TS Royalist (1971)
TS Royalist at the Bristol Harbour Festival 2009 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | Royalist |
| Owner | The Marine Society & Sea Cadets (MSSC) |
| Operator | Sea Cadets Offshore Office |
| Port of registry | Portsmouth Harbour |
| Builder | Groves & Gutteridge, Cowes |
| Launched | 3 August 1971 |
| Decommissioned | 20 November 2014 |
| Identification |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Class A. Sail Training Vessel |
| Tonnage | 83 GRT |
| Length |
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| Installed power | 2 Perkins Diesel engines, 101 kilowatts (135 hp) each, driving twin screw propellers |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement | 8 |
TS Royalist is the name of two vessels. The original was a brig launched in 1971 and owned and operated as a sail training ship by the Marine Society & Sea Cadets of the United Kingdom. At the end of her service she was replaced by a new vessel bearing the same name.