HAROLD E. EDGERTON 1903-1990 Famous for hi s pioneering work in strobe li ghting, renowned in marine archaeology and underwater exploration for hi s side-scan sonar, and beloved of the many in our fi eld who worked with him in hi s tireless investigative underwater pursuits, Harold "Doc" Edgerton died in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on January 4, aged 86. Paul Gray, pres ident of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology call ed him "a teacher of uncommon effecti veness and generos ity" and hailed him as "a friend and mentor of the thousands of students, myself among them, who had the good fortune to be associated with him during the past 60 years. Hi s invention s brought him emi nence in physics and co ns iderabl e wealth, enabling him to devote hi s life in recent decades to doing volunteer work with hi s equ ipment under the guise of "field testing." Hi s side-scan sonar led to the discovery of the Monitor on the seabed off Cape Hatteras in 1973, and to the discovery of the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic deeps off Brest last year. He did ex tensive work with Jacq ues-Yves Cousteau in hi s ex ploration of the ocean world, and was involved in many projects with the Insti tute of Nautical Archaeology, contributing hi s time and revolutionary instrumentation-along with hi s cha ll eng ing outlook and unfailing encouragement. PS
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Capt. Ray & Ann Williamson
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P ETER CHARLES WHITLOCK, MBE . LIE UTENANT-COMMAND ER,
RN
1925-1989 A veteran of World War II at sea, Lieutenant-Commander Whitlock died on Trafalgar Day, October 2 1, 1989. Hi s last appointment before retiring from the Royal Navy was as commanding officer of HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, preserved in drydock in Portsmouth on England's South Coast. Later he served on the Victory Advisory Technical Committee with distinction, and as publi c information officer on the Mary Rose Project, on which he wrote fo r Sea History in 1982. " Peter was the archetype of the English seaman ... a veritab le Heart of Oak," said hi s colleague Captain W .R.H. Lapper. Dr. Alan McGowan, trustee of the World Ship Trust and C hairman of the Victory Advisory Technical Committee, writes in The Mariner's Mirror(Vol 75,#4) of his wide-ranging and varied career, his expertise and helpfulness . PS
HERRESHOFF MARINE MUSEUM 7 Burnside Street - Box 450 Bristol, Rhode Island 02809 (401) 253-5000 A unique collection of yachts, steam engines, fittings, photographs, and memorabilia concerning the accomplishments¡ of the H erreshoff Manufacturing Company of Bristol. Open: May thru October Tuesday thru Sunday 1-4 p.m. C losed Monday Admission: Free
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