Earl of Pembroke (tall ship)
Earl of Pembroke in the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal in 2016
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 Sweden
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| Name: | Orion |
| Owner: | Rederi AB Tellus (mngr Arthur Wingren) (1945-) |
| Port of registry: | Oskarshamn, Sweden |
| Builder: | Albert Svenson, Pukavik, Sweden |
| Launched: | 1945 |
 Denmark
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| Name: | Tullan |
| Owner: | N/A |
| Acquired: | 1949 |
| Decommissioned: | 1979 |
| Renamed: | 1949 |
 United Kingdom
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| Name: | Earl of Pembroke |
| Owner: |
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| Acquired: | 1979 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Barque |
| Tons burthen: | 178 tons GRT; 352t displacement |
| Length: | LOA 44.2m (145 ft) |
| Beam: | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
| Draught: | 3.20 m (10.5 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Engine 6-cylinder, turbo diesel, 405 hp |
| Sail plan: | 885 square m (9500 square ft) |
| Complement: | Crew of 15 |
| Notes: | up to 50 pass. for day trips, up to 12 pass. overnight |
Earl of Pembroke is a wooden, three-masted barque, currently used for maritime festivals, charters, charity fund raising, corporate entertaining and film work.
The current rig has been designed and built to resemble the famous HMS Endeavour on board of which Captain Cook discovered Australia. It is known that Endeavour used to be called Earl of Pembroke in the days when she worked as a coal trader in the West Country.
Earl of Pembroke has been built with festivals and film work in mind. Her three-masted rig and the interrupted decks create the silhouette of a classic sailing ship. There is no superstructure or wheelhouse to interrupt the lines. What goes with it she only needs minimal work to get a perfect, period correct aerial or side shot. With a little bit more effort she can be made to look like an old Spanish Galleon or steam-sailing ship from the age of the Arctic expeditions.
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. She was brought over to the UK in 1980 and the full restoration began in 1985. As part of the restoration, the rig was changed from the original schooner to her current barque type, and she was renamed The Earl of Pembroke.
Once the restoration work was completed and the new rig was up, Earl of Pembroke was used in the production of films.
Below are listed some of the festivals and events in which Earl of Pembroke took part (alphabetical order):
Earl of Pembroke was used in the following films:
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