| Show It u FORTUNES MADE FROM BUYING Ale A MILLION TONS OF BRITISH SHIPS Queer Old Shipyard on the Thames Haunted by American Visitors to London Contains Relics of the War of Was Vas Hither that the Fighting Was Going When Turner Made Her Immortal With His York Yacht Club Buys that Once Helped Britain to Rule the Waves DON Job Feb aunt or lb the tow L spills which ha have ee raped pd the London rage for mud mod IN III a queer quer raid old on III the Thames hoar ner tot Ibe Tate Tte Gallery allery I It is III a favorite hunt haunt of Americans who ho love old London as It wu wea In Dickens time With It Ire trails lOt of oC weird from ramous fighting lil lisps It stacks tl ur of ships hI limber U b dark leading to nowhere in III It earliest you away aay buck k kInto Into inn another world ono Oil ur of lilt tle nt newt Interested Amen tan 1111 i It r to tb this pimo iaco re Uy was t C laulin of tM the Ilaw YOlk reEk club Hc H promptly became Pr Of anon an ut at t lb h weird oM old fl that adorn t this hi ship met and Id bought two u of thorn m which secs II will willbe br be gemming r New y York boI bay t the front of r tb ww new yacht T m 1 two hipped tu to New NewYork York wr were taken en f faro the Daphne and 1 w hk hh h hII d to 10 tm Im ins of the th wooden sidle 1111 0 of 1 Ih old or of Ih the Ihn 1111 of Audi from the 11 lit 1 Interest t of r this pl plat an appeal strung I tu lu Fur 01 Instance there I Ift are ft rell ur of lilt American chili ht dent which w wait u up III ei this very ry aUel aun work In to Wu Wart of nn Am and n Tb The tight between the be ur of W guns sod the tb British ably bl f 0 gun un took pi place oft off Nl New York harbo In IllS 1115 Tb The Am crush hip chip broke through the and wan chased by t e End n I INTO INT After a fight of hours hour the two wo aue Mill to a tu III grapple I When more than I had br been n killed the tho struck h her colors slid wee wa waIrd t Ird d off ft t lu as II a rl For 1001 main years she h reposed 1 in III Ih the London t lock all and th tIc paid her r that tb of building ships nn hr hI 11 1 fines Jim III of r th this event th thorn always has been a In the Brillh navy After nerving a a Ip for tor many ears Ih t b President w war warold old and mt met th the usual fate fae or of good ships bl which arc re 11 to die a lat tal ural ur L death was wa broken lip up and converted Int into bt t ranging from garden 11 seats 11 to ballroom floor In several ual old to In England there ur are boors and ad rafter made mad mum Ih the limbers of f lid and nd American vessel 1 TH OLD Another lib of greet ral In in uret broken VP up In the Ud known a 11 icier ut war u the l cap lured b by the ship aon out aide Id of f atoll harbor In the same me war warThe r TIle The light between the and Che was 11 the t ot of much discussion In th the Amman grew re Cahill owing to 10 over Ih the sale of f the be l lag to 10 t the milled when n t the Museum In w was auctioned of Fur a Ion long lime Ike of tI the h ekr aloud la III Ca Us yard ard ardIt and It was 11 taken labo down n finally into loto Hamp Hampshire shire br wh where today It helps to form I a 0 of an n bor gar garden r den 11 to tb the of apt Brooks Hooke ebb Iao the Bannon on the lie uce Ion ilon of t the atm mem memorable fight rh I It ot of aU I Ibl the bl that illAt have ball found their envy to was th the ling Tam rum rail by Turner la hi his real Ial In III tat fact she was bellg towed tod to Castle fur breaking up vur pur s Turner the d de inn an fur for bl hb painting It I la the J I hob bol ft fats 0 of I Ibs great t h Ih that laud ud to ao t the II Ile I 01 in tb Ike II a H sr of r um I Id 11 1111 n Ih Ihn or of II lit I In Indel del partly art I NIl of r I so l Allam takes n Ih al of tb Ibe In III this a II s I f tl iii eI td I i or r I Iwo the 1011 lul h 