Moby Dick (1956 film) Moby Dick (1956 film) Moby Dick is a 1956 film adaptation of Herman Melville's novel "Moby-Dick". It was directed by John Huston with a screenplay by Huston and Ray Bradbury. The film starred Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, and Leo Genn. The music score was written by Philip Sainton. Set in 19th-century New England, the story follows the whaling ship "Pequod" and its crew. Leading them is Captain Ahab, who was almost killed in an encounter with the "great white whale", Moby Dick, which bit off much of his left leg. Now he is out for revenge. With the crew that
Diana (1840 ship) funeral was attended by an estimated fifteen thousand people. In 1869, while making her way back from the Davis Strait, "Diana" encountered a strong gale, and was washed into the Donna Nook sands, on the Lincolnshire coast, and broke up. "Diana" was the last whaling ship from the port of Hull. Her loss ended the whaling industry of the city, see Whaling in the United Kingdom. This is a partial list of Captains of "Diana": Diana (1840 ship) Diana was a whaling ship built in 1840, in Bremen, Germany. She sailed out of Hull, England. In 1858 a steam engine