Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Earl of Pembroke"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2004,
07/2004
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Brest/Douarnenez 2008,
07/2008
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Les Tonnerres de Brest 2012,
07/2012
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Earl of Pembroke |
| Ex-names: | Orion |
| Registered port: | Bristol |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of rigging: | BARK |
| Year built: | 1945 |
| Yard: | A. Svenson, Pukavik, SWE |
| Overall length: | 44.00 m |
| Breadth: | 7.20 m |
| Draught: | 3.20 m |
| Sail area: | 910 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 300 PS |
| Engine: | 6 Zyl. MAN DieseL |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 11 Dec 2022
- originally built as "Orion" in Pukavik/Sweden as one of the last 3-masted sailing schooners in 1945.
- traded timber in the Baltic and British East Coast.
- laid up in Thisted/DK in 1974.
- 1979 purchased by Square Sail Ltd., complete restoration commenced in 1985.
- 1994 commissioned as a bark of the 18th Century.
- use of the ship in several films.
- 2012 sold by old owner Square Sail Ltd. to Metaco LLP.
- with Russian owners she remained under British flag.
- after hitting an buoy on the river Thames and small damages only but many unsuccessful trials of repair in Den Helder, NED she was not seaworthy and unable to sail for her costs, finally scrapped in Kampen, NED in December 2022.
Literature for further reading:
We recommend the following references for your further research of the ship. The references marked with have been included in the generation of the ship profile on this page.
American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2000 ISBN: 0-9636483-5-7
(12th Edition)
Page: 102 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact
"Faszination Segelschiffe"
Ein interaktives Informationssystem auf CD-ROM 1998
(2. überarbeitete Auflage)
Source with technical data Quelle with contact
(ex-Name "Orion")
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 153 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data