BARK · GBR
Earl of Pembroke
originally built as "Orion" in Pukavik/Sweden as one of the last 3-masted sailing schooners in 1945.
Technické údaje
- Typ
- BARK
- Vlajka
- GBR
- Domovský přístav
- Bristol
- Rok stavby
- 1945
- Loděnice
- A. Svenson, Pukavik, SWE
- Materiál
- Holz / Wood
- Délka
- 44 m
- Šířka
- 7,2 m
- Plachty
- 910 m²
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.