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Post by Ben on Apr 12, 2014 16:39:34 GMT
The ships will arrive over two days in early September and the festival, being held from September 5th to 9th, will culminate with all 50 ships sailing in a flotilla down the Thames.
Among the ships confirmed so far are:
Gulden Leeuw, a three-masted topsail schooner from Holland.
The Lady of Avenel, a vessel with strong connections to Royal Greenwich. The former training ship was originally fitted out by Wilfred Dowman - owner of the Cutty Sark.
Leila, built in Greenwich and one of the oldest yachts sailing in the UK.
Queen Galadriel, built in 1937 in Svenborg, Denmark which once sailed as a cargo vessel around the coasts of Denmark and Norway
Announcing details of the regatta aboard the JR Tolkien, one of the tall ships taking part, Councillor Chris Roberts, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich said: “Royal Greenwich is renowned for its rich maritime history, which attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to our borough each year and supports thousands of local jobs.
“Building on the success of the Olympics, playing host to London’s first Tall Ships Festival for 25 years will provide us with a fantastic opportunity to boost the local economy even further as the ships sail past our historic maritime landmarks including the Old Royal Naval College and the Cutty Sark.”
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Post by kenw on Aug 18, 2014 10:54:48 GMT
There's some more detail and pix of some of the Tall Ships on our website londonsriver.com
Also, being topical, a couple of pages about the river in WW1 and another which links to the National Maritime Museum's new exhibition - Forgotten Fighters of WW1 at Sea
If anyone has ideas for more pages, please let me know.
In the pipeline just now are:
- The decline and rise of Docklands – more or less from the opening of the KGV via containerisation, closure, Canary Wharf and the property boom
- River of Power - the Royal Dockyards, the Arsenal and the Naval College
- River of Empire and Trade – incl the E India Co, Butler's Wharf and Hay's Wharf
- Birth of a passenger boat – Millennium Diamond (which occupied nearly four years of my life!)
I'm also looking for help with a couple of more specialist pages – one on fish and the other on tugs and tows, both of which I've been asked about
HTH from you soon
Ken
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