Hi Sterling, There is at least one other: November 17, 1981 Chiang-Khan (H5) Loei, Thailand FISHERMAN'S BOAT A Thai fisherman gave the following account: at said time, he was fishing on the Mekhong River to catch some fish for breakfast. He saw the "devil's ball" coming from South, and soon it vanished with a mighty burst. However, he had to seek shelter against the falling stones under a wool blanket, as stones were falling in to his boat - enough that they filled both his hands. Afterwards, he said, he had thrown "the ugly black stones", which for sure meant no good, into the river. I have the best of these - though had to pay dearly. Would love some Tahara..... anyone??? Michael
on 1/22/07 3:10 PM, Sterling K. Webb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, Tracy, Michael, List, > > I know of only one confirmed hit on a ship: > > TAHARA (JAPAN) H5 1991 > "The meteorite was found on deck of the ship > M.S. Century-Highway No. 1, which was loading > cars in the T-3 berth on Toyota-pier at Toyohashi > harbour (Tahara district). When the crew came > back from lunch after 12:00, they found meteorite > fragments spread out from two impact dents in > the steel deck, the largest measuring 20 x 6.5 cm > and 3 cm depth, the smaller 17cm away from it. > From the size of the impact dent the total weight > was estimated to more than 5kg, but most of it > was thrown into the ocean by the cleaning crew, > only about 1 kg are preserved. No sound was > heard accompanying the fall, but during car > loading it was very noisy." > > Keep that cleaning crew away from meteorites. > Send'em over to my house. > > > Sterling K. Webb > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "tracy latimer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:51 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Honolulu > > > I reviewed the little I had regarding the Honolulu fall, and have to make a > retraction -- or maybe a redirection. Although my material cannot confirm > whether any fragments struck ships at anchor in the harbor, several did fall > on and around the mission house settlement by the harbor, one striking > "coral rock", which was commonly used for construction of walls and houses. > Before I could definitively say Honolulu was a hammer, I'd have to do more > research to confirm it, but it's not unlikely. > > BTW, I think my statement came from misreading the original article in Aloha > Airline's inflight magazine; it said that sailors from the Russian frigate > Predpriatie took meteoric fragments back to Russia with them. I had thought > that meant they collected pieces that fell on the ship. Apparently they > instead collected them on the mission house grounds and brought them aboard. > My small piece at least has that likely provenance! > > Tracy Latimer > > >> From: Michael L Blood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: tracy latimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Meteorite List >> <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Honolulu >> Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 12:17:38 -0800 >> >> Tracy, >> I would love to add Honolulu to my list of hammers. Do you >> (or anyone else) know of ANY reference to any stones from this >> fall hitting a ship? If so, please provide the source. >> RSVP >> Thanks, Michael >> >> on 1/22/07 9:55 AM, tracy latimer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Honolulu -- might also count as a hammer, >>> since pieces fell in Honolulu harbor, and some (apocryphally) landed on >>> ships anchored there. >>> >>> Tracy Latimer > > -- It is difficult to get a man to understand something if his salary depends on him not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair -- What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It is what we know for sure that just ain't so. - Josh Billings (but oft credited to Mark Twain) ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list