Square Sail Ship Yard Limited

Kaskelot

The flagship of the fleet, a replica 19th century 3 masted Barque, one of the largest remaining wooden ships in commission. Built in 1948 for the Royal Greenland Trading Company supplying the remote East Greenland coastal settlements and subsequently as a fisheries support vessel in The Faroes.

Square Sail purchased the vessel in 1981 and totally redesigned and re-rigged her.

Guest Saloon area

Main deck excellent for corporate
functions/product launches and filming

Hold—large and open—designed for set building, wet weather filming, corporate displays, private functions etc

Specifications:

Rig 3 masted Barque Double Topsail
Length overall 153 feet
Beam 28 feet
Draught 12 feet
Air Draught 105 feet
Gross Reg. Tonnage 226 tons
Displacement 450 tons
Area of sail 9500 square feet
No. of Sails 17
Crew 18
Hull Built in Svendborg, 1948
Engine B & W Alpha 375 h.p. diesel driving a 3-bladed variable pitch propeller
Main deck 17.5 x 7.6m
Poop deck 10.5 x 6.9m
Fore deck 6.6 x 6.0m
Main hold 14.0 x 7.0m

Accommodation:
4 x 2 berth cabins
1 x 4 berth cabin

Film credits include:

‘Shackleton’
‘Last Place on Earth’
‘Cutthroat Island’
‘Swept from the Sea’
‘Return to Treasure Island’
'The Three Musketeers’
‘Revolution’
‘Longitude'
‘David Copperfield’
‘A Respectable Trade’

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