tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50971769175959379642024-03-05T09:23:04.299+01:00The Things I EnjoyCatastrophes, wars, terrorism, ecological disasters, deadly diseases,
poverty ....
The list of tragedies - both personal and public - is endless. Every
day and hour media, politicians, experts - and charlatans - bring us
a never ending barrage of bad things. No wonder that many people feel
depressed and weary.
This blog tries - in a modest and personal way - to contribute to a more
balanced view. After all, there is so much to appreciate and
enjoy in life ...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-10130274363298908162022-01-01T15:17:00.003+01:002022-01-01T15:17:42.421+01:00Picking daisies in New Zealand (1912)<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Picking daisies in Waititi (Dunedin, New Zealand) in 1912. My restoration and colorization of George Pye Crombie´s image in </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap;">the Museum of New Zealand archive. The two young ladies in the picture are probably his sisters. </span></p><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A few years later (1917) George Pye Crombie was killed in action in Messines, Belgium, aged 35.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkrOSHPllO98E4zLdshvzysyJxZt9GNPUBbSsTUUWyV1CsX4pQgihJnP6LEHmOmI4bAO7p4SVfoE2Pm18fpD6ZVAdiElwwHCVJ2_MYXMReQQD03d-Y2ARa5e7uvbb4HjQNHig54YpRRBZWgJs2GvpZZFmZR4kZVcMTZ9-AkL2_w2nNOVv5hhWf9-P65A=s7139" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5291" data-original-width="7139" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkrOSHPllO98E4zLdshvzysyJxZt9GNPUBbSsTUUWyV1CsX4pQgihJnP6LEHmOmI4bAO7p4SVfoE2Pm18fpD6ZVAdiElwwHCVJ2_MYXMReQQD03d-Y2ARa5e7uvbb4HjQNHig54YpRRBZWgJs2GvpZZFmZR4kZVcMTZ9-AkL2_w2nNOVv5hhWf9-P65A=w400-h296" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-83502982927982914212021-12-03T17:18:00.004+01:002021-12-03T17:18:40.397+01:00Motor cycle acrobatics (1924)<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Erik Fagerström (and son?) showing off at the Stockholm velodrome on October 28, 1924. </span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My restoration and colorization of Th. Modin´s image in the SCIF (Sweden) archive.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbsOI_QVwpL0cPAWFgtPxnP0J0Oe5dv0zTxBVqHaFP-YwLSBz7wHvWRmLgSvgFo41LDPmZQabaeE74I3ZcXguQTzLL7SDpEh3CeA00UPvx_CRc0P-M2-FJ_5dkgqRHlfaCr-7yIW-UnVx/s2048/03895trick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1539" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglbsOI_QVwpL0cPAWFgtPxnP0J0Oe5dv0zTxBVqHaFP-YwLSBz7wHvWRmLgSvgFo41LDPmZQabaeE74I3ZcXguQTzLL7SDpEh3CeA00UPvx_CRc0P-M2-FJ_5dkgqRHlfaCr-7yIW-UnVx/w400-h300/03895trick.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-86850381925768372222021-11-22T16:58:00.002+01:002021-11-22T16:58:28.640+01:00After sunset <blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The sun sets early here in Southern <b>Sweden</b> this time of the year - tonight sunset was at 3.50 PM. This picture shows the view from my balcony at 4.35 PM.</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYnddoktPrEcGHOoGEGtIm9CK1AHHrm-L7a9S5Be4uvmxyoks_5hyA7SryxjyV5805_xpteSEST9AHIz94ttTEP1EuVHqXZutRRFSjeoiNt-K0nbARdzL2OTQtQfaW4ky55ma2qvlbx3i/s2048/DSC_0386.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="2048" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipYnddoktPrEcGHOoGEGtIm9CK1AHHrm-L7a9S5Be4uvmxyoks_5hyA7SryxjyV5805_xpteSEST9AHIz94ttTEP1EuVHqXZutRRFSjeoiNt-K0nbARdzL2OTQtQfaW4ky55ma2qvlbx3i/w400-h265/DSC_0386.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-72578005409005362242021-11-19T23:28:00.000+01:002021-11-19T23:28:11.045+01:00Portrait of Uno and Olly Donner<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uno and Olly (Olga) Donner - A wealthy couple with a strong social conscience. My colorization of the original (ab.) 1900-1905 photo by Atelier Apollo in the Finnish Heritage Agency archive. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Olly Donner (1881–1956) was born into the Sinebrychoff (brewery) family; the father of Uno Donner (1872–1958) was a professor of Sanskrit and later became a senator.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Uno Donner was a pioneer in industry, as he founded Finland’s first worsted spinning mill. He was an engineer, educated at university level in England and Germany, but also a painter with a keen interest in philosophy.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Donner couple knew Rudolf Steiner, the founder of the Anthroposophical movement, personally from the early 1910s. In 1923, Uno Donner founded the Anthroposophical Society in Finland and acted as chairman for the years 1923–1932.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Uno and Olly were both Anthroposophists and implemented their ideology, for example, at their farm of Gerknäs in Lohja, the first in Finland where biodynamic cultivation was carried out. In connection with the farm, the nursing home of Gustavsberg was founded for children in need of mental care. Olly Donner in particular was deeply engaged in this activity.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Olly published about thirty works in as many years in the form of story-dramas and poetry in French and Swedish. In addition, she studied English, Russian and German. The cosmopolitan couple spent long periods abroad each year.