Caption from a blog on Bahamasweekly.com, Aug 31, 2011: “NASSAU, The Bahamas — Some of the almost 100 boxes of groceries, home goods and pot sets provided by the Bahamas Red Cross Society, await being loded on the MV Lady Frances for shipment to Rum Cay and Cat Island, on August 30, 2011. (NEMA Photo/ Eric Rose)”
Photo source: http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/bis-news-updates/Hurricane_Irene_Disaster_Relief_in_High_Gear17576.shtml
MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Lady Frances (sometimes refered to as Lady Francis)
PAST NAMES: none known
DIMENSIONS: 154 tons, motor vessel, IMO # 8834938
CONSTRUCTION: steel
YEAR BUILT: 1989
Captain of the Lady Frances at the wheel leaving Cockburn Harbour, San Salvador, 2002
Photo source: Author photo/collection