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By tk *Legislators take on joint port authority *Biologists: Artificial reefs important as natural ones die *Duval lifts beach advisory after bacteria levels recede *Sanford boy suffers small shark bite *Homeland security proposal may not sit well with anglers *Pier is ultimate cobia tower French explorers page 5 What must have been in Baudin's thoughts as he cleared Isle de France, and set a course eastwards towards The Great Unknown? It was May 1801, before his two ships made a landfall at Cape Leeuwin on the south west corner of Australia, he now spent three months charting the coast of Western Australia and gathering scientific data, but he needed to visit Timor to replenish his ships. He now sailed to the southern parts of the continent, giving many places French names, he called this land Terre Napoleon after his Emperor and approver of his expedition. The east coast of Tasmania was explored, and in April of 1802, he made his now famous meeting with Matthew Flinders at Encounter Bay on the South Australian coast, he was sailing eastwards, whilst Baudin was making westwards, what a chance in millions that these two intrepid, but totally different Navigators, should meet up here in the wild waters south of Australia. Surely one of the most unlikely and historic meetings of all time!! Many of Baudin's company were very ill with scurvy, and he sailed his ships to Botany Bay, seeking the hospitality of Governor King and the English colony, the French were well received, offered medical attention, and provisions, both sorely needed. Their stay here in Sydney lasting for five months, in November 1802, off Baudin sailed again, around the southern coastline, up the west coast, once more to Timor. Now he set off for Isle de France or Mauritus as we call it today, arriving to be quite sick with tuberculosis, Baudin died here in September 1803, only a few weeks before the arrival of his great rival Navigator, Matthew Flinders, who was imprisoned by the French authorities. This Baudin led expedition had been important in unfolding mysteries about Australia, its Aboriginal people, its fauna and flora, he should be remembered for his contribution to scientific knowledge, and his unrelenting quest for seeking new horizons. Another of your brilliant ideas, there are far morerticles involved with Submarines than I thought. Here is a suggested list, I think in order. AE1, AE2, J Class submarines. The Sinking of the Royal Oak by U-47 Japanese Midget Submarine Attack on Sydney Harbour May Capturing the Enigma Machine Tragedy at Sea The Role if the Submarine in WW2. Under Water Warfare The Struggle Against the Submarine Dutch Submarines of the RNN ( Ie Bram's Site ) U-Boat War. http://UBoat.net A research site about German Submarines. Dutch Submarine Operations WW2 ( the new 5 tables) The Plaque at Fremantle for Allied Submarines. The Memorial at Fremantle to Dutch Submarines. The Memorial in NSW to the Dutch Submarine K-IX German U-Boat U-534 Wreck of RN Submarine E-10 Holbrook Submarine Town Japan's Golden Submarine I-52 Salvaging the Russian Submarine Atomis Submarin Kursk CSS Hunley The Confederate Submersible 1864 A site about a Dutch Submarine ( Joop's site ) In Table 5 there is a line missing: After Total Submarines Lost 8 .......etc The following line should go in please. Tonnage sunk per Dutch Submarine Lost in WW2 is 22,022 tons. Under Tonnage sunk per Submarine, tonnage is spelt tunnage. Thanks The last para on this article was a note to you and does not really belong here. The figures in the last column for the year 1945 look OK. Nashville set list o2
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