SV Mandalay
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History | |
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Owner |
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Operator | 1953 - 81: Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory[2] |
Builder | Burmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark[1] |
Launched | February 2, 1923[1] |
Completed | March 1923, rebuilt 1942 (USN), 1952 (Louis Kenedy, NS Canada), 196? (Lamont Geological Observatory), 1981 (Mike Burke, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises), 2010 (Angermeyer Cruises, Ecuador) |
Identification |
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Fate | presently operated by Sail Windjammer, https://sailwindjammer.com/ |
General characteristics | |
Type | schooner |
Tonnage | 585 GRT[1] |
Length | 49.9 m (163 ft 9 in) (pp)[1] |
Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)[1] |
Depth | 15 m (49 ft 3 in)[3] |
Decks | three |
Propulsion | 900 BHP V12 GM diesel circa 1942 |
Speed | 16 knots under full sail |
Capacity | 72 passengers (as Mandalay)[3] |
Crew | about 28 (as Mandalay)[3] |
The SV Mandalay is a three-masted schooner measuring 163.75 ft (49.91 m) pp,[1] with a wrought iron hull. It was built as the private yacht Hussar (IV), and would later become the research vessel Vema, one of the world's most productive oceanographic research vessels. The ship currently sails as the cruising yacht Mandalay in the Caribbean.[1]
E.F. Hutton's luxury yacht, Hussar IV
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Hussar (IV) was designed by
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Parlor circa 1923
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Dining Room circa 1923
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Deck plan circa 1923
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Profile of Hussar IV
Norwegian yacht, Vema
In the late 1920s the Huttons decided they wanted a larger yacht, so they commissioned the construction of the Hussar (V) (later Sea Cloud). The Hussar IV was put up for sale in September 1930,[9] and eventually sold to Norwegian shipping magnate, G. Unger Vetlesen and his wife Maude Monell and renamed Vema, a combination of Vetlesen and Maude.
U.S. WWII Service
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During World War II, Maude Monell donated Vema to the American war effort. The vessel was put into service as a barracks and
Research Vessel Vema
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Vema started circling the globe as the first of the Lamont Geological Observatory research vessels (now the
Seafloor features
- The Vema was instrumental in the exploration of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.[15] The Vema Fracture Zone, crossing the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 10°43′34″N 42°19′59″W / 10.726°N 42.333°W, was named for her. G.R. Hamilton aboard RV Vema discovered this feature in 1956.[16]
- Vema Trench in the Indian Ocean is in fact a fracture zone named trench to avoid confusion with the Vema Fracture Zone in the Atlantic Ocean mentioned above. Vema Trench crosses the Central Indian Ridge at 8°59′S 67°34′E / 8.98°S 67.57°E. RV Vema discovered it in 1958.[17]
- During the seafloor explorations the South Atlantic about 1,000 km west-north-west of Cape Town, at 31°38′S 8°20′E / 31.633°S 8.333°E.[18]
- Vema Knoll at 23°40′N 66°58′W / 23.667°N 66.967°W and Vema Gap at 23°30′N 67°00′W / 23.500°N 67.000°W are located adjacent to each other, 500 km north of Puerto Rico.[17]
- The Vema Channel is a deep trough in the Rio Grande Rise of the Antarctic Bottom Water and Weddell Sea bottom water.[19]
Other research vessels of the LDEO
- USNS Robert D. Conrad, 1962–1989
- USNS Eltanin, 1962–1974
- RV Maurice Ewing, 1988–2005
- RV Marcus G. Langseth, 2004-[2]
Cruising yacht Mandalay
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/SV_Mandalay_St_George3.jpg/375px-SV_Mandalay_St_George3.jpg)
The ship was refitted again as a cruising yacht for the Caribbean under the name SV Mandalay (also Mandalay of Tortola)[1] with a sail area of > 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2).[3] The ship was operated by Windjammer Barefoot Cruises from 1982 until the operator went out of business in 2008.[20] Mandalay subsequently was purchased at auction, refurbished, and used as specialty cruise ship in the Galapagos islands off Ecuador by Angermeyer Cruises.
Most recently, the S/V Mandalay later sailed weekly out of Grenada for one and two-week cruises in the Grenadines for Sail Windjammer, Inc.[21] However, Sail Windjammer announced in early 2021 that the company would be ceasing operations due to the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and damage to the SV Mandalay.[22]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mandalay (7738383)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory. "Marine Operations: Vema (1953-1981)". Retrieved January 31, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Mandalay information
- ^ Pacific Marine Review. J.S. Hines. 1924.
- ^ Arts & Decoration. A. Budge. 1923.
- ^ a b Barton, Amos (September 1923). "Interior Decoration on the High Seas". Arts & Decoration: 328.
- ISBN 978-1-4396-4566-6.
- ISBN 978-0-595-75202-7.
- ^ "E.F. Huttons to Sell Yacht". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-05-24.
- ^ "Hoffmann Island, merchant marine training center off Staten Island, New York. Trainees aboard the schooner Vema". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-16.
- ^ U.S. Coast Guard Bulletin. Coast Guard. 1939.
- ^ Hoffman Island Archived 2009-02-16 at the Wayback Machine access date February 3, 2009
- ISBN 9780316931212.
- PMID 16590389.
- ^ Vema (Library Association of Rockland) County
- S2CID 130845561.
- ^ GEBCO. Archived from the originalon 2012-04-21. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ Antarctic: Flying fish at the Vema seamount. Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today Accessed February 2, 2009
- ^ AMS glossary Accessed February 2, 2009
- ^ Windjammer Cruises Officially Out of Business, April 2, 2008
- ^ "Sail Windjammer". Sail Windjammer. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
- ^ "Sail Windjammer". Sail Windjammer. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021.