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Canon EOS 350D
ISO400 - f5.6 - 1/80'' - Manual Fokus - 580EX II flash at 1/16
-Set to Auto Contrast & Auto Color in P'shop
Voigtlander Inos II Folding Camera
(Left)
120 6x9cm/6x4.5cm Roll film
Dual format with Mask
Voigtlander Anastigmat-Skopar 105/f4.5-22 Lens
Scale-focusing knob with Sliding lens rail
Compur B, T, 1-1/250 sec. Leaf shutter
Brilliant & Folding viewfinder
Self-timer, Cable release, & Tripod Socket
Accepts 29mm push-on lens filter
Made in Germany (1933-35)
(Right)
116 6.5x11/6.5x5.5cm Roll film
Dual format with Mask
Voigtlander Anastigmat-Skopar 118/f4.8-22 Lens
Scale-focusing knob with Sliding lens rail
Compur B, T, 1-1/250 sec. Leaf shutter
Brilliant & Folding viewfinder
Self-timer, Cable release, & Tripod Socket
Accepts 32mm push-on lens filter
Made in Germany (1933-35)
Sometimes we lose context in our critiques and judge these cameras like they are all new models on the shelf. It shouldn't matter what the comparisons between them were 50 to 100 years ago, or how they may compare to cameras made today. Now they are all beautiful collector items that we still enjoy using, learning from, or just looking at. From first to last, they are a very important part of our history!
Marissacam II: for 7"x11" paper negative (1/2 sheet 11x14).
100mm focal length/ radius film plane. 160Âș angle of coverage.
Marissacam III: for 5"x8" paper negative. 75mm focal length/ radius film plane. 155Âș angle of coverage.
Both are comprised of a split octagonal foam core shell with single ply illus. board liner.
Abt. the original Marissacam (not shown):
Spring of '05. I was recruited by 9 year old friend, Marissa to help with her science project due the next week. "We" decided to go with a pinhole photo project (surprising). A panoramic camera of black foam core and illustration board construction for paper negative. A 98mm focal length/radius imaging onto 4 1/4x11" paper (8 1/2x11 RC split) for 164Âș of coverage.
The camera was completed and sample imagery was provided in time for Marissa's deadline.
Marissa's teacher considered our project "not scientific", something about, "too predictable". She was more interested in projects like, how plant growth is affected by color filtered lighting or making a battery from a stupid potato...((bitc..)).Anyway, Marissa did receive an "A" in presentation for her knowledge of focal length, degrees of coverage, developers, orthochromatic vs. panchromatic photosensitive materials and other non-scientific stuff.
Vatican Museums
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The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are Christian and art museums located within the city boundaries of the Vatican City. They display works from the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display,[3] and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.[4]
Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century.[5] The Sistine Chapel, with its ceiling decorated by Michelangelo and the Stanze di Raffaello decorated by Raphael, are on the visitor route through the Vatican Museums. In 2017, they were visited by 6 million people, which combined makes it the 4th most visited art museum in the world.[6][7]
There are 54 galleries, or sale, in total,[citation needed] with the Sistine Chapel, notably, being the very last sala within the Museum. It is one of the largest museums in the world.
In 2017, the Museum's official website and social media presence was completely redone, in accord with current standards and appearances for modern websites.[8]
History
The Vatican Museums trace their origin to one marble sculpture, purchased in the 16th century: Laocoön and His Sons was discovered on 14 January 1506, in a vineyard near the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome. Pope Julius II sent Giuliano da Sangallo and Michelangelo Buonarroti, who were working at the Vatican, to examine the discovery. On their recommendation, the pope immediately purchased the sculpture from the vineyard owner. The pope put the sculpture, which depicts the Trojan priest Laocoön and his two sons being attacked by giant serpents, on public display at the Vatican exactly one month after its discovery.
Benedict XIV founded the Museum Christianum, and some of the Vatican collections formed the Lateran Museum, which Pius IX founded by decree in 1854.[9]
The Museums celebrated their 500th anniversary in October 2006 by permanently opening the excavations of a Vatican Hill necropolis to the public.[10]
On 1 January 2017, Barbara Jatta became the Director of the Vatican Museums, replacing Antonio Paolucci who had been director since 2007.
