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Category: Mailboats

Mailboats Article 3 for Tribune Spring/Summer 2016: Abaco

December 18, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 18, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
SS Athelqueen SS Ruth

Mailboats Article 2 for Tribune Spring/Summer 2016: History from 1804

December 18, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 18, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats

Mailboats Article 1 for Tribune Spring/Summer 2016: Motives

December 18, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 18, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats

M/V SAMANA, built Bahamas 1940s, US Navy in WWII, back to Caribbean

December 18, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 18, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
Austin Levy Caribbean transport ship for USN WWII Hatchet Bay Eleuthera Ltd. MV Samana YAG-28 US Navy WWII

Interior Photos of one of the mailboats serving southern Bahamas

December 15, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 15, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
mailboat cabins mailboat interior mailboat kitchen galley mailboat toilet head mailboats bahamas travel conditions

PHOTO ESSAY by Ron Lightbourn – Historical vessels from the Bahamas’ maritime past

December 15, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 15, 2016by Eric Wiberg
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Abaco Schooner BAhamas Arawak Schooner BAhamas Beatrice Schooner BAhamas Captain C Captain Moxey Endion Louise Schooner Briland Marie J. Thompson shipbuilding Harbour Island Eleuthera BAhamas

PHOTO MONTAGE by Ron Lighbourn of Potter’s Cay & Nassau 2015

December 15, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 15, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
Alleluia Gloire Haiti Bahama Daybreak Capt. Gurth Dean Eleuthera Express Lady Emerald Lady Mathilda Legacy Nassau Harbour BAhamas PHotos of Potter's Cay VI-NAIS

NASSAUVIAN Carried the mails from Miami to Nassau and back 1920s for Allan Line

December 14, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 14, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
Allan Line Miami-Nassau mail route Ronald Lightbourn SS Nassauvian

M/V LIBERTY Built Briland 1940s sailed Spanish Wells, Andros into 1980s

December 14, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 14, 2016by Eric Wiberg
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AUTEC Earl & Gerald Johnson Earl Johnson 1805-1981 Eddie Spargur Fresh Creek Andros Kendal Butler m/v LIBERTY Spanish Wells Bahamas 1950s

Lastest SCHEDULE of Mailboats leaving/arriving Potter’s Cay Dock Nassau to 25 Nov. 2016

December 14, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 14, 2016by Eric Wiberg
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arrival Potters Cay Dock Bahamas family islands by boat Bahamas out islands by boat deapartures Potters Cay Dock mailboat schedule mailboats Bahamas program for mailboats travel the Bahamas by sea

Photo Essay of Potter’s Cay Dock, Mailboats, etc. Sept. & Nov. 2016

December 14, 2016March 7, 2017 Updated December 14, 2016by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
Adventurer I Bahamas Daybreak Bo Hengy Cape Maria East Wind Fiesta Mailboat Grand Master Inagua Spray KCT Legacy Shipping M/V Lady Kathreina New G SeaLink TransCargo II tug Robert M. Tomlinson VI-NAIS

M/V South Andros Queen served South Andros 1975 per leaked diplomatic cable

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
Mailboats
leaked diplomatic cable Bahamas South Andros Queen Wikileaks telegram Bahamas mailboats 1975

M/V South Andros Express served South Andros Bahamas mid-1970s per a leaked diplomatic cable

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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AUTEC freighter South Andros Express Jim Gilson leaked diplomatic cable WikiLeaks Wikileaks telegram Bahamas mailboats 1975

M/V Miss Beverly served Andros in 1975 per a leaked Govt. telegram listing Bahamian mailboats, now on WikiLeaks

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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mailboats Andros Bahamas Miss Beverly mailboat WikiLeaks

M/V Miss BJ, formerly M/V Jeleta, mailboat served the Bahamas in 1980s – 1999, scuttled off Atoll Island

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Apol A. Scheepswerf freighter Bahamas Jeleta built 1965 Kamps Scheepvaart Groningen M/V Sambre Miss BJ photoship.co.uk Prince George Dock Nassau shipindex.org wrecksite.eu

M/V Island Spirit mailboat in the Bahamas 1975, little else is known

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Bahamas mailboats Bahamian frieghters Island Spirit

M/V Christine D. served Bahamas in August 1975, no further information

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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mailboat Bahamas vessel "Christine D." Wikileaks telegram Bahamas mailboats 1975

M/V Captain Johnson Ind. served Bahama Islands from Nassau 1975, little else is known

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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mailboat Captain Johnson

M/V Commonwealth served Crooked Island & Acklins Islands, 1989

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Acklins Island Bahamas Crooked Island BAhamas freighter Commonwealth mailboat Commonwealth 1989

M/V Captain Fox served Eleuthera from Nassau c.2000

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Getting There & Away Governors Harbour Eleuthera Bahamas Hatchet Bay Eleuthera Bahamas Lonely Planet Guide to Bahamas & Turks & Caicos 2nd Edition mailboat to Eleuthera

M/V Big Yard Express served Mangrove Cay Andros 1989

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Bahamas mailboats 1989 mailboat Bahamas Mangrove Cay Andros Trevor Hamilton & Associates Kingston Jamaica

M/V ABASTASHA or LADY TASHA, served Mayaguana, Crooked Island, Acklins Island Bahamas in 1975 – PHOTO 2016

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Abastasha Acklins Island Bahamas Crooked Island BAhamas mail boat Bahamas 1975 mailboat Mayaguana Bahamas

M/V Mia Desa or M/V Miz Desa served Abaco ports in the 1970s – 1990s

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Abaco Bahamas Green Turtle Cay Hope Town Marsh Harbour Treasure Cay

M/V Gleaner Express served Ragged Island from Nassau from 1973-1975, probably beyond

May 8, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 8, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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M/V Gleaner Express Nassau Tribune Ragged island Bahamas Wikileaks telegram Bahamas mailboats 1975

M/V Offshore, 76′ twin-screw motor mailboat served the Bahamas 1973-1975, possibly beyond

May 6, 2015March 7, 2017 Updated May 6, 2015by Eric Wiberg
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Eleuthera Limited Motor vessel "offshore" Nassau Bahamas Nassau

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