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|Ship name= ''Sir Winston Churchill'' |
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|Ship namesake=[[Winston Churchill]] |
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|Ship owner=1966–2000: Tall Ships Youth Trust |
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|Ship builder= Richard Dunston Ltd, Hessle |
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'''''Sir Winston Churchill''''' was a sail training ship which was built in [[Hessle]], [[Yorkshire]] by Richard Dunston Ltd. She was sold out of service in 2000 and currently serves as a private yacht. |
'''''Sir Winston Churchill''''' was a sail training ship which was built in [[Hessle]], [[Yorkshire]] by Richard Dunston Ltd. She was sold out of service in 2000 and currently serves as a private yacht. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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''Sir Winston Churchill'' was designed by Camper & Nicholson and built in 1966 to |
''Sir Winston Churchill'' was designed by [[Camper and Nicholsons|Camper & Nicholson]] and built in 1966 to take boys on sail training trips.<ref>{{cite news |title=Appeal for Sail Training Ship |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001329/19640918/082/0005 |access-date=7 November 2021 |work=Torbay Express and South Devon Echo}}</ref> The [[patron]] of the project was [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]]. Public donations partly funded construction of the ship,<ref name=East/> and the [[Sail Training Association]] raised about half the needed money.<ref name=Tall>{{cite web |url=http://www.tallshipprints.com/Churchill.html |title=The Sir Winston Churchill |publisher=tallshipprints.com |accessdate=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110200937/http://www.tallshipprints.com/Churchill.html |archive-date=10 January 2006 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The vessel was named after [[Winston Churchill]], wartime leader and twice [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]; Churchill had died the year before his namesake's construction.<ref name=East>{{cite web |url=http://www.easternyachts.com/sirwinstonchurchill/ |title="Sir Winston Churchill", 3-Masted Topsail Schooner, lying Greece |publisher=EasternYachts.com |accessdate=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109071749/http://www.easternyachts.com/sirwinstonchurchill/ |archive-date=9 January 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Her rig was deliberately designed to incorporate all the main types of sail.<ref name=Tall/> In November 1965, ''Sir Winston Churchill'' toppled over onto her starboard side whilst she was being fitted out. All three masts were broken. The accident happened a week before she was due to be launched by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]].<ref name=Times270767>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Schooner is refloated |date=27 July 1967 |page=2 |issue=57004 |column=D-F }}</ref> |
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On January 1, 1967, an open porthole near the waterline allowed the rising tide to flood the ship at her berth in [[Southampton]], [[Hampshire]]. She was pumped out and refloated the same day.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Schooner Sir Winston Churchill Is Flooded. by Retro Images Archive |url=https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-the-schooner-sir-winston-churchill-is-flooded-retro-images-archive.html |website=Fine Art America |accessdate=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Stock Photo - Jan. 01, 1967 - The Schooner ''Sir Winston Churchill'' is flooded; The sail training school ''Sir WInston Churchill'', was flooded by the rising tide at her berth in |url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-jan-01-1967-the-schooner-sir-winston-churchill-is-flooded-the-sail-69426276.html |website=Alamy |accessdate=31 July 2018 |language=en}}</ref> On 26 July 1967, she ran aground at [[Holyhead|Holyhead Harbour]], [[Anglesey]] but was refloated after four hours.<ref name=Times270767/> |
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[[File:Sir Winston Churchill and Malcom Miller_IMO 1003968_S_Bremerhaven_27-07-1986.jpg|thumb|left|Sir Winston Churchill and Malcolm Miller 1986 in Bremerhaven]] |
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In 1968 a sister ship, ''[[Malcolm Miller (schooner)|Malcolm Miller]]'' was launched. ''Sir Winston Churchill'' differed from ''Malcolm Miller'' in having round topped cabin doors as opposed to square topped doors.<ref name=IoM/> A further difference was that the ''Sir Winston Churchill'' was trimmed slightly lower at the stern - because the concrete ballast had run aft slightly when it was poured during her construction. This difference in trim can be seen in most photographs of the two ships together. |
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⚫ | ''Sir Winston Churchill'' entered the 1979 Tall Ships Race with an all-female crew. In 1976, the vessel took part in a transatlantic race to celebrate the [[United States Bicentennial|Bicentenary]] of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]].<ref name=Tall/> On 27 July 1981, she ran aground {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off [[Great Yarmouth]], [[Norfolk]] with 39 female trainees on board.<ref name=Times280781>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Training ship stuck |date=28 July 1981 |page=4 |issue=60991 |column=E }}</ref> In 2000, ''Sir Winston Churchill'' was replaced in service by ''[[PNS Rah Naward|Prince William]]'' and sold by her owners, the [[Tall Ships Youth Trust]].<ref name=Sail>{{cite web |url=http://sailing-ships.oktett.net/755.html |title=Sir Winston Churchill |publisher=sailing-ships.oktett.net |accessdate=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616165808/http://sailing-ships.oktett.net/755.html |archive-date=16 June 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Her last voyage for the Tall Ships Youth Trust ended on 2 December 2000 at [[Portsmouth]].<ref name=Moppett>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/cliff_moppett/SWC.html |title=The Sir Winston Churchill |publisher=Cliff Moppett |accessdate=2008-10-24|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20091025212531/http://www.geocities.com/cliff_moppett/SWC.html|url-status=dead |archivedate=2009-10-25}}</ref> |
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⚫ | ''Sir Winston Churchill'' was sold to a company based in the [[Isle of Man]]. Initially she was used as a sail training ship, with a reduced capacity of 20 trainees instead of the |
