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The Caledonia-class ships of the line were a class of nine 120-gun first rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule. A tenth ship ( Royal Frederick ) was ordered on 29 October 1827 to the same design, but was launched in 1833 as Queen to a fresh design by Sir William Symonds .
This was one of the normal working boats carried by a ship in the age of sail. In local usage, the term yawl was sometimes applied to working craft which did not fit any of the definitions given above. An example of this is the Whitstable yawl, a decked gaff-cutter-rigged fishing smack that dredged for oysters. [4]
Alberg 37 Yawl. The Alberg 37 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or optional yawl rig, with aluminum spars. It has a slightly spooned raked stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces 16,800 lb ...
Designed by Sparkman & Stephens Designs New York City (United States), project 1505, Corsano II for the RORC 1st class, is a Bermudan-rig yawl, sister of Stella Polare, [2] commissioned by Italian Navy to be used as a training ship for the cadets at the Italian Naval Academy in Livorno, Italy. She is constructed of wood; iroko keelson, acacia ...
There were 103 Concordias produced between 1938 and 1966, making the Concordia yawl class the largest class of large one-design wooden sailboats. [2] The first four Concordias were produced in Massachusetts. Concordia commissioned the Abeking & Rasmussen shipyard in Lemwerder, Germany, to build the remaining 99 (26 of them as a 41' Model).
HMS Caledonia was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 June 1808 at Plymouth. [1] She was Admiral Pellew 's flagship in the Mediterranean . Construction
Caledonia (1797 ship) was launched in 1780 in Spain, almost certainly under another name. She apparently was taken in prize circa 1797. Caledonia made one voyage to the Caribbean and then under a subsequent owner made five voyages as a whaler in the Southern Whale Fishery. She may then have become a transport, but though listed in the ...
The Block Island 40 found success in racing, with early wins in the 1958 Miami to Nassau race by Rhubarb [6] and the 1958 Edlu Trophy by Frederick Lorenzen's Seal. [8] Six Block Island 40s participated in the 1960 Newport to Bermuda race, all placing in the top 11. [5] [4] Hull No. 8, Alaris, won its class in the 1978 edition of the same race. [4]