Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Pelican of London"
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Tall Ships Race 2012, Saint-Malo, FRA,
07/2012
Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Tall Ships Race 2013, Szczecin, POL,
08/2013
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Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Pelican of London |
| Ex-names: | Pelican, Kadett |
| Registered port: | London |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of ship: | Xebec/Polacre |
| Year built: | 1948 |
| Yard: | Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, FRA |
| Overall length: | 45.00 m |
| Length (hull): | 34.60 m |
| Breadth: | 7.04 m |
| Draught: | 4.00 m |
| Sail area: | 525 m2 |
| Power: | 290 PS |
| Engine: | Volvo Penta TAMD 120A-CC |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 01 Nov 2007
- built by Chantiers et Ateliers Augustin Normand, Le Havre, 1948, as a double beam Arctic trawler named "Pelican".
- 1948-67 Arctic fishing trawler.
- 1968-95 used as coaster and renamed the "Kadett", registered in Norway.
- 1995-2007 reconstruction as Sail Training Ship at Portland in Dorset, rig, designed by Philip Goode, is based on the Barbary Coast pirate ships of two centuries earlier, rigged as a 'Mainmast Barquentine' setting 11 sails on three 'pole' masts, project leader was Graham Neilson, former Royal Navy commander, who was involved in the conversion of the brig "Astrid".
- owned and operated by a partnership of individuals (Adventure under Sail, Seas your Future).
- maiden Trans Atlantic Voyage in Sept.-Dec. 2007 from Weymouth to St Lucia in the Caribbean, return in spring 2008 and participation in the STI Tallships Races planed.
- participation in the STI Tallships Races 2012 at the Atlantic coast of Europe and 2013 in the Baltic Sea.
Last tracked position of the ship:
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Contact:
Website (English, 21 Aug 2022):http://www.adventureundersail.com/
Pelican of London: information about the ship with guide to the sail plan, ship's programme, some facts from her history, specification, contact