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STS Lord Nelson was a sail training ship operated by the Jubilee Sailing Trust.She was designed by Colin Mudie [1] [page needed] and launched on 17 October 1986. [2]The ship was built by the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) and, along with the SV Tenacious, the pair were the only tall ships in the world that are wheelchair accessible throughout.
Lord Nelson front, Tenacious background.. Jubilee Sailing Trust was a charitable organisation in the United Kingdom which operated the purpose-built three-masted barques STS Lord Nelson and SV Tenacious, both specifically designed for the physically handicapped to be able to fully engage with the sailing experience.
The Lord Nelson-class ships had an overall length of 443 feet 6 inches (135.2 m), a beam of 79 feet 6 inches (24.2 m) and an extra deep load draught of 30 feet (9.1 m). They displaced 15,358 long tons (15,604 t) at normal load and 17,820 long tons (18,106 t) at deep load.
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lord Nelson, after the Vice-admiral Horatio Nelson, victor of the Battle of Trafalgar: HMS Lord Nelson (1800) was a storeship purchased in 1800 and sold in 1807. HMS Lord Nelson (1906) was a Lord Nelson-class battleship launched in 1906. She was sold in 1920 and was resold in 1921.
On her fifth voyage Lord Nelson foundered in 1808 with the loss of all aboard. HMS Lord Nelson (1800) was a storeship purchased in 1800 and sold in 1807. Lord Nelson (1800 ship) was launched in Spain in 1792 under another name. She came into British hands as a prize in 1800. She was initially a merchantman but then made two voyages as a slave ...
Even in the decades after World War I, putting ships out to pasture on the Neches was common practice, the man said. "You will see old sunken barges that 50, 60 years were parked out there, and ...
Lord Nelson was launched in Spain in 1792 under another name. She came into British hands as a prize in 1800. She was initially a merchantman but then made two voyages as a slave ship carrying slaves from West Africa to the West Indies. In 1804 she had an inconclusive single-ship action with a French privateer. A French privateer finally ...
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