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ROU Capitán Miranda, former hydrographic survey vessel and current sail-training staysail schooner of the Uruguayan Navy. The paintings on the sails and other decorative items aboard are by prominent twentieth-century Uruguayan artist Carlos Páez Vilaró, the father of plane crash survivor Carlos Páez Rodríguez.

First is the USCGC Eagle, with some friends across the river in Brooklyn (the Portuguese Sagres on the left, the Indian Sudarshini on the right). Then we have the Pride of Baltimore in the foreground with the Wavertree, a permanent part of the South Street Seaport Museum, in the background.

As you may have heard, HMS Victory’s last three masts were removed at the start of the month. The mainmast had already been taken down in 2021; the foremast, mizzenmast and bowsprit have now followed. This was all part of the restoration work, and everything is due to be back in place by 2033.

Now, a closer look had been taken at the site of the foremast, and what was found there, just as under the mainmast? Coins. These six coins dated from the 19th century, so they must have been placed there following a previous repair during that time.

The pungy schooner Lady Maryland sails north from Norfolk, Virginia en route to St. Michael’s, Maryland, October 23, 2025.

Similar schooners were used between the 1840s and the 1920s as oystering vessels on the Chesapeake Bay.

Roman mosaic depicting Triton, a dolphin, and a fish, found in the Sanctuary of Artemis (Ephesus)

ca. 200 CE