73. Pisces II. This Vickers-Oceanic submarine was dramatically rescued, with the two men on board her, from thebed ofthe Celtic sea in 1972. The U.S. Navy rendered assistance and their huge, cargo carrying aircraft came into Cork airport. (4 pictures. Scotts, Cork) 74. Glomar Artie II. Semi-submersible, Smit-Lloyd 123 and Irish Standby Boats. Man overboard inflatable. (Scotts, Cork) 75. Series ofphotographsshowing the B & I fleet (B & I) 76. Start of the Lipton Cup Race at Queenstown Regatta in August 1907: the twenty-conner class. The old Cork Yacht Club premises in the background. (R.C.Y.C.) 77. Cork Harbour One-Design class. Sail plan and photos ofyachts under way. Cork One-Design yachts were built to the specifications ofa famous Scottish designer, W. Fife ofFairlie. With one exception all ofthis class were built in Cork Harbour at Carrigaloe Gridiron, Marine Motor Works, c. 1900. (R.C.Y.C.) 78. Saoirse revisiting Baltimore in July 1961. Built by Tom Moynihan in the (D.P. Mould) 79. Asgard II from the air, off the Old Head of Kinsale. Ireland's sail training ship. (D.P. Mould) 80. Modern Racing Yachts, series from MacWilliam Sails, Crosshaven. John MacWilliams designs have done much to revolutionise sail design. (MacWilliam Sails) 81. Cork Harbour Commissioners in 1912, including Sir Winston Churchill then first lord ofthe Admiralty. (Cobh Museum) 82. Cork Quays, as they used to be when much shipping came far up river and into the city. (C.H.C.) 83. Cork Quays in 1932. 84. Cork city bollards. The old cannon on the Grand Parade, once used as a (D.P. Mould) 85. The complex of lighthouses on the Old Head of Kinsale. This headland preserves a unique seriesoflighthouses, illustrating their development from a simple beacon house, through an early lighthouse of more ordinary type, to thepresent modern installationat the tip ofthe headland. (D. P. Mould) 86. Anchor, now preserved on the road into Bantry, which was dredged from Bantry Bay by a crawler and which is believed to have belonged to a ship of the French invasion fleet on 1796. In their haste to get away, some of the ships cut their cables, leaving their anchors behind . (D. P. Mould) 87. Diver preparing to raise a bronze cannon from a ship wrecked off the Cork coast. (Tony Balfe)
Drive shaft of Siri11s now preserved at Passage West, Cork 88. The beauty of undersea life. Series of photographs by Tony Balfe. (Tony Balfe) 89. Driveshaft ofSiri u s now at theGlenbrookHotel, PassageWest. A great deal was s� lvaged from Sin· u s when she was wrecked offBallycotton in 1847. The work (often using scrap from ships). When the Mills closed, the Si n · us shaft was brought down to Passage, Siri us ' last port of call on her epoch making voyagetoNewYorkin 1838. (D.P. Mould) ARTIFACTS 90. Brasscannons - belonging ro the RoyalCorkYacht Club and once used for starring races, and for salutes. (R.C.y.C.) F_igure head _ofalion from the paddle steamer Cityo/New York. Thus Queen Vicroria was thefigure head ofthe Briti s h Q u een and Si n . us , the dog star, had a finely carved dog with a scar in its paws. (D. Coughlan) 92. Gong, used as a warning signal (of pirate raids) from the Old Head of Kinsale (Kinsale Museum) 21
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