MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Lady Cordeaux
PAST NAMES: none known
DIMENSIONS: 115’9″ long, 28’6″ wide, 10’3″ deep, 275 tons, Official # 151881
CONSTRUCTION: wood (believed)
A news article in the Salt Lake City Utah Deseret News dated September 19, 1932 reads: Nassau, AP, Sept. 10: “The relief ship Lady Cordeaux bearing food and medical supplies to storm sufferers in the Abaco group of the Bahamas reached Green Turtle Bay today and found the island devastated. ….The Lady Cordeaux made the 110-mile journey from Nassau at full speed. Heading the relief party were Dr. H. A. Quackenbush of Montraeal and Major Hugh Bell, formerly of St. Catherine’s Ont.”
Source: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=336&dat=19320910&id=X-Y0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zbUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6111,836478
Source on data: http://www.crewlist.org.uk/data/viewimages.php?year=1940&name=LADY CORDEAUX&page=217&imagesource=CLIP images