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H.M.S. CHALLENGER. Towing the abandoned ship BARUNER into St. Thomass.March 18, 1873 from the CHALLENGER SKETCHBOOK by B. Shepard. This work wasdiscovered by J. Welles Henderson, a benefactor of the Philadelphia MaritimeMuseum. Text developed by Harris B. Stewart, oceanographer and marine sciencehistorian, then head of NOAA's AOML.