Gazela Primiero Departing Baltimore-1977

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=50 BGCOLOR="#333366" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>THE </U></B><I><B><U>GAZELA PRIMIERO LEAVING </U></B></I><B><U> BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=165 BGCOLOR="#993300" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="132" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id143.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eagle Departing Baltimore1976"><U><B><IMG SRC="007151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id145.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Western Union In Baltimore Harbor"><U><B><IMG SRC="008151d0.gif" border=0 width="21" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="20" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B><IMG SRC="00d0d1d0.gif" border=0 width="13" height="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="27"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 16 x 20 Pen Ink"><U><B>Return to 16" x 20" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#BBBBBB" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <div>      </div> <div> <B>Records of the 177 foot Gazela Primiero prior to 1903 are very sparse, however, there is evidence that she was built in 1883 in Cachilhas, Portugal rigged as a three masted topsail schooner to be used for whaling.  Sometime between 1900 and 1903 the shipyard of J. M. Mendes in Setubal, Portugal converted her to barkentine outfitted and rigged for use cod fishing in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Every spring she would leave Lisbon laden with as many as 35 dories stacked on deck like drinking cups and a crew of 35 men plus three officers & two cooks. Her hold would be full of salt which would be displaced with the fish that were caught (cod, flounder, halibut, haddock and perch) and preserved with that very salt.  Gazela’s last voyage to the Banks as a commercial fishing ship was made in 1969 and was never again used for commercial fishing.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>At that time the Philadelphia Maritime Museum was searching for an historic wooden sailing vessel and in 1971 she was acquired for the museum by philanthropist William Wikoff Smith.    She was part of Operation Sail in 1976, the 1982 Statue of Liberty Sail in New York City and the 1982 gathering of tall ships in Philadelphia.  In 1990 ownership passed to the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild and her name was changed simply to Gazela.  Today, she is the good-will ambassador for the international seaport of Philadelphia, where she serves as a reminder of the city's three-century heritage as a great international port. Gazela has sailed to Maine, Bermuda, Newfoundland and the Chesapeake Bay and continues to be a regular visitor to Baltimore. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Shown here passing the Highlandtown area of Baltimore Harbor in 1977, the Gazela Primiero still sports a stack of the traditional dories just aft of the mainmast on the main deck.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>