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SHORT DESCRIPTION: (On paddle box) MINNIE CORNELL, steamboat, American, 1879-1891 Wooden paddle side-wheel steamboat built by Van Loon & Magee at Athens, New York and launched early in 1879. She was 183 feet in length, 26 feet, 2 inches in beam and 9 feet depth of hold; tonnage 503.19. Fitted with a beam engine having a cylinder of 44 inches and stroke of 108 inches that had been in the steamboat NEW CHAMPION and which was rebuilt by the Quintard Iron Works at New York. She was built for the New Brunswick route and later ran to Keyport where she burned in 1891. She was not rebuilt and as late as July 1900 laid a burned wreck there. Morrison says she was built for Joseph Cornell of Rondout, NY and was burned at Keyport on March 27, 1893.
Steamboats–United States.; Tugboats–United States.; Harbors–United States.; Ferries–United States.
Shows a port side view of a tugboat making way. In the background is a harbor with two ferries docked at piers. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Aug 11, 1894", "Phila to Balt on Centipede towed by Pottsville"
A broadside view of the Minnie Wheeler underway. There are several other vessels behind the vessel. The vessel served the Wheeler Line on Tuckahoe Creek on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and transported grain and passengers back and forth to Baltimore.
Steamboats–United States.; Tugboats–United States.
Shows a tugboat moored at a pier. However the negative quality is so poor as to make the image almost worthless. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "May 21 1897"
Copy of a painting depicting a broadside view of the Minnie R. Child while underway. The painting is signed "Bard N.Y. 1894", indicating that it is by the artist James Bard. The Minnie R. Child operated between 1874 and 1880.
NOTES: Item No. 80 - Hague Catalogue. SHORT DESCRIPTION: Original water color by Charles Rosner. Bark MINNIE ALLEN. the Bark MINNIE ALLEN of Boston, was built at Bath, Maine in 1874. She measured 662 tons. (on label) VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: MINNIE ALLEN VESSEL TYPE: BARK VESSEL BUILT: 1874 BUILDER LOCATION: BATH, MAINE SHIP OWNER: Samuel Sayward & Co., Boston, Massachusetts SHIP'S CAPTAIN: Captain Robert C. Soper VESSEL DIMENSIONS: 145.0 x 33.9 x 17.6
VIRGINIA, URBANNA; RELATED PLACE: MAINE, WISCASSETT
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Pen and ink drawing of port view of two-masted vessel with coastline in background. NOTES: Volume of pen and ink drawings by A.L. Van Name, Jr., M.D. depicting Chesapeake Bay vessels.
NOTES: Although the name and hailing port, Searsport, Maine, are carved on the stern of the model, records of that port fail to disclose any such vessel ever having been registered there.
Shows a port side view of a steamboat making way in a harbor. In the background several other vessels can be seen. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Balt. Aug 13, 1894"
Shows a starboard side view of a steamboat moored at a pier. Stanton probably took this photograph somewhere along the Great Lakes waterways. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Nov 11 [1893]"
Shows a port side view of a lake freighter moored in icy water. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Bay City, Feb. 11, 1896"
Copy - Bard painting, "Minnie R. Child" 1856 x "John Farron" later "St. Nicholas"
Ships in art.; Steamboats–United States.; Paddle steamers–United States.
This is a photograph of a painting by James (and John) Bard depicting the port side of a paddle steamer. At the bottom of the painting on the shore, two spectators are waving as the vessel passes.
RELATED PLACE: CALIFORNIA, SAN PEDRO, DEAD MAN'S ISLAND
NOTES: Biographical skech of artist included on drawing. Alternate vessel names: (1) MINNIE A. CAINE (SCHOONER: 1900-1932); (2) MINNIE A. CAINE (BARGE: 1933-1942).
