Dunbrody (2001)
The ''Dunbrody'' is a three-masted barque built in New Ross between 1997 and 2001 by the J F Kennedy Trust . The build team involved participants of FAS community and unemployment schemes working with a core group of experienced shipwrights . The Trust refurbished a derelict dry dock for the build Due to a funding pause the final fit-out including production of the standing and running rigging deckhouse, interior, electrics and plumbing was done by the German company navcon.naval consulting GmbH. The ship was converted to a Lloyd's Register approved passenger sailing vessel in 2006 by the German company Neptun Peenemuende GmbH. For this two main engines, a bowthruster, watertight bulkheads and a modern navigation system were added. The ship sailed to England twice in the following years. The ''Dunbrody'' is a full-scale seagoing replica of the ''Dunbrody'', launched in 1845 and wrecked in 1875. Since May 2001 the replica ''Dunbrody'' has been open to visitors at the quaysi ...
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