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Tuesday, January 27, 2004

*South Carolina officials say anglers can help them determine whether a program to increase the number of red drum in the May River is working
*Turtles will continue to nest on the beaches of Pritchards Island, but there may be no one to protect the nests from the surf or predators
-Hilton Head Island Packet Online, 1-27-04

*Georgia DNR bans harvest of female blue crabs in March
-Savannah Morning News, 1-27-04

*Developers of the Bristol Marina on the historic Charleston peninsula are seeking permit changes that would allow them to add 61 boat lifts to the facility in the Ashley River
-Coast News, 1-26-03

*Dauphin Island lures buyers
-Dauphin Island Mullet Wrapper, Mobile Register, 1-25-04

Hello again Mac,

I have sent for an interlibrary loan on the book you recommended of ships built by Captain Nathaniel Lord Thompson in Kennebunk, Me. I have the following information on the vessel BORNHOLM---with an unknown source:

Bornholm, of Kennebunk, Me. Registered at Boston October 18, 1845-temporary.
Built at Kennebunk, Me. in 1841. 398.  83/95 tons; length 123 8 1/2ft., breadth 26  6/12ft., depth 13 3/12 ft.
Master: James Nason Jr., Owners: William Lord Jr., Daniel Nason Jrl, James Nason Jr., Noah  Nason, Kennebunk; Daniel Dason, Kennebunkport, Me.
Two decks, three masts, square stern, no galleries, a billethead.
Previously registered #2 at Kennebunk, Oct 19, 1841. Now cancelled, property changed
in part. Vol 45- pp 275.

The above is for your records.....but could you possibly guess where the information might have come from (Vol 45 - pp275)?

Many thanks for all the assistance you have already given me.

Vynette Sage
Pine, Arizona, USA

Vynette,

Thanks for this new detail, I am glad you could track down the book, which I believe should carry an entry about our mystery ship. It is still very strange we are unable to find her
sailing details to New Orleans.

Every now and then I am totally frustrated about not finding some detail that is out there some where.

In 1859 an English sailing ship Royal Charter, with a load of gold, and many passengers on board sailed from Melbourne, Australia for Liverpool, it came to grief on rocks off Moelfre Wales, only 39 survived, but a passenger list of this ship eludes me.

So it goes, I have learned with age to never give up, sheer persistence, in the end will usually prevail.

Keep going, and I believe you will finally be rewarded, meantime If I find anything of interest, rest assured it will wing its way to you Vynette.

Keep smiling!!
Mac.

A fascinating model for sale on E-bay of HMAS Canberra, sent to me by Peter, they have a lot of detail about my old ship, but are wrong in describing the AA armament as 8 by 4 inch guns, we had not had a refit like Australia, the AA guns, only 4 single 4 inch.

Perhaps we list the site and sale with that comment.

Thanks,
Mac.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3171135042&category=2590