St. James Infirmary Blues London's St. James Hospital, a religious foundation for the treatment of leprosy. His references list an article by Kenneth Lodewick. That article states, giving no reference or source for the idea, that the phrase "St. James Hospital" refers to a hospital of that name in London. There is some difficulty in this because the hospital in question closed in 1532 when Henry VIII acquired the land to build St James's Palace. Another possibility suggested by Higginbotham on the basis of his claim that the song "St. James Infirmary" dates at least from the early nineteenth century, is the Infirmary section
MS Monarch the British captain Sarah Breton took charge of MS "Artemis" of P&O Cruises. On April 1, 2013, "Monarch" was transferred from Royal Caribbean International to Spain's Pullmantur Cruises to join her sister ship MS "Sovereign" after serving for Royal Caribbean International for 22 years. "Monarch" will be sailing year-round in the Southern Caribbean for Pullmantur beginning April 27, 2013. Before sailing for Pullmantur, Monarch underwent another refurbishment in April 2013 to some of its cabins, casino and shops. After evacuating a sick passenger at Philipsburg, St. Maarten, the Netherlands Antilles on 15 December 1998, "Monarch of the Seas" grazed a