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Re: Malta map (Q: Saint-Michel engine?)

From: Ian Thompson <ithompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 09:44:38 +0100
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Peter,
The St Michel III was a coal-fired steam engine. nb in Mathias Sandorf,
Antekritt also has an engine problem at the same point off Malta....clearly
not a coincidence.
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Harold" <haroldmania~at~yahoo.se>
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: Malta map (Q: Saint-Michel engine?)


> Thanks Ian and Zvi!
>
> Ian mention the repairs of the yacht Saint-Michel.
> What was the damage?
> I have also indications in Lottman's book that
> "Saint-Michel" had problems with the engine when it
> arrived to Alger (or Tanger; I don't really remember
> for the moment). I would like to know more about this
> engine. Was it a steam-machine with oil-burner or
> coal-burner?
>
> Best regards
> Peter Harold
>
> --- Ian Thompson <ithompson~at~ges.gla.ac.uk> skrev:
>
>> Zvi has kindly archived my map of Malta to accompany
>> the two postings that I put on the Forum recently.
>> The map shows Il Prajet Bay where Verne anchored for
>> safety from the easterly gale and put Paul and
>> Maurice ashore less than three kilometres from
>> Mellieha where they were arrested and held in the
>> police station. The bay is the same one mentioned in
>> Mathias Sandorf which Antekirt describes as
>> resembling Fingal's Cave (Le Rayon Vert) in
>> Scotland. Although Verne (and Antékirtt) refers to
>> it as Mellieha Bay, this is incorrect.Mellieha Bay
>> is a broad open bay with no resemblance to Fingal's
>> Cave and would have offered no protection from the
>> easterly wind. Il Prajet is the narrow creek from
>> which Luigi Ferrato sails to the rescue of Antékirtt
>> (having taken refuge there himself) and then pilots
>> him through the North Comino Channel and on to
>> Valetta...the same route followed by Verne after
>> having had to abandon Paul due to a change in the
>> wind which would have forced the St Michel III on to
>> the rocks. Whereas Antékirtt is guided from Il
>> Prajet to Valetta, Verne is not guided into that
>> port until a pilot boards the St M. off Valetta
>> where repairs are carried out to the yacht.
>> Ian Thompson
>
>
>
Received on Fri 07 Oct 2005 - 11:44:52 IDT

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