"THE SCHOONER RAM VICTORY CHIMES"
Formerly the Edwin and Maud, built in Bethel, Sussex County, Delaware in 1899 and
launched in April 1990 and at the time of the Bicenteniel, still proudly sailing
by Ellen Rice
Original 20" x 24" pen & ink by Ellen Rice (sold)
Created in celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial and Bethel, Delaware's part in the Tall Ship Regatta
Black and white offset lithographs and watercolored lithographs available.
Created in celebration of the U.S. Bicentennial and Bethel, Delaware's part in the Tall Ship Regatta
Black and white offset lithographs and watercolored lithographs available.
"The Victory Chimes"
by Ellen Rice
Victory Chimes is the last Delaware Schooner Ram to have been in passenger service. This pen and ink portrays the ship's 1976 passage through the Chesapeake Bay in the U.S. Bicentennial's historic Tall Ships Regatta.
Formerly named The Edwin & Maud after sea captain Robert Riggins' children, the schooner was built in 1899 in Bethel, Sussex County, Delaware, on the shores of a tributary of the Nanticoke River.
Victory Chimes was used in freight service on the Chesapeake Bay until 1945 when she was sold and put into passenger service. She was in passenger service under several different ownerships and names, including Domino's Pizza under the name "The Domino Effect."
She was taken into fresh water in the Great Lakes and she began to deteriorate. She was sold and put back in salt water, and until a few years ago, she remained in service as a passenger Windjammer, providing short voyages and cruises that were booked from Bar Harbor, Maine.
More of the Schooner Ram Victory Chime's long history is coming.
Sadly, The Victory Chimes sank this July 4th, 2026, during a squall in New York City Harbor.
- Ellen
Formerly named The Edwin & Maud after sea captain Robert Riggins' children, the schooner was built in 1899 in Bethel, Sussex County, Delaware, on the shores of a tributary of the Nanticoke River.
Victory Chimes was used in freight service on the Chesapeake Bay until 1945 when she was sold and put into passenger service. She was in passenger service under several different ownerships and names, including Domino's Pizza under the name "The Domino Effect."
She was taken into fresh water in the Great Lakes and she began to deteriorate. She was sold and put back in salt water, and until a few years ago, she remained in service as a passenger Windjammer, providing short voyages and cruises that were booked from Bar Harbor, Maine.
More of the Schooner Ram Victory Chime's long history is coming.
Sadly, The Victory Chimes sank this July 4th, 2026, during a squall in New York City Harbor.
- Ellen
