Mr. Wheatly Cobb, of Falmouth, in an attractive pamphlet entitled
A Trafalgar Ship for Bea Scouts, appeals for £20,000 to maintain the old ' Implacable' as a headquarters training centre forthe naval side of Sir Robert Baden-Pewell's excellent organization. The ` Implacable,' formerly the "Duguay-Trouin,' was built in' 1789 and was captured after Trafalgar. She passed into the British Navy under her present name and after forty years of active service was converted into a training ship. She was advertised for sale in 1908, but Mr. -Cobb persuaded the Admiralty to let him preserve the old ship in Falmouth Harbour- beside an old frigate which he had bought and used as a boys' home. A friend has offered £10,000 for the repair of the Implasable ' if a maintenance fund is subscribed. Every reader who. studies the charming, photographs and Mr. Tuke's coloured sketch of the Implacable' in this pamphlet will wish to contribute to the upkeep of the fine old ship which, like the
Victory,' recalls the glorious past of the Navy and the skill and taste of the shipbuilders.
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