11 hair h dp t l I nick lIk 11 tail t of 1 I L lillo Ilm ut baUle at t Trafalgar while u uRoyal the Royal George Geare herself b by turning turtle of t the tact that a royal prince warn on board THI Another ships bl remains witch always 14 interest Americans at al the t old yard ard are of the cu ml 5 t the tailors called lied her tb the Ruffin on oh the th deck t f Napoleon surrendered UIT n dIM dered after Waterloo t Frederick Maitland altland who received the emperors emperor 11 elation the breaking up of of the Jt Hele T e was too to the th tap cap captin tn tin b by the 1101 P os a number 11 urn or yearn eAn the lb ed ad admiralty kept al aU n figure heeds taken from batt but a fir rare swept away ay the t or of their museum amt n now lu Carr lutie tie tics on 1116 th the Thanes I la I tot only pia pace where a lar Tarp number of u these Bb ian be eren no of the of 01 t II figures is I really Very 1 sue and have gone nn dh over VI them The art rt of making iM H II a loet ale It w was brought ll Ii rf tion by the of C but or of CW with Ib the riming mill In of nf too the modern Ir ship hIp there Ms ha hen n no en tale for tor t these Rome of tI the fig at al c yard weigh s sIon 1 ton Ion and many n ot of them are I I to U Ut 1 feet t high rut ut out nut of solid blocks or of Th The a In t the figureheads fig of Wellington and othI oher arc an rATio FATE 0 OF r Th The old lib ships I known es of which only II a few w hulks now new a arc left Ift III YIN tIl d of for th the Hake of their Umber timber brass brau topper lopper old nd Thu met metat at Mork olk I b all 11 urt mild disposed of r rat at w 1 per ton tn while the wo wool undergoes mallona he be lIaw hg turned chair tables garden ru rua awta a blocks of f wacl fr for nr fine and n w wedges oh 01 railway At time lIme In end d mall a pi piece taken an old ling tin shill u as a Yule J mg TI Tag II a fw few yara al ago Arnold tOJ to write rl a lung I Isom us Lop Logs You k Your Tour minds m all 1111 fu rt and nd tog I In London oft on this bulb midwinter wlter day e 1 The good ship broken brolan ang lie her deeds deed dune don I Meekly kly it II t leaden in III this Taddy 1 glow I IThe The light and warmth annu It drew rew from Crom Asias AIa un unTo I To toast your t toes sad anise 1 as well 11 u sa peels ta e in n nn n d the old skip U of H av Marks R N A 4 no M Ion long ago a UW two old lIora ta In the yard tI fondly ul al on lit of the lite Ig T II lN st blI highly 1 UNIQUE MOn tl two Ih the wall of 01 the t of Cu Caa ties ogle ulca uller aMr a mass I f a but modal 1 of 01 a ail At Att first t 1011 It appan to hi Out ot of bit bias ot of Ivory jollied together TIt l b has a roo no I 1 It was mads at by Wrench of wr war cefi E Ii Dartmoor prison during hue Ille N war r and ad ii entirely of at bows by y the he tro from Melr r plat Fa r Uta tiny sliver I of 01 boas boa e for a plank or spar lA III W lisle ship hll b hud ben polished fill and es tI for tur It its pu 1 u In tb 11 1 Many 1111 eapen hove Mats till and It Itt per t riot III h n evil v detail The Tb model 1 Is IN shout II a to I la In The maker r occupied ra In n their tank I TONti or OF JV Lm I It Is I what all an MOunt or of warn u is this old or n lb Dues uI lf is u used up T acne ac of tote tol oil nn III Nair to 10 t Ibm a Nook clI In IOU year Old This TItI In Wade S 1040 tie 1 The Th slant Ion oat cost U Iii aim Im 1 II the It It s limit II a Sikh 1111 cull gun Ihn Ihl ona II yard ard ut of te iiii his bought I ther the r i Ig 1 I admiralty tots 0 of war warships r ships hip paying 81 I SN It is ui ally I ut A fr or I breaking VI up purposes are worth about 5 a ton though they often otten bring more is 18 A Though the gloat t oM their rig hv have can all shed the romance of hu hi by no mesas lone n with them It simply has taken a s turn In of