I just randomly stumbled across the existence of the gaff-topsail schooner J.R. Tolkien and the three masted schooner Loth Loriën
A little odd that the Loth Loriën, although pretty enough in her way, is nothing like as stunning a little ship as the J.R. Tolkien, which I think just has THE most gorgeous lines. Wow.
ETA Apparently the JR Tolkien was built in 1964 as a diesel electric tug called Dierkow, and it was only in 1995 that she was renamed and given sails. Can only applaud the transformation. http://www.classic-sailing.co.uk/vessels/j-r-tolkien
A little odd that the Loth Loriën, although pretty enough in her way, is nothing like as stunning a little ship as the J.R. Tolkien, which I think just has THE most gorgeous lines. Wow.
ETA Apparently the JR Tolkien was built in 1964 as a diesel electric tug called Dierkow, and it was only in 1995 that she was renamed and given sails. Can only applaud the transformation. http://www.classic-sailing.co.uk/vessels/j-r-tolkien
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When we were in Oslo seven years ago, we saw a small freighter that had disappeared during WWI ... then been found adrift a few years later. It was salvaged, put back into commission, and served as a freighter for another twenty odd years.
It then disappeared during WWII ... then was found adrift a few years later.