Pelican of London
TS Pelican at sail in 2010
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History | |
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Norway | |
Name | Pelican |
Builder | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, France |
Launched | 1948 |
Fate | Arctic fishing trawler |
Name | Kadett |
Acquired | 1968 |
Fate | Reclassed as a coastal trading vessel |
History | |
United Kingdom | |
Name | Pelican of London |
Acquired | 1995 |
In service | 2007 |
Identification | |
Status | In use |
Notes | Rebuilt as sail training ship, 1995–2007 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 226 GRT |
Length | 45.0 M (148 ft.) LE; 34.6 M (114 ft.) LOA hull |
Beam | 7.03 M (23 ft.) |
Draught | 3.95 M (13.0 ft.) (aft) |
Propulsion | Volvo Penta TAMD 120A-CC 290HP. Reconditioned 2000. Load Test 310 HP 2004. |
Sail plan | Main mast barquentine |
Pelican of London is a sail training ship based in the United Kingdom. Built in 1948 as Pelican she served as an Arctic trawler and then a coastal trading vessel named Kadett until 1995. In 2007 an extended conversion to a sail-training ship was completed.[1]
History[]
Built in 1948 in Le Havre, France, Pelican was originally a double-beam Arctic fishing trawler,[2] one of five identical ships built in Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, the shipyard founded by the Normand family. She was sold to a Norwegian firm and spent the next 19 years fishing the Arctic.
In 1968 Pelican was converted from a trawler to a coaster. Her owners renamed her Kadett. She remained Kadett for 27 years until in 1995 she again changed hands.
She was bought by ex-Naval Commander Graham Neilson who transformed her into a tall ship and renamed her Pelican of London. He had already undertaken a similar project with the TS Astrid. Working in Portland Harbour, Dorset, UK, Neilson and his team spent 12 years stripping back the trawler and rebuilding her as a main mast barquentine.[3] A moderate rearrangement of the mainmast standing rigging enables the yards to be braced to half the traditional angle when on the wind, giving the ship unusual windward ability for a square rigger. A trainee on the ship won the 2010 .[4]
As of 2012, Pelican of London is operated as a sail training vessel for young people, by the charity Adventure Under Sail.[5] Sail Training International ranks it is a Class A tall ship.[6] In autumn of 2012, Pelican of London was scheduled to become the first sailing ship in a century to make a trans-Atlantic voyage from the Port of Liverpool with fare-paying passengers.[7] It's not clear if this voyage took place. Pelican has completed a number of transatlantic voyages.[8]
Pelican of London was advertised for sale in 2012, valued at £2.45 million.[9][10]
In June 2015 it was noted as an attendee of 2015.[11]
In 2021 the ship embarked upon a thirteen-week research cruise organised by charity and environmental research group Darwin200 to survey the extent of plastic pollution in UK coastal waters.[12]
References[]
- ^ "Tall Ship 'TS Pelican of London'". Weymouth Charters. Weymouth. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Adventure Under Sail. "Ship specifications". Archived from the original on 28 December 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ Adventure Under Sail. "About The TS Pelican". Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ STI - Race Trophies and Awards.
- ^ Kitching, Laura (21 September 2011). "Local school children invited aboard Weymouth's tall ship Pelican". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ http://www.tallshipsraces.com/vessels/vessel.asp?VesID=3296
- ^ Elson, Peter (3 January 2012). "Tall ship Pelican to sail from Liverpool on transatlantic passenger voyage - In The Mix Today - News". Liverpool Echo. Liverpool. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ http://www.atseasailtraining.com/177/ships/79/pelican-of-london.html
- ^ Pelican of London
- ^ Adshead, Steve (3 May 2012). "Receivers pilot tall ship with view to sale". Smith & Williamson. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
…have been tasked with securing a new owner for the 370-tonne sailing vessel, with offers around £2.45m.
- ^ "Tall Ships Belfast 2015: Explore the beauty and history of some of the ships sailing into town next month". 6 June 2015.
- ^ "Plastic pollution research ship moors in Bristol". BBC. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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External links[]
- Tall Ship Pelican official website
- Photos of Pelican
- Pelican of London leaving southwick (worthing herald article)
- 1948 ships
- Ships built in France
- Fishing vessels of Norway
- Merchant ships of Norway
- Ships of the United Kingdom
- Sail training
- Training ships
- Sail training ships
- Barquentines
- Tall ships