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The [[research vessel]] '''''Vema''''' was a three-masted [[schooner]] of the [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]]. The ship had been first sailed for pleasure under the name '''''Hussar''''', and after its career as a research vessel it continued to have another career as the cruising [[yacht]] '''''Mandalay'''''.<ref name=miramar>[http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/166413 Miramar Ship Index # 7738383]</ref>
The [[research vessel]] '''''Vema''''' was a three-masted [[schooner]] of the [[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]] (LDEO). The ship had been first sailed for pleasure under the name '''''Hussar''''', and after its career as a research vessel it continued to have another career as the cruising [[yacht]] '''''Mandalay'''''.<ref name=miramar>[http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/166413 Miramar Ship Index # 7738383]</ref>


==E.F. Hutton's luxury yacht==
==E.F. Hutton's luxury yacht==
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==Service during WW II==
==Service during WW II==
During WWII the ''Vema'' was taken over by the [[US Coast Guard]] and patrolled coastal waters. Later she was converted to a floating barrack and [[training ship]] and lost her glitter. After the war she was abandoned off [[Staten Island]] until "a captain fom Novia Scotia" salvaged the vessel.<ref name=lamont>{{cite web |url=http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/history/vema.html |title=Marine Operations: Vema (1953-1981) |author=[[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]] |access date=January 31, 2009}}</ref> Lamont leased the vessel in 1953 and soon bought it for $ 100,000.<ref name=lamont/>
During WWII the ''Vema'' was taken over by the [[US Coast Guard]] and patrolled coastal waters. Later she was converted to a floating barrack and [[training ship]] and lost her glitter. After the war she was abandoned off [[Staten Island]] until "a captain fom Novia Scotia" salvaged the vessel.<ref name=lamont>{{cite web |url=http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/history/vema.html |title=Marine Operations: Vema (1953-1981) |author=[[Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory]] |access date=January 31, 2009}}</ref> LDEO leased the vessel in 1953 and soon bought it for $ 100,000.<ref name=lamont/>


==Research vessel ''Vema''==
==Research vessel ''Vema''==
''Vema'' started circling the globe as a reseach vessel displaying a black hull and collecting samples of seawater and sediment cores, measuring currents and heat flows, performing underwater photography and seismic studies, and mapping out ocean floors. The work on the ship helped to confirm the [[continental drift]] theory. By the time of her retirement in 1981 the ''Vema'' had collected data on a record track of 1,225,000 nautical miles.
''Vema'' started circling the globe as the first of LDEO's reseach vessels. Displaying a black hull it wqas used to collect samples of seawater and sediment cores, measure currents and heat flows, perform underwater photography and seismic studies, and map out ocean floors. During Vema's seafloor explorations the '''Vema Seamount''' was discovered in 1959; the seamount is located in the South Atlantic about 1,000 km west-north-west of Cape Town, at 31° 38' S., 8° 20' E. <ref>[http://www.imr.no/antarctic/criuse_diary/flying_fish_vema_seamount Antarctic: Flying fish at the Vema seamount.] access date=february 2, 2009</ref> The '''Vema Channel''' is a deep trough in the [[Rio Grand Rise]] of the South Atlantic at 31.3°S, 39.4°W. Discovered during one of Vema's journey's it has a depth of 4,646 m and a width of 18 km and serves as a conduit for the [[Antarctic]] bottom water and [[Wendell sea]] bottom water.<ref>[http://amsglossary.allenpress.com/glossary/browse?s=v&p=9 AMS glossary] access date=February 2, 2009</ref> The work on the ship helped to confirm the [[continental drift]] theory. By the time of her retirement in 1981 the ''Vema'' had collected data on a record track of 1,225,000 nautical miles.<ref name=lamont/>


==Cruising yacht ''Mandalay''==
==Cruising yacht ''Mandalay''==
The ship was refitted again as a [[cruise ship|cruising yacht]] for the [[Carribean]] under the name SV ''Mandalay'' (also ''Mandalay of Tortola'').<ref name=miramar/> The ship was operated by [[Windjammer Barefoot Cruises]] from 1982 on. The sail area was given as > 20,000 feet<sup>2</sup><ref name=mandalay/>. The company went out of business in 2008.<ref>[http://www.cruisemates.com/articles/feature/040108.cfm Windjammer Cruises Oficially Out of Business, April 2, 2008]</ref>
The ship was refitted again as a [[cruise ship|cruising yacht]] for the [[Carribean]] under the name SV ''Mandalay'' (also ''Mandalay of Tortola'').<ref name=miramar/> The ship was operated by [[Windjammer Barefoot Cruises]] from 1982 on. The sail area was given as > 20,000 feet<sup>2</sup><ref name=mandalay/>. The company went out of business in 2008.<ref>[http://www.cruisemates.com/articles/feature/040108.cfm Windjammer Cruises Oficially Out of Business, April 2, 2008]</ref>


