Earl of Pembroke (tall ship)
 Earl of Pembroke at the 2004 Bristol Harbour festival. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Sweden
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| Name: | Orion |
| Owner: | From delivery owned by Rederi AB Tellus (mngr Arthur Wingren) in Oskarshamn |
| Builder: | Albert Svenson, Pukavik, Sweden |
| Launched: | 1945 for shipowner A. Wingren in Oskarshamn on the Swedish east coast |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Earl of Pembroke |
| Owner: | Metaco LLP |
| Acquired: | 2012 |
| In service: | yes |
| Owner: | Square Sail Ltd |
| Acquired: | 1979 |
| Fate: | Sold 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Barque |
| Tons burthen: | 174 tons GRT; 350 tons displacement |
| Length: | 145 ft (44.2 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Draught: | 10.5 ft (3.20 m) |
| Propulsion: | Engine Mitsubishi 6-cylinder, turbo diesel, 405 hp |
| Sail plan: | 9500 square ft. |
| Complement: | Crew of 15 |
Earl of Pembroke is a wooden barque, currently used for charity fund raising, corporate entertaining and film work.
Early career
She was built in Pukavik, Sweden as "Orion" in 1945. The ship was used to haul timber in the Baltic Sea until 1974, when she was laid up in Thisted, Denmark.[1] Square Sail Shipyard and Robin Davies purchased the ship in 1979 and began restoration in 1985.[2][3] As part of the restoration, the rig was changed from the original Schooner to her current barque rig, and she was renamed "The Earl of Pembroke", which was the original name of HMS Endeavour. The Earl of Pembroke is now owned by Metaco LLP.
Film and television career
Earl of Pembroke has been used in the following films:
- Hornblower Series III
- Treasure Island
- A Respectable Trade
- Moll Flanders
- Beaumarchais,l'insolent
- Mary Reilly
- Cutthroat Island
- Shipwrecked
- Frenchman's Creek
- Shaka Zulu
- Longitude
- Wives and Daughters
- Count of Monte-Cristo
- L'Épervier, French television series
- Alice in Wonderland (2010 film)
- Cloud Atlas[2][3]
- Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass
References
- ↑ "Tall Ships - Earl of Pembroke". BBC. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- 1 2 "Square Sail Ship Yard Limited". Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- 1 2 "AGV - Earl of Pembroke". Amis des Grand Voiliers, Sail Training Association of France. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
- Nils Nilsson: "Shipyards and Ship-Building at a Wharf in Southern Sweden". In: Ships and Shipyards, Sailors and Fishermen: Introduction to Maritime Ethnology by Olof Hasslöf, Henning Henningsen and Arne Emil Christensen Jr. Copenhagen, 1972.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Earl of Pembroke (ship, 1948). |
- Earl of Pembroke Website
- BBC; Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass
- BBC; Cumbria Features Tall Ships - Earl of Pembroke
- Earl of Pembroke Facebook Page
- Metaco LLP - Earl of Pembroke Owners
- Bristol-Culture
- SouthWestBusiness
- Port of Milford Haven
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