River boat echoes : - batteaux in Virginia : from The tiller series - Virginia Canals and Navigations Society ; compiled and edited by Minnie Lee McGehee
Minneapolis "Lucky Minnie" CA-36. File Number: 216803. Hold for release. Until 8 PM EMT. September 21, 1945. 'Lucky Minnie' back in the pacific. Nicknamed the "Lucky Minnie" by her veteran crew, the heavy cruiser USS Minneapolis is back in the pacific after extensive overhaul at Bremerton, Wash. Where she was outfitted with a new set of guns to replace the old ones which were literally worn out in her many engagements against the enemy. In the twenty months since October, 1943, the cruiser took part in every major Pacific invasion and surface action all without taking a nick from enemy steel. Hence the nickname "Lucky Minnie". But this luck was not with her always, for early in the war she was torpedoed off Guadalcanal but despite damage and fire crewmen succeeded in effecting temporary repairs and she proceeded to the west coast under her own power. The aerial photograph of the "Lucky Minnie" was taken off Makin Island. Watch Your credit. "Official U.S. Navy Photograph". The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to publication to the. REVIEW SECTION. OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION. NAVY DEPARTMENT. WASHINGTON, D.C. or to a District Public Information Office. However, it has no power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
Moral education–History–19th century. United States
Four-page letter from McBlair to his wife. On October 19th he writes about his black servant Adolphe who is one of the most honest workers that he has aboard, but who is disappointed that he was not discharged and able to go to his fiancée in Portsmouth. He also writes about getting more birds. On October 20th he writes about visiting the flag ship and that he will send this letter by her. He also reminds her to direct letters to Porto Grande and St. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands. He mentions his religious readings and missing his children. He tells his boys to love Minnie since she has lost her Pa and Ma and to be kind and obedient, and also asks them to write to him. He sends his blessings to his family and especially to Minnie. Title devised by Library Staff.
13 & 14 PALL MALL EAST - LONDON - ENGLAND - Related Place
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Black and white engraving on paper entitled "LORD NELSON". Engraved by Minnie Cormack. Published by Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 13 & 14 Pall Mall East, London, 29th January 1894. Printed by Thomas Ross & Son. After John Hoppner R.A. (British, 1758-1810). A full-length portrait shows Nelson standing on a rock shore in a rear-admiral's full dress uniform with the ribands of the Bath and St. Ferdinand, the stars of the Bath, St. Ferdinand and the Crescent and badge of St. Ferdinand. Also gold medals for St. Vincent and the Nile. A naval battle is in the background at the left. NOTES: This print is based on the portrait by John Hoppner which is in the Royal Collection, St. James's Palace, London, the portrait dates to 1800-1801.
LABEL COPY: Tugboat Model, early twentieth century Thomas E. Gurney, modelmaker Gift of the Gurney Family 1997.2.1 Tugboats of this type were used for harbor work, towing barges, or docking vessels. This is not a model of a registered tugboat; Thomas Gurney, a pipefitter at the Norfolk Navy Shipyard, named the model MINNIE VIRGINIA in memory of his sister. Gurney's son Thomas assisted in the model's restoration. INVENTORY: Parts - there is one (1) component part.
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Watercolor drawing showing two cutters under full sail, possibly racing. The event appears to be happening in Great Britain as both flags are flying British ensigns. One cutter is heading directly towards the viewer while the other is shows a port broadside view. There is a barrel in the water at the bottom right corner and a schooner and other small vessels are in the background. The artist is Lt. William Henn. The image may depict Henn's 31-ton cutter Minnie. NOTES: Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. (1847-1894) was born in Dublin in 1847. Henn joined the Royal Navy in 1860 at the age of 13. He was stationed aboard HMS Daphne as a sub-Lieutenant between August 1, 1867 and aboard HMS Dryad beginning February 6, 1869. Both vessels were on anti-slave trafficking operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. Henn briefly traveled back to Ireland in 1870. Henn participated in the Royal Geographical Society Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition (22 January to 25 July 1872). In 1874 he was, by his own request, placed on the retired list of his rank in the navy which went into effect on May 9, 1874 and was commuted on November 30, 1874. That same year Henn purchased the 31-ton cutter Minnie, built by Ratsey. For two years and a half this little vessel was his home; in her he sailed nearly 15,000 miles, including a winter voyage to the Mediterranean, where in 1877 she won for him the Grand Prix at the International Regatta, Cannes (the forerunner of the French Mediterranean regattas). He met and married his wife, Susan Matilda Cunninghame-Graham Bartholomew, in the Mediterranean.