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks to the Donners, the largest special library in religion in the Nordic countries, with over 90,000 volumes, is today to be found in Turku. Their endowment in 1956 was one of the largest donations received by Åbo Akademi University to date and comprised a large number of industrial shares, real estate and land. Later on, this gift grew even larger through the will of the Donners. The fund is currently managed by Åbo Akademi University Foundation."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(The Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History)</span></div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEies7VENZOQ1Il5E2pWEd_uj3KRwYiR4FbM1eL7YSnyUEbV4TE7luSTYT9fHI4pIJpDLpFC7tUTT9jbISAj7ycmdMdFQ90vxfYYMQ2TXoAME-ne-KLLXx3iufbQlUwNHdVdB0MYF5dEmFfD/s2048/museovirasto.96BB8E720E5C63DCE265584B94239677_0_originaldonner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1532" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEies7VENZOQ1Il5E2pWEd_uj3KRwYiR4FbM1eL7YSnyUEbV4TE7luSTYT9fHI4pIJpDLpFC7tUTT9jbISAj7ycmdMdFQ90vxfYYMQ2TXoAME-ne-KLLXx3iufbQlUwNHdVdB0MYF5dEmFfD/w299-h400/museovirasto.96BB8E720E5C63DCE265584B94239677_0_originaldonner.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-80331477027060647652021-10-17T12:40:00.002+02:002021-10-17T12:40:34.495+02:00Polish yachts in Visby in 1937<p> Polish yachts participating in the first ever <b>Gotland Runt</b> offshore race photographed in <b>Visby</b> in 1937. My restoration and colorization of <b>Karl Sandels´s</b> image in the <b>Swedish Maritime Museum</b> archive (<b>Digital Museum</b>). The yacht closest to the camera flies the <b>Yacht Klubu Polski </b>(<b>Yacht Club of Poland</b>) burgee.</p><p>The Gotland Runt sailing classic is the world´s largest annual offshore race.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKXmzzfsHEVWEjRiKmNg9YvuEJvKKTLlrJm6RwcGnHL_Xj7fdeUBB8gUqz2AgBIB6_T78XYcuPdXYpJn5PbtyJivronTmOgQtycO2YcMwh5RyUkPuGdVWzP3q2DsQakJmlQBEHsLLPit6/s2048/Fo98288A+%25281%2529gotlandrunt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1481" data-original-width="2048" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKXmzzfsHEVWEjRiKmNg9YvuEJvKKTLlrJm6RwcGnHL_Xj7fdeUBB8gUqz2AgBIB6_T78XYcuPdXYpJn5PbtyJivronTmOgQtycO2YcMwh5RyUkPuGdVWzP3q2DsQakJmlQBEHsLLPit6/w400-h289/Fo98288A+%25281%2529gotlandrunt.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-59509058704314215442021-10-02T08:15:00.003+02:002021-10-02T08:15:36.821+02:00Portrait of a Norwegian lady (ab. 1900)<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Portrait of<b> Inger Kristoffersen</b>. My colorization of<b> Oslo</b> photographer<b> Gustav Borgen´s</b> (1865 - 1926) photo in the <b>Norsk Folkemuseum</b> archive (<b>Digital Museum</b>). No date is given, but I would like to suggest that Borgen shot this portrait ab. 1900. Other suggestions are welcome.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbmm8_rsQfscZgaTX0uHToeEBnmIhZcSGPpx_WsbtHLckJBjBIO3wrTrBxEaD10NceSFWooANgtR-H9oP1NqJFpSHMmj0iR5_Fe_NoQWDDv6a8HYp4lXYmylZeDmkbtoDIQJ9I4dkLZuc/s1876/NFB.50563ingerkristoffersen-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1876" data-original-width="1369" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkbmm8_rsQfscZgaTX0uHToeEBnmIhZcSGPpx_WsbtHLckJBjBIO3wrTrBxEaD10NceSFWooANgtR-H9oP1NqJFpSHMmj0iR5_Fe_NoQWDDv6a8HYp4lXYmylZeDmkbtoDIQJ9I4dkLZuc/w293-h400/NFB.50563ingerkristoffersen-2.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-23653073772079326032021-09-24T22:58:00.002+02:002021-09-24T22:58:11.200+02:00The brand new cruise ship Spirit of Adventure in Öresund<p><span style="color: #212124; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Tonight, just after 7 PM, the brand-new "boutique cruise ship" <b>Spirit of Adventure</b> passed by in <b>Öresund </b>on her way from <b>Copenhagen</b> to<b> Stockholm</b>. The 236 m ship, with a capacity for 999 guests, is operated by <b>Saga Cruises</b>.</span></p><h2 class="editable meta-field photo-desc " style="clear: both; color: #212124; font-family: "Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; min-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px;"><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;">"Spirit of Adventure is a cruise ship operated by Saga Cruises and constructed by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. As Saga's second new-build vessel, she was originally considered as an option in the cruise line's pursuit to renew its fleet, but the company finalised the order in 2017 after seeing rising profits in its travel business following the announcement of her sister ship, Spirit of Discovery. Her keel was laid on 3 June 2019 and she was delivered on 29 September 2020, but in response to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the inaugural cruise was continuously postponed until she officially debuted on 26 July 2021.</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;">Spirit of Adventure operates under Saga's business model of targeting guests ages 50 and over and shares many of the same dimensions with her sister ship, but includes a different interior design to better distinguish her identity as a distinct vessel in the fleet."</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;">(Wikipedia)</p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh5W4iMV_-TLdU4kERRA4oI__azYJ2LqBwasQIy-S2qy-p1YRaQXhrB_28XNLVrz3EwHiZjVs8ueh1RvA_a2khxYeex4Gt3A5n5HM687iqvwZ-6CEZy91HZKFPxRlV0vZel9sGjbjdCq7/s2048/DSC_0145.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjh5W4iMV_-TLdU4kERRA4oI__azYJ2LqBwasQIy-S2qy-p1YRaQXhrB_28XNLVrz3EwHiZjVs8ueh1RvA_a2khxYeex4Gt3A5n5HM687iqvwZ-6CEZy91HZKFPxRlV0vZel9sGjbjdCq7/w400-h213/DSC_0145.