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⚫ | ''Sir Winston Churchill'' was sold to a company based in the [[Isle of Man]]. Initially she was used as a sail training ship, with a reduced capacity of 20 trainees instead of the 39 (3 watches of 13, Fore, Main & Mizzen) that the Tall Ships Youth Trust carried.<ref name=IoM>{{cite web |url=http://freespace.virgin.net/scott.kennedy1/history.html |title=Tall Ships Youth Trust History |publisher=Scott Kennedy |accessdate=2008-10-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222105733/http://freespace.virgin.net/scott.kennedy1/history.html |archive-date=22 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She was totally refitted<ref name=Seafarer>{{cite web |url=http://www.seafarer.gr/bboat101-Sir_Winston_Churchill |title=Sir Winston Churchill |publisher=seafarer.gr |accessdate=2008-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303100844/http://seafarer.gr/bboat101-Sir_Winston_Churchill |archive-date=3 March 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and re-engined in 2002 with twin [[Iveco]] [[diesel engines]]<ref name=East/> replacing her {{convert|270|hp|kW}} [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] Mermaid engines. She was originally fitted with 2 off 654 Perkins engines for propulsion and 2 off 499 for power generation.<ref name=IoM/> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of schooners]] |
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* [[List of large sailing yachts]] |
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Latest revision as of 05:01, 6 May 2024
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Name | Sir Winston Churchill |
Namesake | Winston Churchill |
Owner |
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Port of registry | |
Builder | Richard Dunston Ltd, Hessle |
Laid down | 24 November 1964 |
Launched | 5 February 1966 |
In service | 3 March 1966 |
Identification |
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Status | Private yacht |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Private yacht |
Tonnage | 218 GRT |
Displacement | 333 tonnes (328 long tons) |
Length | 134 ft 9 in (41.07 m) overall |
Beam | 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m) |
Draught | 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m) |
Propulsion | 8,738 square feet (811.8 m2) sail, 2 × Iveco 360 horsepower (270 kW) diesel engines |
Sail plan | Schooner |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Crew | 9 crew, 13 passengers |
Sir Winston Churchill was a sail training ship which was built in Hessle, Yorkshire by Richard Dunston Ltd. She was sold out of service in 2000 and currently serves as a private yacht.
History
[edit]Sir Winston Churchill was designed by Camper & Nicholson and built in 1966 to take boys on sail training trips.[1] The patron of the project was Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Public donations partly funded construction of the ship,[2] and the Sail Training Association raised about half the needed money.[3] The vessel was named after Winston Churchill, wartime leader and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; Churchill had died the year before his namesake's construction.[2] Her rig was deliberately designed to incorporate all the main types of sail.[3] In November 1965, Sir Winston Churchill toppled over onto her starboard side whilst she was being fitted out. All three masts were broken. The accident happened a week before she was due to be launched by Princess Alexandra.[4]
On January 1, 1967, an open porthole near the waterline allowed the rising tide to flood the ship at her berth in Southampton, Hampshire. She was pumped out and refloated the same day.[5][6] On 26 July 1967, she ran aground at Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey but was refloated after four hours.[4]
In 1968 a sister ship, Malcolm Miller was launched. Sir Winston Churchill differed from Malcolm Miller in having round topped cabin doors as opposed to square topped doors.[7] A further difference was that the Sir Winston Churchill was trimmed slightly lower at the stern - because the concrete ballast had run aft slightly when it was poured during her construction. This difference in trim can be seen in most photographs of the two ships together.
Sir Winston Churchill entered the 1979 Tall Ships Race with an all-female crew. In 1976, the vessel took part in a transatlantic race to celebrate the Bicentenary of the United States Declaration of Independence.[3] On 27 July 1981, she ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with 39 female trainees on board.[8] In 2000, Sir Winston Churchill was replaced in service by Prince William and sold by her owners, the Tall Ships Youth Trust.[9] Her last voyage for the Tall Ships Youth Trust ended on 2 December 2000 at Portsmouth.[10]
Sir Winston Churchill was sold to a company based in the Isle of Man. Initially she was used as a sail training ship, with a reduced capacity of 20 trainees instead of the 39 (3 watches of 13, Fore, Main & Mizzen) that the Tall Ships Youth Trust carried.[7] She was totally refitted[11] and re-engined in 2002 with twin Iveco diesel engines[2] replacing her 270 horsepower (200 kW) Ford Mermaid engines. She was originally fitted with 2 off 654 Perkins engines for propulsion and 2 off 499 for power generation.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Appeal for Sail Training Ship". Torbay Express and South Devon Echo. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b c ""Sir Winston Churchill", 3-Masted Topsail Schooner, lying Greece". EasternYachts.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ a b c "The Sir Winston Churchill". tallshipprints.com. Archived from the original on 10 January 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ a b "Schooner is refloated". The Times. No. 57004. London. 27 July 1967. col D-F, p. 2.
- ^ "The Schooner Sir Winston Churchill Is Flooded. by Retro Images Archive". Fine Art America. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ "Stock Photo - Jan. 01, 1967 - The Schooner Sir Winston Churchill is flooded; The sail training school Sir WInston Churchill, was flooded by the rising tide at her berth in". Alamy. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ^ a b c "Tall Ships Youth Trust History". Scott Kennedy. Archived from the original on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
- ^ "Training ship stuck". The Times. No. 60991. London. 28 July 1981. col E, p. 4.
- ^ "Sir Winston Churchill". sailing-ships.oktett.net. Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "The Sir Winston Churchill". Cliff Moppett. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2008.
- ^ "Sir Winston Churchill". seafarer.gr. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 24 October 2008.