Sunday, April 17, 2011

Seafaring Sunday: Neptune's Car

April 16, 1853: The famous clipper ship Neptune's Car was launched out of Portsmouth, Virginia.

Header: Clipper ship Lightning via njscuba.net
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2 comments:

  1. Timmy!April 17, 2011 at 5:52 PM

    Ahoy, Pauline! Nice painting. That's a lot of sails they've got out there...

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  2. PaulineApril 17, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Ahoy, Timmy! Well they had to hurry on around the Horn and then off from San Francisco to China. Studding sails and pocket handerkerchiefs out. Those were the days.

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