Yes, Matt, the poem is spelled that way, but in all the references I've seen of the actual ship it is spelled Hesperis.

Rollo, thanks! I didn't want to say anything because my high school German is VERY rusty, but I remember "O, das tut mir leid" as being one of the first phrases we learned to say "I am sorry." O das tut mir leid, DaveO.**BG**

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