'Tallships' & "Falmouth for Orders"

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=185 BGCOLOR="#003333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="040b9c00dduajq.jpg"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="70" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="66"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="66" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>PAMIR</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="19798cf0.jpg" border=0 width="152" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://perso.infonie.fr/pamir/Voiliers/Classe_A/Pamir/Pamirwe.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://perso.infonie.fr/pamir/Voiliers/C"><U>Links to detail on the </U></A><A HREF="http://perso.infonie.fr/pamir/Voiliers/Classe_A/Pamir/Pamirwe.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://perso.infonie.fr/pamir/Voiliers/C"><U><I>Pamir</I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFBF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Falmouth Packet Archives 1688-1850</B></FONT>    |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Packet Archives 16881850"><U>home</U></A></div> <div> <B>'Tallships' & "Falmouth for Orders"</B>   |   <A HREF="id121.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Docks"><U>Falmouth Docks</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Falmouth Pilots"><U>Falmouth Pilots</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id144.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Training Ships based at Falmouth "><U>Training Ships based at Falmouth </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Tugs Local Steamers "><U>Tugs & Local Steamers </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Shipping Agents"><U>Shipping Agents</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id116.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lifeboat"><U>Lifeboat</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id122.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harbour Master"><U>Harbour Master</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id132.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Harbour Commissioners"><U>Harbour Commissioners</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id131.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Misc"><U>Misc</U></A></div> <div> 'Tallships' & "Falmouth for Orders"</div> <div> Visiting tallships were a vital feature of Falmouth's post-packet era, as depicted in the paintings of </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="09d86e90.jpg" border=0 width="390" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="09fb3e80.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="232" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>      Henry Scott TUKE (1858-1929)<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and</div> <div> <IMG SRC="1a23f350.jpg" border=0 width="575" height="309" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> John Henry "Jack" WEST </div> <bR> <div> Reference Links ======<IMG SRC="0c646460.png" border=0 width="70" height="70" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>110 out of 100, this one - See for yourself!</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Ships/Ships.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautic"><U><U>The Maritime History Virtual Archives </U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by </FONT><A HREF="mailto:Lars.Bruzelius@udac.se" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Lars.Bruzelius@udac.se"><U><U>Lars.Bruzelius</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, who has been at the University of Upsula, Sweden since 1970. Check his modest, yet, impressive </FONT><A HREF="http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Lars_Bruzelius.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Lars_B"><U><U>C.V</U></U></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >.!</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>If only Cornwall had a University with an interest in our Maritime History!</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="0d4da4d0.jpg" border=0 width="474" height="589" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Check Lars' database of tallships... and read all about </B><I><B>Sorlandet</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>and, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>remember, </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>Jack West was no photographer, but did his best!</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> <a href="HTMLobj-208/Tallships_at_dawn_off_St._Anthony_by_Jack_West__D.JPG"></a>  <IMG SRC="0d230cd0.jpg" border=0 width="560" height="205" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <B>Dawn off St. Anthony Lighthouse, Falmouth. By Jack West</B></div> <div> (Courtesy David Carne, Great Grandson)</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="19d2feb0.jpg" border=0 width="559" height="747" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>PAMIR (1905) alongside Northern Arm, Falmouth Docks in 1954</B></div> <div> (Image courtesy of Peter Harvey, retired Gunsmith, native of Coverack) </div> <div> <B> <a href="HTMLobj-415/Coverack_Coastwatch_Team.JPG"><u>Manacles' Coastwatchers</u> </a>  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >(150Kb jpg)</FONT></div> <bR> <div> Firstly, look up the<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautica/Ships/Fourmast_ships/Pamir(1905).html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://pc-78-120.udac.se:8001/WWW/Nautic"><U>PAMIR </U></A></FONT>on Lars' website, which you should find interesting, if not amazing!</div> <div> The <I>Pamir</I> was lost in Hurricane CARRIE in September 1957 with the loss of 84 lives.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#BF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Meanwhile, have a look at  </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.poundbury.co.uk/tradboats/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.poundbury.co.uk/tradboats/"><U><B>Traditional Boats & Tall Ships</B></U></A><A HREF="http://www.poundbury.co.uk/tradboats/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.poundbury.co.uk/tradboats/"><U> </U></A></div> <div> and the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.delphi.com/historicvessels/ " TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.delphi.com/historicvessels/ "><U> Historic Vessels Forum</U></A></FONT> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >-for the public discussion of historic vessels, including preservation, restoration, building of replicas, funding, operating, etc.</FONT></div> <div> Messages can be read as a 'Guest'  Responses require free sign-on with www.Delphi.com</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.delphi.com/historicvessels/messages" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.delphi.com/historicvessels/me"><U>try this page</U></A> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >by clicking on "Reply" and completing the registration form, it's that easy! </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Some published references to "Tallships" visiting the port "for Orders"</B></div> <bR> <div> SM Monday January 13th <B>1800.</B> Extract of a letter from Falmouth January 9th</div> <div> The <I>King of Denmark </I>Danish East India ship, arrived here on Sunday last [5th], after a passage of 9 months 24 days from China. She is laden with teas, China etc.</div> <bR> <div> Villiers, A.J. : <B>FALMOUTH FOR ORDERS</B><I>: The Story of the Last Clipper Ship Race around Cape Horn</I>; </div> <div> 232 pgs. Illustrated with photos by the author.  NY: Scribner's, (1972).  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>