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A unique maritime experience
on one of the last iron sailing ships.
Fact File:
Length Overall: 30.48 metres (99.93 feet) Breadth (24 feet) Depth (12¼ feet)
Gross Tonnage: 400.00
Construction:
Iron shell and floors, steel framing; five watertight bulkheads; steel mast and fixed lantern; mizzen mast carrying day mark;
Builder: 1910, Dublin Drydock Company Ltd, Dublin - cost £7,230
History:
1910 - 1966, Lightship - name LV Penguin
1966 - 1982, Training Ship - renamed Hallowe'en
(Sold in 1966 to T.E. McSweeney and converted into a Youth Adventure Sea Training Vessel.)
1982 - 1988, Cruise Boat - renamed Artic Penguin
(Converted to a schooner and sold to Mr D. Norris, 1982.)
1995 - , Maritime Museum at Inveraray Pier
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