UNITED STATES VICTORY (STEAMSHIP: 1944) - WILLIAM T. BARRY (STEAMSHIP: 1943)
Mrs. Minnie Turner Tackett, Beattyville, Kentucky, civilian employee of Statistics & Progress Branch, Control Division, HRPE, is photographed greeting her husband, Cpl. Herman Tackett, 15091198, member of the 759th Bomb Squadron, 459th Bomb Group, who had just debarked from the SS UNITED STATES VICTORY, HR-748, at Pier 8. Cpl. Tackett enlisted in the Army 7 March 1942 and sailed overseas from HRPE 25 December 1943 aboard the SS WILLIAM T. BARRY, HR - 758. Mrs. Tackett has been employed at HRPE since 25 October 1943. Photo taken at north side of Pier 8, HRPE, Newport News, Va., for Historical purposes.
Kissing.
Shows a soldier and his wife holding hands and smiling at each other on an HRPE pier.
Supplement to the Annual report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of the State of New York for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1905
Canals–History. New York (State); Canals–New York (State)–Bibliography.; Canals–United States.; Canals–Canada.; Engineers–United States.
Paged continuously; v. 1: vii, 1025 p.; v. 2: vi p., 1 leaf, [1029]-1547 p. Folded map and diagram in pocket at end of v. 2. "Biographies of engineers": v. 2, p. [1145]-1172. "Great canals of the world. Parts of a monograph ... pub. by the United States ... Bureau of Statistics": v. 2, p. 1477-1511.
UNITED STATES VICTORY (STEAMSHIP: 1944) - WILLIAM T. BARRY (STEAMSHIP: 1943)
Mrs. Minnie Turner Tackett, Beattyville, Kentucky, civilian employee of Statistics & Progress Branch, Control Division, HRPE, is photographed greeting her husband, Cpl. Herman Tackett, 15091198, member of the 759th Bomb Squadron, 459th Bomb Group, who had just debarked from the SS UNITED STATES VICTORY, HR-748, at Pier 8. Cpl. Tackett enlisted in the Army 7 March 1942 and sailed overseas from HRPE 25 December 1943 aboard the SS WILLIAM T. BARRY, HR - 758. Mrs. Tackett has been employed at HRPE since 25 October 1943. Photo taken at north side of Pier 8, HRPE, Newport News, Va., for Historical purposes.
Kissing.
Shows a soldier and his wife embracing on an HRPE pier.
Stock Record Section, Port Medical Supply Division. Shown left to right: Mrs. Mintie B. Atkinson, 3030 Court C. Ferguson Park, Newport News, Va.; Miss Frances L. Bryan, 315 - 52nd St., Newport News, Va.; Mrs. Minnie S. Hastings, 735-7-36th St., Newport News, Va.; Mrs. Shirley Heit, 92 Elizabeth Road, Hampton, Va.; and Mrs. Helen P. Hensley, 202 G. St., Copeland Park, Newport News, Va. Photo taken at Warehouse 8, HRPE, Newport News, Va.
Five civilian women work at desks in an office setting.