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="line-height: 18px; margin: 0px;"><br /></p></h2>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-83434527672021371502021-09-24T13:05:00.003+02:002021-09-24T13:05:48.430+02:00Ready to board Qantas flight to Singapore<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ladies ready to board the <b>Qantas Empire Airways</b> flight <b>Brisbane</b> - <b>Singapore</b> in 1936. My restoration and colorization of the original image in the <b>State Library of Queensland</b> archive</span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Qantas Empire Airways Ltd, which was formed by Qantas and Britain's Imperial Airways in 1934, started its first international </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">service between Brisbane and Singapore in 1936, using four engine<b> de Havilland</b> <b>D.H.86</b> planes. The flight time was three and a half days for the ten passengers. (The ladies in this picture did not actually board the flight.They were fashion models taking part in an autumn feature of a <b>McWhirter's Clothing</b> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">supplement.)</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXEXF3F0Us-ta_nNEfq1UXqgBopKla6YT_9UGN1jNNvnOOQyALV518xd0va7zXjKyYmkQtZiKKtKryXZkI2OfnSEO609t1XKcp3g3yXO72DEG_WzNnsre6ff0BUvEK-DNBhcFcSgyveq7/s2048/Models_posing_for_a_fashion_shoot_in_front_of_a_Qantas_biplane_1936_%252825362810006%2529quantasmodels.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1513" data-original-width="2048" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXEXF3F0Us-ta_nNEfq1UXqgBopKla6YT_9UGN1jNNvnOOQyALV518xd0va7zXjKyYmkQtZiKKtKryXZkI2OfnSEO609t1XKcp3g3yXO72DEG_WzNnsre6ff0BUvEK-DNBhcFcSgyveq7/w400-h295/Models_posing_for_a_fashion_shoot_in_front_of_a_Qantas_biplane_1936_%252825362810006%2529quantasmodels.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-2479414372411956872021-09-02T11:25:00.002+02:002021-09-02T11:25:25.663+02:00Cruise ship Spirit of Adventure in Öresund<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Last <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">night, just after 7 PM, the brand-new "boutique cruise ship" <b>Spirit of Adventure</b> passed by in <b>Öresund</b> on her way from <b>Copenhagen</b> to <b>Gothenburg</b>. The 236 m ship, with a capacity for 999 guests, is operated by <b>Saga Cruises</b>. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Spirit of Adventure is a cruise ship operated by Saga Cruises and constructed by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany. As Saga's second new-build vessel, she was originally considered as an option in the cruise line's pursuit to renew its fleet, but the company finalised the order in 2017 after seeing rising profits in its travel business following the announcement of her sister ship, Spirit of Discovery. Her keel was laid on 3 June 2019 and she was delivered on 29 September 2020, but in response to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the inaugural cruise was continuously postponed until she officially debuted on 26 July 2021.</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spirit of Adventure operates under Saga's business model of targeting guests ages 50 and over and shares many of the same dimensions with her sister ship, but includes a different interior design to better distinguish her identity as a distinct vessel in the fleet."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Wikipedia)</span></div></div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnvqzkQOrPfMfCmEMsg89pdAZtGWtMkCIY6CCtrc4_6EhCWuULrll7QAhbc9_yWemdlEuo_8hnkZIC9pO-IfRcGhCCYcYW34TVbBVAvMNpBdb79KrYdalH918AnnM2RRYYc71sP8deN7Y/s2048/DSC_9968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1159" data-original-width="2048" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnvqzkQOrPfMfCmEMsg89pdAZtGWtMkCIY6CCtrc4_6EhCWuULrll7QAhbc9_yWemdlEuo_8hnkZIC9pO-IfRcGhCCYcYW34TVbBVAvMNpBdb79KrYdalH918AnnM2RRYYc71sP8deN7Y/w400-h226/DSC_9968.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-80801356866397112612021-08-29T08:55:00.001+02:002021-08-29T08:55:11.950+02:00LPG tanker B Gas Monarch in Öresund<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The small LPG tanker <b>B Gas Monarch</b> was early this morning in <b>Öresund</b> on her way from <b>Gdansk </b>(<b>Poland</b>) to <b>Brofjorden</b> (<b>Sweden</b>)</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">The B Gas Monarch, sailing under the flag of <b>Portugal</b>, was built in 2016. LOA is 87.5 m.</div></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ylopT3US_QGGBf8lnP5WLVW-uDZWWG9GtorMR4kJqYIlINC1CGMUby5J_D1gjf056wClMWiBPZ2UOn1hC3qFFEKJxsOzqnts87Jo93pbaBixN9udtMStELxcm2rj122_Cx8ZRzEUEkiR/s2048/DSC_9939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ylopT3US_QGGBf8lnP5WLVW-uDZWWG9GtorMR4kJqYIlINC1CGMUby5J_D1gjf056wClMWiBPZ2UOn1hC3qFFEKJxsOzqnts87Jo93pbaBixN9udtMStELxcm2rj122_Cx8ZRzEUEkiR/w400-h258/DSC_9939.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-31028098663390838602021-08-26T09:10:00.002+02:002021-08-26T09:10:22.929+02:00A red container ship in Öresund<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">The Danish flagged container ship <b>Tukuma Arctica </b>was this morning on her way to the nearby port of <b>Helsingborg</b>. Her carrying capacity is 2150 TEU and her current draught is reported to be 8.5 meters. Length overall (LOA) is 179.4 meters and width is 31.01 meters.Takuma Arctica was built in 2020.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbPraI3M-9A27Q0Ia7-xz-ky9WsvMxEqU0MReuQBT_Ia4B6-sBtco3nBdGMVyc5tg6j45QvZcY82ptVgKX45dU2-tpBGiHrFgQqCaeHg5niPSxXNcYBTznnXgAM3pY39wOB8Q-ERaJy9z/s2048/DSC_9920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="2048" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDbPraI3M-9A27Q0Ia7-xz-ky9WsvMxEqU0MReuQBT_Ia4B6-sBtco3nBdGMVyc5tg6j45QvZcY82ptVgKX45dU2-tpBGiHrFgQqCaeHg5niPSxXNcYBTznnXgAM3pY39wOB8Q-ERaJy9z/w400-h263/DSC_9920.