SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS GERMANY The U-boat Wilhelm Bauer, one of the few surviving German World War II submarines, will be given to the German Maritime Museum at Bremerhaven. Until recently she was still commissioned in the German Navy. The Lightship Deutsche Buehl will go to Emden as a museum ship by the end of this year. Built in Papenburg in 1914, she served on the " Germany Bight" station for nearly 70 years, until her retirement later this year.
CANADA Toronto Brigantine Inc. , has carried on youth training sails since 1962. "Seamen" presently sail aboard two 60ft brigantines, the Pathfinder built in 1964 and the Playfair built in 1974. Young people aged 14-18 participate in a 12-day experience, 6 days ashore learning basics and 6 days at sea. Each of the vessels can take a crew of 18, plus a captain and 9 officers. Last year Toronto Brigantine also began offering adult weekend courses. The youth program costs $450 for the 12 days ; some financial assistance is available for those otherwise unable to participate. The adult program costs $150 for the weekend. Toronto Brigantine Inc. , 283 Queen's Quay West, Toronto, Ontario M5V lA2.
UNITED STATES Five tons of pieces from the last surviving American clipper ship Snow Squall arrived
in Charlestown MA , June 8 aboard the container ship TFL Democracy. They had been three months on route from the Falklands Islands to South Portland ME. The Snow Squall was built in South Portland in the vintage year 1851, and was condemned at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands after damage off Cape Horn . The container carrying the Snow Squall pieces continued on its journey to South Portland where it was unpacked by friends and volunteers of the project. The five tons of wood and iron remains are from a 20ft section of the starboard bow. Plans are being made for port side remains to be returned to South Portland from the Falklands and for the entire bow to be reconstructed and placed on display. Snow Squall Project, Harvard University, 20 Garden St. , Cambridge MA 02138. The first coal-fired steam-powered cargo carrier built in this country since 1929 was launched June 9, at the General Dynamics Shipyard in Quincy MA . The SS Energy Independence is a 665 foot collier built for New England Electric System . This utility will sail the Independence on regular runs hauling 2.4 million tons of coal from Norfolk, Baltimore, and Philadelphia to its power plants in Massachusetts. The vessel will burn the same coal it carries ; it could theoretically sail around the world five times by burning its cargo. Because the ship will burn the same coal that the utility buys in massive quantities, the ship's fuel (250 tons , round trip) will cost about half the price of an equivalent amount of
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oil. The SS Energy Independence's coal burning technology is much advanced over the old "Black gang" era. Two conveyor belts carry the covered coal the length of the vessel , unloading coal and feeding the boilers automatically. The Hellenic Institute for the Preservation of Nautical Tradition, in conjunction with the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University, plan to build a replica of an ancient Greek ship that sunk off Kyrenia , Cyprus in the time of Alexander the Great. The project should take five years to complete. The 47ft ship will be built at the Manolis Psaros shipyard in Athens. The Kyrenia vessel was discovered 15 years ago and has been extensively excavated by Texas A&M students and other groups. Over 6,000 wooden pieces of the original hull were saved and are on display in the Crusader Castle at Kyrenia. The replica will be built by traditional methods, including the ancient technique of building up the planking, then bending in the frames. After completion and launching, the replica, which may be named Kyrenia II, will be sailed to retrace the last voyage of the original vessel. INA , Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77843. The History Department of the US Naval Academy announces that it will hold its sixth annual Naval History Symposium September 29-30 at the Academy in Annapolis. Symposium , History Department, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis MD 21402. The Washington Ship Model Society will host the tenth Annual Conference of the Nautical Research Guild, October 14-16, at the Naval Museum, Washington Navy Yard . The featured address will be made by Mr. A.R . Cole, of Scarborough , Ontario presenting the Discovery of the Hamilton and Scourge. Mr. Eugene L. Larson (Conference Chairman) , 9223 Presidential Dr. , Alexandria VA 22309.
EAST COAST Dan Moreland has been named captain of the Ernestina, ex-Effie M. Morrissey. Captain Moreland has more than 12 years' experience with sailing wooden schooners and has captained such boats as the schooner Harvey Gamage. The Ernestina has spent most of the summer in New Bedford and will be moved back to Gloucester in the fall for installation of an engine donated by Cummins. Friends of the Ernestina/Morrissey, 392 Central Park W #12C, New York NY 10025. The Peabody Museum of Salem MA will open a new exhibition "Steam and the Sea" on October 27, displaying much of its extensive but little-exhibited steamship collections. " Steam and the Sea" will illustrate the great age of steam from the late 18th century to modern times. Steamship developments, uses in cargo and passenger services, importance in American immigration , and steamship-inspired art are all themes interpreted in the exhibit. Peabody Museum , East India Square, Salem MA 01970. SEA HISTORY, FALL 1983