Southern Swan Cruising By
by Miroslava Jurcik
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Southern Swan Cruising By
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph - Photograph
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Originally named Our Svanen, the Southern Swan is a magnificent three-masted barquentine built in Denmark in 1922. Made of Danish oak she is a unique vessel, while not classified as an icebreaker, her hull is extraordinarily strong enabling her to handle light ice that may have built up in the cold waters of the North Atlantic, Denmark and Greenland, where she originally traded as a grain carrier.
The Southern Swan made the voyage from England to Australia in 1988 to take part in the famous Australian Bicentennial First Fleet Re-enactment. Her berth has been at the historic Campbell's Cove, The Rocks ever since.
When the Southern Swan went on the market in 2007, owners of Authentic Charters Marty Woods and David Warne knew their only hope of keeping the Swan in Aussie hands would be to purchase, restore and operate the ship themselves.
The war ship is F49 Sahyadri from Indian Navy and the little speedy patrol boat is Australians Navy.
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November 7th, 2015
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Rainbow Artist Orlando L
This is a wonderful image!! filled with interesting and charismatic ships!! love the southern swan, i always visualize it as a pirate ship in movies whenever i see her in your images!! L/F
Miroslava Jurcik replied:
I know what you mean about pirate ships from movies, and she definitely fits the picture !! Thank you ! :)
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