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-41014454285100825572021-08-24T10:45:00.000+02:002021-08-24T10:45:04.738+02:00Full-rigger Asmund in Australian waters (1920)<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Norwegian full-rigger <b>Asmund</b> photographed in Australian waters in (ab.) 1920 by <b>Allan C. Green</b>. My restoration and colorization of the original image in the <b>State Library Victoria</b> archive. The 284 ft ship had an iron hull. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="http://skipshistorie.net/?fbclid=IwAR1sTUXbPw2wahjKVE564uRY0tMLxoJhoi-gKMdDIDhbI52aApenAD_yvNo" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Skipshistorie.net</a> gives this information on the ship:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"1886 Built as fully rigged CORTEZ by Oswald, Mordaunt & Co.,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Woolston, Southampton, England for George Petrie, London,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">England.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1902 Transferred to George Petrie & Son, London.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1906 Sold in april to Harloff & Bøe et. al., Bergen.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Overført in December to Harloff & Rødseth et. al., Bergen.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1909 Sold in May to A/S Cortez (Alex. Bech & Co.),</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tvedestrand.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1913 Sold in September to A/S Cortez (E. Monsen & Co.),</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tvedestrand.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1917 Sold 01/01 for NOK 884.000 to A/S Odderø</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(Thv. B. Heistein & Sønner A/S), Kristiansand. Renamed</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ASMUND.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1919 Skibs-A/S Odderø taken over in June by A. I. Langfeldt &</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Co., Kristiansand.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1921 Laid up at Newport News, VA, USA.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1924 Sold for USD 15.000 to Italian byers. Delivered in Genoa,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Italy. Broken up in 2nd quarter."</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQvhZM2ofF3AfbvyWwbEb5dle8L5dJ4LK7GjClF1yCODBokUp4KRHkJfyzQ2TQ4Ei9vtrcpM3VaUBUc94dEaqQvpv0rCMdthcPDq0nqCE7RHsVLAhkw_-8_TKEixPnTQndyMT2QmJerPl/s2048/gr001455asmund.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2048" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLQvhZM2ofF3AfbvyWwbEb5dle8L5dJ4LK7GjClF1yCODBokUp4KRHkJfyzQ2TQ4Ei9vtrcpM3VaUBUc94dEaqQvpv0rCMdthcPDq0nqCE7RHsVLAhkw_-8_TKEixPnTQndyMT2QmJerPl/w400-h289/gr001455asmund.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-27171356182239607602021-08-07T21:59:00.004+02:002021-08-07T21:59:58.166+02:00My tribute to the Nordic Folkboat<p><span style="background-color: white;"> <span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is my tribute to the <b>Nordic Folkboat</b>, recognized by the <b>Classic Boat</b> magazine as " the most popular, successful and influential sailing yacht of all time." The Folkboat pictured here is</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Hjalmar Frisell´s Pax Aurea</b> (7,64 x 2,22m), photographed as brand new in the <b>Stockholm </b>archipelago in 1946. My restoration and colorization of <b>Theodor Modin´s</b> photo in the <b>National Maritime Museum of Sweden</b> archive (<b>Digital Museum</b>). </span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E3y952pnWPgyDgKzqqrwfsBbS5mPSwc_djB3nNTmzYQ2wBztt163IRPWvzidwbEzdTkGgOAECWj8q51N9wSiga_c1rdD1XiodOB7A3bc4GnhtWx8ktI7LggXhHS0ezJtseCATMn8cUP-/s2048/Fo121455A+%25281%2529folkboat-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E3y952pnWPgyDgKzqqrwfsBbS5mPSwc_djB3nNTmzYQ2wBztt163IRPWvzidwbEzdTkGgOAECWj8q51N9wSiga_c1rdD1XiodOB7A3bc4GnhtWx8ktI7LggXhHS0ezJtseCATMn8cUP-/w323-h400/Fo121455A+%25281%2529folkboat-2.jpg" width="323" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-53357813885145892002021-07-28T09:33:00.003+02:002021-07-28T09:33:35.494+02:00Schooner Abel Tasman and cruiseferry Crown Seaways in Öresund<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dutch schooner <b>Abel Tasman </b>was yesterday afternoon on her way northwards in <b>Öresund</b>. The 40 x 6,60 m schooner, built in 1913, has 12 cabins for 30 passengers. Her sail area is 450m². </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>MS Crown Seaways</b> is a 172 m cruiseferry operated by DFDS Seaways on the route<b> Copenhagen - Oslo</b>. She was built in 1994 in <b>Split, Croatia</b>.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXB6rIpNMYdF1ivf_Zi3YG-N_DGW501E2AsCSmmf_3so26SAo_p-TVMgN2hIFYgTtZbNyt9x20VridbX3n7Pq-Mx2Mk1c8hS_YR4UbA3LIRdkAM-H0Dpf8f0loClHco9NI0pZvetxaE-a/s2048/DSC_9772.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="2048" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXB6rIpNMYdF1ivf_Zi3YG-N_DGW501E2AsCSmmf_3so26SAo_p-TVMgN2hIFYgTtZbNyt9x20VridbX3n7Pq-Mx2Mk1c8hS_YR4UbA3LIRdkAM-H0Dpf8f0loClHco9NI0pZvetxaE-a/w400-h246/DSC_9772.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-79689331436457618962021-07-20T20:13:00.000+02:002021-07-20T20:13:04.207+02:00Sail training ship Alexander von Humboldt II in Öresund <p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Tonight it was wonderful to see the German sail training ship <b>ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II</b> back in <b>Öresund</b>. The 65 m (LOA) x 10 m ship is on her way from <b>Grenaa</b> (DK9 to <b>Travemunde</b>. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II has been sailing the high seas since 2011. Like its predecessor ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT, ALEX-2 is a civilian squarerigger offering tall ship voyages for everyone, regardless of previous experience. All you need is an open mind and a spirit of adventure! ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II has been built with a traditional barque rigg. That means the fore and main mast carry square sails while the sternmost, the mizzen mast, carries gaff sails. In total, ALEX-2 is driven by 24 sails with a sail area of 1.360 m2. In favourable wind conditions, she runs up to 14 knots. And if the wind does not blow at all, a 750 horsepower engine helps to reach the next port in time. While the rigging resembles that of a windjammer built 150 years ago, the safety and rescue equipment of ALEXANDER von HUMBOLDT II is absolutely up to date. Radar, radio and satellite communication, electronic charts, life rafts, two high speed dinghys and many things more make her a modern ship and easy to navigate. ALEX-2 is owned and operated by Deutsche Stiftung Sail Training (German Sail Training Foundation / DSST), based in the barque’s homeport Bremerhaven. DSST is a non-profit, charitable organization. Its aims are to provide traditional high seas sailing for people of all ages, but especially for young men and women aged 15-25."(<a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="http://sailtraininginternational.org/?fbclid=IwAR04gd1YmDFswaSPS7wGMLpFLU7Fn_8H78L4Rth63p15ShGaHX3qdHy-uRw" rel="nofollow" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">Sailtraininginternational.org</a>)</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknoPrBbHidcSvBNN_xbO9ieHdHwVzipWmilYTQW-tn0U9F3BrJxcuMIOcNj5xLYiE1jSoGrSDxAghXBjAx9If2298krsTdvIci363JfE0tfiqz_mTXelpjpS1_FjznbK8PllFT2QDx79S/s1624/DSC_9732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1624" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknoPrBbHidcSvBNN_xbO9ieHdHwVzipWmilYTQW-tn0U9F3BrJxcuMIOcNj5xLYiE1jSoGrSDxAghXBjAx9If2298krsTdvIci363JfE0tfiqz_mTXelpjpS1_FjznbK8PllFT2QDx79S/w400-h319/DSC_9732.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-77111840297500077552021-07-03T13:54:00.001+02:002021-07-03T13:54:39.008+02:00Dutch unmanned steel deck barge Hapo H-401 in Öresund<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">The <b>Dutch </b>unmanned steel deck barge <b>Hapo H-401</b> was this afternoon towed southwards in <b>Öresund</b>, loaded with two huge cranes. The 122 x 36.6 m barge, built in 2018, has a 4420 sq.m. deck space. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some information from Hapo´s home page: </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Hapo International Barges B.V. (HAPO), is founded in 1987 by Henk Poot together with several partners and is situated in the harbour of Rotterdam. The headquarters is located in Ridderkerk and together with docks in Rotterdam, Ridderkerk and 's-Gravendeel makes HAPO as a whole. We are specialised in providing pontons, crane barges, heavy machinery and other facilities supplying contractors for salvaging shipwrecks, off- or onshore operations involving heavy lifting, and heavy lifting transportation."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The barge was towed by German tug<b> Fairplay 35</b> and Danish tug <b>Fenja</b> (Fairplay not visible here, Fenja behind the barge).</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76RHdqrYDqMcJkDwoHecOYGn7un1qbXEEYhdJQVu6Uab_ex7fOzHQGq6Gwo5_GtjmtsbSF3x8aSihTplxWmsujUjdzMZ6bZV3XrLYKF_wQCt560quUv8qMbcBHafKQBD-fFtBWRzJNcsu/s2048/DSC_9640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="2048" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj76RHdqrYDqMcJkDwoHecOYGn7un1qbXEEYhdJQVu6Uab_ex7fOzHQGq6Gwo5_GtjmtsbSF3x8aSihTplxWmsujUjdzMZ6bZV3XrLYKF_wQCt560quUv8qMbcBHafKQBD-fFtBWRzJNcsu/w400-h264/DSC_9640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-74354925633125009682021-05-23T23:39:00.004+02:002021-05-23T23:39:51.190+02:00Norwegian cargo steamer B. A. Broch in 1904<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b> </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Norwegian<b> </b>cargo steamer<b> B.A. Broch</b> photographed as brand new in <b>Kristiania</b> (<b>Oslo</b>) in July, 1904. The 216.3 ft (c. 63 m.) 878 brt ship was built by <b>Akers mek. Verksted</b>, <b>Kristiania</b>, for <b>A/S B. A. Broch</b>, Kristiania. My restoration and colorization of <b>Anders B. Wilse´s</b> original image in the <b>Norwegian Maritime Museum</b> archive. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">B. A. Broch later had three other Norwegian owners. On October 14. 1916, when she sailed for the last owner, <b>Rederi-A/S Granat</b> (<b>K. M. Pedersen</b>), renamed <b>Rabbi</b>, carrying coal from<b> Swansea</b> (<b>Wales</b>) to <b>Rouen</b> (<b>France</b>) she was captured and scuttled by the German submarine <b>UB18</b>. The crew abandoned the ship in lifeboats, and were later saved by another Norwegian steamer.