Port of Spain on the Gulf of Paria

5 December 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

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© Itrydisrespxtsmtsep

Port of Spain (Trinidadian English: Port ah Spain) is the capital and chief port of Trinidad and Tobago. With a municipal population of 49,867 (2017), an urban population of 81,142 and a transient daily population of 250,000, it is Trinidad and Tobago’s third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando.   read more…

The Empire Windrush

1 December 2025 | Author/Destination: | Category: Cruise Ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  8 minutes

© Imperial War Museum - Royal Air Force Photographer

© Imperial War Museum – Royal Air Force Photographer

HMT Empire Windrush was a passenger motor ship that was launched in Germany in 1930 as the MV Monte Rosa. She was built as an ocean liner for the German shipping company Hamburg Süd. They used the ship to carry German emigrants to South America, and as a cruise ship. During World War II, she was taken over by the German navy and used as a troopship. During the war, she survived two Allied attempts to sink her.   read more…

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