Talk:Star of India (ship)

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[edit] Oldest-ness?

I coreected the statement that this is the 2nd oldest afloat. This may (uh, not that I know for sure) be the third oldest afloat) in the US (Constitution and Constellation), but it is not the second oldest afloat in the world. See HMS Trincomalee (1817) and HMS Unicorn (1824). There may be more, but I didn't spend much time researching it. 24.160.199.161

The article for USS Constitution says that *it* is the oldest seaworthy ship in the world. I'm in no place to judge the seaworthiness of a ship, but at most one of these pages is correct. - Molinari 20:18 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)

The Constitution page should be fixed, probably my fault - ability to move under own power in a quiet bay on a calm day is not really "seaworthiness". Stan 21:55 3 Jul 2003 (UTC)

According to the Constitution's events page, it was scheduled to at least leave port six times in 2006, which seems seaworthy enough. Obviously they only sail it in good weather, but I wager they only sail the Star of India in good weather, too. 207.171.180.101 02:55, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo

I'd like to post a photo of the ship though I need to ck on copyright laws... any guidelines? I took the photo... -- 00:24, 2004 Aug 31 User:DennisDaniels

Try Wikipedia:Image use policy. Hope this helps. -- PFHLai 06:00, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with Euterpe?

The articles for the Star of India and Euterpe are redundant, since they represent the same ship at different points in history. These articles ought to be merged into one. Willy Logan 05:40, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

• Agree - should be one article for the same ship. Either Euterpe (ship) is the lead article with a re-direct from Star of India (ship) or vice versa Boatman 11:02, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

• Agree - Star of India seems the most appropriate choice as lead article. Although this is not the ships given name, it is certainly the one by which it is currently best known (everyone who lives in San Diego knows it); this would also help avoid confusion with the Muse of Greek mythological fame. joe

Good work on the merge. -Willy Logan 22:59, 10 November 2005 (UTC)