centering I to the ships hl thou thouC I C 1 hes It Il now I Is untamed tl In th the fortunes that IIII bf be md made out nut ot of In ing There are some wol or nt lu lucky 1 finds in III modem mode vessels rant fr pure pleasure yachts o which do rant not 11 their Wilen tn in huge hUllt which hay Iet IetI I through th the p or of mk ll It dew t lake I long for fora a to hr an I hen for Cur lI use p In th these Pushing time and since n Admiral mfr Hh Jahn FIsher hr under Iok t la the th navy nil than Ihan flit ba have found foud thou nay y under the halll mor I un and te m 11 scrapped Id fn fur old Iron Irn It to I n Ih of r Ih the r lell not I to w II 11 old UK time and fIlId If a fair of rr fer eau all lw from an It usually Ir II In to higher bids from tor torI foreIgn es I Otherwise the la III atoned ored away Ill III son n lIa dockyard amid lId k kept until WIlli b I is ton I odd to tJ be of much I to a K Nuth American I LJ Y PURt HAYE Keen Is found today In t the ahl Irad U a 11 ht all oUt oth are ale by the Ibo e of men Ii But Ih the plums Ium that ottell fall I to UIt Olt make Um or suit well 11 worth tb n Hugo fOI fors tun duns hwe boan n made ilIAd horn tr n hl hips and rid them into scrap rp inn One of Ih the mart t of k of f times was a shat IllAt Whisk fell a 1 man named an Aus Au an In Ise t n iw and mil natal Au built lit al a Lust t or ashore 1 In Port Philip hay flier r Mel HI endla wl which are to betom wrecks rec w put pul up at r re serve All AI II a 41 draper ot of Md lIel ne IlAl wd tu tel th thin and 11 hr b bought th the ship ton for time of II 10 with Ith II a further SIN for tor hr her or for and car go as h U od RIG ala n Ire d divers lid od to hi his sun lIr lIrI I dered a portion portio II If aka he 0 I In fk he arm arl l hold which th the ha had nut not round d In their r It COlI nY N I hub ot of hardware plat prat OJ d 4 1 s otla lit in h wore t than he had paid Id for It Ur ship hip In th there were er II 10 tl g r tal serum fN tom tUII lit of Ina and d worth 1100 Nil lOlI tuna ton or bras b and n t INO to b u S of of which w we clear 1 HI nth vp this ship p war 11 lust jut which eon n rJ that b he only paid jd 1110 wa hIa oC ao an bad hi his i bp QI out t the aerate tr of It the tt Melbourne ca age Pa Palace sad aad became a m ut ot th the of Victoria t tl AllY MONEY 0 of tuck Ii a JI pour CN m mom why hll on one of 0 ship hIp st t LI pool H hll Into the be room where II th the sal 1 wu was going pili un n out I of Ilar end with nn of buying A tins flo yacht yuh was bong sold H knee kne nothing of I thaw alas sad when Ih the stand rd at 1 bum and ad 11 I him t time man nodded hi his h head T To h his great IlIr so Dna th the ehl we down 0 lu 10 him at 1 H He ca about to them thai h ho had nu nn I Idea of fig and lu le then lie hr Id Ida bay baya a lit wlm I b pay Y WR when lb b man it n XI u II to alIo via I to u Ih ha t huu hll IIII an hi his If IC I h would uld tuns lur tb the bid bd WI to the saw buyer rim rb warn ul closed at Ute 1 r stranger r walked out Hut of the with 1501 I Ih the pad Brat a Bk 1111 this dont h happen n al t ship all suit mor ma than Ihn on once or I Is a Mme glad cal period Id IdAll All sorts nf fir ships bl cam v utter the ea hammer amid therm a always 1 keen ka bidding tr tor likely lola Th Or Orel Eastern rn ws sold al t lea In this Ihl manner atUr t r 1060 This Tb was U th the largest sins IIII lot rv v r lIr Th l the Ih Great ik Ilk I clear r Ey J had e seal JC l 1 n 1 It 11 hta to te Ih the end ut tl are r 1 I ii Those Je sways 11 Ung pa to todi di Ti ting The Th ara s l lot of Iu hi woods 0 muted 1 In tl eon n amid I Cco and d lra bras shim 1 Wr worth rh a r lo 1 let lit ht ire r t rIPI every ery day y yh h I r and j II w wI who gets Imo I is sale I ot of goo drape II tilt lugh j b by tha th Admiralty W JJ B |
