SIIlPS, SEAPORT Interest is being generated in the idea of preserving a Norfolk keel. These vessels, the forerunners of w herries, whose ancestors were the Saxon ceolas, were square-rigged. The last keel has recently been discovered buried beneath the river bank at Postwick near Norw ich. R OBERT FORSYTHE
Information- and photos-should be sent to Mr. Forsythe at 39a North Street , Burwell, Cambridge CB5 OBB, UK.
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Three tons of the bow section of the American clipper Snow Squall of 1851, brought back from the Falkland Islands last spring by a team headed by Dr. Fred Yalouris of Harvard , are now being cleaned, catalogued and subject to conservation treatment at the Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute. This represents about a quarter of the material surviving in the first 38 feet of the hull , which has formed the foundation of a pier in Port Stanley. Ultimately it is planned to return all this material to the ship's birthplace in South Portland , Maine, where a committee is looki ng into the possibilities of setting up a maritime museum to honor the port's heritage and house this unique survivor of the American clipper era. The same team is doing survey work on the iron bark Lady Elizabeth of 1879 in the Falklands. Funds are sought for an expedition to the islands in May 1984. Contributions may be sent to Ship Trust-NMHS, or direct to Snow Squall Project, 20 Garden St., Cambridge MA 02138. Reagan Administration officials have call ed fo r suppo rt oflegislation to protect historic shipwrecks from plundering. George Bass, president emeritus of the Institute of Nautical Archaeology, has pointed out that the legislation " would remove historical shipwrecks from Admiralty law, where they are prey for treasure hunting and looting, and would place them under state preservation laws like other archaeological sites." He adds : "I have always found it regrettable that underwater sites are not protected in the same manner as land sites." By contrast , the well known commercial diver on wrecks, Mel Fisher, charges that the bill " would wipe out the little guy o nce and for all ." The National Society does not believe that our heritage in historic ships exists to support the little guy or anyone else in commerce and recommends that all who share this view write Hon. Lloyd Bentson , US Senator, and Hon. Walter G. Jones , US Representative, both at Washington DC 20515, to support their bills, which now also enjoy Administration support . The National Underwater & Marine Agency, inc. (NUMA) has done pioneering work in locating and marking preliminary surveys of historic ships on the seabed. Led by the best-selling novelist Clive Cussler, who is a dedicated nautical archaeologist, the foundation has no staff and pays expedition members nothing but their expenses. It encourages others to move in with the necessary technology and funding to raise and conserve ship remains or artifacts when a find is made. Incorporated initially to search for the remains of John Paul Jones's Revolutionary War
SEA HISTORY, SPRING 1984