| Show AFLOAT FOR ship anita retired R hired after lone long record of slowness what ship in the world can boast euch such a record as the anita azita which has bus juat just been sold to be broken up apt she was registered at the port of genoa and has been afloat almost ince since tho days of columbus Colum biu she waa was built hullt in genoa in 1548 and her last voyage ha has not long tong been over it raa ras from naples to teneriffe 0 it IL la Is true ahe she blis daja days on one from baltimore to rio ilio de do janeiro but what 1 Is that to a ship which has weathered euch such countless n forms storms and tornadoes in all lit parts of the world the sturdy old veasel vessel hu bus been engaged in the carrying trade between spain and the united states of course she has bhea u repaired frequently dur ing the a wany long years of at her life but still her original style has been preserved and she the still exhibits her beer high bow and stern and lavish cary inga inge of oak the schooner raven of Beau marta marls la to a famous old vessel she has been engaged in the coasting trade darins the reigns of fire british monarchs monir che in fact her bar age Is ili years but the old ship hae has boon betin taken to barnar carnarvon rom harbor to be broken up A fine old warship Is to the old 70 yun sun anne she wa crippled and nii ni i ashore Dun dungeness geness in admiral battle with the french fleet beet in 1690 for a full 20 yeara years she sh it laca been een embedded in the sands there thera cho has his become visible once more tor for the hulk bulk now shows plainly at low lov udes t cloae close in to the alore monr are being organized sed to raise some of her old brass gum guns A still older warship Is a spaniard which has been discovered lately under feet ot 0 water off oil messina Mes xina from this vessel six guna guns have been recovered recover rd including two guna guns seven imbt long theae these bear bar the date 2 under the loyal escutcheon of Spain which make makes it pretty certain that she ah was unk sunk in some naval engagement in the th seventeenth century stray stories |
