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Animals Shipped to Hilo on Falls of Clyde (1878)

Animals Shipped to Hilo on Falls of Clyde (1878)

From the 27 December 1904 issue of the Hilo Tribune: Transcript:A Floating Farm.    The ship Falls of Clyde was a veritable...

Sailing Ships Converted to Oil Carriers

Sailing Ships Converted to Oil Carriers

The Falls of Clyde is unique because she is currently the only example of a sail-driven oil tanker left in...

Bookshelf: By Square-Rigger to Honolulu

Bookshelf: By Square-Rigger to Honolulu

I think the barque is the most beautiful thing I ever imagined as we sail along. She looks just like...

100 Years Ago – Matson Newspaper Ad

100 Years Ago – Matson Newspaper Ad

Aloha Lurline (2019)

Aloha Lurline (2019)

Matson’s new Kanaloa Class ship, Lurline, arrived in Honolulu Harbor for the first time on Friday, 17 January 2020. Foss...

100 Years Ago – Falls of Clyde

100 Years Ago – Falls of Clyde

From the 16 March 1919 issue of the Honolulu Advertiser: Advices were received by the Merchants’ Exchange yesterday that the...

Kauai Arrives with Christmas Trees

Kauai Arrives with Christmas Trees

If you were visiting Honolulu Harbor on the Saturday (24 November) morning after Thanksgiving Day, you may have noticed a...

100 Years Ago – Aliens on Falls of Clyde

100 Years Ago – Aliens on Falls of Clyde

FOUR ALIEN ENEMIES FOUND ON OIL TANKER IN ISLAND SERVICE Four alien enemies were found on the Associated Oil tanker,...

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