Ship profile for the sailing ship: "Lord Nelson"

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Lord Nelson, Volker Gries, Sail Travemünde / Cutty Sark 2003 , 08/2003

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Volker Gries,
Sail Travemünde / Cutty Sark 2003,
08/2003

Lord Nelson, Volker Gries, Hanse Sail Rostock 2009 , 08/2009

Source, location, date:
Volker Gries,
Hanse Sail Rostock 2009,
08/2009

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Technical data of the sailing ship:

Name:Lord Nelson
Registered port:Southhampton
Nation:GBR
Type of rigging:BARK
Year built:1986
Yard:J. COOK, V. THORNYCROFT UK LTD.
Overall length:52.10 m
Length (hull):42.80 m
Breadth:8.50 m
Draught:4.10 m
Sail area:845 m2
Ship's hull:Stahl / Steel
Power:520 PS
Engine:Mitsubishi Herald

Portrait of the sailing ship:

Last update: 20 Jan 2011

  • as regards construction and equipment, this ship is particularly suited to coping with the demands and requirements of the physically disabled.
  • pair-work involving handicapped people and healthy trainees.
  • voyages from Easter to October in English coastal waters lasting between 3 and 15 days. Frequent visits to Belgian, Dutch and French harbours.
  • she sailed in the Caribbean with handicapped people from the UK and the Bahamas between 1988 and 1989.
  • the ship sometimes escorts Tall Ships Races without being an active competitor.
  • 2007 awarded the Sail Training International Friendship Trophy, presented by Sail Training International, and awarded to the ship which, in the opinion of the captains and crews of all the ships taking part in the Baltic Tall Ships’ Races series, has done most to promote international friendship and understanding.

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Literature for further reading:

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Ollivier Puget, Jean-Noël Darde
"Partir sur les Grand Voiliers - Le guide pour embarquer"
Guides Balland 2000 ISBN: 2-7158-1277-9
Page: 114 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 1997 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(9. aktualisierte Auflage)
Page: 145 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Beken of Cowes, Eric C. Abranson
"Segelschiffe der Welt"
Edition Maritim 1995 ISBN: 3-89225-314-5
(engl. Originalausgabe: "Sailing Ships of the World", 1992, Thomas Reed Publications Ltd.)
Page: 132 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Anthony Churchill
"Sail to Adventure"
ISBN: 0 948337 05 2
Page: 104 Source with picture Source with history Quelle with contact

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: 170 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 picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact

Thaddeus Koza
"Tall Ships - the Fleet of the 21th Century"
Tide-Mark Press, East Hartford 2000 ISBN: 1-55949-551-0
(http://www.tallshipsinternational.com/)
Page: 116 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

Otmar Schäuffelen
"Die letzten grossen Segelschiffe"
Delius Klasing Verlag 2002 ISBN: 3-7688-0483-6
(10. aktualisierte und erweiterte Auflage)
Page: 163 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data

American Sail Training Association (ASTA)
"Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea"
2007 ISBN: 978-0-9799878-0-9
(17th Edition)
Page: 198 Source with picture Source with history Source with technical data Quelle with contact