captainmanueldemendivil

Still going strong, according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_ship_Juan_Sebasti%C3%A1n_El...(1927) " The Juan Sebastián de Elcano is a training ship for the Royal Spanish Navy. She is a four-masted topsail, steel-hulled schooner. At 113 metres (370 feet) long, she is the third-largest Tall Ship in the world. She is named after Spanish explorer Juan Sebastián Elcano, captain of Ferdinand Magellan's last exploratory fleet. The ship also carries the de Elcano coat of arms, which was granted to the family by Emperor Charles I following Elcano's return in 1522 from Magellan's global expedition. The coat of arms is a terraqueous globe with the motto "Primus Circumdedisti Me" (meaning: "First to circumnavigate me"). The Juan Sebastián de Elcano was built in 1927 in Cadiz, Spain, and her hull was designed by the Spanish naval architect and engineer Juan Antonio Aldecoa y Arias in the Echevarrieta y Larrinaga shipyard in Cadiz. After the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic in April 1931 it became part of the Spanish Republican Navy. In 1933 under Commander Salvador Moreno Fernández's order a series of improvements were made to the ship and the bronze plate with the Latin language inscription Tu Primus Circundedisti Me was placed near the prow. At the time of the coup of July 1936 it was at Ferrol, a harbor that had been taken by the Nationalist faction. Her plans were used twenty-five years later to construct her Chilean sail training vessel sister ship Esmeralda in 1952-1954. "

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Do you have a way of adding relevant photos to Wikipedia articles? Of course with links to the ANMM site and/or Flickr. Thinking it would be of benefit to all.

Saturday 29 December 1928, according to this SMH article from the following Monday. Picture very close - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16520218

beachcomber australia Thanks for the links beachcomber, very similar picture, taken from a slightly different angle. Btw, we have spotted a couple of images from our collection on Wikimedia Commons which seems a much easier method as it automatically screens images and uploads them. But including images on Wikipedia would certainly be a benefit and another great way of sharing the collection.

beautiful photo friend

No preguntes, no lo digas!

His ship seems to have a Wikipedia entry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_ship_Juan_Sebasti%C3%A1n_El...

The Captain Manuel de Mendivil, going by the three stripes on his epaulettes. See - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16521120

beachcomber australia Yes indeed! Thanks beachcomber. And how about our discovery of pianist/impresario/producer/ballet dancer Daphne Deane eh? :) We love the National Library of Australia's Trove!

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons I can't find any substantial or relevant articles or biographies in Trove or Google for "Daphne Deane", except for a novel. Where did you find her?

beachcomber australia We found a few Sydney Mail articles through Google but there's also a list on Trove we created. They aren't amazingly detailed articles, but we will do some more searching. You found a novel?

Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons Thanks for the list. The novel - "Daphne Deane" by Grace Livingstone Hill - books.google.com.au/books/about/Daphne_Deane.html?id=g7WL... . Not connected, I think.