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePjnfxiFFymaIehUBTe-SIXpO6m9OvnfDW1GSJMpgSeCKHDJadz9ZiJMVwW69-Bp5ytPJiJbnXVxtAMlMnpobVoeKV-BA-F-SFWg5sWfY0_8K9XH5UZqMZx_AxFfNJPQkI1orsgn1dDHw/s2048/NSM.000308+%25281%2529broch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1423" data-original-width="2048" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhePjnfxiFFymaIehUBTe-SIXpO6m9OvnfDW1GSJMpgSeCKHDJadz9ZiJMVwW69-Bp5ytPJiJbnXVxtAMlMnpobVoeKV-BA-F-SFWg5sWfY0_8K9XH5UZqMZx_AxFfNJPQkI1orsgn1dDHw/w400-h278/NSM.000308+%25281%2529broch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-3603523566424865512021-05-08T22:46:00.001+02:002021-05-08T22:46:05.601+02:00Dandelion<p style="text-align: center;"> Dandelion</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ln_IhCM9gmN9_6Gz8USUm6QUfvNQyelSK9IoUQHC-ZNCAn-ZxmwFifWGuCrbgLiQqszYzpWCezx6NfHtCgR7Y0H8FELrnGvH6ULEMUmX7eyJhsZgqjf8BSfUiza9UtNyxsiDF15Pnjop/s2048/DSC_9392.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1449" data-original-width="2048" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Ln_IhCM9gmN9_6Gz8USUm6QUfvNQyelSK9IoUQHC-ZNCAn-ZxmwFifWGuCrbgLiQqszYzpWCezx6NfHtCgR7Y0H8FELrnGvH6ULEMUmX7eyJhsZgqjf8BSfUiza9UtNyxsiDF15Pnjop/w400-h283/DSC_9392.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-2882702324115078562021-04-01T00:36:00.002+02:002021-04-01T00:36:18.197+02:00Spring crocuses in Hittarp<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: center;"> Today we had a wonderful spring day. The crocuses are looking great now. </p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt93ztlR2Iy4F2rwg17OlZdbn27m7HgWDQGxYQOyFiEfB9CTtaZe3hKonUxraTWxLSu5rHBPD7t92fFwCLTOjX1DZRAI0Ucgel91XGnocMdvMv2U9oLGaXrmZd8gzJFG2mRADpqotoroQ/s2048/DSC_9309.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="2048" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYt93ztlR2Iy4F2rwg17OlZdbn27m7HgWDQGxYQOyFiEfB9CTtaZe3hKonUxraTWxLSu5rHBPD7t92fFwCLTOjX1DZRAI0Ucgel91XGnocMdvMv2U9oLGaXrmZd8gzJFG2mRADpqotoroQ/w400-h283/DSC_9309.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-38846707300211747242021-03-23T13:45:00.005+01:002021-03-23T13:45:39.324+01:00US barquentine Anne Comyn <p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcY9zav3kr_4beRxudkcIhXQmcWgz0UiWhFCMsRKEq57F_Qqho9WQ4XHlDtOEktpVfRaIaZZ9HOwPXsVYNIKgHOmUQV58DgqgfO4XuO5bOqnVjy6XXPIBXRiLtJIKdx5wl-in1E6qQgR5/s1538/FL16148529comyn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1538" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcY9zav3kr_4beRxudkcIhXQmcWgz0UiWhFCMsRKEq57F_Qqho9WQ4XHlDtOEktpVfRaIaZZ9HOwPXsVYNIKgHOmUQV58DgqgfO4XuO5bOqnVjy6XXPIBXRiLtJIKdx5wl-in1E6qQgR5/w400-h290/FL16148529comyn.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The barquentine <b>Anne Comyn</b>, built in <b>Rolph</b> (<b>California</b>) in 1920 and rigged by the <b>Haveside chandlery of San Francisco</b> for the<b> Pacific Freighters company,</b> photographed in <b>Australia</b> by <b>Allan C.Green.</b> She was one of the uncompleted Ferris-type steamer hulls in the <b>United States</b>, which were finished as 5-masted barquentines.</span></span></p><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My restoration and colorization of the original image in the State Library Victoria archive. </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anne Comyn made her maiden voyage to Australia in 1920. According to the Sunday Oregonian, she made the voyage in record time: </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"The barkentine Anne Comyn, a Ferris type hull, broke</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">a record of nine years' standing by reaching Sydney, Australia, in 52 days from San Francisco. The Alicia Haviside, now on passage from the Golden Gate to Durban, South Africa, and the Phyllis Comyn, on her way from Puget sound to Sydney, are Ferris hulls rigged as barkentines."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Four years later, on December 19,1924, the Melbourne newspaper Argus wrote about another visit by Anne Comyn - she was the first ship to land a cargo of Alaskan timber in Melbourne: </span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"BARQUENTINE ANNE COMYN."</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"After a voyage of 83 days from Anyox,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">British Columbia, the five-masted bar-</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">quentine Anne Comyn reached Melbourne</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">yesterday. The Anne Comyn is laden with</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">175,000 feet of timber consisting of baulks</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of spruce and hemlock. She is in charge</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of Captain Brasting and a crew of 16 men,</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">most of whom are Australians. The ship</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is only four years old and is owned by</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Comyn and Co., of San Francisco. She</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">is of 2,247 tons register. After discharg-</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ing timber here the Anne Comyn will prob-</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ably sail for Newcastle to take a cargo</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">of coal for Alaska. The passage to Aus-</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">tralia was uneventful. Light winds pre-</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">vailed until the barquentine entered Bass</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Straits when she encountered a gale which</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;">delayed her for about two days."