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Re: The shrinking St Michel III

From: <ithompson~at~geog.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 09:26:40 +0100
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

When Verne bought the St Michel III in 1877 he insured it with
Lloyd of London. In the 1880 Yacht Register of Lloyd's Register of
British and Foreign Shipping, she is recorded as having a length of
107.3 feet. The 1884 Register gives a length of 101.3 feet and in
1887, by which time ownership had passed to the Prince of
Montenegro with a home port of Cattaro, the registered length was
only 98.5 feet. It is known that in 1881 the bowsprit was dismantled
to pass through the Kiel Canal (presumably a temporary measure)
but one wonders how the vessel managed to shrink by nearly 8%
in 7 years.
Ian Thompson.
Received on Tue 08 Jul 2003 - 11:19:07 IDT

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