NOTES: [Text from Harper's Weekly account, October 20, 1860] THE LOSS OF THE STEAMSHIP "CONNAUGHT." We publish above a picture of the steamship Connaught, which was burned at sea on Sunday, 7th inst., 140 miles from Boston. She was on her western voyage, and had left St. Johns, Newfoundland, on 5th. The history of the wreck is thus described by the Captain: "Saturday, the 6th inst., at eight o'clock P.M., one hundred and forty miles east of Boston, the Connaught sprang a leak in the engine-room. Succeeded in keeping it below the fires until one o'clock on Sunday morning, when it commenced to gain rapidly, and finally extinquished the fires. At half past nine o'clock discovered smoke from the aft smoke-hole. Notwithstanding the utmost exertions to prevent it, the fire gained rapidly, and very soon drove the cabin passengers on deck. As the water and fire both gained so fast, the boats were got ready to save the passengers. There was a heavy sea running, and the first boat that was lowered was stove. Six other boats were then launched successfully, and all of them filled with passengers. About twelve o'clock the brig Minnie Schiffler saw our signals of distress and bore down on us. At seven P.M. commenced the task of embarking the passengers on board the brig, that vessel having attached a hawser to the steamer. At this time the starboard side of the steamer was very hot. By half past nine P.M. all the passengers were placed safely on board of the brig." A passenger thus feelingly describes the rescue of himself and companions: "The gallant little Yankee brig sailed alongside and hove to, seeing our deplorable situation, and showing every sign of anxiety for us; but we began to think it would be impossible to stow all our numbers on board, she looked so small. We have since ascertained that she was only 198 tons burden. Captain Leitch made all haste to get us into the boats, which was extremely difficult, being lowered one by one with ropes (Captain Leigtch stood by all the time), commencing with the women and children. But with all the exertions that could be made, when the sun went down only about two hundred had been got on board the brig. Captain Wilson, of the brig, said, 'This is a horrible affair to see the sun going down with so many people yet on bard the wreck, settling down and burning up. I will do all in my power to save them.' Several of the boats' crews, on reaching the brig, refused to return, when Captain Wilson said, 'I will go almost alongside and take a hawser from on board, and then you will be in little or no danger. I must get everyone from the wreck.' This he did, which had the effect of giving confidence, and by great exertion all were got on board the brig by eleven o'clock P.M. "Captain Leitch and his first officer remained on board until almost surrounded with flames, and until every soul was saved. Captain Wilson then set alongside to beg him to come away. The flames were shooting up the masts, throwing a strong and melancholy light over the sea. Captain Leitch reached the brig just at midnight." The recent account of the Connaught thus described her: "The length of the Connaught is 378 feet, and 360 feet between perpendiculars; her beam is 40 feet, overall 71 feet 6 inches; her depth of hold is 30 feet. The Connaught is constructed with a spar deck, straight stem, and elliptic stern. The horsepower of the engines is 800 nominal, and they are on the oscillating principle. The main cylinders, 48 tons complete, are 80 inches diameter each. They are three in number, and placed under the paddle shafts athwart ships, and work direct to the cranks and shafts over them." She was one of the proposed line of steamers running between this country and Galway, and was, in fact, the only ship really owned by the Company, the Parana being chartered, and the other ships advertised not being built yet. NOTES: Connaught was reportedly loaded with £10,000 in gold coins. VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: CONNAUGHT VESSEL BUILT: 1860 VESSEL TYPE: SIDE-WHEEL STEAMSHIP SHIP BUILDER: PALMER'S SHIPBUILDING & IRON CO. SHIP OWNER: GALWAY LINE; Atlantic Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company, Ltd.
"L3177 - Group of army nurses waiting to board ship for duty overseas at pier 6, HRPE, Newport News, Va. 7-13-43 Official photograph U.S.Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va."; stamped in red "Secret"
L-11217 - Red Cross Canteen Unit No 1 of the Newport News-Warwick County Chapter, American Red Cross, left Center Jarvis W. Rockwell, Field Director, AR, HRPE, home, Kane, Penn. This picture was taken 0615, 10 Dec. 44 after the Red Cross had been serving embarking troops from 1900 9 Dec. 44. 10-12-44 "SECRET Authority WD Cir 346 October 15, 1942 Initials WCS Date 12/18/44" stamped in red ink.
Embarkation (Military science).; Portraits, Group–Virginia–Newport News.; Women in war–Virginia–Newport News.; Civilians in war–Virginia–Newport News.