</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-64966061562798095782021-03-12T16:35:00.002+01:002021-03-12T16:35:36.647+01:00Refrigerated cargo ship Port Fairy (ab.) 1930<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;">Refrigerated cargo ship<b> Port Fairy</b> and a small sailing boat photographed by the Australian photographer <b>Allan C. Green</b>. The original image - here shown digitally hand colorizide by me - is in the <b>Victoria State Library</b> archive. The library does not give a date, but I think Green´s shot is from ab.1930. The 145.5 m ship had accomodation for 12 passengers. </span></span></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"MV Port Fairy was a <b>UK</b> merchant vessel built in 1928 by <b>Swan Hunter</b> for the <b>Commonwealth & Dominion Line Ltd</b> (or "<b>Port Line</b>") shipping company and sold in 1965 to <b>Embajada Compania Naviera SA of Piraeus.</b> Named after the coastal town of Port Fairy in <b>Australia</b>, she was renamed <b>Taishikan</b> for her final commercial voyage to <b>Hong Kong </b>where she was scrapped."- -</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"In 1930 her refrigeration equipment was modified and she carried the first cargo of chilled meat (instead of frozen meat) from Australia; she later worked the same cargo from New Zealand." --</span></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Port Fairy had an eventful war employed as an ammunition ship.Sailing in fast convoy <b>OL8 </b>from <b>Liverpool</b> to <b>Canada </b>on 22 October 1940, Port Fairy collided with the Canadian destroyer <b>Margaree</b> in rough seas about 300 miles (483 km) west of <b>Ireland</b> (position 53°24′N 22°50′W.). Margaree sank quickly; her captain, four officers and 136 crew were lost. Port Fairy rescued 34 of the survivors.On 9 July 1943 the small <b>Convoy Faith</b>, comprising Port Fairy, the troopships <b>Duchess of York</b> and <b>California</b>, with escorts<b> Iroquois</b>, <b>Douglas </b>and<b> Moyola</b>, sailed <b>Greenock </b>for <b>Freetown</b>, <b>Sierra Leone</b>. Two days later, when the convoy was about 300 miles west of <b>Vigo</b>, it was attacked by 3<b> Focke-Wulf Fw 200 </b>aircraft of <b>Kampfgeschwader 40 </b>based at <b>Merignac</b>, near <b>Bordeaux</b>. The precision high-altitude bombing left both Duchess of York and California blazing. Port Fairy picked up 64<b> RAF</b> survivors from Duchess of York. Both Duchess of York and California were abandoned, and in the early hours of 12 July they were sunk by torpedoes from their escorts as it was feared the flames from the ships would attract U-boats." (Wikipedia)</span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYDlkhyphenhyphenVWo4cvQeXwmrzrN_XTGo48dhTmiE_Uhlexk4-X5mfsa9rkghFCHKee3odtku31wpHG8QUzoguzn1bxDcTCV5xtAshGwhqF_RprjDy8aIxxvXS5tWm3NZWXUmrX8oAlRwMNYJ4W/s1575/FL16013735smallsailandcargoship-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1089" data-original-width="1575" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYDlkhyphenhyphenVWo4cvQeXwmrzrN_XTGo48dhTmiE_Uhlexk4-X5mfsa9rkghFCHKee3odtku31wpHG8QUzoguzn1bxDcTCV5xtAshGwhqF_RprjDy8aIxxvXS5tWm3NZWXUmrX8oAlRwMNYJ4W/w400-h276/FL16013735smallsailandcargoship-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-47825258830554342792021-03-02T13:50:00.002+01:002021-03-02T13:50:23.469+01:00Motor yacht Ingmar (1928)<p style="text-align: center;"> This is <b>Ingmar</b>, a 12 m (l.o.a.) motor yacht designed by <b>C.G. Pettersson</b>. It (Ingmar is a male name!) was built in 1919 at <b>Larssons Motorbåtsvarv</b>, <b>Saltsjöbaden</b>,<b> Sweden</b> for the owner <b>Karl Grönstedt</b>. <b>Bertil Norberg</b> took the picture (ab.) 1926. My restoration and colorization of an image in the <b>Maritime Museum of Sweden </b>archive (<b>Digital Museum</b>).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYpo3MMZhyIeyVAS4yoauHHERUEtt4tDwc-0A4ggNnUdtgzqK1Xld5DFLi5nYts05QoV3fRxVFcXQQXGJVzpVmPpgQEj0-eSJpF3VbfUkjzHAgz9I2rjy5kZUVNBYxhl-ruqZwUfn8Ymm/s2048/Fo101148Aingvar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2048" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDYpo3MMZhyIeyVAS4yoauHHERUEtt4tDwc-0A4ggNnUdtgzqK1Xld5DFLi5nYts05QoV3fRxVFcXQQXGJVzpVmPpgQEj0-eSJpF3VbfUkjzHAgz9I2rjy5kZUVNBYxhl-ruqZwUfn8Ymm/w400-h294/Fo101148Aingvar.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-35827390545502984502021-02-16T17:10:00.002+01:002021-02-16T17:10:08.446+01:00Coaster Saturn passed by<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Danish coaster, <b>m/v Saturn</b> passed by this afternoon on its way to <b>Bergen</b> (<b>Norway</b>). The 53,6 m Saturn, with a carrying capacity of 772 t. DWT, was built in the <b>Netherlands</b> already in 1966. It is kept in outstanding shape by a dedicated crew.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnfMKe09T2IP5jIJOaO7EP0FGJfqf-MG36jwvPR9xW2Py2EMm6ljlBG4TLyZoaJCWTqDonuPZXNzz2MJtSJYRxDmJJIpQKeKG9rQ-ExkSD0iR6asbpEaiNvPPUmqNoly94d7mos8YKtWy/s2048/DSC_9287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="2048" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFnfMKe09T2IP5jIJOaO7EP0FGJfqf-MG36jwvPR9xW2Py2EMm6ljlBG4TLyZoaJCWTqDonuPZXNzz2MJtSJYRxDmJJIpQKeKG9rQ-ExkSD0iR6asbpEaiNvPPUmqNoly94d7mos8YKtWy/w400-h271/DSC_9287.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-35840133020430304842021-02-13T17:27:00.003+01:002021-02-16T17:12:59.903+01:00The yacht Tatjana (1905)<p style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the 96 sq.m. yacht <b>Tatjana</b> photographed by <b>Erik Salander</b> in 1905 or 1906. The 8,50 m (l.w.l) yacht was designed by the Finnish constructor <b>August Westin</b> and built by <b>Åbo Båtvarf </b>in <b>Turku</b>, <b>Finland</b>, in 1905. </span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">My restoration and colorization of the original image in the SCIF.se archive.