European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse V a 4v k Al it " Foft -"1 Lif j 1 " we w Paw i3mr. 4bp1. To i 1 a � 1 Tkv i r museums May or May not be your cuff of Tea but there s an English museum that should interest everyone fro i the Ages of playing with plastic boats in the Bathtub to old Salt Vintage. The National maritime museum is proof positive of sir William Blackstone s Asser Tion 200 years ago that the Royal Navy of England hath Ever been its greatest defence and ornament it is its ancient and natural strength the floating bulwark of the located in London s Greenwich Section the museum was founded to illustrate the maritime history of great Britain As exemplified by the a Royal Navy merchant Navy fishing fleets explorers and yachts-men.,. It was opened by King George i in april 1937 and More 4han 450,000 visitors by Paul Spiers staff writer meander around the three buildings each tremendous number of american the museum according to super edit Reginald Lowen. No the celebrated exhibits Are year 4 a visit Itten am Neptune s Hall with figureheads of ships of Long ago and dozens of models of men Tif War paddle steamers frigates an Ocean liners. S also in the Hall is a. Collection of naval uniforms during the past two there to silk scrambled egg effect these Days it v so to be a souffle effect. A galleries with the most famous relic of Britain s greatest naval hero the vice Fri Rural s uniform he wore on october21, if of at the Battle of Trafalgar. The fatal Lillet fired by a French Sharp shoot struck him in the left shoulder t " ?. And the Hole in the uniform is visible. A Fewell As the damaged be Arleiv ? also on display Are three other uniforms Silver plate glassware and table Linen navigation room with & c"6mprehen-Sive display of astrolabes1, quadrants sex Tants terrestrial globes sea charts shift dials Sand glasses chronometer sorr eries air Hillary spheres and loadstones., compasses Range in diameter from pocket watch to soccer Ball size. Especially notable Are a 1640 map of North and South America Drake s Load Stone collection of 17th Century instruments which belonged to Cardinal bar Berini whose Uncle sentenced Galileo an timekeepers made by John Harrison which enabled the Longitude to be calculated at sea with sufficient accuracy for the firs time in 1736. I & Model of a horse transport illustrating How the British army was supplied Iblis while operating in. Europe. Horses we e exercised on catwalks outside the relics of Captain James Cook s Voy Ages including a Fiji throwing club to hit Fen v breadfruit Pounder and the still-legible1 journals and let ters of the far rang ing explorer. Relics of Arctic expeditions canisters an 1857 medical kit goggles and bit of. Sea boat found in Star vation Bay. A panoramic exhibit of a typical at lactic Convoy being attacked at night by a boat pack in the Spring of 1943. The Model contains 17 incidents in the Batty Ebete in the Allied escort group and the the manuscript storeroom crammed Thom ship logs. This treasure House of British naval history includes Nelson logs the logs of the sailing ship America from 1748-60. Antt the signatures of Many great sailors the nut slum is open from 10 am to 6pm weekdays and 2 30 to 6 pm sundays. Only Days on which Ite is closed Are Christmas eve Christmas Day and goo Friday. Admittance is pleasant Means of travelling to the museum is by boat Down the thames River from Westminster pier to Greenwich pier. Travel by Auto across London i hectic but parking facilities on the grounds Are summer months a restaurant is open and the staff especially caters to Large parties. Wooden figureheads that once graced the prows of fighting ships line Walls. Ale Model of the Rawalpindi Veteran of the India service. Superintendent Reginald Lowen examines ship s log dated 1748. Detailed scale Model of has Warrior a Man of War built in 1800. control building of the museum w in Queen s Houie built for the gift of Charles i 1625-49. The 5tam and i saturday August 8, 1959 Model of an 18th Century cavalry transport showing cargo holds and stable deck beneath troop Quarter the stars and stripes Pom
