Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Carrie of Camaret"
Photos of the sailing ship:
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Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Sail Brest / Cutty Sark 2002,
07/2002
Technical data of the sailing ship:
| Name: | Carrie of Camaret |
| Registered port: | Plymouth |
| Nation: | GBR |
| Type of rigging: | SCHONER |
| Year built: | 1947 |
| Yard: | M. Cornec, Camaret, FRA |
| Overall length: | 27.40 m |
| Breadth: | 5.94 m |
| Draught: | 2.80 m |
| Sail area: | 288 m2 |
| Ship's hull: | Holz / Wood |
| Power: | 255 PS |
| Engine: | John Deere |
Portrait of the sailing ship:
Last update: 06 Apr 2005
- built in France in 1947, used in the crayfish trade between France and Mauritania.
- after a mayor refitting and re-rigging she was used for film work starting in 1986.
- purchased by Roger Barton, used as a private charter vessel sailing the waters between England and Ireland, the Channel often calling the Channel Islands and in French coastal waters.
- lost in June 2003, she was chartered for the Irish reality TV show "Cabin Fever" and sailed around the island of Ireland, crashed into rocks near Tory Island off Ireland's northwest coast. The reason for this acciedent probably was human failure (tiredness).
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.
Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
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