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unusual facts about ship captain



Ainaži

In 1864 Krišjānis Valdemārs sponsored the first nautical school in Livonia (today Latvia), training young Estonian and Latvian farmers to become ship captains for free.


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1725 in poetry

July 24 – John Newton (died 1807), English, clergyman, former slave-ship captain and author of many hymns, including Amazing Grace

Aunt Bee

In spite of Aunt Bee's propensity for affairs of the heart and her active pursuit of elderly bachelors, she was only engaged once—to a cruise-ship captain (played by Will Geer for two episodes) during season one of Mayberry RFD.

Japanese warship Kanrin Maru

On 9 February 1860 (18 January in Japanese calendar), the Kanrin Maru, sailed by Katsu Kaishū (as ship captain), John Manjiro, Fukuzawa Yukichi, altogether 96 Japanese sailors, and the American officer John M. Brooke, left Uraga for San Francisco.

John Wickham

John Clements Wickham, 19th-century British ship captain — later a police magistrate in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Peter Freuchen

He was also employed by the film industry as a consultant and scriptwriter, specializing in Arctic-related scripts, most notably MGM's Oscar winning Eskimo/Mala The Magnificent starring Ray Mala, and featuring Freuchen as Ship Captain.

Planets: The Exploration of Space

For example, one of the many was that at one point in time, Seth Robinson had a crush on Jennie Garth from Beverly Hills, 90210 and this showed up in Planets: TEOS, as at least one default NPC ship captain's name was Jennie.

Russell Thorson

He appeared in guest-starring roles in such television series as Tales of Wells Fargo, Trackdown, Wagon Train, Lassie, Peyton Place, and The Virginian, and is also known for his role as a ship captain in "Cocoon", the pilot episode of CBS's original Hawaii Five-O, starring Jack Lord.