That Sinking Feeling: Adventures in ADHD and Ship Salvage is about my son’s ADHD seen through the lens of my Dad’s ship salvage career. It’s peppered with stories and insights from interviews with parents whose kids have ADHD and from individuals who have ADHD themselves.
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Episode Six: Hopes and Fears. The ship discussed in this episode is the Kungsholm.
This is page from a brochure (produced by my father to share news of his assorted salvage jobs) shows the Kungsholm salvage job.
Vacation on the Atlantic (M/S Kungsholm) (1950s). The Swedish American Line showed off the M/S Kungsholm in this film-advertisement. Thank you to the Steamship Historical Society of America for making the video available on their YouTube channel. [About their mission: “Through recording, preserving, and educating, the mission of the Steamship Historical Society of America is to share the impact of engine-powered vessels, their crews, and their passengers with future generations. Learn more about becoming a member and joining our community of shipsters at www.sshsa.org. Check out our free standards-aligned educational program, STEAMing Into The Future, at www.shiphistory.org/education.”]
The Swedish American Line (SAL) owned three ships named the Kungsholm. “The Kungsholm Song,” written in 1932 by a passenger. The clip in our episode is from this recording by Mattias Enn. The recording is from the CD “Svenska Amerika Linien”, 2016. Carina E Nilsson – piano.