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Mexicans are mourning the death of two young Navy cadets who were killed on Saturday when the training tall ship ARM Cuauhtémoc crashed into Brooklyn Bridge.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Memoir ‘All Hands on Deck’ recalls the voyage of a tall ship from Rhode Island to San Diego, where it became the HMS Surprise in the movie ‘Master and Commander.’

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2023

The 58-year-old woman died Saturday after falling from a mast on the tall ship Elissa, which is berthed at Galveston’s seaport museum, the Galveston County Daily News reported.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2022

In keeping with the nautical theme, please enjoy Bill Belichick’s tall ship commemorative plate.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2020

“What are ye, bearers of armor, dressed in mail-coats, that have thus come riding your tall ship over the sea- road, winter-cold ocean, here to Daneland?”

From "Grendel" by John Gardner




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