Dutch Sailing Ship ASTRID wrecked

So, it turns out the Astrid bell and wheel weren’t stolen…

A group of divers have recovered the items from the wreck, along with the ship’s compass.

LINK: http://www.thejournal.ie/astrid-thef...30687-Aug2013/

Plan for salvage of Tall Ship Astrid wreck “nearing completion”

It’s more than two weeks since the Dutch-owned training vessel sank near Kinsale.

LINK: http://www.thejournal.ie/tall-ship-a...30576-Aug2013/

K.

HI Richard.
My brother did the last voyage of the Pamir around the Horn from NZ in 1949. He joined her in Lyttleton
They loaded Grain in Victoria for Penarth in Wales, funny enough only a few miles from where we lived.
Hi Trader.
I knew a John Curphy on the NZ coast don't know it it is the same one .
Cheers DEs

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now that would be something des ayoung mans dream