Cape May Docking Dar Pormoza at Fell's Point

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=60 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <B>CAPE MAY DOCKING DAR POMORZA</B></div> <div> <B>AT FELL'S POINT</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#777777" 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> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="29" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="21"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Thames Street at Broadway Fells Point"><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> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3de965e0.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3e096640.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=420 BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>From July 10 through July 18 of 1976 Baltimore hosted a celebration of the Nation's Bicentennial anniversary of our Declaration of Independence.  The premier event was a historic visit to Baltimore Inner Harbor by tall ships from many countries participating in the OPSAIL sponsored Bicentennial tour of several United States ports.  Over two million people visited Baltimore for this event.  Ships like the bark 295' </B><B>Gorch Fock II</B><B> from Germany, the 269' Navy training ship </B><B>Mircea</B><B> from Romania, the 245' Danish ship </B><B>Danmark</B><B>, the 295' U.S.Coast Guard training ship </B><B>Eagle</B><B>, and the 353' four masted barkentine </B><B>Esmerelda</B><B> from Chile, lined the Light and Pratt Street sides of the Inner Harbor.  Two, the 333' </B><B>Amerigo</B><B> </B><B>Vespucci</B><B> and the 298' </B><B>Dar Pomorza</B><B> were docked at Fells Point, the revolutionary war shipbuilding area where the famous Baltimore Clipper was born and the United States Frigate </B><B>Constellation</B><B> was built.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Built in 1909 to train merchant marine officers in Germany, the </B><B>Dar Pomorza</B><B> was originally known as the </B><B>Prinzess Eitel Friedrich</B><B>.  Following WWI and possession by France for a few years, she was eventually purchased by the people of Pomorze in northern Poland as a gift to the Polish State Sea Training School.  At that time she was given her present name which means "Gift of Pomorze".   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>On July 16-18, the large Polish community in Baltimore held their fourth annual summer festival at Fell's Point as a special Bicentennial tribute to welcome the </B><B>Dar Pomorza.</B><B>   The Curtis Bay Towing Company tugboat </B><B>Cape May</B><B> placed the </B><B>Dar Pomorza</B><B> squarely behind the magnificent </B><B>Amerigo Vespudcci</B><B> from Italy.  Built in 1973 in Amelia, Louisiana, the 98' 6", twin Screw, 3300 Horse power </B><B>Cape May</B><B> assisted in the docking with the customary white canvas apron draped on the bow to be sure no mark was left on the clean white hull.  The </B><B>Cape May</B><B> no longer serves Baltimore harbor and works today in Norfolk under the flag of the Moran Towing Company which took over the Curtis Bay Towing Company several years ago.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>This scene was selected by the artist as his business logo and is on his business card and stationery.  The original of this drawing was purchased by the Koh-I-Noor Rapidograph Company to add to their Company exhibit of pen and ink art and has been used in their advertisements in national Art magazines. </B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>