HMS Surprise (replica ship)
Surprise in 2005 at the Maritime Museum of San Diego | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMS Surprise |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | United States |
| Builder | Smith and Rhuland Shipyard, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
| Launched | 1970 |
| Renamed | HMS Rose (1970-2007) |
| Homeport | San Diego, California |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active Museum Ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 500 long tons (508 t) |
| Length | |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Height | of Rig 130 ft (40 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Propulsion | Twin Diesel (300 HP Each) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship, sail area 13,000 sq ft (1,200 m2) |
| Armament | 28 × 9-pound cannons (non-operational) |
HMS Surprise is a modern tall ship built at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. The vessel was built in 1970 as HMS Rose to a Phil Bolger design based on the original 18th-century British Admiralty drawings of HMS Rose, a 20-gun sixth-rate post ship from 1757.