Shows women in Red Cross uniforms, many holding enamel pitchers, standing in a row in a warehouse for a group portrait after an embarkation.
NOTES: Sketchbook No. 6 of pencil drawings created by Antonio Jacobsen from 1878 to 1918 for his artworks. VESSELS LISTED IN SKETCHBOOK NO. 6, 1886 ELCANO (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1880) ARGUS (Screw Tug) (Service Dates 1882-1899) YOSEMITE (Screw Yacht) (Vessel Built 1880) GLENBERVIE (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1878) PARTHIA (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1870-1956) THOMAS TURNBULL (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1880) SHELTER ISLAND (Paddle Wheel Steamship) (Service Dates 1886-1896) ADELE (Screw Launch) CITY OF KINGSTON (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1884-1899) ANGERTON (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1884) MINNIE SWIFT (Ship) (Vessel Built 1876) SAMUEL L. STORER (Schooner 2) (Service Dates 1883-1900) ZAANDAM (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1882-1913) IVANHOE (Vessel Built 1881) MAHARAJAH (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1871) INDIA (Screw Steamship) IXIA (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1881) AUSTIN FRIARS (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1868) JOSEPH OTERI JR. (Vessel Built 1878) JAMES A. GARFIELD (Screw Tug) (Vessel Built 1881) CARONDELET (Vessel Built 1873) PORT JACKSON (Vessel Built 1883) ALLIANCA (Screw Steamship) (Screw Steamship 1886-1924) E.N. FAIRCHILD (Screw Steamship) (Vessel Built 1862) MASCOTTE (Screw Steamship) (Service Dates 1885-1930), PLANT LINE, CANADIAN ATLANTIC AND PLANT STEAMSHIP COMPANY, ADAMS, USS?? (Screw Gunboat) NOTES: Page 144 is a floor plan of Jacobsen's home. There is a black and white photo in the object file. LABEL COPY: Jacobsen House Plan Sketch, 1886 (photographic reproduction) Gift of Mrs. Helen Jacobsen Chapin Sketchbook No. 6, 93.42.6 Jacobsen himself gives us an idea of the floor plan of his West Hoboken home. (Jacobsen Exhibit: "Painted Ships on Painted Oceans" 10/24/1994 Gallery 15, Section 623A)
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Pencil sketch showing topsail schooner under sail in calm water. The artist is Lt. William Henn. NOTES: Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. (1847-1894) was born in Dublin in 1847. Henn joined the Royal Navy in 1860 at the age of 13. He was stationed aboard HMS Daphne as a sub-Lieutenant between August 1, 1867 and aboard HMS Dryad beginning February 6, 1869. Both vessels were on anti-slave trafficking operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. Henn briefly traveled back to Ireland in 1870. Henn participated in the Royal Geographical Society Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition (22 January to 25 July 1872). In 1874 he was, by his own request, placed on the retired list of his rank in the navy which went into effect on May 9, 1874 and was commuted on November 30, 1874. That same year Henn purchased the 31-ton cutter Minnie, built by Ratsey. For two years and a half this little vessel was his home; in her he sailed nearly 15,000 miles, including a winter voyage to the Mediterranean, where in 1877 she won for him the Grand Prix at the International Regatta, Cannes (the forerunner of the French Mediterranean regattas). He met and married his wife, Susan Matilda Cunninghame-Graham Bartholomew, in the Mediterranean. In 1877 he bought the 80-ton yawl Gertrude, built by Alfred Payne. His wife was as much a sailor as himself, and for seven years they lived on board, being continuously in commission except when the yacht was undergoing repairs. In that time they covered upwards of 40,000 miles, always wintering up the ‘Straits,’ and sojourning in home waters during the summer. At the first Nice international regatta in 1879 Gertrude secured the ‘Grand Prix,’ and the following day the Prince of Monaco’s cup. Subsequently she again carried off the ‘Grand Prix’ at Nice and ‘Prix de Monte Carlo,’ besides others at Cannes, Mentons, Genoa, Ajaccio, Oran, and several ocean matches at home and abroad.
