Grand Turk, at anchor in Oostende, Belgium

The Grand Turk is a three-masted 6th rate frigate, well known as the H.M.S. Indefatigable from the TV series Hornblower (and also as the French ship Papillon). It 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (789x1251, 435 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (789x1251, 435 KB) Please see the file description page for further information. ... Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, French: Ostende) is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Hornblower is the umbrella title of an acclaimed series of television drama programmes loosely based on C. S. Foresters novels about the character Horatio Hornblower, a British naval officer during the Napoleonic Wars. ... Kaskalot at the 2004 Bristol Harbour festival in England. ...

It is 46.3 m long and has a beam of 10.4 m. Its mainmast reaches 35.66 m high. Its draught is 3.1 m. It has a fixed crew of sixteen. It is also powered by 2 powerful 450hp diesel engines.

This impressive full-rigged ship has 12 working sails. The foremast and the mainmast are square rigged, each with three sails. The mizzenmast is square rigged on top, while below it carries a spanker. The bowsprit carries a flying jib and and an outer jib. A figurehead adorns the forecastle. A sail is a surface intended to generate thrust by being placed in a wind; basically it is a vertically oriented wing. ... The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ... The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ... Square rig is a generic type of sailing vessel in which the main horizontal spars are perpendicular to the keel of the ship. ... The mast of a sailing ship is a tall vertical pole which supports the sails. ... Spanker may refer to several things: A person who spanks A kind of sail on a sailboat (Spanker (sail)) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bowsprit of the Falls of Clyde, showing the dolphin striker, the use of chain for the bobstays, and three furled jibs. ... See also: Jib (television) A jib is a triangular staysail set ahead of the foremost mast of a sailing boat. ... A figurehead is a person, usually in a political role, who may hold an important title or office yet executes little actual power. ... Forecastle also spelled focsle (pronounced /f@Uks@l/) originally meant the upper deck of a sailing ship, forward of the foremast. ...

The Grand Turk was built in Marmaras, Turkey in 1996 for the price of 2 or 9 million £. It is an authentic replica, based on historical drawings, of the frigate Blanford, the same type that took part in the Battle of Trafalgar. The deck is lined with cast iron smooth-bore cannons, as in Horatio Nelson's days. But this type of ship was not tall enough to be a ship-of-the-line and fight in the 'line of battle'. Its function would have been primarily to scout for the main fleet, giving support where necessary, or carry messages. 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... The Battle of Trafalgar, (French: la bataille de Trafalgar, Spanish: la batalla de Trafalgar) fought on 21 October 1805, was the most significant naval engagement of the Napoleonic Wars and the pivotal naval battle of the 19th century. ... A small cast-iron cannon on a carriage A cannon is any large tubular firearm designed to fire a heavy projectile over a considerable distance. ... Lord Nelson Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (September 29, 1758 – October 21, 1805) was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. ... Ships of the line were 1st, 2nd, or 3rd-rated ships in the rating system of the Royal Navy. ...

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