Pride of Baltimore II - Baltimore, MD
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N 39° 17.043 W 076° 36.741
18S E 360940 N 4349537
An exact replica of the pride of Baltimore inside the visitor center.
Waymark Code: WMZRBD
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2018
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Taken from Wikipedia, "The Pride of Baltimore was a reproduction of a typical early 19th-century "Baltimore clipper" topsail schooner, a style of vessel made famous by its success as a privateer commerce raider and small but nimble warship in the War of 1812 (1812–1815), against British merchant shipping and a vastly superior world-wide British Royal Navy. Commissioned on May 1, 1977 by the 44th Mayor of Baltimore, William Donald Schaefer, in an elaborate public ceremony in the historic Inner Harbor watched by watched by thousands of Baltimoreans and Marylanders, she spent nine years at sea logging over 150,000 miles, equivalent to six times around the globe. On May 14 1986, the first Pride of Baltimore was lost at sea in the Caribbean Sea, and her captain and three of the crew perished.
The Pride of Baltimore II was commissioned as the successor and memorial to the Pride in 1988, sailing in the same Goodwill Ambassador role for the city of Baltimore, but its role has now expanded to also representing the State of Maryland and the "Land of Pleasant Living" in the Chesapeake Bay region. Pride II has sailed nearly 200,000 miles and visited over 200 ports in 40 countries in its now near three decades of voyages."
Where is original located?: Sunk
Where is this replica located?: Baltimore
Who created the original?: US Government
Internet Link about Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_of_Baltimore
Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1812
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