SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS SPUN YARN The Duchesse Anne (ex-Grossherzogin Elisabeth), berthed in Dunkirk, France, celebrated her centennial thi s summer. T he ship, launched fro m the ] . C. Tecklenborg yard in Germany in 1901 , was the first to be built specifically as a sail training vessel. Duchesse Anne in Dunkirk
For Dunkirk, the city that rescued her from scrappin g in 198 1, she represents the nitrate ships based there aro und the turn of th e last century. After 20 years of restoration wo rk, she is expected to open soo n to the public. (Association des Amis de la Duchesse An ne, BP 42 1 l F-59378 Dunkerq ue cedex, F ranee; 011 (33) 3 28 66 01 45; e- mail : jea n-louis. molle@wanadoo.fr; we b sites: pe rso.wa nad oo. fr /vo ili erduchesse-a nne and www.ville-dunkerque .fr /duchessea n.htm) .. . T he Star of In-
dia , the 1863 bark at the San Diego Maritime M useum, has been listed in the G uinness Book of Reco rds as the oldest seago ing square-r igged sa ilin g vessel. (S D M M , 1306 No rth H arbor Drive, San Di ego CA 92 101 ; 6 19 234-9 153; web site: www.sdmaritime.com; G uinness Records web site: www.guinnessworldrecords.com) ... T he Fort Butler Foundation in D onaldso nville, Lo uisiana, has acquired the 10-year-old replica of th e French warship Le Pelican. She will be displayed in a graving dock as part of a wa terfront renova ti on proj ect th at will incl ude an early 20th-centu ry M ississippi Ri ve r ferry, an outdoor arena, and restaurants and shops in additi on to th e U nion fort . The original Pelican, under the command of Pierre Le M ayne, Sieur d'Iberville, in the Battle of Hudson Bay in 1697, dispatched two British ships and chased off a thi rd befo re bein g destroyed in a storm. (Andrew Capone, Fo rt Butler Foundation, PO Box 32, D onaldsonville LA 70346; 225 473-8 180; web site: www.fortbutler.org) ... T he project to restore the steam ship Yavari on Lake T iticaca in Peru and Bolivia has included the rebuilding of the 19 14 Swedish Bo linder four-cylinder engine, the repair of the 19th-century boiler, steam winch
The Yavari in the slipway for cleaning and painting in December 2000. and cradle, and the sand blasting, inspectio n and repa imin g of the hull and propeller. T he Yavari and the Yapura we re buil t in England in 1862, disassembled into 2, 766 pi eces, and take n to Peru by boat and the to wn of Tacna by train before being can ed by pack mule to Lake T iticaca in a journey that too k six years. (The Yavari Project, 6 1 Mexfiel d Road, London SW l 5 2RG, E ngland; tel/ fax : 011 (44) 208 874 0583; e- mail : in fo@yava ri .o rg; web site: www.yavari.org) . .. T he on -again, offagain plans for USS Iowa have taken her fro m Rhode Island to Suisun Bay, Californi a, as part of the naval reserve fleet. The H isto ri c Ships Memorial at Pacific Square (Continued on page 38)
LAUNCHINGS T he 97-foot schooner Sultana was commiss ioned 4 Jul y in C hestertown, Maryland. T he original Sultana was built in Boston in 1767, but was so ld ro th e Royal Navy to patrol the Atlantic as a dispatch boat and revenue cruiser. A wea l th of extant do cum ents make her a perfect tool for teaching about life Sultana (SSP) at sea in the era of the Am erican Revolution . (Schooner Sulta na Project, C RC&A, In c., PO Box 524, C hestertow n M D 2 1620; 4 10 77 8-59 54; e- mail: admin @schoonersultana.com ; web site: www.schoonersultana.com) The square topsail sch ooner Lynx was launched from Rockport Marine in M aine on 28 July, a continent away from her new homeporr. She is headed for Newport Beach, Cali fo rni a, to interpret the business
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of pri vateering in the War of 18 12. D esigned by Melbourn e Smith , the Lynx is a representation of a Baltim ore clipper buil t at Fells Point, Maryland , in 18 12. (W oods M aritime, 509 29 th Street, Newport Beach CA 92 66 3; 949 723-78 14; we b site: www.privateerlynx.o rg) Lynx (Woods Maritime)
The replica of the three-masted bark D unbrody, an Irish immigrant ship buil t in Q uebec in 1845, was launched in New Ross, Co unty Wexfo rd, Ireland, in February. T he 176' wooden vessel is a shoreside exhibit devoted to interpreting the emigrant experience fo r visitors. (The ] FK
Ce ntre, No rth Q uay, New Ross, C o. Wexfo rd, Ireland ; 0 11 (353) 5 1 425239; fax: 011 (353) 5 1 42 5240; e-mail: jfktrust @iol.ie; web site: www. dunbrody.com) SSV Robert C. Seamans, the Sea Education Association 's new research vessel, was com missioned at] . M . Marti nae Shipbui lding in Tacoma, W ashington, on 23 June. T he 11 9 - Robert C. Seamans (SEA) foo t steel brigantine, designed by Laurent Giles in England, is the first research vessel of her kind to be built in the US. She will begin her mission in Pacificwa ters, teaching methods of oceani c research, mari time studies and sailing. (SEA, PO Box 6, Wood s Hole MA 02543; 508 540-3954; web site: www.sea.edu) 1,
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