Pinacoteca Vaticana
The art gallery was housed in the Borgia Apartment until Pope Pius XI ordered construction of a proper building. The new building, designed by Luca Beltrami, was inaugurated on 27 October 1932.[13] The museum has paintings including:
âąGiotto's Stefaneschi Triptych
âąOlivuccio di Ciccarello, Opere di Misericordia
âąRaphael's Madonna of Foligno, Oddi Altarpiece and Transfiguration
âąLeonardo da Vinci's St. Jerome in the Wilderness
âąCaravaggio's Entombment
âąPerugino's Madonna and Child with Saints and San Francesco al Prato Resurrection
âąFilippo Lippi's Marsuppini Coronation
âąJan Matejko's Sobieski at Vienna
Collection of Modern Religious Art
The Collection of Modern Religious Art was added in 1973 and houses paintings and sculptures from artists like Carlo CarrĂ , Giorgio de Chirico, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Marc Chagall, Paul Klee, Salvador DalĂ, and Pablo Picasso.[14]
Sculpture museums
The group of museums includes several sculpture museums surrounding the Cortile del Belvedere. These are the Gregoriano Profano Museum, with classical sculpture, and others as below:
Museo Pio-Clementino
A Roman naval bireme depicted in a relief from the Temple of Fortuna Primigenia in Praeneste (Palestrina),[15] constructed c. 120 BC;[16] exhibited in the Pius-Clementine Museum (Museo Pio-Clementino) of the Vatican.
The museum takes its name from two popes; Clement XIV, who established the museum, and Pius VI, the pope who brought the museum to completion. Clement XIV came up with the idea of creating a new museum in Innocent VIII's Belvedere Palace and started the refurbishment work.[17]
Pope Clement XIV founded the Pio-Clementino museum in 1771, and originally it contained the Renaissance and antique works. The museum and collection were enlarged by Clement's successor Pius VI. Today, the museum houses works of Greek and Roman sculpture. Some notable galleries are:
âąGreek Cross Gallery: (Sala a Croce Greca): with the porphyri sarcophagi of Constance and Saint Helen, daughter and mother of Constantine the Great.
âąSala Rotonda: shaped like a miniature Pantheon, the room has impressive ancient mosaics on the floors, and ancient statues lining the perimeter, including a gilded bronze statue of Hercules.
âąGallery of the Statues (Galleria delle Statue): as its name implies, holds various important statues, including Sleeping Ariadne and the bust of Menander. It also contains the Barberini Candelabra.
âąGallery of the Busts (Galleria dei Busti): Many ancient busts are displayed.
âąCabinet of the Masks (Gabinetto delle Maschere): The name comes from the mosaic on the floor of the gallery, found in Villa Adriana, which shows ancient theater masks. Statues are displayed along the walls, including the Three Graces.
âąSala delle Muse: Houses the statue group of Apollo and the nine muses, uncovered in a Roman villa near Tivoli in 1774, as well as statues by important ancient Greek or Roman sculptors. The centerpiece is the Belvedere Torso, revered by Michelangelo and other Renaissance men.[18]
âąSala degli Animali: So named because of the many ancient statues of animals.
Museo Chiaramonti
This museum was founded in the early 19th century by Pope Pius VII, whose surname before his election as pope was Chiaramonti. The museum consists of a large arched gallery in which are exhibited several statues, sarcophagi and friezes. The New Wing, Braccio Nuovo, built by Raffaele Stern, houses statues including the Augustus of Prima Porta, the Doryphoros, and The River Nile. The Galeria Lapidaria forms part of the Museo Chiaramonti, and contains over 3,000 stone tablets and inscriptions. It is accessible only with special permission, usually for the purpose of academic study.
Museo Gregoriano Etrusco[edit]
Founded by Pope Gregory XVI in 1836, this museum has eight galleries and houses important Etruscan pieces, coming from archaeological excavations.[19] The pieces include: vases, sarcophagus, bronzes and the Guglielmi Collection.
