HMS Rose in San Juan Puerto Rico
May 2000
Stories and photos courtesy of the Miami Herald
Miami Herald Staff Photos by Chuck Fadely
The HMS Rose in port for Puerto Rico's Regatta 2000, the kickoff event for OpSail 2000. HMS Rose is the largest active traditionally built wooden sailing ship in the world. A replica of a Colonial-era British frigate of 1857, whe was built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in 1970. She is the only Class-A size US Coast Guard-inspected Sailing School Vessel in America. She is 179 feet overall, with a hull length of 135 feet, a draft of 13 feet and a beam of 32 feet. The main is 130 feet high and she displaces 500 tons. The tall ships are coming into port in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Regatta 2000. The festival continues through Monday, when the ships leave for Miami in a parade of sail.
Tall ships in port in old San Juan, Puerto Rico, for Regatta 2000
Fulltime Crewmembers Working aboard Rose
The regular crew of the HMS Rose, a wooden replica of a British gunship from 1757, spruces up the 179-foot tall ship as they ready for the festival in San Juan. Events in San Juan kick off OpSail 2000 and the ships head to Miami from here.
The wheel of the HMS Rose, in port for Puerto Rico's Regatta 2000, the kickoff event for OpSail 2000.
Figurehead of the Rose
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