Leading on from my earlier post about the 2010 North Sea Regatta in Hartlepool, no visit to the port would be complete without a trip to see the HMS Trincomalee.
She has the distinction of being the oldest British warship still afloat and is now the centrepiece of the Historic Dockyard Museum in Hartlepool.
Built in Bombay and launched in October 1817, she was constructed in Teak and named after the 1782 battle of Trincomalee, India.
Visit the website of HMS Trincomalee
A few more pictures in the gallery below…
HMS Trincomalee
HMS Trincomalee
HMS Trincomalee
HMS Trincomalee
Gun Tackles
Gun Tackles
Buckets on Gun Deck
On the Mess Deck where many of the crew slept and ate.
Belaying pins on deck
Sick Bay
Quarter Gallery carving
Taffarel
Stern Galleries
View Aloft from the Taffarel
HMS Trincomalee
HMS Trincomalee
HMS Trincomalee
Categories: Historic Sailing Ships, North Sea Regatta