Museo Gregoriano Egiziano
This museum houses a large collection of artifacts from Ancient Egypt.[20] Such material includes papyruses, the Grassi Collection, animal mummies, and reproductions of the Book of the Dead.[21]
History
The Museo Gregoriano Egiziano was inaugurated on 2 February 1839 to commemorate the anniversary of Gregory XVI's accession to the papacy. The creation of the Museo Gregoriano Egiziano was particularly close to the pope's heart as he believed the understanding of ancient Egyptian civilisation was vital in terms of its scientific importance as well as its value in understanding the Old Testament. This feeling was expressed in a paper by the museum's first curator, the physiologist and Barnabite, Father Luigi Maria Ungarelli.[17]
Vatican Historical Museum
The Vatican Historical Museum (Italian: Museo storico vaticano) was founded in 1973 at the behest of Pope Paul VI,[22] and was initially hosted in environments under the Square Garden. In 1987, it moved to the main floor of the Apostolic Palace of the Lateran where it opened in March 1991.
The Vatican Historical Museum has a unique collection of portraits of the Popes from the 16th century to date, the memorable items of the Papal Military Corps of the 16â17th centuries and old religious paraphernalia related to rituals of the papacy. Also on display on the lower floor are the papamobili (Popemobiles); carriages and motorcars of Popes and Cardinals, including the first cars used by Popes.[23]
Le stade Louis-II est un stade destiné à la pratique de nombreux sports en principauté de Monaco.
InaugurĂ© le 25 janvier 1985, le stade doit son nom au prince Louis II de Monaco qui fit construire lâancien stade de la principautĂ© (qui portait Ă©galement le nom de stade Louis-II). Sa capacitĂ© est de 18 523 places assises.
Lâenceinte est principalement utilisĂ©e par le club de football de lâAssociation sportive de Monaco, mais elle accueille Ă©galement des meetings dâathlĂ©tisme et la finale de la Supercoupe de l'UEFA de football.
Le stade est également doté d'une salle, la salle Omnisport, servant aux joueurs et joueuses de basket-ball et de handball, d'une piscine (bassin olympique), d'un bassin à plongeon, de salles de sport, de squash ou encore d'escrime.
Il comporte Ă©galement les bureaux administratifs de lâAS Monaco, dâun certain nombre dâadministrations monĂ©gasques et dâune universitĂ© privĂ©e anglophone, lâInternational University of Monaco (IUM). La pelouse repose sur une dalle de bĂ©ton qui est en fait le toit du parc de stationnement situĂ© en dessous. Ă cause de ceci, le club de lâASMFC a rencontrĂ© de nombreux problĂšmes avec sa pelouse[1] et a dĂ» sâĂ©quiper dâun outil appelĂ© Mobile Lighting Rig, qui reproduit les rayons du soleil et permet d'optimiser les qualitĂ©s de la pelouse [rĂ©f. nĂ©cessaire].
Afin de distinguer ce stade de son prédécesseur, qui a été rasé pour laisser la place à un centre commercial, deux musées et une salle polyvalente, on nomme ce dernier « ancien stade Louis-II
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O Stade Louis II é um estådio localizado na cidade de Fontvieille, em MÎnaco. Ele serve como um estådio de futebol, que tem como mandante o AS Monaco, bem como realiza anualmente uma partida da Supercopa Europeia, além de servir como pista de atletismo e lançamento de martelo, apesar de sua relativa baixa capacidade em espectadores (18.523).
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The Stade Louis II is a stadium located in the Fontvieille district of Monaco. It has served as a venue for both football, being the home of AS Monaco as well as the location of the annual UEFA Super Cup match, and athletics, where it formerly hosted the IAAF World Athletics Final (though certain events, such as the hammer, had to be held elsewhere, due to the stadium's relatively small capacity).
The original Stade Louis II was opened in 1939 as the home of AS Monaco. The new stadium was built in the early 1980s, close to the site of the old stadium on land reclaimed from the sea, opening fully in 1985. It presently has a capacity of approximately 18,500 all seated, which is quite large relative to the population of Monaco (about 30,500); it can seat almost two-thirds of the country's population, a feat no other stadium can boast. The vast majority of the stadium's facilities are located underground, with a large car park directly under the pitch (something that has caused some degree of criticism from managers of AS Monaco's opponents in the past over the state of the pitch).
The stadium is named after Louis II, Prince of Monaco, who was the Sovereign Prince of Monaco when the original stadium was built. It features prominently in the early versions of Pro Evolution Soccer.
