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Grand Turk, at anchor in Oostende, Belgium.
Grand Turk, at anchor in Oostende, Belgium. ||-||-||} Ostend  (  Oostende, French and German Ostende) is a Belgian City and municipality located in the Flemish

The Grand Turk is a replica of a three-masted sixth-rate frigate, well known for depicting HMS Indefatigable in the TV series Hornblower, although the historical Indefatigable was a much bigger ship. Sixth-rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for small warships mounting between 20 and 24 nine-pounder guns on a single deck sometimes with guns on the upper works For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship In fiction Indefatigable under Pellew was selected by C S Forester as the ship on which his (fictional hero Horatio Hornblower spent A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Hornblower is the umbrella title of a series of Television Drama programmes based on C She has also served in the same TV series as the French ship Papillon. She was built primarily as an action vehicle for the international TV and film industry. Nowadays the tall ship is used mainly in sailing events, for corporate or private charter, and for receptions in its spacious saloon or on its deck. A tall ship is a large traditionally rigged sailing vessel Popular modern tall ship rigs include topsail Schooners Brigantines Brigs and

Grand Turk at Portsmouth 2005
Grand Turk at Portsmouth 2005

On 28 June 2005 she stood in for HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at the International Fleet Review off Portsmouth (GB), commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar. Events 1098 - Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Construction In December 1758 the commissioner of Chatham Dockyard was instructed to prepare a Dry dock for the construction of a new First-rate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson 1st Viscount Nelson 1st Duke of Bronté, KB (29 September 1758– 21 October 1805 was a British flagship is the lead ship in a fleet of vessels a designation given on account of being either the largest fastest newest most heavily armed or for publicity purposes the most well For a full list of ships present see List of ships present at International Fleet Review 2005 The International Fleet Review History See also History of Portsmouth There have been settlements in the area since before Roman times mostly being offshoots of Portchester, which The Battle of Trafalgar ( 21 October 1805) was a historic sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the

She is 46. 3 m long and has a beam of 10. 4 m. Her mainmast reaches 35. 66 m high and her draught, 3. 1 m. She has a permanent crew of sixteen. As well as the sails, she is powered by two 450 hp (340 kW) diesel engines.

This full-rigged ship has 12 working sails. A sail is any type of surface intended to generate Thrust by being placed in a Wind &mdashin essence a vertically-oriented Wing. The foremast and the mainmast are square rigged, each with three sails. The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical or near vertical Spar, or arrangement of Spars which supports the Sails Large ships have several masts The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical or near vertical Spar, or arrangement of Spars which supports the Sails Large ships have several masts Square rig is a generic type of sail and rigging arrangement in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal Spars which are perpendicular or square The mizzenmast is square rigged on top, while below it carries a spanker sail. The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical or near vertical Spar, or arrangement of Spars which supports the Sails Large ships have several masts A spanker is either of two kinds of Sail. On a Square rigged ship the spanker is a Gaff rigged fore-and-aft sail set from and aft The bowsprit carries a flying jib and an outer jib. The bowsprit, or boltsprit, of a Sailing vessel is a pole extending forward from the vessel's prow A jib (also spelled jibb) is a triangular Staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat A figurehead adorns the bow. In politics a figurehead, by Metaphor with the carved figurehead at the prow of a sailing ship is a person who holds an important title or office yet executes little The bow (pronounced &mdashrhymes with how) is a nautical term that refers to the forward part of the hull of a Ship or Boat,

The Grand Turk was built in Marmaris, Turkey in 1996 for the price of £2 million. Marmaris is a port city and a tourist destination on the Mediterranean coast located in southwest Turkey, in the Muğla Province. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) She is an authentic replica, based on historical drawings, of the frigate HMS Blandford built in 1741. For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship The deck is lined with cast iron smooth-bore cannon. | NOTE Throughout this article "cannon" is used as BOTH the || singular and plural

A frigate was neither large enough nor sufficiently well armed to fight in the "line of battle". In Naval warfare, the line of battle is a tactic in which the ships of the fleet form a line end-to-end Her function would have been primarily to scout for the main fleet, giving support where necessary, or carry messages.

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Current Location

Whitby North Yorkshire

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Images of the Grand Turk

The Grand Turk by Philip Bembridge

An image of the gallery

The Grand Turk has heavy cast iron cannons

and also has light guns

Forecastle with Figurehead

Stern Lanterns

Helmsman

An octant and logbook on board for display purposes

Cameron Highlander playing the pipes

The Grand Turk

An image showing the three-masted frigate

Mainmast with fighting top
A ship replica is a reconstruction of a no longer existing ship In politics a figurehead, by Metaphor with the carved figurehead at the prow of a sailing ship is a person who holds an important title or office yet executes little A helmsman is a person who steers a Ship, sailboat submarine or other type of maritime vessel The Octant, also called reflecting quadrant, is a Measuring instrument used primarily in Navigation.
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