Flying Dutchman, 10 Boothtown Road - Halifax, UK
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 53° 44.030 W 001° 51.902
30U E 574868 N 5954507
This pub sign shows an old style sailing ship of the type dating from around the 17th or 18th century.
Waymark Code: WMXCMP
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/27/2017
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"The Flying Dutchman (Dutch: De Vliegende Hollander) is a legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever. The myth is likely to have originated from the 17th-century golden age of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The oldest extant version has been dated to the late 18th century. Sightings in the 19th and 20th centuries reported the ship to be glowing with ghostly light. If hailed by another ship, the crew of the Flying Dutchman will try to send messages to land, or to people long dead. In ocean lore, the sight of this phantom ship is a portent of doom."
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The sign shows the ship with all sails raised, sailing away from the viewer with a Dutch flag flying at the stern.