Video Archive

#TallShipTuesdays

Tall Ship Tuesday is our archive of educational video essays, sea shanties, YouTube Shorts, and supporting documents prepared for you by the crew of Providence and our education team at the Tall Ship Providence Foundation. New content is posted periodically here, but much more is to be found on our TikTok and Instagram Reels.

Sally Brown Sea Shanty

Did you know the Potomac River is TIDAL? #tallshiptuesday #science #ecology #tallships

#johnpauljones said what as his ship was sinking? #history #tallships #revolutionarywar

It's the #fourthofjuly this week. Let's learn about some of the ships that fought for Independence

LGBTQ+ Sailors in the Age of Sail, Found Family, and the Legacy of Queer Folks at Sea

Happy #flagday and #tallshiptuesday shipmates!

Adventure

The Mysterious Sargassum of the Mysterious Sargasso

In our #TallShipTuesday about the Sargasso Sea, we touched on the oases of Sargassum found in the open ocean. Sargassum is a fascinating seaweed. It is holopelagic, it spends its full life floating out at sea. The Sea itself is named for this seaweed, coming...

How the Master Gunner Fires a Four Pound Carriage Gun

This week, Ship’s Boy, Tommy Carter introduced the role of Master Gunner on #TallShipTuesday. The Master Gunner is a warrant officer that held the responsibilities of maintaining and firing the guns onboard a ship. Providence held a fluctuating amount of guns in her time. She...

Dousing the Tops’l

In this #TallShipTuesay, Providence’s Boatswain walked us through dousing the tops’l. This basically means taking in our square sail that powers our ship. To do this, it takes the work of several deckhands. On ships that sail for days or weeks at a time, it...