Caption: Garden City, NY. The Hotel; the Cathedral; The Pool and the Dial in the Country Life plant. Those in picture Nat Olds and wife, Miss Minnie Root, R. C. Ellsworth, BRH 7 AGH. 1915-18.
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Pencil sketch showing a starboard view of the cutter Santry under full sail. A person is in the stern holding the tiller. There is a second sketch of a cutter on the reverse. The artist is Lt. William Henn. Santry was the cutter owned by Susan Henn's brother, Robert J. Bartholomew. NOTES: Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. (1847-1894) was born in Dublin in 1847. Henn joined the Royal Navy in 1860 at the age of 13. He was stationed aboard HMS Daphne as a sub-Lieutenant between August 1, 1867 and aboard HMS Dryad beginning February 6, 1869. Both vessels were on anti-slave trafficking operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. Henn briefly traveled back to Ireland in 1870. Henn participated in the Royal Geographical Society Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition (22 January to 25 July 1872). In 1874 he was, by his own request, placed on the retired list of his rank in the navy which went into effect on May 9, 1874 and was commuted on November 30, 1874. That same year Henn purchased the 31-ton cutter Minnie, built by Ratsey. For two years and a half this little vessel was his home; in her he sailed nearly 15,000 miles, including a winter voyage to the Mediterranean, where in 1877 she won for him the Grand Prix at the International Regatta, Cannes (the forerunner of the French Mediterranean regattas). He met and married his wife, Susan Matilda Cunninghame-Graham Bartholomew, in the Mediterranean. In 1877 he bought the 80-ton yawl Gertrude, built by Alfred Payne.
Oyster culture–Law and legislation–Virginia.; Oyster culture–Virginia–Yeocomico River.; Canoes and canoeing.
Document that constitutes a registration and license for Ira Dameron to tong oysters on the Yeocomico River, a short tributary of the Potomac located along the Northern Neck of Virginia. The vessel he is to use to tong is a sailing canoe. The license declares that this registration is required pursuant to "Virginia Oyster Law".
Minneapolis. Ted Stone Coll. File No: OOR-211251. Released: February 26, 1944. The Minneapolis comes back fighting. Back in the battle line after the completion of a spectacular repair job, the gallant cruiser Minneapolis is now taking part in the U.S. Navy offensive against Japanese bases in the Pacific. Severely damaged in the Battle of Tassafaronga on November 30, 1942. After she had sunk or helped sink three Japanese warships, the Minneapolis limped into Tulagi harbor in the Solomons. There her crew repaired the camouflaged cruiser sufficiently to enable her to make the long journey back to Pearl Harbor, and eventually San Francisco. Her repairs were completed at the Mare Island Navy Yard and now she's back in the Pacific, part of the great naval force that is challenging the Japanese fleet- and capturing Japanese bases-throughout the Pacific. Snub Nose on the Minnie. Far from beautiful, but seaworthy and a great improvement over the improvisation patched on in Tulagi harbor, this snubby 'ersatz bow' was fitted to the USS Minneapolis at Pearl Harbor for the return to San Francisco. Watch your credit. "Official U.S. Navy Photograph". The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial advertisements. Provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to publication to the. REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C. or to a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed.
First photograph is of Gertrude 80. Other vessels pictured are Chazalie, Czarina 505, Neptune 50, Miranda 122, Tara 40, Cetonia 200, Curtsey, Keepsake, Minnie 31, Genesta 80.
