Hapag-Lloyd Quiz: letters from on board

Win the "Seafarers" book from the photographer Patrick Ludolph

So, how much do you know about shipping? Here, you’ll find a puzzle to solve every month. Can you guess how letters were send from on board before the internet existed? Answer correctly, and you could win the "seafarers" book from Patrick Ludolph.

Before internet existed seafarers were practically unreachable when far away on board their ships. Back then, there wasn’t any email, smartphones or social media. Instead, news and holiday greetings only reached ships and their crews via telegram or short wave – and letters were transported in a way that sounds almost incredible to us today.

So, now it’s your turn to guess: How letters were send from on board before the internet existed?

a) Messenger pigeon
b) Mail buoy
c) Bottle Message

Please send us your answers by email to [email protected] and enter to win the "seafarers" book from Patrick Ludolph. The closing date for entries is March 20, 2018. As always, you’ll find out the answer in the next issue.

Answer to the previous issue’s puzzle: Up to 28 days (Answer c)