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BREST 2000 What an event to miss (thanks to a seized reduction gear bearing)!
This link is the closest I have been able to get to it all, Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
IMAGES de BREST 2000
Replica Programmes
The official website of the East Indiaman Götheborg
"Thanks to generous support from our sponsors and the 80,000 enthusiastic visitors to
the shipyard during 1999, the construction work is now progressing towards the future
launching of the ship and its historic voyage to China."
See also their excellent links page
The official website of the Batavia (1628) launched in 1995.
In 1995, the keel was laid for the reconstruction of the Zeven Provinciën (1665) .
At the Batavia Yard in Lelystad, under the guidance of master shipwright Willem Vos,
will probably be finished in the year 2005
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Restoration
The Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, preserves and displays the 17th century ship Vasa, which sank on her maiden voyage in 1628 The Vasa was raised in 1961, and, in 1990, the new Vasa Museum was opened to the public.
"As head of the Vasa Unit, I am especially interested in ship building techniques, surveying and monitoring of ships, problems related to dry docked ships, development planning and documentation."
Vasamuseet, Box 27 131, SE- 102 52 Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 519 558 34. Mobile phone: 070 744 22 90 Fax: +46 8 519 548 88
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In her attempt to heighten awareness of its present demise, the City of Adelaide (1864) is well documented on an excellent website by Julie Stokes.. "Our heritage is at risk of destruction - Do something NOW to help stop it."
Interesting excerpts from Julie's website include:The 1874 sailing card for City of Adelaide reads:- Australian Line of Packet Ships.
To sail from the River [London] punctually on the 25th May calling at Plymouth to embark passengers direct for Adelaide. This fine ship, built expressly for the Adelaide trade and noted for her quick passages, has a full Poop fitted with Bathrooms and every other comfort for the accommodation of Cabin Passengers; she also offers a desirable opportunity for a few Second Class and will carry an experienced surgeon.
In 1893, City of Adelaide was sold to Southampton Corporation and used as an isolation hospital off Millbrook.
In 1923, she was bought by the navy and renamed H.M.S. Carrick and converted to a training ship.
In 1992, restoration of the ship was started by the Maritime Museum of Scotland at Irvine....
City of Adelaide was identified by the National Historic Ships Committee as part of the National core collection. She is the only sailing passenger ship from the 19th century on that list. By 1999 the Scottish Maritime Museum had run out of money and, in May 2000 they applied for listed building consent to demolish the City of Adelaide, saying no-one has answered their appeal for £4.5m.
"We would not be applying for consent to demolish if we had not been forced to. But she is costing us too much money to restore and after another winter of deterioration she would become dangerous. She is important because she is the oldest surviving clipper and she is of a design which predates the Cutty Sark. Like the Cutty Sark, she is a composite iron and wooden vessel, from the transitional period when the construction of ships changed from wood to iron," said Mr. Tildesley.[Director of the Museum]
Mr. Tildesley said £900,000 is needed to make her watertight as part of the £4.5m project. The museum receives no central government funding and has relied charities and private sources. [Glasgow Herald, 26 May, 2000].
Both Traditional Boats & Tall Ships (June/July 2000 issue) and Classic Boats have published articles on the City of Adelaide - please, have a look at their sites and, if you feel passionate enough, post your comments at Delphi.com's Historic Vessels Forum. It is easy to create a Delphi.com account and you can elect to have contributor's correspondence copied to you by e-mail, saving regular returns to their site.
From Falmouth's perspective, and not wishing to detract from the residents of Adelaide's sentiments, a replica packet programme (of three 95 ft vessels) would be much more manageable than rebuilding and managing/maintaining a 176 ft vessel with a draught of almost 19 ft. The Falmouth packet programme would be financially phased and offer a great return on a relatively small investment. If a sponsor can be found to finance the first build, their investment should, if the organisation is properly structured, qualify as matching funds for the entire programme, and therefore deliver leverage of massive benefit to Falmouth. Your Comments - for or against?
Tallship-Fan by Volker Gries, of Rostock, Germany, has a searchable database of 450 vessels...(just what I need on this site!)
His SAILING-SHIP ENCYCLOPEDIA: "Concrete information about the technical data, history, contacts and timetables as well as numerous pictures of the sailing-ships"
I found Vollker's Links page very useful and interesting.
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by Peter Schmauss who has committed extracts to the internet from:
"Die römische Flotte" by H.D.L. VIERECK
Copyright 1975 by Koehlers Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Herford, Germany
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To view an online photo album at ememories.com, have a look at one I uploaded
Click on the title to go directly to that PicForum. What is ememories.com?
It's a photo sharing web site offering Free secure online photo albums for life
Anyone can use it... I find it useful to upload images, as the site auto-resizes them
for web display and I can then download them for use on this site!
Each PicForum is handy for personal invitations to view one's selected images,
and as an online image store to save disc space.
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Links to Falmouth, Jamaica, courtesy of Kasic Haye
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Drs. Martin H. Evans and Janet West maintain a list of Naval and Maritime Museums in the Britanno-Hibernian Archipelago comprising an alphabetical list of more than 260 museums, with a Regional Index and a list of about 450 historic vessels. These parts are cross-linked and the alphabetical list of museums includes links to outside web-pages.
