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Kingdom to South Australia, a voyage she has made 23 times before-between 1864 and 1886. This time, she' ll be sailing there as cargo, in the hold of a heavy-lift vessel in $ 1.2 million custombuilt steel cradle. She left Irvine, Scotla nd, in October atop a barge a nd headed for C hatham a nd then G reenw ich, where a n offi cial renaming cerem ony, performed by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, officially rerurned the ship fr om her seco nd name HMS Carrick back to the City ofAdelaide. The ship then headed to D ordrecht in southern Holland, wh ere she will be completely shrinkw rapped and fumi gated as a quara ntine prerequisite fo r entry in to Australia. When the old ship fin ally m a kes it to Adelaide in South Australia, the C lipper Ship C ity of Adelaide, Ltd ., will take possession and preserve her as a n out-of-
The 1864 C ity of Adelaide in September on her cradle in Irvine, Scotland. the-water museum and heritage site. (You can follo w the City of A delaide 's progress-and don ate to the cause- at http: //cicyofadelaide.o rg. au.) The Fellowship program application deadline for 2014-15 at the John Carter Brown Library in Providence, RI, is fast approaching. Now in its 50th yea r, the program was created to give scholars of the earl y Americas an opportunity to pursue their work in proximity to a disting uished collection of primary sources. Approximately 40 fellowships are awa rded a nnually for periods of two to ten months; stipends ra nge from $4,200 to $21 ,000 depending on the specific award. (http://ww w.brown.edu/academ ics/libra ri es/john-carter-brown I) Whale Days at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum are underway and the public is invited to join their crew behind the scenes as they build a whaleboat for the 1841 Charles W. Morgan at Mystic Seaport. While the crew at Mystic works at rerigging the ship and fitting her out, m aritime museums and boatbuilding progra ms up and dow n the East C oast have been wo rking on buildin g new whaleboats. Wh ale D ays at LCMM is open to the public but reserva tions are required. For a $5 fee, par ticipants will spend 2-plus hours m oving through different stations where they will steam bend planks, m ake their own scrimshaw (on synthetic m aterials), lea rn about whale anatomy, and join a LCMM chanteyman in song. A ll ages welcom e. (For information and reservations contaq Samantha William s, 802 475-2022 ext. 123; www.lcmm.org.) 1,
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