Pride of Baltimore II on the Severn River

<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="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II ON THE SEVERN RIVER</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" 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="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USF Constellation at Baltimore Inner Har"><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="id49.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BO Steam Tugboat George M. Shriver"><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="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 18 x 24 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="id7.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 18 x 24 pen ink"><U><B>Return to 18" x 24" pen and ink page</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4b796580.gif" border=0 width="150" height="88" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4b6965b0.gif" border=0 width="150" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#444444" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <div> <B>On Friday, November 30, 1991, the </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> arrived at Annapolis on her last stop before returning to Baltimore after her first world cruise in 1990-1991.  The opportunity for a spectacular return offered by a brisk 20-25 knot wind was not to be lost as Captain Jan Miles sailed hard down the Severn towards the old Severn River Bridge.  Even though there was no signal given of any intention to pass the bridge, the bridge operator was taking no chances and started to open the bridge just before the </B><B>Pride II</B><B> came about only a few hundred yards away.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>As the bridge closed, the </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B>, rail down and running hard by the wind, sailed past the United States Naval Academy to Annapolis harbor.  It was a good day.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>The </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> was launched on April 30, 1988 as the successor to the original </B><B>Pride of Baltimore</B><B> which sank in 12,000 feet of water during a severe squall 300 miles north of Puerto Rico on May 14, 1986 on her return from a visit to Europe.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> is an example of the very fast Baltimore Clippers made famous  by American privateers, such as Thomas Boyle and his </B><B>Chasseur</B><B>, raiding British shipping during the war of 1812.  The exterior of the </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> is an authentic representation of the original Baltimore Clippers; however, the interior structure incorporates modern design and safety innovations required by the United States Coast Guard for certification to carry passengers.  These include watertight bulkheads, which the original </B><B>Pride of Baltimore</B><B> did not have since her interior structure also replicated the shipbuilding customs of the early 1800s.  It was the absence of these bulkheads that was considered one of the contributing factors in her sinking.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>On December 2, 1991, under heavy fog, the </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> departed Annapolis and returned to Baltimore on a rainy and windless Sunday morning after a 20-month, 34,000 mile voyage to Europe which included visits to 40 ports.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>