The Tall Ship glasgow

[+Feb82000]

wi be doing the The Tall Ship in glasgow all night does any of caley thistle fans base in glasgow no any thing about this ship

just back from doing the cold hm frigate unicorn

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[tm4tj]

If I remember correctly, Length bp 245' 6" Breadth 37' 6" Depth 22' 6" 1613 tons gross 1490 tons nett

Built by Anderson Rodger of Port Glasgow for Sterling & Co Glasgow- riveted steel .She was launched fully rigged on the 3rd of December 1896 and named Glenlee.

Sold 1898 to Robert Ferguson Dundee and renamed Islamount.

Sold 1905 to R Thomas & Co Liverpool and operated as a one ship company - the Flint Castle Ship Co but not actually renamed..

Sold1919 to Societa Di Navigazione Di Italiana and renamed Clarastella..

Sold 1922 to the Spanish Navy for use as a sail training ship and renamed Galatea..

Sold 1992 at auction to the Clyde Maritime Trust and renamed Glenlee by the Lord Provost of Glasgow on the 6th of July 1993.

Between 1897 and 1919 whilst trading under the red ensign she completed four circumnavigations and rounded Cape Horn sixteen times. Her last voyage under Spanish ownership was in 1969 and thereafter she was secured alongside at the Ferrol naval base as a school ship and where she was drydocked during 1981 and replated below the waterline. Her masts and yards were sent down and she was towed to Seville (45 miles up the Quadilquivir River) where she was abandoned to the sun and the vandals and where we found her in 1992 looking very sorry for herself.

The Trust had only ten days notice of the Spanish Navy auction but was able to make a successful bid of 8 million pesetas (40,000 pounds). A further 30,000 pounds was spent during 1993 to meet towing certificate requirements for the 1,400 mile tow back to the Clyde which was completed on the 9th June at an average speed of 6 knots and where she was drydocked for inspection.

Think thats right anyway.

[+Feb82000]

watch out for video soon on my new forum at

www.ghostfilm.co.uk

hm frigate unicorn be online by wed

[Hamish]

If I remember correctly, Length bp 245' 6" Breadth 37' 6" Depth 22' 6" 1613 tons gross 1490 tons nett

Built by Anderson Rodger of Port Glasgow for Sterling & Co Glasgow- riveted steel .She was launched fully rigged on the 3rd of December 1896 and named Glenlee.

Sold 1898 to Robert Ferguson Dundee and renamed Islamount.

Sold 1905 to R Thomas & Co Liverpool and operated as a one ship company - the Flint Castle Ship Co but not actually renamed..

Sold1919 to Societa Di Navigazione Di Italiana and renamed Clarastella..

Sold 1922 to the Spanish Navy for use as a sail training ship and renamed Galatea..

Sold 1992 at auction to the Clyde Maritime Trust and renamed Glenlee by the Lord Provost of Glasgow on the 6th of July 1993.

Between 1897 and 1919 whilst trading under the red ensign she completed four circumnavigations and rounded Cape Horn sixteen times. Her last voyage under Spanish ownership was in 1969 and thereafter she was secured alongside at the Ferrol naval base as a school ship and where she was drydocked during 1981 and replated below the waterline. Her masts and yards were sent down and she was towed to Seville (45 miles up the Quadilquivir River) where she was abandoned to the sun and the vandals and where we found her in 1992 looking very sorry for herself.

The Trust had only ten days notice of the Spanish Navy auction but was able to make a successful bid of 8 million pesetas (40,000 pounds). A further 30,000 pounds was spent during 1993 to meet towing certificate requirements for the 1,400 mile tow back to the Clyde which was completed on the 9th June at an average speed of 6 knots and where she was drydocked for inspection.

Think thats right anyway.

[The Mantis]

Some feckin memory that Mannie's got.

[Johnboy]

Well yes....

He's got some tales to tell, but then he can go back a long, long way....  :023:

[tm4tj]

Absolutely, I have a huge memory, I store it all in my belly. :010:

[caley100]

You should try standing next to him in the pub..... :012: