Earl of Pembroke was a wooden, three-masted barque, which was frequently used for maritime festivals, charters, charity fund raising, corporate entertaining and film work.[citation needed]
History
Early years
Earl of Pembroke was built in Pukavik, Sweden as Orion in 1945 and used to haul timber in the Baltic Sea until 1974 when she was laid up in Thisted, Denmark.[1]
Restoration
She was moved to the UK in 1980 where her full restoration began in 1985.[2][3] As part of the restoration, her rig was changed from the original schooner to barque type (to resemble the famous HMS Endeavour on which Captain Cook discovered Australia) and she was renamed Earl of Pembroke[citation needed] (HMS Endeavour was called Earl of Pembroke when she worked as a coal trader in the West Country).[citation needed]
The restoration was designed with festivals and film work in mind. The three-masted rig and the uninterrupted decks containing no superstructure or wheelhouse create the silhouette of a classic sailing ship so she needs only minimal work to get a period correct aerial or side shot. With some effort she can also be made to look like an old Spanish Galleon or steam-sailing ship from the age of the Arctic expeditions.[citation needed]
Post restoration (festivals and film)
Following restoration Earl of Pembroke was used in the production of films[citation needed] and attended a number of festivals including:[citation needed]
^"Tall Ships - Earl of Pembroke". BBC. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^ a b"Square Sail Ship Yard Limited". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^ a b"AGV - Earl of Pembroke". Amis des Grand Voiliers, Sail Training Association of France. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
^"Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^"Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
^"Ship EARL OF PEMBROKE (Sailing Vessel) Registered in United Kingdom - Vessel details, Current position and Voyage information - IMO 0, MMSI 234999080, Call Sign MSTY8". MarineTraffic.com. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
Nils Nilsson: "Shipyards and Ship-Building at a Wharf in Southern Sweden". In: Ships and Shipyards, Sailors and Fishermen: Introduction to Maritime Ethnology by Olof Hasslöf, Henning Henningsen and Arne Emil Christensen Jr. Copenhagen, 1972.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to IMO 5370553.
Earl of Pembroke Website Archived 20 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
BBC; Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass
BBC; Cumbria Features Tall Ships - Earl of Pembroke