GREAT BRITAIN - Artist; LISBON - PORTUGAL - Related Place
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Watercolor drawing in black and white showing two schooners under full sail, possibly racing. One schooner is headed directly towards the viewer while the other is shows a port broadside view. On the reverse there is a pencil sketch of a yawl, possibly Henn's yawl Gertrude, under sail. There are other random sketches of vessels scattered on the reverse. The artist is Lt. William Henn. The drawing show the yawl Gertrude and schooner Cetonia at the start of the Lisbon to Gibraltar ocean race, October 27, 1880. See the discussion below. NOTES: [Jeanne Willoz-Egnor, 9/19/2025] Although there are no comments describing the scene or the identity of the vessels, the identity of these sketches is confirmed by a painting titled 'Gertrude and Cetonia Crossing the Lisbon Bar' by Adml. Richard Brydges Beechey, dated 1885 (this painting matches the pencil drawing on the reverse). The painting was owned by the Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club. The image on the obverse shows the Yawl Gertrude and Schooner Cetonia, Start of the Lisbon to Gibraltar ocean race, October 27, 1880. The flags on the vessel confirm the vessel attributions. The first ocean race in the series was the Lisbon Regatta, a 300-mile ocean race from Lisbon to Gibraltar for a prize of £200. The race started on October 27th and was completed on the 29th. There were only three participants in the race, Gertrude, Cetonia, a 191-ton schooner owned by the Earl of Gosford, and Fenella, a French 80-ton schooner owned by the Vicomte D’Estampes. Unfortunately Gertrude lost due to the allowance of time given to Cetonia. The Field of November 6, 1880 (page 679) describes the start of the race thusly: With a strong breeze from WSW, a flying start was made opposite Lisbon, the gun firing at noon, the yachts being under double-reefed mainsails, topmasts housed, and bowsprits reefed in. Gertrude got away with the lead. The wind was nearly deed on end for the bar of the river, but, on a strong ebb tide, the turn to windward was quickly sailed, and Gertrude, having gained considerably on the beat, crossed the bar of the Tagus, on which there was a very heavy sea, at 1:35PM NOTES: Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. (1847-1894) was born in Dublin in 1847. Henn joined the Royal Navy in 1860 at the age of 13. He was stationed aboard HMS Daphne as a sub-Lieutenant between August 1, 1867 and aboard HMS Dryad beginning February 6, 1869. Both vessels were on anti-slave trafficking operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. Henn briefly traveled back to Ireland in 1870. Henn participated in the Royal Geographical Society Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition (22 January to 25 July 1872). In 1874 he was, by his own request, placed on the retired list of his rank in the navy which went into effect on May 9, 1874 and was commuted on November 30, 1874. That same year Henn purchased the 31-ton cutter Minnie, built by Ratsey. For two years and a half this little vessel was his home; in her he sailed nearly 15,000 miles, including a winter voyage to the Mediterranean, where in 1877 she won for him the Grand Prix at the International Regatta, Cannes (the forerunner of the French Mediterranean regattas). He met and married his wife, Susan Matilda Cunninghame-Graham Bartholomew, in the Mediterranean. In 1877 he bought the 80-ton yawl Gertrude, built by Alfred Payne. His wife was as much a sailor as himself, and for seven years they lived on board, being continuously in commission except when the yacht was undergoing repairs. In that time they covered upwards of 40,000 miles, always wintering up the ‘Straits,’ and sojourning in home waters during the summer. At the first Nice international regatta in 1879 Gertrude secured the ‘Grand Prix,’ and the following day the Prince of Monaco’s cup. Subsequently she again carried off the ‘Grand Prix’ at Nice and ‘Prix de Monte Carlo,’ besides others at Cannes, Mentons, Genoa, Ajaccio, Oran, and several ocean matches at home and abroad.
