Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1912 — The Oldest In Lloyds. [ARTICLE]

The Oldest In Lloyds.

London. —The oldest craft to be found in Lloyd’s register is a schooner or ketch of 33 tons burden, called The Purveyor, having just 102 years of service to her credit . A few weeks ago she was purchased by a Norwegian, Captain Reinertsen. who is now preparing to sail her from Biddeford, In Devon, to Durban, in the South Indian Ocean, a distance of 6,000 milee.