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiqKJHHV7vbETdnfe5M-dK_tFRC-diZRFNZOTDxgO3xvWPCRiIhZVzj4JoZBqPFjtaEYMguYdQaZDrLfC0Z3D0rmMl89fCaNEKoBvhKJP9_YBK0EblzP6gYH1diDcVx7xm07rvDIZ4LWn/s1963/12991salander.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="1963" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfiqKJHHV7vbETdnfe5M-dK_tFRC-diZRFNZOTDxgO3xvWPCRiIhZVzj4JoZBqPFjtaEYMguYdQaZDrLfC0Z3D0rmMl89fCaNEKoBvhKJP9_YBK0EblzP6gYH1diDcVx7xm07rvDIZ4LWn/w400-h338/12991salander.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097176917595937964.post-35348983861868862302021-02-12T16:21:00.001+01:002021-02-12T16:21:31.660+01:00Mrs. Cornelia Cecil (née Vanderbilt)<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQNOpWwsFwv18GisiNCMfHLteNNiX_ihbbntQhgKX0LT8DdITpwiYHyXRIEGyxyhfBS2VC3eFCCln38bkLExPQRCHeOpT5deEfObVQq06CLUjVpOPk7z1LP1K7QA7fsweZZ4TuIW4E2L5/s2048/master-pnp-hec-20900-20978ucecil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1695" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWQNOpWwsFwv18GisiNCMfHLteNNiX_ihbbntQhgKX0LT8DdITpwiYHyXRIEGyxyhfBS2VC3eFCCln38bkLExPQRCHeOpT5deEfObVQq06CLUjVpOPk7z1LP1K7QA7fsweZZ4TuIW4E2L5/w331-h400/master-pnp-hec-20900-20978ucecil.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Mrs. <b>Cornelia Cecil</b> (née <b>Vanderbilt</b>) photographed by <b>Harris & Ewing</b> in (ab.) 1925. My restoration and colorization of the original image in the<b> Library of Congress</b> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">archive. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Cornelia was born at the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina on August 22, 1900. She was the daughter, and only child, of George Washington Vanderbilt II (1862–1914) and Edith Stuyvesant Dresser (1873–1958). Her father, the youngest child of William Henry Vanderbilt and Maria Louisa (née Kissam) Vanderbilt, built a 250-room mansion, the largest privately owned home in the United States, which he named <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore_Estate&source=gmail&ust=1613229152578000&usg=AFQjCNEyO3u1Au4MA0XSDpVaD7_AMeya9g" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biltmore_Estate" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="Biltmore Estate">Biltmore Estate</a>. The estate, designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt, was modeled on the Chateau de Blois among other chateaux of the Loire Valley. She was the great-granddaughter of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, and, on her mother’s side, she was a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant." --</span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"After her father's death in 1914, Cornelia inherited the Biltmore estate. Her mother sold approximately 86,000 acres (350 km<sup style="line-height: 1;">2</sup>) of the Biltmore property to the United States Forest Service to create the core of Pisgah National Forest. Her mother later married Peter Goelet Gerry (1879–1957), a United States Senator from Rhode Island." --</span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"On April 29, 1924, Cornelia was married to a British aristocrat who was then the first secretary of the British Embassy in Washington, Hon. John Francis Amherst Cecil (1890–1954), the son of Lord William Cecil and Mary Cecil, Baroness Amherst of Hackney. The Cecils were descendants of William Cecil. The nationally-renowned organist from St. Louis Charles Henry Galloway played organ at the wedding. They divorced in 1934," --<br /></span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Around 1932, reportedly finding life at Biltmore too dull, she moved to New York City to briefly study art, leaving her husband to manage Biltmore. A few months later, she moved to Paris where she divorced her husband in 1934, dyed her hair bright pink, and changed her name to Nilcha. After her 1934 move abroad, she never returned to Biltmore or the United States again. After Paris, she moved to London, where she met and married Captain Vivian Francis Bulkeley-Johnson (1891–1968) in October 1949. Bulkeley-Johnson, the aide-de-camp to the 9th Duke of Devonshire when he was the Governor General of Canada from 1916 to 1918, served in the offices of the Imperial War Cabinet in World War I and in the Air Ministry. They remained married until his death in 1968.</span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One evening as she was having dinner with Edward Adamson in London, Cornelia met William Robert "Bill" Goodsir, their waiter with whom she fell in love. In 1972, Cornelia married for the third and final time to Goodsir (1926–1984), who was 26 years younger than she was.<span style="white-space: nowrap;">" --</span></span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"Her sons (from the marriage with John Cecil) eventually inherited the Biltmore estate, with George Cecil, the older of the two sons, choosing to inherit the majority of the estate's land and the Biltmore Farms Company, which was more profitable than the house at the time. The younger son, William Cecil was thus left with Biltmore House, and is credited with preserving the chateau which (though still privately owned) is open to the public. Through her elder son, she was the grandmother of six, and through her second son, she was the grandmother of two more<br /></span></p><p style="color: #202122; margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cornelia died on February 7, 1976, aged 75, in Oxford, England. Her ashes are buried at St. Peter's Kirkyard, Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland." (Wikipedia)</span></p><p style="color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.5em 0px;"></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0