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Lo Stadio Louis II (in francese Stade Louis II) Ăš uno stadio del Principato di Monaco, situato nel distretto di Fontvieille e dedicato a Luigi II Principe di Monaco, regnante dal 1922 al 1949.
Lo stadio ospita competizioni calcistiche, come le partite casalinghe dell'AS Monaco FC, squadra che disputa il campionato francese di Ligue 1, della Nazionale di calcio del Principato di Monaco e, dal 1998, la Supercoppa Europea. Questo trofeo, in precedenza assegnato dopo due partite, si assegna dal 1998 in gara unica con cadenza annuale alla fine di agosto tra i vincitori della UEFA Champions League e della Europa League. Attualmente Ăš spesso sede dei sorteggi di UEFA Champions League e UEFA Europa League.
Si disputano inoltre competizioni di atletica leggera anche di livello internazionale, come il classico meeting e gare di nuoto, come la tappa del circuito europeo Mare Nostrum. Negli ultimi anni Ăš anche diventato sede di concerti.
Lo Stadio Louis II originario fu inaugurato nel 1939 affinché vi avessero luogo le partite dell'AS Monaco FC. Nei primi anni ottanta, nei pressi della vecchia struttura, fu edificato l'impianto attuale, su un terreno restituito dal mare. Lo Stadio Louis II attuale aprÏ completamente nel 1985.
Ha una capacitĂ di 18.523 posti, tutti a sedere, ed offre molteplici servizi anche sotto il livello del terreno di gioco. Tra questi un campo polivalente indoor (per calcio a 5, basket, pallavolo, pallamano) una palestra, una piscina, un ristorante, gli uffici amministrativi dell'AS Monaco, la sede di un'universitĂ privata anglofona (IUM) ed un ampio parcheggio, sul soffitto del quale poggia il terreno di gioco stesso.
It's the Baroque Frame II texture created in the Filter Forge plugin. It can be seamless tiled and rendered in any resolution without loosing details.
You can see the presets and download this texture for free on the Filter Forge site here â www.filterforge.com/filters/1187.html (created by Sjeti)
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Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia recieves a Russian mission sent by Czar Alexander III in the Adarash (Great Throne Hall) of the Imperial Palace in 1898.
Le stade Louis-II est un stade destiné à la pratique de nombreux sports en principauté de Monaco.
InaugurĂ© le 25 janvier 1985, le stade doit son nom au prince Louis II de Monaco qui fit construire lâancien stade de la principautĂ© (qui portait Ă©galement le nom de stade Louis-II). Sa capacitĂ© est de 18 523 places assises.
Lâenceinte est principalement utilisĂ©e par le club de football de lâAssociation sportive de Monaco, mais elle accueille Ă©galement des meetings dâathlĂ©tisme et la finale de la Supercoupe de l'UEFA de football.
Le stade est également doté d'une salle, la salle Omnisport, servant aux joueurs et joueuses de basket-ball et de handball, d'une piscine (bassin olympique), d'un bassin à plongeon, de salles de sport, de squash ou encore d'escrime.
Il comporte Ă©galement les bureaux administratifs de lâAS Monaco, dâun certain nombre dâadministrations monĂ©gasques et dâune universitĂ© privĂ©e anglophone, lâInternational University of Monaco (IUM). La pelouse repose sur une dalle de bĂ©ton qui est en fait le toit du parc de stationnement situĂ© en dessous. Ă cause de ceci, le club de lâASMFC a rencontrĂ© de nombreux problĂšmes avec sa pelouse[1] et a dĂ» sâĂ©quiper dâun outil appelĂ© Mobile Lighting Rig, qui reproduit les rayons du soleil et permet d'optimiser les qualitĂ©s de la pelouse [rĂ©f. nĂ©cessaire].
Afin de distinguer ce stade de son prédécesseur, qui a été rasé pour laisser la place à un centre commercial, deux musées et une salle polyvalente, on nomme ce dernier « ancien stade Louis-II
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O Stade Louis II é um estådio localizado na cidade de Fontvieille, em MÎnaco. Ele serve como um estådio de futebol, que tem como mandante o AS Monaco, bem como realiza anualmente uma partida da Supercopa Europeia, além de servir como pista de atletismo e lançamento de martelo, apesar de sua relativa baixa capacidade em espectadores (18.523).
