Glenlee (ship)
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Glenlee is a three masted barque, launched in 1896. She is now a museum ship at Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow, known as The Tall Ship at Glasgow Harbour.
Glenlee was built by A Rodger & Company of Port Glasgow and has a length 245 feet, beam of 37.5 feet and depth of 22.5 feet.
After a career as a bulk cargo carrier, Glenlee was renamed as Galatea, and used as a training ship in Spain. In 1990 she was rescued and bought by the Clyde Maritime Trust. She was returned to Glasgow from Seville in 1993 and a process of restoration began. Glenlee is recognised as part of the Core Collection of historic vessels in the UK by the National Historic Ships Committee.
As a museum ship and tourist attraction, the Glenlee offers educational programmes, events including exhibitions and venue for the West End Festival and volunteering opportunities.
Four other Clyde-built tall ships are still afloat:
- Balclutha (San Francisco)
- Moshulu (Philadelphia)
- Falls of Clyde (Hawaii)
- Pommern (Åland Islands)
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- "El Galatea" (also known as Glenlee) From 1922 till 1969 it was the Training Tall Ship for the Spanish Navy in El Ferrol (North-western Spain).
