The figurehead that graced the ship since it was restored as a dry-dock museum in the 1950s is a rather more stolid creature. A landmark on the Greenwich skyline and known to millions across the ...

SAN DIEGO — A figurehead on a sailing ship is meant to be a good-luck charm, the forward-facing eyes of a vessel as it slices through churning seas toward distant lands. The one on San Diego’s ...

Stefanie Corrine Cook pulled in front of the Martingale Wharf building at 5:15 a.m. to find a 9-foot, 500-pound figurehead damaged on the sidewalk.

Tea clipper's original figurehead has been replaced with a carving based on the recently rediscovered original drawings. Search. Digital Editions. Newsletters. Subscribe. Digital Editions.