The database application is accessible from the site.
(perhaps they can help me find and install my flatfile database of almost 7,000 Falmouth packet sailings... I need to find a way to allow visitors to search and sort the voyages of 400 or so packets.)
I came across their site via "History of Nova Scotia, Before Dec 1829" - an update service conveniently keeps me informed of every change on this historically informative and subject-related site. The packet era of Nova Scotia History also is covered up to 1849 The title includes "with special attention given to Communications and Transportation" - so, Samuel Cunard is a good name to start searching for!
Read the N.S. news reports relating to steam, including the Sirius overtaking the packet brig Tyrian, in 1838...... You see, Falmouth's heritage IS wrapped up with ports which have done something to open their doors to us all, thanks to the 'net.
[Ivan Smith's (author of History of Nova Scotia site) favourite sites are very good!]
The Lightship Port - Eastwind Publishing - publisher of books on lightships, lighthouses and other historical and maritime subjects.
Independence Hall Association, of Philadelphia (est. 1942) is a significant owner and publisher of Philadelphia and 18th-century American-related "content." One of the IHA's primary goals has been to reach historic-minded people from America and abroad who are interested in the stories, people, and events associated with the founding of the United States.
Sir Walter Raleigh's Third Voyage by Thomas Masham, from Hakluyt's Voyages vol. 4
Includes a good summary of the Cutty Sark, which was based in Falmouth from 1922-1938, and
Ever since seeing a film by Le Chasse Maree (on the French Canal 2),
I can't wait to visit Chesapeake Bay - home of the Skipjack Oyster Dredgers
A project of the Havre de Grace Maritime Museum, Inc.,
100 Lafayette St. (Just up the street from the lighthouse) Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Upper Chesapeake Water Trails Network "Boaters for a Clean Bay"
MARTHA LEWIS "one of the few remaining working dredge boats, that make
up the Chesapeake Bay Oyster fleet. - the last to fish commercially, under sail, in the United States of America"
[I saw a film of them using push-tugs...]
FALMOUTH OYSTER BOATS "The last to fish commercially under sail alone - in the World"
We should take a lesson from The Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy, Inc.
" a nonprofit corporation established in 1994 to develop and supervise programs
that focus on regional history, environmental responsibility, Marine research and
socio-economic nature of the Chesapeake Bay."
USCG Certified - 32 passengers including crew. (25 students,3 adults + 4 crew)
Discovery Programs, open to students, every grade level.
Water safety, sailing and environmental responsibility Introduction to Navigation
Skipjacks of the Chesapeake Bay (economics & history)
Life Cycle of the Oyster (anatomy, biology)
Migratory habits (fish & fowl) of the Susquehanna flats
(history, geography, economics, anatomy, marine biology)
Water Analysis... Zebra Mussel watch, Seagrass and Plankton Study
"Each program emphasizes the beauty & delicate balance of nature, with unlimited,
spontaneous opportunities for the artist & photographers."
Skipjack Martha Lewis is operated & maintained by
Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy Inc.
Post Office Box 8
Bradshaw, MD 21021
1-800-406-0766
(302) 777-5488
E-mail: MarthaLewis@newmc.com
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TradBoat Maritime Heritage Associations, Societies page
First shipments of EFS-1 are designed specifically for the following camera bodies:
Canon EOS 1N, Canon EOS A2/5. Nikon F-5, Nikon N-90/F90, Nikon F-3.
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======================== CORNWALL's digital future...........
"A continually updated source of information and services" Their portal includes:
Founded by Bishop Bronescombe of Exeter in 1265, Glasney was one of the most
important ecclesiastical Institutions in West Cornwall.[see my Penryn Timeline]
Their Padstow shop's site includes fiction, biographical, and Cornish history titles. (Including Glasney College, above)
SquareSail offer traditional skills training on traditional ships, amongst their main business activities.
============================ Image Archives .......Old pictures, not necessarily marine orientated!
A lesson...nothing is free for long!
E-Memories folded and have been taken over by a bigger fish washing viewers with heavy, and uncontrollable, advertising pop-ups and links that add insult to the injury of having hours of work wasted. True, they did give plenty of warning, but their new "service" simply fails to deliver the niche which the e-memories team created, and should have been developed, albeit using a different business model [telco-billing!].
In the Uk, we have seen the same problem with BOOTS on-line photo services.
Always keep backups on removable disks, LS-120, CD or DVD.
All the following links are now dead, thanks to E-memories.com being taken over by PhotoMe....Sorry, but I shall still attempt to deliver their same content, by posting the same collections amongst my own websites. The links will be blue when activated.
Lindy Lou - a 1947 Looe Pilchard Driver saved from the Axe! - MAFF decommissioning rules have caused the destruction of an important part of British Maritime Heritage. Saving Lindy Lou was important to this author, having recently disposed of a similarly decommissioned Scottish seiner Hawthorn, FR25. Pictures: 21
Falmouth Town Library - A pictorial introduction to Falmouth, Cornwall, and the Passmore Free Library. Pictures: 30
Seascapes - 'Past & Present' maritime images - paintings & photo-archives of old working boats, with digital views of Devon & Cornwall, focussing on Falmouth's waterfront & 'characters' Pictures: 48 - see www.falmouthmaritime.co.uk
Others: