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French Naval books, set of five, printed in 1910 by Vice Admiral of Paris, containing plans and sketches of all French Naval ships from 1750 to 1910. Pages 18 x 22 inches. W. H. Judson 541 E. Hector St. Conshohocken, Pa. 19428 Tel. 215-828-3011 SEA HISTORY PRINTS Presents a set of four Hudson Steamboat Prints by the noted marine artist WILLIAM G . MULLER
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" This is the man responsible for these things, " said Prince Philip, chairman of England's Maritime Trust, reviewing the saving of Cutty Sark and the success of the Maritime Trust as he introduced Frank G.G. Carr, chairman of the World Ship Trust. Carr is shown at right speaking at the launch of the Ship Trust at the Marine Society in London, November 19, with Major James Forsythe, TD, President of the Norfolk Wherry Trust and secretary of the Ship Trust, keeping careful notes under his Chairman 's raised right hand.-ED.
By Frank G. G . Carr G rea t p rog ress has been made by the Natio nal Maritime Trust whi ch was ina ugurated ten years ago. T his includes management of the wo rld ' s last urv iving clipper ship Cutty Sark, and assembling the splend id collection of historic craft in St. Katherine' s Dock. There a re furt her plans for Capta in Scott 's Discovery a nd , over a longer period, the restorat io n a nd ultimate exhibition of H MS Warrio1~ the most epoc h-mak ing warshi p of a ll ti me.* The future of Great Britai n' s maritime heritage is in safe hands. Ove rseas, however, apart fro m the U nited States, where much has been accom plished, a nd with noteworth y exceptions, such as the bri lliant recovery of the seventeenth centu ry warship Vasa in Sweden, the pict ure is much more patchy. Un for tun ately, unlike cath ed ra ls a nd o th er histo ric build ings, whi ch are frequen tly sti ll in dai ly use, historic shi ps a nd sma ller craft are built of perishab le materia ls and dread fu ll y vul nerable to the ravages of decay. O utm oded through the passage of time, they have a tragicall y short Ii fe expectancy as derelicts. Yet histor ic ships preserved ma y fa irly be rega rded as the cat hed rals of the sea, whil e the sma ller fry , including the most infini te va rieties o f fishin g boats, are lik e co untry co ttages whi ch tell us so much abo ut the ways a nd li ves of o ur fore bea rs. Unless public opinion can be rea ll y awakened through the maritime world, much of that world 's heritage wi ll be lost forever in the not-too-dista nt fu ture; an d o nce lost no power o n earth ca n replace it. To co mbat this pe ril the Wo rl d Ship *See SH 19: 17-19, for story of American Ship Trust, Maritime Trust, and World Ship Trust; SH 16: 12-15 on the Warrior save.
Ph oto: Publicity Plus Trust has been fo rm ed , with th e primary pu rpose o f a lerting the world public to the importa nce of preserving its ma ritime heritage wh ile it is sti ll possible to do so. Next in pri o ri ty is to assess th e pro blem by compiling a n intern a tio na l register of histo ri c ships a nd cra ft. This is a lready und erway, wi th th e coo peration o f bo th th e Maritime Trust a nd the Ameri ca n Ship Trust Commi ttee. T he results a ppea r in Sea History, officia l journal of th e World Shi p Trust. W e ack nowledge also the wor k bei ng do ne b y th e Intern a tion al Co ngress of Ma ritime M useums. Another co mpi la ti o n now in hand is the World Ship Trust handboo k o n Ma ritime Conserva ti o n , which will give guid ance o n ways a nd mea ns. We have a lso esta blished a Ma ritim e Herit age Awa rd , spo nso red by James Burro ugh, Ltd., distillers o f Bee feater G in . The first of ten awards to be given in futu re years is being prese:11ed by Prince Philip, Duke of Edin b urgh , for th e fi lm "Ghosts of Cape H o rn ," whi ch reports o n th e coo perati ve intern ati o na l e ffort to save the Fa lkla nd Island shi ps. Prince Philip was direct ly co ncern ed in this when , in 1976, the Falkla nd Islands Compan y do nated the h ull of the Vicar of Bray, a survivo r o f the Cali fo rni a Gold Ru sh, to the Na ti o na l Mari time Histo ri cal Society fo r preservation a nd ex hibitio n in San Fra ncisco. This is now one of the most impo rtant projects of the Sh ip Trust. For the lo nge r ha ul , we ho pe th a t in due co urse a ll major seafaring na ti o ns will fo rm their own Ma ritime Trusts, and that these, while rema ining a uto no mo us a nd indepe nde nt , will beco me linked in their work as me mbers of the Wo rl d Ship Trust, to the mut ua l benefit of a ll. ..V
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