Identify this Tall Ship - Sunday 18th Solent

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"but it doesn't look right"... Agree. It looks as if that vessel has a bulwark round the foredeck, although I suppose it could be a canvas dodger, and I don't recall Royalist having either and also, the last time I saw Royalist her masts were white gloss, although that may have changed.:confused:
 

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Yep, that's our Stavvy all right.

Until a few years ago it could also have been Prince William, but sadly she was laid up and then sold to the Pakistani Navy.

Puzzled how you simultaneously thought she was Royalist and that she had three masts, since both vessels are brigs :)

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It looks as if that vessel has a bulwark round the foredeck, although I suppose it could be a canvas dodger

Nope, Stavros has solid bulwarks most of the way round, but open railings on the focsle. What you're seeing is simply the shell plating of the focsle itself; it rises one deck higher than the main deck.

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Yep, that's our Stavvy all right.

Until a few years ago it could also have been Prince William, but sadly she was laid up and then sold to the Pakistani Navy.

Puzzled how you simultaneously thought she was Royalist and that she had three masts, since both vessels are brigs :)

Pete

Royalist is a Brigantine not a Brig ;)
 

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Looks like a brig to me.

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Nope, Stavros has solid bulwarks most of the way round, but open railings on the focsle. What you're seeing is simply the shell plating of the focsle itself; it rises one deck higher than the main deck.

Pete

Thanks for that. I saw her on Sunday and my guess was Lord Nelson or Tenacious.

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I see the differences now.
 

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Thanks for that. I saw her on Sunday and my guess was Lord Nelson or Tenacious.

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I see the differences now.

That is Tenacious (Nellie is still en route RTW).

p.s. Tenacious is a barque.

The one in the OP was the brig Stavros S. Niarchos
 
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