HMS Surprise (replica ship)
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Ted_Rufus_Ross.JPG) HMS Surprise replica at Maritime Museum of San Diego |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Surprise |
| Builder: | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia |
| Launched: | 1970 |
| Homeport: | San Diego, California |
| Notes: | Official Number: 928811 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 500 long tons (508 t) |
| Length: | 179 ft 6 in (54.71 m) sparred length 135 ft 6 in (41.30 m) on deck 114 ft 6 in (34.90 m) w/l |
| Beam: | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Height: | of Rig 130 ft (40 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship, sail area 13,000 sq ft (1,200 m2) |
HMS Surprise is a modern tall ship, built at Lunenberg, Nova Scotia, Canada as Rose in 1970 to a Phil Bolger design based on the original 18th century British Admiralty drawings. She is a replica of HMS Rose, a sixth-rate frigate built in 1757.
The ship was inspected and certified by the United States Coast Guard and operated as a sail training vessel in the 1980s and 1990s, run by the HMS Rose Foundation based in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. Although she is known by the national prefix HMS, meaning Her (or His) Majesty's Ship, she is not technically entitled to it as she does not hold a royal warrant.
She was sold to the 20th Century Fox film studio in 2001 to be used in the making of the film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, in which she portrayed the Royal Navy frigate named for Surprise with a story based on several of the books by Patrick O'Brian. After the film was complete, the ship was leased and then purchased by the San Diego Maritime Museum who have restored her to sailing condition as of September 2007[1]. The ship has officially been reregistered as HMS Surprise in honour of her role in the film. She sails several times a year, often with the museum's other tall ships, the schooner Californian and the 1863 barque Star of India.[2]
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 An overall view of the renamed HMS Surprise at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. |
 The stern of the ship (barque Star of India in background.) |
 San Diego bay, with the Surprise coming after a sail. |
 The ship's bell still bears the original name HMS Rose. |
Ted_Rufus_Ross.JPG) Bow-on View of Starboard Side..Shown at Maritime Museum of San Diego. |
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Coordinates: 32°43′15″N 117°10′26″W / 32.72083°N 117.17389°W
