Kaskelot (IMO: 5183120) 3-masted barque Callsign: GDQK (MMSI: 235000132) Le Français from 2018

            Kaskelot

Name:Kaskelot
Owner:Sportcel/Frédéric Lescure(2018)
Builder:J. Ring-Andersen Skibsværft, Svendborg, Denmark
Launched:1948
Refit:2013 
Identification: IMO: 5183120
MMSI: 235000132/MMSI: 227891480
Callsign: GDQK/FAF7701

General characteristics

Type:Tall ship/3-masted barque 
Tonnage:226 GRT
Displacement:450 long tons (457 t)
Length: 153 ft (47 m) o/a 121 ft (37 m) on deck
Beam:28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught:12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion:1 × Mitsubishi S6A3- MPTAW-3 576 hp (430 kW) diesel engine, 1 shaft [4]
Sail plan: 3-masted barque
9,500 sq ft (880 m2) sail area
Boats & landing
craft carried:2 × 6 m (20 ft) Avon boats
Capacity:16 passengers
Crew:14 

History

Kaskelot, (Le Français from 2018) is a three-masted barque and one of the largest remaining wooden ships in commission.

Danish flag
The Kaskelot was built in 1948 by J. Ring-Andersen for the Royal Greenland Trading Company, to carry supplies to remote coastal settlements in East Greenland. During the 1960s, Kaskelot worked as a support vessel for Danish fisheries in the Faroe Islands.

British flag
In 2007, for the bi-centennial celebration of Great Britain's ending the African slave trade, the ship was sailed up the Thames River to Tower Bridge in London to represent the Zong. This slave ship, its crew and cargo of slaves figured in court proceedings in 1783 and became a symbol for the nation's anti-slavery movement because of the murder of 132 slaves during the voyage.

New owners purchased the ship in 2013 and undertook an extensive 8-month refit at T. Nielsen in Gloucester during which it was upgraded to comply with MCA MLC guidelines. The ship is used for charter and commercial work around the UK.

French flag
In 2018, the Kaskelot is bought by Frédéric Lescure and brought under the French flag. She is now managed by the company Bob Escoffier Maritime. Then, the ship has been renamed Le Français, in hommage of the ship used by explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot during his expedition in Antarctic (1903-1905).
   

Taken on: May 21, 2012

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Camera: Nikon D70s, f/10.0, 1/400 sec, 34mm (=51mm) (more info) (hide info)

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