Volume One - Into the Victorian Age - Some newspaper reports from the 1880's

• June 1888 - Regarding the County of Edinburgh - 'Regarding the four-masted ship County of Edinburgh, it is worthy of mention that, although of a large size and propelled by so many sails, yet her late captain -  Mr. Hood - found her so easy to handle that he ventured upon the unique feat of setting sail upon her in Penarth Dock, and proceeded straight to sea without the aid of a tug, or any other extraneous help, and when next heard of had reached Bombay. Such a performance is credible alike to the builders of the vessel and to the seamanship of her commander.' - The Engineer [015] [499] 8th June 1888.

'County of Edinburgh' - A painting by Antonio Nicolo Gasparo Jacobsen (1850-1921). The Scottish barque was stranded on Point Pleasant Beach, 12th February 1900. The vessel was en route from Cape Town to New York when blown ashore by high winds in poor visibility. She was refloated 3 days later. The vessel was eventually wrecked at South Rock, County Down, Ireland on 7th November 1916. [1056]