NEW CADET CHALLENGE

Congratulation to Cadet Robert Ferguson who solved the puzzle.  Congratulations also to Cadet Soriano who solved the puzzle back in August.

The weather at the Cape Horn makes it a notorious location where many ships have been lost to the sea. George Lyon, the famous diver, has discovered four ships that sank in the same spot, one on top of each other.


With some skill, George was able to determine the name, captain, cargo, destination and year each ship was built. The question is, can you?  You will find the following most useful:

1. During his first exploration of the site, George determined there were four ships - the Red Barn, the ship built in 1743, the ship captained by Quigley and the ship carrying tea that was bound for North America.

2.The ship that carried a cargo of saffron was built after the ship that carried a cargo of tea.

3. An entry in one ship's log found at the site indicated that the ship built in 1530 was carrying a valuable cargo of gold.

4. One ship was carrying botanical specimens to Spain. George determined that this was not the Royal Bride.

5. The Scarlet Queen, a pirate ship, was certainly built before the nineteenth century but not as early as the sixteenth. The captain of this ship was the famous rogue Parrothead.

6. The Runner was built after the Royal Bride. The Royal Bride's cargo was not tea and the Royal Bride was not travelling to the South Seas.

7. Captain Bolton's ship was built before Clubfoot's and before The Royal Bride.

Ships: Red Barn, Royal Bride, Scarlet Queen, Runner

Year Built: 1530, 1688, 1743, 1817

Captain: Bolton, Parrothead, Quigley, Vickers

Cargo: Gold, Saffron, Specimens, Tea

Destination: England, Spain, North America, South Seas

This challenge will end at 0730 7 October.  Good luck  There is at least one cadet who correctly solved this puzzle over the summer.  He is not eligible to win this time, but I will publish his name later.  Good luck!