Ships, and would like to know more about her. GEORGE C. BUZBY, JR. Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
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under the strong and swift push of the roaring forties at the close of the eighteenth century. Where is this magic place? -Adventure Bay, Bruny Island, off the southeast coast of Tasmania. I share this secret with the hope that devoted readers of Sea History will not all go there at once. JOHN M. KINGSBURY Ithaca, New York CORRIGENDA
She is the County of Roxburgh (built in I 886), wrecked on the island of Tuamotu (that' swhat she's listed under in the Register), in a storm en route from South America to Australia, on 8 February I 906. She is one of three 4-masted full-rigged ships surviving, the other two being the Munoz Gamero, ex-County of Peebles (1875) , a hulk in Punta Arenas, Chile, and the Falls of Clyde (1878) , restored and open to the public at the Hawaii Maritime Center in Honolulu.--ED A Magic Place "Two hundred years later, modern Sydney sprawls outward from Sydney Cove. But the image of Sydney Harbor as the colonists saw it is not entirely erased," says Kevin Haydon in "Exploring Maritime Sydney" (SH 67). True enough, but how much more fun it is to be able to place visitors in the ambience of early historic landings at a location that is barely spoiled at all, even now after more than two centuries. One of the greatest pleasures in my life is to be able to sit visitors on a hillside overlooking a wide, placid bay where Captain Cook brought the Resolution to anchor ( 1777) on his third major voyage of Pacific exploration, with William Bligh as his first mate. Here the visitors can visualize with me that historic tableau undistracted by city noise or passing traffic, with almost no sign of human habitation. Here we can wade in the same stream from which the Resolution was resupplied with fresh water by the crew, marvel at the giant kelp (Durvillea) of the southern hemisphere as the European crewmen must have done, and climb the same slopes Cook and Bligh did in seeking to talk with aboriginals and obtain provisions. Many other famous square riggers and skippers followed Cooke's early visit to this same bay as they journeyed from European to South Pacific waters SEA HISTORY 68, WINTER 1993- I 994
I really enjoyed Sea History 66. However, I noted the following mistakes. On page 9, Karl Donitz is not inspecting U-boat crews in the photograph. There are far too many sailors in one group and, also, the war badge worn by destroyer crews can clearly be seen on the left side of the peacoats of the sailors close to the camera. Donitz is obviously inspecting the crew of a destroyer. It is hard to tell by the photo whether this inspection takes place on the deck of a ship, or on land. If on a ship, the deck is far too wide for a U-boat and is more likely a destroyer. After January 1943, when Admiral Donitz became head of the entire German Navy, inspections of other ships and their crews, besides Uboats, became part of his jurisdiction. The photograph below that is of Erich Topp, the third most successful submarine skipper of WWII. Erich Topp survived the war, retired from the West German Navy, and lives in retirement. He is an extremely interesting person and a gentleman of honor and integrity. On page 14, the photo shows crewmen from USS Guadalcanal aboard captured U-505 , but it was actually sailors from USS Pillsbury that first boarded and captured the sub. The guys from Guadalcanal did not board the sub until quite some time after the prize was secured. Thanks and keep up the great work. I'm looking forward to the next issue. MARC J. COHEN Fort Lauderdale, Florida Jesse C. Conde writes to tell us that the schoolshipEmery Rice (not Emory Rice, as we had it) never carried the name Tuscarora, as Jim Larsen named her in his Jetter in Sea History 67. Conde, who served aboard the old schoolship when she weathered a hurricane at sea in I 932, wrote a history of the ship published in the May/June issue of The Bulletin of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Launched as USS Ranger in 1876, she
wasrenamedRockportin 1917, became Nantucket in 1918, Bay State in 1941, andEmeryRicein 1942.AsUSSRanger in the 1880s she did conduct the survey work off the west coast of Mexico reported by Jim Larsen. QUERIES
Warren Chedister was a mate on the Liberty ship fames W. Johnson when he saw a small aircraft carrier on a Europebound convoy. "It could have been a tanker with a flightdeck. A yellow British biplane with a red, white and blue roundel took off. It was a very colorful sight against all the gray ships. It was slow and I would guess built about 1930. Another mate told me a plane went off the bow and was run over by the ship. I do not know the convoy number. The year was possibly 1944or1945. I would appreciate learning more." Send any information to Mr. Chedister at Bay Point, PO Box 28179, Panama City FL 32411. Chester J. Klish is seeking photographs and information on two South Sea schooners, theEvaLeeta andLeetaMay. They brought supplies to infantry and engineer units in Noumea, New Caledonia. Send information to him at 415 Keepataw Dr., Lemont IL 60439-4354. Peter Luaces is seeking the log of the schooner William Hunter, particularly for the voyage from Mobile AL (April 1861), toMatanzas , Cuba(endof April), then on to New York (25 May) . Contact him at 29418 Clear View Lane, Highland CA 92346. The 1934 Norwegian fjord boat Record is now undergoing restoration.She was apparently built by Vestnes Boatyard in central Norway and first owned by Sara Vagnes of Langevag. After WWII the vessel was altered and had a new engine fitted in 1950/51 at Alesund. In 1972 Record was sold to an American, Elmer Bouchelle, of the Camden Corporation of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands. He sailed her to the West Indies after refitting at Plymouth in Devon. Anyone knowing details of her history, name, owners, and where she traded in Norway and in the Caribbean can contact D. H. Iggulden at 50, Elm Avenue, Eastcote, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8PD, UK.
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