I found on the net a photo of the Maldives Government schooner, and this photo was used for the design comparing the ship with the 1r stamp issued by the Maldives in 1975, which gives “Maldivian schooner” Not much I found on her, where built and her fate are unknown.
I have her under two names the FATHUL-MAJEED and FATH-UL-MAJID, a two masted schooner with a length of 20.79m. During the expedition in 1922 in which she was issued she did have a crew of 13.
More information on her is welcome.
Below is given what I downloaded from the net on the expedition:
1922 British administrator H.C.P. Bell http://www.scientistsdb.com/index.php?t ... urvis_Bell accompanies the visiting party to Malè. Bell has been instructed to revise his ‘Report on the Maldive Islands’ prepared for the Ceylon government in 1881, to locate the historical records known as the Tareek in Shamsudeen’s archives, and to investigate the history and archaeological remains of Buddhism in Maldives. Bell is given only three weeks for these tasks.
Shamsudeen grants Bell use of the Maldive government schooner Fathul-Majeed , and Haji Ismail Didi accompanies the expedition again. Sails to Gan island on Laam atoll and investigates Buddhist ruins there for ten days. Moves north to Mundhoo island to examine more ruins. Across the Veymandhoo channel in Guraidhoo island on Thaa atoll, Bell sees the traditional grave of king Usman I (late 1300s). In Kolhufushi island (now joined with an adjacent island and renamed Kolhuvaariyaafushi) on Meemu atoll, Bell is shown an old rusted Portuguese sword believed to have belonged to the sixteenth century Maldive hero Mohamed Bodu Takurufan. The sword was kept at the main island mosque. Later, in Guraidhoo Island on Malè atoll, Bell examines the grave of King Hussein II who died in 1620. Back in Malè, Bell and his staff gather information for five months before they leave in September.
Maldives 1975 5la sg590, scott?
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