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Captain John Pritchard 1906 Signed Log R.M.S. Carmania
Cunard Log signed with steel nib and ink. Personal family portrait as well; the photographic postcard shown is apparently unique and bears a Reverse message in Welsh describing Pritchard's new appointment to the new Cunard flagship R.M.S. Mauretania in October of 1907. This original and unique 1906 log is from the R.M.S. Carmania, also shown in a unique and unpublished photograph C. 1909, which had steam turbines as Mauretania would shortly after - a trial vessel of sorts. Pritchard was the first man to navigate the Ambrose Channel into NY Harbor. The image upper right, a rather common Davidson Brothers postcard, shows Pritchard on the bridge of the Mauretania in the first week of November 1907 during her formal trials. I just purchased a large format photograph of Pritchard and about 40 dignitaries taken during Mauretania's delivery trip to Liverpool on October 22-24th, 1907. In this document shown, complaints are logged about the quality of New Jersey anthracite - which is interesting because in my work as an authenticator for various museums and collectors of nautical artifacts from the Cunard and White Star Lines, I have often encountered relatives of Harland and Wolf(White Star/Titanic) workers who simply insist these vessels burned NOTHING but coal from England, and that is simply not true. My friend author John Maxtone-Graham (The Only Way to Cross(1972), 1929-2015) documented this. About 1/5 of the coal sampled from the wreck of Titanic is factually from New Jersey. The papers proving so have been removed from the internet. I have some samples in my collections though. It simply does not make sense to carry all that coal, about 1000 tons a day mind you, across the North Atlantic from England for a journey back. Nonsense. It was from the Eureka Coal Mines of New Jersey, as my photographs document. Anyway, I hope this is of interest.
Eric
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Comment by Eric Keith Longo on December 22, 2017 at 10:27am
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December 22, 1907, NYC. This was the original pier shed on the left. There was a rather windy night on the 22nd and the wind, acting on the sheer size of the hull surface, which rose above the then-single story pier shed, caused Mauretania to lose her moorings, drop her gangways, snap her lines, breaking massive iron bollards on shore like peices of chalk and swing well over to Pier 56, crushing and sinking the coal/ash barge the Alice P.Rodgers, whose captain narrowly escaped with his life by simply jumping onto the adjoining dock or another barge. This is from memory - sorry it is not more.
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110 years ago RIGHT NOW. Tugs rushing in, people on the piers going mad, a loose 790 ft. ship!
E
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Comment by goodcat on December 22, 2017 at 11:27pm
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So difficult to fathom strong winds breaking the moorings of a docked massive structure like this.
Impressive research you do Eric.
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103 years ago today, May 7, 1915 Lusitania was sunk. Photos and a bit of her hull above...
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Hey all, good news for those interested. The hull fragment I have shown above (and below) inside the Mauretania pocketwatch holder (made from Mauretania's walnut panels after her scapping in 1934/35), which is a bit of the handgear of a watertight door on Shelter Deck (not the "common" Lusitania pocket watch case or Lord Kitchener spoon/additional cargo/merch from the Specie room), well - I have just learned looking through a new Lusitania book (which contains the only known photo of a passenger inside a cabin restored by yours truly), that this hull bit was recovered on September 22, 1982. It is GREAT to have an actual date for this! I have papers from the original owner who is a good friend of mine and Lusitania author and researcher who bought it from Oceaneering International back in '82 at the original auction and is the author of this new book. I'm a happy cat with this date! :D September 13th will be 111 years Lusitania first entered New York Harbor!
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Something new for this collection. A builders photograph stamped "Swan Hunter" and dated in the negative May 4th, 1906. It shows the plating of the bow underway. Shown below, 9x14, with a detail of the stamps.
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Hi All,
Anonymous/illegible autographed cards with great content! Mauretania's Maiden Departure from Liverpool heading to New York She would capture and hold the Westbound record until 1929! "...Have just seen this steamer sail.." November 16, 1907 6:30 pm W&Co RPPC
Hi All,
Anonymous/illegible autographs with great content and post date/time! Mauretania's Maiden Voyage from Liverpool to NY a/message! 111 years ago on November 16th. This lucky person got to see it, along with 50,000 others:
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The above card was likely purchased on or at the Princes landing Stage - there were vendors of all sorts selling their wares. This card's Obverse shows the liners first entrance into the Liverpool Canada dock system on the 24th of October, after her formal delivery trip from Tyneside, called "North About" - up and over Scotland.
You can read about it here: Farewell to the Tyne by Eric K. Longo 2...
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A new item to view my newly completed Mauretania collection. 25 years collecting and 110 pieces total. A German card viewer circa 1910 - perfect as the image part of my collection is 1906-1907 and a few stereo views 1913, hence the Holmes C. 19000 stereopticon beneath. The image in the Viewer is Mauretania on October 25th, 1907 as she entered the Canada Dock system.
More to come...
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