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Marine Historical Soriety OF DETROIT, INC. John C.Goodrich, Vice Pres. 116 Farrand Park, Highland Park 3, Michigan Pobert A.Zeleznik, Pres 15 Dime Building, Detroit 26, Michigan John R.Campbell, Treasurer 1575 Cleveland, Lincoln Park, Michigan John E.Poole, Seoretary 8236 Ford Ave., Van Dyke, Michigan THE DETROIT MARINE HISTORIAN Volume 7, No.1 Rev.Edward J.Dowling,S.J.,Editor September ,1953 ANNOUNCEMENT: University of Detroit, Detroit 21,Mioh. In September we begin our tenth season. Saturday, September 12, at 8 P.M. is the day and time. The Fort Malden Museum at Amherstburg is the place. Prior to calling the meeting to order, we will have on Saturday after- noon and evening our usual outing and picnic on the Museum grounds. Our fel- low member, Dave Botsford, Curator of the Museum, will again be our host. Bring your picnic lunch, your thermos, your camera, etc.,etc. We hope for a good turnout for this inaugural meeting, so come and invite your friends. Our speaker will be Capt. A.Palmer of Yetroit, a former officer in the British Navy, who began sailing the high seas at the age of 16, and who has seen service on all the seven seas, in all kinds of merchant and service craft. Between the two wars in served in Australia and China in “British merchant shipping, both in commands 4nd-in administration. When England entered World War II, he was called back into the Naval Reserve, and subsequently worked on gunboats, submarines, landing craft, with the "commandos, "etc. He commanded a captured Italian corvette running the block- ade into Tobruk, had his ship sunk, and was a prisoner in Italy and Germany for some months. Since then he has surveyed the Mediterranean ports for the Royal Navy, and commanded the naval base at Brisbane, Australia. He will tell us some of his experiences in oriental waters, and of the ships he knew there. On Wednesday evening, October 28th, we will begin our regular even- ing meetings, which will be held this year again in the small auditorium, Room 311, of the University of Detroit Library, at McNichols Road and Liver- nois, on the northwest side. Keep this date in mind. John E.Poole, Secretary ee OK KOK OK KOK OR OK KOK OK OK OK OK KR OK RK OK KOK KOR KOK KOK RK KK KR KK OK OK MASTHEAD Our line drawing for this number shows the wooden freight and pass- enger ship F.& P.M.#3, built in 1887 by the old Detroit Dry Dock Co. for the Fling & Pere Marquette R.R, This ship was later known as the PERE MARQUETTE 3. She was crushed in the ice and foundred off Ludington on March 7, 1920. Raised the following summer, she was found damaged beyond re- pair and was subsequently junked. Xe KK KKK OK KK KOK KK KK KOK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK KK OK SHIPS Two Norwegian ships making their first trip into the Lakes recently were the FACTO and MANGHILD. Two German ships ADRIANA and OPHELIA \cikewise completed maiden voyages last month, as did the Dutch JONGKIND. The Finnish steamer ARMIRA is running into the Lakes from Caribbeam ports. Rumors have told of several unofficial races between the fast converted freighters CHARLES M.WHITE (ex MOUNT MANSFIELD) and CLIFFS VICTORY (ex NOTRE DAME VICTORY). Nothing conclusive said regarding the results, however.