North Sea outrage, Hull, Yorkshire

The graves of three victims of a North Sea outrage, Hull, Yorkshire. The Dogger Bank Incident (or 'Russian Outrage') occurred on 22 October 1904, when the Russian fleet, on its way to take part in the Russo-Japanese War, mistook 48 British trawlers for an Imperial Japanese Navy force. Two British seamen (George Henry Smith and William Richard Leggett) drowned, and another (Walter Whelpton) died from shock in May 1905. Date: 1910s

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The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage

The Dogger Bank Incident (or 'Russian Outrage') occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War) mistook 48 harmless British trawlers at Dogger Bank for an Imperial Japanese Navy force, leading to the loss of life of three British seamen, two by drowning and one from shock a year later. This card shows the damaged trawler 'Mino' and its crew, lucky to have returned to port alive. Date: 1904

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The Dogger Bank Incident or Russian Outrage

The Dogger Bank Incident (or 'Russian Outrage') occured on the 22nd October 1904, when the Russian Fleet (sailing to reinforce the 1st Pacific Squadron stationed at Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War) mistook 48 harmless British trawlers at Dogger Bank for an Imperial Japanese Navy force, leading to the loss of life of three British seamen, two by drowning and one from shock a year later. This card shows the damaged trawler 'Moulmein' and its crew, lucky to have returned to port alive. Date: 1904

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H.M.S Curacoa 1865

Conflicts with the savages of the New Hebrides, South Pacific Ocean. Boats of the Curacoa landing sailors and marines. A landing party of 180 seamen and marines, commanded by Captain Dent, disembarked without opposition. Date: August 12th 1865

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Beijing Olympics open

BEIJING, China - Performers portray seamen with paddles during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing on Aug. 8. (Kyodo)

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(1)1 Philippine seaman dead, 3 injured in hold accident

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Panamanian-registered cargo ship Windermere is berthed at Kawasaki port, south of Tokyo, on July 12. One Philippine seaman died and two others were reported in critical condition after four seamen collapsed inside the hold of the 7,170-ton ship due to a lack of oxygen.