Built in 1900, the schooner Victory Chimes operated as a windjammer starting in 1954. It offered tours of the Maine coast, with room for about 43 passengers.
It was previously known as the Edwin & Maud, and hauled cargo in Chesapeake Bay until 1946, when it was converted to carry passengers.
The 128-foot vessel, which was under Maine ownership for decades, was sold in 2023 to out-of-staters Miles and Alex Pincus.
On July 4 this year, the Victory Chimes sank in New York Harbor. The Pincus brothers have since begun efforts to re-float the vessel with the goal of salvaging and restoring it.
Here are five historical photos of Victory Chimes, taken between 1969 and 1988.
In a photo in the Portland Press Herald on July 3, 1969, the three-masted Victory Chimes windjammer out of Rockland was in Portland Harbor. (William Curran/Staff Photographer)
In this July 15, 1971, Portland Press Herald photo, the Victory Chimes glides into Boothbay Harbor to participate in the ninth annual Windjammer Days. (Walter Elwell/Staff Photographer)
In this Oct. 3, 1985, Press Herald photo, Victory Chimes is seen in Rockland Harbor with Capt. Frederick B. Guild at the helm. (Larry Ouellette/Staff Writer)
A gilded eagle is attached to the stern of the Victory Chimes in this Portland Press Herald photo on Oct. 9, 1985. (Larry Ouellette/Staff Writer)
The Victory Chimes was photographed in July 1988 in dry dock at Samples Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor. (Gordon Chibroski/Staff Photographer)
Aimsel Ponti is a music writer and content producer for the Portland Press Herald. She has been obsessed with – and inspired by – music since she listened to Monkees records borrowed from the town…
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