Ernest hemingway owned a 38-foot (12 m) fishing boat named pilar.it was acquired in april 1934 from wheeler shipbuilding in brooklyn, new york, for $7,495. " pilar" was a nickname for hemingway's wife pauline and also the name of the woman leader of the partisan band in his 1940 novel of the spanish civil war, for whom the bell tolls.hemingway regularly fished off the boat in the waters of key. Did archaeologists uncover blackbeard’s treasure? cannons. gold dust. turtle bones. for archaeologists researching the notorious pirate’s flagship, every clue is priceless. This list of museum ships is a comprehensive, sortable, annotated list of notable museum ships around the world. replica ships are listed separately in the article on ship replicas.ships that are not museum ships, but are still actively used for excursions are included in the list of classic vessels.
