In Russell Northland New Zealand there is a model of an amazing ship -
the Pruth. The three each had SEVEN yards. What are the yards called?
I have 1/ course, 2/ lower topsail, 3/ upper topsail, 4/ royal, 5/
t'gallant, .... but what were nos. 6 and 7?

I have Googled the name but there is nothing on the web except two
short possible references. Even the various sailing ship databases
have not listed her. I wonder if there is anything in Lubbock about
her?

Her captain might have been one: Captain Edwin Hoffman Blomfield

She wasn't one of the German Flying 'P' ships though.

Chris B.

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Notices regarding company shares appeared in the British Daily
Colonist throughout 1861. Shares had apparently been bought on credit
and the company directors were now calling in the debts. It was
during
this period that the gasworks were ordered from Scotland, to be
shipped around Cape Horn aboard three sailing ships, the Pruth, the
Salamander, and the Prince of the Seas.

http://web.uvic.ca/vv/student/vicgas.../narrative.htm

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But plans - and rehearsals for the 'op' - went ahead. The rusting
hulk
of the 'Pruth', aground on a reef in Moresby Harbour since the
1920's,
was used for target practice. While B-25s improved 'skip bombing'
tactics against its hull, the 'Beaus' of 30 Squadron went in low and
hard with cannons and machine guns.

http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2003/hc13.htm

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On 2008-07-15 03:22:29 -0700, CJB said:

In Russell Northland New Zealand there is a model of an amazing ship -
the Pruth. The three each had SEVEN yards. What are the yards called?
I have 1/ course, 2/ lower topsail, 3/ upper topsail, 4/ royal, 5/
t'gallant, .... but what were nos. 6 and 7?

Some ships had split t'gallants and split royals, so that is a possibility.

I believe that a mast above the royal mast would be called the sky
mast, making the next sail up the sky'sl, and I have heard of a
moonraker (not just James Bond .)

So... there are some possibilities. It would depend on what masts the
yards for the sails were on.

On 2008-07-15 03:22:29 -0700, CJB said:


Sorry... Just noticed your later post regarding the same had already
been responded to.