The Phoenix is a ship built by Hjorne & Jakobsen at Frederikshavn, Denmark in 1929, originally as an Evangelical Mission

Schooner A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...

Missionary and cargo ship

Twenty years later she retired from missionary work and carried cargo until her engine room was damaged by fire. In 1974 she was bought by new owners who converted her into a

Brigantine A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts. Older ...

before being purchased by Square Sail in 1988. A first aid over-haul enabled her to sail back to the UK where she underwent a complete refit.

Appearances in films

Caravel ''Santa Maria''

During 1991 she was converted to the 15th century Caravel '' Santa Maria'' for

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's film '' 1492: Conquest of Paradise''. The ship was known as ''Santa Maria'' until, in 1996, due to increasing demand for period square-riggers, she was converted into a 2 masted Brig and reverted to her original name ''Phoenix of Dell Quay''.

Hornblower Series 3

''Phoenix of Dell Quay'' was used as the ship ''Retribution'' in the Hornblower Series 3.

Film credits

Film credits include: *''Hornblower (TV series), Hornblower'' Series III *''Voyage of Discovery'' *''Moll Flanders'' *''Frenchman's Creek (novel), Frenchman's Creek'' *''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' *''Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' (The Chronicles of Narnia (TV series), BBC's ''Chronicles of Narnia'' TV Series) *''In the Heart of the Sea (film), In the Heart of the Sea''

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