Tenacious (ship)
 The Tenacious at the Historical Seas Festival 2010
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The Tenacious , often referred to in the literature as STS Tenacious for “Sail Training Ship Tenacious ” or SV Tenacious for “Sailing vessel Tenacious ”, is a wooden barque with an anniversary rig . It was specially designed for operation with the physically handicapped and is the longest wooden sailing ship to have been launched in Great Britain in the past 100 years and, as of 2012, the longest wooden ship in the world.
history
The Tenacious ( English for persistently been) on 6 June 1996 to the "Jubilee Yard (Merlin Quay)" in Southampton on the construction plans by Toni Castro placed on Kiel . The designer had the fuselage built up keel up, a construction that was more common in earlier times. On October 23, 1998, the hull was "turned on the keel" in a separate ceremony in the presence of the Duke of York , Prince Andrew , who was also present at the keel laying and the christening of the ship on April 6, 2000. On February 3, 2000, she was launched as the longest wooden sailing ship to be built in Great Britain in the past 100 years, making it the longest wooden ship in the world at the same time. The maiden voyage , which began on September 1, 2000, took the Tenacious from Southampton via Sark , Saint Helier and Weymouth in Dorset back to Southampton. So far, the ship, which can be manned by a captain, 10 permanent crew and 40 trainees , half of whom are disabled, has carried more than 4,500 people, including over 1,700 disabled people, 630 of whom are wheelchair users. Its best known Etmal is 280 nautical miles .
The in Southampton stationed ship is from the Jubilee Sailing Trust bereedert that as another ship, the Lord Nelson has.
technical description
hull
The hull is made of wood and is built in the form of a smooth decker , it has three continuous decks, plus poop and back. The approximately 20 m (65.6 ft ) long poop contains crew quarters with additional large deck structures. At the bow, the Tenacious is decorated with a white mermaid with a blue cartridge shield and golden letters STS as a figurehead . Over all the measures Tenacious 65 m (213.25 feet), its hull length measured from Galion to the rear amounts to 54.02 m (177.2 ft). Other length specifications are length on deck 49.85 m (163.55 ft), length in KWL 45.25 m (148.46 ft) and length between the perpendiculars 43.8 m (143.7 ft). At its widest point, the ship measures 10.6 m (34.8 ft), the deepest point is 4.58 m (15.0 ft). With a displacement of 714 British tons , it is measured at 714 gross register tonnes or 700 net register tonnes. Their loading capacity is 586 t or 595 t, depending on the calculation.
For the sake of completeness, it should be stated that the depth of the room is 6.4 m (19.7 ft) and the side height is 6.8 m (22.3 ft).
machine
Designed as an auxiliary sailor , the ship has only two Cummins marine diesels with 400 bhp . The ship reaches 8 knots under engine .
Rigging, rigging and sails
The ship is rigged as a modern barque with three steel masts , double Mars and Bramsails , a so-called anniversary rig . All masts consist of one piece. As with many of the Flying P-Liners, two gaffs are guided on the mizzen mast . When the ten yard sails, eight stay sails and three mizzen sails are set, their sail area is 1217 m² (13,100 sq ft). The flag button of the main mast is 44.35 m above the keel and 37.5 m above the deck, the longest yard is the main yard with 20.5 m (67.25 ft). Under sail she can reach up to 11 knots.
Special equipment
The declared aim of the Jubilee Sailing Trust is to give physically disabled people the opportunity to be part of a team as a trainee. For this purpose, these special concerns were addressed in the planning and construction of the ships. For this reason, among other things, the ship has flat decks. There are also elevators in the crew area, a speaking compass for the blind, a large radar display for the visually impaired and a vibrating alarm for the hearing impaired.
See also
List of the largest wooden ships in the world
literature
- Jubilee Sailing Trust. official website of the Jubilee Sailing Trust. Retrieved June 6, 2012 .
- Ship details from the shipowner Jubilee Sailing Trust . Retrieved June 6, 2012 .
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jubilee Sailing Trust - official website
- ↑ Belfast City Council News: "World`s largest wooden ship berths in Belfast for maritime celebration" ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
