Just One Of Those
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Graces
In a very formal note from the British Residency, Vila, New Hebrides, we have been informed that it has been decided to name the 68-foot British Service vessel, at present under construction at Milikraft Boatyard Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, “Euphrosyne” after the steam yacht which was attached to the Residency between 1912 and 1929 and was sold in Noumea after being thrown upon a reef in a sudden squall.
The first “Euphrosyne”, which was purchased from a private owner in the United Kingdom, was a wooden vessel 131 feet long, built at Gosport in England in 1889, coal fired, with a cruising speed of eight knots.
We have been informed, further, that Euphrosyne was one of the three Graces of classical mythology, and means “Good Cheer”. We are of the opinion that in naming ships as in naming race horses, it’s better to stick to something simple that won’t he murdered by the public at large. As “Cheers” is about the most overworked word in any South Pacific vocabulary, it might have been an idea to give this name to the new ship and save a lot of confusion.