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NAVAL ARCHITECT The Otetiana Council, Inc., Boy Scouts of America is requesting proposals for naval architectural services for preservation work to be done on the historically significant 75 year old schooner LOTUS.
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ever been located, the ship's cargo capac- Candace Clifford and pub! ished by the ity- 120 tons-is documented in a 1606 National Park Service ' s National MariHigh Court Admiralty case, evidence which time Initiative. The volume is a record of has come to light since the first Susan Con- the types and conditions of about three stant recreation was built in the 1950s. hundred large historic vessels in the Un ited States . (National Maritime Initiative, National Park Service (418), PO Box Chari.es W. Morgan Celebrates lSOth 1991 marks the l 50th anniversary of 37127, Washington DC 20023-7 127) Mystic Seaport Museum's flagship S hipwreck Looters Fined Char les W. Morgan, America's sole surviving wooden whaleship. To honor An undercover operat ion by two Nathe Morgan, the Seaport opened a dra- tional Park Service rangers led to fines matic and comprehensive exhibit June of $ 132,000 being levied on seven Los 23, for showing through 1992. " Reflec- Angeles-area scuba divers, reports the tion of America: 150 Years of the Charles March/ Apri l issue of Archaeology magaW. Morgan" exami nes 4 generations of zine. While on a three-day trip organi zed Americans, those who built, worked, by the Californ ia Wreck Divers C lub saved and restored he r, as it traces the and Truth Aq uatic, Inc., the divers revessel's history from working ship to moved hundreds of artifacts from two museum icon. The I 13-ft bark, built in hi storic shipwrecks in the C hanne l Is1841, sailed for more than 80 years- lands National Park and in the C hannel longer than any wha leship on record- Islands National Marine Sanctuary near and was acquired by the Museum in Santa Barbara CA. Of the 20 indi vid ua ls 1941. Augmenting the new exhibit are originally charged in the civ il action, video and audio productions, artifacts, including the owner and captain of the fine art and memorabilia. (MSM, PO charter vessel , 13 settled out of court Box 6000, Mystic CT 06355-0990) while seven con tested the charges. The artifacts were removed from the Winfield Scott, a Gold Rush-era vessel wrecked in New Home for Regina Maris The three-masted barkentine Regina 1853 and listed on the National Register Maris (1908) has ended her unhappy of Historic Places, and the Golden horn, sojourn at Marina Bay, Quincy MA, grounded off Santa Rosa Island in 1892 arrivi ng safely in Greenport, Long Is- and currently nominated for listing in the land NY under tow on June 18. Pur- National Register. c hased for a token $ 1 by designer and veteran boat restorer Bob Rosenbaum BRIEFLY NOTED w ith the proviso that by June I she would The outpouring of public support for the be taken out of her mooring-where she Princess Marguerite has galv ani zed sank and lay four months on the bottom preservationists in the Northwest and in 1988-she wi ll now become part of a has lead to the found ing of the S hipping new educational fo undation . Rosenbaum & Railway Heritage Trust in Victoria plans to teach restoration and other mari- BC. Efforts to bring the 1948 steam time skill s aboard the vessel. Originally turbine coastal liner under the proteca Danish trading schooner, the vessel tive wing of the400-member gro up have, has a storied past. In the 1960s she made however, been hampered by lega l proba voyage around Cape Horn and in 1975 lems. In particu lar, a non-compete agreeserved as the setting for a film about ment between the BC Government and Joseph Conrad. She also led an active life owners Stena Line that would prevent through the 70s and 80s under the com- the trust operat ing her in the region. The mand of George Nichols and the now Trust is sti ll pursuing the Marguerite defunct Ocean Research and Education and isalsoconsideringtheSSSan Mateo, foundation. (Regina Maris Foundation, 41 now surplus at the Northwest Seaport. Glen Avon Drive, Riverside CT 06878) (S&RHT, 1530 Eastlake Avenue E., Suite 208,SeattleWA98102;206 328-0765) Inventory of Preserved In 1775-76, the seaport of Beverly, MA Historic Vessels Text and pictures, statistics and charts served as the base for George Washingand much of a ll you wanted to know are ton's Revolutionary War fleet that he lped in the 1990 In ventory of Large Pre- drive the British Army and Navy ou t of servedHistoric Vessels, re leased in Apri l. Boston. As part of its plans to es ta bl ish This fine piece of research and produc- an 18th century maritime landmark s ite tion is edited by James P. Delgado and in Beverly, the non-profit Washington's SEA HISTORY 58, SUMMER 199 1