<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4bb899d2-2a84-4422-8b71-3bc2dfc92e1c/030DA0CA-C0A9-4C50-A0F1-5F3771779628/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thamestugs.co.uk/THAT-DARN-NEEDLE%21.php" href="http://thamestugs.co.uk/THAT-DARN-NEEDLE%21.php" style="font-size: 11px;">thamestugs.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thamestugs.co.uk/THAT-DARN-NEEDLE%21.php"><DIV>8th September 1877. A telegram was received, by The Times, from John Dixon stating that the launch had been somewhat delayed because a rock had punctured the cylinder whilst it was being rolled and it had started taking in water. The tugs could not then move it so hydraulic jacks were employed to turn the cylinder, bringing the hole clear so that it could be repaired. After repair the cylinder was pumped out, launching completed and it was taken on a highly successful six mile trial tow. The cylinder was then placed in the Khedive’s dry dock for the adding of bilge keels, mast, deckhouse and ballasting  etc.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thamestugs.co.uk/THAT-DARN-NEEDLE%21.php"><DIV><U>S.S. OLGA</U></DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thamestugs.co.uk/THAT-DARN-NEEDLE%21.php"><DIV>10th October 1877. Olga and tow were reported by Lloyds, Lisbon, as having passed Sagres at 0540.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thamestugs.co.uk/THAT-DARN-NEEDLE%21.php"><DIV>13th October 1877. Cape Finisterre passed 1700, light Southerly wind.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thamestugs.co.uk/THAT-DARN-NEEDLE%21.php"><DIV>17th October 1877 2100. Olga arrived at Falmouth, reporting Cleopatra abandoned at 44.53N 7.52W, on her beam ends in a SW force 8 gale and that Olga’s  2nd mate and five hands had been lost.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/030DA0CA-C0A9-4C50-A0F1-5F3771779628/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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