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Yes - but the murals... lovely

5th May 1866

2 PM, Bremen Bark ? "Reinhard" while in to of steamer "R.C.Smith" ran into us, striking the Starboard Paddle box.

Did a lot of damage, see log page.

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Whoa, that's smashing. We have a name for, can be expressed in two letters of the international code.

What a nightmare!!!
Staggering mess. I bet it was a sight to behold as that lot happened. Chaos and catastrophe

Ashuelot on her trip to St Johns had a Captain Bythesea on board as a passenger.

Bythesea what a great name for a Captain.

Prophetic given that he ended up by the sea rather than on the sea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bythesea:
"in 1872 he ruined his career when he put his battleship HMS Lord Clyde aground at Pantellaria, resulting in his dismissal from his ship; he was never employed at sea again."

Maybe he jinked my ship.

Ashuelot 20 June 1866. Queenstown, Ireland

0800 Dressed ship with flags in honor of the Queens Coronation
Meridian, All English Men of War fired a Salute of 21 guns in Honor of the Queens Coronation.

That must have been loud.

According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

"Victoria ... was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901."

However, her coronation was 28 June 1838

Jamestown also confused the Accession with the Coronation. An irrelevant snippet is that the new monarch is Proclaimed in every town and city through the land by the Mayor or local equivalent. However, in London it takes place straight away but is delayed as you move away from the capital. Edinburgh I believe is 3 days later. The delay represents the time it would take a despatch rider riding 'post haste' ie commandeering a fresh horse every few miles to reach there. I think we heard the official Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth either 1 or 2 days later having heard the death of her father announced on the radio immediately after the notice was posted on the gate at Buckingham Palace. It was a cold day and my Mum had taken me into town to spend a birthday book token, she inscribed my copy of Peter Pan to mark the event.

Thank you. I love these little bits of history/tradition!

it didn't know about the delay in proclamation - that's fascinating! It would be quite a wait to hear the news in Inverness or Penzance

Randi wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:29 am According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria

"Victoria ... was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901."

However, her coronation was 28 June 1838

The date of her accession was the 20th, the Date of coronation was the 28th.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_B ... oronations

Just guessing, they didn't want to be without a Queen- so that happened right away? Perhaps automatically??? But just imagine organizing a coronation in just 8 days! From the US point of view, I am a little weak on knowing royal protocol, but surely there is a big cake to be baked, or something.

Morgan, you missed the YEAR. It took just over 12 months. Lots of planning and for Victoria think how long it would take for representatives of the Empire to travel.
Our present Queen took nearly 18 months to have hers. They try for summer dates - makes the processions more enjoyable for the crowds and so much easier for the photographers. Yes, lots of dressmaking and catering plans to say nothing of organising the state coaches, making sure the horses are drilled, sorting out the music and finding somewhere for all the official guests to stay. The 1953 Coronation was the first to be televised, black & white of course and working out the protocol & practicalities for that took a while as well.

The problem for the next one is that there will be no-one around old enough to have been involved in planning the last one so it will have to be done from the records and inevitably someone will have lost or deleted some vital bit of planning.

AHHH, That makes more sense. I would have thought an appropriate mourning period (ie- time to make the dress) would be appropriate. Our inaugurations are held in January- It used to be in March, but communication and travel is easier now. January gives us enough time to argue over it- but not too much time to allow, well. Never mind that.

August 8th.
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10 pm Saw a vessel of the stbd bow.
At 10:45 the vessel off our stbd quarter and nearing us fast coming down under steam and sail.
11:10 The vessel fired a musket and at 11:20 again fired a musket.
At 11:20 beat General quarters, cleared for action, loaded the stbd Battery with shell, Rifle with Tec (?) shell and smooth bores with ? shell. Burned "The Preparatory" and was answered by the strange sail with a strong white light. Immediately burned this ships number and received no answer.
11:40 Slowed the engine
At 11:45 the strange ship fired another musket. She was now distinctly visible, ? to be a large Frigate with her people at quarters.
11:50 Stopped the engine.
11:55 Hailed the frigate which turned out to be HBU Frigate "Bristol" Flag ship of the African Squadron Commodore ~~~: from Ascention, bound into the Congo River. Permission boarding? asked by the English Commodore to board the ship, it was granted.
At 12 was boarded by an Officer from the frigate, with the Commodores regrets at having delayed us. He supposed this vessel be a mail boat. Returned to his squadron.
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