SHORT DESCRIPTION: Pen and ink sketch showing schooner 'Egeria' under full sail. A number of people can be seen on the deck towards the stern. A sketch of another unnamed schooner is on the reverse (it's possible it also shows Egeria). The artist is Lt. William Henn. NOTES:The schooner Egeria was built in 1865 and was was one of the most successful boats owned by Royal St. George Yacht Club member and Belfast businessman John Mulholland who, as Lord Dunleath, was Vice Commodore of the Royal St George Yacht Club from 1892 until 1895. Mulholland owned Egeria for more than thirty years. In 1865 Mulholland commissioned the 153-ton schooner Egeria from the top designer-builder of the time, T. Wanhill of Poole. At just under 100ft LOA, the beautiful new vessel soon became known as "the wonderful Egeria", and for more than a decade she was the winner par excellence with more than sixty major trophies to her credit, while her owner was so fond of the boat that he kept her for many years after she had been out-classed as a racer. The Field, August 8, 1885 reported that Egeria (142-ton schooner owned by Mr. Mulholland) participated in the RYS match on August 4. The Henn's also participated so that may provide a date for this image. The Belfast News-Letter of July 11, 1885 indicates that the Henn's and Egeria both participated in the Royal Ulster Yacht Club regatta on July 10th. SEE article in The Field for information about Egeria. Hunt's Yachting Magazine in January 1871 lists Egeria participating in the following events: • June 4th.—In the match of the New Thames Club to Harwich, Cambria was beaten without time allowance by Fiona and Egeria. • June 8th—In the schooner match of the Royal Thames Yacht Club, Cambria was beaten without time by Gloriana, Egeria, and Flying Cloud. • June 9th.—In the schooner match of the Royal London, Cambria was beaten by Egeria without time. • June 10th.—In the schooner match of the New Thames, Cambria was beaten without time by Egeria, and on time by Flying Cloud. • June 11th.—In the Royal Thames schooner match from the Nore to Dover, Cambria was beaten in very strong weather on time by Egeria. • June 14th.—In the Royal London match for Mr. Broad wood's prizes from Dover to Cowes, Cambria was beaten without time by Fiona, Julia, Guinevere, Egeria, and Vindex. Notes from Chapter 7 of British Yachts & Yachtsmen, Racing under Y.R.A. Rules: •The Yacht Racing Association was organized in November 1875. Its object was to systematize yacht-racing and to improve it. •Corinne was the chief prize-winner of the schooners, Gwendolin and Egeria (won both schooner matches on the Thames) being fairly successful also. •Egeria participated in the Squadron Queen’s Cup in 1875. •Egeria was the most successful schooner of the year 1876. •At the river matches of the Royal Thames Club in 1878, Egeria, which was in commission again, was entered for the schooner race with Corinne and Miranda. Miranda was, however, the only one of the trio that hoisted racing colours, and, as a sail over was not permitted, the race fell through. This fiasco created a deal of comment at the time. In the Nore to Dover race there were three schooners, Miranda, Australia, and Egeria. •In 1879 Egeria took two firsts, including the Queen’s Cup at the Squadron Regatta. NOTES: Lieutenant William Henn, R.N. (1847-1894) was born in Dublin in 1847. Henn joined the Royal Navy in 1860 at the age of 13. He was stationed aboard HMS Daphne as a sub-Lieutenant between August 1, 1867 and aboard HMS Dryad beginning February 6, 1869. Both vessels were on anti-slave trafficking operations in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf. Henn briefly traveled back to Ireland in 1870. Henn participated in the Royal Geographical Society Livingstone Search and Relief Expedition (22 January to 25 July 1872). In 1874 he was, by his own request, placed on the retired list of his rank in the navy which went into effect on May 9, 1874 and was commuted on November 30, 1874. For the next 20 years Henn built and raced several yachts (31-ton cutter Minnie; 80-ton yawl Gertrude; 90-ton racing cutter Galatea), one of which he sailed in the 1886 America's Cup. He and his wife Susan then spent the next eight years sailing around Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Lieut. Henn was on the Council of the Yacht Racing Association, and was a member of the following yacht clubs: Royal Cork, Royal Northern, Royal Alfred, Royal Clyde, Mudhook, Royal Thames, Royal Torbay, Star Bay, and Nice; and an honorary member of the New York Yacht Club, Eastern of America, Corinthian of New York, Corinthian of Marblehead, Biscayne Bay (Fla) and Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron. .
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