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The Stade Louis II is a stadium located in the Fontvieille district of Monaco. It has served as a venue for both football, being the home of AS Monaco as well as the location of the annual UEFA Super Cup match, and athletics, where it formerly hosted the IAAF World Athletics Final (though certain events, such as the hammer, had to be held elsewhere, due to the stadium's relatively small capacity).
The original Stade Louis II was opened in 1939 as the home of AS Monaco. The new stadium was built in the early 1980s, close to the site of the old stadium on land reclaimed from the sea, opening fully in 1985. It presently has a capacity of approximately 18,500 all seated, which is quite large relative to the population of Monaco (about 30,500); it can seat almost two-thirds of the country's population, a feat no other stadium can boast. The vast majority of the stadium's facilities are located underground, with a large car park directly under the pitch (something that has caused some degree of criticism from managers of AS Monaco's opponents in the past over the state of the pitch).
The stadium is named after Louis II, Prince of Monaco, who was the Sovereign Prince of Monaco when the original stadium was built. It features prominently in the early versions of Pro Evolution Soccer.
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Lo Stadio Louis II (in francese Stade Louis II) Ăš uno stadio del Principato di Monaco, situato nel distretto di Fontvieille e dedicato a Luigi II Principe di Monaco, regnante dal 1922 al 1949.
Lo stadio ospita competizioni calcistiche, come le partite casalinghe dell'AS Monaco FC, squadra che disputa il campionato francese di Ligue 1, della Nazionale di calcio del Principato di Monaco e, dal 1998, la Supercoppa Europea. Questo trofeo, in precedenza assegnato dopo due partite, si assegna dal 1998 in gara unica con cadenza annuale alla fine di agosto tra i vincitori della UEFA Champions League e della Europa League. Attualmente Ăš spesso sede dei sorteggi di UEFA Champions League e UEFA Europa League.
Si disputano inoltre competizioni di atletica leggera anche di livello internazionale, come il classico meeting e gare di nuoto, come la tappa del circuito europeo Mare Nostrum. Negli ultimi anni Ăš anche diventato sede di concerti.
Lo Stadio Louis II originario fu inaugurato nel 1939 affinché vi avessero luogo le partite dell'AS Monaco FC. Nei primi anni ottanta, nei pressi della vecchia struttura, fu edificato l'impianto attuale, su un terreno restituito dal mare. Lo Stadio Louis II attuale aprÏ completamente nel 1985.
Ha una capacitĂ di 18.523 posti, tutti a sedere, ed offre molteplici servizi anche sotto il livello del terreno di gioco. Tra questi un campo polivalente indoor (per calcio a 5, basket, pallavolo, pallamano) una palestra, una piscina, un ristorante, gli uffici amministrativi dell'AS Monaco, la sede di un'universitĂ privata anglofona (IUM) ed un ampio parcheggio, sul soffitto del quale poggia il terreno di gioco stesso.
Spent the day enjoying the wind, sailing out on the Broads and stopped to take a few photos on the drive home.
Just down the road from me is this new Wind Turbine. I had only seen it in the distance but the field it was in was not fenced off so got a few shots. I took a few. Shot with a dark exposure, but used an external flash unit to 'fill in' the foreground. It came out quite cool with the wind thrashing against the grass.
Crumb quilt with aqua sashing to donate to our local hospital for gifting to premature babies.
Hoping to make a few to donate.
Manufactured by Kodak AG, Germany
Model: c.1940, type 160, (produced between 1939-41)
The type is as to Camerapedia
35 mm Folder film camera
Lens: Kodak-Anastigmat 50mm f/3,5, three elements, serial no. 1537846
Aperture: f/3.5 - f/16, setting dial and the small chrome pointer on the lens
Focusing: front element focusing type
Focus range: 2-10m +inf
Shutter: leaf shutter Compur, speeds: 1 - 1/300 +B, settings: ring and scale on the shutter
Cocking lever : on the shutter, behind the lens-shutter barrel
Shutter release: two way, directly with a lever on the shutter or release knob on the top plate
The shutter release on the top plate will only work properly when a film is installed also note that the shutter must be manually cocked for each exposure
Winding knob: double exposure prevention, (works only with a film), right side of the top plate
Frame counter: advance type, manuel setting, dial on the top plate
Viewfinder: reverse telescope optical finder,
neither parallax nor dioptric adjustment, on the top plate
Cable release socket: near the shutter release
Re-winding knob: left side of the top plate
Advance/rewind setting lever: on the back of the camera top plate, behind the film advance knob, points A and R, automatically resets to advance mode
Back cover: hinged, opens via a pop-up lever, left side of the camera
Relief on the back cover: Retinette
Sticker inside of the back cover: Kodak Film Nr.135
Bellows opening knob: on the bottom plate,
bellows closing: simultaneously press the two button beside the front sides of the bellows rails, and push the system backward
Tripod socket: old type 3/8''
Serial no. 383367K
w/ leather case
The Kodak Retinette II was the second folding Retinette.
