Ambrose Light (ship) Ambrose Light (ship) Ambrose Light was a brigantine, operated by Colombian rebels. It was captured by USS "Alliance" as a suspected pirate vessel in 1885. The accusation of piracy was rejected by a court of law. On April 24, Commander Lewis Clark, of the South Atlantic Squadron, was sailing to Cartagena, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia, when the lookouts aboard "Alliance" sighted the one-gun "Ambrose Light". It was flying a strange flag featuring a red cross over a white background so the Americans assumed the vessel was a pirate ship. A chase began and the Americans were preparing to
Port of Bratislava in 1944. There are plans to turn the ship into a nautical museum. In the future, the City of Bratislava plans to extend the riverbank promenade to include also the picturesque old Winter harbour, and in the long-term all industrial activity should be moved to areas on the other side of the Harbour bridge. These plans are opposed by the port operator "Slovenská Plavba a Prístavy, a.s." (SPaP) which bstructs the declaration of various buildings and structures as cultural monuments and plans to strengthen its operations and does not publicly speak about moving from the Winter harbour. Port for passengers