Pride of Baltimore at St. Michaels

<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="#006666" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><U>PRIDE OF BALTIMORE AT ST. MICHAELS</U></B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#669999" 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="id60.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Pride of Baltimore II at Baltimore Inner"><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="id59.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="USF Constellation at Baltimore Inner Har"><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> <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="#777777" TEXT="#080000"> <div>   <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" >  </FONT>           </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Pride of Baltimore</B><B> shown here on a visit to St. Michaels on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake Bay was a replica of the Baltimore Clipper type of ship that was made famous by American privateers during the early part of the 1800's and during the war of 1812.  The </B><B>Pride of Baltimore</B><B> sank during a severe squall in 12,000 feet of water 300 miles north of Puerto Rico in on May 14, 1986 while returning from a European tour.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The </B><B>Pride of Baltimore</B><B> was an authentic representation of the original Baltimore Clippers both internally and externally.  Shipbuilding design in the early 17</B><B>th</B><B> century did not incorporate the modern design and safety innovations required today by the Coast Guard for certification to carry passengers.  These include watertight bulkheads, which the </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> </td> </tr></table></body>