New Maryland Dove to visit Annapolis – The Southern Maryland Chronicle

The brand new Maryland Dove, an 84-foot wood ship from Historic St. Mary’s Metropolis (HSMC), will likely be visiting Annapolis from September 9 – 11, 2022. The general public is invited throughout this time to get a glimpse of what touring by water was like for the primary European settlers and to see the attractive ship in particular person. 

In 2018, HSMC introduced that the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) had been chosen to construct a brand-new Maryland Dove. The ship, a duplicate of the Seventeenth-century buying and selling vessel that accompanied the primary European settlers to what’s now Maryland, is owned by the state of Maryland and operated and maintained by the Historic St. Mary’s Metropolis Fee.

An earlier model of the ship, constructed within the Seventies by Cambridge’s Jim Richardson, was nearing the tip of its helpful life, and many years of recent analysis meant {that a} new ship might be designed to be a extra traditionally correct illustration of the unique Maryland Dove.

After 4 years of planning, designing, and building, on August 27, 2022, the newly constructed Maryland Dove arrived dwelling in Historic St. Mary’s Metropolis. This iconic ship will now be touring to a number of ports across the Chesapeake Bay to rejoice its completion. With help from the Maryland Heritage Authority and a Multi-Heritage Space Grant, the primary port of name would be the Metropolis Dock in Annapolis, Maryland. 

The ship is scheduled to reach in Annapolis late Thursday night, September 8. Maryland Dove will likely be open as a dockside exhibit from 1- 6 p.m. Friday, September 9, and 10 a.m. to six p.m. Saturday and Sunday (September 10 and 11). 

Peter Friesen, HSMC Director of Training says concerning the tour, “Not solely will this Heritage Tour public program showcase all the vital work executed at HSMC, however it can carry HSMC to the opposite Heritage Areas of Maryland as we share our tales of discovery and achievement with the remainder of Maryland’s residents.”

The celebration will proceed by means of the yr as the brand new Maryland Dove excursions the Chesapeake Bay, sharing the exhibit with Marylanders at completely different ports of name. 

The Metropolis Dock is situated at Dock St, Annapolis, MD 21401.