SeapixOnline- Sailing Ship, Tall ships - 1 of 1 PELICAN OF LONDON (ex-KADETT, ex-PELICAN) - alongside in Weymouth Harbour, Dorset, England, her home port. Built in 1948 in Le Havre, France, she is the worlds' only mainmast barquentine and operates out of Weymouth, England as a sail-training ship for the Adventure Under Sail organisation. She was originally built to serve as an Arctic trawler. Subsequently reclassified as a coastal trading vessel she was renamed KADETT. In 1995 she was sold for a second time being bought by British ex-Naval Commander Graham Neilson who then, with his team, spent 12 years stripping her back and rebuilding her as a mainmast barquentine. For details about mainmast barquentines, go to: http://www.hugohein.eu/classic.sail/pelican/history/history.htm Keywords: sailing ships, sailing training, ship photos, tall ships, square-riggers, square rigged ships, sails, masts, rigging |
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