MAILBOAT NAME: M/V Lady Margo II
PAST NAMES: Frankie Lynn
DIMENSIONS: 127 tons, IMO # 7223778
BUILDER: Master Marine, Bayou La Batre, Alabama usa
YEAR BUILT: 1971
EARLY CAREER: most likely a commercial fishing vessel in the US Gulf before the Bahamas
CAPTAINS: not known
OWNERS: not known but in the US her original owner was Walter R. Hicks
FATE: no longer in service May 2014
NOTES: This vessel was listed as serving the Bahamas as a mail boat in the source listed below:
Under “Travelling Between Islands” they list “Lady Margo” as serving Andros from Nassau
“Departs Nassau every Tuesday / Sailing Time: 7 1/2 hours”
http://www.geographia.com/bahamas/travbetween.htm
The website covering hulls built by the yard which built her says that the original “Lady Margo” is “Now Lady Margo II (Bahamas)”.
Source: http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/5small/active/mastermarine.htm