The 1805 Dispatches #21.04 August 2021 5of 5 It is intended that the The 1805 Dispatches will usually have a four-page format, but one of the joys of digitalonly publications is that there is a flexibility that is unavailable to printed matter. LATE NEWS EXTRA Fourth of July Brings Tall Ships to Annapolis, MD USA The U.S. July 4 Independence Day saw Annapolis hosting three sailing ships, a real treat for those of us who live in area as well as those visiting the city. Annapolis has been Maryland’s state capital since 1695 and preserves many original colonial buildings that would have been familiar to Royal Navy of�icers of the Georgian era. Pride of Baltimore II (pride2.org) is a replica of the Baltimore clipper, topsail schooner privateers that caused the Royal Navy and British commerce headaches during the War of 1812. She is the sailing emissary of the city of Baltimore. For the Fourth of July she sported the 15 stars and stripes, the U.S. national �lag during the War of 1812. Providence (tallshipprovidence.org) is a replica of the foreand-aft rigged sloop that was one of the original ships of the Continental Navy, purchased into the service in 1775. She participated in the 1776 raid on the Bahamas, was commanded by Captain John Paul Jones from May through November 1776 and saw considerable action until her destruction in 1779. She is docked in Alexandria VA, and has a regular local cruising schedule. WilmaLee(amaritime.org/museum/ wilma-lee/), launched in 1940, is one of the few remaining 20-ton skipjacktype vessels, where there were once hundreds dredging for oysters in the Chesapeake Bay of Maryland and Virginia and the Carolina shores. She the Annapolis Maritime Museum and is available for short sailing cruises. <Photo Pete Stark ^Photo courtesy of pride2.org ^Photo Pete Stark ^Photo Pete Stark ^Photo courtesy of tallshipprovidence.org ^Photo courtesy of amaritime.org
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