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Mary B Mitchell (schooner) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Mary B Mitchell (schooner)
The ''Mary B Mitchell'' was a British and later an Irish schooner, affectionately known as ''Mary B.''. She was a pleasure craft, a war hero, a working schooner, a film star and a transporter of essential cargoes in dangerous waters. Built in 1892 she carried slate from Wales. In 1912 she was acquired by Lord Penrhyn and converted into a luxury yacht and spent two years cruising the Mediterranean. She resumed carrying cargo; it was china clay on this occasion. In April 1916, she was requisitioned as a Q-ship she featured strongly in reports at the time, however no U-boats were actually damaged. In 1919 she joined the Arklow fleet and for the next dozen years she traded on the Irish Sea. In 1934 she appeared in a film. She featured in a number of films. ''Mary B.'' was then retired. At the outbreak of World War II, she was brought out of retirement. ''Mary B.'' brought vital food to Britain and vital coal to Ireland. She travelled to Lisbon to collect American cargoes. In December 1944, she was wrecked in a storm. ==Early career== ''Mary B Mitchell'' was built by Paul Rogers in 1892 at Carrickfergus, as a three-masted topsail schooner.〔Forde ''Maritime Arklow'', p 84〕 She started her career exporting slate from North Wales to Hamburg. She was owned by Lord Penrhyn and served for a period as a yacht, before being put to work as a coaster,〔Ritchie p8〕 transporting china clay from Cornwall.
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