Pride of Baltimore II at Baltimore Inner Harber

<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="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II AT BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <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="id67.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pride of Baltimore at St. Michaels"><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> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4b596640.gif" border=0 width="150" height="100" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3d796580.gif" border=0 width="150" height="88" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4a7965b0.gif" border=0 width="150" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=430 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <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 European tour.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> is a replica of the very fast Baltimore Clippers made famous in the early and during the war of 1812 by American privateers in attacking British shipping and later, because of their speed, in the slave trade.  The exterior of the </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> is an authentic representation of the original Baltimore Clippers.  The interior structure, however, incorporates many modern design and safety innovations required by the 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 the her sinking.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The 157 foot buoy tender </B><B>Red Oak</B><B> (WLM 689) greeted the </B><B>Pride of Baltimore II</B><B> on her return.  The </B><B>Red Oak</B><B> was built at the Curtis Bay Coast Guard Yard and launched June 19, 1971; she has served at various stations on the Atlantic coast including Gloucester City, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was finally decommissioned a few years ago.</B></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>