==Other research vessels of the LDEO==<ref name=lamont/>
* [[RV Conrad]], 1953-1981
* [[RV Eltanin]]. 1962-1975
* [[RV Ewing]], 1988-2005
* [[RV Langseth]], 2006


==Note==
==Note==
The Miramar Ship Index lists the vessel incorrectly as ''Verna'' instead of ''Vema''.<ref name=miramar/>
The Miramar Ship Index lists the vessel incorrectly as ''Verna'' instead of ''Vema''.<ref name=miramar/>
==External links==
* [http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/res/fac/oma/history/images/vematrack.jpg RV Vema's science tracks of 1,225,000 nautical miles]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 17:13, 2 February 2009

History
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1923 SV Hussar
1934: SV Vema
1953: RV Vema
1982: SV Mandalay
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1923: Edward Francis Hutton
1934: Georg Ungar Vetlesen
1953: Columbia University
1982: Windjammer Barefoot Cruises
Operator1953 - 81: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory[2]
BuilderBurmeister & Wain, Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
LaunchedFebruary 2, 1923[1]
CompletedMarch 1923
IdentificationOfficial Number 7738383
Fateinactive
General characteristics
Typeschooner
Tonnage585 GRT GRT uses unsupported parameter (help)[1]
Length49.9 m (163 ft 9 in) (pp)[1]
Beam10.1 m (33 ft 2 in)[1]
Depth15 m (49 ft 3 in)[3]
Capacity72 passengers (as Mandalay)[3]
Crewabout 28 (as Mandalay)[3]


The research vessel Vema was a three-masted schooner of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO). The ship had been first sailed for pleasure under the name Hussar, and after its career as a research vessel it continued to have another career as the cruising yacht Mandalay.[1]

E.F. Hutton's luxury yacht

Designed by Cox & Stevens and built in 1923 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen for E. F. Hutton and his wife Marjorie Merriweather Post, the 585-ton luxury yacht Hussar had an iron-hull and was at its time the epitome of maritime luxus and glamour in its class. In 1934 Hutton had built the Hussar (II) (later Sea Cloud), an even larger yacht than his first Hussar, and thus sold the yacht to the shipping magnate Georg Ungar Vetlesen who renamed it Vema for his wife Maude.

Service during WW II

During WWII the Vema was taken over by the US Coast Guard and patrolled coastal waters. Later she was converted to a floating barrack and training ship and lost her glitter. After the war she was abandoned off Staten Island until "a captain fom Novia Scotia" salvaged the vessel.[2] LDEO leased the vessel in 1953 and soon bought it for $ 100,000.[2]

Research vessel Vema

Vema started circling the globe as the first of LDEO's reseach vessels. Displaying a black hull it wqas used to collect samples of seawater and sediment cores, measure currents and heat flows, perform underwater photography and seismic studies, and map out ocean floors. During Vema's seafloor explorations the Vema Seamount was discovered in 1959; the seamount is located in the South Atlantic about 1,000 km west-north-west of Cape Town, at 31° 38' S., 8° 20' E. [4] The Vema Channel is a deep trough in the Rio Grand Rise of the South Atlantic at 31.3°S, 39.4°W. Discovered during one of Vema's journey's it has a depth of 4,646 m and a width of 18 km and serves as a conduit for the Antarctic bottom water and Wendell sea bottom water.[5] The work on the ship helped to confirm the continental drift theory. By the time of her retirement in 1981 the Vema had collected data on a record track of 1,225,000 nautical miles.[2]

Cruising yacht Mandalay

The ship was refitted again as a cruising yacht for the Carribean under the name SV Mandalay (also Mandalay of Tortola).[1] The ship was operated by Windjammer Barefoot Cruises from 1982 on. The sail area was given as > 20,000 feet2[3]. The company went out of business in 2008.[6]

==Other research vessels of the LDEO==[2]

Note

The Miramar Ship Index lists the vessel incorrectly as Verna instead of Vema.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Miramar Ship Index # 7738383
  2. ^ a b c d e Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. "Marine Operations: Vema (1953-1981)". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |access date= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c d Mandalay information
  4. ^ Antarctic: Flying fish at the Vema seamount. access date=february 2, 2009
  5. ^ AMS glossary access date=February 2, 2009
  6. ^ Windjammer Cruises Oficially Out of Business, April 2, 2008
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