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153 ft long Kaskelot is the flagship of Square Sail's three
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Earl of Pembroke
HM
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Rig:
Three-Masted Barque Double Topsail
Length:
Overall 153 feet
Beam:
28 feet
Draught:
12 feet
Air
Draught: 105 feet
Gross
Reg. Tonnage:
226 tons
Displacement:
450 tons
Area
of Sail:
9500 square feet
No.
of Sails: 17
Crew:18
Hull:
Built in Svendborg, 1948
Engine:
B & W alpha 475 h.p. diesel driving a three-bladed variable
pitch propeller.
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Kaskelot
is one of the largest remaining wooded ships in commission.
She
was built by J. Ring Andersen in 1948 for the Royal Greenland Trading
Company, supplying the remote East Greenland coastal settlements.
In
the late 1960s, Kaskelot then worked as a fisheries support vessel
in The Faroes.
Square
Sail purchased her in 1981, who redesigned and re-rigged her to
replicate the Terra Nova to return to East Greenland to film Captain
Scott’s ill fated expedition to the South Pole.
Apparently,
"Kaskelot" means 'sperm whale' in Danish!
Film
credits:
The
Last Place on Earth
Cutthroat Island
Swept from the Sea
Return to Treasure Island
The Three Musketeers
Revolution
Longitude
David Copperfield
A Respectable Trade
Amy Foster
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