They were introduced in 1939 as a less expensive alternative to the Kodak Retina series.
The first models were of the folding type using bellows and their lenses had three elements
The original Retina introduced in 1934 with the new development of a daylight loading film cartridge in 35 mm format that made quality cameras and pictures available to the ordinary citizens of the day.
The Retina was produced by Nagel Camerawerk in Germany and when Kodak acquired Nagel, it was able to sell quality cameras without the necessary investment of development and testing as Nagel was already a respected camera manufacturer.
See hanhamhistory.blogspot.com/2012/04/little-of-hanhams-hist...
Hanham is situated roughly half way between Bristol and Bath on the B4321. This is an old Roman road used for travelling between the Roman port (Portus Abonae) at Sea Mills and Bath. The weir powered several mills in the area and the lock opened in 1727, thus improving the passage of coal and quarry stone along the River Avon in the Bath direction.
See British Listed buildings: 1-4 Hanham Mills road are Grade II listed buildings from C17 or early C18 cottages (Nos 1 and 2 particularly), altered in the C19 and modernised. All four houses are connected with Hanham Mill and probably with the Avon Navigation Scheme (1720s).
1:18 1939 Mercedes W165 By CMC
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Camera: Canon EOS 7D.
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM
lights: one off camera flash 580EX II in softbox
This is my version of What Dreams May Come. It got a lot of bad reviews that one.. but I liked it at the time. At least visually.
Gentleman's Motor Cruiser Cordelia II, lying in Tobermory Harbour, 29 April 2013. Built Tarbert, 1929; re-engined 1955. 31 tons. © Professor S B
The beautiful Cordelia II was built in 1929 as a gentleman's yacht by the famous yacht builders Dickies of Tarbert, Argyll, for Mr William Anderson, a wealthy vegetable merchant from Cumberland. She was built to the highest Lloyds 100 A1 standard for the personal use of her owner and operated by a crew of four. She was built of the very best materials, Burmese teak planking on grown oak frames and bronze fastenings and fittings throughout and was powered by two Gardner 3J5 three cylinder engines, both of which are now in preservation, one being at Liverpool Maritime Museum.
In 1939 Cordelia was requisitioned by the Ministry of War for harbour protection duties and operated primarily in the Clyde estuary on submarine patrol duties. In 1946 she was repurchased by Mr Anderson and remained in his ownership until the early 1950s. She was then bought by Mr Cedric Pochin who kept her in North Wales. He re-engined her in 1955 with twin Gardner 5L3 90hp engines, sea water cooled , which still power her now. These engines idle at 200 rpm and have a maximum of 850 rpm, giving Cordelia a cruising speed of 10 knots. In 1981 Mr Pochin died and Cordelia was bought by Jim and Rhoda Gill and taken to Devon where she was based until 2002 when she was purchased by Alistair and Eleanor Hammond. They carried out a sympathetic restoration programme including the fuel and electric systems.
In 2005 they sailed her to France to take part in the famous Brest International Classic Boat Festival. Also in 2005 Cordelia took part in the Royal Spithead Revue before the Queen to celebrate 200 years since Trafalgar. They were unable to complete the restoration and she remained for some years in the Thames estuary alongside the Chatham Maritime Museum. The present owners found her there in 2011 and quickly realised that, while she was cosmetically in a very poor state she was fundamentally very sound. A comprehensive survey confirmed this and, after basic preparation, she was able to sail under her own power up the east coast and along the Caledonian Canal to her new base in Tobermory, Isle of Mull. Renovation work required for a commercial certificate to enable her to carry passengers is being carried out though much remains to be done.